The CMT Music Awards just handed out the biggest award of the night, Video Of The Year.
The CMT Music Awards were held on Sunday, April 7th.
Hosted by Kelsea Ballerini for the fourth consecutive year, the fan-voted awards show took place at Moody Center in Austin, Texas.
The night was filled with incredible performances, not to mention a historic reunion from Sugarland!
Who is nominated for CMT Music Awards?
On March 13, CMT announced all of the nominees for each award. There are nine total categories including Female Video of the Year, Male Video of the Year, and so many more!
Video of the Year is regarded as the biggest award of the night. When the nominees are first announced, there were a total of 16 nominees.
- 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”
On Wednesday (April 3), the nominees for Video of the Year were narrowed down to just six! Those were:
Ashley McBryde – “Light On In the Kitchen”
Cody Johnson – “The Painter”
HARDY – “Truck Bed”
Jelly Roll – “Need A Favor”
Kelsea Ballerini – “IF YOU GO DOWN (I’M GOIN’ DOWN TOO)”
Lainey Wilson – “Watermelon Moonshine”
Sunday morning (April 7), the Top 3 nominees for Video of the Year were announced. Fans decided the biggest award would be between Jelly Roll, Lainey Wilson, and Cody Johnson.
The biggest award of the night comes after countless incredible performances like NEEDTOBREATHE and Jordan Davis, Jelly Roll, Lainey Wilson and more!
Who took home the CMT Music Award for Video Of The Year?
Academy Award-winning actor Billy Bob Thornton had the honors of handing out the biggest award of the night to JELLY ROLL!
It was a huge night for Jelly Roll who took home every award he was nominated for: Male Video of the Year (“Need a Favor”), CMT Performance of the Year (“Need A Favor” from 2023 CMT Music Awards), and Video of the Year (“Need A Favor”).
Congratulations to Jelly Roll! See his acceptance speech in the video below.