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.
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Enjoy a look back at some of the biggest all-star collaborations from the CMT Music Awards through the years.
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2002 CMT Music Awards
Brooks & Dunn performs with ZZ Top perform the Texas band’s “Tush” during the inaugural CMT Flameworthy Video Music Awards.
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2005 CMT Music Awards
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2006 CMT Music Awards
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Scott Gries/Getty ImagesKeith 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.
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2007 CMT Music Awards
Jeff Foxworthy and Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders strike a pose.
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2008 CMT Music Awards
Faith Hill and Tim McGraw sing “I Need You.”
Kevin Mazur/WireImageMiley Cyrus and and Billy Ray Cyrus perform “Ready, Set, Don’t Go.”
Kevin Mazur/WireImageBrooks & Dunn perform with Keith Urban on Urban’s “Raise the Barn.”
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2009 CMT Music Awards
Sugarland and the b-52’s cover “Love Shack.”
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Frederick Breedon/FilmMagicTaylor Swift and Def Leppard perform the rock band’s “Pour Some Sugar On Me” from their CMT Crossroads concert.
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2010 CMT Music Awards
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Kevin Mazur/WireImageHost 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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Frederick Breedon/WireImageJohn Mayer and Keith Urban perform Urban’s “Hit the Ground Runnin’” from their CMT Crossroads special.
Frederick Breedon IV / ContributorLittle Big Town provided background vocals when Jamey Johnson previewed “Back to Macon” from his album, The Guitar Song.
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2011 CMT Music Awards
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2012 CMT Music Awards
Lady Antebellum and Hot Chelle Rae perform a mashup of “Tonight, Tonight” and Lady A’s “We Owned the Night.”
Anna Webber/WireImageZac Brown, Willie Nelson, Toby Keith and Darius Rucker perform “Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die” from Nelson’s album, Heroes.
Anna Webber/WireImageJourney’s Arnel Pineda and Rascal Flatts’ perform “Banjo” and the rock band’s “Don’t Stop Believin’” with special guest, Ashley Campbell.
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2013 CMT Music Awards
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Kevin Mazur/WireImageJason Aldean and Lenny Kravitz open with “American Woman.”
Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagicKeith Urban and Little Big Town cover Fleetwood Mac’s “The Chain.”
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Kevin Mazur/WireImageLady Antebellum and Darius Rucker deliver their Grammy-winning collaboration, “Wagon Wheel.”
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Michael Loccisano/WireImageFlorida Georgia Line and Nelly close the night with FGL’s breakout hit, “Cruise.”
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2014 CMT Music Awards
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Terry Wyatt/FilmMagicFlorida Georgia Line, Luke Bryan, Jason Derulo and ZZ Top kick off the night with “This Is How We Roll.”
Mike Coppola/Getty Images for CMTLzzy Hale and Eric Church wail on “That’s Damn Rock ’n’ Roll.”
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Terry Wyatt/FilmMagicKacey Musgraves and Lee Ann Womack perform Alan Jackson’s “Livin’ On Love.”
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Mike Coppola/WireImageJennifer Nettles, John Legend and Hunter Hayes sing “All of Me.”
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Larry Busacca/WireImageMiranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood close the night with “Somethin’ Bad.”
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2015 CMT Music Awards
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Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagicLady Antebellum and Zedd open with “Long Stretch of Love” and his own “Beautiful Now.”
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2016 CMT Music Awards
Maren Morris, singer Keith Urban and Brett Eldredge sing “Wasted Time.”
Mike Coppola/Getty Images for CMTLeona Lewis, Pitbull and Cassadee Pope perform “Messin’ Around.”
Erika Goldring/Getty Images for CMTBilly Ray Cyrus and Cheap Trick perform the rock band’s “Surrender” and “Don’t Be Cruel.”
Mike Coppola/Getty Images for CMTBlake Shelton and the Oak Ridge Boys perform Shelton’s “Doin’ It to Country Songs.”
Frederick Breedon IV/FilmMagicElle King and Dierks Bentley perform “Different for Girls.”
Taylor Hill/FilmMagicCam and Fifth Harmony perfom “Mayday” and “Work From Home.”
John Shearer/Getty Images for CMTLittle Big Town and Pharrell Williams close the 2016 CMT Music Awards with “Last Dance.”
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2017 CMT Music Awards
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Mike Coppola/Getty Images for CMTFlorida Georgia Line and the Chainsmokers perform “Last Day Alive” collaboration from the Chainsmokers’ newest album Memories … Do Not Open.
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Mike Coppola/Getty Images for CMTDerek Trucks, Charles Kelley, Jason Aldean and Darius Rucker cover the Allman Brothers’ “Midnight Rider”
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Tim Mosenfelder/WireImageBrothers Osborne and Peter Frampton perform “It Ain’t My Fault.”
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2018 CMT Music Awards
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Mike Coppola/Getty Images for CMTCharles Kelley, Jason Aldean, Darius Rucker and Luke Bryan cover Drivin n’ Cryin’s “Straight to Hell.”
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Rick Diamond/Getty Images for CMTDierks Bentley and Brothers Osborne perform “Burning Man.”