cmt awards



Country music's finest were out in force Tuesday night for the Country Music Television Awards in Nashville, and several "Dancing with the Stars" competitors joined them.

Ready for the night’s festivities, Taylor Swift hit the red carpet at the 2009 CMT Music Awards in Nashville, Tennessee on Tuesday (June 16).

Held at the Sommet Center, the annual country music extravaganza is being hosted by Bill Engvall, with numerous performers ready to take the stage.

With Taylor among the slated artists on-tap for the evening, she’ll join the likes of Trace Adkins, Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley, Toby Keith, Lady Antebellum, Brad Paisley, Kellie Pickler, Rascal Flatts, Darius Rucker and Sugarland.