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2023 ACM Awards nominees, with HARDY and Lainey Wilson leading the way. Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks will host «Country Music's Party of the Year,» which is set to stream live on Prime Video on Thursday, May 11 at 8 p.m. EDT/7 p.m.

The winners are in for the 2023 CMT Music Awards!

Country music stars focused on fashion while walking the red carpet ahead of the 2023 CMT Music Awards Sunday in Austin, Texas. Kelsea Ballerini wore Dolce & Gabbana to make her red carpet debut with boyfriend Chase Stokes before hosting the show.

Carrie Underwood meets up with Wynonna Judd on the red carpet the 2023 CMT Music Awards held at Moody Center on Sunday (April 2) in Austin, Texas.

Kane Brown and Kelsea Ballerini celebrated the women of country music at the 2023 CMT Music Awards!In their opening monologue, the co-hosts took the time to highlight the biggest female stars in the room. «Shania Twain is in the building,» Brown said. «My queen!» Ballerini said. «Honestly it really is my dream lineup.

Body-ody-ody! Megan Thee Stallion had all eyes on her at the 2023 CMT Music Awards. 

Carrie Underwood looked stunning at the 2023 CMT Music Awards!The country star — who reigns as the most-awarded artist in CMT history — walked the red carpet in a sparkly two-piece fit that showed off her toned legs.The entire look was bedazzled, from the cropped coat, which featured an epic train, to Underwood's dazzling shorts. The  singer opted to let the outfit do the talking, wearing her long, blonde locks in a low ponytail.

CMT Music Awards!This year, Lainey Wilson leads the charge with four noms, including Performance of the Year and Female Video of the Year, with three nominees tied for second place -- Jelly Roll, Cody Johnson, and CMT Music Awards co-host Kane Brown.Across all categories, CMT is recognizing 21 first-time nominees, with Carrie Underwood, the most awarded artist in CMT history, also earning another nod this year. Hosted by Brown and Kelsea Ballerini -- also a nominee this year — the CMT Music Awards air at 8:00 p.m. ET on CBS Sunday from the Moody Center in Austin, Texas.

Who will take home some hardware? The 2023 CMT Music Awards are honoring some of country music’s top crooners on Sunday, April 2.

The 2023 CMT Music Awards, honoring excellence in country music, is here.  Nominees for the only country music award show that is completely voted on by fans were announced in March. Here's how to watch, who's nominated and what else to know ahead of this year's CMT Music Awards on Sunday. Where to watch The 2023 CMT Music Awards is set to air on CBS live from the Moody Center in Austin, Texas, at 8:00 p.m.

Nothing brings people together like music. The 2023 CMT Music Awards will be a star-studded event — not only for the show’s nominees and performers, but also for its presenters.

Up-and-coming country artists Megan Moroney and Jelly Roll are both nominated for their first CMT Awards this weekend – and they are both looking back at their journeys and who inspired them as singer-songwriters.  "Well, I think like from a songwriting aspect, I always love Kacey Musgraves … Miranda Lambert," Moroney told Fox News Digital, adding that the "If I Was a Cowboy" singer was one of her "musical influences." Moroney clarified that while she has never spoken to Lambert, she has run into her – literally. The 25-year-old said that several years ago, when she was still in college in Georgia, "I accidentally ran into her … and I stepped on her on accident.

2023 CMT Music Awards! The awards show has announced a Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute that will include Billy Gibbons, Chuck Leavell, Cody Johnson, Paul Rodgers, Slash and Warren Haynes.The musicians will honor the band and the late original founding member Gary Rossington. LeAnn Rimes and Wynonna Judd will also be joining as the tribute as The Honkettes. The celebration comes 50 years after the launch of the band’s debut album. Dale Krantz Rossington, band member and wife of Rossington, is set to attend the tribute alongside fellow Lynyrd Skynyrd band members Johnny Van Zant and Rickey Medlock.This news comes after the show added Alanis Morissette and Gwen Stefani as performers to the star-studded lineup. Morissette will take the stage alongside Ingrid Andress, Lainey Wilson, Madeline Edwards and Morgan Wade, plus Austin native Jackie Venson on guitar, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of CMT's «Next Woman of Country» franchise with a performance of her hit «You Oughta Know.:Stefani will team up with Carly Pearce for their first-ever on-stage collaboration, two years after winning her first CMT Award with hubby Blake Shelton.

2023 CMT Music Awards!The latest round of performers for the upcoming awards show was announced on Tuesday, adding Alanis Morissette and Gwen Stefani to the star-studded lineup.Morissette will take the stage alongside Ingrid Andress, Lainey Wilson, Madeline Edwards and Morgan Wade, plus Austin native Jackie Venson on guitar, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of CMT's «Next Woman of Country» franchise with a performance of her hit «You Oughta Know.:Stefani will team up with Carly Pearce for their first-ever on-stage collaboration, two years after winning her first CMT Award with hubby Blake Shelton. The pair took home Collaborative Video of the Year for their duet “Nobody But You.”Meanwhile, Shania Twain will become the third-ever winner of the CMT Equal Play Award, which recognizes „an artist who is a visible and vocal advocate for elevating diverse and underrepresented voices in country music.“ Previous winners of the award include Jennifer Nettles and Linda Martell. The trio joins previously-announced performers Shelton, Pearce, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Cody Johnson, Lainey Wilson, co-hosts Kelsea Ballerini and Kane Brown, and more.A Video of the Year nominee, Shelton recently spoke with ET about why he thinks the CMT Music Awards „means more“ than your typical awards show — and it boils down to the fans.»Our industry, there’s so many under-the-table political things going on, it’s always nice to win any award, but when you know for sure [that] fans took the time and they voted for you, then that means the world."«I love being able to be a part of a show like that because I just feel like they have more credibility to me,» he added.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The CMT Music Awards telecast has added some star power to this coming Sunday’s CBS telecast, with a couple of pairings that match famous female pop stars with women artists in the country world, plus a lifetime honor for crossover queen Shania Twain. On the collaborative front, Gwen Stefani will join recent No. 1 country hitmaker Carly Pearce for a duet of a yet-unannounced song. And Alanis Morissette will be joined on her original signature number, “You Oughta Know,” by four of country’s most compelling young artists — Morgan Wade, Madeline Edwards and chart-toppers Lainey Wilson and Ingrid Andress (plus guitarist Jackie Venson) — as part of a salute to the 10th anniversary of CMT’s Next Women of Country initiative. All four of Morissette’s singing counterparts on this collab came up being featured as part of the annual Next Women lineups.

Carrie Underwood is living out her wildest dreams.The singer's latest tour, Denim and Rhinestones – her seventh – is well under way, and as she continues to rock stage after stage, she's looking back at her humble beginnings.Carrie, 40, has come a long way: a small-town Oklahoma girl who won American Idol's fourth season in 2005 and now performs alongside icons such as Axl Rose. No wonder the Grammy-winning multiplatinum selling artist has branded herself "the luckiest girl in the world." You can see some of her show-stopping performances in the video below.WATCH: Carrie Underwood showcases incredibly toned legs with impressive tour videoMORE: Carrie Underwood drops huge surprise on 40th birthday and fans are freaking outAfter performing a show-stopping concert, at Los Angeles' Crypto.com arena, Carrie got nostalgic about when she first arrived in the famed city.She wrote on Instagram: "I'm from a small town in OK… I currently live outside of Nashville, TN… but I've got roots in LA, too."MORE: Carrie Underwood facing huge milestone - but how will her husband react?Recalling what a momentous trip it was, she added: "I took my first plane ride when I was 21 years old out to LA during auditions for #AmericanIdol.

Carrie Underwood recently invited Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose on stage to perform the latter’s ‘Welcome To The Jungle’ together at her recent concert in Los Angeles.Underwood brought Rose out during the encore portion of her set at the Crypto.com Arena on March 13, where both of them would sing a rendition of Guns N’ Roses’ ‘Welcome To The Jungle’.Watch the pair perform ‘Welcome To The Jungle’ below.This performance would mark the first time that Carrie Underwood and Axl Rose have performed the track together. Underwood first performed with the Guns N’ Roses frontman in April last year, when she brought him out to perform ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’ and ‘Paradise City’ during her headlining performance at California’s Stagecoach Festival 2022.Elsewhere during her concert, Underwood performed a slew of her biggest hits including ‘Good Girl’, ‘Hate My Heart’, ‘Ghost Story’ and ‘Last Name’ before ending the show with ‘Before He Cheats’.Axl Rose and his Guns N’ Roses bandmates are set to headline Glastonbury later this year alongside Elton John and Arctic Monkeys.

2023 CMT Music Awards!The first round of performers for the upcoming awards show was announced on Tuesday and includes stars like Blake Shelton, Keith Urban, Carly Pearce, Cody Johnson, Lainey Wilson, co-host Kelsea Ballerini and more.The names join previously announced performers Carrie Underwood and co-host Kane Brown and his wife, Katelyn Brown. A Video of the Year nominee, Shelton recently spoke with ET about why he thinks the CMT Music Awards «means more» than your typical awards show — and it boils down to the fans.«Our industry, there’s so many under-the-table political things going on, it’s always nice to win any award, but when you know for sure [that] fans took the time and they voted for you, then that means the world.»«I love being able to be a part of a show like that because I just feel like they have more credibility to me,» he added.

2023 CMT Music Awards!The first round of performers for the upcoming awards show was announced on Tuesday and includes stars like Blake Shelton, Keith Urban, Carly Pearce, Cody Johnson, Lainey Wilson, co-host Kelsea Ballerini and more.The names join previously announced performers Carrie Underwood and co-host Kane Brown and his wife, Katelyn Brown. A Video of the Year nominee, Shelton recently spoke with ET about why he thinks the CMT Music Awards «means more» than your typical awards show — and it boils down to the fans.«Our industry, there’s so many under-the-table political things going on, it’s always nice to win any award, but when you know for sure [that] fans took the time and they voted for you, then that means the world.»«I love being able to be a part of a show like that because I just feel like they have more credibility to me,» he added.

energetic onstage performances, and following her 40th birthday this week, she made one fan's night by donning a surprise accessory.Alongside her hot pink bodysuit, which was studded with rhinestones, Carrie wrapped a 40th birthday sash around her torso, with one fan getting very excited in the comments. "I gave you that sash you're wearing and you absolutely made my night!" Carrie Underwood took to the stage in a hot pink bodysuitThe birthday sash wasn't Carrie's only special-occasion attire – she also added a pair of bejeweled jeans for an extra sparkly look, paying homage to the name of her tour, which is appropriately called: "The Denim and Rhinestones Tour."Carrie looked incredibly toned in her on-stage outfit, and it's no surprise that the 40-year-old looks so fabulous - she has her own fitness app, Fit52, and regularly shares insight into her workouts with the app.

Carrie Underwood celebrated her 40th birthday with an incredible cheese wheel cake - that weighed over 70lbs - and wine bottles from 1983 onwards, but it was two homemade cards from her sons that the country star was quick to share with fans.Her boys, eight-year-old Isaiah and four-year-old Jake, both wrote love letters to their mom on her big day, revealing their favorite things they love about her. Carrie shared these sweet homemade cards"I love her snuggles, I love her kisses, I love her singing and most of all I love her love," write Isaiah, while Jake, with the help of their father Mike Fisher, wrote: "When she kisses me, how much she loves me, she's beautiful, her snuggles, when she dresses up in her dresses."Carrie was fortunate enough to be home with Mike and their young sons for the special day, as she had a couple of days off her Denim and Rhinestones tour.The star celebrated the big 4-0 on March 10 and she revealed the incredible gifts her husband surprised her with, taking to Instagram to share pictures from inside her sprawling Tennesse home surrounded by bottles of red wine and with a cake like no other."A cake tower made entirely of cheese wheels & a lifetime's worth of wines starting at 1983," she wrote.

Carrie Underwood wasn't about to let her milestone birthday go down without a fuss.The star celebrated the big 4-0 on March 10 and she shared some very rich-looking gifts with her fans.Carrie took to Instagram with some photos of herself inside her sprawling Tennesse home - which just got a new addition you can see in the video below - surrounded by bottles of red wine and with a cake like no other.WATCH: Carrie Underwood's new addition to her unbelievable 400-acre ranch "A cake tower made entirely of cheese wheels & a lifetime's worth of wines starting at 1983," she wrote. "I feel understood."She added a crying with laughter emoji and a close up of the impressive cake too.RELATED: Carrie Underwood is flawless in daring workout ensemble MORE: Carrie Underwood raises questions with latest tour appearance that surprises fansHer husband, Mike Fisher, also posted a snapshot of his wife on social media with a heartfelt message."Happy birthday babe!! The boys and I love you so much!! #happybirthday," the former ice-hockey pro said.

Carrie Underwood celebrated her milestone 40th birthday on Friday by sharing some huge news with fans that she's been keeping under wraps.The country music singer took to Instagram to drop a brand new song, titled Out of That Truck, which was released at midnight after giving no warning that new material was on the way. This is Carrie's first release since her Denim & Rhinestones album in June 2022.WATCH: Carrie Underwood performs a stunning rendition of Ghost Story from her latest recordIn the post, Carrie simply shared a musical intro before the full track went live at the stroke of 12, and her followers went into a meltdown over the surprise."Soo excited! A birthday present for your fans! Yay! And happy early birthday," replied one.

Carrie Underwood is gearing up for a big moment in her life which is bound to spark a reaction from her husband, Mike Fisher. The singer - who is currently on her dazzling Denim and Rhinestones tour - will turn 40 on March 10, a moment Mike has likely been looking forward to. It appears Carrie has prepared for her big day with two days off her tour so that she can be with her family, but she may live to regret it. WATCH: Carrie Underwood and Mike Fisher's incredible love story revealed When Mike turned 40 a few years ago, Carrie reveled in the moment, teasing him about his age. She took to Instagram at the time, and posted a video of herself laughing as she wished him a happy 40th. RELATED: Carrie Underwood is flawless in daring workout ensemble MORE: Carrie Underwood raises questions with latest tour appearance that surprises fans"Is that funny?" he asked with a smile. "Yeah, but won't be in three years for me," Carrie replied.  Mike regularly delights fans with his witty and amusing antics when it comes to his wife Now the time has come and Mike is bound to have a cheeky plan up his sleeve so that he can showcase his wicked sense of humor while wishing his wife a happy birthday. Carrie will hopefully be able to spend time with Mike and their two young sons, Jacob and Isaiah, and is expected to return to their sprawling Tennessee ranch where they live.MORE: Carrie Underwood says her 'heart is so full' during emotional leg of tourThe mom-of-two has been open about being a homebody and applauds Mike for bringing her out of her shell. A post shared by Carrie Underwood (@carrieunderwood)Carrie will take a break from her tour just in time for her birthday "I love being at home.

Country music singer-songwriter Lainey Wilson leads this year’s roster of CMT Music Awards nominations with a total of four nominations, including Video of the Year, Female Video of the Year, Collaborative Video of the Year and CMT Performance of the Year.

CMT Music Awards will have plenty of familiar faces — and a whole lot of new ones. Lainey Wilson leads the charge with four noms, including Performance of the Year and Female Video of the Year. Tied with three nominees apiece are first-time nominee Jelly Roll, Cody Johnson, and CMT Music Awards co-host Kane Brown.Across all categories, CMT is recognizing 21 first-time nominees.Meanwhile, the first round of nominations for the highly coveted Video of the Year award has 16 acts, including another nod for Carrie Underwood, who reigns as the most awarded artist in CMT history with a total of 25 wins.

They perform — you vote! Plug in the amps and dust off your best boots: The 2023 CMT Music Award nominations are here, and the list is jam-packed with the best names in country music today.

Carrie Underwood is country music royalty, so it came as a huge surprise to many of her fans when she revealed the unexpected guests that attended her Denim & Rhinestones concert in Michigan on Sunday.Taking to Instagram after the show, Carrie posed for a photo with Detroit-based rock band I Prevail and revealed that she is such a fan, she struggled to keep her cool during her performance. Carrie has made no secret of her love for the genre and often attends shows during her downtime – you can see her unleash her inner rock star in the video below.WATCH: Carrie Underwood enjoys 'mom's night out' at rock concertSharing her joy over the band's attendance at her show, Carrie captioned the photo of them posing backstage: "I was so excited to have the guys from @iprevailband at the show last night in Michigan!!! I tried to play it cool and not fangirl too much! Super great guys!!! I'm hoping I get to catch one of their shows this year!!!" she added.While the news proved to take some fans aback, many of the Poor Everybody Else singer's devoted fans know of her love for the hard rock and metal genre.

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"Blown Away" singer Carrie Underwood had fans stunned over her unique walk-in closet.  In one of her most recent Instagram posts, the country music star unveiled her closet while showing off her new "patent leather" pants.  "So I bought these super cute, patent leather…they’re not leather…leggings…to wear…saw them, thought they’d be cute for something, there’s just one problem," Underwood said in her Instagram Reel video. "When you walk…doesn’t really sound great," she laughed.           View this post on Instagram                       A post shared by Carrie Underwood (@carrieunderwood) The text over the humorous video read, "That time I bought the noisy britches…" She captioned her post, "I’m sorry, I can’t hear you…my pants are too loud!!!" Underwood added with a laughing emoji and pants emoji.