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Taylor Swift, Little Big Town, Carrie Underwood and Zac Brown Band were the big country winners at last night's 55th Annual Grammy Awards.

Country Winners List

BEST COUNTRY SOLO PERFORMANCE

Carrie Underwood: Blown Away

BEST COUNTRY DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE

Little Big Town: “Pontoon”

BEST COUNTRY SONG

(Songwriters’ award. Artist name in parentheses.)

“Blown Away”: Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins (Carrie Underwood)

BEST COUNTRY ALBUM

Zac Brown Band: Uncaged

  • Taylor won her seventh Grammy for Song Written for Visual Media. She shares the win with The Civil Wars and T-Bone Burnett for "Safe and Sound" from the Hunger Games soundtrack.
  • LBT took home their first Grammy for Best Country Duo/Group Performance for their first number-one hit, "Pontoon."
  • Carrie won her sixth Grammy, for Best Country Solo Performance for "Blown Away," which also won Best Country Song. The award went to songwriters Josh Kear and Chris Tompkins.
  • Zac Brown Band took home their third Grammy, for Best Country Album for Uncaged. They previously won 2009's Best New Artistaward and shared 2011's Best Country Collaboration With Vocals for "As She's Walking Away" with Alan Jackson.
  • Taylor opened the show with a wild, red and white, Alice in Wonderland-themed performance of "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," complete with pyro, Siamese twins and demonic bunny rabbits. A New York Times live blogger said show opener, "Taylor in Wonderland!" Another added, "It's like they asked her, 'Taylor, would you like your opening act to have…?' 'Yes!'"
  • Miranda Lambert and Dierks Bentley brought the Locked and Reloaded tour to the Grammys. Miranda started the set solo with "Over You" before Dierks joined her for "Home."
  • Three-time Grammy nominee Hunter Hayes sang "Wanted" and introduced Blown Away tourmate Carrie Underwood, who performed a two-song mashup of "Blown Away" and "Two Black Cadillacs." Carrie wore a floor-length ball gown with video elements projected across the skirt.
  • Zac Brown was part of one of the last performances of the show, joining an all-star tribute to the late Levon Helm. Zac swapped vocals on "The Weight" with Mavis Staples and Alabama Shakes' Brittany Howard. Mumford and Sons, Elton John and T-Bone Burnett were also part of the tribute, which was also dedicated to the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings.