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   >>> that's miranda lambert singing her hit, "white liar" she's nominated for nine country music awards .

   >> from her latest cd, "revolution." receiving all kinds of praise.

   >> a lot of people are saying best album of the year. how are you feeling?

   >> good, it's crazy. 2010 is like a whirlwind year for me. such a blessing, great things keep happening, i'm going, okay, when something bad going to happen.

   >> you had a lot of struggle years before all of this. you're not an overnight sensation .

   >> no, i started when i was 17. and this year on the cmas, i'll be 27. i've been doing it for ten years.

   >> when you heard the sheer numb of nominees. yesterday they changed, you heard five and they updated them to nine. when you heard the numbers, what did you think, miranda ?

   >> i didn't think i could even be eligible for nine. i was hoping for a couple. but you know, there's a first for me in singer of the year, and song of the year, for "house that built me".

   >> can we just turn up that? i love that song.

   >> it's all about stuff in our world and sometimes when you don't have the stuff, you got everything else you really need. and you have to go back down memory lane once in a while . it's a beautiful concept.

   >> you write a lot of the songs on your cd, don't you?

   >> yes, i write almost all of them. "the house that built me" i didn't write. this one i pitched to blake , but i heard it and i had such a huge connection.

   >> blake shelton , your fianc?e.

   >> yes, i'm sorry.

   >> he gives you hell if a good way?

   >> yeah.

   >> that's why you guys are going to have a really great marriage. because you both have a great sense of humor. and boy, do you need that.

   >> it makes you not take yourself too seriously.

   >> he's nuts, though. he really is.

   >> also, in a good way.

   >> sometimes, they both tweet like crazy. this one and blake . blake tweets a lot of four-letter words, i'm just telling people.

   >> you just said something -- what bugs the crud out of you about him?

   >> everything.

   >> does he have a habit that just drives you bonkers.

   >> he doesn't hang up his towel. why not?

   >> does it go on the floor?

   >> yes.

   >> how about if you don't pick up that towel for about ten days and see what happens?

   >> it will mildew.

   >> i do love how you describe how he proposed to you in a cornfield, is that true?

   >> he did. we're really normal. we both have farms in oklahoma and when we go home we're just no makeup, hats.

   >> how do you wear your hair?

   >> i think your hair is awesome.

   >> i love you, miranda .

   >> i just called her to say, you look hot.

   >> like you put your finger in a socket.

   >> you love everything about this man?

   >> i know all the bad things and i'm willing to put up with them. so, yes, i do.

   >> figuring out a set of problems you can deal with and stick with that one.

   >> you got a tat on your arm, it's got two guns and wings.

   >> it's my logo. when my first record, kerosene went gold.

   >> guns are an important part of your life, aren't they?

   >> yes, i grew up in texas and my dad was a police officer for 25 years. taught me how to shoot early. got my first b.b. gun when i was seven. i got my chl, i got it when i was 21 and i got a little .38 with a pink handle.

   >> don't mess with miranda .

   >> congratulations, you are a well-deserved success.

   >> thank you.

   >> it's called "revolution." and miranda whirl be back with us on september 29th to perform one of them. do we get to pick which one?

   >> i think y'all did.

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