Zac Brown, Lambert and Morris lead CMT Music Awards noms
Associated PressNASHVILLE, Tenn. — It’s a wide-open field for this year’s CMT Music Awards as four artists have a leading three nominations each: Brothers Osborne, Miranda Lambert, Maren Morris and Zac Brown Band. Grammy-winning act Little Big Town, who are nominated for two awards, are returning for a second year as hosts for the show airing live on CMT from Nashville, Tennessee. Other artists getting two nominations include Jason Aldean, Kelsea Ballerini, Dierks Bentley, Kane Brown, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Luke Combs, Dan + Shay, Florida Georgia Line, Kacey Musgraves and Cole Swindell. Taylor Swift, who has won three CMT video of the year awards before crossing over to pop, has two nominations along with Sugarland for their duet called “Babe” and pop singer-songwriter Julia Michaels also earned two with Keith Urban for their duet called “Coming Home.” Americana artist Brandi Carlile picked up two nominations, including female video of the year for her song “The Joke,” despite it not being played on country radio.