Nashville, Tenn. ? Keith Urban won Country Music Television Music Awards’ video of the year award Monday night for his hit “Days Go By,” while Gretchen Wilson won in the breakthrough and female video categories.

“The fans are a passionate lot, and I love that,” Urban said. “It’s pretty overwhelming when you get that kind of love back from people like I’ve been getting.”

Wilson won the breakthrough video award for her smash “Redneck Woman” and female video for “When I Think About Cheatin.”‘ Both are from her debut album “Here For the Party,” which has sold 4 million copies.

Kenny Chesney, dressed in a sleeveless blue T-shirt and jeans, opened the show with his hit “Keg in the Closet” and took a jab from host Jeff Foxworthy.

“Kenny Chesney will take his shirt off at the drop of a hat,” Foxworthy cracked. “I don’t blame him. If I was built like Kenny Chesney, I’d be up here in a thong right now.”

Chesney won best male video for “I Go Back.”

Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss won collaborative video of the year for their duet “Whiskey Lullaby”; Rascal Flatts won best group/duo video for “Feels Like Today”; and Toby Keith won hottest video for “Whiskey Girl.”

Tim McGraw won most inspiring video for “Live Like You Were Dying”; and actor/director Rick Schroder won best director for the “Whiskey Lullaby” video.

Several actors presented awards or appeared on the show, including Dennis Hopper, Jeff Daniels, Andie McDowell, Gina Gershon and Drea de Matteo.

Loretta Lynn, left, is presented with the Johnny Cash Visionary Award by Reba McEntire at the CMT Music Awards Monday in Nashville, Tenn.

McDowell gushed about sitting near country icon Loretta Lynn.

“I don’t want to bother her because I’m sure she gets bothered all of the time,” McDowell said. “I’m just enjoying sitting three people down from her.”

Lynn, who turns 70 this week, received CMT’s Johnny Cash Visionary Award and was honored by three generations of female country singers: Reba McEntire, Martina McBride and Gretchen Wilson.

“She was brutally honest and challenged the audience to think about the world a little bit differently,” McBride said of the woman who penned controversial songs such as “The Pill” in the 1970s.

Lynn cracked a few jokes with her presenters and said simply, “I want to thank you all and say how much I appreciate this award. I really do.”