CMT has finally announced its initial nominees for the awards show it will host on June 17th. Fans are the ones that decide the winners on this show from start to finish. The groups of nominees start at ten (for Video of the Year) or eight (for all other categories) and is reduced to four in each category on May 17th when the voting starts all over again.

Video of the Year
Carrie Underwood - Just a Dream
Trace Adkins - You’re Gonna Miss This
Sugarland - All I Wanna Do
Kid Rock - All Summer Long
Kenny Chesney and the Wailers - Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven
Rascal Flatts - Every Day
Toby Keith - God Love Her
Lady Antebellum - Lookin’ For a Good Time
Taylor Swift - Love Story
Brad Paisley - Waitin’ On a Woman

Male Video of the Year
Darius Rucker - Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It
Toby Keith - God Love Her
Alan Jackson - Good Time
Jamey Johnson - In Color
Jason Aldean - She’s Country
Keith Urban - Sweet Thing
Brad Paisley - Waitin’ On a Woman
Trace Adkins - You’re Gonna Miss This

Female Video of the Year
Kellie Pickler - Don’t You Know You’re Beautiful
Heidi Newfield - Johnny and June
Carrie Underwood - Just a Dream
Lee Ann Womack - Last Call
Taylor Swift - Love Story
Miranda Lambert - More Like Her
Martina McBride - Ride
Julianne Hough - That Song in My Head

Group Video of the Year
Rascal Flatts - Bob That Head
Zac Brown Band - Chicken Fried
Rascal Flatts - Every Day
Little Big Town - Fine Line
The Lost Trailers - Hollerback
Eli Young Band – When It Rains
Gloriana - Wild At Heart

Duo of the Year
Sugarland - All I Wanna Do
Sugarland - Already Gone
Jory & Rory - Cheater, Cheater
Carter Twins - Heart Like Memphis
Sugarland - Love
Brooks & Dunn - Put a Girl In It
Montgomery Gentry - Roll With Me
Caitlin & Will - Stupid Boy

Collaborative Video of the Year
Josh Turner & Trisha Yearwood - Another Try
Rehab & Hank Williams Jr - Bartender Song
Brooks & Dunn & Reba McEntire - Cowgirls Don’t Cry
Kenny Chesney & the Wailers - Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven
Sugarland, Little Big Town & Jake Owen - Life in a Northern Town
Raconteurs, Ricky Skaggs & Ashley Monroe - Old Enough
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Please Read the Letter
Brad Paisley & Keith Urban - Start a Band

USA Weekend Breakthrough Video of the Year
Jory & Rory - Cheater, Cheater
Zac Brown Band - Chicken Fried
Carter Twins - Heart Like Memphis
Jamey Johnson - In Color
James Otto - Just Got Started Loving You
Lady Antebellum - Lookin’ For a Good Time
Julianne Hough - That Song in My Head
Gloriana - Wild At Heart

Wide Open Country Video of the Year
Kevin Costner & Modern West - Backyard
Kid Rock - All Summer Long
Rehab & Hank Williams Jr - Bartender Song
John Mellencamp & Karen Fairchild - My Sweet Love
Def Leppard & Tim McGraw - Nine Lives
Raconteurs, Ricky Skaggs & Ashley Monroe - Old Enough
Def Leppard & Taylor Swift - Photograph
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Please Read the Letter

CMT Performance of the Year
Alan Jackson, George Strait, Brad Paisley & Dierks Bentley - Country Boy
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On>
Sugarland, Little Big Town & Jake Owen - Life in a Northern Town
LeAnn Rimes - Nothin’ Better to Do
Def Leppard & Taylor Swift - Photograph
Caitlin & Will - Stupid Boy
Keith Urban & Brooks & Dunn - Raise the Barn
Toby Keith - She’s a Hottie

Director of the Year
Kristen Barlowe- All I Ever Wanted, For You, It Ain’t No Crime, No Air, Ride
Deaton Flanigan - All Summer Long, Another You, Blue Christmas, Cowgirls Don’t Cry, Do You Believe Me Now, Don’t You Know You’re Beautiful, Every Day, I Will, Roll On
Trey Fanjoy - Good Time, Last Call, Like a Woman, Love Story, Muddy Water, Picture to Burn, Stronger, Real Gone, Sweet Think, That Song in My Head, This is Me You Are Talking To, Troubadour, Trying to Stop Your Leaving, White Horse
Wayne Isham – Battle with the Bottle, Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It, It Won’t Be Like This for Long, My Hallelujah Song, Winter Wonderland
Shaun Silva - All I Want to Do, Already Gone, Bob That Head, Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven, Got a Little Crazy, I’ll Be Home for Christmas, In Color, Love
Eric Welch - Anything Goes From Unplugged at Studio 330, Heart Like Memphis, Invisibly Shaken, Johnny and June
Roman White - All American Girl, Every Other Weekend, Everything is Fine, If You Didn’t Love Me, I’m About to Come Alive, Just a Dream, Last Name, Love Remembers, Somebody Said a Prayer, Sounds So Good
Peter Zavadil - Cheater, Cheater, Feel That Fire, I Do, Love is a Beautiful Thing, Til It Feels Like Cheatin’, You’re Gonna Miss This