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

“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 bought emotional in the course of the present in Austin, Texas, which aired on CBS, as he thanked the nation radio business for its acceptance and shouted out to those that felt like him.

“You will be no matter you need to be. I promise you that. I advised 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 yr, child!” he shouted.

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

He was interviewed by Cassie DiLaua on “Leisure Tonight,” which additionally offered a full record of winners.

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 college 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 might shield youngsters 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 general 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 famous person and five-time Grammy winner Shania Twain was given the Equal Play Award, recognizing her for being a “seen and vocal advocate” for numerous 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 music grew to become an undercurrent to a decades-long profession of advocacy, Twain mentioned.

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

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

“My coronary heart is ’bout to beat proper out my chest, I will be sincere with y’all,” Wilson mentioned after profitable feminine video of the yr, calling the hit music an anthem for surviving the “scratches, the dents and the bumps alongside the best way.”

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

“That is all so new to me. And after we recorded this music a yr 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 position strict limits on drag present performances, which had been set to take impact this month. The regulation has been quickly blocked after a lawsuit was filed earlier this week.

Collaborations took middle 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 Wish 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-Nineteen Nineties pop-punk hit “Only a Woman” alongside nation singer Carly Pearce. Rocker Alanis Morissette introduced extra of the ’90s rock to the stage with a bunch 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 high of the present.

Southern rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd had been honored with a tribute efficiency following the dying in March of the final unique member, Gary Rossington. 

ET’s Zoe Phillips famous that guitarist Peter Frampton “made a uncommon look onstage” to honor Rossington.

“Frampton stopped performing in 2022 amid a uncommon muscle illness prognosis,” Phillips wrote. “Frampton walked out onstage with a cane and advised the gang, ‘I’m right here tonight to honor a good friend and tour mate of mine, Gary Rossington, who was a southern rock icon. … He has now joined his fellow Skynyrd bandmates in rock ‘n’ roll heaven, however we are going to all take pleasure in their music endlessly.

“Frampton added that Gary’s spouse, Dale, and daughter, Mary, had been in attendance, together with Rickey Medlocke,Ronny Van Zant’s widow, Judy, and his granddaughter, Arayah. He went on to introduce Cody Johnson, Billy Gibbons, Paul Rodgers, Slash, Chuck Leavell, Warren Haynes, Wynonna Judd and Leann Rimes for the tribute efficiency.”