Miranda Lambert Leads 2014 CMT Music Awards Nominees

Miranda Lambert

Miranda Lambert is this year’s leading artist going into the 2014 CMT Music Awards; Lambert has garnered a total of six nods this year, including two for “Automatic,” two for her collaboration with Keith Urban on “We Were Us,” and two as a member of Pistol Annies.

Florida Georgia Line and Luke Bryan follow with five nominations each. Urban and Taylor Swift earned four nominations each.

The CMT Music Awards will air live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, June 4 at 8 p.m. ET. Voting begins now at cmt.com and runs through Sunday, June 1 at midnight ET. Tickets for the event go on sale Saturday, May 10 at 11 a.m. ET/10 a.m. CT at Ticketmaster outlets and at the Bridgestone Arena Box Office.

Last year, Carrie Underwood took home the coveted Video of the Year award for “Blown Away,” while Lambert and Florida Georgia Line took home two trophies apiece. FGL took home Breakthrough and Duo Video of the Year honors for “Cruise” last year, while Lambert took home Female Video of the Year for “Mama’s Broken Heart,” and CMT Performance of the Year for “Over You.”

A full list of nominees for the 2014 CMT Music Awards is below:

VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Best video of the year; awarded to the artist (male, female, group/duo or collaboration) and the video director. Final nominees announced during live telecast, with final voting held online at CMT.com during the show.

• Blake Shelton featuring Pistol Annies and Friends – “Boys ‘Round Here”
• Carrie Underwood – “See You Again”
• Eric Church – “Give Me Back My Hometown”
• Florida Georgia Line featuring Luke Bryan – “This Is How We Roll”
• Hunter Hayes – “I Want Crazy”
• Kacey Musgraves – “Follow Your Arrow”
• Keith Urban with Miranda Lambert – “We Were Us”
• Luke Bryan – “That’s My Kind of Night”
• Miranda Lambert – “Automatic”
• Taylor Swift – “Red”
• Thomas Rhett – “It Goes Like This”
• Tim McGraw with Taylor Swift and Keith Urban – “Highway Don’t Care”

MALE VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Best video by a male artist; awarded to the artist

• Blake Shelton – “Doin’ What She Likes”
• Eric Church – “Give Me Back My Hometown”
• Hunter Hayes – “I Want Crazy”
• Jason Aldean – “Night Train”
• Luke Bryan – “Crash My Party”
• Randy Houser – “Runnin’ Outta Moonlight”

FEMALE VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Best video by a female artist; awarded to the artist

• Carrie Underwood – “See You Again”
• Cassadee Pope – “Wasting All These Tears”
• Kacey Musgraves – “Follow Your Arrow”
• Miranda Lambert – “Automatic”
• Sheryl Crow – “Easy”
• Taylor Swift – “Red”

GROUP VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Best video by a group; awarded to the artists

• Eli Young Band – “Drunk Last Night”
• Lady Antebellum – “Compass”
• Little Big Town – “Your Side Of The Bed”
• Rascal Flatts – “Rewind”
• The Band Perry – “Done”
• Zac Brown Band – “Sweet Annie”

DUO VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Best video by a duo; awarded to the artists

• Dan + Shay – “19 You + Me”
• Florida Georgia Line – “Round Here”
• Florida Georgia Line – “Stay”
• Thompson Square – “Everything I Shouldn’t Be Thinking About”

BREAKTHROUGH VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Best video from an artist’s major breakthrough album; awarded to the artist (male, female or group/duo)

• Brett Eldredge – “Beat Of The Music”
• Cassadee Pope – “Wasting All These Tears”
• Cole Swindell – “Chillin’ It”
• David Nail – “Whatever She’s Got”
• Thomas Rhett – “It Goes Like This”
• Tyler Farr – “Redneck Crazy”

COLLABORATIVE VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Best video that featured a special collaborative appearance by artists; awarded to the artists (individual, group or duo)

• Blake Shelton featuring Pistol Annies and Friends – “Boys ‘Round Here”
• Florida Georgia Line featuring Luke Bryan – “This Is How We Roll
• Florida Georgia Line featuring Nelly – “Cruise (Remix)”
• Hunter Hayes featuring Jason Mraz – “Everybody’s Got Somebody But Me”
• Keith Urban with Miranda Lambert – “We Were Us”
• Tim McGraw with Taylor Swift and Keith Urban – “Highway Don’t Care”

CMT PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Musical performance on a television show, series or variety special on CMT; awarded to the artist (individual, group or duo)

• Dierks Bentley and OneRepublic – “Counting Stars” from CMT Crossroads: OneRepublic and Dierks Bentley
• Jake Owen – “Days Of Gold” from CMT Hot 20 Countdown
• Lady Antebellum and Stevie Nicks – “Rhiannon” from CMT Crossroads: Stevie Nicks and Lady Antebellum
• Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie – “Oh No/All Night Long” from 2013 CMT Artists of the Year
  
• The Band Perry and Fall Out Boy – “My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark” from CMT Crossroads: Fall Out Boy and The Band Perry
  
• Willie Nelson and Neil Young – “Long May You Run” from CMT Crossroads: Willie Nelson & Friends from Third Man Records