Last night was the CMT Awards and I really enjoyed the show as a whole. We saw some new faces win awards. We saw some artists win awards that they so deserved to win- including a few surprises. There was also a bunch of great performances showing the immense talent that the country music family has. But there was one thing that really ticked me off…
Why in the world did the Backstreet Boys debut their new single on the CMT Awards!? The COUNTRY MUSIC TELEVISION Awards. And I know that country music isn’t what it used to be 10 years ago. This isn’t anything against BSB. Their song is good. My female friends from middle school loved it- they’re already posting about it all over their social media accounts. But the CMT Awards should be honoring country singers- giving the country artists center stage on the COUNTRY MUSIC TELEVISION Awards! BSB had the main stage for 5 minutes or whatnot to perform their brand new single while artists like Carly Pearce (who won an award earlier in the night), Lindsay Ell, Devin Dawson, LANco and more got a whole 30 seconds or so on the side stage before getting cut short for commercials. Seriously, they each got to sing one chorus of their songs, but Backstreet gets a whole song… We have so much talent in country and these artists could use the exposure on the CMT Awards. Backstreet Boys don’t need the exposure from the CMT Awards. They have more Facebook followers than Luke Bryan, Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean, Blake Shelton, Florida Georgia Line and Miranda Lambert. They legitimately did not need the CMT Awards to debut their new single. While artists like Carly and Lindsay and Devin could have definitely used a full set on the main stage on national television. So why not put a major spotlight on your talented rising artists instead of a pop group that didn’t need it!?
Rant over.
Main Photo: Debbie Murray (without the frustrated emoji)