CMT Music Awards introduce a new category: #SocialSuperstar

The CMT Music Awards are getting #social. 

This year's show, which takes place live from Nashville on June 8, will introduce the brand-new #SocialSuperstar Award, a category that will put the power in fans' hands on social media. 

Brett Eldredge, Blake Shelton, Jake Owen, Kelsea Ballerini, Lindsay Ell and Thomas Rhett will all go head to head in the category, which fans can vote for on Twitter and Instagram using the #CMTawards hashtag and their choice in the following: #VoteBlake, #VoteBrett, #VoteJake, #VoteKelsea, #VoteLindsay or #VoteThomas.

Voting for the #SocialSuperstar Awards will stay open throughout the show. 

Now, Shelton and Rhett have three nominations each, making the night's leading nominees alongside Carrie Underwood, Cam and Chris Stapleton.

The 2016 CMT Music Awards will be co-hosted by Erin Andrews and NFL star J.J. Watt of the Houston Texans. Performers include Blake Shelton, Cam, Brett Eldredge, Chris Stapleton, Fifth Harmony, Florida Georgia Line, Jason Aldean, Keith Urban, Luke Bryan, Maren Morris and Thomas Rhett, with more to be announced.

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