2024 People's Choice Country Awards

Date

September 26, 2024

Location

Grand Ole Opry, Nashville, Tennessee

Hosted by

Shania Twain

Most nominations

Zach Bryan (19)

Television/radio coverage

Network

NBC, Peacock

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People's Choice Country Awards

The 2024 People's Choice Country Awards, the second ceremony, is set to be held on Thurday, September 26, 2024 at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee.^[1] It will be hosted by country pop star, Shania Twain.^[2] The ceremony will be broadcast live on NBC and was made available to stream on Peacock.^[3]Zach Bryan leads the nominations with nineteen nods, followed by Beyoncé with seventeen, and Kacey Musgraves with fifteen.^[4]

The People's Choice Country Awards recognize "the biggest and best that country music has to offer" chosen entirely by the fans across various categories. Several honorary awards will also be bestowed during the awards ceremony.^[5]

Background

Miranda Lambert, who will received the *Country Icon* award.

Following the 2023 ceremony NBCUniversal announced the ceremony would return for a second ceremony the following year.^[6]^[7] Voting begins Wednesday, August 14.^[8]The ceremony added six more categories for Female Song, Male Song, Group/Duo Song, Cover Song, New Artist Song and Storyteller Song.^[9]

On August 22, Miranda Lambert was announced as the recipient of the Country Icon Award, "We're so excited to celebrate her career, fierce individualism and innovation in the industry with the Country Icon Award," said NBCUniversal.^[10]

On September 6, Kane Brown was announced as the recipient of the Country Champion Award.^[11]

Nominees

The nominees were annunced on August 14, 2024.^[12]

The People’s Artist of 2024	The Album of 2024
Beyoncé Jelly Roll Kacey Musgraves Kane Brown Lainey Wilson Luke Combs Morgan Wallen Zach Bryan	Cowboy Carter — Beyoncé Deeper Well — Kacey Musgraves Fathers & Sons — Luke Combs Higher — Chris Stapleton Highway Desperado — Jason Aldean Leather — Cody Johnson Where I've Been, Isn't Where I'm Going — Shaboozey Zach Bryan — Zach Bryan
The Female Artist of 2024	The Male Artist of 2024
Beyoncé Carly Pearce Dolly Parton Kacey Musgraves Kelsea Ballerini Lainey Wilson Megan Moroney Miranda Lambert	Bailey Zimmerman Chris Stapleton Cody Johnson Jelly Roll Kane Brown Luke Combs Morgan Wallen Zach Bryan
The Group/Duo of 2024	The New Artist of 2024
Brothers Osborne Dan + Shay Old Dominion Ole 60 The Red Clay Strays The War and Treaty Tigirlily Gold Zac Brown Band	Chase Matthew Chayce Beckham Dasha Koe Wetzel Nate Smith Shaboozey Tucker Wetmore Warren Zeiders
The Song of 2024	The Female Song of 2024
“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” — Shaboozey; Collins Obinna Chibueze, Jerrel Jones, Joe Kent, Mark Williams, Nevin Sastry, Sean Cook “Austin (Boots Stop Workin')” — Dasha; Adam Wendler, Anna Dasha Novotny, Cheyenne Rose Arnspiger, Kenneth Travis Heidelman “I Had Some Help” — Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen; Ashley Gorley, Austin Post, Chandler Paul Walters, Ernest Smith, Hoskins, Louis Bell, Morgan Wallen, Ryan Vojtesak “I Remember Everything” — Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves; Kacey Musgraves, Zach Bryan “Miles on It” — Marshmello and Kane Brown; CASTLE, Connor McDonough, Earwulf, Jake Torrey, Kane Brown, Marshmello, Nick Gale, Riley McDonough “Pink Skies” — Zach Bryan; Zach Bryan “Texas Hold 'Em” — Beyoncé; Beyoncé, Brian Bates, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro, Raphael Saadiq “Wild Ones” — Jessie Murph feat. Jelly Roll; Feli Ferraro, Gregory Aldae Hein, Jason Deford, Jeff Gitelman, Jessie Murph	“16 Carriages” — Beyoncé “Austin (Boots Stop Workin')” — Dasha “Deeper Well” — Kacey Musgraves “Hang Tight Honey” — Lainey Wilson “Hummingbird” — Carly Pearce “No Caller ID” — Megan Moroney “Texas Hold 'Em” — Beyoncé “Wranglers” — Miranda Lambert
The Male Song of 2024	The Group/Duo Song of 2024
“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” — Shaboozey “Ain't No Love in Oklahoma” (From Twisters: The Album) — Luke Combs “Bulletproof” — Nate Smith “Dirt Cheap” — Cody Johnson “I Can Feel It” — Kane Brown “Let Your Boys Be Country” — Jason Aldean “Pink Skies” — Zach Bryan “Take Her Home” — Kenny Chesney	“Break Mine” — Brothers Osborne “Different About You” — Old Dominion “For the Both of Us” — Dan + Shay “I Tried a Ring On” — Tigirlily Gold “Love You Back” — Lady A “smoke & a light” — Ole 60 “Tie Up” — Zac Brown Band “Wanna Be Loved” — The Red Clay Strays
The Collaboration Song of 2024	The Cover Song of 2024
“Blackbiird” — Beyoncé, Brittney Spencer, Tanner Adell, Tiera Kennedy and Reyna Roberts “Can't Break Up Now” — Old Dominion and Megan Moroney “Chevrolet” — Dustin Lynch feat. Jelly Roll “Hey Driver” — Zach Bryan feat. The War and Treaty “I Remember Everything” — Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves “Mamaw's House” — Thomas Rhett feat. Morgan Wallen “The One (Pero No Como Yo)” — Carín León and Kane Brown “You Look Like You Love Me” — Ella Langley feat. Riley Green	“Blackbiird” — Beyoncé, Brittney Spencer, Tanner Adell, Tiera Kennedy and Reyna Roberts “Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly Fond of Each Other” — Orville Peck and Willie Nelson “Dancing with Myself” — Maren Morris “Jolene” — Beyoncé “Perfectly Lonely” — Parker McCollum “Sun to Me” — mgk “Take Me Home, Country Roads” — Lana Del Rey “Three Little Birds” (Bob Marley: One Love (Music Inspired by the Film)) — Kacey Musgraves
The Crossover Song of 2024	The New Artist Song of 2024
"Better Days" — Zach Bryan feat. John Mayer “Cowboys Cry Too” — Kelsea Ballerini feat. Noah Kahan “I Had Some Help” — Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen “II Most Wanted” — Beyoncé and Miley Cyrus “Lonely Road” — MGK feat. Jelly Roll “Midnight Ride” — Kylie Minogue, Orville Peck and Diplo “Miles on It” — Marshmello and Kane Brown “My Fault” — Shaboozey feat. Noah Cyrus	“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” — Shaboozey “Austin (Boots Stop Workin')” — Dasha “Betrayal” — Warren Zeiders “Bulletproof” — Nate Smith “Devil You Know” — Tyler Braden “Sweet Dreams” — Koe Wetzel “Tennessee Don’t Mind” — Kameron Marlowe “Wind Up Missin' You” — Tucker Wetmore
The Storyteller Song of 2024	The Music Video of 2024
“16 Carriages” — Beyoncé “Deeper Well” — Kacey Musgraves “Dirt Cheap” — Cody Johnson “Pink Skies” — Zach Bryan “Sorry Mom” — Kelsea Ballerini “The Little Things” — George Strait “The Man He Sees in Me” — Luke Combs “Too Good to be True” — Kacey Musgraves	“Ain't No Love in Oklahoma” (From Twisters: The Album) — Luke Combs “Austin (Boots Stop Workin')” — Dasha “Deeper Well” — Kacey Musgraves “I Had Some Help” — Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen “Let It Burn” — Shaboozey “Lonely Road” — MGK feat. Jelly Roll “Miles on It” — Marshmello and Kane Brown “Pour Me a Drink” — Post Malone feat. Blake Shelton
The Concert Tour of 2024	The Social Country Star of 2024
George Strait, Stadium Tour Kenny Chesney, Sun Goes Down Tour Jason Aldean, Highway Desperado Tour Luke Combs, Growin' Up and Gettin' Old Tour Morgan Wallen, One Night at a Time 2024 Shania Twain, Come On Over - All The Hits Tim McGraw, Standing Room Only Tour '24 Zach Bryan, The Quittin Time 2024 Tour	Bailey Zimmerman Beyoncé Dolly Parton Jelly Roll Kelsea Ballerini Luke Combs Morgan Wallen Reba McEntire

Special Awards

Country Icon Award	Country Champion Award
Miranda Lambert	Kane Brown

Artists with multiple nominations
Nominations	Artist
12	Beyoncé
11	Zach Bryan
10	Kacey Musgraves
8	Kane Brown
	Luke Combs
	Morgan Wallen
7	Jelly Roll
7	Shaboozey
5	Dasha
4	Kelsea Ballerini
	Cody Johnson
	Post Malone
3	Jason Aldean
	Marshmello
	Miranda Lambert
	Megan Moroney
	Old Dominion
	Nate Smith
	Lainey Wilson
2	Tanner Adell
	Brothers Osborne
	Kenny Chesney
	Dan + Shay
	Tiera Kennedy
	MGK
	Ole 60
	Orville Peck
	The Red Clay Strays
	Reyna Roberts
	Brittney Spencer
	George Strait
	Tigirlily Gold
	The War and Treaty
	Tucker Wetmore
	Koe Wetzel
	Zac Brown Band
	Warren Zeiders

References

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