While some country stars have criticized the Country Music Association for handing out the top awards this year to 19-year-old Taylor Swift, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill have voiced their support.
Hill told People, "I think she worked her tail off the last couple [of years] and she deserves to win."
Her husband Tim McGraw also said "I've been doing this a long time and she's got a better head on her shoulders than I do, so I don't know how anybody could complain about that."
Other country stars have disapproved of Swift's victory, which made her the youngest person ever to take home the CMA's entertainer of the year award. This includes Wynonna Judd, who told the USA Today that Swift's phenomenal success was "too much . . . too soon."
Country music veteran Randy Travis also said "As a writer, she is a phenomenal talent and when you look at the body of work that she has written at the age when she came into this business, it's remarkable. It really is. But do I think that Entertainer of the Year might have been a little early."
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