CMA Awards 2014

Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley returned to host the show for the seventh  year in a row.  After seven years they know what they're doing and over the years they've grown to be one of the main attractions of the show.  This year's show was no exception as the duo tackled the latest trends including Ebola, Renee Zellweger, and Taylor Swift going pop.  Carrie and Brad also revealed, or rather Brad "blew it"and revealed, that Carrie is having a boy!

The night's top winners were Miranda Lambert who took home Female Vocalist, Album of the Year for Platinum, Single of the Year for "Automatic" and Musical Event of the Year with Keith Urban for "We Were Us", Blake Shelton who took home Male Vocalist and Luke Bryan who took home Entertainer of the Year, his first win in the category.  Also during the show, Vince Gill was honored with the Irving Waugh Award of Excellence, a very deserving honor for a great musician and person. A full list of the night's winners can be found here.

The best and biggest performances of the night included Carrie Underwood debuting her latest single "Something in the Water" in a spectacular and inspiring performance (as the music video for the single premiered on twitter immediately following her performance), and The Band Perry honoring Glen Campbell with "Gentle On My Mind". Other performance highlights included Meghan Trainor and Miranda Lambert singing Trainor's hit "All About That Bass", Little Big Town performing "Day Drinking"and being joined by Ariana Grande to perform "Bang Bang", Kacey Musgraves and Loretta Lynn singing "You're Looking At Country", Keith Urban performing his latest single "Somewhere in My Car", and Eric Church and George Strait singing "Cowboys Like Us".

Red Carpet Fashion

Carrie Underwood, the night's co-host, looked stunning in a high-low hem Lorena Sarbu dress.

Danielle Bradbery looked gorgeous in a low-plunging black gown and a fishtail braid.











Lucy Hale owned the red carpet in a silky red gown with an open back by Romona Keveza.











Lennon and Maisy Stella looked darling on the red carpet both in black.











A full gallery of CMA Awards Red Carpet pictures can be found here.

Red Carpet pictures from Gerry Images. 

CMT Awards 2014

The CMT Awards brought together the best artists in country music, and some surprising guests, to honor the best music videos of the year! There were myriad performances and eight big awards were handed out.

The show opened with a performance by ZZ Top, Florida Georgia Line, and Luke Bryan who were joined by Jason Derulo to segue from "La Grange" to "This is How We Roll" to "Talk Dirty."  Highlights of the night's performances included: Kacey Musgraves and Lee Ann Womack paying homage to Alan Jackson with "Livin' On Love" before Carrie Underwood presented him with the first ever CMT Impact Award, Keith Urban singing "Cop Car" in a recreation of the Bluebird Cafe, Little Big Town's performance of "Day Drinkin'" in which the band was doused in paint, and Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood bringing the house down at the end of the show with "Somethin' Bad". Watch the night's performances here.

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The night's big winner was Carrie Underwood who took home Video of the Year for the third year in a row for her "See You Again" video.  Florida Georgia line took home Duo of the Year and Collaborative video of the year for "Round Here"and "This is How We Roll" respectively. Miranda Lambert won Female Video of the Year for "Automatic" and Blake Shelton won Male Video of the Year for "Doin' What She Likes".  See a full list of winners here.

Fashion

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Carrie Underwood looked stunning in an floral keyhole Roberto Cavalli gown.  Her duet with Miranda Lambert was "Somethin' Bad", but her red carpet look was something very good! 

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The night's host, Kristen Bell, sparkled in a beaded Zuhair Murad gown and Brian Atwood heels. 

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Mirana Lambert showed off her gorgeous figure in a Celia Kritharioti sequined mini dress with a plunging neckline.  

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Nicole Kidman, Oscar winning actress and wife of country crooner Keith Urban, graced the carpet in a Giambattista Valli embroidered silk dress.