Thomas Rhett, Kelsea Ballerini, Luke Combs top CMT noms

Gabby Barrett,Morgan Wallen, Sam Hunt and Shania Twain.

Director Lisa Immordino Vreeland has taken the guard rails off of her newest documentary so that her audience is left only with the subjects themselves, a move that will confound those used to the spoon-fed style so prevalent in the genre (and delight those sick of just that).

Mae Hamilton After losing his Tennessee bid for U.S. Congress, Texan icon Davy Crockett famously declared, “You may all go to hell, and I will go to Texas.” That was ancient history, way back in 1835, of course.

CMT on Wednesday unveiled the nominations for the 2020 CMT Music Awards, with Ashley McBryde, Dan + Shay, Kelsea Ballerini, Luke Combs, Sam Hunt and Thomas Rhett leading the nominees with three each. Other artists with multiple nominations include Blanco Brown, Carrie Underwood, Gabby Barrett, Kane Brown, Little Big Town, Miranda Lambert, Old Dominion and The Chicks, who landed their first CMT nomination since 2007.

The nominations for the 2020 CMT Music Awards are in.

Chris Willman Music WriterProducers of the 2020 CMT Music Awards belatedly unveiled the list of nominees for the long-postponed telecast, and among the leading contenders, there was a six-way tie for first.

Thomas Rhett, Carrie Underwood, and Luke Combs were the big winners at the almost virtual Academy of Country Music Awards in Nashville, Tennessee on Wednesday night (September 16, 2020).Rhett and Underwood were both named Entertainer of the Year at the close of the event, which featured a mix of live, virtual and pre-taped segments.Rhett’s prize was his second – he also picked up the Video of the Year gong at a pre-ceremony prizegiving at the beginning of the week.Combs also doubled up with the

Thomas Rhett credits his wife, Lauren Akins, with helping him get through the stress of the coronavirus quarantine.“Honestly it’s been such a blessing in disguise this whole year,” Rhett, 30, told reporters at the Academy of Country Music Awards 2020 on Wednesday, September 16.The “Die a Happy Man” singer, who took home the ACM Award for Video of the Year and tied for Entertainer for the Year with Carrie Underwood, revealed he panicked when the quarantine began.

There was a shocker at the end of the 55th ACM Awards, the first tie for entertainer of the year (or any major category, for that matter) in the show’s history. The co-winners were Carrie Underwood, winning in the category for the third time, and Thomas Rhett, winning in the category for the first time.Underwood is the first woman in ACM history to win entertainer of the year three times.

Country singer Luke Bryan hit the stage today for a performance at the 2020 Academy of Country Music Awards, which aired on Wednesday (September 16). The 44-year-old singer performed his song One Margarita at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tenn.

Carrie Underwood and Thomas Rhett for entertainer of the year.While the award is a hallowed one among country musicians and fans alike, some fans weren’t terribly pleased to see it split between the two crooners.“Of course they had to make the ACM Awards Entertainer a Tie and make sure a man still won, couldn’t let a well deserving, hard working woman have it this year on her own,” said one viewer on Twitter. “Over this s–t.”“ACM Awards with a TIE for Entertainer of the Year?! Participation

Chris Willman Music WriterCarrie Underwood opened her acceptance speech for the Academy of Country Music’s 2020 entertainer of the year prize with a pleased sigh of a statement: “2020, man.”Her slightly quizzical exultation had to do with the fact that she had tied with Thomas Rhett for the ACM Awards’ top prize, proving that, for her at least, not all the weirdnesses of this year are bad weirdnesses.“I am more than happy to share this with Thomas Rhett,” she said in her speech, after

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the Academy of Country Music Awards hosted a scaled back and socially distanced annual awards show in Nashville, Tennessee. But despite being a mix of pre-recorded and live segments, with performances taking place at three different venues in Nashville, the stars still managed to put on a fashion show for their big night. Taylor Swift kept her look low-key as she arrived at the famous Grand Ole Opry while Kelsea Ballerini and Maren Morris led the way on the red carpet at the Ryman Auditorium

The Academy of Country Music Awards left fans stunned when, for the first time in its history, the evening ended in a tie between Carrie Underwood and Thomas Rhett for entertainer of the year. While the award is a hallowed one among country musicians and fans alike, some fans weren't terribly pleased to see it split between the two crooners.