Country women lift each other up at CMT Artists of the Year

This one's for the girls, during a night when CMT honored all female stars, from Loretta Lynn to Carrie Underwood and Kelsea Ballerini, at their annual Artists of the Year show in an empowering night of lifting up each other.|
KRISTIN M. HALL
ASSOCIATED PRESS

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - This one's for the girls, during a night when CMT honored all female stars, from Loretta Lynn to Carrie Underwood and Kelsea Ballerini, at their annual Artists of the Year show in an empowering night of lifting up each other.

Although female artists still struggle to get airplay, the women saluted each other for breaking through the barriers in the industry on Wednesday night in Nashville, Tennessee.

Underwood ended the show with a medley of iconic songs from Tammy Wynette's “Stand By Your Man” to Shania Twain's “Man! I Feel Like A Woman!” supported by two all-female groups Runaway June and Maddie and Tae.

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