The inaugural 2002 CMT Flameworthy Awards (now known as the CMT Music Awards) took place on Wednesday, June 12, 2002, from the Gaylord Entertainment Center (now known as Bridgestone Arena) in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, and hosted by Kathy Najimy. The CMT Flameworthy Awards were a fan-voted awards show for country music videos and television performance.
Background
The network, CMT, decided to rework their dated TNN/CMT Country Weekly Music Awards in to a new Award show, styled similarly to the MTV Video Music Awards. CMT asked fans to vote for what music videos they deem "Flameworthy" for the launch of country music's first ever video music awards. CMT stated "Flameworthy recognizes music videos' unique ability to make a lasting impact -- viewers hear it, see it, feel it, love it -- and it becomes flameworthy".
Winners and nominees
Winners are shown in bold.(nominees styled with "Flameworthy" before each title)
Performances
Presenters
- Glen Campbell, introduced Alan Jackson and lit the flame of the awards
- Peggy Hill (voiced by Kathy Najimy), started off Najimy's monologue
- Gary Allan and Chris Cagle, presented Group/Duo Video of the Year
- Trace Adkins and Mini Me, presented Concept Video of the Year
- Rascal Flatts, presented Video Director of the Year
- Montgomery Gentry and Ali Landry, presented Breakthrough Video of the Year
- Ed DeGeorge and Cyndi Thomson, presented Fashion Plate Video of the Year
- Jamie O'Neal and Carolyn Dawn Johnson, presented Male Video of the Year
- Billy Campbell, presented Video Visionary Award to The Chicks
- Carrot Top, presented Laugh Out Loud Video of the Year
- Kenny Chesney, presented Female Video of the Year
- Cletus T. Judd and Chely Wright, presented Hottest Video of the Year
- Travis Tritt, presented Love Your Country Video of the year, memorialized Waylon Jennings and the September 11 Attacks
- Glen Campbell, presented Video of the Year
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