Sunday night brought 20-year-old country superstar Taylor Swift her first Grammy win.
“This is my first time walking up those stairs to accept a Grammy on national television,” Taylor said as she accepted the award for Best Country Album for the platinum-selling LP Fearless. “I just keep thinking back to like when you’re in second grade and you sing at your talent show for the first time. People joke around and they say, ‘Oh maybe we’ll see you at the Grammys someday.’ But that seems like an impossible dream,” Taylor said during her acceptance speech. “And I just feel like I’m standing here accepting an impossible dream right now and I just thank you so much for that.”
Earlier in the day, Taylor won the Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performance award for the song “White Horse” and the Best Country Song award for the same track at a pre-televised Grammy event.
“This my first Grammy, you guys! This is a Grammy,” the surprised young star beamed with pride. “I live in awe of the people that I was nominated against in this category.”