Ludacris and Jason Aldean,A full arena on its feet waving its hands in the air.
The close of the CMT Music Awards on Wednesday night (June 8) was one of the most telling moments in the two-and-a-half-hour show, as a veteran rapper joined one of country's boundary-pushing acts to perform "Dirt Road Anthem," a song with a backroads storyline and a rap that brazenly namechecks George Jones.
Hosted by Kid Rock at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena, the CMT Awards embraced a rather stunning blend of pop in its country, with none of the evening's winners -- including Taylor Swift, Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert and Lady Antebellum -- dominating the night.
Justin Bieber shared the collaborative video of the year honor with Rascal Flatts for "That Should Be Me." Kinda-country Jimmy Buffett's "CMT Crossroads" performance of "Margaritaville" with the Zac Brown Band netted CMT performance of the year. Lady A segued from its current single, "Just a Kiss," into a version of Prince's "Kiss" with lead singer Charles Kelley taking a falsetto turn and playing drums. Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow teamed up on "Collide," Train's Pat Monahan joined Martina McBride as a presenter, Luke Bryan dropped the Doobie Brothers and MC Hammer into the press-room conversation, and the Band Perry kicked off their performance of "You Lie" with a shred of the Eminem and Rihanna song, "Love The Way You Lie."
"I love that about the CMT Awards," the Band Perry's Kimberly Perry told media backstage. "There's always a lot of flavors circulating around the room."
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