CMT Music Awards to move to Texas in 2023


The CMT Music Awards are leaving Nashville in favor of the Live Music Capital of the World, Austin.

The 2023 awards for country music videos will be held April 2 in the Moody Center, on the University of Texas campus, and air on CBS. The announcement was made by Kelsea Ballerini at Moody Center during a Carrie Underwood concert Nov. 2.

The event was founded as the Music City News Awards in 1967 and has operated under various names, becoming the CMT Music Awards in 2001. It has been held in Nashville…

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