Miranda Lambert leads 2014 CMT Music Awards Nominees
With a total of six nominations, Miranda Lambert leads the field for the 2014 CMT Music Awards. The nominees were revealed Monday morning (May 5) across CMT’s digital platforms by the cast of the network’s Party Down South through short video vignettes filmed at the house where the cast has been living while taping the second season of the hit series. The new season of Party Down South premieres June 5 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. Voting is now underway at CMT.com and continues until June 1 at midnight ET. Florida Georgia Line and Luke Bryan follow Lambert with five nominations each, while Keith Urban and Taylor Swift are tied with four each. Blake Shelton and Hunter Hayes each pulled in three nominations, and two each went to Carrie Underwood, Cassadee Pope, Eric Church, Kacey Musgraves, Lady Antebellum, Pistol Annies, The Band Perry, Thomas Rhett and Tim McGraw. Other nominees include Brett Eldredge, Cole Swindell, Dan + Shay, David Nail, Dierks Bentley, the Eli Young Band, Jake Owen, Jason Aldean, Little Big Town, Randy Houser, Rascal Flatts, Sheryl Crow, Thompson Square, Tyler Farr, Willie Nelson and the Zac Brown Band. Additionally, nominations also went to Fall Out Boy, Jason Mraz, Lionel Richie, Neil Young, Nelly and OneRepublic for their collaborations with country artists. Now in its 13th year, the 2014 CMT Music Awards will air live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on June 4 at 8 p.m. ET. Performers, presenters and this year’s host will all be announced in the coming weeks. The full nominations are as follows: VIDEO OF THE YEAR
 Blake Shelton featuring Pistol Annies and Friends – “Boys ’Round Here†Carrie Underwood – “See You Again†Eric Church – “Give Me Back My Hometown†Florida Georgia Line featuring Luke Bryan – “This Is How We Roll†Hunter Hayes – “I Want Crazy†Kacey Musgraves – “Follow Your Arrow†Keith Urban with Miranda Lambert – “We Were Us†Luke Bryan – “That’s My Kind of Night†Miranda Lambert – “Automatic†Taylor Swift – “Red†Thomas Rhett – “It Goes Like This†Tim McGraw with Taylor Swift and Keith Urban – “Highway Don’t Care†MALE VIDEO OF THE YEAR
 Blake Shelton – “Doin’ What She Likes†Eric Church – “Give Me Back My Hometown†Hunter Hayes – “I Want Crazy†Jason Aldean – “Night Train†Luke Bryan – “Crash My Party†Randy Houser – “Runnin’ Outta Moonlight†FEMALE VIDEO OF THE YEAR Carrie Underwood – “See You Again†Cassadee Pope – “Wasting All These Tears†Kacey Musgraves – “Follow Your Arrow†Miranda Lambert – “Automatic†Sheryl Crow – “Easy†Taylor Swift – “Red†GROUP VIDEO OF THE YEAR Eli Young Band – “Drunk Last Night†Lady Antebellum – “Compass†Little Big Town – “Your Side of the Bed†Rascal Flatts – “Rewind†The Band Perry – “DONE.†Zac Brown Band – “Sweet Annie†DUO VIDEO OF THE YEAR Dan + Shay – “19 You + Me†Florida Georgia Line – “Round Here†Florida Georgia Line – “Stay†Thompson Square – “Everything I Shouldn’t Be Thinking About†BREAKTHROUGH VIDEO OF THE YEAR Brett Eldredge – “Beat of the Music†Cassadee Pope – “Wasting All These Tears†Cole Swindell – “Chillin’ It†David Nail – “Whatever She’s Got†Thomas Rhett – “It Goes Like This†Tyler Farr – “Redneck Crazy†COLLABORATIVE VIDEO OF THE YEAR
 Blake Shelton featuring Pistol Annies and Friends – “Boys ’Round Here†Florida Georgia Line featuring Luke Bryan – “This Is How We Roll Florida Georgia Line featuring Nelly – “Cruise (Remix)†Hunter Hayes featuring Jason Mraz – “Everybody’s Got Somebody but Me†Keith Urban with Miranda Lambert – “We Were Us†Tim McGraw with Taylor Swift and Keith Urban – “Highway Don’t Care CMT PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
 Dierks Bentley and OneRepublic – “Counting Stars†from CMT CROSSROADS: ONEREPUBLIC AND DIERKS BENTLEY Jake Owen – “Days Of Gold†from CMT HOT 20 COUNTDOWN Lady Antebellum and Stevie Nicks – “Rhiannon†from CMT CROSSROADS: STEVIE NICKS AND LADY ANTEBELLUM Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie – “Oh No/All Night Long†from 2013 CMT ARTISTS OF THE YEAR The Band Perry and Fall Out Boy – “My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark†from CMT CROSSROADS: FALL OUT BOY AND THE BAND PERRY Willie Nelson and Neil Young – “Long May You Run†from CMT CROSSROADS: WILLIE NELSON & FRIENDS FROM THIRD MAN RECORDS
