TheCMT Music Awardsdrew its largest audience ever Sunday night with 5.43 million viewers tuning in onCBS.
Thats up 5% from last year, when about 5.16M people watched the live telecast.
Final numbers will rise, withCBSprojecting a total viewership of 5.68M including Paramount+ livestreams.
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The episode drew 6.7M viewers, which is actually down 33% from the previous weeks audience.
Video of the Year was awarded toKane Brownand Katelyn Brown for Thank God.
The CMT Music Awards extended cut will air April 6 at 8 p.m. on CMT.
