This year’s CMT\u00a0Music Awards\u00a0show promises to be one of the most genre-bending ceremonies ever! At least eight collaborative videos featuring pop artists, R&B legends, Americana favorites and more making the final nominees list.<\/p>\n
Little Big Town\u00a0are set to host the event live from Nashville on June 6 at 8 p.m. ET.\u00a0Jason Aldean,\u00a0Florida Georgia Line\u00a0and\u00a0Carrie Underwood\u00a0lead the nominees with an impressive four nominations each.<\/p>\n
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Underwood is the record-holder for the most CMT Music Award wins with 17 under her belt. The video for her Ludacris collaboration, \u201cThe Champion,\u201d is nominated in three categories including the night\u2019s top honor of video the year, and she shares a nomination for CMT performance of the year with Keith Urban for \u201cThe Fighter\u201d from the 2017 CMT Music Awards.<\/p>\n
Florida Georgia Line and Bebe Rexha share nominations for video and collaborative video of the year for \u201cMeant to Be,\u201d while the Brian Kelley-co-directed \u201cSmooth\u201d video is up for duo video, and \u201cEverybody\u201d from FGL\u2019s\u00a0CMT Crossroads<\/em>\u00a0with the Backstreet Boys is nominated for CMT performance of the year. Aldean\u2019s four nominations are also in the video, male video and CMT performance of the year categories.<\/p>\n Following Aldean, FGL and Underwood with three nominations each are Little Big Town, Chris Stapleton, Lauren Alaina and Thomas Rhett.<\/p>\n The 2018 nominations also mark the first time pop musicians Rexha, Ludacris and Justin Timberlake are recognized in the video of the year category along with videos from Rhett, Blake Shelton, Brett Young, Brothers Osborne, Dan + Shay, Kane Brown featuring Alaina, Kelsea Ballerini and Luke Combs.<\/p>\n Andra Day, Backstreet Boys, Carly Pearce, Common, Derek Trucks, Devin Dawson, High Valley, LANco, Russell Dickerson, Walker Hayes and Earth, Wind & Fire are also among the CMT Music Awards\u2019 first-time nominees.<\/p>\n Ballerini helped announce the nominees in three categories during Tuesday\u2019s (May 8)\u00a0Today<\/em>\u00a0show on NBC.<\/p>\n Here is a complete list of nominees for the 2018 CMT Music Awards.<\/p>\n Video of the Year<\/strong> Bebe Rexha feat. Florida Georgia Line, \u201cMeant To Be\u201d Male Video of the Year<\/strong> Blake Shelton, \u201cI\u2019ll Name The Dogs\u201d Female Video of the Year<\/strong> Carly Pearce, \u201cEvery Little Thing\u201d Duo Video of the Year<\/strong> Big & Rich, \u201cCalifornia\u201d Group Video of the Year<\/strong> Lady Antebellum, \u201cYou Look Good\u201d Breakthrough Video of the Year<\/strong> Carly Pearce, \u201cEvery Little Thing\u201d Collaborative Video of the Year<\/strong> Bebe Rexha feat. Florida Georgia Line, \u201cMeant To Be\u201d CMT Performance of the Year<\/strong> Andra Day, Common, Little Big Town, Lee Ann Womack and Danielle Bradbery, \u201cStand Up For Something\u201d (From\u00a02017 CMT Artists of the Year<\/em>) This year’s CMT\u00a0Music Awards\u00a0show promises to be one of the most genre-bending ceremonies ever! At least eight collaborative videos featuring pop artists, R&B legends, Americana favorites and more making the final nominees list. Little Big Town\u00a0are set to host the event live from Nashville on June 6 at 8 p.m. ET.\u00a0Jason Aldean,\u00a0Florida Georgia Line\u00a0and\u00a0Carrie Underwood\u00a0lead […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[39,179,15,40,25,26],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cmni.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/mgid_ao_image_cmt-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmni.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1500"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmni.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmni.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmni.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmni.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1500"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cmni.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1504,"href":"https:\/\/cmni.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1500\/revisions\/1504"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmni.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmni.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmni.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmni.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nBest video of the year; awarded to the artist (male, female, group\/duo or collaboration) and the video director. Final nominees announced the morning of the show, with final voting held on Twitter during the live telecast.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nBlake Shelton, \u201cI\u2019ll Name The Dogs\u201d
\nBrett Young, \u201cMercy\u201d
\nBrothers Osborne, \u201cIt Ain\u2019t My Fault\u201d
\nCarrie Underwood feat. Ludacris, \u201cThe Champion\u201d
\nDan + Shay, \u201cTequila\u201d
\nJason Aldean, \u201cYou Make It Easy\u201d
\nJustin Timberlake feat. Chris Stapleton, \u201cSay Something\u201d
\nKane Brown feat. Lauren Alaina, \u201cWhat Ifs\u201d
\nKelsea Ballerini, \u201cLegends\u201d
\nLuke Combs, \u201cWhen It Rains It Pours\u201d
\nThomas Rhett, \u201cMarry Me\u201d<\/p>\n
\nBest video by a male artist; awarded to the artist<\/em><\/p>\n
\nDustin Lynch, \u201cSmall Town Boy\u201d
\nJason Aldean, \u201cYou Make It Easy\u201d
\nJon Pardi, \u201cHeartache On The Dance Floor\u201d
\nLuke Bryan, \u201cLight It Up\u201d
\nThomas Rhett, \u201cMarry Me\u201d<\/p>\n
\nBest video by a female artist; awarded to the artist<\/em><\/p>\n
\nCarrie Underwood feat. Ludacris, \u201cThe Champion\u201d
\nKelsea Ballerini, \u201cLegends\u201d
\nLauren Alaina, \u201cDoin\u2019 Fine\u201d
\nMaren Morris, \u201cI Could Use A Love Song\u201d
\nMiranda Lambert, \u201cTin Man\u201d From 2017 ACM Awards<\/p>\n
\nBest video by a duo; awarded to the artists<\/em><\/p>\n
\nBrothers Osborne, \u201cIt Ain\u2019t My Fault\u201d
\nDan + Shay, \u201cTequila\u201d
\nFlorida Georgia Line, \u201cSmooth\u201d
\nHigh Valley, \u201cShe\u2019s With Me\u201d
\nTim McGraw & Faith Hill, \u201cSpeak To A Girl\u201d<\/p>\n
\nBest video by a group; awarded to the artists<\/em><\/p>\n
\nLANco, \u201cGreatest Love Story\u201d
\nLittle Big Town, \u201cWhen Someone Stops Loving You\u201d
\nMidland, \u201cMake A Little\u201d
\nOld Dominion, \u201cNo Such Thing As A Broken Heart\u201d
\nRascal Flatts, \u201cYours If You Want It\u201d
\nZac Brown Band, \u201cMy Old Man\u201d<\/p>\n
\nBest video from an artist\u2019s major breakthrough album; awarded to the artist (male, female or group\/duo)<\/em><\/p>\n
\nDanielle Bradbery, \u201cSway\u201d
\nDevin Dawson, \u201cAll On Me\u201d
\nLANco, \u201cGreatest Love Story\u201d
\nRussell Dickerson, \u201cYours\u201d
\nWalker Hayes, \u201cYou Broke Up With Me\u201d<\/p>\n
\nBest video from a collaboration; awarded to the artists<\/em><\/p>\n
\nCarrie Underwood feat. Ludacris, \u201cThe Champion\u201d
\nCole Swindell feat. Dierks Bentley, \u201cFlatliner\u201d
\nJustin Timberlake feat. Chris Stapleton, \u201cSay Something\u201d
\nKane Brown feat. Lauren Alaina, \u201cWhat Ifs\u201d
\nThomas Rhett feat. Maren Morris, \u201cCraving You\u201d<\/p>\n
\nMusical performance on a television show, series or variety special on CMT; awarded to the artist (individual, group or duo)<\/em><\/p>\n
\nBackstreet Boys and Florida Georgia Line, \u201cEverybody\u201d (From\u00a0CMT Crossroads<\/em>)
\nCharles Kelley, Jason Aldean, Darius Rucker and Derek Trucks, \u201cMidnight Rider\u201d (From\u00a02017 CMT Music Awards<\/em>)
\nEarth, Wind & Fire and Lady Antebellum, \u201cSeptember\u201d (From\u00a0CMT Crossroads<\/em>)
\nJason Aldean, Keith Urban, Chris Stapleton and Little Big Town, \u201cI Won\u2019t Back Down\u201d (From\u00a02017 CMT Artists of the Year<\/em>)
\nKeith Urban feat. Carrie Underwood, \u201cThe Fighter\u201d (From\u00a02017 CMT Music Awards<\/em>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"