2020 CMT Music Awards explained

2020 CMT Music Awards
Date:	October 21, 2020
Location:	Nashville, Tennessee
Most Nominations:	Luke Combs (4)
Most Wins:	Carrie Underwood (2)
Network:	CMT
Previous:	2019
Main:	CMT
Next:	2021

The 2020 CMT Music Awards were held in Nashville, Tennessee on October 21, 2020.^[1] Kane Brown, Sarah Hyland and Ashley McBryde were the hosts for the show.^{[2] [3]} The CMT Music Awards are a fan-voted awards show for country music videos and television performances; Voting takes place on CMT's website.^[4]

American singer and record producer Jennifer Nettles was honored with the CMT Equal Play Award for her outspokenness and advocacy for women in country music.^{[5] [6]}

Winners and nominees

Nominees were announced on September 23, 2020.^{[7] [8]} Winners are shown in bold.^{[9] [10]}

Video of the Year	Female Video of the Year
Carrie Underwood — “Drinking Alone” Keith Urban — “Polaroid” Tanya Tucker — “Bring My Flowers Now”	Carrie Underwood — “Drinking Alone” Ashley McBryde — “One Night Standards” Gabby Barrett — “I Hope” Kelsea Ballerini — “homecoming queen?” Maren Morris — “The Bones” Miranda Lambert — “Bluebird”
Male Video of the Year	Group Video of the Year
Luke Bryan — “One Margarita” Jason Aldean — “Got What I Got” Luke Combs — “Even Though I'm Leaving” Morgan Wallen — “Chasin' You (Dream Video)” Sam Hunt — “Hard To Forget” Thomas Rhett — “Remember You Young”	Old Dominion — “One Man Band” Lady A — “Champagne Night” Little Big Town — “Wine, Beer, Whiskey” Midland — “Cheatin' Songs (Live From the Palomino)” The Chicks — “Gaslighter” The Highwomen — “Crowded Table”
Duo Video of the Year	Breakthrough Video of the Year
Dan + Shay — “I Should Probably Go To Bed” Brothers Osborne — “All Night (Studio Performance)” Florida Georgia Line — “Blessings” LOCASH — “One Big Country Song” Maddie & Tae — “Die From A Broken Heart”	Gabby Barrett — “I Hope” Blanco Brown — “The Git Up” Caylee Hammack — “Family Tree” Ingrid Andress — “More Hearts Than Mine” Riley Green — “I Wish Grandpas Never Died” Travis Denning — “After a Few”
Collaborative Video of the Year	CMT Performance of the Year
Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani — “Nobody But You” Carly Pearce and Lee Brice — “I Hope You're Happy Now” Dan + Shay and Justin Bieber — “10,000 Hours” Kane Brown and Nelly — “Cool Again” Marshmello and Kane Brown — “One Thing Right” Thomas Rhett and Jon Pardi — “Beer Can't Fix”	From 2019 CMT Artists of the Year: Chris Young — “Drowning” From 2019 CMT Artists of the Year: Ashley McBryde — “One Night Standards” From CMT Crossroads: Brooks & Dunn and Luke Combs — “Brand New Man” From CMT Crossroads: Halsey and Kelsea Ballerini — “Graveyard” From 2019 CMT Artists of the Year: Sam Hunt — “Fancy” From CMT Crossroads: Sheryl Crow and Chris Stapleton —“Tell Me When It's Over”
Quarantine Video of the Year
Granger Smith — "Don't Cough on Me		" Big & Rich — "Stay Home" Brad Paisley — "No I in Beer" Carly Pearce — "It Won’t Always Be Like This" Charlie Worsham and Various Artists — "With a Little Help From My Friends" Dave Haywood and Kelli Haywood — "Just Another Day in Quarantine" Dolly Parton — "When Life Is Good Again" Luke Combs — "Six Feet Apart" Tenille Townes, Abby Anderson, Kassi Ashton, Keelan Donovan, Alex Hall, Adam Hambrick and Caylee Hammack — "Lean on Me" Thomas Rhett, Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin and Keith Urban — "Be a Light"
CMT Equal Play Award
Jennifer Nettles

References

1. Web site: Ungerman . Alex . October 21, 2020 . How to Watch the 2020 CMT Music Awards . March 20, 2024 . Entertainment Tonight.
2. Web site: October 21, 2020 . Kane Brown On Hosting 2020 CMT Music Awards: 'My First Award That I Ever Won Was On CMT' – CBS Detroit . March 20, 2024 . CBS News.
3. Web site: Hubbard . Stephen . October 22, 2020 . 2020 CMT Music Awards recap: Carrie Underwood reigns at the socially-distanced, mostly outdoor show . March 20, 2024 . ABC News.
4. Web site: Hurtado . Alexandra . October 22, 2020 . The Fans Have Spoken! See All the 2020 CMT Music Awards Winners . March 20, 2024 . Parade.
5. Web site: Willman . Chris . October 20, 2020 . Jennifer Nettles to Receive First ‘Equal Play Award’ From CMT Awards for Women’s Advocacy (EXCLUSIVE) . March 20, 2024 . Variety.
6. Web site: Paulson . Dave . October 20, 2020 . Jennifer Nettles receives CMT's 'Equal Play Award' for female artist advocacy . March 20, 2024 . The Tennessean.
7. Web site: Leimkuehler . Matthew . September 23, 2020 . CMT Music Awards: Sam Hunt, Luke Combs, Kelsea Ballerini among top nominees . March 20, 2024 . The Tennessean.
8. Web site: Aniftos . Rania . September 23, 2020 . Kelsea Ballerini, Dan + Shay, Thomas Rhett & More Lead 2020 CMT Music Awards Nominations: Full List . March 20, 2024 . Billboard.
9. Web site: Leimkuehler . Matthew . October 21, 2020 . 2020 CMT Music Awards: A list of winners . March 20, 2024 . The Tennessean.
10. Web site: Hudak . Joseph . October 22, 2020 . 2020 CMT Music Awards: The Complete Winners List . March 20, 2024 . Rolling Stone.