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The nominees for the 2012 CMT Music Awards were announced today, and Carrie Underwood leads the field with five.

Her latest video, “Good Girl,” has been nominated for both female video of the year and video of the year.

And the video for her “Remind Me” duet with Brad Paisley is up for video of the year and collaborative video of the year.

Carrie is one of four former Idol contestants to be nominated for CMT Awards.

Those awards will be given out in Nashville on June 6; the show will be televised on CMT.

And fans pick the winners by voting online at CMT.com between now and June 4. Head here for other ways to vote.

Right now, there are 10 video of the year nominees, the two involving Carrie plus …

• * “Dirt Road Anthem,” Jason Aldean
•  “You and Tequila,” Kenny Chesney and Grace Potter
•  “Red Solo Cup,” Toby Keith
•  “We Owned the Night,” Lady Antebellum
• * “Over You,” Miranda Lambert
• * “Easy,” Rascal Flatts with Natasha Bedingfield
• * “God Gave Me You,” Blake Shelton
• * “Safe and Sound,” Taylor Swift with the Civil War

The video of the year field will be narrowed to five by the night of the awards; fans will then be able to vote for their favorite.

Among the other Idol nominations …

• Female Video of the Year:  “Tough” by Kellie Pickler
• Breakthrough Video of the Year:  “The Trouble with Girls” by Scotty McCreery
• Breakthrough Video of the Year:  “Georgia Peaches” by Lauren Alaina
• CMT Performance of the Year:   “Just a Dream”/”Dream On” by Carrie Underwood and Steven Tyler

For a complete list of nominees, head here.