The subsequent spherical of performers set to hit the stage at this yr’s CMT Music Awards have been introduced!
On Thursday, it was revealed that Little Huge City and Sugarland will grace the Moody Heart stage on April 7, marking the primary time they will carry out collectively since their final CMT Music Awards efficiency 15 years in the past. On the time, they had been joined by Jake Owen to carry out their rendition of “Life in a Northern City.”
The names are simply two of many beforehand introduced performers together with Cody Johnson, who’s tied for probably the most nominations (3) of the night. He’s returning to his hometown and giving the premiere efficiency of “That is Texas” off his newest album, Leather-based.
Megan Moroney — the reigning Breakthrough Feminine Video of the Yr winner — can also be up for 3 belt buckles throughout this yr’s ceremony. Preserving the great instances rolling, the nation songstress will take the stage for the premiere efficiency of her hit, “No Caller ID.”
Moroney will even return to the stage with Previous Dominion to carry out their single, “Cannot Break Up Now,” which is nominated for Collaborative Video of the Yr.
Parker McCollum and Brittney Spencer will take the stage and carry out their debut, “Burn It Down.” The efficiency will mark Spencer’s first look on the primary stage.
Kelsea Ballerini — who can be serving as host for the fourth consecutive yr — is taking the stage to carry out, and can be joined by a slew of different A-list abilities belting out their hits on the Moody Heart in Austin, Texas, subsequent month.
Jelly Roll will as soon as once more be there for one more show-stopping quantity. The artist is some of the nominated performers of the yr, which comes on the heels of him sweeping his classes final yr.
In the meantime, Bailey Zimmerman — the rising nation music star who can also be up for Male Video of the Yr — will make his performing debut, singing his hit single, “The place It Ends.”
Keith City — four-time GRAMMY profitable nation singer and nine-time CMT Award winner — will take the stage for a record-setting twentieth time and can carry out his single, “Straight Line,” off his upcoming album.
Moreover, Sam Hunt — a previous winner for Breakthrough Video of the Yr and a nine-time CMT Music Awards nominee — will debut a brand-new single throughout the star-studded present.
Lastly, nation crooner Lainey Wilson — who just lately took residence a GRAMMY Award and is tied this yr with Jelly Roll for most-nominated artist — will ship a rendition of her new single, “Nation’s Cool Once more.”
In February, after it was introduced that Ballerini had been tapped to emcee the ceremony as soon as once more, the songstress expressed how thrilled she is to be heading up the awards present one other time.
“I could not be extra excited to be again for my fourth yr with my CMT household to host this yr’s CMT Music Awards in Austin, Texas,” Ballerini mentioned in a press release. “Internet hosting an awards present that celebrates the music that the followers love most has been an honor and I do know this yr can be one other unforgettable evening.”
And earlier this yr, ET spoke with Ballerini, who once more expressed her pleasure in regards to the annual gig.
“I like the CMTs. I grew up watching them, however extra so it is the present that is actually [has] such a stupendous, gentle, enjoyable, celebratory power,” she instructed ET’s Rachel Smith. “It is all in regards to the followers, which nation music to me is the style that actually has at all times been about that and that relationship and nurturing it. So I simply assume it is enjoyable, it is gentle, it is celebratory and it is all in regards to the music and the followers.”
Whereas she’s flying solo this yr — after beforehand co-hosting with Kane Brown final yr — the “Peter Pan” singer teased some surprises.
“I believe I’d name up some associates only for somewhat assist all through the present, simply to make it really feel somewhat extra heat and fuzzy,” she added.
The CMT Music Awards takes place on Sunday, April 7 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on the Moody Heart in Austin, Texas. The present will air on CBS and can be additionally out there to stream dwell and on demand by way of Paramount+.
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