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Why Kelsea Ballerini's 2024 CMT Awards Performance Was Pre-Recorded


Kelsea Ballerini is nominated at the 2024 CMT Awards, and will also host and perform during the Sunday, April 7, ceremony

The number occurred weeks after Tennessee legislators — who govern Ballerini’s home state — introduced a bill that would ban public “adult cabaret performances” in front of children. The “I Quit Drinking” singer, 29, looked fabulous in multiple outfits at the Country Music Television Awards, which took place on Sunday, April 2, at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas. “As LGBTQ rights are being questioned in Texas, Tennessee, and several Southern states, Kelsea Ballerini took to one of country music’s biggest stages to display bold allyship by proudly featuring talented and beloved drag artists,” Anthony Allen Ramos, who is the Vice President of Communications & Talent for the nonprofit, said in a statement.

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