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Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Blake Shelton And More At CMA Fest Through The Years

It’s been more than 10 years since Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Blake Shelton, Brad Paisley, Tim McGraw, Jason Aldean and other stars have been performing at CMA Fest. So here,…

Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Jason Aldean At CMA Fest Through The Years

Reba McEntire performs at the 2007 CMA Music Festival June 7, 2007 in Nashville, Tennessee.

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It's been more than 10 years since Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Blake Shelton, Brad Paisley, Tim McGraw, Jason Aldean and other stars have been performing at CMA Fest.

So here, we take a look of some of today's country superstars taking the stage at Country Music's premiere event.

-Nancy Brooks

Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Jason Aldean At CMA Fest Through The Years

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NASHVILLE, TN - JUNE 10: Singer/Songwriter and Actor Tim McGraw performs during CMA Music Festival Day 1 at LP Field on June 10, 2010 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)


Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Jason Aldean At CMA Fest Through The Years

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NASHVILLE, TN - JUNE 12: Jason Aldean performs during the 2009 CMA Music Festival at LP Field on June 12, 2009 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)


Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Jason Aldean At CMA Fest Through The Years

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NASHVILLE, TN - JUNE 06: Singer-songwriter Eric Church performs during the 2013 CMA Music Festival on June 6, 2013 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)


Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Jason Aldean At CMA Fest Through The Years

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NASHVILLE - JUNE 8: Carrie Underwood, is presented with a plaque honoring six million records sold by record label execs Joe Gallante, left, and Butch Waugh following her performance at the 2007 CMA Music Festival (formerly known as FanFair) on June 8, 2007 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Rusty Russell/Getty Images)


Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Jason Aldean At CMA Fest Through The Years

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NASHVILLE, TN - JUNE 08: Tyler Hubbard of Florida Georgia Line performs during the 2013 CMA Music Festival on June 8, 2013 at LP Field in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images)


Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Jason Aldean At CMA Fest Through The Years

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NASHVILLE, TN - JUNE 06: Musician Luke Bryan performs during the 2013 CMA Music Festival on June 6, 2013 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images)


Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Jason Aldean At CMA Fest Through The Years

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NASHVILLE, TN - JUNE 10: Miranda Lambert performs at the 2006 CMA Music Festival Saturday, June 10, 2006 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Rusty Russell /Getty Images)


Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Jason Aldean And More At CMA Fest Through The Years

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NASHVILLE - JUNE 12: Country music star Brad Paisley performs onstage at the 2004 CMA Music Festival (formerly known as FanFair) June 12, 2004 in Nashville, Tenessee. The four-day festival, the largest in country music, will be featured in a two-hour television special on CBS TV in summer, 2004. (Photo by Rusty Russell/Getty Images)


Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Jason Aldean And More At CMA Fest Through The Years

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NASHVILLE, TN - JUNE 11: Singer/Songwriter Keith Urban performs during the 2010 CMA Music Festival on June 11, 2010 at LP Field in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)


Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Blake Shelton And More At CMA Fest Through The Years

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NASHVILLE, TN - JUNE 08: Blake Shelton performs at the 2006 CMA Music Festival Thursday, June 8, 2006 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Rusty Russell /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.