Taylor Swift, Hunter Hayes and Luke Bryan to Perform at 2013 CMT Music Awards

The three artists will perform live along with
other top country acts Little Big Town and the
Pistol Annies.
Taylor
Swift ,
Luke
Bryan
and
Hunter
Hayes
lead
the
line-
up
of
performers
for
the
2013
CMT Music Awards to be held on June 5 at the
Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. Also taking the
stage at the fan-voted awards program to be
hosted by Jason Aldean and Kristen Bell are
Little Big Town and top nominee Miranda
Lambert 's Pistol Annies .
Swift, Bryan and Hayes are all likewise
nominated for the Video of the Year award
along with nine other artists. Swift's "We Are
Never Ever Getting Back Together" music
video, Bryan's "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye" clip
and Hayes' visuals for "Wanted" will be vying
for online fan votes that will determine who
among the twelve nominees will be shortlisted
as finalists, who will then compete for on-air
votes that will be cast during the live telecast
to determine the big winner.
Bryan and Hayes are also up against each other
and four other male country crooners for the
Male Video of the Year award, nominated for
the same videos that got them their Video of
the Year nods. Meanwhile, Swift is also
nominated for Female Video of the Year but
for this category, she was singled out for her
"Begin Again" music video.
Little Big Town also picked up a couple of
nominations, one for Video of the Year for
"Tornado" and the other for Group Video of
the Year for "Pontoon". Also getting a
nomination in the group category is the trio of
the Pistol Annies for "Takin' Pills".