Jelly Roll performs “Need a Favor” at the CMT Music Awards on Sunday, April 2, 2023, at Moody Heart in Austin, Texas.
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Jelly Roll performs “Need a Favor” at the CMT Music Awards on Sunday, April 2, 2023, at Moody Heart in Austin, Texas.
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Nashville, Tenn. — “Son of a Sinner” singer Jelly Roll was the huge winner at the CMT Music Awards after the rapper-turned-country singer took dwelling three awards on Sunday as the underdog wowed followers together with his confessional lyrics. ,
The tattooed singer received emotional throughout the Austin, Texas present, which aired on CBS, as he thanked the nation radio business for his or her acceptance and gave a shout-out to those that felt like him.
“You can be whatever you want. I promise you. I told them I wanted to be a country singer and I’m standing here at the CMT Awards with Male Video of the Year Baby,” he stated.
Earlier in the evening he introduced out a refrain to his prayer music “Need a Favor” and impressed the crowd to lift their fingers to the ceiling.
The present started on a somber word as nation singer and co-host Kelsea Ballerini learn the names of the six victims of a faculty taking pictures who died Monday in Nashville, Tennessee. Noting how she shared her ache, she defined that she witnessed a cafeteria taking pictures at her hometown highschool in Knoxville in 2008 and prayed for “real action” that may maintain youngsters and households protected. Earlier in the night, nation artists wore black ribbons on the purple carpet to honor the victims of the taking pictures.
However the present prioritized nostalgia total, as the performances blended rock, blues and nation straight from the coronary heart of Texas, mixing tributes and covers with new artists and fan-favorite hits.
Nation famous person and five-time Grammy winner Shania Twain has obtained the Equal Play Award, which acknowledges her as a “visible and vocal advocate” for various voices in nation music. Texas-born Grammy-winning rapper Megan Thee Stallion launched Twain, and the pair danced to Twain’s hit “Man, I Feel Like a Woman” and embraced.
Twain stated that the music’s lyrics turned the interlude of a decades-long advocacy profession.
Twain stated, “I promise that I will stand up for the many outstanding artists in country who are not currently being played, are not currently being streamed, are not touring, nor are being signed.” are being performed and will not be being acknowledged.” “I imagine in an inclusive nation music.”
Lainey Wilson gained Feminine Video of the Yr twice for “Heart Like a Truck” and Collaborative Video of the Yr with Hardy for “Wet in the Truck”.
“My heart is about to jump out of my chest, I’ll be honest with you all,” Wilson stated after successful Feminine Video of the Yr, calling the hit anthem “scratches, dances and bumps”. , Distant.”
Co-host Ken Brown gained the ultimate award of the evening together with his spouse, Caitlin, for Video of the Yr for his or her duet Thank God.
“This is all very new to me. And when we recorded this song a year ago, I never thought this would ever happen,” stated Caitlin Brown.
Later in the present, Ballerini takes the stage with drag performers as states throughout the nation take into account authorized restrictions on drag present performances. The Tennessee native sang “If You Go Down (I’m Going Down Too)” and danced with Kennedy Davenport, Jan Sport, Manila Luzon and Olivia Lux, all stars of the present “RuPaul’s Drag Race.”
Tennessee turned the first state to enact extreme bans on drag present performances, which had been set to take impact this month. The legislation has been briefly placed on maintain after a lawsuit was filed earlier this week.
Collaboration took middle stage throughout most of the three-hour present. Nation Music Corridor of Famers Winona Judd and Ashley McBride carried out a cowl of Foreigner’s “I Want to Know What Love Is” as heavy fog engulfed the stage and crowd.
Pop singer Stefani carried out the pop-punk hit “Just a Girl” in the mid-Nineteen Nineties with nation singer Carly Pearce. Rocker Alanis Morissette brings extra ’90s rock to the stage with a group efficiency of ‘You Oughta Know,’ starring Wilson, Ingrid Andress, Madeline Edwards and Morgan Wade.
Carrie Underwood, the most awarded artist in CMT historical past with 25 awards, carried out “Hate My Heart” as fireworks lit up Austin’s evening. 4-time Grammy winner Clark Jr. paid tribute to late Texas guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan earlier than the present.
Southern rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd had been honored with a tribute efficiency following the loss of life of final authentic member Gary Rossington in March. Billy Gibbons of ZZ Prime, Slash of Weapons N’ Roses, and Warren Haynes and Chuck Leavell of the Allman Brothers closed the present with singers Paul Rodgers and Cody Johnson, and backing vocals from LeAnn Rimes and Judd.