Jason Aldean and Dasha to Perform, Jelly Roll and More Stars to Present at 2024 CMT Music Awards

Carly Pearce, Gayle King, Melissa Etheridge and more celebrities will serve as presenters for the annual country music awards show on Sunday

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The 2024 CMT Music Awards is shaping up to be quite the star-studded event.

On Wednesday, April 3, Jason Aldean and Dasha were revealed as performers for the upcoming annual country music awards show, while stars including Jelly Roll, Carly Pearce, Gayle King, Melissa Etheridge and more will serve as presenters.

Additional celebrities set to present at this year's iHeartRadio Music Awards include Amber Riley, Billy Bob Thornton, Cody Alan, Cody Johnson, Emily Osment, Emma Roberts, Megan Moroney, Mickey Guyton, Minnie Driver, Montana Jordan, Parmalee and Paul Walter Hauser.

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Carly Pearce; Emma Roberts; Gayle King.

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The ceremony will air live from the Moody Center in Austin, Texas, on April 7 at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and stream on Paramount+. Returning as the show's host is Kelsea Ballerini, though this year marks her first time taking the job on solo.

"It's definitely new grounds for me. But it's my fourth year hosting, so I feel like I've learned a lot," she told PEOPLE in a recent interview ahead of the 2024 CMT Awards, where she'll also perform. "And the good thing about CMTs is there's such a light energy, so there's not a pressure that I feel to be perfect. I just want to be fun, honor the night and help people have a good time."

Other musicians performing at the awards show include Johnson, Jelly Roll, Moroney, Bailey Zimmerman, Keith Urban, Lainey Wilson, Little Big Town + Sugarland, NEEDTOBREATHE + Jordan Davis, Sam Hunt, Old Dominion featuring Moroney and Parker McCollum featuring Brittney Spencer.

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Trisha Yearwood.

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Trisha Yearwood will also deliver a performance of her new single "Put It in a Song" and receive the first-ever June Carter Cash Humanitarian Award during the show, PEOPLE exclusively revealed last month.

Nominations for the 2024 CMT Music Awards were announced last month, with Johnson, Jelly Roll, Ballerini, Wilson and Moroney leading with three each.

First-time nominees include Riley, Ashley Cooke, Bret Michaels, Chayce Beckham, Hozier, Koe Wetzel, Stephen Wilson Jr., Tyler Childers, Warren Zeiders and Zach Bryan.

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Cody Johnson, Jelly Roll, Kelsea Ballerini and Lainey Wilson.

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The final six nominees for video of the year, the night's most coveted award, are Ashley McBryde's "Light on in the Kitchen," Johnson's "The Painter," HARDY's "Truck Bed," Jelly Roll's "Need a Favor," Ballerini's "If You Go Down (I'm Goin' Down Too)" and Wilson's "Watermelon Sunshine."

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