Taylor Swift Up For Eight GRAMMY Awards

Country crossover sensation Taylor Swift, the year's best-selling artist outside of the late Michael Jackson, is all set up for another big night at this year’s GRAMMY Awards. The 19-year-old got eight nominations, including album of the year for her multiplatinum sophomore disc "Fearless"; song and record of the year for her hit, "You Belong With Me."

Swift, who has won everything from American Music Awards to Country Music Association trophies to that now-infamous MTV Video Music Award moonman, said her Grammy nominations represented the apex for her.

"To be recognized by the Grammys is the ultimate honor," said Swift in a telephone call shortly after finding out about her nominations. "The last couple of months has been a nonstop dream come true."

The GRAMMY Awards will be held on January 31, 2010.

Other nominees in country specific categories were:

Best Female Country Vocal Performance

Dead Flowers – Miranda Lambert
I Just Call You Mine – Martina McBride
White Horse – Taylor Swift
Just A Dream – Carrie Underwood
Solitary Thinkin’ – Lee Ann Womack

Best Male Country Vocal Performance

All I Ask For Anymore – Trace Adkins
People Are Crazy – Billy Currington
High Cost Of Living – Jamey Johnson
Living For The Night – George Strait
Sweet Thing – Keith Urban

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals

Beautiful World – Dierks Bentley & Patty Griffin
Down The Road – Kenny Chesney & Mac McAnally
Start A Band – Brad Paisley & Keith Urban
I Told You So – Carrie Underwood & Randy Travis
Everything But Quits – Lee Ann Womack & George Strait

Best Country Song

All I Ask For Anymore – Casey Beathard & Tim James, songwriters (Trace Adkins)
High Cost Of Living – Jamey Johnson & James Slater, songwriters (Jamey Johnson)
I Run To You – Tom Douglas, Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott, songwriters (Lady Antebellum)
People Are Crazy – Bobby Braddock & Troy Jones, songwriters (Billy Currington)
White Horse – Liz Rose & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)

Best Country Album

The Foundation – Zac Brown Band
Twang – George Strait
Fearless – Taylor Swift
Defying Gravity – Keith Urban
Call Me Crazy – Lee Ann Womack

Country Duo or Group With Vocals

Rascal Flatts
Sugarland
Lady Antebellum
Zac Brown Band
Brooks & Dunn

Zac Brown Band was also nominated for the overall Best New Artist category.