Superstar Collaborations To Anchor 2017 CMT Music Awards

Building upon the ever-growing popularity of superstar cross-genre pairings, CMT announces The Chainsmokers will perform with Florida Georgia Line for the first time on television during the 2017 CMT Music Awards.

In addition, Lady Antebellum will jam out with Earth, Wind & Fire, while, Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood will perform a new rendition of their hit collaboration “The Fighter.”

These artists join previously announced performances from Blake Shelton, Brett Eldredge, Luke Bryan, Miranda Lambert and Thomas Rhett. The show will be hosted by Nashville star Charles Esten from Nashville’s Music City Center on Wednesday, June 7 at 8p.m. ET/PT.

Kelsea Ballerini and Thomas Rhett will be going head-to-head against country music veteran Keith Urban for most nominations at the “2017 CMT Music Awards”. Fans can vote for their favorites now via CMT.com until Monday, June 5^th for categories including “Video of the Year”, “Male Video of the Year”, “Female Video of the Year”, “Duo Video of the Year”, “Group Video of the Year”, “Breakthrough Video of the Year”, “Collaborative Video of the Year”, “CMT Performance of the Year”, and “Social Superstar of the Year”.

The top seven finalists for the night’s biggest award, the highly-coveted “Video of the Year,” will be revealed the morning of June 7.

The show will be hosted by Nashville star Charles Esten from Nashville’s Music City Center on Wednesday, June 7 at 8p.m. ET/PT.