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Carrie Underwood Triumphs at CMT Awards
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The singer took home two trophies; the biggest prize of the night, Video of the Year, for "Good Girl" and Collaborative Video of the Year for "Remind Me," which she performed with Brad Paisley.
The former American Idol winner later Tweeted about her wins, writing, "Thank you so much! These #CMTawards belong to all of us! What an amazing night! (sic)"
Other stars to triumph at the event, held in Nashville, Tennessee, included Miranda Lambert, who took home Female Video of the Year for "Over You" and Luke Bryan, whose track "I Don't Want This Night to End" was named Male Video of the Year.
The awards were attended by a host of country stars, including Hank Williams Jr. and Toby Keith - who co-hosted the show with actress Kristen Bell - as well as President Barack Obama.
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Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lamber Lead CMT Awards Nominations
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Awards, Country, Pop,
Carrie Underwood leads nominations for the Country Music Television (CMT) Music Awards 2012. The former American Idol winner has five nods at the 2012 CMT Awards, including Female Artist of the Year and Video of The Year for "Good Girl."
Miranda Lambert follows with four nods, two in the Video of the Year and Female Video of the Year categories for her single "Over You" and two with her band, Pistol Annies who are up for Group Video and "USA Weekend" Breakthrough Video.
Blake Shelton, Taylor Swift, The Civil Wars and Lady Antebellum all received three nominations.
Ten artists are currently nominated in the night's biggest category, "Video of the Year," but the number will be narrowed down to five during the awards show, which will be broadcast live from Nashville on June 6. The 11th annual ceremony will also stream live on the channel's website, CMT.com, where fans can also vote up until June 4.