Star-studded event airs Wednesday, June 9th on six networks
CMT has revealed the first round of powerhouse performers set to take the stage at the 2021 CMT Music Awards airing Wednesday, June 9th at 8 pm ET/PT on CMT, MTV, MTV2, Logo, Paramount Network and TV Land. The first slate of performers for country music’s only fan voted award show includes Chris Stapleton, Luke Combs, and powerhouse collaborations between Brothers Osborne and Dierks Bentley, Maren Morris and JP Saxe, Mickey Guyton and Gladys Knight and Miranda Lambert with Jack Ingram and Jon Randall.
Additional performers and presenters will be announced in the coming weeks.
2021 CMT Music Awards nominations were unveiled last week, with female powerhouses Morris and Lambert competing for the most accolades with four nods each. Hosts Kelsea Ballerini and Kane Brown join Little Big Town and Mickey Guyton with three nominations. This year, 13 artists received first-time nominations including Guyton, Dylan Scott, Hailey Whitters, HARDY, Lainey Wilson, Margo Price, Nathaniel Rateliff, Niko Moon, Noah Cyrus, Parmalee, Ryan Hurd, Tyler Hubbard and Willie Jones. Carrie Underwood remains the most decorated artist in CMT history with a total of 22 wins and will compete for two trophies, nominated for her collaboration with John Legend.
Fan voting is now open at vote.cmt.com and continues until Tuesday, June 1st at 3 pm ET/noon PT.
2021 CMT Music Awards is executive produced by CMT’s Margaret Comeaux, Switched On Entertainment’s John Hamlin and Amy Lin Johnson; the Executives in Charge of Production are Jackie Barba and Heather D. Graffagnino.
Official sponsors include Lipton Iced Tea, Little Caesars®, Ram Truck Brand and Verizon.
