4/4/2024

How to Watch the 2024 CMT Music Awards for Free

Kelsea Ballerini returns as host of the 2024 CMT Music Awards airing on CBS on Sunday (April 7). Here's how to watch and stream live on Paramount+.

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Rania Aniftos, Latifah Muhammad

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Kelsea Ballerini at The 57th Annual CMA Awards at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee on Nov. 8, 2023. Christopher Polk

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The 2024 CMT Awards are coming up this weekend, with the best and brightest in country music heading back to Austin for the big night.

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The CMT Music Awards are an entirely fan-voted awards show, and the three-hour ceremony will feature epic performances. Voting for video of the year is still open at vote.cmt.com.

Read on for details about the show and how to watch and stream from anywhere.

When are the CMT Music Awards?

Hosted Kelsea Ballerini, the 2024 CMT Music Awards will air live from Austin’s Moody Center on Sunday (April 7) at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.

How can I watch the 2024 CMT Music Awards?

Catch the 2024 CMT Music Awards on CBS or stream live and on-demand via Paramount+ with Showtime. You can stream the show with a free trial from Paramount+.

Plans start at $5.99/month for Paramount+ and $11.99/month for Paramount+ with Showtime, which includes ad-free streaming and live access to your local CBS channel to stream the CMT Awards.

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From movies to award shows and original series, Paramount+ has a little bit of everything. Binge Star Trek Discovery, Halo, Lawman Bass Reeves, Special Ops: Lioness, 1883, The Good Fight, Mayor of Kingstown, Seal Team, RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars, Mean Girls, Scream IV, Good Burger 2, Transformers: Rise of the Beast and other exclusive movies and TV series available on Paramount+.

Amazon Prime members can subscribe to Paramount+ through Prime Video. Launch your free trial here.

Want more ways to stream the CMT Awards? You can watch CBS on DirecTV Stream, which offers cable channels and local channels such as CBS, ABC, NBC, CMT, ESPN, CNN, Fox, Food Network, Paramount Network, A&E, Bravo, TLC, Lifetime and Wetv. Plus, a free trial for five days and DVR recording.

DirecTV also allows subscribers to add Paramount+ with Showtime, Max, Starz and Cinemax.

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CBS is also available on Fubo, Sling TV and Hulu + Live TV.

Viewers from outside of the U.S. can stream CBS and Paramount+ on ExpressVPN.

Who are the 2024 CMT Music Awards nominees?

Lainey Wilson, Jelly Roll, Cody Johnson, Ballerini and Megan Moroney lead the list of this year’s nominees with three nods each. Kacey Musgraves, Brandy Clark, Brandi Carlile, Darius Rucker, Mickey Guyton, Kane Brown, Luke Combs and Morgan Wallen also landed nominations.

First-time nominees include Amber Riley, Ashley Cooke, Bret Michaels, Chayce Beckham, Hozier, Koe Wetzel, Stephen Wilson Jr., Tyler Childers, Warren Zeiders, Zach Bryan, Anne Wilson, Ella Langley, The Castellows and Tigirlily Gold.

Who is performing at the 2024 CMT Music Awards?

Sugarland and Little Big Town will re-team for another performance along with previously announced performers including Jelly Roll, Trisha Yearwood, Ballerini, Wilson, Moroney, Johnson, Britney Spencer, Parker McCollum, NEEDTOBREATHE, Jordan Davis, Old Dominion, Bailey Zimmerman, Keith Urban, Sam Hunt, Jason Aldean and Dasha.

In addition to performing, Yearwood will be honored with the June Carter Cash Humanitarian Award. The inaugural award, named after June Carter Cash, recognizes an artist that “demonstrates an exceptional dedication to the community and their fellow artists as Cash did,” according to a press release.

Ahead of the big show, CMT will debut TV specials for CMT Awards Weekend starting on Friday with CMT: Storytellers: Little Big Town at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT. CMT Crossroads: Nickelback & HARDY premieres on Saturday at 8p ET/7 p.m. CT followed by CMT Hot 20: 2024 CMT Music Awards Preview at 9a.m. ET/8 p.m. CT.

The cable channel is available on streaming platforms like DirecTV, Philo, Sling TV and Fubo.

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