Taylor Swift turned a negative into a positive, and it has netted her a special nomination at this year’s Country Music Association Awards.
Swift received her first CMA song of the year nomination for “Mean,” her spunky rebuttal to cynical criticism. That trophy goes to the writer, not the artist, and is among Wednesday night’s most coveted awards in a town where the songwriter is celebrated and revered.
“Respectfully, it’s about time,” said Scott Borchetta, head of Swift’s label, Big Machine Records. “I don’t think she gets near the props she deserves for her songwriting. I’ve been in the business with Taylor for almost seven years now, and her songs were great when I met her at 14.”
Swift has gotten her share of love for her songwriting. She won a Grammy for best country song in 2010. And the Nashville Songwriters Association International and BMI have honored her songwriting skills several times.
“Getting a CMA nomination for ‘Mean’ was definitely a jumping-up-and-down moment for me because this song is really close to my heart,” Swift said in a statement to The Associated Press. “I’m so thrilled it was nominated for song of the year because it’s a song that I wrote on a really, really bad day, but it has produced so many happy days for me since.”
The CMA Awards will air live from Bridgestone Arena at 7 p.m. Wednesday on ABC.
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