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CMT Awards Have Faith, Keith
03/16/2006 10:59 AM, E! Online
CMT voters gotta have Faith. And Carrie. And, uh, Reese?
Faith Hill nabbed a leading four nominations for the 2006 CMT
Awards, the country music video kudosfest voted on entirely by fans.
Country faves Trace Adkins and Miranda Lambert announced the
nominees Wednesday morning, after more than 1.2 million twang-talkin'
music lovers cast votes on CMT.com to determine the finalists.
Fan fave Hill led the pack, with three of her four nominations
shared with her superstar hubby Tim McGraw for their duet "Like We Never
Loved At All." The A-list couple picked up nods for Best Video, Best
Collaboration, and Video Director of the Year. Hill's solo effort,
"Mississippi Girl," rounds out her nominations, with a nod for Female
Video of the Year.
McGraw is one of a slew of triple
nominees for the awards show, in the esteemed company of Keith Urban,
Brooks & Dunn, Toby Keith, Kenny Chesney, Trace Adkins, Miranda Lambert
and American Idol alum Carrie Underwood.
And while
this year's ceremony is going to be a whole lot of country, there is
room for a little rock 'n' roll. Bon Jovi is up for its first ever CMT
Award thanks to its duet with Sugarland frontwoman Jennifer Nettles,
"Who Says You Can't Go Home." The unexpected pairing is up for Best
Collaborative Video of the Year.
Of course, no awards show
this season would be complete without an appearance by, let alone
nomination for, Hollywood golden girl Reese Witherspoon. The Walk the
Line Oscar winner is up for yet another nod along with costar
Joaquin Phoenix. The duo has been nominated for Best Collaborative Video
of the Year for their recreation of Johnny and June Carter Cash's song,
"Jackson."
The awards are slated to be doled out Apr. 10 at
Belmont University's Curb Events Center in Nashville. Blue collar comic
Jeff Foxworthy will host the event, which includes performances from the
country world's top talent: Toby Keith, Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts,
Trace Adkins, Gretchen Wilson, Brooks & Dunn and Sugarland are all
slated to take the stage.
Voting for the video honors is
open for all categories until Apr. 7. Finalists for Video of the Year
will be announced at the top of the broadcast with voting open for that
category only throughout the show.
The CMT Awards air live
on--where else?--CMT.
The complete list of nominees:
Breakthrough Video of the Year:
- Carrie
Underwood, "Jesus, Take the Wheel"
- Jason Aldean, "Hicktown"
- Miranda Lambert, "Kerosene"
- Sugarland, "Something More"
Hottest Video of the Year:
- Billy Currington, "Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right"
- Dierks Bentley, "Come
A Little Closer"
- Keith Urban, "Making Memories of Us"
- Trace
Adkins, "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk"
Most Inspiring
Video of the Year:
Collaborative Video of the Year:
- Bon Jovi feat. Jennifer Nettles, "Who Says You Can't Go Home"
- Brad Paisley feat. Dolly Parton, "When I Get Where I'm Going"
- Faith Hill and Tim McGraw, "Like We Never Loved At All"
- Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon, "Jackson"
Group/Duo Video of the Year:
- Brooks & Dunn,
"Believe"
- Little Big Town, "Boondocks"
- Rascal Flatts, "Skin
(Sarabeth)"
- Sugarland, "Just Might (Make Me Believe)"
Female Video of the Year:
- Carrie
Underwood, "Jesus, Take the Wheel"
- Faith Hill, "Mississippi Girl"
- Miranda Lambert, "Kerosene"
- Sara Evans, "A Real Fine Place To
Start"
Male Video of the Year:
- Keith Urban, "Better Life"
- Kenny Chesney, "Who You'd Be
Today"
- Toby Keith, "As Good As I Once Was"
- Trace Adkins,
"Honky Tonk Badonkadonk"
Video of the Year:
- Brad Paisley, "Alcohol"
- Brooks & Dunn, "Believe"
- Faith Hill and Tim McGraw, "Like We Never Loved At All"
- Gretchen Wilson, "All Jacked Up"
- Keith Urban, "Better Life"
- Kenny Chesney, "Who You'd Be Today"
- Toby Keith, "As Good As I
Once Was"
- Trace Adkins, "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk"
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