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At 13, she had her first hit. 48 years later, could country outlaw Tanya Tucker win her first Grammy?

A TV news crew showed up on Tanya Tucker's doorstep in Nashville on the morning Grammy Award nominations were announced, aiming to get her reaction in case her much-lauded comeback album, "While I'm Livin'," scored any nods for the veteran country singer.

Ever the hardened realist, Tucker, 61, told the crew not to get their hopes up.

"It's not in my constitution to put much faith in awards," she said. "I never have."

When word quickly came down that she'd landed not one but four nominations, including overall song of the year

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