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CMT Music Awards 2024 nominees include Kelsea Ballerini, Jelly Roll and Kacey Musgraves
Hannah Ortega
Austin American-Statesman
The CMT Music Awards are returning to Austin for the second year in a row, and the nominee list has hit the internet.
The awards will take place April 7 at the Moody Center with Kelsea Ballerini as the host. The CMT's operate on fan votes, and categories include video of the year, performance of the year, duo/group video of the year and more.
Here's the full list of nominees:
Video of the year
- Ashley McBryde - “Light On In The Kitchen”
- Brandy Clark feat. Brandi Carlile - “Dear Insecurity”
- Brothers Osborne - “Nobody’s Nobody”
- Cody Johnson - “The Painter”
- Darius Rucker - “Fires Don’t Start Themselves”
- HARDY - “Truck Bed”
- Jason Aldean - “Let Your Boys Be Country”
- Jelly Roll - “Need A Favor”
- Jordan Davis - “Next Thing You Know”
- Kacey Musgraves - “Deeper Well”
- Kelsea Ballerini - “IF YOU GO DOWN (I’M GOIN’ DOWN TOO)”
- Lainey Wilson - “Watermelon Moonshine”
- Mickey Guyton feat. Kane Brown - “Nothing Compares To You”
- Parmalee - “Gonna Love You”
- Tyler Childers - “In Your Love”
- Zach Bryan - “Nine Ball”
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Female video of the year
- Ashley McBryde - “Light On In The Kitchen”
- Gabby Barrett - “Glory Days”
- Kacey Musgraves - “Deeper Well”
- Kelsea Ballerini - “Penthouse”
- Lainey Wilson - “Watermelon Moonshine”
- Megan Moroney - “I'm Not Pretty”
- Reba McEntire - “Seven Minutes In Heaven”
Male video of the year
- Bailey Zimmerman - “Religiously”
- Cody Johnson - “The Painter”
- HARDY - “Truck Bed”
- Jelly Roll - “Need A Favor”
- Jordan Davis - “Next Thing You Know”
- Luke Combs - “Fast Car (Official Live Video)”
- Morgan Wallen - “Last Night (One Record At A Time Sessions)”
Duo/group video of the year
- Brothers Osborne - “Nobody's Nobody”
- Dan + Shay - “Save Me The Trouble”
- Old Dominion - “Memory Lane”
- Parmalee - “Girl In Mine”
- The War And Treaty - “Have You A Heart”
- Tigirlily Gold - “Shoot Tequila”
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Collaborative video of the year
- Carly Pearce feat. Chris Stapleton - “We Don't Fight Anymore”
- Ella Langley feat. Koe Wetzel - “That's Why We Fight”
- Jon Pardi, Luke Bryan - “Cowboys And Plowboys”
- Justin Moore & Priscilla Block - “You, Me And Whiskey”
- Lukas Nelson + Promise of The Real feat. Lainey Wilson - “More Than Friends”
- Mickey Guyton feat. Kane Brown - “Nothing Compares To You”
- Old Dominion & Megan Moroney - “Can't Break Up Now”
Breakthrough female video of the year
- Anne Wilson - “Rain In The Rearview”
- Ashley Cooke - “your place”
- Brittney Spencer - “Bigger Than The Song”
- Tigirlily Gold - “Shoot Tequila”
Breakthrough male video of the year
- Chayce Beckham - “23”
- Tyler Childers - “In Your Love”
- Warren Zeiders - “Pretty Little Poison”
- Zach Bryan - “Oklahoma Smokeshow”
CMT performance of the year
- Amber Riley - “R.E.S.P.E.C.T.” (from CMT Smashing Glass)
- Bret Michaels & Chris Janson - “Nothing But a Good Time” (from CMT Crossroads)
- Carrie Underwood - “Hate My Heart” (from 2023 CMT Music Awards)
- Cody Johnson - “Human” (from 2023 CMT Music Awards)
- Dierks Bentley - “Drunk On A Plane” (from CMT Storytellers)
- Dustin Lynch feat. MacKenzie Porter - “Thinking ‘Bout You” (from CMT Campfire Sessions)
- Hozier & Maren Morris - “Take Me To Church” (from CMT Crossroads)
- Jelly Roll - “Need a Favor” (from 2023 CMT Music Awards)
- Kelsea Ballerini - “IF YOU GO DOWN (I’M GOIN’ DOWN TOO)” (from 2023 CMT Music Awards)
- The War And Treaty - “On My Own” (from CMT Smashing Glass)
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CMT digital-first performance of the year
- Chase Rice - “Goodnight Nancy” (from CMT Studio Sessions)
- Dylan Scott - “Don't Close Your Eyes (Keith Whitley Cover)” (from CMT Digital Campfire Sessions)
- Megan Moroney - “I'm Not Pretty” (from CMT Digital Campfire Sessions)
- Nate Smith - “Whiskey On You” (from CMT Studio Sessions)
- Scotty McCreery - “It Matters To Her” (from CMT Stages)
- Stephen Wilson Jr. - “Year to Be Young 1994” (from CMT Studio Sessions)
- The Castellows - “I Know It Will Never End” (from CMT Studio Sessions)