The 2021 CMT Music Awards air Wednesday, June 9 at 8:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. CT on CMT.
UPDATE: On June 1, CMT revealed the six finalists for video of the year. The initial list included 14 contenders, and was whittled down to six.
Carrie Underwood with John Legend's “Hallelujah,” Elle King and Miranda Lambert's “Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)," Kane Brown's “Worldwide Beautiful," Keith Urban with P!nk's “One Too Many," Ballerini's “hole in the bottle” and Kenny Chesney's “Knowing You."
This brought Morris' four nominations to two. Additionally, CMT added the category "Best Family Feature" which gave Lambert another nomination in total.
Brooke Eden — “Sunroof”
Kane Brown — “Worship You”
Luke Combs — “Forever After All”
Miranda Lambert — “Settling Down”
Russell Dickerson — “Home Sweet”
Taylor Swift — “The Best Day (Taylor’s Version)”
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The 2021 CMT Music Awards nominations have been announced!
Hosted by Kelsea Ballerini and Kane Brown, leading the awards show with the most nominations are Maren Morris and Miranda Lambert with four each. The two are nominated in the categories Female Video of the Year, Collaborative Video of the Year, and two nominations each for Video of the Year.
Ballerini, Brown, Little Big Town and first-time nominee Mickey Guyton are next with three nominations apiece. A number of artists are first-time nominees at this year's fan-voted awards ceremony, including Dylan Scott, Hailey Whitters, HARDY, Lainey Wilson, Margo Price, Niko Moon, Parmalee, Ryan Hurd, Tyler Hubbard and Willie Jones.
The first round of nominees for Video of the Year award include 14 acts. The top five nominees, from the first round of voting, will be announced on June 1. Top three 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.
Elle King, Halsey, John Legend, Nathaniel Rateliff, Noah Cyrus, and P!nk also received nominations.
See the list below:
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Carrie Underwood with John Legend - “Hallelujah”
Dierks Bentley - “Gone”
Elle King and Miranda Lambert - “Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)”
Ingrid Andress - “Lady Like”
Kane Brown - “Worldwide Beautiful"
Keith Urban with P!nk - “One Too Many”
Kelsea Ballerini - “hole in the bottle”
Kenny Chesney - “Knowing You”
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”
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”
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”
DUO/GROUP VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Brothers Osborne - “All Night”
Lady A - “Like A Lady”
Little Big Town - “Wine, Beer, Whiskey”
Old Dominion - “Never Be Sorry”
Parmalee and Blanco Brown - “Just The Way”
Runaway June - “We Were Rich”
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"
Niko Moon - “GOOD TIME (Ride Along Video)”
COLLABORATIVE VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Carrie Underwood with 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”
CMT PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
From the 2020 CMT Music Awards - Brooks & Dunn 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 Halsey “The Other Girl”
From the 2020 CMT Music Awards - Little Big Town “Wine, Beer, Whiskey”
From CMT Crossroads - Nathaniel Rateliff and Margo Price “Twinkle Twinkle”
Performers and presenters to be announced at a later date.
The 2021 CMT Music Awards air Wednesday, June 9 at 8:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. 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.
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