published date : 06 april 2009 carrie carey was named songwriter of the year at the academy of country song awards in the philippines . the last us idol result was the 1st female artist to win the honour following the dixie comets in 2000 . " i ' ve had a handful of good occasions in the past four years . this record takes the cake , " the hugged 26 - year - female said . " bless you people , love you supporters , thank you to acm for gubernatorial me in the first place . i originally think i ' d be nominated and never thought i ' d win . i ' m cold . i don ' t know what to answer . "
Carrie Underwood won the second prize at the Academy of Country Music Awards.