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PHOTOS: All-Star CMT Music Awards Collabs Revisited

Little Big Town Hosts the 2019 CMT Music Awards Live from Nashville on June 5 at 8 p.m. ET
by 5/23/2019

The annual CMT Music Awards never disappoints when it comes to delivering unforgettable concert moments.

Little Big Town will host the event live from Nashville on June 5 at 8 p.m. ET on CMT. Voting to determine the winners in each category is underway at CMT.com through 11:59 p.m. ET on June 4. The top five video of the year finalists will be announced the morning of the show, and fans will be able to vote for their favorites in the category all day and throughout the special at CMT.com and via Twitter.

Join the conversation by following @CMT on Twitter and Instagram, using hashtag #CMTawards and liking the CMT Music Awards on Facebook.

Enjoy a look back at some of the biggest all-star collaborations from the CMT Music Awards through the years.

  • 2002 CMT Music Awards

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    Brooks & Dunn performs with ZZ Top perform the Texas band’s “Tush” during the inaugural CMT Flameworthy Video Music Awards.

  • 2005 CMT Music Awards

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    Gretchen Wilson teams with Heart for “Crazy on You.”

  • 2006 CMT Music Awards

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    Keith Urban closes the evening with his award-winning “Better Life” in a rousing tribute to the victims of Hurricane Katrina with members of displaced choirs from the disaster regions.

  • 2007 CMT Music Awards

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    Jeff Foxworthy and Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders strike a pose.

  • 2008 CMT Music Awards

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    Faith Hill and Tim McGraw sing “I Need You.”

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    Miley Cyrus and and Billy Ray Cyrus perform “Ready, Set, Don’t Go.”
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    Brooks & Dunn perform with Keith Urban on Urban’s “Raise the Barn.”

  • 2009 CMT Music Awards

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    Sugarland and the b-52’s cover “Love Shack.”

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    Taylor Swift and Def Leppard perform the rock band’s “Pour Some Sugar On Me” from their CMT Crossroads concert.

  • 2010 CMT Music Awards

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    Host Kid Rock opens the show with an explosive medley of “Bawitdaba,” “Cowboy” and Waylon Jennings’ “Theme From The Dukes of Hazard (Good Ol’ Boys),” along with Martina McBride, Kellie Pickler, Trace Adkins, Randy Houser, Zac Brown, Jamey Johnson and Hank Williams Jr.

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    John Mayer and Keith Urban perform Urban’s “Hit the Ground Runnin’” from their CMT Crossroads special.
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    Little Big Town provided background vocals when Jamey Johnson previewed “Back to Macon” from his album, The Guitar Song.

  • 2011 CMT Music Awards

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    Jason Aldean and Ludacris perform “Dirt Road Anthem.”

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    Big & Rich and Gretchen Wilson perform “Fake I.D.”

  • 2012 CMT Music Awards

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    Lady Antebellum and Hot Chelle Rae perform a mashup of “Tonight, Tonight” and Lady A’s “We Owned the Night.”

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    Zac Brown, Willie Nelson, Toby Keith and Darius Rucker perform “Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die” from Nelson’s album, Heroes.

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    Journey’s Arnel Pineda and Rascal Flatts’ perform “Banjo” and the rock band’s “Don’t Stop Believin’” with special guest, Ashley Campbell.

  • 2013 CMT Music Awards

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    Jason Aldean and Lenny Kravitz open with “American Woman.”
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    Keith Urban and Little Big Town cover Fleetwood Mac’s “The Chain.”

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    Lady Antebellum and Darius Rucker deliver their Grammy-winning collaboration, “Wagon Wheel.”

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    Florida Georgia Line and Nelly close the night with FGL’s breakout hit, “Cruise.”

  • 2014 CMT Music Awards

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    Florida Georgia Line, Luke Bryan, Jason Derulo and ZZ Top kick off the night with “This Is How We Roll.”
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    Lzzy Hale and Eric Church wail on “That’s Damn Rock ’n’ Roll.”
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    Kacey Musgraves and Lee Ann Womack perform Alan Jackson’s “Livin’ On Love.”
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    Jennifer Nettles, John Legend and Hunter Hayes sing “All of Me.”
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    Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood close the night with “Somethin’ Bad.”

  • 2015 CMT Music Awards

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    Lady Antebellum and Zedd open with “Long Stretch of Love” and his own “Beautiful Now.”

  • 2016 CMT Music Awards

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    Maren Morris, singer Keith Urban and Brett Eldredge sing “Wasted Time.”

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    Leona Lewis, Pitbull and Cassadee Pope perform “Messin’ Around.”
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    Billy Ray Cyrus and Cheap Trick perform the rock band’s “Surrender” and “Don’t Be Cruel.”
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    Blake Shelton and the Oak Ridge Boys perform Shelton’s “Doin’ It to Country Songs.”
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    Elle King and Dierks Bentley perform “Different for Girls.”
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    Cam and Fifth Harmony perfom “Mayday” and “Work From Home.”
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    Little Big Town and Pharrell Williams close the 2016 CMT Music Awards with “Last Dance.”

  • 2017 CMT Music Awards

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    Florida Georgia Line and the Chainsmokers perform “Last Day Alive” collaboration from the Chainsmokers’ newest album Memories … Do Not Open.
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    Derek Trucks, Charles Kelley, Jason Aldean and Darius Rucker cover the Allman Brothers’ “Midnight Rider”
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    Brothers Osborne and Peter Frampton perform “It Ain’t My Fault.”

  • 2018 CMT Music Awards

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    Charles Kelley, Jason Aldean, Darius Rucker and Luke Bryan cover Drivin n’ Cryin’s “Straight to Hell.”
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    Dierks Bentley and Brothers Osborne perform “Burning Man.”

Lauren Tingle is a Tennessean and storyteller who eats music for breakfast, lunch and dinner. When she’s not writing or rocking out, she enjoys yoga and getting lost in the great outdoors.