Music City will celebrate the successes of five of its own when the fifth annual
CMT ARTISTS OF THE YEAR premieres LIVE
tomorrow, December 2 at 8:00 p.m. ET on both CMT and VH1. Honoring
Jason Aldean,
Luke Bryan,
Florida Georgia Line,
Miranda Lambert and
Keith Urban, and hosted by
Larry the Cable Guy, ARTISTS OF THE YEAR will feature live performances and special guests as each honoree is celebrated for his or her achievements over the past year.
Eric Church, Lady Antebellum,
Chris Stapleton,
Ashley Monroe,
T Bone Burnett and
Merle Haggard will appear. Slated to present at this year’s show are eight-time Entertainer of the Year and the only country artist in Billboard’s Top 10 live acts of the past 25 years
Kenny Chesney; multiple Grammy-winning and Golden Globe nominated singer/songwriter and legendary frontman for pioneering rock bands Soundgarden, Audioslave and Temple of the Dog,
Chris Cornell; Grammy nominated and multi-platinum selling hip hop artist
Wiz Khalifa; NASCAR driver
Danica Patrick; and Academy Award winner
Billy Bob Thornton.
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Merle Haggard will be in the audience to receive the “Artist of a Lifetime” award, the first time this award has ever been given. He will be honored by a special performance by
Eric Church, Ashley Monroe and
T Bone Burnett. Academy Award winner
Billy Bob Thornton will present the award to Haggard.
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