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The 2020 CMT Awards went down last night, and while the show was supposed to happen in June, it was definitely worth the wait.

The telecast, hosted by Kane Brown, Ashley McBryde and Sarah Hyland, took place all around Nashville, at locations throughout Music City and middle Tennessee. And while there wasn’t a live audience there, there was a viewing party that featured socially distanced fans in masks, as well as some piped in cheers.

The big winner of the night was definitely Carrie Underwood, who, for yet another year, took home trophies for Video of The Year and Female Video of the Year, this time for her clip “Drinking Alone.” Her two wins brings her grand total of CMT Awards to 22, giving her the most wins of any artist in CMT Music Awards history. Click here for a complete recap of last night's show.

Carrie was the only multiple winner of the night. The night's other winners included Luke Bryan, Male Video of the Year for “One Margarita,” Gabby Barrett, who nabbed Breakthrough Video of the Year for “I Hope,” Dan + Shay, Duo Video of the Year for “I Should Probably Go Too Bed,” Old Dominion, Group Video of the Year for "One Man Band,” Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani, Collaborative Video of the Year for “Nobody But You,” and Chris Young, CMT Performance Video of the year for his "CMT Artists of the Year" performance of “Drowning.” Click here for a winners list.

• CMT also honored Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles with the inaugural Equal Play Award for her outspokenness and advocacy for women in country music. They showed a recorded piece of Jennifer fighting to spotlight female artists’ underrepresentation, along with testimonials and congratulations from stars like Sheryl Crow, Kelsea Ballerini, Gabby Barrett, Maren Morris, Mickey Guyton, Cam, Tanya Tucker and more. 

• Jennifer accepted her award from home, and thanked her fellow female artists noting, “I am so proud to be a part of this legacy of women in country music with you and I am so proud of the stories that we tell.” She continued, “we have more to do as soon as we can and I can’t wait to do it all alongside you holding your hands.”

Of course the real reason folks tune in is for the performances, and there were certainly plenty of them. Highlights included: 

• The show kicked off with an outdoor performance by Luke Combs of “1, 2 Many,” where he joined by Brooks & Dunn, and he also shot gunned a beer.
• Sam Hunt, at the Estate at Cherokee Dock, played “Hard to Forget.”
• Maren Morris, who was introduced by Brandi Carlile wearing a Black Lives Matter T-shirt, performed an acoustic version of “To Hell and Back.”
• Ashley McBryde, performing from the Barn at Sycamore Farms in Arlington, treated the audience to “Martha Devine.”
• Morgan Wallen, in his first performance since losing his “Saturday Night Live” spot, performed “Chasing You,” surrounded by a stage full of lights.
• Gabby Barrett performed her number one single “I Hope,” with a performance that featured a lot of pyro.
• Dan + Shay performed “I Should Probably Go To Bed,” taking the title literally, with Shay kicking things off from an actual bed.
• Kane Brown performed the TV debut of his new song “Worship You.”
• Jimmie Allen and Noah Cyrus, in an outfit that appeared to barely cover her naughty bits, performed their collaboration “This Is Us.”
• Celebrating the 25^th anniversary of “The Woman In Me,” Shania Twain performed “Whose Bed Has Your Boots Been Under” from Switzerland, with the performance featuring all sorts of by odd wax figures.
• Luke Bryan performed “What She Wants Tonight” in the middle of a field of grass.
• Kelsea Ballerini and Halsey hit a bar for a sexy performance of their collaboration “The Other Girl.”
• Little Big Town wrapped the night with their latest single “Wine, Beer, Whiskey.”

• In addition, six breakout artists performed on the Ram Trucks Side Stage, including: Ingrid Andress, who performed “Lady Like,” Travis Denning, who performed “After A Few,” Caylee Hammack, who sang “Just Friends,” Mickey Guyton, who performed “Heaven Down Here,” Riley Green, who performed “If It Wasn’t For Trucks,” and Hardy, who performed “One More Beer.”

2020 CMT Music Awards Winners List

VIDEO OF THE YEAR

• Drinking Alone” – Carrie Underwood - WINNER
• “Polaroid” – Keith Urban
• “Bring My Flowers Now” - Tanya Tucker

FEMALE VIDEO OF THE YEAR

• Ashley McBryde – “One Night Standards”
• Carrie Underwood – “Drinking Alone” - WINNER
• Gabby Barrett – “I Hope”
• Kelsea Ballerini – “homecoming queen?”
• Maren Morris – “The Bones”
• Miranda Lambert – “Bluebird”

MALE VIDEO OF THE YEAR

• Jason Aldean – “Got What I Got”
  • Luke Bryan – “One Margarita” - WINNER
  • Luke Combs – “Even Though I’m Leaving”
  • Morgan Wallen – “Chasin’ You (Dream Video)”
  • Sam Hunt – “Hard To Forget”
  • Thomas Rhett – “Remember You Young”

GROUP VIDEO OF THE YEAR

• Lady A – “Champagne Night”
  • Little Big Town – “Wine, Beer, Whiskey”
  • Midland – “Cheatin’ Songs (Live From the Palomino)”
  • Old Dominion – “One Man Band” - WINNER
  • The Chicks – “Gaslighter”
  • The Highwomen – “Crowded Table”

DUO VIDEO OF THE YEAR

• Brothers Osborne – “All Night (Studio Performance)”
  • Dan + Shay – “I Should Probably Go To Bed” - WINNER
  • Florida Georgia Line – “Blessings”
  • LOCASH – “One Big Country Song”
  • Maddie & Tae – “Die From A Broken Heart”

BREAKTHROUGH VIDEO OF THE YEAR, PRESENTED BY KIT KAT

• Blanco Brown – “The Git Up”
  • Caylee Hammack – “Family Tree”
  • Gabby Barrett – “I Hope” - WINNER
  • Ingrid Andress – “More Hearts Than Mine”
  • Riley Green – “I Wish Grandpas Never Died”
  • Travis Denning – “After a Few”

COLLABORATIVE VIDEO OF THE YEAR

• Blake Shelton with Gwen Stefani – “Nobody But You”- WINNER
  • Carly Pearce and Lee Brice – “I Hope You’re Happy Now”
  • Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber – “10,000 Hours”
  • Kane Brown feat. Nelly – “Cool Again”
  • Marshmello & Kane Brown – “One Thing Right”
  • Thomas Rhett featuring Jon Pardi – “Beer Can’t Fix”

CMT PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR

• From CMT Artists of the Year: Ashley McBryde – “One Night Standards”
  • From CMT Crossroads: Brooks & Dunn and Luke Combs– “Brand New Man”
  • From CMT Artists of the Year: Chris Young – “Drowning” - WINNER
  • From CMT Crossroads: Halsey and Kelsea Ballerini – “Graveyard”
  • From CMT Artists of the Year: Sam Hunt – “Fancy”
  • From CMT Crossroads: Sheryl Crow and Chris Stapleton– “Tell Me When It’s Over”

QUARANTINE VIDEO OF THE YEAR

• Brad Paisley “No I In Beer”
• Carly Pearce “It Won’t Always Be Like This”
• Big & Rich “Stay Home”
• Charlie Worsham ft. Billy Justineau, Molly Tuttle, Rachel Loy, Jillian Jacqueline, Tucker Wilson, Stephen Wilson Jr., Leigh Nash, Fancy Hagood, Lucie Silvas, John Osborne & Sadler Vaden “With A Little Help From My Friends” (Beatles Cover)
• Dave Haywood (of Lady A) and Kelli Haywood “Just Another Day In Quarantine”
• Dolly Parton “When Life Is Good Again”
• Granger Smith “DON’T COUGH ON ME!” - WINNER
• Luke Combs “Six Feet Apart”
• Tenille Townes ft. Abby Anderson, Kassi Ashton, Keelan Donovan, Alex Hall, Adam Hambrick & Caylee Hammack “Lean On Me” (Bill Withers Cover)
• Thomas Rhett ft. Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin & Keith Urban “Be A Light” (Fan Video)

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