The 2022 CMT Music Awards went off with … minimal hitches. Co-host Kelsea Ballerini had to do her duties via satellite due to testing positive for COVID-19. She was joined in the Nashville Municipal Auditorium by Kane Brown and Captain America himself, Anthony Mackie. The y’all-ified version of the VMAs kicked off with a Keith Urban performance of “Wild Hearts.” Carrie Underwood, who won her tenth Video of the Year award with Jason Aldean, took a page from Pink’s book and got all up in some aerial silks for a performance of “Ghost Story.” Underwood’s total CMT awards number 25, more than any other artist. And despite COVID in her system, Ballerini managed a rendition of “Heartfirst.”
Here is the full list of nominees with winners in bold.
Video of the Year
Cody Johnson, “‘Til You Can’t”
Jason Aldean and Carrie Underwood, “If I Didn’t Love You”
Kane Brown, “One Mississippi”
Female Video of the Year
Brandi Carlile, “Right on Time”
Gabby Barrett, “Footprints on the Moon”
Kacey Musgraves, “justified”
Maren Morris, “Circles Around This Town”
Mickey Guyton, “Remember Her Name”
Miranda Lambert, “If I Was a Cowboy”
Tenille Arts, “Back Then, Right Now”
Male Video of the Year
Cody Johnson, “’Til You Can’t”
Eric Church, “Heart on Fire”
Kane Brown, “One Mississippi”
Luke Bryan, “Waves”
Luke Combs, “Forever After All”
Thomas Rhett, “Country Again”
Walker Hayes, “Fancy Like”
Duo/Group Video of the Year
Brothers Osborne, “I’m Not for Everyone”
Dan + Shay, “Steal My Love”
Maddie & Tae, “Woman You Got”
Old Dominion, “I Was on a Boat That Day”
Parmalee, “Take My Name”
Zac Brown Band, “Same Boat”
Breakthrough Video of the Year
Breland, “Cross Country”
Caitlyn Smith feat. Old Dominion, “I Can’t”
Elvie Shane, “My Boy”
Parker McCollum, “To Be Loved by You”
Priscilla Block, “Just About Over You”
Tenille Arts, “Back Then, Right Now”
Collaborative Video of the Year
Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde, “Never Wanted to Be That Girl”
Dustin Lynch feat. MacKenzie Porter, “Thinking ’Bout You”
Nelly feat. Florida Georgia Line, “Lil Bit”
Jason Aldean & Carrie Underwood, “If I Didn’t Love You”
Jimmie Allen & Brad Paisley, “Freedom Was a Highway”
Jordan Davis feat. Luke Bryan, “Buy Dirt”
Kelsea Ballerini feat. Kenny Chesney, “Half of My Hometown”
CMT Performance of the Year
Brothers Osborne, “Muskrat Greene/Dead Man’s Curve” (from CMT Campfire Sessions)
George Strait, “Is Anybody Goin’ to San Antone” (from CMT Giants: Charley Pride)
H.E.R. & Chris Stapleton, “Hold On” (from 2021 CMT Music Awards)
Kane Brown, “Three Wooden Crosses” (from CMT Artist of the Year)
Kelsea Ballerini and Paul Klein, “I Quit Drinking” (from 2021 CMT Music Awards)
Mickey Guyton feat. Gladys Knight & Breland, “Friendship Train” (from 2021 CMT Music Awards)
Nelly feat. Kane Brown, Blanco Brown, and Breland, “Ride Wit Me” (from CMT Crossroads)
CMT Digital-First Performance of the Year
Brittney Spencer, “Sober & Skinny”
Carly Pearce, “Dear Miss Loretta”
Cody Johnson, “Dear Rodeo”
Jon Pardi, “On the Other Hand” / “Forever and Ever, Amen”
Josh Turner, Live
Lainey Wilson, “Things a Man Oughta Know”
Trending Comeback Song of the Year
Alan Jackson, “Freight Train”
Brooks & Dunn, “Neon Moon”
Dolly Parton, “9 to 5”
Reba McEntire, “I’m a Survivor”
Sara Evans, “Suds in the Bucket”
Shania Twain, “Man! I Feel Like a Woman!”
Taylor Swift, “Love Story (Taylor’s Version)”