Underwood makes history

Carrie Underwood continued to make history as the most decorated act at the CMT Music Awards with 18 wins, while Blake Shelton walked away with the night’s top prize. Shelton, the only person to win two awards Wednesday, won the video of the year prize for I’ll Name the Dogs. Underwood won female video of the year for the Ludacris-assisted song The Champion, also giving the rapper-actor his first CMT Award. Ludacris didn’t attend the show, but others from outside of country music were in the house, from Kelly Clarkson to Backstreet Boys, who both performed at the show. The boy band also picked up an award, winning CMT performance of the year for the Florida Georgia Line-featured version of their hit Everybody, from the CMT Crossroads TV special.