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The 2024 CMT Awards are coming up this weekend, with country music's best and brightest returning to Austin for the big night.
The CMT Music Awards is a fan-voted awards show, and the three-hour ceremony will feature epic performances. Voting for video of the year is still open at vote.cmt.com.
Read on for details on the show and how to watch and stream from anywhere.
When are the CMT Music Awards?
Hosted by Kelsea Ballerini, the 2024 CMT Music Awards will air live from the Moody Center in Austin on Sunday (April 7) at 8:00 PM ET/PT on CBS and broadcast on Paramount+.
How can I watch the 2024 CMT Music Awards?
Watch the 2024 CMT Music Awards on CBS or stream live and on demand Paramount+ with Showtime. You can stream the show with a free trial from Paramount+.
Plans start at $5.99/month for Paramount+ and $11.99/month for Paramount+ with Showtime, which includes ad-free streaming and live access to your local CBS channel for the CMT Awards broadcast.
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Want more ways to stream the CMT Awards? You can watch CBS on DirecTV stream, which offers cable and local channels like CBS, ABC, NBC, CMT, ESPN, CNN, Fox, Food Network, Paramount Network, A&E, Bravo, TLC, Lifetime and Wetv. Plus a free five-day trial and DVR recording.
DirecTV also allows subscribers to add Paramount+ with Showtime, Maximum, Starz and Cinemax.
CBS is also available at FuboSling TV and Hulu + Live TV.
Viewers outside the US can stream CBS and Paramount+ on ExpressVPN.
Who are the nominees for the 2024 CMT Music Awards?
Lainey Wilson, Jelly Roll, Cody Johnson, Ballerini and Megan Moroney lead this year's list of nominees with three nods each. Kacey Musgraves, Brandy Clark, Brandi Carlile, Darius Rucker, Mickey Guyton, Kane Brown, Luke Combs and Morgan Wallen also received nominations.
First time candidates include Amber Riley, Ashley Cooke, Bret Michaels, Chayce Beckham, Hozier, Koe Wetzel, Stephen Wilson Jr., Tyler Childers, Warren Zeiders, Zach Bryan, Anne Wilson, Ella Langley, The Castellows and Tigirlily Gold.
Who is performing at the 2024 CMT Music Awards?
Sugarland and Little Big Town will regroup for another show along with previously announced performers including Jelly Roll, Trisha Yearwood, Ballerini, Wilson, Moroney, Johnson, Britney Spencer, Parker McCollum, NEEDTOBREATHE, Jordan Davis, Old Dominion, Bailey Zimmerman, Keith Urban, Sam Hunt, Jason Aldean and Dasha.
In addition to the performance, Yearwood will be honored with the June Carter Cash Humanitarian Award. The inaugural award, named after June Carter Cash, recognizes an artist who “demonstrates an extraordinary dedication to the community and fellow artists as Cash did,” according to a Press release.
Ahead of the big show, CMT will debut the TV specials for the CMT Awards weekend beginning Friday with CMT: Storytellers: Little Big Town at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT. CMT Crossroads: Nickelback & HARDY premieres Saturday at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT and follows CMT Hot 20: 2024 CMT Music Awards Preview at 9 a.m. ET/8 p.m. CT.
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