Taylor Swift coy over CMA chances
Tuesday November 10 2009
Taylor Swift has played down her chances of winning Entertainer Of The Year at the Country Music Association Awards.
The 19-year-old is tipped to win the prestigious gong on Wednesday night after selling more than three million copies of her album Fearless in the US this year - more than any other living artist.
"It's so wonderful when people come up to me and say that I have a shot at winning - it actually is really, really a wonderful thing when people do that - but my parents raised me to have the mindset that the world doesn't owe me anything and you can't feel entitled to winning, you can't feel entitled to success," she said.
Taylor is the youngest ever nominated for the award and the first solo female act since Faith Hill in 2000, but she doesn't think being female will hinder her chances.
"I think you have to do the work and put in the effort and do the touring that it takes to win entertainer of the year," she said.
"And I don't really think it has anything to do with gender. I think if you want to compete with the boys, play on a level that they're playing at."
The CMA Awards will take place on Wednesday night in Nashville.
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