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by Jessica Nicholson 25m ago Last night’s CMT Music Awards were star-studded–both onstage and off. Between performances and awards presentations, artists took the time to catch up and hang out. Kelsea Ballerini was ecstatic to meet music legend Gladys Knight. Mickey Guyton and Little Big Town’s Kimberly Schlapman had a joyous reunion. An injured foot...

by Marcus K. Dowling 39m ago Embedded from www.youtube.com. Chris Young and Kane Brown won the CMT Music Award for Collaboration of the Year for their single “Famous Friends,” and closed out the live event with a performance of the duet at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on June 9. The November 2020-released song’s March 2021 premiered...

by Marcus K. Dowling 51m ago While on the 2021 CMT Music Awards red carpet and asked, truthfully, what the hottest song was playing in his house right now was, the artist who just released his EP Country Again: Side A noted something directly in line with being a parent of three daughters all under...

by Marcus K. Dowling 1h ago Embedded from www.youtube.com. Arguably the most anticipated moment of the 2021 CMT Music Awards was the onstage collaboration between Grammy and Oscar-winning rhythm and blues performer H.E.R. and soulful country superstar Chris Stapleton. H.E.R.’s star-making turn has been one of the most intriguing stories of the year, while Stapleton’s...

by Marcus K. Dowling 1h ago 2021’s CMT Music Awards continued the superstar coming-out party for country star and Arlington, Texas native Mickey Guyton. The event featured her performing alongside both rising singer-songwriter BRELAND and living legend soul artist Gladys Knight. Plus, she aided Darius Rucker and Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles in awarding iconic country performer...

by Marcus K. Dowling 57m ago The 2021 CMT Music Awards were a mix of heartfelt speeches, both live and location-based performances around Nashville and its suburbs, and in general, a new sense of normalcy emerging in country music’s post-COVID era. In the two-hour television broadcast, there were numerous well-regarded moments. This small sampling highlights...

by Marcus K. Dowling 18m ago The November 2020-released video for Carrie Underwood and John Legend’s “Hallelujah” triumphed as the Video of the Year at the 2021 CMT Music Awards on Wednesday (June 9). Underwood is the event’s most-awarded artist. While for the vaunted pop-soul icon Legend, it is his first triumph at Country Music...

by Jessica Nicholson 17m ago Embedded from www.facebook.com. Kane Brown and Chris Young brought serious star power–and camaraderie–to the 2021 CMT Music Awards on Wednesday (June 9), as they honored their respective hometowns in their single, “Famous Friends” to close out the awards-packed evening. On writing the song, Young previously shared, “It was kind of...

by Jessica Nicholson 40m ago Embedded from www.facebook.com. Luke Bryan brought his signature down-home charm to his performance of “Down To One” during the CMT Music Awards on Wednesday (June 9), performing from Assembly Hall in Nashville. His earnest, easygoing performance ended with fireworks lighting up the evening sky. The track, penned by Dallas Davidson,...

by Jessica Nicholson 52m ago Embedded from www.facebook.com. NEEDTOBREATHE’s Bear Rinehart was featured on Carrie Underwood’s recent gospel album My Savior, and now the superstar country performer is returning the favor, via her collaboration with NEEDTOBREATHE on “I Wanna Remember.” They made their first public performance of the song at the 2021 CMT Music Awards,...