Tony R. Phipps/Getty Images It was a fairy-tale 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—she rocked out on "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 with shared wins for Collaborative Video and CMT Performance of the Year.
Paisley and Keith Urban won best collaboration for "Start a Band," while he shared the performance win with Alan Jackson, Dierks Bentley and George Strait for "Country Boy."
Bentley, meanwhile, wins the E! writers' choice award for best choice of date—he walked the red carpet with his trusty dog Jake.
And yes, it was as adorable as it sounds.
Otherwise, much remained 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—this time 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.