True, there were other singers who went home with hardware from the Country Music TV Awards, but the show seemed to mostly be a factory dream that came true for Taylor Swift, country music’s teen queen. Swift, a superstar at only nineteen years old, made her debut with T-Pain as T-Swizzle in a rap clip for “Thug Story,” then sang one of her singles “You Belong With Me,” and closed the show, joining Def Leppard, a favorite band of hers, on the classic anthem “Pour Sugar on Me.”

The night started with Swift in a skit living out her dreams (keep on wishing about that Tennessee Titans and Star Trek thing). In between her performances she dominated two different categories for two years in a row: Best Female Video and Best Video of the Year for her “Love Story” clip.

Swift thanked CMT for allowing her to live out so many of her dreams this year. She thanked both Garth Brooks and Shania Twain. Twain for producing such theatrical videos and Brooks for keeping his priority on the fans. She said she took her cues from them. She also thanked her little brother Austin for being her date for the night.

Although it was evident that it was Swift’s night, Brad Paisely was the won who won the most awards, winning Best Male Vocalist for “Waiting on a Woman,” Best Collaboration with Keith Urban on “Start a Band” as well as Performance of the Year on “Country Boy” with George Strait, Alan Jackson and Dierks Bentley. Urban, in accepting the award for “Start a Band” urged kids to learn the guitar. It’s the real thing, he said. Paisley quipped that “Rock Band” never did get anyone a date, ever.

Group Video of the Year went to Rascal Flatts for “Every Day,” Duo Video of the Year to Sugarland for “All I Want To Do,” and Wide Open Country Video to Kid Rock for his song “All Summer Long.” Rock joked when accepting his award that he must have won based on creativity for mashing up Sweet Home Alabama” by Lynyrd Skynyrd with “Werewolves of London,” by Warren Zevon.

Other appearances in addition to Def Leppard and T-Pain, included several other non-country stars which included the rocker Ted Nugent who appeared as a presenter and the B-52s joining Sugarland for the classic pop tune, “Love Shack.”