{"id":1304421,"date":"2019-02-27T09:30:32","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T16:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1803427"},"modified":"2019-02-27T09:30:32","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T16:30:32","slug":"maddie-tae-it-was-art-that-won","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/maddie-tae-it-was-art-that-won\/","title":{"rendered":"Maddie & Tae: \u201cIt Was Art That Won\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by Alison Bonaguro<\/a><\/span> 2m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

After Kacey Musgraves took home the Grammy grand prize when she won the all-genre album of the year award on Feb. 10, her popularity skyrocketed.<\/p>\n

Literally. According to The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>, the day after the awards, sales<\/a> of her Golden Hour<\/em> album were up 597 percent and sales of her single \u201cRainbow\u201d were up 9,430 percent.<\/p>\n

But Maddie & Tae<\/a> were not surprised at all.<\/p>\n

Both Marlow and Musgraves are proud Texans. Marlow is from Sugar Land, about four hours south of Musgraves\u2019 hometown of Golden. And before the duo\u2019s Chicago show on Tuesday night (Feb. 26), Marlow told me what the win meant to her, as the die-hard fan and fellow country singer she is.<\/p>\n

\u201cI bought her first record and wore that thing out in high school,\u201d Marlow said. \u201cAnd I have bought them all ever since. We are both such Kacey freaks, and Tae (Dye) and I have met her a couple times and she was like, \u201cHello.\u201d She was quiet. And we were like, \u2018But I want you to be my best friend!\u2019 A girl can dream.\u201d<\/p>\n

What Marlow was happiest about is that the album of the year Grammy validated that art can<\/em> win.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat whole category had other artists who probably had more streams and probably had more exposure. But this time, it was art that won. It wasn\u2019t about politics or streams or No. 1 songs. It was truly about the art.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd it inspired me to think, \u2018You know what? Art is not dead.\u2019 You can make great art and people will appreciate it. So don\u2019t sell yourself short. Don\u2019t water yourself down. Because it does<\/em> get noticed. It is<\/em> appreciated. It IS the album of the year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Musgraves beat out Drake, Brandi Carlile, Post Malone, Cardi B, H.E.R., Janelle Mon\u00e1e and the Black Panther<\/em> soundtrack. Her win was the first time a country artist has taken home the coveted album of the year title since 2010, when Taylor Swift\u2019s Fearless<\/em> won.<\/p>\n

Dye agreed with Marlow, and added that watching Musgraves win was almost as good as the win itself. \u201cI loved her reaction<\/a>. She was like, \u2019What? What? What? What?\u2019 She is just so genuine.\u201d<\/p>\n

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