{"id":21324,"date":"2021-05-19T20:35:53","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T01:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=21324"},"modified":"2021-05-19T20:35:53","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T01:35:53","slug":"first-round-of-star-studded-performers-revealed-for-2021-cmt-music-awards-airing-wednesday-june-9th-8pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/19\/first-round-of-star-studded-performers-revealed-for-2021-cmt-music-awards-airing-wednesday-june-9th-8pm\/","title":{"rendered":"First Round of Star-Studded Performers Revealed for 2021 &#8220;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 revealed the first round of powerhouse performers set to take the stage at the 2021 &#8220;<em><strong>CMT Music Awards<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; &#8211; country music&#8217;s only fan-voted award show &#8211; airing Wednesday, June 9th at 8:00PM ET\/7:00PM CT on CMT, MTV, MTV2, Logo, Paramount Network and TV Land.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e74Erc-i1I4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Known for delivering unforgettable, high-energy performances from country&#8217;s biggest hitmakers alongside one-of-a-kind collaborations both in- and out-of-genre, the first slate of performers at this year&#8217;s much-anticipated show include:<\/p><div id=\"morty-4069236116\" 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>Brothers Osborne (&#8220;Duo\/Group Video of the Year&#8221;) + Dierks Bentley (&#8220;Video of the Year&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p>Chris Stapleton (&#8220;Male Video of the Year&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p>Luke Combs (&#8220;Male Video of the Year,&#8221; &#8220;CMT Performance of the Year&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p>Maren Morris (&#8220;Female Video of the Year,&#8221; &#8220;Collaborative Video of the Year,&#8221; 2x &#8220;Video of the Year&#8221;) + JP Saxe<\/p><div id=\"morty-3141737345\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><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>Mickey Guyton (&#8220;Female Video of the Year,&#8221; &#8220;Breakthrough Video of the Year,&#8221; &#8220;Video of the Year&#8221;) + Gladys Knight<\/p>\n<p>Miranda Lambert (&#8220;Female Video of the Year,&#8221; &#8220;Collaborative Video of the Year,&#8221; 2x &#8220;Video of the Year&#8221;) + Jack Ingram + Jon Randall<\/p>\n<p>Additional performers and presenters will be announced in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>2021 &#8220;<em>CMT Music Awards<\/em>&#8221; nominations were unveiled last week, with female powerhouses Morris and Lambert competing for the most accolades with four nods each. 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