The
2018 CMT Music Awards took place on Wednesday, June 6th at Nashville's
Bridgestone Arena beginning at 8p (ET).
PRESENTERS:
Country acts Brett Young, Carly Pearce, Dustin Lynch, Lauren Alaina,
Luke Combs, Raelynn, Rascal Flatts,
and Sugarland were joined by Backstreet Boys, Bobby Bones, Chrissy Metz,
Cody Alan, Courtney Force, Garrett
Hedlund, Hoda Kotb, Joel Mchale, Johnny Knoxville, Kaitlin
Doubleday, Katie Cook, Leon Bridges, Lennon and Maisy Stella, Lindsey
Vonn, and P.K. Subban to present
this year's awards.
Hosted
by Little Big Town, the night
featured performances by Blake Shelton,
Carrie Underwood, Chris Stapleton, Dan + Shay, Jason Aldean,
Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line, Kelsea
Ballerini, Lanco, Russell Dickerson, and many more
CMT Reveals Increased
'Music Awards' Ratings
The
2018 CMT MUSIC AWARDS telecast captured 1.3
million fans via the network and an additional 2.4 million via PARAMOUNT NETWORK and TV LAND. The AWARDS' 8p (ET)
premiere earned a 4% increase among women 18-49 and a 1% increase in average
audience compared to last year's show.
During
the 8p premiere and immediate encore, CMT's airings increased 17% in women
18-49, 1% in P18-49, and up 5% in average audience. The #CMTAWARDS hashtag trended Top 10 nationally on TWITTER for more
than nine hours, as well.
Winners
were honoured in each of the following categories: 2018 Video Of The Year, 2018
Male Video Of The Year, 2018 Female Video Of The Year, 2018 Duo Video Of The
Year, 2018 Group Video Of The Year, 2018 Breakthrough Video Of The Year, 2018
Collaborative Video Of The Year, and 2018 CMT Performance Of The Year.
Carrie
Underwood added
to her tally as the all-time CMT Music
Awards winner when CMT held its annual salute to country-music videos in
Nashville. Underwood's victory in the Female
Video of the Year category for her collaboration with Ludacris, "The
Champion," earned the entertainer her 18th award. The anthem served as the theme for Super Bowl LII.
The
night's big winner, however, was Blake Shelton, who triumphed in both Video of the Year and Male Video of the Year for his clip for
"I'll Name the Dogs."
The
CMTs also recognized some first-time winners. Dan + Shay
won Duo Video of the Year for
"Tequila".
Carly Pearce scored her first trophy
for "Every Little Thing" in the Breakthrough Video of the Year category.
She
shared a message with her fans: I sat as
a fan so many years ago in the nosebleeds... praying, hoping, wishing.. that one
day I'd know what it felt like to hear my name called... and last night,
because of YOU, I did. I will never ever be able to tell you what this meant to
me and the HONOR it is to finally be a part of the country music family. To the
fans, THANK YOU FOR EVERY. LITTLE. THING.
Kane Brown won Collaborative Video of the Year for
"What Ifs." Brown shared the honor with his duet partner,
the now two-time winner Lauren Alaina, who took home Breakthrough Video
of the Year at the 2017 ceremony.
The
Backstreet Boys,
who performed their new song "Don't Go Breaking My Heart,"
won CMT Performance of the Year for
their version of "Everybody" with Florida Georgia
Line on CMT Crossroads.
The
evening's hosts Little
Big Town triumphed in Group Video of the Year for "When
Someone Stops Loving You."
Billboard - 2018 CMT Music Awards: All The
Performances Ranked
#14. “Sunrise, Sunburn,
Sunset,” Luke Bryan to #1. “American
Woman,” Kelly Clarkson:
2018 CMT Music Awards
Nominations & WINNERS
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Blake Shelton – "I'll Name the
Dogs" - WINNER
Brett
Young – "Mercy"
Kane
Brown feat. Lauren Alaina – "What Ifs"
Luke
Combs – "When It Rains It Pours"
Thomas
Rhett – "Marry Me"
MALE VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Blake Shelton – "I'll Name the
Dogs" - WINNER
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"
FEMALE VIDEO OF THE
YEAR
Carly
Pearce – "Every Little Thing"
Carrie Underwood feat. Ludacris – "The Champion" - WINNER
Kelsea
Ballerini – "Legends"
Lauren
Alaina – "Doin’ Fine"
Maren
Morris – "I Could Use a Love Song"
Miranda
Lambert – "Tin Man" From 2017 ACM Awards
DUO VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Big
& Rich – "California"
Brothers
Osborne – "It Ain’t My Fault"
Dan + Shay – "Tequila"
- WINNER
Florida
Georgia Line – "Smooth"
High
Valley – "She’s With Me"
Tim
McGraw & Faith Hill – "Speak to a Girl"
GROUP VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Lady
Antebellum – "You Look Good"
Lanco
– "Greatest Love Story"
Little Big Town – "When Someone
Stops Loving You" - WINNER
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"
BREAKTHROUGH VIDEO OF
THE YEAR
Carly Pearce – "Every Little
Thing" - WINNER
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
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"
Kane Brown feat. Lauren Alaina – "What Ifs" - WINNER
Thomas
Rhett feat. Maren Morris – "Craving You"
CMT PERFORMANCE OF THE
YEAR
Andra
Day, Common, Little Big Town, Lee Ann Womack and Danielle Bradbery –
"Stand Up for Something" (From 2017 CMT Artists of the Year)
Backstreet Boys and Florida Georgia Line –
"Everybody" (From CMT Crossroads) - WINNER
Charles
Kelley, Jason Aldean, Darius Rucker and Derek Trucks – "Midnight
Rider" (From 2017 CMT Music Awards)
Earth,
Wind & Fire and Lady Antebellum – "September" (From CMT Crossroads)
Jason
Aldean, Keith Urban, Chris Stapleton and Little Big Town – "I Won't Back
Down" (From 2017 CMT Artists of the Year)
Keith
Urban feat. Carrie Underwood – "The Fighter" (From 2017 CMT Music
Awards)
Source
Rollingstone
Red
Carpet Fashion 2018 CMT Music Awards
Abby Anderson - The “Make
Him Wait songstress flashed her pins in a Lavish Alice (Product) turquiose short stylish
double breasted blazer & shorts/playsuit/romper combo (Tiffany
Gifford-Wardrobe Stylist). Shae added yellow tie up sandals, Makeup & Hair
(Marz Collins)
Brooke Hogan - The blonde American
reality television star, actress, singer-songwriter and media personality, wore
a sleeveless light blue sparkling gown with a plunging neckline and sported a
blonde sexy straight cut. - Image
Brittany Kerr - Jason Aldean’s
lovely wife wore a shiny dark blue wrap style ZHIVAGO jersey dress with a plunge
front and straight shoulders. She added some sexy sparkly silver strappy heels,
diamond hoop earrings (JN JEWELS), Jewelry (Margo Siegel), Styling (Cherie
Kilchrist) - Image
Carly Pearce - The 28-year old “Every
Little Thing” singer and CMT Breakthrough
Video of the Year winner showed off her legs wearing a very short Faith Connexion black
Tux romper/ jumpsuit. She added studded heels and carried a black purse -
Carrie Underwood - Rocking a
kick-ass-sexy-vibe the "Cry Pretty" powerhouse donned a
princess style gown with a Nicolas Jebran embellished mini dress. She wore
her hair in a simple side-parted style and added MARLI diamond jewels and gold
ankle-strap Jimmy
Choo’s Lucy pumps to complete her
CMT carpet look. Image - Image
She
later changed into a sparkling silver jumpsuit she wore while accepting an
award onstage (Photo).
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Cassadee Pope - The "Take
You Home" singer wore a one-shoulder, two-piece Michelle Mason ensemble. She added Pink Suede Stella Luna
75 sandals which had a signature gold fastener (Product). She went with a
textured wet hair-do (Leigh Edwards and Company), Makeup (Neil Robison) Styling
(Sophie Lopez) - Image
Clare Bowen - Wore a lined floaty
long Zimmermann
(Sydney, Australia) white lace round neck dress sleeve with floral
detailing. She added a touch of bling wearing some funky white luxury vintage Old Smokey Boots (Website)
Courtney Force – There to present Sam
Hunt’s performance, the 29-year old blonde drag racer wore a 'RAQA'
Grey Asymmetric Cut Bralet Dress (Product GBP £99.00). cut from a midweight stretch crepe and fully
lined to create a perfectly smooth and chic silhouette. Featuring a side thigh
split, bralet shape bust and adjustable spaghetti straps, 'Raqa' is a perfect
day-to-date night dress. Lindsay Doyle (Makeup
Artist), Jewelry (David Yurman) - Instagram
Danielle Bradbery - Killing It: The
gorgeous 21-year old "Worth It" singer showed off her
enviable pins wearing a new SS18 Luciana Balderrama Galaxy
mini dress (Product $500). The Ivory
Space Cowgirl Galaxy features a two-piece ensemble with an embroidered
strapless dress and short coat with a zip for closure in the back. She added
open silver heels (Stuart Weitzman), Makeup (Tarryn Feldman), Styling (Amber
Lehman) Image - Image
Hayley Orrantia - The 24-year old
Goldbergs American actress, singer (American Idol Season 1 member of Lakoda
Rayne, a country-pop girl group) wore a black gown with floral details and a
high slit. She added matching open ankle strap sandals with chunky platform
heel. Makeup by Christin Cook (IT Cosmetics, Becca Cosmetics), Hair (T3 Micro,
Oribe Hair Care) - Image
Jennifer Nettles - Bedazzlement: The
"Still the Same" Sugarland lead singer wore a dual-colour
embellished number in a blush and black slip dress She complemented her classy
dress with golden curled flowing locks and a pair of embellished sandals. -
Jillian Cardarelli - The Massachusetts
native turned Nashville resident, "Souvenirs"
country singer wore a short sleeveless black number (Haute Hippie) with upper mesh,
tassels and solid black bodice detailing adding open silver sandals. Fans got a taste of her sound with the
release of her debut single, “Re-Run,” last summer. Written by Grammy winning
artist Maren Morris, Tina Parol and Jordan Reynolds, Jillian knew she had to
cut it the moment she heard it. - Image
Jillian Jacqueline - Big Loud Records
"Reasons" singer-songwriter rocked a signature vibrant ensemble (Victoria Hayes).
Raised vamp she added solid red suede stiletto Steve Madden SINFUL heels (Product; this season’s
sandal of choice for sexy sirens and chic statement-makers!). She had slight
messy hair-do and carried a white BLACKSEA clutch | Jewels (Bakari).
Kaci Brown - One half of country
duo Brown & Gray (with Sam Gray)
she showed off a beautiful sleeveless ruby Michael Costello dress with floral design and
carried a matching purse | Hair (Cherith Wooten) – Image - Image
Kaitlin Doubleday - The 33-year old
American actress wore a sparkly sleeveless Georges Chakra Spring
2018 jumpsuit -
Kalie Shorr - The 23-year old
"Awake" country singer-songwriter rocked a classy look sporting a
vintage Jean
Paul Gaultier black gown | Hair (The
White Cactus Salon Neshville), Syling (Tyler www.tylerminor.com)
Karen Fairchild - The 48-year old
Little Big Town singer and CMT Awards co-hostess wore a stylish ruched silver
asymmetrical wrap dress revealing a hint of Spanx Hosiery. She carried a cute
matching silver guitar clutch. - Image
Red
carpet >> video
Kelly Clarkson - Wore a Alex Perry gown with thigh-high slit adding statement diamond
earrings and same studded strappy heels as her Billboard Music Awards look. - Image
Kelsea Ballerini - The 24-year old
"I Hate Love Songs" singer wore a skimpy sequined custom Brandon Maxwell top with high-waisted trousers with a long train
from the Resort 2019 collection. The two-piece was styled with Giuseppe Zanotti ‘G Heel’ sandals and sported a shoulder-length ombre
hairstyle | Hair (hairbyderek.com), Makeup (Kelsey Deenihan), Styling (Krista
Roser ). See >> red carpet video with hubby Morgan
Evans
Kimberly Schlapman - The bubbly 48-year
old Little Big Town co-hostess donned a strapless and sleeveless green J. Mendel jumpsuit
with her signature short blonde hair down in wild curls and wore a smoky eye
for makeup, adding jewels, necklaces and carried a matching Tyler Ellis purse.
Lauren Alaina - Lauren Alaina got
glam in an asymmetrical fishtail pearl-gray gown by John Paul Ataker for the 2018 CMT Music Awards. She added a pair of
studded gold heels and framed her face with beachy high-volume waves - Image
Lennon Stella and Maisy
Stella
(aka Maddie and Daphne Conrad): All grown up: 18-year old Lennon rocked a
flimsy plunging black and short white ensemble adding black sandals.
14-year-old sister Maisy and Nashville star donned a dress by X by NBD and shoes by Joie. “The fun part about this look us we
actually turned this dress around, so she’s wearing it backward,” shared
stylist Tiffany Gifford. “It works so well since she pulled her hair off her
face. The front was so low cut, so I suggested we turn it around. She loved
it!”
Lindsay Ell - The 29-year old
"Criminal" Canadian singer-songwriter rocked a short sexy black
leather RtA mini
dress (Product; $995). This bomber
dress features a front zipper with two uniquely placed pocket detailing. She
kept it simple wearing pointy silver heels rather than a full-on look pairing
it with over the knee boots. - Image - Instagram
Lindsey Vonn - Red HOT: The alpine
ski racer wore a figure-hugging one shoulder red Hamel cut-out gown with a glamorous
train to showcase her gorgeous toned bod. She added Jimmy Choo
shoes | Makeup & Hair (Tarryn Feldman) - Image >> Red carpet video
Maggie Rose - The 30-year old
"Body on Fire" singer wore a sleeveless black number with
side mesh cut-outs and added black booties, gold jewels and carried a gold
purse | Styling (Raina Gir) - Image
Meghan Linsey - Wacky Fun: The
32-year old former Steel Magnolia and "Drive Me Crazy" singer wore a
multi-coloured Any
Old Iron sequinned gown with a side slit and sported orange hair (Jon
Steinick) - Image
Mickie James - The
professional WWE wrestler and
"Somebody's Gonna Pay" country singer looked ready for a night of fun
wearing a white top/ cape and white/champagne Jumpsuit combo by Johnathan
Kayne (Product; Johnathan Kayne style
8053) | Makeup & Beauty (Melissa Toshinskiy/ Huda Kattan/ M·A·C Cosmetics)
Natalie Stovall - Silver metallic queen:
The season 13 The Voice and "Can't Love You No More" singer rocked a
short crimped stylish silver look to show off her lovely beefy legs adding with
ankle strap silver heels, silver jewels, flowing golden locks and carried a
silver purse - Image
TOP: Maggie
Rose, Meghan Linsey (Any Old
Iron), Mickie James (Johnathan
Kayne), Natalie Stovall
BOTTOM: Olivia
Lane (AREA), Post Monroe, RaeLynn (Alice and Olivia), Ruthie Collins
|
Olivia Lane - The "Devil And
You" singer donned a V-neck AREA SS18 silk crepe de chine Slip Dress and
red/tangerine coloured booties. The Area's Dorato purple slipdress with
adjustable spaghetti straps is finished with red racing stripes at the sides.
This style showcases silver "Dream Boy" lettering at the asymmetric
hem (Product; $219).
Post Monroe - The duo walked the CMT
Music Awards 2018 carpet with Ashlee
Hewitt wearing a black lacy top jumpsuit (The Showroom Nashville) and Whitney Duncan wore a lovely sleeveless
white gown with side cut-out detailing (Nordstrom clearance rack for $56)
adding earrings (Molly Free) ad carried a white clutch (Nordstrom)
RaeLynn - Rocking White: The
Voice alum and "Queens Don't" singer stunned in
white as she walked the carpet in a Alice and Olivia shorts-and-blazer
combo showing a little skin and glitz. She added gold Stuart Weitzman heels | Color/Cut/Styling (Amanda Craig), Hair Care
(Oribe), Makeup cosmetics (Tarte Cosmetics, Marc Jacobs Beauty, M·A·C, LORAC) -
Image
Ruthie Collins - The "Get
Drunk And Cry" s-songwriter wore a cream strapless/ sleeveless
tiered and flared white lace dress adding open toe, silver heels | Makeup
(Nikita Karmen) - Image
Shawna Thompson - The Thompson Square
singer sparkled in all Sequin Stello open
back emerald gown with long sleeves
and high neck. The unique pattern, long sleeves and flowing train gave the look
a fierce, reptilian-like and glove-like fit allowed her to showcase her enviable
curves. | Styling (Cory B. Savage) – Instagram - Image
Stephanie Quayle - The 36-year old
Sounds like Nashville red carpet host (Instagram) and
"Selfish" country singer simply stunned wearing a glorious and very
pretty Roxanne
Strapless High-Low Floral-Print dress (Product) adding bold yellow
heels. “Stephanie is always fun to dress,” said stylist Blakely Collier. We wanted
to do something different for the CMT Awards and found this dress with this
amazing beaded bodice that worked perfectly. We added turquoise tool to help
make her shoes pop and brought the whole look together.” | Makeup Hair (Tarryn
Feldman) - Image
TOP: Shawna
Thompson (Stello), Stephanie Quayle
(Roxanne Strapless), The Sisterhood
(Stellaire Collection)
|
The Sisterhood (Ruby Stewart and
Alyssa Bonagura): Girls Are Gonna Have Fun: The duo made their CMT Awards red
carpet debut on a Girls night out.
Ruby Stewart wore a Stellaire
Collection Angelica Silk Wrap Dress
In Red (Product; $1,045.00). Cut
from sand-washed silk crepe-de-chine and patterned with their signature 'Starry
Night' print its described as their dreamiest piece this season. It's
romantically finished, featurings gathered sleeves, a plunging neckline,
dramatic sweeping skirt and a self-tie waist that defines the narrowest point
on your frame.
Alyssa Bonagura also drew from the
wore a Stellaire
Collection donning a Duvall Silk Wrap Dress in Black (Product; $590). Stars scatter across sand-washed silk crepe-de-chine in
this magical little wrap dress. The Duvall features gathered bell sleeves,
a plunging neckline, and self-tie waist. They added Custom Hats (Claire
West), Makeup (Chelsea Reynolds)
SOURCES:
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Coppola/Getty Images North America
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