On Monday night, the CMT Music awards ceremony took place on Nashville, Tennessee. The awards ceremony was held at the Municipality Hall, downtown. The show was hosted by Anthony Mackie, who is known for his role as Marvel’s Captain America as well as Kelsea Ballerini, who had to co-host from home as she tested positive for COVID-19. The awards were aired live on CBS and was streamed on Paramount+.
Kane Brown, who received the most nominations among the country music artists, also helped out. There was a reunion of The Judds and it was their first televised performance in two decades. The iconic mother-daughter duo performed their classic “Love Can Build a Bridge” from the 1990s.
Other live performances were from the following country music singers:
Carrie Underwood
Keith Urban
Miranda Lambert
Jimmie Allen and
Jason Aldean.
Carrie Underwood once again broke records. She won the video of the year award for “If I Didn’t Love You” with Jason Aldean. This was her tenth video of the year award. After today’s show she has won a total of 25 CMT awards. This proves her all time popularity as the awards are voted for by fans only.
Other awards include
Female video of the year
Miranda Lambert–“If I Was a Cowboy”
Male video of the year
Cody Johnson–“Til You Can’t”
Group/ duo video of the year
Maddie & Tae–“Woman You Got”
Breakthrough video of the year
Parker McCollum–“To Be Loved by You”
Collaborative video of the year
Jason Aldean & Carrie Underwood–“If I Didn’t Love You”
CMT performance of the year
George Strait–“Is Anybody Goin’ to San Antone (from CMT Giants: Charley Pride)
CMT digital-first performance of the year
Cody Johnson–“Dear Rodeo”
Trending comeback song of the year
Taylor Swift–“Love Story (Taylor’s version).
(Photo/Credit: Carrie Underwood Facebook)
