When the award winner was named for the 2010 CMT Music Awards Collaborative Video of the Year, it was a first time winner in this category for Hillbilly Bone performers Blake Shelton and Trace Adkins. The collaborative video award is given to the best video featuring a collaborative appearance by artists. Along with all of the other CMT Music awards, the selection of the winner for this award is made by fan vote. Fans voted for a preliminary list of nominees and the tallying of votes resulted in the final nominees being selected. Final nominees were named on May 11, 2010 and read by Laura Bell Bundy and CMT Top 20 Countdown Host Evan Farmer. http://blog.cmt.com/2010-05-11/2010-cmt-music-award-final-nominees-revealed/

The 2010 CMT Music Award winners were named on June 9, 2010 at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. Kid Rock hosted the event where winners were given Belt Buckle Trophies presented by country music stars. Voting took place through June 8 via CMT.com. For the category of Video of the Year, the voting continued through the show with the finalist being announced at the beginning of the event. Performances by country music stars were intermingled with the awards presentations. Performers for the evening included Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Toby Keith, and others. http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1638072/kid-rock-will-host-2010-cmt-music-awards.jhtml

Winner - "Hillbilly Bone" by Blake Shelton and Trace Adkins

The four nominees for the Collaborative Video of the Year include: http://www.cmt.com/cmt-music-awards/nominees.jhtml

• "Best Days of Your Life" by Kellie Pickler and Taylor Swift
• "Heaven" by Jason Aldean and Bryan Adams
• "Hillbilly Bone" by Blake Shelton and Trace Adkins
• "I'm Alive" by Kenny Chesney and Dave Matthews

Other collaborative videos were included in the initial voting which took place between April 5 and May 3 with the final nominees being named on May 11. The preliminary video nominees who did not progress to the final vote included:http://www.americansongwriter.com/2010/04/2010-cmt-awards-puts-fans-in-control

"Honky Tonk Stomp" by Brooks & Dunn featuring Billy Gibbons "Somewhere Between Jennings and Jones" by Jamey Johnson and Shooter Jennings "A Ride Back Home" by John Mellencamp featuring Karen Fairchild "Love Shack" Sugarland featuring The B-52s

This CMT Music Award category has not named a winner in all years. It has been an established category since 2002 when Willie Nelson and Lee Ann Womack won the first award for their video "Mendocino County Line". Nelson repeated on the win list for this category again in 2004 with "Beer For My Horses". Bon Jovi and Brad Paisley are both named winners in this award category on two different occasions also. The history of winners for the Collaborative Video of the Year include: http://www.cmt.com/microsites/cmt-music-awards/archives/

• 2002: Willie Nelson and Lee Ann Womack for "Mendocino County Line"
• 2003: No Award
• 2004: Toby Keith and Willie Nelson for "Beer For My Horses"
• 2005: Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss for "Whiskey Lullaby"
• 2006: Bon Jovi and Jennifer Nettles for "Who Says You Can't Go Home"
• 2007: No Award
• 2008: Bon Jovi and LeAnn Rimes for "Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore"
• 2009: Brad Paisley and Keith Urban for "Start a Band"