CMT Awards 2022: Photos From The Show

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March 28, 2023 5:47PM EDT

Keith Urban, Kelsea Ballerini, Carly Pearce & more off country’s biggest stars are rocking out at the CMT Music Awards! See all the pics here!

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Keith Urban Opens The 2022 CMT Music Awards

Keith Urban Opens The 2022 CMT Music Awards — The CMT Awards are finally here! The star-studded event kicked off on April 11 at 8 PM ET on CBS, and despite the pouring rain, country music’s biggest stars were dressed to the nines. While host Kelsea Ballerini was forced to back out last minute after testing positive for COVID-19, Kane Brown stepped in to co-host with actor Anthony Mackie! In between announcing award winners for this year’s best music videos, top-charting country stars took the stage at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium to perform. Carly Pearce, Carrie Underwood, Thomas Rhett, Jason Aldean and more shared their latest hits, while Kenny Chesney closed out the show!

Click through our gallery for all the best show moments from the night!

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Faith Hill & Isabel May

Faith Hill & Isabel May — Faith Hill and her ‘1883’ co-star, Isabel May, present the award for Video of the Year at the CMT Awards. The honor went to Carrie Underwood and Jason Aldean for ‘If I Didn’t Love You.’

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Kelsea Ballerini

Kelsea Ballerini — Kelsea Ballerini couldn’t miss the show! The singer joined in remotely from her home at the CMT Music Awards, and promised she’d check in throughout the evening.

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Keith Urban

Keith Urban — Now that’s how you open a show! Keith Urban got the audience at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium fired up, as he kicked off the CMT Music Awards with a performance of his song “Wild Hearts.”

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Kane Brown & Anthony Mackie

Kane Brown & Anthony Mackie — Kelsea Ballerini unfortunately tested positive for COVID-19 and had to back out of her co-host obligations alongside Anthony Mackie for the CMT Music Awards! Luckily, Kane Brown stepped in to save the day! However, Thomas Rhett and Martina McBride both tried to shoot their shot and host, before Kane agreed he was the one to do the job in the opening monologue.

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Old Dominion

Old Dominion — Old Dominion performed their song “No Hard Feelings” live near Nashville’s city center. The band is preparing to go out on tour with Kenny Chesney this summer.

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Little Big Town

Little Big Town — Epic! Jimi Westbrook, Kimberly Schlapman, Karen Fairchild, and Philip Sweet of Little Big Town perform their new song “Hell Yeah” for the CMT Music Awards live audience.

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Carly Pearce

Carly Pearce — Carly Pearce brought the heat! The singer performed her highly-anticipated new single “Diamondback” in a fiery number at the CMT Awards.

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Jimmie Allen

Jimmie Allen — Jimmie Allen knows fashion! The country star presented at the CMT Music Awards, and showed he is definitely one of the night’s best dressed!

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Jason Aldean and Carrie Underwood

Jason Aldean and Carrie Underwood — Jason Aldean and Carrie Underwood couldn’t contain their excitement as they accepted their award for Collaborative Video of the Year for their hit song, “If I Didn’t Love You.” It was truly memorable.

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Thomas Rhett

Thomas Rhett — Thomas Rhett and Riley Green took the CMT Awards stage to perform their collab “Half Of Me,” and all of me didn’t want it to end! It was a great moment.

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Kelsea Ballerini

Kelsea Ballerini — Kelsea Ballerini performed her song “Heart First” in her backyard. The singer tested positive for COVID and was forced to miss out on the event, but she made due with a remote performance for the audience!

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Gabby Barrett

Gabby Barrett — Gabby Barrett slayed yet another awards show performance! The new mom sang her new single “Pick Me Up” at the CMT Awards.

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LeAnn Rimes

LeAnn Rimes — LeAnn Rimes looks so amazing! The iconic singer introduced Mickey Guyton’s performance, but not before reminding us all of her incredible voice, when she did an a capella version of her hit “Blue.”

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Mickey Guyton & The Black Pumas

Mickey Guyton & The Black Pumas — Mickey Guyton and Black Pumas singer Eric Burton celebrate after their CMT Music Awards performance. Mickey’s CMT Crossroads with the group will be out later this year.

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Maren Morris & Ryan Hurd

Maren Morris & Ryan Hurd — Maren Morris was joined by her hubby Ryan Hurd to sing her new song, ‘I Cant Love You Anymore,’ from her latest album, Humble Quest. What a moment!

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