Ajang penghargaan pilihan penggemar CMT Music Awards kembali diadakan untuk memberikan apresiasi kepada para seniman dan musisi country. Ini menjadi salah satu acara penghargaan tahunan yang paling dinanti. Pada tahun 2023, acara tersebut dipandu oleh Kane Brown dan Kelsea Ballerini.
Penghargaan ini pertama kali diadakan pada tahun 1967. Selama berlangsungnya acara tersebut, Carrie Underwood menjadi artis yang berhasil meraih penghargaan terbanyak dalam sejarah CMT Music Awards. Tahun ini dia juga kembali dinominasikan dalam beberapa kategori.
Di sisi lain ada Lainey Wilson yang memimpin nominasi dalam penghargaan tahun ini. Dia dinominasikan ke dalam empat kategori. Disusul Kane Brown, Jelly Roll, dan Cody Johnson dengan tiga kategori. Adapun Shania Twain yang telah diumumkan untuk menerima penghargaan CMT Equal Pay Award.
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CMT Music Awards 2023 disiarkan secara langsung melalui Paramount+ pada 2 April 2023 waktu setempat. Acara tersebut berlangsung di Moody Center di Austin, Texas.
Berikut daftar pemenang CMT Music Awards 2023:
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Blake Shelton - "No Body"
Carrie Underwood - "Hate My Heart"
Cody Johnson - "Human"
HARDY feat. Lainey Wilson - "Wait in the truck"
Morgan Wallen - "You Proof"
Pemenang: Kane Brown & Katelyn Brown - "Thank God"
FEMALE VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Carly Pearce - "What He Didn't Do"
Carrie Underwood - "Ghost Story"
Gabby Barrett - "Pick Me Up"
Kelsea Ballerini - "Heartfirst"
Maren Morris - "Humble Quest"
Miranda Lambert - "Actin' Up"
Pemenang: Lainey Wilson - "Heart Like A Truck"
MALE VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Bailey Zimmerman - "Rock and A Hard Place"
Cody Johnson - "Human"
Cole Swindell - "She Had Me At Heads Carolina"
Kane Brown - "Like I Love Country Music"
Luke Combs - "The Kind Of Love We Make"
Morgan Wallen - "Wasted On You"
Pemenang: Jelly Roll - "Son Of A Sinner"
GROUP/DUO VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Dan + Shay - "You (Performance Video)"
Lady A - "Summer State Of Mind"
Little Big Town - "Hell Yeah"
Parmalee - "Take My Name"
The War And Treaty - "That's How Love Is Made"
Pemenang: Zac Brown Band - "Out In The Middle"
BREAKTHROUGH FEMALE VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Avery Anna - "Narcissist"
Kylie Morgan - "If He Wanted To He Would"
MacKenzie Porter - "Pickup"
Morgan Wade - "Wilder Days"
Tiera Kennedy - "Found It In You"
Pemenang: Megan Moroney - "Tennessee Orange"
BREAKTHROUGH MALE VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Bailey Zimmerman - "Fall In Love"
Corey Kent - "Wild as Her"
Drake Milligan - "Sounds Like Something I'd Do"
Jackson Dean - "Don't Come Lookin'"
Nate Smith - "Whiskey On You"
Pemenang: Jelly Roll - "Son Of A Sinner"
COLLABORATIVE VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Elle King feat. Dierks Bentley - "Worth A Shot"
Ingrid Andress with Sam Hunt - "Wishful Drinking"
Kane Brown & Katelyn Brown - "Thank God"
Midland feat. Jon Pardi - "Longneck Way To Go"
Russell Dickerson feat. Jake Scott - "She Likes It"
Thomas Rhett & Katy Perry - "Where We Started"
Pemenang: HARDY feat. Lainey Wilson - "Wait in the truck"
CMT PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Black Pumas & Mickey Guyton - "Colors" (from 2022 CMT Music Awards)
Chris Stapleton - "Whenever You Come Around" (from CMT Giants: Vince Gill)
Cole Swindell & Lainey Wilson - "Never Say Never" (from 2022 CMT Music Awards)
Darius Rucker - "Let Her Cry" (from CMT Storytellers)
Emmy Russell & Lukas Nelson - "Lay Me Down" (from Coal Miner's Daughter: A Celebration of the Life & Music of Loretta Lynn)
Keith Urban - "Wild Hearts" (from 2022 CMT Music Awards)
LeAnn Rimes with Ashley McBryde & Carly Pearce - "One Way Ticket" (from CMT Crossroads: LeAnn Rimes & Friends)
The Judds - "Love Can Build A Bridge" (from 2022 CMT Music Awards)
Wynonna Judd & Brandi Carlile - "The Rose" (from Naomi Judd: A River of Time Celebration)
Pemenang: Cody Johnson - "'Til You Can't" (from 2022 CMT Music Awards)
CMT DIGITAL-FIRST PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Charley Crockett - "Time of the Cottonwood Trees" (from CMT Campfire Sessions)
Chris Young - "Gettin' You Home" (from CMT Stages)
Ingrid Andress - "Wishful Drinking" (from CMT Studio Sessions)
Megan Moroney - "Tennessee Orange" (from CMT Viral To Verified)
Scotty McCreery - "Damn Strait" (from CMT Campfire Sessions)
Pemenang: Jelly Roll - "Son of A Sinner" (from CMT All Access)
CMT EQUAL PLAY
Shania Twain