The Band Perry, Thompson Square lead nods for CMT’s USA WEEKEND Breakthrough Video of the Year Award

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Brian Truitt

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Kellie Pickler, Zac Brown Band and Luke Bryan have all won the coveted USA WEEKEND Breakthrough Video of the Year honor at the CMT Music Awards in recent years. So who’ll win at this year’s fan-voted awards? Here are the nominees for best video from an artist’s major breakthrough album:

· Lee Brice – Love Like Crazy
· Aaron Lewis – Country Boy
· Jerrod Niemann – Lover, Lover
· The Band Perry – If I Die Young
· Thompson Square – Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not

CMT’s Evan Farmer will present the rest of the nominees for the 2011 awards — airing live from Nashville June 8 on CMT and CMT.com — live Wednesday on NBC’s Today show during the 10 a.m. EST hour, which also features a performance by one of the Breakthrough nominees, The Band Perry. Voting for all CMT Music Awards categories begins on CMT.com immediately following the announcement.

Keep your eyes peeled for more on the blog in upcoming weeks on all five Breakthrough nominees, and be sure to check out a cover story with former Breakthrough Video of the Year winner Taylor Swift coming up in the June 3-5 issue.

For more information leading up to the awards June 8, be sure to follow the CMT Twitter feed and become a fan on the CMT Awards Facebook page.

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2 Responses to The Band Perry, Thompson Square lead nods for CMT’s USA WEEKEND Breakthrough Video of the Year Award

  1. Krivers says:
    April 30, 2011 at 9:30 pm

    @LyricLouise
    About the awards in the near future…That would happen only with Sugarland (they write ALL of their albums songs) out of race and sorry but that’s not gonna happen soon.
    Personally, I don’t like Thompson Square so much, but I respect your opinion… For this award my favorites are The Band Perry.

  2. LyricLouise says:
    April 26, 2011 at 9:49 am

    I have never been a huge promoter of any one musician or band, but when I heard Thompson Square’s album, it sent chills down my spine knowing this group would have several chart toppers if not each and every song off their first album see the charts. Their harmony and chemistry remind me of, dare I say, Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty! A smooth conversation set to music, and how often now days can you find musician who write most of their own music?? I can’t say enough about this group, and look forward to seeing the multitude of awards they will be accepting in the near future.