“He just said, ‘I’m so proud of you and I love you so much,’” she recalled. “We were texting earlier, and we were saying that same thing, like, ‘No matter what happens tonight, I love you so much.’ And it was just like I really, really love Kenny a lot. All the other people in the category with me have taken me out on tour as their opening act. Every one of them — Keith, Brad, George, Kenny — all of them. And so those are people that I’ve looked up to and just held up in my head as these heroes, and they’re always going to that for me.”

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It was a big night for Taylor Swift, who won Album of the Year, Music Video of the Year, Female Vocalist of the Year, and the night’s biggest crown: Entertainer of the Year. “I will never forgot this moment because in this moment everyting I have ever wanted has happened to me,” she said.

When Swift was announced as Entertainer of the Year, Kenny gave her a very gracious congratulatory kiss on the cheek.

Though Chesney took home no awards, he and Dave Matthews closed out the performances with a fantastic rendition of their top 10 hit “I’m Alive”.

Here’s the list of winners:

• Entertainer of the Year – Taylor Swift
• Female Vocalist of the Year – Taylor Swift
• Male Vocalist of the Year – Brad Paisley
• New Artists of the Year – Darius Rucker
• Vocal Group of the Year – Lady Antebellum
• Vocal Duo of the Year – Sugarland
• Single of the Year – “I Run To You” by Lady Antebellum
• Album of the Year – Fearless by Taylor Swift
• Song of the Year – “In Color” by Jamey Johnson
• Musical Event of the Year – “Start a Band” by Keith Urban and Brad Paisley
• Music Video of the Year – “Love Story” by Taylor Swift

(photo – Josh Anderson / AP)

• Entertainer of the Year
• Male Vocalist
• Musical Event with Mac McAnally for “Down The Road”

Chesney has won Entertainer of the Year three straight years and four times overall, tying Garth Brooks for most all time. On the possibility of having the record to himself, Chesney says that “the pressure on me is how I do a better show. But who wouldn’t want to have their name in the history books like that?”

Chesney will also be performing his current Top 10 hit “I’m Alive” during the show, accompanied by Dave Matthews. The duo will sit atop two simple barstools with a starlit backdrop.

Leave a comment to this post with your predictions on who will be the big winners. Also join us on the forum for a live chat during the show.

If you are on Twitter, tweet your support of Kenny Chesney in the CMA Awards Twitter Experience. And don’t forget to follow us at twitter.com/ChesneyWorld.

“The 43rd Annual CMA Awards,” hosted by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood, airs live from the Sommet Center in Nashville, Wednesday, Nov. 11 (8:00-11:00 PM/ET) on the ABC Television Network.

“I’d seen U2’s movie and was blown away,” Chesney says. “It was like something I’d never seen – and I wondered what would happen if we tried to capture some of what was going on like that. How would it look, because this is more straight up… When we did, everyone who saw the footage agreed, and we started taking this project very seriously.

“Then when major movie studios were interested in working with us… a company with such specialized expertise as not just Sony Pictures Entertainment, which is crazy, but their Hot Ticket division which understands very specifically the challenges of a 3D movie, well, we went for it.”

The footage was shot over six nights in five cities: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Seattle, Boston, and Indianapolis, and involved 22 specialized 3D cameras.

“It’s crazy how up close this puts you,” adds Chesney. “To me on that stage I feel every single one of my fans, all the way to the very top of those stadiums. But this is like having everyone right there onstage with us, and it’s a rush. I had no idea what we do could go to film quite like that.

“It was an amazing – and at times scary – experience to have cameras that close, in the air, on a blimp. cause they are everywhere. But to see what this film captures: all the energy, the thrill and an even better focus on some of the most rocking nights we’ve ever had, all I can say is… wow.”

Speculation was rampant over the summer as concert-goers reported seeing signs that said the concert was being recorded. We reported on the speculation here and here. And also in August before the Gillette Stadium show about 100 fans took part in filming of the opening sequence for the film. In an email to those chosen to participate it was referred to as “KC3D Opening Title Sequence”.

So the speculation is over and now we now what’s coming in the spring. The only question is, will Summer In 3D be in a theater near you?

Chesney won Top Package last year too.

View all the winners here.

The Zac Brown Band remains at the top of the chart with “Toes.”

Watch the “I’m Alive” music video here.

You can preview and download “I’m Alive” below from Amazon or get it from iTunes.

Brad Paisley took home the top honor of Entertainer of the Year, but Kenny Chesney cashed in two awards:

• Best Duo of the Year – “Down The Road” with Mac McAnally
• Best Song of the Year – “Out Last Night”

Chesney also won Best Duo of the Year last year for “Every Other Weekend” with Reba McEntire.

See the full list of winners here.

A look at the career of the wildly popular singing star who has invigorated the country music scene like few before him. Chesney has sold nearly 25 million albums and won most major honors, including the CMA’s “Entertainer of the Year” award. Chesney’s public image took a hit when his marriage to Hollywood superstar Renee Zellweger lasted only four months, but that turned out to be only a small career speed bump. Chesney continues to grow his enormous fan base while staying true to his musical roots.

The show will also air Friday morning at 1 am.

(hat tip to chesneychic1 for passing this along)

Clarification – The episode airs on The Biography Channel, which is a separate channel from A&E.