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Sheryl Crow wears a sexy cutout dress on the purple carpet at the 2013 CMT Music Awards held at the Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday (June 5) in Nashville, Tenn.

“With Lisa Manning @MandMWSM backstage waiting for the #CMTawards to start,” the 51-year-old singer tweeted before the show.

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Lenny Kravitz also hit the red carpet at the show and met up with his pals Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman. He later opened up the show with a performance of “American Woman”.

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Taylor Swift shows off some leg while hitting the purple carpet at the 2013 CMT Music Awards held at the Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday (June 5) in Nashville, Tenn.

The 23-year-old singer looked great in an Elie Saab dress, Jimmy Choo shoes, and Neil Lane jewelry.

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Taylor is set to perform during the show and she is also nominated for two awards – Video of the Year for “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” and Female Video of the Year for “Begin Again”!

Kristen Bell walks the purple carpet at the 2013 CMT Music Awards held at the Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday (June 5) in Nashville, Tenn.

The 32-year-old actress returned to host the show for her second year in a row and was joined on the carpet that evening by her partner Dax Shepard.

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When the show opened, Kristen‘s first target in the audience was Taylor Swift, but her co-host Jason Aldean ended up only complimenting her!

The day before, Kristen hit the stage for rehearsals at the Bridgestone Arena.

FYI: Kristen is wearing a Zuhair Murad dress, Christian Louboutin heels, and Neil Lane jewels.

Nicole Kidman steps out to support her hubby Keith Urban on the purple carpet at the 2013 CMT Music Awards held at the Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday (June 5) in Nashville, Tenn.

The 45-year-old actress looked gorgeous in head-to-toe Dior with a Fred Leighton bracelet and some of her own jewelry.

During the pre-show, Keith said he will be performing twice during the show and that he will bring his family out on tour with him this year!

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Carrie Underwood hits the purple carpet at the 2013 CMT Music Awards held at the Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday (June 5) in Nashville, Tenn.

The 30-year-old country singer was joined at the show by her hubby Mike Fisher.

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Carrie is set to perform during the show tonight and is also nominated for two awards – Video of the Year for “Blown Away” and Female Video of the Year for “Two Black Cadillacs”!

FYI: Carrie is wearing a Georges Chakra suit, Jimmy Choo shoes, a Swarkovski bag, and David Yurman jewels.

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Kellie Pickler hits the purple carpet at the 2013 CMT Music Awards held at the Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday (June 5) in Nashville, Tenn.

The 26-year-old Dancing with the Stars winner was joined at the show by nominees Jana Kramer and Kacey Musgraves.

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Jana and Kacey are both nominated in the Female Video of the Year and the USA Weekend Breakthrough Video of the Year categories.

FYI: Kellie is wearing Tacori jewelry. Jana is wearing a Pavoni by Mikael D. dress. Kacey is wearing a Gomez-Gracia dress and Kara Ackerman jewelry.

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Carrie Underwood shows off her smile while posing backstage at the 2013 CMT Music Awards following the final rehearsals on Wednesday afternoon (June 5) at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn.

The 30-year-old singer was joined backstage by The Voice season three winner Cassadee Pope, Keith Urban with show host Jason Aldean, Nelly, and Lady Antebellum musicians Dave Haywood and Charles Kelley.

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Earlier that day, Carrie released the music video for her latest single “See You Again”. Watch it here!

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