“Son of a Sinner” singer Jelly Roll reigns at CMT Music Awards present

“Son of a Sinner” singer Jelly Roll was the large winner on the CMT Music Awards, because the rapper-turned-country singer took dwelling three awards on Sunday as an outsider who gained over followers along with his confessional songs.

The tattooed singer acquired emotional through the present in Austin, Texas, which aired on CBS, as he thanked the nation radio trade for its acceptance and shouted out to those that felt like him.

“You may be no matter you need to be. I promise you that. I informed them that I needed to be a rustic singer and I’m standing right here on the CMT Awards with the male video of the 12 months, child!” he shouted.

Earlier within the evening, he introduced a choir out for his prayer-themed track “Want a Favor” and acquired the gang to boost their fingers to the roof.

The present began off with a somber tone as nation singer and co-host Kelsea Ballerini learn off the names of six victims of a faculty capturing killed Monday in Nashville, Tennessee. She famous how she shared their ache, explaining that in 2008 she witnessed a college capturing in her hometown highschool cafeteria in Knoxville and prayed for “actual motion” that will shield kids and households. Earlier within the night, nation artists wore black ribbons on the purple carpet to honor victims of the capturing.

However the present prioritized nostalgia total as performances merged rock, blues and nation straight from the center of Texas, mixing in tributes and covers alongside newer artists and fan-favorite hit songs.

Nation celebrity and five-time Grammy winner Shania Twain was given the Equal Play Award, recognizing her for being a “seen and vocal advocate” for various voices in nation music. Texas native and Grammy-winning rapper Megan Thee Stallion launched Twain and the pair danced and hugged to Twain’s hit, “Man, I Really feel Like a Lady.”

The lyrics to the track turned an undercurrent to a decades-long profession of advocacy, Twain mentioned.

“I promise I’ll proceed to champion the numerous excellent nation artists that aren’t at present performed, they don’t seem to be at present streamed, toured, signed or awarded on the stage they deserve,” Twain mentioned. “I imagine in an all-inclusive nation music.”

Lainey Wilson gained twice with feminine video of the 12 months for “Coronary heart Like a Truck” and collaborative video of the 12 months for “Wait within the Truck” with HARDY.

“My coronary heart is ’bout to beat proper out my chest, I will be trustworthy with y’all,” Wilson mentioned after successful feminine video of the 12 months, calling the hit track an anthem for surviving the “scratches, the dents and the bumps alongside the way in which.”

Co-host Kane Brown took dwelling the final award of the evening along with his spouse, Katelyn, successful video of the 12 months for his or her duet, “Thank God.”

“That is all so new to me. And once we recorded this track a 12 months in the past, I by no means in my life would ever assume this was ever going to occur,” Katelyn Brown mentioned.

Later within the present, Ballerini took to the stage flanked by drag artists, as states throughout the nation contemplate legally limiting drag present performances. The Tennessee native sang “If You Go Down (I am Going Down Too)” and danced with Kennedy Davenport, Jan Sport, Manila Luzon and Olivia Lux, all stars of the present “RuPaul’s Drag Race.”

Ballerini’s dwelling state of Tennessee was the primary to put strict limits on drag present performances, which had been set to take impact this month. The legislation has been quickly blocked after a lawsuit was filed earlier this week.

Collaborations took heart stage for a lot of the three-hour present. Nation Music Corridor of Famer Wynonna Judd and Ashley McBryde carried out a canopy of Foreigner’s “I Need to Know What Love is” whereas heavy fog rolled over the stage and into the gang.

Pop singer Stefani carried out her No Doubt mid-Nineties pop-punk hit “Only a Lady” alongside nation singer Carly Pearce. Rocker Alanis Morissette introduced extra of the ’90s rock to the stage with a gaggle efficiency of “You Oughta Know” that includes 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 Coronary heart” as fireworks lit up the Austin evening. 4-time Grammy winner Clark Jr. carried out a tribute to the late Texas guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughn on the prime of the present.

Southern rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd had been honored with a tribute efficiency following the dying in March of the final authentic member, Gary Rossington. ZZ Prime’s Billy Gibbons, Slash of Weapons N’ Roses and the Allman Brothers’ Warren Haynes and Chuck Leavell wrapped the present with singers Paul Rodgers and Cody Johnson and backup vocals from LeAnn Rimes and Judd.