Taylor Swift Crowned Queen Of Country Music

Taylor Swift was crowned queen of Country music, landing the top honour at the CMT Awards in Nashville, Tennesee, last night.

She opened the ceremony by being beamed aboard Star Trek's Starship Enterprise to feature in a T-Pain rap video.

She went on to win the award for Best Video for her single Love Story, scooping the Best Female Video award for the same song.

In her speech, she paid tribute to her loyal supporters, saying: "Thank you to the fans that come out to my shows and spend such hard work making these amazing scrapbooks and writing me letters. Reading your letters and reading your MySpace comments, anytime I have a bad day, you make those days good."

Brad Paisley walked away with the Best Male Video catgory for Waitin' On A Woman, as well as a trophy for his duet with Keith Urban, with was named Collaborative Video Of The Year.

The night saw performances from stars including Swift, Paisley, Toby Keith, Sugarland, Keith Urban and Rascal Flatts