They carry out — you vote! Plug within the amps and mud off your greatest boots: The 2023 CMT Music Award nominations are right here, and the record is jam-packed with the most effective names in nation music at the moment.
Lainey Wilson leads the pack with 4 nominations — Video of the 12 months, Feminine Video of the 12 months, Collaborative Video of the 12 months and CMT Efficiency of the 12 months — carefully adopted by cohost Kane Brown, who’s up for 3 nods on the nation ceremony. Tying the “What Ifs” singer, 29, is singer-songwriter Cody Johnson and first-time nominee Jelly Roll.
Along with being a nominee, Brown may also cohost the night’s festivities alongside fellow nominee Kelsea Ballerini. The 2023 CMT Music Awards — which can be held at Austin, Texas’ Moody Heart on Sunday, April 2 — will mark the third time the 2 KBs have helmed the ceremony collectively. The “Penthouse” singer, for her half, can also be up for a number of awards throughout the occasion: Video of the 12 months and Feminine Video of the 12 months for her hit, “Heartfirst.”
Nation music famous person Carrie Underwood, in the meantime, may add one other feather to her cap in the case of this 12 months’s ceremony. The “Jesus Take the Wheel” singer, 39, is already probably the most embellished artist on the CMT Awards — she boasts 25 wins over her profession — however may land one other if she scores the coveted Video of the 12 months win for “Hate My Coronary heart.”
Different high-profile names up for the most important prizes in nation music embody Keith City, Miranda Lambert, Maren Morris, Blake Shelton, Walker Hayes, Gabby Barrett, Luke Combs, Chris Stapleton, Thomas Rhett and lots of extra.
Maintain scrolling to see all the nominees for the 2023 CMT Music Awards — and vote right here.
The 2023 CMT Music Awards air Sunday, April 2 on CBS from 8 p.m. ET to 11 p.m. ET.
Video of the 12 months
Ashley McBryde, Caylee Hammack, Brandy Clark & Pillbox Patti – “Bonfire at Tina’s”
Blake Shelton – “No Physique”
Carrie Underwood – “Hate My Coronary heart”
Cody Johnson – “Human”
Elle King feat. Dierks Bentley – “Value A Shot”
Gabby Barrett – “Choose Me Up”
HARDY feat. Lainey Wilson – “Wait within the Truck”
Jimmie Allen – “Down House”
Kane Brown & Katelyn Brown – “Thank God”
Keith City – “Wild Hearts”
Kelsea Ballerini – “Heartfirst”
Little Large City – “Wealthy Man”
Luke Bryan – “Nation On”
Luke Combs – “The Sort of Love We Make”
Morgan Wallen – “You Proof”
Walker Hayes – “AA”
Feminine Video of the 12 months
Carly Pearce – “What He Didn’t Do”
Carrie Underwood – “Ghost Story”
Gabby Barrett – “Choose Me Up”
Kelsea Ballerini – “Heartfirst”
Lainey Wilson – “Coronary heart Like a Truck”
Maren Morris – “Humble Quest”
Miranda Lambert – “Actin’ Up”
Male Video of the 12 months
Bailey Zimmerman – “Rock and a Exhausting Place”
Cody Johnson – “Human”
Cole Swindell – “She Had Me at Heads Carolina”
Jelly Roll – “Son of a Sinner”
Kane Brown – “Like I Love Nation Music”
Luke Combs – “The Sort of Love We Make”
Morgan Wallen – “Wasted on You”
Group/Duo Video of the 12 months
Dan + Shay – “You (Efficiency Video)”
Girl A – “Summer season State of Thoughts”
Little Large City – “Hell Yeah”
Parmalee – “Take My Identify”
The Warfare And Treaty – “That’s How Love Is Made”
Zac Brown Band – “Out within the Center”
Feminine Breakthrough Video of the 12 months
Avery Anna – “Narcissist”
Kylie Morgan – “If He Needed to He Would”
MacKenzie Porter – “Pickup”
Megan Moroney – “Tennessee Orange”
Morgan Wade – “Wilder Days”
Tiera Kennedy – “Discovered It In You”
Male Breakthrough Video of the 12 months
Bailey Zimmerman – “Fall in Love”
Corey Kent – “Wild as Her”
Drake Milligan – “Sounds Like One thing I’d Do”
Jackson Dean – “Don’t Come Lookin’”
Jelly Roll – “Son of a Sinner”
Nate Smith – “Whiskey on You”
Collaborative Video of the 12 months
Elle King feat. Dierks Bentley – “Value a Shot”
HARDY feat. Lainey Wilson – “Wait within the Truck”
Ingrid Andress with Sam Hunt – “Wishful Consuming”
Kane Brown & Katelyn Brown – “Thank God”
Midland feat. Jon Pardi – “Longneck Means To Go”
Russell Dickerson feat. Jake Scott – “She Likes It”
Thomas Rhett & Katy Perry – “The place We Began”
CMT Efficiency of the 12 months
Black Pumas & Mickey Guyton – “Colours” (from 2022 CMT Music Awards)
Chris Stapleton – “Every time You Come Round” (from CMT Giants: Vince Gill)
Cody Johnson – “‘Til You Can’t” (from 2022 CMT Music Awards)
Cole Swindell & Lainey Wilson – “By no means Say By no means” (from 2022 CMT Music Awards)
Darius Rucker – “Let Her Cry” (from CMT Storytellers)
Emmy Russell & Lukas Nelson – “Lay Me Down” (from Coal Miner’s Daughter: A Celebration of the Life & Music of Loretta Lynn)
Keith City – “Wild Hearts” (from 2022 CMT Music Awards)
LeAnn Rimes with Ashley McBryde & Carly Pearce – “One Means Ticket” (from CMT Crossroads: LeAnn Rimes & Buddies)
The Judds – “Love Can Construct A Bridge” (from 2022 CMT Music Awards)
Wynonna Judd & Brandi Carlile – “The Rose” (from Naomi Judd: A River of Time Celebration)
CMS Digital-First Efficiency of the 12 months
Charley Crockett – “Time of the Cottonwood Timber“ (from CMT Campfire Classes)
Chris Younger – “Gettin’ You House” (from CMT Levels)
Ingrid Andress – “Wishful Consuming” (from CMT Studio Classes)
Jelly Roll – “Son of A Sinner” (from CMT All Entry)
Megan Moroney – “Tennessee Orange” (from CMT Viral To Verified)
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Scotty McCreery – “Rattling Strait” (from CMT Campfire Classes
