Sam Hunt took home his first award during Wednesday night’s CMT Music Awards for Breakthrough Video of the Year for “Leave the Night On.” He tells Entertainment Tonight that it’s his year of firsts for everything. “I said out there that a couple of years ago, I was standing in the pit there watching this awards show, so it was wild just to be a few feet away from where I stood and watched this show a couple of years ago and accept this award.”

Sam is climbing the country charts with latest single, “House Party,” which is the third single from his debut album, Montevallo.

The Georgia native is currently on the road with Lady Antebellum‘s Wheels Up 2015 Tour.