Ladies Rule At CMT Awards

Taylor Swift and Kellie Pickler were the big winners at the fan-voted 2008 CMT Music Awards, April 14, at the Curb Event Center in Nashville.

Published: Apr 15, 2008

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Taylor won the night’s top trophy, Video of the Year, for “Our Song,” also named Female Video of the Year. Kellie’s three wins came for her emotion-filled single “I Wonder,” USA Weekend Breakthrough Video of the Year, Performance of the Year and Tearjerker Video of the Year. The show telecast featured performances by co-hosts Billy Ray and Miley Cyrus, Toby Keith, Alan Jackson and many others. More than 4 million votes were cast for this year’s awards.

Here’s a complete list of all the CMT Music Awards winners.

Video of the Year (award to artist and director): “Our Song” Taylor Swift; Director: Trey Fanjoy
Male Video of the Year: “I Got My Game On” Trace Adkins
Female Video of the Year: “Our Song” Taylor Swift
Group Video of the Year: “Take Me There” Rascal Flatts
Duo Video of the Year: “Stay” Sugarland
USA Weekend Breakthrough Video of the Year: “I Wonder” Kellie Pickler
Wide Open Country Video of the Year: “Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On)” Alison Krauss and Robert Plant
Tearjerker Video of the Year: “I Wonder” Kellie Pickler
Comedy Video of the Year: “Online” Brad Paisley
Collaborative Video of the Year: “Till We Ain’t Strangers Anymore” Bon Jovi featuring LeAnn Rimes
Performance of the Year: “I Wonder” Kellie Pickler 41st Annual CMA Awards
Supporting Character of the Year: Rodney Carrington “I Got My Game On”
Video Director of the Year: Michael Salomon “High Maintenance Woman” Toby Keith and “I Got My Game On” Trace Adkins