Taylor's a Princess, Paisley's King at the CMT Music Awards

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Taylor's a Princess, Paisley's King at the CMT Music Awards

Tue., Jun. 16, 2009 7:30 PM PDT by Natalie Finn

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It was a fairytale night for Taylor Swift's "Love Story."

Swift's syncopated tale of teen romance gone right snagged the 19-year-old songbird her second straight pair of wins for Video of the Year and Female Video of the Year at Tuesday's CMT Music Awards, which honors the fans' choices for the best of the year in country-music video.

"I wanna thank CMT for letting me live so many of my dreams this year!" gushed Swift, who was tweeting preceremony about being nervous, after winning Video of the Year.

"I want to thank Shania Twain for always making such theatrical videos and I want to thank Garth Brooks for always putting his fans first. I take my cues from you. And I want to thank my little brother, Austin, for agreeing to be my date tonight."

The relieved-looking artist also performed twice, first "You Belong With Me" and later teamed with Def Leppard on "Pour Some Sugar on Me" to close out the night.

But even though Swift topped Brad Paisley for the night's top buckle, the fan favorite's "Waitin' on a Woman" was still good enough for Male Video of the Year. Paisley also sauntered home tonight with shared wins for Collaborative Video and CMT Performance of the Year.

Paisley and Keith Urban won the former for "Start a Band," while he shared the latter with Alan Jackson, Dierks Bentley and George Strait.

Bentley, meanwhile, wins the E! writers' choice award for best choice of date—he walked the red carpet with his little dog Jake.

And yes, it was as adorable as it sounds.

Otherwise, much was as it was a year ago. Rascal Flatts again won for Group Video, this time for "Every Day," and Sugarland notched its third consecutive win, tonight for "All I Want to Do," for Duo Video of the Year.

Along with Def Leppard, Kid Rock also made his not-really-country presence known, winning the hybrid-appreciation Wide Open Country Video award for "All Summer Long."

"I was supposed to thank two people and I already forgot who it was," the Detroit native began his speech. "I think this award has something to do with creativity, and what's more creative than a stripper pole on a pontoon boat?"

Sweet home Alabama, indeed.

Check out some of the more photogenic moments from the show in our 2009 CMT Music Awards gallery.

Here's the complete list of winners from the 2009 CMT Music Awards:

Video of the Year: "Love Story," Taylor Swift
Male Video of the Year: "Waitin' on a Woman," Brad Paisley
Female Video of the Year: "Love Story," Taylor Swift
Group Video of the Year: "Every Day," Rascal Flatts
Duo Video of the Year: "All I Want to Do," Sugarland
Collaborative Video of the Year: "Start a Band," Brad Paisley and Keith Urban
USA Weekend Breakthrough Video of the Year: "Chicken Fried," Zac Brown Band
Wide Open Country Video of the Year: "All Summer Long," Kid Rock
CMT Performance of the Year: "Country Boy," Alan Jackson, George Strait, Brad Paisley and Dierks Bentley
Director of the Year: Trey Fanjoy