Carrie Underwood, Kane Brown and More to Perform on 2019 CMT Music Awards

The CMT Awards air live from Nashville on Wednesday, June 5.

Carrie Underwood, Kane Brown and More to Perform on 2019 CMT Music Awards
Carrie Underwood; Photo credit: Randee St. Nicholas

Country fans will get a big dose of music when the 2019 CMT Music Awards air live from Music City on June 5. This year’s show will be a record-breaking one for the network as more performances than ever will happen during the telecast.

The first round of performers taking the stage will be Carrie Underwood, Dan + Shay, Kane Brown, Kelsea Ballerini, Luke Bryan, Maren Morris, Thomas Rhett, and with more to be announced in the coming weeks.

Each of the artists slated to take the stage are among this year’s nominees. Morris leads the pack with three nods, including Video of the Year and Female Video of the Year for “GIRL,” as well as one for CMT Performance of the Year for her collaboration with Brandi Carlile on the 2018 CMT Artists of the Year special.

Voting for each of the categories is now open at vote.cmt.com until 11:59 p.m. ET on Tuesday, June 4. The top five finalists for Video of the Year will be announced the morning of the awards show.

The 2019 CMT Music Awards, hosted by Little Big Town airs live from Music City’s Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, June 5 at 8:00pm ET/7:00pm CT

See the full list of nominees here.