Chris Stapleton will team up with R&B star H.E.R. for a performance on this week's CMT Music Awards, while Ingrid Andress and JP Saxe will world premiere a new collaboration. Newly announced presenters include Brett Young, Busy Philipps, Carly Pearce, Dylan Scott, Gladys Knight, Little Big Town, Michael Strahan, Mickey Guyton, Tennessee Titans’ Taylor Lewan, Trace Adkins and CMT Hot 20 Countdown hosts Cody Alan, Katie Cook and Ashley ShahAhmadi.
The CMT Awards airs on Wednesday (June 9th) and will be co-hosted by Kelsea Ballerini and Kane Brown beginning at 8 p.m. ET on CMT, MTV, MTV2, Logo, Paramount Network, TV Land and CMT Australia.
Previously announced performers include BRELAND + Mickey Guyton, Brothers Osborne + Dierks Bentley, Carrie Underwood + NEEDTOBREATHE, Chris Young + Kane Brown, Chris Stapleton, Kelsea Ballerini + Paul Klein from LANY, Lady A + Carly Pearce + Lindsay Ell, Lauren Alaina + Jon Pardi, Luke Bryan, Luke Combs, Mickey Guyton + Gladys Knight, Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram + Jon Randall and Thomas Rhett. Blanco Brown, Dylan Scott, Hailey Whitters, Lainey Wilson, Niko Moon and Tenille Arts will perform live from the Ram Trucks Side Stage.
The CMT Music Awards is country music's only fan-voted award show. Voting for the six “Video of the Year” finalists is open now at vote.cmt.com.