CMT Awards

Voting begins today for the 2009 CMT Music Awards, country music’s only fan-voted award show, with the announcement of this year’s first round finalists.

Country duo Sugarland, lead the pack in first round nominations with six followed by Brad Paisley and Taylor Swift who have each garnered four. Beginning today, Monday, April 13 at 11:00 a.m. EST, fans can vote on CMT.com for their favorite artists to determine the final nominees for CMT’s eighth annual awards show. Country music’s biggest stars will rock Nashville when the 2009 CMT Music Awards premieres live on Wednesday, June 17 on CMT and CMT.com.