Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert and Kane Brown among top nominees for 2022 CMT Awards

Miranda Lambert revealed to her fans ahead of the Grammys that she would be missing the ceremony, and the reason has since been revealed.MORE: Miranda Lambert shares sweet snap with husband Brendan for exciting reasonThe country star took to Instagram on Monday to share details of the special event she attended on Sunday night.The award-winning singer hosted a fabulous birthday bash for some of her close friends, which took place at her restaurant, Casa Rosa, in Nashville.VIDEO: Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood perform together The Tex-Mex bar and cantina hosted the fun event, and it looked like a great time was had by all.MORE: Miranda Lambert is preparing for an unexpected change to her appearance - exclusiveMORE: Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood join Blake Shelton as CMA confirms awards show performersAlongside photos and footage from the night, Miranda wrote: "Celebrated some very special people’s bday’s yesterday @casarosanashville! @nashvillecoverband put on a great show! Thanks for letting me saaang one with y’all. Hope y’all had the best bday Tommy, Julia and April."A post shared by Miranda Lambert (@mirandalambert)Miranda Lambert revealed what she did on the night of the GrammysFans were quick to comment on the post, with one writing: "This looks so much fun," while another wrote: "Can't wait to visit your restaurant one day." A third added: "What a good friend you are!"MORE: Miranda Lambert looks like a goddess in a figure-hugging gold gownMORE: Miranda Lambert stuns in skinny jeans in first performance since sad lossThe country singer had previously revealed in an interview with ABC Audio that she wouldn't be able to attend this year's Grammys because of several clashes.

2022 CMT Music Awards have been announced, and the line-up is stacked with a roster of some of this year’s nominees.The CMT Music Awards is known for bringing some of the best world premiere performances and biggest collaborations and this year is no exception. Mickey Guyton and Black Pumas will team up for a world premiere collaboration, while two-time CMT Music Awards nominee Old Dominion will also take the stage. And CMT’s most decorated artist of all-time, Carrie Underwood, will deliver a very special all-new performance from the Resorts World Theatre, home of her Las Vegas residency.Additionally, Kelsea Ballerini, Kane Brown, Luke Combs, Cody Johnson, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Maren Morris, Carley Pearce and Keith Urban will be part of some must-see performances.  Morris will take the stage with her love, Ryan Hurd, while Cole Swindell will be joined by Lainey Wilson for a performance of their fiery duet, “Never Say Never.”  Many of the performers are set to go head-to-head against each other in some of the evening’s fan-voted categories.

Carrie Underwood is as busy as it gets these days! Fans have had back to back exciting news with the release of her latest single, Ghost Story, and now the singer delighted them with even more exciting news.MORE: Carrie Underwood and husband's celebration of their 'precious miracle' was so sweetTaking to Instagram to share the announcement, the star revealed that she would be performing at the Grammys on Sunday, 3 April, which will take place in Las Vegas.The performance will be no strange feat for Carrie, since not only is she a seven time Grammy award winner, but she has also been making Las Vegas her home as she currently has a residency at the Resorts World hotel.WATCH: Carrie 'couldn't be more proud of sister' Miranda Lambert after 'long overdue' ACM Awards winMORE: Carrie Underwood captivates fans in daring sparkly jumpsuitThe night promises to be an exciting night for the country singer for multiple reasons, as she is a contender for a possible eighth and ninth Grammy win, since she is nominated for not one but two awards of the night.She is up for the Best Country Duo/Group Performance for her song If I Didn't Love You with Jason Aldean, an award she won during March's Academy of Country Music Awards, as well as for Best Roots Gospel Album for My Savior.Fans rushed to express their anticipation and excitement over the upcoming performance, inundating her comment section with: "Can't wait to hear you sing.

Miranda Lambert is headed to Sin City! The country music star thrilled fans with an announcement they couldn't get enough of. Miranda revealed her Velvet Rodeo Las Vegas Residency with an exciting social media post on Wednesday. Exclusive: Miranda Lambert is preparing for an unexpected change to her appearanceAlongside a poster of herself wearing a plunging black top and cowboy hat, the singer wrote: "I'm heading to Vegas y'all! My new residency Velvet Rodeo begins this fall!WATCH: Miranda Lambert wins big at the ACM Awards"Presale begins April 1.

Carrie Underwood had a special milestone to celebrate on social media while featuring a picture of several members of her family.MORE: Carrie Underwood wows in dazzling silver mini dress ahead of Las Vegas returnThese proved to be photographs of her adopted family, however, as she took the time to shine the spotlight on her many dogs in honor of National Puppy Day.WATCH: Carrie Underwood introduces new family member in adorable video with her sonsThe singer posted a picture of herself lounging on a deck chair in a pair of cat-eyed sunglasses and what looked to be a neon green swimsuit that peeked out from under her while she held on to one of her puppies.She then followed it up with many other shots of the others, with several of them also adorably clad in bow-ties and one hilariously wearing a diaper.MORE: Carrie Underwood's tasseled dress might be her most impressive look yetCarrie captioned her sweet post: "It's #NationalPuppyDay! My babies might be all grown up now (even got one in diapers), but they'll always be puppies in my heart! Be extra sweet to those furry family members today!"Her fans loved the photographs and instantly started gushing over her brood of dogs, with one fan writing: "Love love our fur babies!!!"A post shared by Carrie Underwood (@carrieunderwood)Carrie celebrated her puppies with a compilation of photographsAnother said: "Awww look at them! Little Ace she is getting old poor girl! She is so loved," with a third also including: "All the love for the puppy in a diaper."Carrie is riding on cloud nine currently, not only basking in the love of her many pets, but also in the love of her fans as she recently kicked off a new era of music.MORE: Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert and Kane Brown among

Party in Music City! Carrie Underwood, Jason Aldean and more of country’s biggest stars will be honored at the 2022 CMT Music Awards.

2022 CMT Awards have been announced. The line-up is stacked with a roster of some of this year’s nominees.The CMT Awards is known for bringing some of the best world premiere performances and biggest collaborations and this year is no exception.  The first round of performers announced include Kelsea Ballerini, Kane Brown, Luke Combs, Cody Johnson, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Maren Morris, Carley Pearce and Keith Urban.

The PGA Awards is always one of the longest awards ceremonies. This year, however, there was joy in the room as it returned to an in-person event and fine career honoring acceptance speeches by Kathleen Kennedy, George Lucas, Greg Berlanti, and Issa Rae.

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Kelsea Ballerini looked like a bit of springtime, as she stepped out in an adorable white mini dress for a concert in Miami Beach on Wednesday (March 16). The country music star, 28, was the center of attention at an Aerie benefit promoting positivity across social media, where she debuted a new song called “Keepin’ It Real,” written exclusively for the clothing company’s star-studded event, per their website.

The fans are in charge! The first round of nominations for the 2022 CMT Music Awards have been announced — and the list is full of chart-topping artists.

co-hosted the show with Brown last year and will do the same this year with actor Anthony Mackie, is nominated for three awards including video of the year.Mickey Guyton, Breland and Cody Johnson are each triple nominees.Carrie Underwood, who has won a record 23 CMT awards, is nominated for video of the year and collaborative video of the year for her duet with Jason Aldean, “If I Didn’t Love You.”Other nominees for video of the year include Guyton, Johnson, Taylor Swift with Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile, Kacey Musgraves, Luke Combs, Maren Morris, Miranda Lambert, and Cole Swindell and Laney Wilson.Online fan voting for the CMT awards, which will also livestream on Paramount+, begins Thursday and runs through April 11.As usual, the show’s nominees are heavy with genre-blending collaborations.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Kane Brown is the leading nominee for the 2022 CMT Music Awards, which celebrates the best in country music videos.Brown's four nominations for the fan-voted awards show, airing live from Nashville on CBS April 11, include the top honor of video of the year along with male video of the year, both for his hit “One Mississippi,” CMT announced Wednesday.Kelsea Ballerini, who co-hosted the show with Brown last year and will do the same this year with actor Anthony Mackie, is nominated for three awards including video of the year.Mickey Guyton, Breland and Cody Johnson are each triple nominees.Carrie Underwood, who has won a record 23 CMT awards, is nominated for video of the year and collaborative video of the year for her duet with Jason Aldean, “If I Didn't Love You.”Other nominees for video of the year include Guyton, Johnson, Taylor Swift with Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile, Kacey Musgraves, Luke Combs, Maren Morris, Miranda Lambert, and Cole Swindell and Laney Wilson.Online fan voting for the CMT awards, which will also livestream on Paramount+, begins Thursday and runs through April 11.As usual, the show’s nominees are heavy with genre-blending collaborations.

“One Mississippi” singer Kane Brown scored a leading four nominations to lead the fan-voted field for the 2022 CMT Music Awards, which will be handed out next month. Kelsea Ballerini, Mickey Guyton and first-time nominees Breland and Cody Johnson are next with three noms apiece.

Chris Willman Music WriterCountry star Kane Brown leads the list of nominations for the 2022 CMT Music Awards with four, followed by three apiece for Kelsea Ballerini, Mickey Guyton and Breland and Cody Johnson.Joining the latter two artists as first-time nominees are Brittney Spencer, Caitlyn Smith, Elvie Shane, MacKenzie Porter, Priscilla Block and Tenille Arts, and two non-country artist who appeared on CMT during the year, H.E.R. and Paul Klein of LANY.Carly Pearce, who is up for two awards, helped announce the nominations Wednesday morning on CBS, which will air the CMT Awards for the first time this year, in a bumping up of what used to be CMT’s flagship show to a new awards tentpole for the broadcast network.

2022 CMT Music Awards are almost here — and it's going to be a star-studded night!On Wednesday, CMT announced the nominees for country music's only entirely fan-voted awards show — which will be hosted live from Music City by Anthony Mackie and Kelsea Ballerini on Monday, April 11 -- and the list includes some of the biggest names in music. Kane Brown leads the pack this year with four nominations, while Ballerini, Mickey Guyton, and first-time nominees Breland and Cody Johnson earned three nods apieceThe first round of nominations for the coveted Video of the Year award includes 12 acts, spotlighting artists like Brandi Carlile, Kacey Musgraves, Luke Combs, Maren Morris, Miranda Lambert and Taylor Swift feat.

Carrie Underwood fans have gone wild following the singer finally revealing what she has been working on.MORE: Carrie Underwood thrills fans as she makes cryptic announcementThe star previously teased that something exciting was coming fans' way, and they were ecstatic to find out just what it is. On Monday, Carrie shared a cryptic five second video revealing something was coming on Friday, 18 March.Luckily fans didn't have to wait too long to find out what it was, as she took to Instagram on Tuesday to finally reveal the surprise.WATCH: Carrie 'couldn't be more proud of sister' Miranda Lambert after 'long overdue' ACM Awards winMORE: Carrie Underwood shares rare photo of son from family beach tripThough the video shared was no less cryptic than the first, Carrie made it extra clear in the caption, finally proving her fans' suspicions.The mother-of-two is releasing her latest single, Ghost Story, on Friday.

Carrie Underwood gave fans a reason to be excited as the week goes on as she made a big announcement about something dropping really soon.MORE: Carrie Underwood shares rare photo of son from family beach tripThe singer took to social media to share a short clip that simply read: "Coming Friday March 18" paired with ominous music and the curious eyes emoji in her caption.WATCH: Carrie Underwood shares special message for her fansShe even changed her profile picture on her social media handles to a deep purple background with what looked like a dark silhouette on it.Fans were immediately thrown into a frenzy by the announcement as many deduced that Carrie would be releasing a new single and kicking off a new era this Friday.MORE: Carrie Underwood's jaw-dropping birthday cake needs to be seen to be believedOne commented: "It's happening.

Like many other awards shows, the DGA Awards returned to an in-person event for 2022. This year’s event was hosted by Judd Apatow and featured a number of minor upsets.