Fans of Crunchy Country Music don’t need to be told that the CMT Music Awards were last night.
The real winners at award shows are always the ones who save time by reading up on them after the fact.
So let’s take a look at each category and at who ended up winning.
First up, Video Of The Year:
-Artists of Then, Now & Forever, Forever Country
-Brad Paisley, Today
-Brett Eldredge, Wanna Be That Song
-Carrie Underwood, Church Bells
-Cole Swindell, Middle of a Memory
-Dierks Bentley and Elle King, Different for Girls
-Florida Georgia Line, H.O.L.Y.
-Jon Pardi, Dirt on My Boots
-Keith Urban, Blue Ain’t Your Color
-Kelsea Ballerini, Peter Pan
-Little Big Town, Better Man
-Luke Bryan, Huntin’, Fishin’ and Lovin’ Every Day
-Miranda Lambert, Vice
-Thomas Rhett, Star of the Show
The winner was Keith Urban for Blue Ain’t Your Color.
Next up were Male Video Of The Year and Female Video Of The Year, because to no one’s surprise, the CMT Awards are still sticking with pointless gender categories.
First, the dudes:
-Blake Shelton, Came Here to Forget
-Eric Church, Record Year
-Jason Aldean, Lights Come On
-Keith Urban, Blue Ain’t Your Color
-Luke Bryan, Huntin’, Fishin’ and Lovin’ Every Day
-Thomas Rhett, Star of the Show
Keith Urban won, again, for Blue Ain’t Your Color, which also won Video Of The Year … which is the silliest thing we’ve heard.
… Other than the title of that Luke Bryan song.
And then came the ladies:
-Carrie Underwood, Church Bells
-Kelsea Ballerini, Peter Pan
-Lauren Alaina, Road Less Traveled
-Maren Morris, ’80s Mercedes
-Miranda Lambert, Vice
-Reba McEntire, Back to God
The winner was Carrie Underwood for Church Bells.
Then came Duo Video Of The Year:
-Big & Rich feat. Tim McGraw, Lovin’ Lately
-Brothers Osborne, 21 Summer
-Dan + Shay, How Not To
-Florida Georgia Line, H.O.L.Y.
-LoCash, I Know Somebody
The winner was Florida Georgia Line for H.O.L.Y.
Some of those names were a little less widely familiar, so it’s nice that they made a category where they’d get nominated.
And then there’s Group Video Of The Year:
-Eli Young Band, Saltwater Gospel
-Lady Antebellum, You Look Good
-Little Big Town, Better Man
-Midland, Drinkin’ Problem
-Old Dominion, Song for Another Time
Little Big Down won for Better Man.
The next category is Breakthrough Video Of The Year, which we assume is for breakout stars, but whatever.
-Brett Young, In Case You Didn’t Know
-Jon Pardi, Dirt on My Boots
-Kane Brown, Used to Love You Sober
-Lauren Alaina, Road Less Traveled
-Luke Combs, Hurricane
-RaeLynn, Love Triangle
The winner was Lauren Alaina for Road Less Traveled.
Then came Collaborative Video Of The Year, which we guess exists to drive country music’s crossover fanfiction writers wild.
-Artists of Then, Now & Forever, Forever Country
-Chris Young feat. Vince Gill, Sober Saturday Night
-Dierks Bentley feat. Elle King, Different for Girls
-Florida Georgia Line feat. Tim McGraw, May We All
-Keith Urban feat. Carrie Underwood, The Fighter
-Kenny Chesney with P!nk, Setting the World on Fire
The winners were Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood for The Fighter.
Obviously. They both won in the main categories, they weren’t gonna lose by teaming up.
The list is winding down, but there’s CMT Performance Of The Year:
-Jason Aldean, Hicktown
-Jason Derulo and Luke Bryan, Want To Want Me
-John Mellencamp and Darius Rucker, Pink Houses
-Alicia Keys and Maren Morris, ’80s Mercedes
-Meghan Trainor, Jill Scott and Kelsea Ballerini, You’re Still The One/Any Man of Mine/Man! I Feel Like A Woman
-Nick Jonas and Thomas Rhett, Close
The winners were Jason Derulo and Luke Bryan for Want To Want Me.
And, finally, we have Social Media Superstar Of The Year.
-Brett Eldredge
-Jake Owen
-Keith Urban
-Kelsea Ballerini
-Lauren Alaina
-Thomas Rhett
Keith Urban won, which is just shocking after reading the rest of these wins.
That’s it for the awards, but you can still check out the fashion looks that celebrities wore to the CMT Awards: