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"To say that 2010 has been an exciting and amazing year seems like an understatement," says country music's latest darling, Miranda Lambert. She's not kidding. This year alone, the 26-year-old has gotten engaged to country singer and soon-to-be-inducted Grand Ole Opry member Blake Shelton; recorded a version of "Coal Miner's Daughter" with Loretta Lynn and Sheryl Crow ("She told me I was feisty!" Lambert told Rolling Stone about Lynn); scored an unprecedented nine Country Music Association Award nominations; and is deep into a North American tour that will see her through the end of the year.

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