CMT announced additional presenters and performers to the lineup for the 2024 CMT Music Awards, hosted by Kelsea Ballerini and airing live from Austin, Texas’ Moody Center on Sunday, April 7th from 8-11 pm ET/PT on the CBS Television Network and available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+. Cody Johnson, Jelly Roll, Kelsea Ballerini, Lainey Wilson and Megan Moroney lead the nominations with three nods apiece.
Sugarland, the award-winning country duo composed of Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush, will reunite at the upcoming 2024 CMT Music Awards. The performance marks 13 years since Sugarland’s first appearance at the CMT Music Awards.
CMA Fest, country music’s longest-running festival, will return for its 51st year, taking place on multiple stages across downtown Nashville from June 6-June 9. This year’s CMA Fest will feature concerts at Nissan Stadium, Ascend Amphitheater and 10 stages throughout the four-day festival. Additional stage lineups and Fan Fair X activities inside the Music City Center (including meet and greets, merch and more) will also be announced soon.
Jordan Davis and the band NEEDTOBREATHE will be teaming up for their first live performance together at the CMT Awards, taking place on April 7 at the Moody Center in Austin, TX. Davis will be making his stage debut on the CMT Music Awards main stage; his song “Next Thing You Know” earned him two nominations in the “Male Video of the Year” and “Video of the Year” award categories. The multi-platinum band NEEDTOBREATHE, known for hits “Brother” and “Multiplied,” has appeared on stage at the CMT Music Awards stage before in 2021, performing alongside Carrie Underwood for the performance of “I Wanna Remember.”
The 2024 CMT Music Awards have revealed the top six finalists for the Video of the Year category. MusicRow reports that 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. The top three nominees in the category will be announced the morning of Sunday, April 7th, with voting continuing through the live show, leading up to the reveal of the night’s biggest award.
