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June 9, 2016 / 7:53 AM

CMT Awards: Carrie Underwood breaks winning streak; Billy Ray Cyrus, Cheap Trick perform

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Marilyn Malara
Billy Ray Cyrus arrives for the 57th Grammy Awards at Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 8, 2015. The country asinger and "Still The King" actor performed opposite Cheap Trick during Wednesday's CMT Awards. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
Inductees Bun E Carlos, Rick Nielsen and Robin Zander of Cheap Trick arrive in the press room at the 31st Annual Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony on April 8, 2016 in New York City. File Photo by Dennis Van Tine/UPI | License Photo
Singer Carrie Underwood attends the press room at the 2016 American Country Countdown Awards on May 1, 2016. File Photo by Michael Owen Baker/UPI | License Photo

NASHVILLE, June 9 (UPI) -- The CMT Music Awards this year saw Carrie Underwood fans surprised by Tim McGraw's big Video of the Year win.

While Underwood has won the award six times in the last nine years, her "Smoke Break" video could not make the cut against McGraw's "Humble and Kind," which saw footage from an Oprah Winfrey television series.

The singer did take home the CMT Award for best Female Video of the Year, however.

To open the awards show, actor and country star Billy Ray Cyrus took the outdoor Broadway stage in Nashville with rock group Cheap Trick, delivering an energetic performance of Elvis' "Don't Be Cruel" and the band's "Surrender."

Cyrus makes his return to the CMT Awards after about eight years, since he co-hosted with daughter Miley Cyrus. The comeback may be linked to promote the actor's CMT series Still The King, in which he is a washed-up country singer and Elvis impersonator.

Other performances of the night included The Voice coach Blake Shelton with the Oak Ridge Boys, a Merle Haggard tribute by Dierks Bentley and pop collaborations featuring Little Big Town, Pharrell, Pitbull and Leona Lewis.

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