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2022 CMT Music Awards Winner’s List – Updated in Real-Time

These are the nominees for the 2022 CMT Music Awards airing live on CBS tonight (4/11). Winners will be bolded with the word WINNER next to them. The winners will…

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These are the nominees for the 2022 CMT Music Awards airing live on CBS tonight (4/11). Winners will be bolded with the word WINNER next to them. The winners will be updated in real-time as the awards are announced.

Video of the Year

Cody Johnson -" 'Til You Can't"

Jason Aldean & Carrie Underwood – "If I Didn't Love You" - WINNER 

Kane Brown – "One Mississippi"


Female Video of the Year

Brandi Carlile – "Right On Time"

Gabby Barrett – "Footprints On The Moon"

Kacey Musgraves – "Justified"

Maren Morris – "Circles Around This Town"

Mickey Guyton – "Remember Her Name"

Miranda Lambert – "If I Was A Cowboy" - WINNER 

Tenille Arts – "Back Then, Right Now"

Male Video of the Year

Cody Johnson -" 'Til You Can't" - WINNER 

Eric Church – "Heart On Fire"

Kane Brown – "One Mississippi"

Luke Bryan – "Waves"

Luke Combs – "Forever After All"

Thomas Rhett – "Country Again"

Walker Hayes – "Fancy Like"

Group/Duo Video of the Year

Brothers Osborne – "I'm Not For Everyone"

Dan + Shay – "Steal My Love"

Maddie & Tae – "Woman You Got" - WINNER 

Old Dominion – "I Was On a Boat That Day"

Parmalee – "Take My Name"

Zac Brown Band – "Same Boat"

Trending Comeback Song of the Year

Alan Jackson - "Freight Train"

Brooks & Dunn - "Neon Moon"

Dolly Parton - "9 to 5"

Reba McEntire - "I'm A Survivor"

Sara Evans - "Suds In The Bucket"

Shania Twain - "Man! I Feel Like A Woman!"

Taylor Swift - "Love Story" - WINNER

Breakthrough Video of the Year

BRELAND – "Cross Country"

Caitlyn Smith feat. Old Dominion – "I Can't"

Elvie Shane – "My Boy"

Parker McCollum – "To Be Loved By You" - WINNER

Priscilla Block – "Just About Over You"

Tenille Arts – "Back Then, Right Now"

Collaborative Video of the Year

Carly Pearce & Ashley McBryde – "Never Wanted To Be That Girl"

Dustin Lynch feat. MacKenzie Porter – "Thinking 'Bout You"

Nelly & Florida Georgia Line – "Lil Bit"

Jason Aldean & Carrie Underwood – "If I Didn't Love You" - WINNER

Jimmie Allen & Brad Paisley – "Freedom Was A Highway"

Jordan Davis feat. Luke Bryan – "Buy Dirt"

Kelsea Ballerini feat. Kenny Chesney – "Half of My Hometown"

CMT Performance of the Year

Brothers Osborne – "Muskrat Greene/Dead Man's Curve Medley (from CMT Campfire Sessions)"

George Strait – "Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone (from CMT GIANTS: Charley Pride)" - WINNER

H.E.R. feat. Chris Stapleton – "Hold On (from 2021 CMT Music Awards)"

Kane Brown – "Three Wooden Crosses (from 2021 CMT Artists of the Year)"

Kelsea Ballerini feat. Paul Klein of LANY – "I Quit Drinking (from 2021 CMT Music Awards)"

Mickey Guyton feat. Gladys Knight & BRELAND – "Friendship Train (from 2021 CMT Music Awards)"

Nelly feat. Kane Brown, Blanco Brown & BRELAND – "Ride Wit Me (from CMT Crossroads: Nelly & Friends)"

CMT Digital-First Performance of the Year

Brittney Spencer – "Sober & Skinny" (from CMT Campfire Sessions)

Carly Pearce – "Dear Miss Loretta" (from CMT:60 Songs)

Cody Johnson – "Dear Rodeo" (from CMT Campfire Sessions) - WINNER 

Jon Pardi – "On The Other Hand / Forever and Ever, Amen" (in honor of 2021 CMT Artist of a Lifetime Randy Travis)

Josh Turner LIVE (from CMT KickBack)

Lainey Wilson – "Things A Man Oughta Know" (from the CMT Studio)

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.