2021 CMT Music Awards Nominations are revealed

Maren Morris & Miranda Lambert are top nominees 🏆

Author: Emma DicksonPublished 13th May 2021
Last updated 13th May 2021

Kelsea Ballerini and Kane Brown are set to host the CMT Awards, live from Nashville on June 9th.

The live event celebrates the hottest stars in country music, delivering non-stop performances and one-of-a-kind collaborations.

Some artists see the CMT Music Awards as the most precious, as they are judged and voted for by the fans.

Miranda Lambert and Maren Morris are leading the nominations with four nods each. While Kelsea Ballerini, Kane Brown, Mickey Guyton, and Little Big Town are not far behind with three nominations each.

Check out the full list of nominees in each category:

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”

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