CMT has hit the ground running with the first award show for the country music industry this year. First round voting has begun and will end on March 9th. This round starts with six nominees and will be shrunk down to four in each category. The next round of voting starts on March 15th and the winners will be announced on April 10th on CMT.

The nominees to begin the voting are:

Video of the Year:

Alcohol by Brad Paisley
As Good As I Once Was by Toby Keith
Better Life by Keith Urban
All Jacked Up by Gretchen Wilson
Like We Never Loved At All by Faith Hill and Tim McGraw
Believe by Brooks & Dunn
Honky Tonk Badonkadonk by Trace Adkins
Who You’d Be Today by Kenny Chesney

Male Video of the Year

Alcohol by Brad Paisley
As Good As I Once Was by Toby Keith
Better Life by Keith Urban
Honky Tonk Badonkadonk by Trace Adkins
Who You’d Be Today by Kenny Chesney
Best I Ever Had by Gary Allan
Come A Little Closer by Dierks Bentley
Drugs or Jesus by Tim McGraw

Female Video of the Year

A Real Fine Place to Start by Sara Evans
All Jacked Up by Gretchen Wilson
Georgia Rain by Trisha Yearwood
Jesus, Take the Wheel by Carrie Underwood
Kerosene by Miranda Lambert
Mississippi Girl by Faith Hill
Probably Wouldn’t Be This Way by LeAnn Rimes
Twenty Years and Two Husbands Ago by Lee Ann Womack

Group/Duo Video of the Year

Believe by Brooks & Dunn
Big Time by Big & Rich
Boondocks by Little Big Town
Fightin’ For by Cross Canadian Ragweed
Help Somebody by Van Zant
Just Might (Make Me Believe) by Sugarland
Skin (Sarabeth) by Rascal Flatts
Something to Be Proud Of by Montgomery Gentry

Breakthrough Video of the Year

4th of July by Shooter Jennings
Help Somebody by Van Zant
Hicktown by Jason Aldean
I Play Chicken With The Train by Cowboy Troy w/Big & Rich
Jesus, Take the Wheel by Carrie Underwood
Kerosene by Miranda Lambert
Pickin’ Wildflowers by Keith Anderson
Something More by Sugarland

Collaborative Video of the Year

I Am a Worried Man by Willie Nelson w/Toots Hibbert
I Play Chicken With The Train by Cowboy Troy w/Big & Rich
Jackson Joaquin Phoenix & Reese Witherspoon
Like We Never Loved At All by Faith Hill w/Tim McGraw
Live Forever by Billy Joe Shaver w/Big & Rich
The Blues Man by George Jones & Dolly Parton
When I Get Where I’m Going by Brad Paisley Featuring Dolly Parton
Who Says You Can’t Go Home by Bon Jovi w/Jennifer Nettles

Hottest Video of the Year

A Real Fine Place to Start by Sara Evans
Come a Little Closer by Dierks Bentley
Honky Tonk Badonkadonk by Trace Adkins
Jackson by Joaquin Phoenix & Reese Witherspoon
Like We Never Loved At All by Faith Hill w/Tim McGraw
Making Memories of Us by Keith Urban
Must Be Doin’ Somethin’ Right by Billy Currington
My Give a Damn’s Busted by Jo Dee Messina

Most Inspiring Video of the Year

Believe by Brooks & Dunn
Drugs or Jesus by Tim McGraw
Imagine by Dolly Parton
Jesus, Take the Wheel by Carrie Underwood
Live Forever by Billy Joe Shaver w/Big & Rich
Somebody’s Hero by Jamie O’Neal
When I Get Where I’m Going by Brad Paisley Featuring Dolly Parton
You’re Gonna Be by Reba McEntire

Video Director of the Year

Michael Salomon for As Good As I Once Was by Toby Keith
Deaton Flanigan for Believe by Brooks & Dunn
Paul Boyd for Best I Ever Had by Gary Allan
Chris Hicky for Better Life by Keith Urban
Trey Fanjoy for Kerosene by Miranda Lambert
Sophie Muller for Like We Never Loved At All by Faith Hill w/Tim McGraw
David McClister for Probably Wouldn’t Be This Way by LeAnn Rimes
Shaun Silva for Who You’d Be Today by Kenny Chesney

Head over to CMT and vote for your favorite and see if they make it to the final round!

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