Carrie Underwood, Chris Stapleton, Cam Lead CMT Awards Nominations

When the CMT Music Awards first premiered in 2002, they did so under the name the CMT Flameworthy Video Music Awards — which could bode well for Cam this year. With three nods, her literally fiery video for “Burning House” is up for the most nominations at the 2016 awards, tied with another newcomer Chris Stapleton, and perennial Video of the Year winner Carrie Underwood.

Stapleton splits his three nominations over the video for “Fire Away” and the live-performance clip of “Nobody to Blame.” Underwood is up for “Smoke Break,” both the official video and her live take on the song during her surprise CMT Instant Jam concert in Atlanta last September.

The most intriguing race, however, is the Breakthrough Video of the Year category. Brothers Osborne’s “Stay a Little Longer,” Cam’s “Burning House,” Stapleton’s “Fire Away,” Maren Morris’s “My Church,” Old Dominion’s Back to the Future homage “Break Up With Him” and Chris Janson’s “Buy Me a Boat” all vie for the trophy. Janson’s nomination is particularly interesting, as his video was the first to be financed and produced by the cable network (at the time, Janson, now on Warner Music Nashville, was still an independent artist).

Set for Wednesday, June 8th, on CMT, the CMT Music Awards — entirely fan-voted — recognize the best in country music videos. Fans can begin voting today on cmt.com.

Here are the nominees for the CMT Music Awards:

VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Blake Shelton – “Sangria”
Cam – “Burning House”
Carrie Underwood – “Smoke Break”
Chris Stapleton – “Fire Away”
Florida Georgia Line – “Sippin’ on Fire”
Jason Aldean –  “Tonight Looks Good on You”
Keith Urban – “John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16”
Little Big Town – “Girl Crush”
Luke Bryan – “Strip It Down”
Sam Hunt – “Break Up in a Small Town”
Thomas Rhett – “Die a Happy Man”
Tim McGraw – “Humble and Kind”

MALE VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Blake Shelton  – “Sangria”
Eric Church – “Like a Wrecking Ball” (From 2015 CMT Music Awards)
Keith Urban – “John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16”
Luke Bryan – “Kick the Dust Up” (From 2015 CMT Music Awards)
Sam Hunt – “Break Up in a Small Town”
Thomas Rhett  – “Die a Happy Man”

FEMALE VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Cam – “Burning House”
Carrie Underwood – “Smoke Break”
Jana Kramer – “I Got the Boy”
Kacey Musgraves – “Biscuits”
Kelsea Ballerini – “Dibs”
Maren Morris – “My Church”

GROUP / DUO VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Brothers Osborne – “Stay a Little Longer”
Dan + Shay – “Nothin’ Like You”
Florida Georgia Line – “Sippin’ on Fire”
Little Big Town – “Girl Crush”
Old Dominion  – “Break Up With Him”
Zac Brown Band – “Loving You Easy”

BREAKTHROUGH VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Brothers Osborne – “Stay a Little Longer”
Cam – “Burning House”
Chris Janson – “Buy Me a Boat”
Chris Stapleton – “Fire Away”
Maren Morris  – “My Church”
Old Dominion  – “Break Up With Him”

CMT PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Adam Lambert and Leona Lewis – “Girl Crush” (From 2015 CMT Artists of The Year)
Brantley Gilbert and Lynyrd Skynyrd  – “What’s Your Name” (From CMT Crossroads)
Carrie Underwood – “Smoke Break” (From CMT Instant Jam)
Cheap Trick and Jennifer Nettles – “I Want You to Want Me” (From CMT Crossroads)
Chris Stapleton – “Nobody to Blame” (From CMT Artists of the Year)
Darius Rucker – “Alright” (From CMT Instant Jam)