Carrie Underwood Leads CMT Music Award Nominations With Faith-Filled Ballad 'Something in the Water'
The CMT Music Awards nominations were announced Wednesday and Carrie Underwood is in the lead with five nominations, including two for "Something in the Water."
Underwood is in comeptition to receive awards in three categories for the June 10 CMT Music Awards show.
The singer received two bids for video of the year category with "Something in the Water" and "Somethin' Bad" featuring Miranda Lambert, two nominations for female video of the year with "Something in the Water" and "Little Toy Guns," and finally, one nod for collaborative video of the year with "Somethin' Bad."
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It comes as no surprise that Underwood's "Something in the Water" has earned recognition at this year's CMT Music Awards. A crossover success, the song reached No. 1 on both Billboard's Hot Country Songs list and the Hot Christian Songs chart. It topped the former chart for seven consecutive weeks and the latter for 26 weeks. Further, "Something in the Water" both set and broke multiple airplay records on country radio in its first week, and earlier this year, the song won a Grammy Award for Best Country Solo Performance.
No doubt adding to its popularity, "Something in the Water" showcases Underwood's Christian beliefs with themes of conversion, baptism and keeping the faith. Lyrics to the song include: "I followed that preacher down to the river and now I am changed, and now I'm stronger, there must have been something in the water."
Underwood also merged her music and faith in her first single, "Jesus Take the Wheel." Addressing critics in a past interview, the "American Idol" winner explained the longstanding relationship between faith and the country music industry.
"Country music is different," she told Glamour magazine. "You have that Bible Belt-ness about it. I'm not the first person to sing about God, Jesus or faith [or] any of that, and I won't be the last. And it won't be the last for me, either. If you don't like it, change the channel."
Meanwhile, other top nominees for this year's CMT Music Awards include Kenny Chesney and Lady Antebellum, who received four nominations each. Additionally, Florida Georgia Line, Jason Aldean, Maddie & Tae and Miranda Lambert each scored three nominations. Artists tied at two nods each include Dierks Bentley, Keith Urban, Lee Ann Womack, Luke Bryan and newcomers Raelynn and Sam Hunt.
The CMT Music Awards will air on CMT live at 8 p.m. ET June 10 from Nashville's Bridgestone Arena. Fans can vote online for their favorite artists on CMT.com through June 8 to determine the winners.
Watch Underwood's video for "Something in the Water" here.
