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The Country Music Television Awards were held Sunday evening in Austin, Texas.
The 2023 Country Music Television awards took place Sunday night at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas, with the fan-based vote awards ceremony recognizing excellence in the industry.
The hosts and performances
Hosted by nominees Kelsea Ballerini and Kane Brown, who also performed at the event, with Brown’s wife, Katelyn Brown, joining him onstage to perform their 2022 song, ‘Thank God’. The couple won the Video of the Year award for the song, and became the first husband and wife team to win the category.
Other performers to light up the CMT Awards stage were Gwen Stefani, Carrie Underwood, LeAnn Rimes, Keith Urban, and Alanis Morissette. Various artists participated in tribute performances for Stevie Ray Vaughan and Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Notably, country music star Carrie Underwood, though she holds the record for most career CMT awards with 25 total wins total, did not win any awards Sunday evening.
Meanwhile, Jelly Roll made a splash at the CMT Awards, taking home three trophies — including Male Breakthrough Video of the Year, while Shania Twain received the 2023 CMT Equal Play Award’.
The CMT Award nominees and winners
Video of the Year
Kane Brown & Katelyn Brown - ‘Thank God’
Female video of the year
Lainey Wilson - ‘Heart Like a Truck’
Male video of the year
Jelly Roll - ‘Son of a Sinner’
Group/duo Video of the Year
Zac Brown Band - ‘Out in the Middle’
Female breakthrough video of the year
Megan Moroney - ‘Tennessee Orange’
Male breakthrough video of the year
Jelly Roll - ‘Son of a Sinner’
Collaborative video of the year
HARDY feat. Lainey Wilson - ‘Wait in the truck’
CMT Performance of the Year
Cody Johnson - ‘’Til You Can’t’ (from 2022 CMT MUSIC AWARDS)
CMT digital-first performance of the year
Jelly Roll - ‘Son of a Sinner’ (from ‘CMT All Access’)