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Wilson leads pack at CMT Awards

NASHVILLE, April 12 (UPI) -- "Redneck Woman" Gretchen Wilson was a big winner at the 2005 CMT Music Awards televised from Nashville on the cable country music channel.

Wilson took two awards during Monday night's ceremony, breakthrough video for her debut hit "Redneck Woman" and female video for "When I think About Cheatin'."

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Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss were honored for best collaborative video for "Whiskey River," which also garnered a best director award for actor Rick Schroder.

Fans voted throughout the show via CMT.com and chose Keith Urban's "Days Go By" as video of the year. Other winners included Kenny Chesney for "I Go Back," Tim McGraw for "Live Like You Were Dying" and Toby Keith for "Whiskey Girl."

Country Music Hall of Famer Loretta Lynn received the CMT Johnny Cash Visionary Award for her career achievements.

All of the awards -- formerly known as the Flame Worthy Awards -- were voted on by fans.

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