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Taylor Swift, Katy Perry To Appear On 2020 CMT Awards

CMT just announced the list of presenters for next week’s (10/21) 2020 CMT Music Awards, which will air live from Nashville, and it’s pretty impressive. Taylor Swift, Demi Lovato, Diplo,…

Taylor Swift, Katy Perry To Appear On 2020 CMT Awards
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CMT just announced the list of presenters for next week's (10/21) 2020 CMT Music Awards, which will air live from Nashville, and it's pretty impressive.

Taylor Swift, Demi Lovato, Diplo, Idina Menzel, Jessica Chastain, Katy Perry, Kelly Clarkson, Rob Thomas, Brandi Carlile and Tanya Tucker are all slated to present awards.

The performing lineup also includes Dan + Shay, Gabby Barrett, Jimmie Allen + Noah Cyrus, Kelsea Ballerini + Halsey, Little Big Town, Luke Bryan, Luke Combs + Brooks & Dunn, Maren Morris, Morgan Wallen, Sam Hunt and Shania Twain.

In addition, Caylee Hammack, HARDY, Ingrid Andress, Mickey Guyton, Riley Green and Travis Denning will make their debuts on the Ram Trucks Side Stage.

Multi-nominee Ashley McBryde has joined the show as co-host along with Kane Brown and actress Sarah Hyland.

All winners of the 2020 CMT Music Awards are selected by fans, with voting for the six Video of the Year finalists — Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Kelsea Ballerini, Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert and Tanya Tucker — continuing through in-show on October 21 at vote.cmt.com.

The CMT Awards airs Wednesday, October 21 at 8PM ET/7PM CT on CMT, MTV, MTV2, Logo, Paramount Network, Pop and TV Land.

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.