A day after announcing this year’s hosts, CMT has now announced the 2021 CMT Award Nominees!
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Best video of the year; awarded to the artist (male, female, group/duo or collaboration). Top five nominees, from the first round of voting, will be announced on June 1. Top 3 nominees, from the second round of voting, will be announced on June 8. Final voting will be determined via social media and announced as the final category during the live show.
● 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
Best video by a female artist; awarded to the artist
● 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
Best video by a male artist; awarded to the artist
● 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
Best video by a duo or group; awarded to the artists
● 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
Best video from an artist’s major breakthrough album; awarded to the artist (male, female or group/duo)
● 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
Best video from a collaboration; awarded to the artists
● 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
Musical performance on a television show, series or variety special on CMT; awarded to the artist (individual, group or duo)
● 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”