Nominations for the 2012 CMT Music Awards were announced today and Jimmy Buffett and the Zac Brown Band earned a nod in Collaborative Video of the Year for their “Knee Deep” music video.

The CMT Music Awards are fan voted, so go Vote Now!

Here’s the other nominees in the category:

• Kenny Chesney with Grace Potter – “You and Tequila”
• Brad Paisley with Carrie Underwood – “Remind Me”
• Rascal Flatts with Natasha Bedingfield – “Easy”
• Lionel Richie With Shania Twain – “Endless Love”
• Taylor Swift with The Civil Wars – “Safe and Sound”

The CMT Music Awards will be held June 6th at 8/7c.

Jimmy and the Zac Brown Band won a CMT Music Award last year for their performance of “Margaritaville” on CMT Crossroads. Can they win again this year? Go vote!

Watch the “Knee Deep” video:

Jimmy Buffett was in New York City on Thursday night where he performed at the Child Mind Institute charity gala, hosted by Matt Lauer, and received the 2011 Child Advocacy Award with his wife Jane.

In a video message Amy Poehler and Will Arnett toasted the Buffetts, who were receiving the Child Advocacy Award, saying they’d personally give them an award for “the best fake Southern accents for real New Yorkers, the best collection of flip flops for a CEO,” and for being “the coolest rich people on the planet.” Getting slightly more serious, they noted that “wealth is measured by kindness and generosity,” and on that score the Buffetts richly deserve the evening’s honor.

More from the Wall Street Journal:

The event helped raise over $5 million for the Child Mind Institute, which helps children with mental-health issues.

Every now and again, guests wonder how a boldfaced name got set up with a certain institution, but that wasn’t that case here. Mr. Buffett, whose hits include “Margaritaville” and “Cheeseburger in Paradise,” seems to have an incredibly pleasant emotional interior and very sound mental health. Also, he’s friends with Harold S. Koplewicz, the institute’s president.

“I’ve never had a stress-related problem the beach couldn’t solve,” Mr. Buffett said, true to form.

New York City residents in particular, he has noticed, seem sort of stressed-out a lot. “They need to remember they’re on an island,” the singer said. “There are beautiful beaches just over the bridge.”

For the fourth year in a row singer/songwriter and Coral Reefer Band member Mac McAnally has won CMA Musician of the Year. The award was announced before the live airing of the 45th annual CMA Awards on Wednesday night.

Mac beat out Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Paul Franklin, and Dann Huff.

Be sure to pick up Mac’s new live album, Live in Muscle Shoals. Get it here.

Congratulations Mac!

Jimmy Buffett’s Gulf Coast concert that was broadcast live on CMT is up for a VH1 Do Something Award.

The Do Somethings honor charitable events and causes in several categories, including concerts, comedians, cities, movie stars, and festivals.

In the Concerts category, Buffett is nominated along with the following events:

• Kokua For Japan Benefit Concert – Jack Johnson & Willie Nelson
• Taylor Swift’s Speak Now Tour to Benefit Tornado Victims
• Music Builds: The CMT Disaster Relief Concert – Various Country Artists
• Oklahoma Tornado Relief Concert – Blake Shelton & Reba

VOTE NOW for Jimmy!

The awards show, hosted by Jane Lynch, will air Thursday, August 18th at 9/8c on VH1.

The CMT Music Awards were held Wednesday night in Nashville and Jimmy Buffett won the one award that he was nominated for: CMT Performance of the Year.

Buffett and the Zac Brown Band were nominated for their CMT Crossroads episode performance of “Margaritaville.”

Congrats Jimmy and Zac Brown Band!

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