Carrie Underwood Wins CMT Music Award for Performance of the Year

Carrie Underwood fans have spoken once again.

The superstar has taken home her second CMT buckle of the night, this time in the Performance of the Year category for “Smoke Break” from CMT’s show “Instant Jam.”

“Thank you. Wow,” Underwood, who was sporting a gold, beaded mini dress. “CMT, fans, of course, and since this is a performance award, I wanna thank you guys that have been coming out and supporting country music on tour. We’ve spent the first part of the year on the road and it’s just been so wonderful to see so many people come out.”

“I know I speak for everybody out there in the audience, all of us artists when I say that you guys are the reason, that’s the reason that we get to do what we do, so thank you guys so much for coming out and supporting us in concert,” she added.

Other nominated performances included Adam Lambert and Leona Lewis’ singing “Girl Crush (From CMT Artists of the Year),” Brantley Gilbert and Lynyrd Skynyrd performing “What’s Your Name (From CMT Crossroads),” Jennifer Nettles and Cheap Trick singing “I Want You to Want Me (From CMT Crossroads),” Chris Stapleton performing “Nobody to Blame (From CMT Artists of the Year)” and Darius Rucker, “Alright (From Instant Jam).”