2018 CMT Music Awards

The 2018 CMT Music Awards were held at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee on June 6, 2018.^[1][2] Little Big Town was the host for the show.^[3] The CMT Music Awards are a fan-voted awards show for country music videos and television performances; Voting takes place on CMT's website.^[4]

2018 CMT Music Awards
Date	June 6, 2018
Location	Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee
Hosted by	Little Big Town
Most awards	Blake Shelton (2)
Most nominations	Various Artists (3 each)
Television/radio coverage
Network	CMT
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Most awarded artist of the ceremony, Blake Shelton, including a win for Video of the Year.

Winners and nominees

Nominees were announced on May 8, 2018.^[5][6] Winners are shown in bold.^[7][8]

Video of the Year	Female Video of the Year
Blake Shelton — “I’ll Name The Dogs” Brett Young — “Mercy” Kane Brown feat. Lauren Alaina — “What Ifs” Luke Combs — “When It Rains It Pours” Thomas Rhett — “Marry Me”	Carrie Underwood feat. Ludacris — “The Champion” Carly Pearce — “Every Little Thing” Kelsea Ballerini — “Legends” Lauren Alaina — “Doin’ Fine” Maren Morris — “I Could Use A Love Song” Miranda Lambert — “Tin Man” (From 2017 ACM Awards)
Male Video of the Year	Group Video of the Year
Blake Shelton — “I’ll Name The Dogs” Dustin Lynch — “Small Town Boy” Jason Aldean — “You Make It Easy” Jon Pardi — “Heartache On The Dance Floor” Luke Bryan — “Light It Up” Thomas Rhett — “Marry Me”	Little Big Town — “When Someone Stops Loving You” Lady Antebellum — “You Look Good” LANco — “Greatest Love Story” Midland — “Make A Little” Old Dominion — “No Such Thing As A Broken Heart” Rascal Flatts — “Yours If You Want It” Zac Brown Band — “My Old Man”
Duo Video of the Year	Breakthrough Video of the Year
Dan + Shay — “Tequila” Big & Rich — “California” Brothers Osborne — “It Ain’t My Fault” Florida Georgia Line — “Smooth” High Valley — “She’s With Me” Tim McGraw & Faith Hill — “Speak To A Girl”	Carly Pearce — “Every Little Thing” Danielle Bradbery — “Sway” Devin Dawson — “All On Me” Lanco — “Greatest Love Story” Russell Dickerson — “Yours” Walker Hayes — “You Broke Up With Me”
Collaborative Video of the Year	CMT Performance of the Year
Kane Brown feat. Lauren Alaina — “What Ifs” Bebe Rexha feat. Florida Georgia Line — “Meant To Be” Carrie Underwood feat. Ludacris — “The Champion” Cole Swindell feat. Dierks Bentley — “Flatliner” Justin Timberlake feat. Chris Stapleton — “Say Something” Thomas Rhett feat. Maren Morris — “Craving You”	From CMT Crossroads: Backstreet Boys and Florida Georgia Line — “Everybody” From 2017 CMT Artists of the Year: Andra Day, Common, Little Big Town, Lee Ann Womack and Danielle Bradbery — “Stand Up For Something” From 2017 CMT Music Awards: Charles Kelley, Jason Aldean, Darius Rucker and Derek Trucks — “Midnight Rider” From CMT Crossroads: Earth, Wind & Fire and Lady Antebellum — “September” From 2017 CMT Artists of the Year: Jason Aldean, Keith Urban, Chris Stapleton and Little Big Town — “I Won't Back Down” From 2017 CMT Music Awards: Keith Urban feat. Carrie Underwood — “The Fighter”

References

1. Watts, Cindy (June 6, 2018). "CMT Music Awards 2018: How and when to watch". The Tennessean. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
2. Weatherby, Taylor (May 23, 2018). "Luke Bryan, Kelly Clarkson, Sam Hunt & More Announced as 2018 CMT Music Awards Performers". Billboard. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
3. Hudak, Joseph (June 6, 2018). "2018 CMT Music Awards: How to Watch, When It Starts, Who's Performing". Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
4. Nordyke, Kimberly (May 8, 2018). "CMT Music Awards: Carrie Underwood, Justin Timberlake Among Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
5. Dupre, Elyse (May 8, 2018). "2018 CMT Music Awards Nominations Revealed—and Little Big Town Will Host!". E!. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
6. Hudak, Joseph (May 8, 2018). "Carrie Underwood, Jason Aldean, FGL Lead CMT Music Awards Nominations". Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
7. "Here Are All the Winners From the 2018 CMT Music Awards". Billboard. June 6, 2018. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
8. Hudak, Joseph (June 7, 2018). "2018 CMT Music Awards: The Complete Winners List". Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 20, 2024.