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The CMA Awards Fall On Miranda Lambert’s Birthday And She Loves It

Miranda Lambert will be celebrating her birthday once again at the CMA Awards as the 2021 broadcast falls on November 10th, Miranda’s 38th birthday. It’s not the first time Lambert…

The CMA Awards Fall On Miranda Lambert's Birthday And She Loves It
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Miranda Lambert will be celebrating her birthday once again at the CMA Awards as the 2021 broadcast falls on November 10th, Miranda's 38th birthday.

It's not the first time Lambert has gotten a CMA Award on her birthday. She told us, "The CMA Awards have always been one of my favorite things about each November it usually falls on my birthday. And a lot of times I’ve gotten to take home a really cool birthday present in form of a CMA award."

She added of her three nominations this year, which include a nod for Entertainer, "I’m just happy to be part of the community and part of the country music family and you know, after doing this for so many years, still being able to be nominated and go and be part of it and see a lot of my friends and see performances it just it never gets old. It always gives me butterflies and I’m super thankful and grateful."

Miranda is also nominated for Female Vocalist, and Musical Event of the Year (“Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)” with Elle King).

She is the most nominated female artist in CMA Awards history.

Miranda Lambert - CMA

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.