{"id":20929,"date":"2021-05-13T22:09:21","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T03:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=20929"},"modified":"2021-05-13T22:09:21","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T03:09:21","slug":"cmt-unveils-nominations-for-2021-cmt-music-awards-airing-wednesday-june-9th-8pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/13\/cmt-unveils-nominations-for-2021-cmt-music-awards-airing-wednesday-june-9th-8pm\/","title":{"rendered":"CMT Unveils Nominations for &#8220;2021 CMT Music Awards&#8221; Airing Wednesday, June 9th @ 8PM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20274\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cmt-awards.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cmt-awards.jpg 650w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cmt-awards-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>CMT today unveiled the highly-anticipated nominations for the &#8220;<strong><em>2021 CMT Music Awards,<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; country music&#8217;s only entirely fan-voted award show. Hosted by Kelsea Ballerini and Kane Brown, the show airs Wednesday, June 9th @ 8:00PM ET\/7:00PM CT on CMT, with a five-channel simulcast across MTV, MTV2, Logo, Paramount Network, and TV Land. Each winner is selected by the fans, with voting now open at vote.cmt.com.<\/p>\n<p>Female powerhouses Maren Morris and Miranda Lambert lead the pack for the most accolades of the evening, with four nominations each, including &#8220;Female Video of the Year,&#8221; &#8220;Collaborative Video of the Year,&#8221; and two nominations each for &#8220;Video of the Year.&#8221; Artists with three nominations include show co-hosts Kelsea Ballerini and Kane Brown, alongside Little Big Town and first-time nominee Mickey Guyton.<\/p><div id=\"morty-1207916229\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>The &#8220;<em>2021 CMT Music Awards<\/em>&#8221; continues to spotlight the next wave of music&#8217;s biggest stars with 13 first-time nominees including Guyton, Dylan Scott, Hailey Whitters, HARDY, Lainey Wilson, Margo Price, Nathaniel Rateliff, Niko Moon, Noah Cyrus, Parmalee, Ryan Hurd, Tyler Hubbard, and Willie Jones.<\/p>\n<p>The first round of nominees for the highly-coveted &#8220;Video of the Year&#8221; award includes 14 acts, most notably Carrie Underwood, who continues her reign as the most-awarded artist in <em>CMT Music Awards<\/em> history with 22 wins, nominated this year for her collaboration with John Legend.<\/p>\n<p>Well-known for its tradition of embracing one-of-a-kind collaborations, the &#8220;<em>2021 CMT Music Awards<\/em>&#8221; again celebrates a wide range of talent from outside musical genres, with Elle King, Halsey, John Legend, Nathaniel Rateliff, Noah Cyrus, and P!nk receiving nominations.<\/p>\n<p>The two-and-a-half-hour show will also feature &#8220;Breakthrough Video of the Year&#8221; nominees Dylan Scott, Hailey Whitters (feat. 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Top 3 nominees, from the second round of voting, will be announced on June 8. Final voting will be determined via social media and announced as the final category during the live show.<\/p>\n<p>Carrie Underwood with John Legend &#8211; &#8220;Hallelujah&#8221;<br \/>\nDierks Bentley &#8211; &#8220;Gone&#8221;<br \/>\nElle King and Miranda Lambert &#8211; &#8220;Drunk (And I Don&#8217;t Wanna Go Home)&#8221;<br \/>\nIngrid Andress &#8211; &#8220;Lady Like&#8221;<br \/>\nKane Brown &#8211; &#8220;Worldwide Beautiful&#8221;<br \/>\nKeith Urban with P!nk &#8211; &#8220;One Too Many&#8221;<br \/>\nKelsea Ballerini &#8211; &#8220;hole in the bottle&#8221;<br \/>\nKenny Chesney &#8211; &#8220;Knowing You&#8221;<br \/>\nMaren Morris &#8211; &#8220;Better Than We Found It&#8221;<br \/>\nMickey Guyton &#8211; &#8220;Heaven Down Here&#8221;<br \/>\nMiranda Lambert &#8211; &#8220;Settling Down&#8221;<br \/>\nRyan Hurd with Maren Morris &#8211; &#8220;Chasing After You&#8221;<br \/>\nSam Hunt &#8211; &#8220;Breaking Up Was Easy In The 90&#8217;s&#8221;<br \/>\nWillie Jones &#8211; &#8220;American Dream&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>FEMALE VIDEO OF THE YEAR<br \/>\nBest video by a female artist; awarded to the artist<\/p>\n<p>Carly Pearce &#8211; &#8220;Next Girl&#8221;<br \/>\nGabby Barrett &#8211; &#8220;The Good Ones&#8221;<br \/>\nKelsea Ballerini &#8211; &#8220;hole in the bottle&#8221;<br \/>\nMaren Morris &#8211; &#8220;To Hell &amp; Back&#8221;<br \/>\nMickey Guyton &#8211; &#8220;Heaven Down Here&#8221;<br \/>\nMiranda Lambert &#8211; &#8220;Settling Down&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>MALE VIDEO OF THE YEAR<br \/>\nBest video by a male artist; awarded to the artist<\/p>\n<p>Chris Stapleton &#8211; &#8220;Starting Over&#8221;<br \/>\nDarius Rucker &#8211; &#8220;Beers and Sunshine&#8221;<br \/>\nKane Brown &#8211; &#8220;Worship You&#8221;<br \/>\nLuke Bryan &#8211; &#8220;Down To One&#8221;<br \/>\nLuke Combs &#8211; &#8220;Lovin&#8217; On You&#8221;<br \/>\nThomas Rhett &#8211; &#8220;What&#8217;s Your Country Song&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>DUO\/GROUP VIDEO OF THE YEAR<br \/>\nBest video by a duo or group; awarded to the artists<\/p>\n<p>Brothers Osborne &#8211; &#8220;All Night&#8221;<br \/>\nLady A &#8211; &#8220;Like A Lady&#8221;<br \/>\nLittle Big Town &#8211; &#8220;Wine, Beer, Whiskey&#8221;<br \/>\nOld Dominion &#8211; &#8220;Never Be Sorry&#8221;<br \/>\nParmalee and Blanco Brown &#8211; &#8220;Just The Way&#8221;<br \/>\nRunaway June &#8211; &#8220;We Were Rich&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>BREAKTHROUGH VIDEO OF THE YEAR<br \/>\nBest video from an artist&#8217;s major breakthrough album; awarded to the artist (male, female or group\/duo)<\/p>\n<p>Dylan Scott &#8211; &#8220;Nobody&#8221;<br \/>\nHailey Whitters feat. Little Big Town &#8211; &#8220;Fillin&#8217; My Cup&#8221;<br \/>\nHARDY &#8211; &#8220;Give Heaven Some Hell&#8221;<br \/>\nLainey Wilson &#8211; &#8220;Things a Man Oughta Know&#8221;<br \/>\nMickey Guyton &#8211; &#8220;Black Like Me&#8221;<br \/>\nNiko Moon &#8211; &#8220;GOOD TIME (Ride Along Video)&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>COLLABORATIVE VIDEO OF THE YEAR<br \/>\nBest video from a collaboration; awarded to the artists<\/p>\n<p>Carrie Underwood with John Legend &#8211; &#8220;Hallelujah&#8221;<br \/>\nChris Young and Kane Brown &#8211; &#8220;Famous Friends&#8221;<br \/>\nElle King and Miranda Lambert &#8211; &#8220;Drunk (And I Don&#8217;t Wanna Go Home)&#8221;<br \/>\nKeith Urban with P!nk &#8211; &#8220;One Too Many&#8221;<br \/>\nRyan Hurd with Maren Morris &#8211; &#8220;Chasing After You&#8221;<br \/>\nTim McGraw and Tyler Hubbard &#8211; &#8220;Undivided&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>CMT PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR<br \/>\nMusical performance on a television show, series or variety special on CMT; awarded to the artist (individual, group or duo)<\/p>\n<p>From the 2020 CMT Music Awards &#8211; Brooks &amp; Dunn and Luke Combs &#8220;1, 2 Many&#8221;<br \/>\nFrom the 2020 CMT Music Awards &#8211; Dan + Shay &#8220;I Should Probably Go To Bed&#8221;<br \/>\nFrom the 2020 CMT Music Awards &#8211; Jimmie Allen and Noah Cyrus &#8220;This Is Us&#8221;<br \/>\nFrom the 2020 CMT Music Awards &#8211; Kelsea Ballerini and Halsey &#8220;The Other Girl&#8221;<br \/>\nFrom the 2020 CMT Music Awards &#8211; Little Big Town &#8220;Wine, Beer, Whiskey&#8221;<br \/>\nFrom CMT Crossroads &#8211; Nathaniel Rateliff and Margo Price &#8220;Twinkle Twinkle&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Performers and presenters to be announced at a later date.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;2021 CMT Music Awards&#8221; is executive produced by CMT&#8217;s Margaret Comeaux, Switched On Entertainment&#8217;s John Hamlin and Amy Lin Johnson; the Executives in Charge of Production are Jackie Barba and Heather D. 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