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CMT named Carrie Underwood, Chris Stapleton, Florida Georgia Line, Luke Bryan and Thomas Rhett as the premiere country artists of 2016 to be celebrated at the seventh-annual “CMT ARTISTS OF THE YEAR” special, premiering from Nashville’s Schermerhorn Symphony Center on Thursday, October 20 at 9pm ET/PT.