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Blake Shelton After CMT Win: ‘Award Shows Are Beginning To Lose Credibility’

Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani won the 2020 CMT Music Awards for Collaborative Video of the Year for their video “Nobody But You”; they accepted the award from their home…

Blake Shelton On CMT Win With Gwen Stefani: 'Fan Voted Awards Are Really The Only Stand Up Award Shows Left'

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Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani won the 2020 CMT Music Awards for Collaborative Video of the Year for their video "Nobody But You"; they accepted the award from their home in Los Angeles.

Shelton said, "I told Gwen that when I saw who the other nominees in our category are, it was like, 'Well, that would have been cool but I don't know what our chances of beating Justin Bieber are.' But here we are, so thank you so much to the fans."

He added, "I really do believe that these awards shows are beginning to lose credibility over the last few years and fan voted awards to me are really the only award shows left in our industry. You guys are the ones that buy the records, you come to the shows and you vote on these things so, we love you so much."

The couple then toast each other with champagne and Blake said, "This means the world to us more than you can probably imagine."

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.