Jason Aldean, Cody Johnson & Carrie Underwood top 2022 CMT Music Awards

Aldean & Underwood each celebrate milestone “Video of the Year” wins

The fans have spoken and winners were revealed when the biggest names in music and entertainment gathered in Nashville tonight for the 2022 CMT Music Awards. Co-hosted by Kelsea Ballerini, Kane Brown and Anthony Mackie, the live show from Nashville featured epic performances, first-ever collaborations, and world premieres as part of country music’s only entirely fan-voted awards show.

Cody Johnson walked away with two first-time wins, while Jason Aldean and Carrie Underwood each took home two trophies, including the highly-coveted “Video of the Year” award, marking two milestones: Aldean’s first-ever win in the coveted category and Underwood’s continued reign as the most awarded artist in CMT history with a total of 25 career wins. Miranda Lambert notched her 12th career win; country legend George Strait, newcomer Parker McCollum, and country duo Maddie & Tae each won their very first CMT Music Awards.

The 2022 CMT Music Awards featured performances by today’s most popular music artists, including Jason Aldean + Bryan Adams, Jimmie Allen + Monica + Little Big Town, Gabby Barrett, Kane Brown, Mickey Guyton + Black Pumas, Walker Hayes, Cody Johnson, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Maren Morris + Ryan Hurd, Old Dominion, Carly Pearce, Thomas Rhett + Riley Green, Cole Swindell + Lainey Wilson, Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban, plus the first televised performance in over two decades from the legendary duo The Judds. Emerging artists Priscilla Block, BRELAND, Jessie James Decker, Parker McCollum, Elvie Shane and Caitlyn Smith also performed from the Ram Trucks Side Stage.

Presenters included Lily Aldridge, Jimmie Allen, Rob Corrdry, Jordan Davis, Billy Gibbons, Gayle King, Taylor Lautner, Dustin Lynch, Craig Morgan, Martina McBride, Joel McHale, Kacey Musgraves, LeAnn Rimes, Queer Eye’s Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, Tan France + Antoni Porowski, LeAnn Rimes, Dylan Scott, Mike Stanley and Dennis Quaid.

Country music’s only entirely fan-voted show aired Monday, April 11th on the CBS Television Network; the show was also be available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+.

As previously announced, CMT will air CMT Music Awards Extended Cut with an added 30 minutes of new performances and extra bonus content on Friday, April 15th from 8:00-11:30 pm ET exclusively on CMT.’

We were on the Red Carpet where we chatted with a variety of artists in attendance. Follow us on socials to see who we chat with. Also, tune into an upcoming edition of The Music Universe Podcast where we will recap the night of festivities, plus additional events during our week in Nashville.

VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Jason Aldean & Carrie Underwood – “If I Didn’t Love You”

FEMALE VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Miranda Lambert – “If I Was A Cowboy”

MALE VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Cody Johnson – “Til You Can’t”

DUO/GROUP VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Maddie & Tae – “Woman You Got”

BREAKTHROUGH VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Parker McCollum – “To Be Loved By You”

COLLABORATIVE VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Jason Aldean & Carrie Underwood – “If I Didn’t Love You”

CMT PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR

George Strait – “Is Anybody Goin’ to San Antone (from CMT GIANTS: Charley Pride)”

CMT DIGITAL-FIRST PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR

Cody Johnson – “Dear Rodeo (from CMT Campfire Sessions)”

CMT SOCIAL ONLY: TRENDING COMEBACK SONG OF THE YEAR

Taylor Swift – “Love Story (Taylor’s Version)”

Buddy Iahn
Buddy Iahn

Buddy Iahn founded The Music Universe when he decided to juxtapose his love of web design and music. As a lifelong drummer, he decided to take a hiatus from playing music to report it. The website began as a fun project in 2013 to one of the top independent news sites. Email: info@themusicuniverse.com