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KEITH, CARRIE AND LBT WIN BIG AT THE AMA AWARDS.

KEITH, CARRIE AND LBT WIN BIG AT THE AMA AWARDS.
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Carrie Underwood
Keith Urban
Little Big Town

Keith Urban picked up three American Music Awards on Sunday night (November 19th); Favorite Country Male Artist, Favorite Country Album for Ripcord and Favorite Country Song for “Blue Ain’t Your Color.”

“I’ve always gravitated towards and written a lot of songs that have hope at their center. That’s really it, because if we don’t have hope then what’s the point? Life’s hard. It’s hard, and it’s very hard for some people more than others will ever begin to imagine, me being one of those people. There’s challenges that humans have faced that I can’t even begin to imagine what I would’ve done in that situation,” says Keith. “So, I love songs of hope, songs of compassion, songs of empathy, understanding, songs of forgiveness. I write a lot of those kinds of songs. I’ve always written those kinds of songs, because they’re things I needed to hear, as well…But ‘Blue Ain’t Your Color’ is cut from that cloth too; it’s a song of believing in somebody and believing somebody deserves better.”

Carrie Underwood was named Favorite Female Country Artist, while Little Big Town took home the trophy for Favorite Country Duo/Group for the first time.

Keith just released his new song, “Female,” which is already sitting inside the Top 30 on the country charts.

 

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Audio / Keith Urban says he writes mostly songs of hope, which includes his award-winning "Blue Ain't Your Color."

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Keith Urban (Blue Ain’t Your Color-AMAs) OC: …deserves better. 1:07
“I’ve always gravitated towards and written a lot of songs that have hope at their center. That’s really it, because if we don’t have hope then what’s the point? Life’s hard. It’s hard, and it’s very hard for some people more than others will ever begin to imagine, me being one of those people. There’s challenges that humans have faced that I can’t even begin to imagine what I would’ve done in that situation. So, I love songs of hope, songs of compassion, songs of empathy, understanding, songs of forgiveness. I write a lot of those kinds of songs. I’ve always written those kinds of songs, because they’re things I needed to hear, as well. The amount of times I should’ve taken my own advice in a song is like [laughs]…I was so busy helping everybody else figuring things out that I was lost myself and I needed to listen to my own songs. But ‘Blue Ain’t Your Color’ is cut from that cloth too; it’s a song of believing in somebody and believing somebody deserves better.”

Audio / Keith Urban talks about his AMA Award-winning album, Ripcord.

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Keith Urban (Ripcord-AMA) OC: …really well. :29
“The first thing I think about with that record is buoyant energy that whole album. That’s how I feel about it. I feel the record predominantly has a lot of buoyant energy. Even the name Ripcord appealed to me because the sort of high speed that you’re hurtling to earth at before you pull the ripcord, so there’s a lot of sort of propulsion energy in that name that felt like it fit the record really well.”

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