Sugarland, meanwhile, stands to win a total of five awards, four of which are in play thanks to the group's video for the song "Stay," including Video of the Year, Tearjerker Video of the Year and Best Duo Video of the Year; the band's competition in the latter category includes its own video for another cut, "Everyday America." The trio is also vying for Performance of the Year for its live rendition of "Stay" during last year's CMT Music Awards ceremony.

The initial list of nominees, which is included below, will be whittled down via fan voting that begins today (2/5) at CMT's website and runs through Feb. 25, according to organizers. Once the polls close, votes will be tabulated and the final four nominees in each category will be announced March 6, on which date a new round of fan voting will get underway at the CMT website through April 11.

The winners will be named during CMT's live broadcast of the 2008 CMT Music Awards ceremony, set to take place April 14 at Nashville's Curb Event Center.

The nominees in each of the 2008 CMT MUSIC AWARDS categories include:

Video of the Year

Brad Paisley - "Online" (Director: Jason Alexander)
Carrie Underwood - "Wasted" (Director: Roman White)
Kenny Chesney - "Don't Blink" (Director: Shaun Silva)
LeAnn Rimes - "Nothin' Better To Do" (Directors: David McClister and LeAnn Rimes)
Rascal Flatts - "Take Me There" (Director: Shaun Silva)
Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson - "Because of You" (Director: Roman White)
Sugarland - "Stay" (Director: Shaun Silva)
Taylor Swift - "Our Song" (Director: Trey Fanjoy)

Male Video of the Year

Alan Jackson - "Small Town Southern Man"
Brad Paisley - "Online"
Jason Aldean - "Johnny Cash"
Josh Turner - "Firecracker"
Keith Urban - "I Told You So"
Kenny Chesney - "Don't Blink"
Toby Keith - "High Maintenance Woman"
Trace Adkins - "I Got My Game On"

Female Video of the Year

Carrie Underwood - "So Small"
Carrie Underwood - "Wasted"
Gretchen Wilson - "Come to Bed"
LeAnn Rimes - "Nothin' Better to Do"
Martina McBride - "Anyway"
Miranda Lambert - "Famous in a Small Town"
Sara Evans - "As If"
Taylor Swift - "Our Song"

Group Video of the Year

Bon Jovi - "(You Want To) Make a Memory"
The Eagles - "How Long"
Lady Antebellum - "Love Don't Live Here"
Little Big Town - "A Little More You"
Old Crow Medicine Show - "I Hear Them All"
Randy Rogers Band - "One More Goodbye"
Rascal Flatts - "Stand"
Rascal Flatts - "Take Me There"

Duo Video of the Year

Big & Rich - "Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace"
Big & Rich - "Lost in this Moment"
Brooks & Dunn - "Proud of the House We Built"
Montgomery Gentry - "What Do Ya Think About That"
Sugarland - "Everyday America"
Sugarland - "Stay"
Van Zant - "Goes Down Easy"

USA Weekend Breakthrough Video of the Year

Bucky Covington - "A Different World"
Chuck Wicks - "Stealing Cinderella"
Eric Church - "Guys Like Me"
Jake Owen - "Startin' With Me"
Jason Michael Carroll - "Livin' Our Love Song"
Kellie Pickler - "I Wonder"
Lady Antebellum - "Love Don't Live Here"
Luke Bryan - "All My Friends Say"

Collaborative Video of the Year

Alison Krauss and John Waite - "Missing You"
Alison Krauss and Robert Plant - "Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On)"
Bon Jovi feat. LeAnn Rimes - "Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore"
Garth Brooks and Huey Lewis - "Workin' for a Livin'"
Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson - "Because of You"
Tim McGraw feat. Faith Hill - "I Need You"

Performance of the Year

Big & Rich with John Legend - "Lost In This Moment" from the 42nd ACM Awards (CBS)
Dierks Bentley - "Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go)" from A Capitol Fourth 2007 (PBS)
Keith Urban and Alicia Keys - "Gimme Shelter" from Live Earth (NBC) Kellie Pickler - "I Wonder" from the 41st Annual CMA Awards (ABC)
LeAnn Rimes and Joss Stone - "Tell Me 'Bout It" from CMT CROSSROADS (CMT)
Miranda Lambert and Jack Ingram - "Gunpowder & Lead" from CMT CROSS COUNTRY (CMT)
Sugarland - "Stay" from the 2007 CMT MUSIC AWARDS (CMT)
Tim McGraw - "If You're Reading This" from the 42nd ACM Awards (CBS)

Supporting Character of the Year

Christian Kane for Carrie Underwood's "So Small"
Drea de Matteo for Shooter Jenning's "Walk of Life"
James Denton for Dale Watson's "Justice For All"
Jason Alexander for Brad Paisley's "Online"
Maureen McCormick for Brad Paisley's "Online"
Rodney Carrington for Trace Adkins' "I Got My Game On"
Tyler Hilton for Taylor Swift's "Teardrops On My Guitar"
William Shatner for Brad Paisley's "Online"

Wide Open Country Video of the Year

Alison Krauss and Robert Plant - "Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On)"
Billy Joe Shaver - "Get Thee Behind Me Satan"
Dwight Yoakam - "Close Up the Honky Tonks"
The Eagles - "How Long"
Jack Ingram - "Measure of a Man"
Old Crow Medicine Show - "I Hear them All"
Shooter Jennings - "Walk of Life"
Willie Nelson - "Gravedigger"

Tearjerker Video of the Year

Big & Rich - "Lost In This Moment"
Billy Ray Cyrus - "Ready, Set, Don't Go"
Jason Meadows - "18 Video Tapes"
Kellie Pickler - "I Wonder"
Kenny Chesney - "Don't Blink"
Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson - "Because of You"
Sugarland - "Stay"
Tim McGraw feat. Faith Hill - "I Need You"

Comedy Video of the Year

Blake Shelton - "The More I Drink"
Brad Paisley - "Online"
Dale Watson - "Hollywood Hillbilly"
Luke Bryan - "All My Friends Say"
Sarah Johns - "The One In the Middle"
Shooter Jennings - "Walk of Life"
Toby Keith - "High Maintenance Woman"
Trace Adkins - "I Got My Game On"

Video Director of the Year

Charles Mehling (award eligible videos include: Dierks Bentley's "Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go)" and Keith Urban's "I Told You So")

David McClister (award eligible videos include: LeAnn Rimes' "Nothin' Better To Do" and Jason Michael Carroll's "Livin' Our Love Song")

Deaton Flanigen (award eligible videos include: Big & Rich's "Lost in this Moment" and Martina McBride's "Anyway")

Michael Salomon (award eligible videos include: Toby Keith's "High Maintenance Woman" and Trace Adkins' "I Got my Game On")

Rocky Schenck (award eligible videos include: Alison Krauss and Robert Plant's "Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On)" and Sugarland's "Everyday America")

Roman White (award eligible videos include: Carrie Underwood's "So Small" and Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson's "Because of You")

Shaun Silva (award eligible videos include: Kenny Chesney's "Don't Blink" and Rascal Flatts' "Stand")

Trey Fanjoy (award eligible videos include: Bucky Covington's "A Different World" and Taylor Swift's "Our Song")