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GALLERY: Kacey Musgraves, We Celebrate You

Kacey Musgraves celebrates her 31st birthday today (8/21), so we celebrate Kacey and the amazing year she had in 2019. 1143890262

GALLERY: Kacey Musgraves, We Celebrate You
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Kacey Musgraves celebrates her 31st birthday today (8/21), so we celebrate Kacey and the amazing year she had in 2019.

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Kacey Musgraves (L) and Shane McAnally, winners of the Best Country Song award for 'Space Cowboy, pose in the press room during the 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on February 10, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.


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Katy Perry, Dolly Parton, and Kacey Musgraves perform onstage during the 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on February 10, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.


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Kacey Musgraves attends the 91st Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood and Highland on February 24, 2019 in Hollywood, California.


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Kacey Musgraves performs onstage for Loretta Lynn: An All-Star Birthday Celebration Concert at Bridgestone Arena on April 1, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee.


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Female Artist of the Year winner Kacey Musgraves poses in the press room during the 54th Academy Of Country Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 07, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada.


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Kacey Musgraves performs at the 2019 Governors Ball Festival at Randall's Island on June 01, 2019 in New York City.


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Performing In Los Angeles. April 2019.


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Kacey Musgraves performs at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on June 26, 2019 in Morrison, Colorado.


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Kacey Musgraves and Ruston Kelly attend the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum opening of new exhibition, Kacey Musgraves: All of the Colors, at Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum on July 01, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee.


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Kacey Musgraves discusses her new exhibit: "Kacey Musgraves: All Of The Colors" at Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum on July 06, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee.

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.