CMT announced its first round of performers for the 2018 CMT Music Awards at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on June 6.
Blake Shelton, Chris Stapleton, Kelly Clarkson, Kelsea Ballerini, Luke Bryan and Sam Hunt will perform at this year’s show, which will be hosted by Little Big Town. Additional perfrmers will be announced soon.
The CMT Music Awards will crown winners in eight categories. A number of artist earned multiple nominations for the fan-voted awards, including Carrie Underwood, Blake Shelton, Brothers Osborne, Kelsea Ballerini, Thomas Rhett and more. Voting is open until June 4.
Check out the nominees below.
Male Video Of The Year
- Dustin Lynch — “Small Town Boy”
- Jason Aldean — “You Make It Easy”
- Blake Shelton — “I’ll Name The Dogs”
- Jon Pardi — “Heartache On The Dance Floor”
- Luke Bryan — “Light It Up”
- Thomas Rhett — “Marry Me”
Female Video of the Year
- Carly Pearce — “Every Little Thing”
- Carrie Underwood — “The Champion”
- Lauren Alaina — “Doin’ Fine”
- Maren Morris — “I Could Use A Love Song”
- Miranda Lambert — “Tin Man”
- Kelsea Ballerini — “Legends”
Duo Video of the Year
- Big & Rich — “California”
- Brothers Osborne — “It Ain’t My Fault”
- Dan + Shay — “Tequila”
- Florida Georgia Line — “Smooth”
- High Valley — “She’s With Me”
- Tim McGraw & Faith Hill — “Speak To A Girl”
Group Video of the Year
- Lady Antebellum — “You Look Good”
- Lanco — “Greatest Love Story”
- Midland — “Make A Little”
- Old Dominion — “No Such Thing As A Broken Heart”
- Little Big Town — “When Someone Stops Loving You”
- Rascal Flatts — “Yours If You Want It”
- Zac Brown Band — “My Old Man”
Breakthrough Video of the Year
- Carly Pearce — “Every Little Thing”
- Danielle Bradbery — “Sway”
- Devin Dawson — “All On Me”
- Lanco — “Greatest Love Story”
- Russell Dickerson — “Yours”
- Walker Hayes — “You Broke Up With Me”
Collaborative Video of the Year
- Bebe Rexha feat. Florida Georgia Line — “Meant To Be”
- Carrie Underwood feat. Ludacris — “The Champion”
- Cole Swindell feat. Dierks Bentley — “Flatliner”
- Justin Timberlake feat. Chris Stapleton — “Say Something
- Kane Brown feat. Lauren Alaina — “What Ifs”
- Thomas Rhett feat. Maren Morris — “Craving You”
CMT Performance of the Year
- Andra Day, Common, Little Big Town, Lee Ann Womack, Danielle Bradbery — “Stand Up For Something” (CMT Artists of the Year 2017)
- Backstreet Boys & Florida Georgia Line — “Everybody” (CMT Crossroads)
- Charles Kelley, Jason Aldean, Darius Rucker, Derek Trucks — “Midnight Rider” (CMT Music Awards 2017)
- Earth Wind & Fire & Lady Antebellum — “September” (CMT Crossroads)
- Jason Aldean, Chris Stapleton, Little Big Town, Keith Urban — “I Won’t Back Down” (CMT Artists of the Year 2017)
- Keith Urban & Carrie Underwood — “The Fighter” (CMT Music Awards 2017)
Video of the Year
- Justin Timberlake feat. Chris Stapleton — “Say Something”
- Bebe Rexha feat. Florida Georgia Line — “Meant To Be”
- Blake Shelton — “I’ll Name The Dogs”
- Brett Young — “Mercy”
- Brothers Osborne — “It Ain’t My Fault”
- Carrie Underwood feat. Ludacris — “The Champion”
- Dan + Shay — “Tequila”
- Jason Aldean — “You Make It Easy”
- Kane Brown feat. Lauren Alaina — “What Ifs”
- Luke Combs — “When It Rains It Pours”
- Thomas Rhett — “Marry Me”
- Kelsea Ballerini — “Legends”
