CMT Awards: Underwood makes history again

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The CMT Music Awards honored this year's best country music videos on Wednesday at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. Carrie Underwood continued to make history as the most decorated act with 18 wins, and Blake Shelton walked away with the night's top prize.

Shelton, the only person to win two awards Wednesday, won video of the year 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.

Blake Shelton accepts an award. /VCG Photo

Backstreet Boys picked up an award, winning CMT performance of the year for the Florida Georgia Line-featured version of their classic hit, "Everybody," from the "CMT Crossroads" TV special.

Another duet -- Kane Brown and Lauran Alaina's "What Ifs" -- won the former classmates collaborative video of the year.

Carrie Underwood accepts an award. /VCG Photo

Little Big Town -- who hosted the show for the first time -- won group video of the year and performed their funky single, "Summer Fever," which featured colorful lights and disco balls onstage.

Underwood, per usual, was a vocal powerhouse as she sang "Cry Pretty," earning of the night's loudest applause.