“CMT MUSIC AWARDS: ULTIMATE PARTY EDITION”
to premiere Thursday, July 17th at 9p/8c

Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood, Cody Johnson, Cole Swindell, Darius Rucker, Jason Aldean, Jelly Roll, Keith Urban, Kelsea Ballerini, Lainey Wilson, Little Big Town & Luke Bryancelebrate 20th anniversary of iconic award show with 90-minute special, hosted by CMT’s Cody Alan

Vote for the “Ultimate Fan Favorite Performance” on @CMT socials

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• “CMT MUSIC AWARDS: ULTIMATE PARTY EDITION” celebrates 20 years of the biggest and best CMT Music Awards moments of all-time on Thursday, July 17th at 9p/8c on CMT, featuring the iconic superstar performances, once-in-a-lifetime collaborations, world premieres and major genre-blending surprises across two decades of the storied award show.
  
  
• Hosted by CMT’s Cody Alan, the 90-minute special features brand new sit-downs with Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood, Cody Johnson, Cole Swindell, Darius Rucker, Jason Aldean, Jelly Roll, Keith Urban, Kelsea Ballerini, Lainey Wilson, Little Big Town and Luke Bryan, looking back on their most memorable show appearances and sharing never-before-told stories from the biggest on- and off-stage moments in CMT history.
  
  
• Fans will vote for the “Ultimate Fan Favorite Performance” from July 11-14th via @CMT Facebook and Instagram Stories, with the winning moment revealed inside the special’s premiere on July 17th.

• “From the wildly comedic digital short cold opens to spectacular indoor and outdoor sets spanning Austin to Nashville, it’s been amazing to go back deep into our archives and re-live some of the show’s most iconic moments – alongside the superstar artists that made them happen,” “It was also essential for us to nod to the show’s history as country’s first fan-voted award show by putting the power back in their hands to help us pick the ultimate fan-favorite moment. We can’t wait for audiences to relive the biggest and best moments from the past two decades of CMT Music Awards - and hear some never-been-told stories along the way.”
  
  
• “From the wildly comedic digital short cold opens to spectacular indoor and outdoor sets spanning Austin to Nashville, it’s been amazing to go back deep into our archives and re-live some of the show’s most iconic moments – and do it alongside the superstar artists that made them happen,” shared Margaret Comeaux, Executive Producer & SVP, Production for CMT. “It was also essential for us to nod to the show’s history as country’s first fan-voted award show by putting the power back in the hands of our fans to help us choose the ultimate fan-favorite moment. We can’t wait for audiences to relive the biggest and best moments from the past two decades of CMT Music Awards - and hear some never-been-told stories along the way.”
  
  
• Additional airings of “CMT MUSIC AWARDS: ULTIMATE PARTY EDITION” will take place Thursday, July 17th at 10:30p/9:30c (immediate encore) and Saturday, July 19th 19 at 12p/11c on CMT, with subsequent airings on CMT Music to be announced at a later date.

• PRODUCTION CREDITS: Margaret Comeaux (CMT) and John Hamlin (Switched On Entertainment) are executive producers. Jackie Barba is Executive-in-Charge of Production. Yasmin Mohammed is Supervising Producer. Donna Duncan is Talent Executive.
  
  
• MORE INFO: Visit Paramount Press Express, use hashtag #CMTAwards, and follow CMT on Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube and Tik Tok.

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Press Contact:

Ali Marszalkowski, ali.marszalkowski@paramount.com