The ceremony will air live April 11 for the first time on CBS
The nominations are in for the 2022 CMT Music Awards and Kane Brown leads the competition with four nominations, including “Video of the Year” and “CMT Performance of the Year.” Other leading nominees include Kelsea Ballerini and Mickey Guyton, as well as first-time nominees — BRELAND and Cody Johnson — all with three nominations. Carrie Underwood, who has the most wins in CMT history with 23 total, is once again nominated for Video of the Year, for her single with Jason Aldean, “If I Didn’t Love You.” The initial round of nominations for Video of the Year includes 12 acts and will be narrowed down to a group of finalists on April 4, at which point the second round of voting begins. Those votes will be determined on social media and announced as the final category during the live show. CMT unveiled the nominations list on Wednesday, and if you’re not familiar with the show, it’s country music’s only entirely fan-voted awards show. Hosted by Kelsea Ballerini and Anthony Mackie, the show will air live from Nashville on CBS on Monday, April 11 from 8:00-11:00 p.m. ET and will also be available for live streaming and on demand on Paramount+. This will be the show’s first-ever broadcast on CBS after it was announced last year that the awards would move off the network they’re named for. However, CMT will additionally air an extended cut of the awards with an added 30 minutes of new performances and extra bonus content on Friday, April 15 at 8-11:30 p.m. ET as part of CMT Music Awards Week. The 2022 CMT Music Awards are executive produced by Margaret Comeaux (CMT), John Hamlin (Switched On Entertainment), Leslie Fram (CMT) and Jason Owen (Sandbox Entertainment); Patrizia DiMaria (Ladypants Productions) is co-executive producer.
