2005 CMT MUSIC AWARD NOMINEES

[reidster]

CMT Music Awards Video of the Year
Best video of the year. Awarded to the artist (male, female, group/duo or collaboration).
Big & Rich
"Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)"
Brad Paisley featuring Alison Krauss
"Whiskey Lullaby"
Kenny Chesney
"I Go Back"
Rascal Flatts
"Feels Like Today"
Toby Keith
"Stays in Mexico"
Gretchen Wilson
"Redneck Woman"
Tim McGraw
"Live Like You Were Dying"
Keith Urban
"Days Go By"

CMT Music Awards Male Video of the Year
Best video by a male artist. Awarded to the artist.
Kenny Chesney
"I Go Back" Tim McGraw
"Live Like You Were Dying"
Toby Keith
"Stays in Mexico" Keith Urban
"Days Go By"

CMT Music Awards Female Video of the Year
Best video by a female artist. Awarded to the artist.
Terri Clark
"Girls Lie Too" Reba McEntire
"Somebody"
Martina McBride
"How Far" Gretchen Wilson
"When I Think About Cheatin'"

CMT Music Awards Collaborative Video of the Year
The best video that featured a special collaborative appearance by artists. Awarded to the artists (male, female or group/duo).
Jimmy Buffett with Clint Black, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith and George Strait
"Hey Good Lookin'"
Brad Paisley featuring Alison Krauss
"Whiskey Lullaby"
Nelly featuring Tim McGraw
"Over and Over"
Shania Twain with Billy Currington
"Party for Two"

CMT Music Awards Group/Duo Video of the Year
Best video by a group or duo. Awarded to the artists.
Big & Rich
"Holy Water" Montgomery Gentry
"If You Ever Stop Loving Me"
Lonestar
"Mr. Mom" Rascal Flatts
"Feels Like Today"

CMT Music Awards Breakthrough Video of the Year
Best video from an artist's major debut album. Awarded to the artist (male, female or group/duo).
Big & Rich
"Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)" Julie Roberts
"Break Down Here"
Josh Gracin
"I Want to Live" Gretchen Wilson
"Redneck Woman"

CMT Music Awards Hottest Video of the Year
Sexiest video. Awarded to the artist (male, female, group/duo or collaboration).
Kenny Chesney
"Old Blue Chair"
Toby Keith
"Whiskey Girl"
Sara Evans
"Suds In the Bucket"
Keith Urban
"You're My Better Half"

CMT Music Awards Most Inspiring Video of the Year
Video that celebrates the human condition in a positive and optimistic way. Awarded to the artist (male, female, group/duo or collaboration).
Big & Rich
"Holy Water" Tim McGraw
"Live Like You Were Dying"
Martina McBride
"God's Will" Joe Nichols
"If Nobody Believed in You"

CMT Music Awards Video Director of the Year
Video with the best direction (video that best captures the mood, tempo and intensity of the song). Awarded to the video director for work on a specific video and accepted by the director and the artist.
David Hogan
Gretchen Wilson
"Redneck Woman"
Rick Schroder
Brad Paisley featuring Alison Krauss
"Whiskey Lullaby"
Michael Salomon
Toby Keith
"Stays in Mexico"
Shaun Silva
Kenny Chesney
"I Go Back"

[Deleted]

Those nominations are pathetic.

Rapper NELLY is nominated for Country awards now. >:(

[Free2Bme]

The CMT awards are meaningless.

[luvhonkytonk]

Amen!!

[KMCB]

Yawn. Everything will be Kenny & Rascal Flatts. And "Old Blue Chair" is an OK song, but the vid is about as hot as Chicago in February, and don't even get me started on that ;)

[gcook]

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[kingtyler]

Why wasn't LeAnn Rimes nominated? She gats snubbed at every award show >:(

[cari2521]

I'm late responding to this, but I just wanted to note my disappointment that Alan Jackson's "Monday Morning Church" and Blaine Larsen's "How Do You Get That Lonely" didn't make the cut. Simple, but very moving videos. Also, why are all of the "hottest" videos not even the slightest bit sexy?

[FrancineLangeInNY]

So=So nominations all around.

Agreed about Alan Jackson and Leann Rimes.

And Nelly and SHania Twain's nod are astounding in their inexplicability...neither has any place in any kind of Country Music Awards.

[wildcat]

kingtyler said:

Why wasn't LeAnn Rimes nominated? She gats snubbed at every award show >:(

I agree!  I think her voice stands out from some of the others.  I like watching her on Star 3, too!

[Spidey]

Country awards shows keep getting more and more boring...

[cari2521]

Presenters/performers for the awards:

www.cmt.com/news/articles/1499465/20050401/index.jhtml?headlines=true

I'm pleased to see some names beyond the usual suspects.