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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, Texan Kacey Musgraves won four trophies at the 2019 |
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Grammy Awards, including the most prestigious, Album of the Year, |
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for Golden Hour; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of Golden, Texas, Ms. Musgraves also took |
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home the award for Best Country Album, and she received Best Country |
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Song for "Space Cowboy" and best country solo performance for |
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"Butterflies"; Golden Hour, which blends country instrumentation |
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and electronic elements, has received wide critical acclaim, and it |
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was previously named Album of the Year by the Country Music |
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Association; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Musgraves began playing mandolin and writing |
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songs in elementary school, and during adolescence, she released a |
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number of albums on independent labels; after high school, she |
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worked on her craft in Austin and appeared on the television |
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competition Nashville Star before signing with Mercury Nashville in |
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2012; and |
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WHEREAS, With her first major-label album, Same Trailer |
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Different Park, Ms. Musgraves debuted at No. 2 on Billboard's "Top |
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200" chart, and she scored three hit singles; she continued to gain |
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fans with her follow-up album, Pageant Material, and she offered |
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her listeners a holiday treat in 2016 with the retro sounds of A |
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Very Kacey Christmas; and |
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WHEREAS, Kacey Musgraves has brought joy to innumerable |
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people through her music, and she may take justifiable pride in the |
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national recognition she has garnered; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 86th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby congratulate Kacey Musgraves on her receipt of four 2019 |
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Grammy Awards and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued |
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success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Musgraves as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives and Senate. |