2021 CMT Music Awards
| 2021 CMT Music Awards | |
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| Date | June 9, 2021 |
| Location | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Hosted by | |
| Most awards | Kane Brown (2) |
| Most nominations | Kane Brown (4) |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | CMT, MTV, MTV2, Logo, Paramount Network, TV Land |
| 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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Winners are shown in bold.[4][5]
| Video of the Year | Female Video of the Year |
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| Male Video of the Year | Duo/Group Video of the Year |
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| Breakthrough Video of the Year | Collaborative Video of the Year |
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| CMT Performance of the Year | Best Family Feature |
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| CMT Equal Play Award | |
Performers
[edit]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 |
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| 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"[10] |
| Lainey Wilson | "Things a Man Oughta Know" |
| Niko Moon | "Good Time" |
| Tenille Arts | "Somebody Like That" |
Presenters
[edit]The following have been announced as presenters for the ceremony:[8]
- Anthony Mackie
- Brett Young
- Busy Philipps
- Carly Pearce
- Dylan Scott
- Gladys Knight
- Iliza Shlesinger
- Little Big Town
- Michael Strahan
- Mickey Guyton
- Restless Road
- Trace Adkins
- Taylor Lewan
- Cody Alan, Katie Cook and Ashley ShahAhmadi
References
[edit]- ^ "Kelsea Ballerini And Kane Brown To Host This Year's CMT Music Awards". MusicRow.com. 2021-05-12. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ^ "CMT Equal Play". Equal Play. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
- ^ "Linda Martell, A Rediscovered Country Legend, To Receive CMT's 2021 Equal Play Award". CMT. Archived from the original on August 18, 2022. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
- ^ "Maren Morris, Miranda Lambert Lead CMT Music Awards Nominees". MusicRow.com. 2021-05-13. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ^ MTV. "Vote Now – Nominees for 2021 CMT Music Awards". www.fakazahq.co.za. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ^ Dowling 5/26/2021, Marcus K. "Collaborations Highlight Newly Announced Performances At 2021 CMT Music Awards". CMT News. Archived from the original on May 26, 2021. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "CMT on Instagram: "These rising country stars 🎸 are bringing the heat to the 2021 Ram Trucks Stage! Who are you most excited to see?!"". Instagram. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
- ^ a b Grein, Paul (June 7, 2021). "Here Are All the Performers & Presenters For 2021 CMT Music Awards". Billboard. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
- ^ Grein, Paul (June 8, 2021). "Maren Morris & Gabby Barrett Back Out of 2021 CMT Music Awards Performances". Billboard. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
- ^ a b Day, Nate (June 8, 2021). "CMT Music Awards 2021: The performers". Fox News. Retrieved June 9, 2021.