Mcgraw, Underwood Win Big at CMT Awards; Pharrell Performs
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Lifestyle FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 2016 20 Tim McGraw accepts the award for video of Thomas Rhett accepts the award for male Carrie Underwood accepts the award for Blake Shelton accepts the award for CMT the year for “Humble and Kind”. — AP/AFP video of the year for “Die A Happy Man”. female video of the year for “Smoke social superstar. photos Break”. McGraw, Underwood win big at CMT Awards; Pharrell performs im McGraw ended Carrie Underwood’s four-year- we do, because we care a whole lot about y’all.” winning streak for the top prize at the 2016 CMT “Humble and Kind” was inspired by McGraw’s TMusic Awards with his daughter’s leaving for college music video for “Humble and and the touching video features Kind” - which features footage CMT Music Awards Winners: people of all backgrounds and provided by Oprah Winfrey - Video of the Year ethnicities. It includes footage while stars from outside the Tim McGraw, “Humble and Kind” from the OWN TV series, “Belief.” country music world performed Male Video of the Year At the fan-voted show, he beat onstage, including Pharrell, Thomas Rhett, “Die a Happy Man” out Underwood, who has won Cheap Trick and Pitbull. video of the year consecutively McGraw thanked Winfrey, Tyler Female Video of the Year since 2012 and also won the Perry, video director Wes Carrie Underwood, “Smoke Break” honor in 2010 and 2007. Edwards and others onstage Group/Duo Video of the Year Underwood still walked Wednesday night at Little Big Town, “Girl Crush” away as the night’s big winner Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Breakthrough Video of the Year with two awards: She took Tennessee. Chris Stapleton, “Fire Away” home female video of the year “When we make a footprint CMT Performance of the Year and CMT performance of the as an artist, there’s a lot of peo- Carrie Underwood, “Smoke year. The singer also performed ple involved in making that Break”. — Reuters while others brought pop, rock footprint. And we do it because and rap stars to help onstage. we hope to move you, we hope Pharrell joined Little Big Town that we make a little bit of an impact in your life, and for a fun and funky performance that featured a num- you care a little bit about what we do,” McGraw said ber of background dancers. The hit-making “Happy” Thomas Rhett performs on an outdoor stage. onstage. “Thank y’all for caring a little bit about what performer produced Little Big Town’s eight-song (From left) Phillip Sweet, Kimberly Roads Schlapman, Karen Fairchild and Jimi Westbrook accept Chris Stapleton performs “Parachute”. the award for group/duo video of the year for “Girl Crush”..