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Decked out in a nudie jumpsuit, birthday girl Miranda Lambert opened the CMA Awards with a bravura performance.

Lambert is the most-nominated woman in CMA Award history, and the third-most nominated artist ever.

Lambert let us know why with a medley that spanned her whole career.

She kicked off with Kerosene, the first song she ever performed at the CMAs back in 2005.

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