Little Big Town’s Taylor Swift-Penned ‘Better Man’ Named CMA Song of the Year

The award-winning quartet accepted the honor on behalf of Taylor Swift, who was unable to attend the show. 

Written by Annie Reuter
Little Big Town’s Taylor Swift-Penned ‘Better Man’ Named CMA Song of the Year
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Little Big Town’s “Better Man” was deemed the Song of the Year winner at the 51st Annual CMA Awards.

Written by Taylor Swift and performed by LBT, the country quartet took the stage to accept the honor.

“We didn’t write this,” Karen Fairchild said. “We’re really grateful that Phillip checked his email one night and that song was in the email ’cause he doesn’t always check his email. We want to say thanks to Taylor Swift. She couldn’t be here tonight with us. Taylor, wherever you are, thank you for this beautiful song and for loving songs and for loving Nashville. To the fans, to country radio, thanks for being so good to us.”

The other songs nominated in this years’ Song of the Year category included “Tin Man” recorded by Miranda Lambert, “Dirt On My Boots” recorded by Jon Pardi, “Body Like A Back Road” recorded by Sam Hunt, and “Blue Ain’t Your Color” recorded by Keith Urban.

The 51st Annual CMA Awards are hosted by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood for the 10th year in a row.

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