{"id":23582,"date":"2023-03-09T05:55:10","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T10:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/?p=23582"},"modified":"2023-03-09T05:34:51","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T10:34:51","slug":"cmt-music-award-nominations-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/blogs\/country-music-news\/2023\/03\/cmt-music-award-nominations-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"CMT Music Award Nominations Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The nominees for this year&#8217;s &#8220;CMT Music Awards&#8221; were unveiled on Wednesday, March 8th, and Lainey Wilson leads the way with four nods.<\/p>\n<p>Cody Johnson, Jelly Roll, and Kane Brown have three apiece.<\/p>\n<p>There are 16 Video of the Year nominees, and they&#8217;ll narrow that down to SIX after the first round of voting ends on March 27th.<\/p>\n<p>The top three will be announced on show day, with the winner being determined by social media.<\/p>\n<p>The Breakthrough Video of the Year category has been divided into Male and Female subcategories.<\/p>\n<p>There are six female nominees and six male nominees, with one winner from each.<\/p>\n<p>This is a fan-voted awards show, and you can cast your ballot now at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmt.com\/cmt-music-awards\/vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vote.cmt.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kane Brown and Kelsea Ballerini are the co-hosts, and the show airs live on CBS on April 2nd.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"insta-iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CpiDKLAulyR\/embed\/captioned\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display:inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height:0;\"  class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><\/span><\/iframe>\n<p>Here is the complete list of nominees:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>VIDEO OF THE YEAR<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ashley McBryde, Caylee Hammack, Brandy Clark &amp; Pillbox Patti &#8211; \u201cBonfire at Tina\u2019s\u201d<br \/>\nBlake Shelton &#8211; \u201cNo Body\u201d<br \/>\nCarrie Underwood &#8211; \u201cHate My Heart\u201d<br \/>\nCody Johnson &#8211; \u201cHuman\u201d<br \/>\nElle King feat. Dierks Bentley &#8211; \u201cWorth a Shot\u201d<br \/>\nGabby Barrett &#8211; \u201cPick Me Up\u201d<br \/>\nHARDY feat. Lainey Wilson &#8211; \u201cwait in the truck\u201d<br \/>\nJimmie Allen &#8211; \u201cDown Home\u201d<br \/>\nKane Brown &amp; Katelyn Brown &#8211; \u201cThank God\u201d<br \/>\nKeith Urban &#8211; \u201cWild Hearts\u201d<br \/>\nKelsea Ballerini &#8211; \u201cHEARTFIRST\u201d<br \/>\nLittle Big Town &#8211; \u201cRich Man\u201d<br \/>\nLuke Bryan &#8211; \u201cCountry On\u201d<br \/>\nLuke Combs &#8211; \u201cThe Kind of Love We Make\u201d<br \/>\nMorgan Wallen &#8211; \u201cYou Proof\u201d<br \/>\nWalker Hayes &#8211; \u201cAA\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>FEMALE VIDEO OF THE YEAR<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Best video by a female artist; awarded to the artist.<\/p>\n<p>Carly Pearce &#8211; \u201cWhat He Didn\u2019t Do\u201d<br \/>\nCarrie Underwood &#8211; \u201cGhost Story\u201d<br \/>\nGabby Barrett &#8211; \u201cPick Me Up\u201d<br \/>\nKelsea Ballerini &#8211; \u201cHEARTFIRST\u201d<br \/>\nLainey Wilson &#8211; \u201cHeart Like a Truck\u201d<br \/>\nMaren Morris &#8211; \u201cHumble Quest\u201d<br \/>\nMiranda Lambert &#8211; \u201cActin\u2019 Up\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>MALE VIDEO OF THE YEAR<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Best video by a male artist; awarded to the artist.<\/p>\n<p>Bailey Zimmerman &#8211; \u201cRock and a Hard Place\u201d<br \/>\nCody Johnson &#8211; \u201cHuman\u201d<br \/>\nCole Swindell &#8211; \u201cShe Had Me at Heads Carolina\u201d<br \/>\nJelly Roll &#8211; \u201cSon of a Sinner\u201d<br \/>\nKane Brown &#8211; \u201cLike I Love Country Music\u201d<br \/>\nLuke Combs &#8211; \u201cThe Kind of Love We Make\u201d<br \/>\nMorgan Wallen &#8211; \u201cWasted on You\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>GROUP\/DUO VIDEO OF THE YEAR<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Best video by a duo or group; awarded to the artists.<\/p>\n<p>Dan + Shay &#8211; \u201cYou (Performance Video)\u201d<br \/>\nLady A &#8211; \u201cSummer State of Mind\u201d<br \/>\nLittle Big Town &#8211; \u201cHell Yeah\u201d<br \/>\nParmalee &#8211; \u201cTake My Name\u201d<br \/>\nThe War and Treaty &#8211; \u201cThat\u2019s How Love Is Made\u201d<br \/>\nZac Brown Band &#8211; \u201cOut in the Middle\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>FEMALE BREAKTHROUGH VIDEO OF THE YEAR<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Best video from a female artist\u2019s major breakthrough album; awarded to the artist.<\/p>\n<p>Avery Anna &#8211; \u201cNarcissist\u201d<br \/>\nKylie Morgan &#8211; \u201cIf He Wanted to He Would\u201d<br \/>\nMacKenzie Porter &#8211; \u201cPickup\u201d<br \/>\nMegan Moroney &#8211; \u201cTennessee Orange\u201d<br \/>\nMorgan Wade &#8211; \u201cWilder Days\u201d<br \/>\nTiera Kennedy &#8211; \u201cFound It in You\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>MALE BREAKTHROUGH VIDEO OF THE YEAR<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Best video from a male artist\u2019s major breakthrough album; awarded to the artist.<\/p>\n<p>Bailey Zimmerman &#8211; \u201cFall in Love\u201d<br \/>\nCorey Kent &#8211; \u201cWild as Her\u201d<br \/>\nDrake Milligan &#8211; \u201cSounds Like Something I\u2019d Do\u201d<br \/>\nJackson Dean &#8211; \u201cDon\u2019t Come Lookin\u2019\u201d<br \/>\nJelly Roll &#8211; \u201cSon of a Sinner\u201d<br \/>\nNate Smith &#8211; \u201cWhiskey on You\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>COLLABORATIVE VIDEO OF THE YEAR<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Best video from a collaboration; awarded to the artists.<\/p>\n<p>Elle King feat. Dierks Bentley &#8211; \u201cWorth a Shot\u201d<br \/>\nHARDY feat. Lainey Wilson &#8211; \u201cwait in the truck\u201d<br \/>\nIngrid Andress with Sam Hunt &#8211; \u201cWishful Drinking\u201d<br \/>\nKane Brown &amp; Katelyn Brown &#8211; \u201cThank God\u201d<br \/>\nMidland feat. Jon Pardi &#8211; \u201cLongneck Way to Go\u201d<br \/>\nRussell Dickerson feat. Jake Scott &#8211; \u201cShe Likes It\u201d<br \/>\nThomas Rhett &amp; Katy Perry &#8211; \u201cWhere We Started\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[twitter id=&#8221;1633467917495939073&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>CMT PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Musical performance on a television show, series or variety special on CMT; awarded to the artist (individual, group or duo).<\/p>\n<p>Black Pumas &amp; Mickey Guyton &#8211; \u201cColors\u201d (from 2022 CMT MUSIC AWARDS)<br \/>\nChris Stapleton &#8211; \u201cWhenever You Come Around\u201d (from \u201cCMT Giants: Vince Gill\u201d)<br \/>\nCody Johnson &#8211; \u201c\u2018Til You Can\u2019t\u201d (from 2022 CMT MUSIC AWARDS)<br \/>\nCole Swindell &amp; Lainey Wilson &#8211; \u201cNever Say Never\u201d (from 2022 CMT MUSIC AWARDS)<br \/>\nDarius Rucker &#8211; \u201cLet Her Cry\u201d (from \u201cCMT Storytellers\u201d)<br \/>\nEmmy Russell &amp; Lukas Nelson &#8211; \u201cLay Me Down\u201d (from \u201cCoal Miner\u2019s Daughter: A Celebration of the Life and Music of Loretta Lynn\u201d)<br \/>\nLeAnn Rimes with Ashley McBryde &amp; Carly Pearce &#8211; \u201cOne Way Ticket\u201d (from \u201cCMT Crossroads: LeAnn Rimes &amp; Friends\u201d)<br \/>\nKeith Urban &#8211; \u201cWild Hearts\u201d (from 2022 CMT MUSIC AWARDS)<br \/>\nThe Judds &#8211; \u201cLove Can Build a Bridge\u201d (from 2022 CMT MUSIC AWARDS)<br \/>\nWynonna Judd &amp; Brandi Carlile &#8211; \u201cThe Rose\u201d (from \u201cNaomi Judd: A River of Time Celebration\u201d)<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>CMT DIGITAL-FIRST PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Musical performance from a production, series or livestream created for CMT digital \/ social channels; awarded to the artist (individual, group or duo).<\/p>\n<p>Charley Crockett &#8211; \u201cTime of the Cottonwood Trees\u201d (from \u201cCMT Campfire Sessions\u201d)<br \/>\nChris Young &#8211; \u201cGettin\u2019 You Home\u201d (from \u201cCMT Stages\u201d)<br \/>\nIngrid Andress &#8211; \u201cWishful Drinking\u201d (from \u201cCMT Studio Sessions\u201d)<br \/>\nJelly Roll &#8211; \u201cSon of a Sinner\u201d (from \u201cCMT All Access\u201d)<br \/>\nMegan Moroney &#8211; \u201cTennessee Orange\u201d (from \u201cCMT Viral to Verified\u201d)<br \/>\nScotty McCreery &#8211; \u201cDamn Strait\u201d (from \u201cCMT Campfire Sessions\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>Performers and presenters at the 2023 CMT Music Awards will be announced in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The nominees for this year&#8217;s &#8220;CMT Music Awards&#8221; were unveiled on Wednesday, March 8th, and Lainey Wilson leads the way with four nods.","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":23584,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[707,76,3995,204,65,2991],"class_list":["post-23582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-country-music-news","tag-cmt-music-awards","tag-cody-johnson","tag-jelly-roll","tag-kane-brown","tag-kelsea-ballerini","tag-lainey-wilson"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-14 01:00:12","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/country959.com\/blogs\/country-music-news\/2023\/03\/cmt-music-award-nominations-announced\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23582"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23585,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23582\/revisions\/23585"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}