3 April 2023
We had some big winners at the CMT Awards last night. Kane Brown and his wife, Katelyn, won Video of the Year for their duet, “Thank God.” Female Video of the Year went to Lainey Wilson for “Heart Like a Truck.” Lainey also was winner of Collaborative Video of the Year with Hardy for their song “Wait in the Truck.” Zac Brown Band picked up Group Video of the Year for “Out in the Middle.” Megan Maroney’s “Tennessee Orange” won Breakthrough Female Video of the Year, and Cody Johnson won CMT Performance of the Year for his performance of “Til You Can’t” from last year’s award show. Triple-stamps for Jelly Roll who won Male Video of the Year, Breakthrough Male Video of the Year and CMT Digital-First Performance of the Year for “Son of a Sinner.” He was beyond grateful for the fans. “They let a loser win tonight, baby. They let a loser win tonight. I want to thank my record label, Stony Creek. I want to thank my management. I want to thank my beautiful wife, Ms. Bunnie. This is more than an award. First of all, this is for the fans, baby,” he says. “The only fan-voted awards show in America. This is for the underdogs, baby! This is for the losers and the have-nots! God takes the impossible and makes it look small! Let’s go baby!!!!”
Hear Jelly Roll’s acceptance speech here:
The show opened last night with a tribute to the victims of the recent Nashville school shooting. Highlights included Wynonna’s and Ashley McBryde’s cover of Foreigner’s “I Want to Know What Love Is,” Darius Rucker joining The Black Crowes for “She Talks to Angels,” and Carly Pearce’s and Gwen Stefani’s performance of the No Doubt song “Just a Girl.”