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Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The CMT Music Awards telecast has added some star power to this coming Sunday’s CBS telecast, with a couple of pairings that match famous female pop stars with women artists in the country world, plus a lifetime honor for crossover queen Shania Twain. On the collaborative front, Gwen Stefani will join recent No. 1 country hitmaker Carly Pearce for a duet of a yet-unannounced song. And Alanis Morissette will be joined on her original signature number, “You Oughta Know,” by four of country’s most compelling young artists — Morgan Wade, Madeline Edwards and chart-toppers Lainey Wilson and Ingrid Andress (plus guitarist Jackie Venson) — as part of a salute to the 10th anniversary of CMT’s Next Women of Country initiative. All four of Morissette’s singing counterparts on this collab came up being featured as part of the annual Next Women lineups.

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Blake Shelton, Kelsea Ballerini, Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood and More to Perform at 2023 CMT Music Awards

2023 CMT Music Awards!The first round of performers for the upcoming awards show was announced on Tuesday and includes stars like Blake Shelton, Keith Urban, Carly Pearce, Cody Johnson, Lainey Wilson, co-host Kelsea Ballerini and more.The names join previously announced performers Carrie Underwood and co-host Kane Brown and his wife, Katelyn Brown. A Video of the Year nominee, Shelton recently spoke with ET about why he thinks the CMT Music Awards «means more» than your typical awards show — and it boils down to the fans.«Our industry, there’s so many under-the-table political things going on, it’s always nice to win any award, but when you know for sure [that] fans took the time and they voted for you, then that means the world.»«I love being able to be a part of a show like that because I just feel like they have more credibility to me,» he added.

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Blake Shelton, Kelsea Ballerini, Keith Urban, Carly Pearce and More to Perform at 2023 CMT Music Awards

CMT Awards 2023 Nominations - Full List of Nominees Revealed!

Nominations for the 2023 CMT Music Awards are in!

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2023 CMT Music Awards Nominees: Lainey Wilson, Kane Brown and More

CMT Music Awards will have plenty of familiar faces — and a whole lot of new ones. Lainey Wilson leads the charge with four noms, including Performance of the Year and Female Video of the Year. Tied with three nominees apiece are first-time nominee Jelly Roll, Cody Johnson, and CMT Music Awards co-host Kane Brown.Across all categories, CMT is recognizing 21 first-time nominees.Meanwhile, the first round of nominations for the highly coveted Video of the Year award has 16 acts, including another nod for Carrie Underwood, who reigns as the most awarded artist in CMT history with a total of 25 wins.

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Kane Brown and wife Katelyn give fans a glimpse at their family's Christmas photo

Kane Brown and his wife Katelyn Brown are enjoying their first holiday season together as a family of four with daughters Kodi, 11 months, and Kingsley, three.In the spirit of Christmas, the Browns took to their joint Instagram page to share this year's Brown family photo with their 167,000 fans and followers.'We wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays #KBFamily! We hope today is filled with family and love!' they captioned the post, along with Christmas tree and red heart emojis. Holiday cheer: Kane Brown, 29, and his wife Katelyn Brown, 30, posted a photo of their family that was used as an ornament for their first Christmas together as a family of four: the ornament also includes daughters Kodi, 11 months, and Kingsley, threeThe Browns actually framed the photo and used it as an ornament for their Christmas tree.Brown can be seen wearing a festive, bright green button-up shirt with a classic black suit, while his wife went with a white two-piece outfit accessorized with a white chocker necklace and long silver earrings. The proud parents dressed their two girls in casual ensembles, with baby Kodi smiling in a multi-color onesie and Kingsley flashing a peace sign in white shorts and a black t-shirt.

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Kelsea Ballerini Honors Carly Pearce & More at CMT Artists Of The Year 2022

Kelsea Ballerini, Carly Pearce and Jessie James Decker wore super bright colors on the red carpet for the 2022 CMT Artists Of The Year!

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Kane Brown Talks Historic VMAs Performance, and If He'll Crossover to Pop Music (Exclusive)

Kane Brown is ready to make history at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards! The 28-year-old country music superstar is set to hit the stage tonight as the first male country artist to perform at the show — since it’s 1984 inception. “I feel good, you know, I’m kinda upset that I’m not singing a country song,” he tells ET’s Rachel Smith about the performance of “Grand.” “But also, it’s kinda good because people will be like ‘Oh, this is a country artist. Why is he singing this song?’ Then hopefully they go down a rabbit hole and they discover a lot more artists in the country world.