Who Should Win at This Year’s CMT Music Awards?

Will Taylor Swift grab all the gold?

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Hey, Country music lovers — who do you want to win at tomorrow night’s annual CMT Music Awards? Some 2.5 million people voted for the final nominees for this year’s Award show, which airs at 8 p.m. Eastern Time on June 16. Taylor Swift, up for four awards, will do a song with the king of auto-tune, T-Pain. You can also expect to see live performances from Trace Adkins, Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley, Toby Keith, Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, Sugarland, Keith Urban and the good ol’ boys in Def Leppard.

Here’s a list of this year’s nominees. Who are you rooting for?

Video of the Year:
Trace Adkins – You’re Gonna Miss This
Kenny Chesney featuring The Wailers – Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven
Toby Keith – God Love Her
Kid Rock – All Summer Long
Lady Antebellum – Lookin’ For A Good Time
Brad Paisley – Waitin’ On A Woman
Rascal Flatts – Every Day
Sugarland – All I Want To Do
Taylor Swift – Love Story
Carrie Underwood – Just A Dream

Male Video of the Year:
Trace Adkins – You’re Gonna Miss This
Toby Keith – God Love Her
Brad Paisley – Waitin’ On A Woman
Keith Urban – Sweet Thing

Female Video of the Year:
Miranda Lambert – More Like Her
Martina McBride – Ride
Kellie Pickler – Don’t You Know You’re Beautiful
Taylor Swift – Love Story

Group Video of the Year:
Lady Antebellum – Lookin’ For A Good Time
Rascal Flatts – Bob That Head
Rascal Flatts – Every Day
Zac Brown Band – Chicken Fried

Duo Video of the Year:
Brooks & Dunn – Put A Girl In It
Montgomery Gentry – Roll With Me
Sugarland – All I Want To Do
Sugarland – Already Gone

USA Weekend Breakthrough Video of the Year:
Julianne Hough – That Song In My Head
Jamey Johnson – In Color
Lady Antebellum – Lookin For A Good Time
Zac Brown Band – Chicken Fried

Collaborative Video of the Year:
Brooks & Dunn featuring Reba McEntire – Cowgirls Don’t Cry
Kenny Chesney featuring The Wailers – Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven
Brad Paisley with Keith Urban – Start A Band
Sugarland featuring Little Big Town and Jake Owen – Life In A Northern Town

CMT Performance of the Year:
Alan Jackson featuring Dierks Bentley, Brad Paisley and George Strait – Country Boy from CMT Giants: Alan Jackson
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss – Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On) from CMT Crossroads: Robert Plant and Allison Krauss
Sugarland featuring Little Big Town and Jake Owen – Life In A Northern Town from the 2008 CMT Music Awards
Def Leppard and Taylor Swift – Photograph from CMT Crossroads: Def Leppard and Taylor Swift

Wide Open Country Video of the Year:
Def Leppard and Taylor Swift – Photograph
Kid Rock – All Summer Long
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss – Please Read The Letter
Rehab featuring Hank Williams, Jr. – Bartender Song

Video Director of the Year:
Deaton Flanigan
Trey Fanjoy
Roman White
Peter Zavadil

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