The 2017 CMT Awards were held tonight (6/7) from the Music City Center in Nashville, Tennessee. The show opened with Jason, Aldean, Darius Rucker, and Charles Kelley performing “Midnight Rider” by the Allman Brothers Band as a tribute to the late Greg Allman.
Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban took the stage to perform a slow version of “The Fighter,” which they later won the award for for Collaborative Video of the Year. The Chainsmokers joined Florida Georgia Line to perform “Last Day Alive” on the rooftop of the newly opened FGL House in downtown Nashville before Blake Shelton performed “Every Time I Hear That Song” to the crowd. One of the funniest moments was when the night’s host Charles Esten came out wearing a men’s romper to introduce Brett Elderedge’s performance of “Something I’m Good At.”
Blake Shelton was the lucky man who got to introduce the night’s award for Social Superstar of the Year to Keith Urban before Jason Derulo and Luke Bryan performed “Strip It Down” and “Want to Want Me.” Another highlight of the night would have to be Kelsea Ballerini’s first live performance of her new single, “Legends.”
The show ended with Kid Rock announcing Keith Urban had won Video of the Year for “Blue Ain’t Your Color” just before Lady Antebellum took the stage with Earth, Wind, and Fire for an unforgettable collaborative finale.
Brad Paisley, “Today”
Carrie Underwood, “Church Bells”
Cole Swindell, “Middle of a Memory”
Florida Georgia Line, “H.O.L.Y.”
Keith Urban, “Blue Ain’t Your Color” (WINNER)
Luke Bryan, “Huntin’, Fishin,’ and Lovin’ Every Day”
Miranda Lambert, “Vice”
Kelsea Ballerini, “Peter Pan”
Lauren Alaina, “Road Less Traveled”
Maren Morris, “80s Mercedes”
Miranda Lambert, “Vice”
Reba McEntire, “Back to God”
Blake Shelton, “Came Here to Forget”
Eric Church, “Record Year”
Jason Aldean, “Lights Come On”
Keith Urban, “Blue Ain’t Your Color” (WINNER)
Luke Bryan, “Huntin’, Fishin’, and Lovin’ Every Day”
Thomas Rhett, “Star of the Show”
Big & Rich feat. Tim McGraw, “Lovin’ Lately”
Brothers Osborne, “21 Summer”
Dan + Shay, “How Not To”
Florida Georgia Line, “H.O.L.Y.” (WINNER)
LOCASH, “I Know Somebody”
Eli Young Band, “Saltwater Gospel”
Lady Antebellum, “You Look Good”
Little Big Town, “Better Man” (WINNER)
Midland, “Drinkin’ Problem”
Old Dominion, “Song For Another Time”
Breakthrough Video of the Year:
Brett Young, “In Case You Didn’t Know”
Jon Pardi, “Dirt On My Boots”
Kane Brown, “Used to Love You Sober”
Lauren Alaina, “Road Less Traveled” (WINNER)
Luke Combs, “Hurricane”
RaeLynn, “Love Triangle”
Artists Then, Now & Forever, “Forever Country”
Chris Young feat. Vince Gill, “Sober Saturday Night”
Dierks Bentley and Elle King, “Different for Girls”
Florida Georgia Line feat. Tim McGraw, “May We All”
Keith Urban feat. Carrie Underwood, “The Fighter” (WINNER)
Kenny Chesney feat. Pink, “Setting the World on Fire”CMT
Jason Aldean, “Hicktown (From CMT Concert of the Summer)”
Jason Derulo and Luke Bryan, “Want to Want Me (From CMT Crossroads)” (WINNER)
John Mellencamp and Darius Rucker, “Pink Houses (From CMT Crossroads)”
Alicia Keys and Maren Morris, “80s Mercedes (From CMT Crossroads)”
Meghan Trainor, Jill Scott and Kelsea Ballerini, “You’re Still the One/Any Man of Mine/Man, I Feel Like a Woman (From CMT Artists of the Year)”
Nick Jonas and Thomas Rhett, “Close (From CMT Crossroads)”
