It’s almost CMT Award season! Check out the full list of 2021 nominees below and vote for your favorites!
Miranda Lambert and Maren Morris lead this year’s nominations with 4 each. Hosts Kane Brown and Kelsea Ballerini aren’t far behind with 3 nods each. This year’s show has an impressive 13 first-time nominees and Carrie Underwood has the chance to extend her title as the winningest artist in CMT history, currently holding 22 awards.
Luke Combs, Chris Stapleton, Maren Morris, Dierks Bentley, Brothers Osborne, Miranda Lambert, Mickey Guyton, Luke Bryan, Thomas Rhett, Kelsea Ballerini, Chris Young, Kane Brown, Jon Pardi, Lauren Alaina, Carrie Underwood, Lady A, Carly Pearce, Gabby Barrett and more are set to perform at the awards.
Fan voting for the awards is OPEN NOW here.
The 2021 CMT Music Awards will broadcast live from Nashville on Wednesday, June 9 at 8pm ET on CMT.
Video of the Year
The Video of the Year nominees will be narrowed down to 6 by June 1 and the top 3 will be announced on June 8 before the awards.
Top 6
- Kane Brown, “Worldwide Beautiful”
- Keith Urban with P!nk, “One Too Many”
- Kelsea Ballerini, “hole in the bottle”
- Kenny Chesney, “Knowing You”
- Elle King and Miranda Lambert, “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)”
- Carrie Underwood with John Legend, “Hallelujah”
- Dierks Bentley, “Gone”
- Ingrid Andress, “Lady Like”
- Maren Morris, “Better Than We Found It”
- Mickey Guyton, “Heaven Down Here”
- Miranda Lambert, “Settling Down”
- Ryan Hurd with Maren Morris, “Chasing After You”
- Sam Hunt, “Breaking Up Was Easy In The 90’s”
- Willie Jones, “American Dream”
Male Video of the Year
- Chris Stapleton, “Starting Over”
- Darius Rucker, “Beers and Sunshine”
- Kane Brown, “Worship You”
- Luke Bryan, “Down To One”
- Luke Combs, “Lovin’ On You”
- Thomas Rhett, “What’s Your Country Song”
Female Video of the Year
- Carly Pearce, “Next Girl”
- Gabby Barrett, “The Good Ones”
- Kelsea Ballerini, “hole in the bottle”
- Maren Morris, “To Hell & Back”
- Mickey Guyton, “Heaven Down Here”
- Miranda Lambert, “Settling Down”
Duo / Group Video of the Year
- Brothers Osborne, “All Night”
- Lady A, “Like A Lady (On Set Version)”
- Little Big Town, “Wine, Beer, Whiskey”
- Old Dominion, “Never Be Sorry”
- Parmalee and Blanco Brown, “Just The Way”
- Runaway June, “We Were Rich (New Version)”
Breakthrough Video of the Year
- Dylan Scott, “Nobody”
- Hailey Whitters feat. Little Big Town, “Fillin’ My Cup”
- HARDY, “Give Heaven Some Hell”
- Lainey Wilson, “Things a Man Oughta Know”
- Mickey Guyton, “Black Like Me (Live At Capitol Studios)”
- Niko Moon, “GOOD TIME (Ride Along Video)”
CMT Performance of the Year
- Brooks & Dun and Luke Combs, “1, 2 Many” -from the 2020 CMT Music Awards
- Dan + Shay, “I Should Probably Go To Bed”-from the 2020 CMT Music Awards
- Jimmie Allen and Noah Cyrus, “This Is Us” -from the 2020 CMT Music Awards
- Kelsea Ballerini and Hasley, “The Other Girl” -fromt he 2020 CMT Music Awards
- Little Big Town, “Wine, Beer, Whiskey” -from the 2020 CMT Music Awards
- Nathaniel Rateliff and Margo Price, “Twinkle Twinkle” -from CMT Crossroads
Collaborative Video of the Year
- Carrie Underwood and John Legend, “Hallelujah”
- Chris Young and Kane Brown, “Famous Friends”
- Elle King and Miranda Lambert, “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)”
- Keith Urban with P!nk, “One Too Many”
- Ryan Hurd with Maren Morris, “Chasing After You”
- Tim McGraw and Tyler Hubbard, “Undivided”
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