The 2024 CMT Music Awards have revealed the top six finalists for the Video of the Year category.

Ashley McBryde (“Light On In The Kitchen”), Cody Johnson (“The Painter”), Hardy (“Truck Bed”), Jelly Roll (“Need A Favor”), Kelsea Ballerini (“If You Go Down (I’m Going Down Too)”) and Lainey Wilson (“Watermelon Moonshine”) are this year’s finalists. All six are competing for their first Video of the Year honor.

Determined by fan voting, the top three nominees for Video of the Year will be announced the morning of April 7, with voting continuing through the live show, leading up to the reveal of the night’s biggest award. Hosted by Ballerini, the awards will air live on CBS and will be available to stream live and on-demand on Paramount+.

Voting is open for the remaining finalists. Click here to see the nominees in the other CMT Music Awards’ categories.

Camille Kenny. Photo: Chris Hornbuckle

BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville has hired Camille Kenny as Senior Director, A&R.

Reporting to VP, A&R, Katie Kerkhover, Kenny will be responsible for scouting and developing recording artists, as well as guiding and championing the label group’s roster.

Kenny joins BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville after having recently served as the Senior Director of A&R at Big Loud Records. There she discovered, signed and guided talent for the label and its imprints, A&R’ing key releases for Morgan Wallen, Hardy, Chris Lane, Jake Owen and MacKenzie Porter. Kenny’s prior experience also includes time at both THiS Music and WME.

“I have always admired Camille’s love of songs and her ability to see greatness in artists,” says Kerkhover “Her passion to bring their vision to life with the best songs and a unique approach, is second to none. She always has her ear to the ground and is on the front lines in scouting new talent. As a well respected member of our industry, I am looking forward to adding her expertise to our artist roster and team.”

Kenny can be reached at camille@bbrmusicgroup.com.

Andrews McMeel Publishing plans to release six new Dolly Parton calendars for the 2025 calendar year.

Those six include the Dolly Parton 2025 Wall Calendar, Mini Wall Calendar, Monthly Pocket Planner, Weekly Desk Pad Calendar, Hardcover Monthly/Weekly Planner Calendar and the Dollyisms 2025 Softcover Monthly/Weekly Planner Calendar.

“We are thrilled to share Dolly Parton positivity throughout 2025 with these calendars,” says Marti Petty, Executive Editor/Calendar Licensing, Andrews McMeel Publishing. “With the variety of formats offered, fans have the opportunity to enjoy a daily dose of Dolly sunshine every day of the year.”

The Dolly Parton 2025 Wall Calendar features a collection of Parton’s album and single covers with full-color images and QR codes that link to her music. The 2025 Mini Wall Calendar pairs black and white photos of the country star taken throughout her career with her song lyrics, and includes grid space for notes, appointments and reminders. The 2025 Monthly Pocket Planner consists of Parton-themed artwork on each page and planning grids for notes, appointments and reminders in addition to a perforated notes section.

Doubling as a mouse pad, the 2025 Weekly Desk Pad Calendar provides space for recording tasks, appointments, reminders and notes as well as a month-at-a-glance on each tear-off weekly page. With foil accents on the cover, the 2025 Hardcover Monthly/Weekly Planner Calendar features monthly tabs, two pockets for storage, pages for notes and quotes from Parton’s songs. The Dollyisms 2025 Softcover Monthly/Weekly Planner Calendar offers space to make note of appointments, meetings and activities alongside 12 “Dollyisms.”

The calendars are available for preorder now. For more information, click here.

Little Big Town and Sugarland are slated to collaborate for a performance at the 2024 CMT Music Awards, taking place at Moody Center in Austin, Texas on April 7. Hosted by Kelsea Ballerini, the awards will air live on CBS and will be available to stream live and on-demand on Paramount+.

CMT shared the news during the Arizona vs. Clemson March Madness game last night (March 28).

The two bands are no strangers to performing at the award show together, as they, along with Jake Owen, gave a rousing performance of “Life In A Northern Town” on the CMT Music Award stage in 2013.

Little Big Town is celebrating 25 years as one of country music’s most successful groups. The four time CMT Music Award winners have been nominated 25 times for Group Video of the Year, the current record. This will also be the group’s 13th time performing at the awards. Past iconic performances from the group include “Macon” with Jamey Johnson (2010), the premiere of “Pontoon” (2012), covering Fleetwood Mac’s “The Chain” with Keith Urban (2013), their premiere of “Day Drinking” (2014), a performance of “One Dance” with Pharrell Williams (2016) and the global debut of “Hell Yeah” (2022). Their episode of CMT Storytellers will premiere on April 5.

Grammy winners Sugarland have a total of 19 CMT Music Award nominations, and have taken home four wins. They won their first CMT Music Award for Breakthrough Video of the Year in 2005 for “Baby Girl.” Sugarland has had a number of memorable performances from the CMT Music Award stage, including a collaboration with the B-52s for a rendition of “Love Shack” (2009), a performance of “Stand Up” that promoted American Red Cross Tornado Relief efforts (2011) and their return as a duo with a performance of their hit single “Babe” (2018).

The groups join previously announced performers Bailey Zimmerman, Cody Johnson, Jelly Roll, Urban, Ballerini, Lainey Wilson, Megan Moroney, Needtobreathe + Jordan Davis, Old Dominion, Sam Hunt and Trisha Yearwood. More performers and presenters will be announced soon.