Backstreet Boys, Carrie Underwood Added To CMT Music Awards

The Backstreet Boys, Carrie Underwood, Dan + Shay, Florida Georgia Line, and Jason Aldean are the latest stars announced who will be performing on the upcoming 2018 CMT Music Awards at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena June 6.

The show will also include some star-studded collaborations as Dierks Bentley and Brothers Osborne team up and Darius Rucker performs with Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan and Charles Kelley.

Fans can vote for their favorite artists now via CMT.com until Monday, June 4 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 and CMT Performance of the Year.

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Lorie Hollabaugh

Hollabaugh, a staff writer at MusicRow magazine, has over 20 years of music business experience and has written for publications including American Profile, CMA Close Up, Nashville Arts And Entertainment, The Boot and Country Weekly. She has a Broadcast Journalism and Speech Communication degree from Texas Christian University, (go Horned Frogs), and welcomes your feedback or story ideas at lhollabaugh@musicrow.com.

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