Other nominees for the June 5 fan-voted awards show for country music include 18-time winner Carrie Underwood, Zac Brown Band, Carly Pearce and Little Big Town.

• May 8, 2019

AceShowbiz - Country stars Maren Morris, Miranda Lambert, and the Zac Brown Band have each landed a trio of nominations for the 2019 CMT Music Awards.

Morris' hit "Girl" and the Zac Brown Band's "Someone I Used to Know" will go head-to-head for the Video of the Year prize, alongside the likes of Carrie Underwood ("Cry Pretty"), Dan + Shay ("Speechless"), Kacey Musgraves ("Rainbow"), and Keith Urban and Julia Michaels ("Coming Home").

The top category features 14 contenders, but only the five with the most fan votes will make the final shortlist, which will be unveiled on the morning of the 5 June ceremony.

"Girl" will also compete for Female Video of the Year, again pitting Morris against Underwood for "Love Wins", and Musgraves for "Space Cowboy", while Lambert's "Keeper of the Flame", Brandi Carlile's "The Joke", "Miss Me More" by Kelsea Ballerini, and "Closer to You" from Carly Pearce round out the competition.

Lambert scores a mention in the Male Video of the Year group thanks to her Jason Aldean collaboration "Drowns the Whiskey", which will face off with promos including Luke Bryan's "Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset", "Life Changes" by Thomas Rhett, and Eric Church's "Desperate Man".

"Drowns the Whiskey" is also featured in the running for Collaborative Video of the Year.

Meanwhile, the Zac Brown Band's other two nominations are for Group Video of the Year and CMT Performance of the Year, after hitting the stage with pop star Shawn Mendes for a rendition of the band's 2011 song, "Keep Me in Mind", which they played for an episode of music show CMT Crossroads.

Underwood's two new nominations give her the opportunity to extend her lead as the artist with the most CMT Music Awards in history - she currently has 18.

Singer Carly Pearce, whose tune "Closer to You" earned her a nod for Female Video of the Year, helped to announce the main categories on U.S. breakfast show "Today" on Tuesday, May 07.

Double nominees Little Big Town will return for the second consecutive year to host the prizegiving in Nashville, Tennessee next month.

The nominations for the 2019 CMT Music Awards are:

Video of the Year:

• "Cry Pretty", Carrie Underwood
• "Drunk Girl", Chris Janson
• "Break Up in the End", Cole Swindell
• "Speechless", Dan + Shay
• "Burning Man", Dierks Bentley feat. Brothers Osborne
• "Desperate Man", Eric Church
• "Simple", Florida Georgia Line
• "Rainbow", Kacey Musgraves
• "Good as You", Kane Brown
• "Coming Home", Keith Urban feat. Julia Michaels
• "Miss Me More", Kelsea Ballerini
• "She Got the Best of Me", Luke Combs
• "Girl", Maren Morris
• "Someone I Used to Know", Zac Brown Band

Female Video of the Year:

• "The Joke", Brandi Carlile
• "Love Wins", Carrie Underwood
• "Space Cowboy", Kacey Musgraves
• "Miss Me More", Kelsea Ballerini
• "Girl", Maren Morris
• "Keeper of the Flame", Miranda Lambert
• "Closer to You", Carly Pearce

Male Video of the Year:

• "Break Up in the End", Cole Swindell
• "Desperate Man", Eric Church
• "Drowns the Whiskey", Jason Aldean and Miranda Lambert
• "Lose It", Kane Brown
• "Get Along", Kenny Chesney
• "Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset", Luke Bryan
• "Life Changes", Thomas Rhett

Duo Video of the Year:

• "I Don't Remember Me (Before You)", Brothers Osborne
• "Speechless", Dan + Shay
• "Simple", Florida Georgia Line
• "Feels Like a Party", LoCash Cowboys
• "Friends Don't", Maddie & Tae
• "Babe", Sugarland feat. Taylor Swift

Group Video of the Year:

• "Love Ain't", Eli Young Band
• "Born to Love You", LANCO
• "Summer Fever", Little Big Town
• "Burn Out", Midland
• "Hotel Key", Old Dominion
• "Someone I Used to Know", Zac Brown Band

Breakthrough Video of the Year:

• "Girl Goin' Nowhere", Ashley McBryde
• "Best Shot", Jimmie Allen
• "Take It From Me", Jordan Davis
• "Drunk Me", Mitchell Tenpenny
• "Whiskey Glasses", Morgan Wallen
• "Buy My Own Drinks", Runaway June
• "Somebody's Daughter", Tenille Townes

Collaborative Video of the Year:

• "What Happens in a Small Town", Brantley Gilbert and Lindsay Ell
• "Straight to Hell", Darius Rucker feat. Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan and Charles Kelley
• "Burning Man", Dierks Bentley feat. Brothers Osborne
• "Drowns the Whiskey", Jason Aldean and Miranda Lambert
• "Coming Home", Keith Urban feat. Julia Michaels
• "Babe", Sugarland feat. Taylor Swift

CMT Performance of the Year:

• "Motownphilly" (from CMT Crossroads), Boyz II Men and Brett Young
• B"eautiful Crazy" (from CMT Crossroads), Luke Combs and Leon Bridges
• "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" (from 2018 CMT Artists of the Year), Maren Morris and Brandi Carlile
• "Let You Be Right" (From CMT Crossroads), Brett Eldredge and Meghan Trainor
• "I Can't Make You Love Me" and "Help Me Make It Through the Night" (from 2018 CMT Artists of the Year), Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman, and Gladys Knight
• "Keep Me in Mind" (From CMT Crossroads), Zac Brown Band and Shawn Mendes