Tuesday, April 17, 2007

2007 CMT Award Winners

CARRIE UNDERWOOD, KENNY CHESNEY, RASCAL FLATTS, SUGARLAND, JACK INGRAM & TAYLOR SWIFT Take Home Top Honors

The fans have voted, and the belt buckle goes to….

American Idol CARRIE UNDERWOOD was queen of the 2007 Country Music Television Awards last night in Nashville, taking home the Video of the Year and Female Video of the Year for her anger-fuel hit single “Before He Cheats.”

Said Underwood, “Thank you, fans. I've had such an amazing, blessed two years. I started out on a fan-based show, and you guys have continued to support me throughout everything. ... Everybody around me has been so amazing. We're so blessed. I hope we continue to be blessed because this is awesome."

KENNY CHESNEY won the Male Video of the Year for “You Save Me.”

RASCAL FLATTS was awarded the Group Video Award for the smash hit “What Hurt the Most.”

SUGARLAND continues their meteoric rise with Duo Video of the Year for “Want To.”

JACK INGRAM won the Wide Open Country Video for the clever “Love You.”

And newcomer TAYLOR SWIFT picked up the Breakthrough Award for a single named for a previous buckle winner, “Tim McGraw.”

These superstars and more are included in the Black Book Guide to Official Country Music Fans Clubs: The Top 100. Click here buy the book at Amazon.com

Click here to check out the 2007 CMT Awards photo gallery.