Carrie Underwood wins two trophies at the 2012 CMT awards
The 11th Annual CMT Awards honored the best musician in country music on Wednesday night at the Nashville's Bridgestone Arena. Among them were Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan and others.
The wife of NHL star Mike Fisher won her third video of the year award at the CMT Music Awards, carving yet another great memory out for the couple in the home of Fisher's Nashville Predators. "I think we live here," Underwood said backstage after winning the night's top honor. "We need to like rent a room here so we can sleep here, too."
Underwood's second win was for collaboration of the year for "Remind Me" single with Brad Paisley and marks her ninth win at CMT since 2006. She matched Taylor Swift's run in the fan-voted video of the year category over the same period.
The former "American Idol" winner was the night's only multiple winner, and her fans did it for her again. "They're the ones in control," Underwood said. "I have a really active fan base. The people who come to my concerts and support me, they really get out and they do stuff. They vote. Any polls or any awards show, anything that they have control of, they're all about it."
Meanwhile, Luke Bryan pulled off the surprise of the night, taking male video of the year for "I Don't Want This Night to End", beating out Eric Church, Toby Keith, Blake Shelton, Keith Urban and Jason Aldean. "I want to thank CMT for playing the video," he gushed. "I want to thank my wife. When I came home to show my wife this video, I removed all the bullets from our house. I want to thank her for not buying more bullets to shoot me with. Thank you for letting me do this video."
Bryan briefly covered his face with his hands. "When you're at this level of what we do as singers, and your fans vote, it speaks huge volumes and it's crazy to be fan-voted for an award and win it," Bryan said. "I don't really get caught up in trying to be cool, trying to play a part. I just freaking get so excited about this stuff and I will always enjoy it."
The Pistol Annies star got female video of the year, thanks to "Over You" clip. She pushed aside such strong contenders as Sara Evans, Martina McBride, Kellie Pickler, Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood.
Here is the complete list of winners at the 2012 CMT Music Awards :
* Video of the Year: "Good Girl" - Carrie Underwood * Duo Video of the Year: "I Got You" - Thompson Square * Group Video of the Year: "We Owned the Night" - Lady Antebellum * Male Video of the Year: "I Don't Want This Night to End" - Luke Bryan * Female Video of the Year: "Over You" - Miranda Lambert * Collaborative Video of the Year: "Remind Me" - Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley * CMT Performance of the Year: "Tattoos on This Town" - Jason Aldean from 2011 CMT Artists of the Year * USA Weekend Breakthrough Video of the Year: "The Trouble With Girls" - Scotty McCreery * Nationwide Is On Your Side Award: Brantley Gilbert
