CMT Music Award for Video of the Year

MTV Video Music Awards for Best Country
MTV Video Music Awards for Best Country
Country	United States
Presented by	MTV Networks
First award	2002
Currently held by	Megan Maroney - "Am I Okay?"

The MTV Video Music Awards Best Country award debuted in 2025 after originally being part of MTV's CMT Music Awards from 2002 to 2024.

CountryUnited States

Presented byMTV Networks

First award2002

Currently held byMegan Maroney - "Am I Okay?"

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Originally known as the Flameworthy Video of the Year when first awarded in 2002, it was changed in 2005 to Video of the Year.

Following corporate changes at Paramount, the award was moved to the MTV Video Music Awards in 2025, where it is known as Best Country. The award has been fan voted for the entirety of its duration.

Year	Winner		Nominees
Year	Video	Artist(s)	Nominees
MTV Video Music Awards
2025	"Am I Okay?"	Megan Moroney	Chris Stapleton – "Think I'm in Love with You" Cody Johnson and Carrie Underwood – "I'm Gonna Love You" Jelly Roll – "Liar" Morgan Wallen – "Smile" Lainey Wilson – "4x4xU"
CMT Music Awards
2024	"Need a Favor"	Jelly Roll	Cody Johnson - "The Painter" Jelly Roll - "Need a Favor" Kelsea Ballerini - "If You Go Down (I'm Goin' Down Too)"
2023	"Thank God"	Kane Brown Katelyn Brown	Blake Shelton — "No Body" Carrie Underwood — "Hate My Heart" Cody Johnson — "Human" HARDY feat. Lainey Wilson — "wait in the truck" Morgan Wallen — "You Proof"
2022	"If I Didn't Love You"	Jason Aldean Carrie Underwood	Cody Johnson — "'Til You Can't" Cole Swindell and Lainey Wilson — "Never Say Never" Kane Brown — "One Mississippi" Kelsea Ballerini and Kenny Chesney — "Half of My Hometown" Luke Combs — "Forever After All"
2021	"Hallelujah"	Carrie Underwood John Legend	Kane Brown – "Worldwide Beautiful" Keith Urban and Pink – "One Too Many" Kelsea Ballerini – "Hole in the Bottle"
2020	"Drinking Alone"	Carrie Underwood	Keith Urban — "Polaroid" Kelsea Ballerini — "homecoming queen?" Luke Combs — "Beer Never Broke My Heart" Miranda Lambert — "Bluebird" Tanya Tucker — "Bring My Flowers Now"
2019	"Cry Pretty"	Carrie Underwood	Kane Brown– "Good as You" Keith Urban and Julia Michaels – "Coming Home" Kelsea Ballerini – "Miss Me More" Luke Combs – "She Got the Best of Me"
2018	"I'll Name The Dogs"	Blake Shelton	Brett Young – "Mercy" Kane Brown and Lauren Alaina – "What Ifs" Luke Combs – "When It Rains It Pours" Thomas Rhett – "Marry Me"
2017	"Blue Ain't Your Color"	Keith Urban	Carrie Underwood – "Church Bells"^[1] Artists of Then, Now & Forever – "Forever Country" Cole Swindell – "Middle of a Memory" Florida Georgia Line –"H.O.L.Y." Miranda Lambert – "Vice" Luke Bryan – "Huntin', Fishin' and Lovin' Every Day"
2016	"Humble and Kind"	Tim McGraw	Blake Shelton – "Sangria"^[2] Carrie Underwood – "Smoke Break" Chris Stapleton – "Fire Away" Luke Bryan – "Strip It Down" Thomas Rhett – "Die a Happy Man"
2015	"Something in the Water"	Carrie Underwood	Dierks Bentley – "Drunk on a Plane"^[3] Florida Georgia Line – "Dirt" Jason Aldean – "Burnin' It Down" Luke Bryan – "Play It Again" Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood– "Somethin' Bad"
2014	"See You Again"	Carrie Underwood	Blake Shelton and Pistol Annies –"Boys ‘Round Here"^[4] Florida Georgia Line and Luke Bryan – "This Is How We Roll" Luke Bryan –"That's My Kind of Night" Miranda Lambert – "Automatic" Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift and Keith Urban – "Highway Don't Care"
2013	"Blown Away"	Carrie Underwood	Jason Aldean - "1994" Luke Bryan - "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye" Florida Georgia Line - "Cruise" Miranda Lambert - "Mama's Broken Heart" Taylor Swift - "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"
2012	"Good Girl"	Carrie Underwood	Jason Aldean — "Dirt Road Anthem"^[5] Toby Keith — "Red Solo Cup" Blake Shelton — "God Gave Me You" Taylor Swift and The Civil Wars — "Safe & Sound"
2011	"Mine"	Taylor Swift	Jason Aldean — "My Kinda Party"^[6] Kenny Chesney — "The Boys of Fall" Miranda Lambert — "The House That Built Me" Sugarland — "Stuck Like Glue"
2010	"Cowboy Casanova"	Carrie Underwood	Toby Keith – "American Ride"^[7] Lady A – "Need You Now" Miranda Lambert – "White Liar" Taylor Swift – "You Belong With Me"
2009	"Love Story"	Taylor Swift	Trace Adkins – "You're Gonna Miss This"^[8] Kenny Chesney and The Wailers – "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven" Toby Keith – "God Love Her" Lady A – "Lookin' for a Good Time" Brad Paisley – "Waitin' on a Woman" Rascal Flatts – "Every Day" Sugarland – "All I Want To Do" Carrie Underwood – "Just A Dream"
2008	"Our Song"	Taylor Swift	Brad Paisley – "Online" Kenny Chesney – "Don't Blink" Sugarland – "Stay"
2007	"Before He Cheats"	Carrie Underwood	Kenny Chesney – "You Save Me" Toby Keith – "A Little Too Late" Rascal Flatts – "What Hurts the Most"
2006	"Better Life"	Keith Urban	Trace Adkins – "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" Kenny Chesney – "Who You'd Be Today" Tim McGraw and Faith Hill – "Like We Never Loved at All" Toby Keith – "As Good as I Once Was"
2005	"Days Go By"	Keith Urban	Big & Rich – "Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy)"^[9] Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss – "Whiskey Lullaby" Gretchen Wilson – "Redneck Woman" Kenny Chesney – "I Go Back" Rascal Flatts – "Feels Like Today" Tim McGraw – "Live Like You Were Dying" Toby Keith – "Stays in Mexico"
2004	"American Soldier"	Toby Keith	Kenny Chesney – "There Goes My Life" Rascal Flatts – "I Melt" Keith Urban – "You'll Think of Me"
2003	"Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)"	Toby Keith	Faith Hill – "Cry" Tim McGraw – "She's My Kind of Rain" Kenny Chesney – "The Good Stuff" Rascal Flatts – "These Days"
2002	"Young"	Kenny Chesney	Brooks & Dunn – "Only in America" Toby Keith – "I Wanna Talk About Me" Willie Nelson and Lee Ann Womack – "Mendocino County Line" Travis Tritt – "Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde"

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