The Tennessean (Dec. 2nd 2011)

Country stars react to Grammy nominations

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Blake Shelton received three nominations: best solo country performance for "Honey Bee," best country song for "God Gave Me You" and best country album for Red River Blue.

"It's one thing to be acknowledged by the Grammy voters for one of your songs, but to have two songs nominated, and the album that they're both off of, is an emotional experience," Shelton said in a statement. "I may never have something like this in my career again and I'm darn well going to enjoy it."