2016 CMT Awards Nominations

The 2016 CMT Awards nominee list was announced this morning by a special guest. The CMT Awards will air June 8th.

Thomas Rhett took the time to announce the first round of nominations today. With Video Of The Year being an amazing and MASSIVE category, it’s going to be difficult to pick your favorite.

Video of the Year
Blake Shelton, “Sangria”
Cam, “Burning House”
Carrie Underwood, “Smoke Break”
Chris Stapleton, “Fire Away”
Florida Georgia Line, “Sippin’ on Fire”
Jason Aldean, “Tonight Looks Good on You”
Keith Urban, “John Cougar, John Deere, John 3: 16?
Little Big Town, “Girl Crush”
Luke Bryan, “Strip It Down”
Sam Hunt, “Break Up in a Small Town”
Thomas Rhett, “Die a Happy Man”
Tim McGraw, “Humble and Kind”

The Male and Female Video Of The Year seems to have a few obvious picks, but after this year’s ACM Awards you never know what could happen.

Male Video of the Year
Blake Shelton, “Sangria”
Eric Church, “Like a Wrecking Ball”
Keith Urban, “John Cougar, John Deer, John 3:16?
Luke Bryan, “Kick the Dust Up”
Sam Hunt, “Break Up in a Small Town”
Thomas Rhett, “Die a Happy Man”

Female Video of the Year
Jana Kramer, “I Got the Boy”
Kacey Musgraves, “Biscuits”
Cam, “Burning House”
Carrie Underwood, “Smoke Break”
Kelsea Ballerini, “Dibs”
Maren Morris, “My Church”

The Group/Duo Video Of The Year would be the obvious choice of Florida Georgia Line, but Little Big Town’s “Girl Crush” was nominated for a Grammy for Best Song. This list of nominations could take it away from FGL after winning a mass amount of awards this year so far.

Group/Duo Video of the Year
Brothers Osborne, “Stay a Little Longer”
Dan + Shay, “Nothin’ Like You”
Florida Georgia Line, “Sippin’ on Fire”
Little Big Town, “Girl Crush”
Old Dominion, “Break Up with Him”
Zac Brown Band, “Loving You Easy”

The list of nominees for Breakthrough Video Of The Year is so tight that it would be hard to choose. If you hit up Youtube and watch them you will understand where I’m coming from.

Breakthrough Video of the Year
Brothers Osborne, “Stay a Little Longer”
Cam, “Burning House”
Chris Janson, “Buy Me a Boat”
Chris Stapleton, “Fire Away”
Maren Morris, “My Church”
Old Dominion, “Break Up With Him”

The final category announced is the most unique category CMT Performance Of The Year. This is based around their own performances on the Crossroads Series or other performances leading up to the awards. Each nominee is more unique than the other. Weird and unusual pairings, but they work in every way.

CMT Performance of the Year

Carrie Underwood, “Smoke Break”
Adam Lambert and Leona Lewis, “Girl Crush”
Brantley Gilbert and Lynyrd Skynyrd, “What’s Your Name”
Jennifer Nettles and Cheap Trick, “I Want You to Want Me”
Chris Stapleton, “Nobody to Blame”
Darius Rucker, “Alright”

Adam Lambert and Leona Lewis performing Little Big Town “Girl Crush”

This is going to be a fun award show. Tune in June 8th for the 2016 CMT MusicAwards

RYAN GOSSE