If you watched the 48th annual Country Music Association Awards, you learned two things: Country music is currently dominated by male artists, all of whom have a similar sound (not surprising given that Nashville has sucked the soul out of most artists in exchange for downloads) and Miranda Lambert was robbed of the Entertainer of the Year Award. I would like the CMA voters to explain how Lambert, who received four awards and surpassed Reba McEntire and Martina McBride for the most best female vocalist wins, was not chosen as Entertainer of the Year. Instead, voters chose Luke Bryan, who didn’t win any other awards, to win the top honor. Is this an example of the “new math”?

As the most decorated female artist in the history of the CMAs, the 30-year-old Lambert now has a total of 11 CMA trophies. On Wednesday, she also took home album of the year for “Platinum,” single of the year for “Automatic” and music event of the year for “We Were Us” with Keith Urban. “It’s really unbelievable,” she told The Associated Press backstage. “I felt like this whole night was about really celebrating music.”

The next chance to catch Lambert performing live is on Dec. 30 at the Belk Bowl at Bank of American Stadium in Charlotte.

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