Carrie Underwood Makes CMT Awards History The “Before He Cheats” singer is now the most decorated artist in the history of the CMT Awards after she took home Female Video of the Year. Carrie took home her 18th win for her collaboration with Ludacris on “The Champion,” which served as the opening theme for televised broadcast of Super Bowl LII. First and foremost, thank you God from all of us who are lucky enough to sit over here and do what we get to do. Thank you to the fans. Thank you, Ludacris, for wanting to inspire. It took a whole team of people to put all of this together. Tweet Underwood hit the red carpet with her husband Mike Fisher for the first time since taking time off after an accident that left scars on her face. Blake Shelton took home Video of the Year and Male Video of the Year.