Country singers Shania Twain, Carrie Underwood and Kelsea
Ballerini honored each other and celebrated their shared successes at the CMT
Artistes of the Year show.
Female singers rocked the stage, geeked out over one
another and showcased women's impact on country music's past, present and
future during the award show held Wednesday at the Schermerhorn Symphony
Center in Nashville, Tennessee. The show will air on CMT at 9 p.m. Eastern
Thursday.
Twain, who is country music's most successful female
singers, was given the artist of the lifetime award and was serenaded with a
medley of her songs by female artists across three genres.
Grammy winners pop singer Meghan Trainor and R&B
singer Jill Scott joined Ballerini to sing Twain's classic anthem to female
strength, "Man, I Feel Like a Woman," while Twain sang along from
her seat in the crowd.
Twain made her name in the mid-'90s with her big pop
country songs and her music videos that combined sex appeal, female
empowerment and high fashion.
"I want to thank CMT for being such a huge support
all these years even in my more rebellious years in the beginning when I was
probably considered controversial, but you still put me on the air,"
Twain said.
Ballerini, who was given the breakout artist honor, was in
the middle of her speech noting all the other young female singers she has
worked with when she stopped to have a fan-girl moment.
"Whoa, I am nervous," Ballerini said. "That
is Shania Twain," pointing to the Grammy winner in the audience.
Underwood, who was one of the artists of the year,
performed "Like I'll Never Love You Again," backed up by hit
songwriters Liz Rose, Hillary Lindsey and Lori McKenna.
"Aren't we blessed?" Underwood said. "God
is good and he has definitely been good to me."
Also honored as an artist of the year was Chris Stapleton,
who held the crowd's attention singing a solo rendition of "Whiskey and
You." He said that CMT let him fill in for Luke Bryan on the show two
years ago when Bryan had to cancel because of the death of his
brother-in-law.
"I filled in for Luke sitting up here singing a song
I wrote called 'Drink a Beer,' and that was one of the first times anybody
put me on national television," Stapleton said.
Bryan, who was also honored at an artist of the year, was
teased by his tourmates Little Big Town for his recent fall from a bicycle
that ended up breaking his collarbone.
"Luke, we have all made fun of you for falling off
stages here and there and you can hardly hold yourself upright," said
Phillip Sweet. "What in god's name makes you think you should start
riding a bicycle?"
Before giving him his trophy, the country group presented
him with a kid's bicycle with training wheels.
The duo Florida Georgia Line also was honored as an artist
of the year and performed "May We All."
And artist of the year honoree Thomas Rhett and Swedish
pop singer Zara Larsson performed a mashup of his song "Die a Happy
Man," with her song "Never Forget You."
"I am honored to be here because all the artists that
are honored here in this room, they didn't get here by chance, they got here
by taking chances," Rhett said.
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Thursday, October 20, 2016
Female Singers Rock The CMT Artistes Of The Year
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