For me, Garth Brooks is the Kanye West of Country Music, and believe me, that's not a compliment.
As for female singer of the year, Miranda Lambert is good, but Carrie Underwood can clearly blow her away vocally (no pun intended) any day of the week, so I can't figure out why Miranda keeps winning that award at both shows instead of the much more talented Carrie

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Does the format really want to keep disrespecting one of its best representatives to the public and have her follow Swift to Top 40? Carrie could make it there, though I know she doesn't want to go.