"Success," Brad Paisley says, "is more difficult than failure in many ways. It's also more fun."
Brad stared his success — and some of the people who helped him achieve it — in the face last night as Arista Nashville threw a party to celebrate the multitude of "10s" in his career: He's been signed to the label 10 years, he's had 10 No. 1 hits, and he's sold 10 million albums. And, as it turns out, he's also tied with George Jones and Loretta Lynn for 10th place on the list of Country Music Association awards nominations; each of them has been on the list 38 times — and all of Brad's have come since the year 2000.