A hearty congratulations goes out to the Zac Brown Band today. The group's video for their hit Chicken Fried won the USA WEEKEND Breakthrough Video of the Year honor at last night's CMT Music Awards in Nashville. We profiled Brown last week on the blog, as well as the other three nominated acts (Julianne Hough, Lady Antebellum and Jamey Johnson), and last night when accepting the award, Brown acknowledged all the people that voted for them. "We want to thank the country music fans," he said, "because without the country music fans buying our music, we wouldn't have a life in country music." (You can catch the acceptance speech in the video below.) Taylor Swift and Brad Paisley were the big winners of the night, taking home two trophies each: Swift for Video of the Year and Female Video of the Year, Paisley for Male Video of the Year ad Collaborative Video of the Year with Keith Urban. Other honorees included Rascal Flatts (Group Video of the Year), Sugarland (Duo of the Year) and Kid Rock (Wide Open Country Video of the Year).

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