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GALLERY: Billboard Music Awards 2019 Red Carpet – Country

Country music stars, as well as some with country music ties like Taylor Swift and Kelly Clarkson, walked the Red Carpet in Las Vegas today for the 2019 Billboard Music…

GALLERY: Billboard Music Awards 2019 Red Carpet - Country

LAS VEGAS, NV – MAY 01: (L-R) Brian Kelley of Florida Georgia Line, Brittney Marie Cole, Hayley Stommel, and Tyler Hubbard of Florida Georgia Line attend the 2019 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 1, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for dcp)

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Country music stars, as well as some with country music ties like Taylor Swift and Kelly Clarkson, walked the Red Carpet in Las Vegas today for the 2019 Billboard Music Awards. Check out some of the highlights of the red carpet here.

-Nancy Brooks

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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MAY 01: (L-R) Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney of Dan + Shay attend the 2019 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 01, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)


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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MAY 01: (L-R) Brittney Marie Cole Kelley and Brian Kelley of Florida Georgia Line attend the 2019 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 01, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)


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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MAY 01: (L-R) Brittney Marie Cole Kelley, Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard of Florida Georgia Line, and Hayley Stommel Hubbard attend the 2019 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 01, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)


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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MAY 01: Kane Brown attends the 2019 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 01, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)


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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MAY 01: Chrissy Metz attends the 2019 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 01, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)


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LAS VEGAS, NV - MAY 01: (L-R) Katelyn Jae and Kane Brown attend the 2019 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 1, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for dcp)


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LAS VEGAS, NV - MAY 01: Julianne Hough attends the 2019 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 1, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for dcp)


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LAS VEGAS, NV - MAY 01: (L-R) Brian Kelley of Florida Georgia Line, Brittney Marie Cole, Hayley Stommel, and Tyler Hubbard of Florida Georgia Line attend the 2019 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 1, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for dcp)


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LAS VEGAS, NV - MAY 01: Kelly Clarkson attends the 2019 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 1, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for dcp)


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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MAY 01: Taylor Swift attends the 2019 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 01, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.