Final Nominees Announced For 2008 CMT Music Awards

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Over two million votes were cast to determine the final nominees for the 2008 CMT MUSIC AWARDS, with BRAD PAISLEY and SUGARLAND in the lead with four nominations each. CARRIE UNDERWOOD, KELLIE PICKLER, KENNY CHESNEY, LEANN RIMES, RASCAL FLATTS, TAYLOR SWIFT and TRACE ADKINS all gathered three nods each. This year's host, BILLY RAY CYRUS, garnered his first CMT MUSIC AWARD nomination for "Ready, Set, Don't Go."

Here is a partial list of nominees:

VIDEO OF THE YEAR
(Final nominees for this will be announced during the live telecast, with final voting held online at CMT.com during the show.) 

BRAD PAISLEY – “Online” (Director: JASON ALEXANDER)
CARRIE UNDERWOOD – “Wasted” (Director: ROMAN WHITE)
KENNY CHESNEY – “Don’t Blink” (Director: SHAUN SILVA)
LEANN RIMES – “Nothin’ Better To Do” (Directors: DAVID MCCLISTER and LEANN RIMES)
RASCAL FLATTS – “Take Me There” (Director: SHAUN SILVA)
REBA MCENTIRE and KELLY CLARKSON – “Because of You” (Director: ROMAN WHITE)
SUGARLAND – “Stay” (Director: SHAUN SILVA)
TAYLOR SWIFT – “Our Song” (Director: TREY FANJOY) 

MALE VIDEO OF THE YEAR
BRAD PAISLEY – “Online”
KEITH URBAN – “I Told You So”
KENNY CHESNEY – “Don’t Blink”
TOBY KEITH – “High Maintenance Woman”
TRACE ADKINS – “I Got My Game On”

FEMALE VIDEO OF THE YEAR
CARRIE UNDERWOOD – “So Small”
LEANN RIMES – “Nothin’ Better to Do”
MARTINA MCBRIDE – “Anyway”
MIRANDA LAMBERT – “Famous in a Small Town”
TAYLOR SWIFT – “Our Song”

GROUP VIDEO OF THE YEAR
BON JOVI – “(You Want To) Make a Memory”
LITTLE BIG TOWN – “A Little More You”
RASCAL FLATTS – “Stand”
RASCAL FLATTS – “Take Me There”

DUO VIDEO OF THE YEAR
BIG & RICH – “Lost in this Moment”
BROOKS & DUNN – “Proud of the House We Built”
MONTGOMERY GENTRY – “What Do Ya Think About That”
SUGARLAND – “Stay” 

For a complete list of nominees, click here. Fans can vote for their favorites online from now until APRIL 11th on www.cmt.com. The 2008 CMT MUSIC AWARDS will air live from the CURB EVENT CENTER at BELMONT UNIVERSITY in NASHVILLE on APRIL 14th at 8p (ET/delayed PT) on CMT and CMT.com.

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