CMT Music Awards Will Feature Collaborations Between Keith Urban & Carrie Underwood, Florida Georgia Line & The Chainsmokers and More

CMT Music Awards Will Feature Collaborations Between Keith Urban & Carrie Underwood, Florida Georgia Line & The Chainsmokers and More

In addition to host Charles Esten and performers Luke Bryan, Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert, Thomas Rhett and Brett Eldredge, the 2017 CMT Music Awards on June 7 will feature a trio of collaborative performances, including:

  • Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban
  • Florida Georgia Line and The Chainsmokers
  • Lady Antebellum and Earth, Wind & Fire

More performers and presenters will be announced soon.

Fans can vote for the nominees at CMT.com until Monday, June 5, for categories including Video of the Year, Male Video of the Year, Female Video of the Year, Duo Video of the Year, Group Video of the Year, Breakthrough Video of the Year, Collaborative Video of the Year, CMT Performance of the Year and Social Superstar of the Year. The top seven finalists for the night’s biggest award, Video of the Year, will be revealed on the morning of June 7.

Kelsea Ballerini, Thomas Rhett and Keith Urban lead the pack with four nominations apiece. Other artists picking up multiple nominations include Brett Eldredge, Lauren Alaina, Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan, Jon Pardi, Florida Georgia Line and more.

The CMT Music Awards will air live from Nashville on June 7 at 7 p.m. CT.

Check out all of the nominees below.

Video of the Year

  • “Forever Country” – Artists of Then, Now & Forever
  • “Today” – Brad Paisley
  • “Wanna Be That Song” – Brett Eldredge
  • “Church Bells” – Carrie Underwood,
  • “Middle of a Memory” – Cole Swindell
  • “Different for Girls” – Dierks Bentley feat. Elle King
  • “H.O.L.Y.” – Florida Georgia Line
  • “Dirt on My Boots” – Jon Pardi
  • “Blue Ain’t Your Color” – Keith Urban
  • “Peter Pan” – Kelsea Ballerini
  • “Better Man” – Little Big Town
  • “Huntin’, Fishin,’ and Lovin’ Every Day” – Luke Bryan
  • “Vice” – Miranda Lamber
  • “Star of the Show” – Thomas Rhett

Female Video of the Year

  • “Church Bells” – Carrie Underwood
  • “Peter Pan” – Kelsea Ballerini
  • “Road Less Traveled” – Lauren Alaina
  • “’80s Mercedes” – Maren Morris
  • “Vice” – Miranda Lambert
  • “Back to God” – Reba McEntire

Male Video of the Year

  • “Came Here to Forget” – Blake Shelton
  • “Record Year” – Eric Church
  • “Lights Come On” – Jason Aldean
  • “Blue Ain’t Your Color” – Keith Urban
  • “Huntin’, Fishin’, and Lovin’ Every Day” – Luke Bryan
  • “Star of the Show” – Thomas Rhett

Duo Video of the Year

  • “Lovin’ Lately” – Big & Rich feat. Tim McGraw
  • “21 Summer” – Brothers Osborne
  • “How Not To” – Dan + Shay
  • “H.O.L.Y.” – Florida Georgia Line
  • “I Know Somebody” – LOCASH

Group Video of the Year

  • “Saltwater Gospel” – Eli Young Band
  • “You Look Good” – Lady Antebellum
  • “Better Man” – Little Big Town
  • “Drinkin’ Problem” – Midland
  • “Song For Another Time” – Old Dominion

Breakthrough Video of the Year

  • “In Case You Didn’t Know” – Brett Young
  • “Dirt on My Boots” – Jon Pardi
  • “Used to Love You Sober” – Kane Brown
  • “Road Less Traveled” – Lauren Alaina
  • “Hurricane” – Luke Combs
  • “Love Triangle” – RaeLynn

Collaborative Video of the Year

  • “Forever Country” – Artists Then, Now & Forever
  • “Sober Saturday Night” – Chris Young feat. Vince Gill
  • “Different for Girls” – Dierks Bentley feat. Elle King
  • “May We All” – Florida Georgia Line feat. Tim McGraw
  • “The Fighter” – Keith Urban feat. Carrie Underwood
  • “Setting the World on Fire” – Kenny Chesney feat. Pink

CMT Performance of the Year

  • “Hicktown” (CMT Concert of the Summer) – Jason Aldean
  • “Want to Want Me” (CMT Crossroads) – Jason Derulo and Luke Bryan
  • “Pink Houses” (CMT Crossroads) – John Mellencamp and Darius Rucker
  • “’80s Mercedes” (CMT Crossroads) – Alicia Keys and Maren Morris
  • “You’re Still the One/Any Man of Mine/Man, I Feel Like a Woman” (CMT Artists of the Year) – Meghan Trainor, Jill Scott and Kelsea Ballerini
  • “Close” (CMT Crossroads) – Nick Jonas and Thomas Rhett

Social Superstar

  • Brett Eldredge
  • Jake Owen
  • Keith Urban
  • Kelsea Ballerini
  • Lauren Alaina
  • Thomas Rhett

 

 

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