People's Choice Country Awards 2023: Date, Nominees, Voting & Tickets

The first ever People's Choice Country Awards is set to take place on September 28, 2023 at the Opry, House in Nashville, Tenessee, with the genre's brightest array of stars due to descend on the iconic venue to battle it out for a plethora of coveted accolades.

The People's Choice Country Awards is setting itself apart from its competitors with a few exciting, left-field categories, such as ‘The Social Country Star of 2023’ and ‘The Crossover Song of 2023’.

The debut instalment will be hosted by Little Big Town, who have also been confirmed as one of the evening's performers, with more set to be revealed in the coming weeks. In addition, Toby Keith has already been announced as the recipient of the 2023 Country Icon award, which will be presented by Blake Shelton.

Also set to perform on September 28 is HARDY, Jelly Roll, Kelsea Ballerini, Carly Pearce, Dan + Shay and Kane Brown. They'll be joined by Toby Keith, Wynonna Judd and Blake Shelton.

The full roster of 2023 nominees are now in, with the People's Choice Country Awards candidates not raising too many eyebrows. Unsurprisingly, following the record-breaking success of his new album, One Thing At A Time, and one of its lead singles, ‘Last Night’, Morgan Wallen is the leading nominee with 11 nods, while Wallen's current Billboard Hot 100 rival, Luke Combs, follows with eight nominations.

Lainey Wilson earns the status of being the female artist with the most nominations, with the ‘Watermelon Moonshine’ songsmith having received seven nods this year.

Zach Bryan has notched a handful of nominations, with the ‘Something in the Orange’ hitmaker up for Concert Tour of 2023, Crossover Song of 2023, People's Artist of 2023, Male Artist of 2023 and New Artist of 2023. It'll be interesting to see whether Zach attends in September, with the Oklahoma prodigy having a somewhat hot-and-cold relationship with country music awards shows.

Tyler Childers’ heartbreaking video for his new single, ‘In Your Love’, is up for Music Video of 2023, despite the fact that it was only released towards the end of July.

This unquestionably gives the People's Choice Country Awards an additional sense of relevancy, facilitated by the fact that the eligibility period stretched from August 12, 2022 to August 11, 2023.

For the full list of People's Choice Country Awards 2023 Nominees, see below:

The Song of 2023

• Luke Combs - ‘Fast Car’
• Morgan Wallen - ‘Last Night’
• Luke Combs - ‘Love You Anyway’
• Jelly Roll - ‘Need A Favor’
• Megan Moroney - ‘Tennessee Orange’
• Kane Brown & Katelyn Brown - ‘Thank God’
• Morgan Wallen - ‘Thinkin’ Bout Me’
• HARDY & Lainey Wilson - ‘wait in the truck’

The Collaboration Song of 2023

• Kenny Chesney & Old Dominion - ‘Beer With My Friends’
• Morgan Wallen & Ernest - ‘Cowgirls’
• HARDY & Morgan Wallen - ‘red’
• Jelly Roll & Lainey Wilson - ‘Save Me’
• Kane Brown & Katelyn Brown - ‘Thank God’
• HARDY & Lainey Wilson - ‘wait in the truck’
• Carly Pearce & Chris Stapleton - ‘We Don't Fight Anymore’
• Justin Moore & Priscilla Block - ‘You, Me, and Whiskey’

The Crossover Song of 2023

• Zach Bryan & Maggie Rogers - ‘Dawns’
• P!nk & Chris Stapleton - ‘Just Say I'm Sorry’
• Ed Sheeran & Luke Combs - ‘Life Goes On’
• Bebe Rexha & Dolly Parton - ‘Seasons’
• Jessie Murph & Maren Morris - ‘Texas’
• Charlie Puth & Dan + Shay - ‘That's Not How This Works’
• Anne-Marie & Shania Twain - ‘Unhealthy’
• Diplo, Kodak Black & Koe Wetzel - ‘Wasted’

The Album of 2023

• Lainey Wilson - ‘Bell Bottom Country’
• Kane Brown - ‘Different Man’
• Luke Combs - ‘Gettin’ Old’
• Morgan Wallen - ‘One Thing At A Time’
• Bailey Zimmerman - ‘Religiously. The Album.’
• Kelsea Ballerini - ‘Rolling Up The Welcome Mat’
• HARDY - ‘the mockingbird & THE CROW’
• Jelly Roll - ‘Whitsitt Chapel’

The Music Video of 2023

• Tyler Childers - ‘In Your Love’
• Jelly Roll - ‘Need A Favor’
• Megan Moroney - ‘Tennessee Orange’
• Kane Brown & Katelyn Brown - ‘Thank God’
• Morgan Wallen - ‘Thought You Should Know’
• HARDY & Lainey Wilson - ‘wait in the truck’
• Thomas Rhett & Katy Perry - ‘Where We Started’
• Morgan Wallen - ‘You Proof’

The Concert Tour of 2023

• Blake Shelton - ‘Back to the Honky Tonk Tour’
• Carrie Underwood - ‘Denim & Rhinestones Tour’
• Chris Stapleton - ‘All American Roadshow Tour’
• Kenny Chesney - ‘I Go Back 2023 Tour’
• Luke Combs - ‘Luke Combs World Tour’
• Morgan Wallen - ‘One Night At A Time World Tour’
• Shania Twain - ‘Queen Of Me Tour’
• Zach Bryan - ‘The Burn, Burn, Burn Tour’

The People's Artist of 2023

• Blake Shelton
• Kane Brown
• Kelsea Ballerini
• Lainey Wilson
• Luke Combs
• Morgan Wallen
• Old Dominion
• Zach Bryan

The Male Artist of 2023

• Bailey Zimmerman
• Blake Shelton
• HARDY
• Jelly Roll
• Kane Brown
• Luke Combs
• Morgan Wallen
• Zach Bryan

The Female Artist of 2023

• Ashley McBryde
• Carly Pearce
• Carrie Underwood
• Elle King
• Kelsea Ballerini
• Lainey Wilson
• Megan Moroney
• Miranda Lambert

The New Artist of the Year

• Bailey Zimmerman
• Corey Kent
• Ernest
• Ingrid Andress
• Jelly Roll
• Megan Moroney
• Priscilla Block
• Zach Bryan

The Social Country Star of 2023

• Bailey Zimmerman
• Blake Shelton
• Carrie Underwood
• Dolly Parton
• Kelsea Ballerini
• Luke Combs
• Morgan Wallen
• Shania Twain

The Group/Duo of 2023

• Brothers Osborne
• Dan + Shay
• Lady A
• Little Big Town
• Maddie & Tae
• Old Dominion
• Parmalee
• The War and Treaty

You can vote for your favourites in the People's Choice Country Awards 2023 until Friday, August 25 (11:59pm ET) here.