2021 CMT Music Awards explained

2021 CMT Music Awards
Date:June 9, 2021
Location:Nashville, Tennessee
Most Nominations:Kane Brown (4)
Most Wins:Kane Brown (2)
Network:CMT, MTV, MTV2, Logo, Paramount Network, TV Land
Previous:2020
Main:CMT
Next:2022
Viewership:0.82 million

The 2021 CMT Music Awards, the 55th edition of the awards ceremony, were held in Nashville, Tennessee on June 9, 2021. Kane Brown and Kelsea Ballerini were hosts of the ceremony.[1]

Background

The CMT Music Awards are a fan-voted awards show for country music videos and television performances; Voting takes place on CMT's website. The CMT Music Awards is the oldest MTV awards show, dating its history to the 1967 Music City News Awards. MTV acquired the awards show in 2000. This was the second time the on Duo/Group video of the year category has been combined since 2016.

Linda Martell

One of the pioneers for Black acts in country music and the first Black woman to perform solo at the Grand Ole Opry, Linda Martell, was honored at the 2021 CMT Music Awards with the CMT Equal Play Award. The CMT Equal Play Award is a commitment to feature more diverse voices from historically marginalized artists, like Martell. The award was presented by Mickey Guyton and featured video messages from Darius Rucker, Rissi Palmer and Rhiannon Giddens. [2] [3]

Winners and nominees

Winners are shown in bold.[4] [5]

Video of the YearFemale Video of the Year
Male Video of the YearDuo/Group Video of the Year
Breakthrough Video of the YearCollaborative Video of the Year
CMT Performance of the YearBest Family Feature
CMT Equal Play Award

Performers

On May 26, CMT announced some performers for the 2021 CMT Music Awards.[6] [7] The final performers were announced on June 7.[8] Maren Morris and Gabby Barrett were previously announced as performers but both backed out; the former was replaced by Ingrid Andress and the latter by Lindsay Ell.[9]

Performer(s)Song
Lady A
Carly Pearce
Lindsay Ell
The Shindellas
"Like a Lady"
H.E.R.
Chris Stapleton
"Hold On"
Ingrid Andress
JP Saxe
"Lady Like"
"Like That”
Breland
Mickey Guyton
"Cross Country"
Brothers Osborne
Dierks Bentley
"Lighten Up"
Carrie Underwood
Needtobreathe
"I Wanna Remember"
Chris Young
Kane Brown
"Famous Friends"
Chris Stapleton"Arkansas"
Kelsea Ballerini
Paul Klein
"I Quit Drinking"
Lauren Alaina
Jon Pardi
"Getting Over Him"
Luke Bryan"Down To One"
Luke Combs"Cold As You"
Mickey Guyton
Gladys Knight
"Friendship Train"
Miranda Lambert
Jack Ingram
Jon Randall
"Tequila Does"
Thomas Rhett"Country Again"
Blanco Brown"Nobody's More Country"
Dylan Scott"Nobody"[10]
Hailey Whitters"Fillin' My Cup"
Lainey Wilson"Things a Man Oughta Know"
Niko Moon"Good Time"
Tenille Arts"Somebody Like That"

Presenters

The following have been announced as presenters for the ceremony:

References

  1. Web site: 2021-05-12. Kelsea Ballerini And Kane Brown To Host This Year's CMT Music Awards. 2021-05-14. MusicRow.com. en-US.
  2. Web site: CMT Equal Play . 2024-04-07 . Equal Play.
  3. Web site: Linda Martell, A Rediscovered Country Legend, To Receive CMT's 2021 Equal Play Award . https://web.archive.org/web/20220818022317/https://www.cmt.com/news/jne6s9/linda-martell-a-rediscovered-country-legend-to-receive-cmts-2021-equal-play-award . dead . August 18, 2022 . 2024-04-07 . . en.
  4. Web site: 2021-05-13. Maren Morris, Miranda Lambert Lead CMT Music Awards Nominees. 2021-05-14. MusicRow.com. en-US.
  5. Web site: MTV. Vote Now – Nominees for 2021 CMT Music Awards. 2021-05-14. www.fakazahq.co.za.
  6. Web site: Dowling 5/26/2021. Marcus K.. Collaborations Highlight Newly Announced Performances At 2021 CMT Music Awards. https://web.archive.org/web/20210526195149/http://www.cmt.com/news/1834180/collaborations-highlight-newly-announced-performances-at-2021-cmt-music-awards/. dead. May 26, 2021. 2021-05-29. CMT News.
  7. Web site: CMT on Instagram: "These rising country stars are bringing the heat to the 2021 Ram Trucks Stage! Who are you most excited to see?!". https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/CPoRA9Al8T- . 2021-12-26 . registration. 2021-06-03. Instagram. en.
  8. Web site: Here Are All the Performers & Presenters For 2021 CMT Music Awards. June 7, 2021. Paul. Grein. Billboard. June 7, 2021.
  9. Web site: Maren Morris & Gabby Barrett Back Out of 2021 CMT Music Awards Performances. June 8, 2021. Paul. Grein. Billboard. June 9, 2021.
  10. Web site: Day. Nate. June 8, 2021. CMT Music Awards 2021: The performers. June 9, 2021. Fox News.