By Maxim Mower
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The nominations for the 2023 iHeartRadio Radio Music Awards are in! Luke Combs and Morgan Wallen receive a number of nods, while Cody Johnson, Bailey Zimmerman, Kelsea Ballerini and Kenny Chesney also feature in this year's list of nominees.
Luke Combs and Morgan Wallen lead the way with nominations for Country Song of the Year and Country Artist of the Year, while Wallen also features in the category for Best Lyrics, for 2022's fiery heartbreak anthem, ‘Wasted On You’.
Luke Combs will be happy to see that his official photographer, David Bergman, has been nominated for the socially voted category of Favorite Tour Photographer.
Bailey Zimmerman and Cody Johnson both receive nominations for Best New Country Artist, while Zimmerman has also been nominated for Social Star Award, in recognition of the immense popularity that the Louisville native continues to enjoy on Tik Tok.
Carrie Underwood receives a slew of nominations, with the Denim & Rhinestones star being named in the categories for Country Artist of the Year, Favorite Tour Style and Favorite Residency.
Jordan Davis and Luke Bryan's wistful, philosophical collaboration, ‘Buy Dirt’, also picks up a couple of nominations for Country Song of the Year and Best Lyrics.
Another high-profile collaboration being recognised by iHeartRadio is Kelsea Ballerini and Kenny Chesney's nostalgic, Knoxville-inspired track, ‘half of my hometown’.
The nomination provides an added boost ahead of the duo heading out on the road for Chesney's I Go Back tour, which kicks off in March in Pennsylvania.
Country icons, Shania Twain and Sheryl Crow, receive nods for their respective documentaries, while Shania also picks up a nomination in the Favorite Residency category for her ‘Let's Go!’ Las Vegas shows.
Country music's contingent of nominees also includes Elle King, Miranda Lambert, Cole Swindell, Jason Aldean, Kane Brown, Elvie Shane and Priscilla Block.
For the full list of country nominees for the 2023 iHeartRadio Music Awards, see below:
Best Collaboration
Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home) – Elle King & Miranda Lambert
Cold Heart – Elton John & Dua Lipa
half of my hometown – Kelsea Ballerini ft. Kenny Chesney
I Like You (A Happier Song) – Post Malone ft. Doja Cat
INDUSTRY BABY – Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow
One Right Now – Post Malone & The Weeknd
Sweetest Pie – Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa
Unholy – Sam Smith & Kim Petras (WINNER)
WAIT FOR U – Future ft. Drake & Tems
You Right – Doja Cat ft. The Weeknd
Country Song of the Year
Buy Dirt - Jordan Davis ft. Luke Bryan
half of my hometown - Kelsea Ballerini ft. Kenny Chesney
She Had Me At Heads Carolina - Cole Swindell (WINNER)
The Kind Of Love We Make - Luke Combs
Wasted On You - Morgan Wallen
Country Artist of the Year
Carrie Underwood
Jason Aldean
Kane Brown
Luke Combs
Morgan Wallen (WINNER)
Best New Country Artist
Bailey Zimmerman
Cody Johnson (WINNER)
Elle King
Elvie Shane
Priscilla Block
Best Lyrics
About Damn Time - Lizzo
abcdefu - GAYLE
Anti-Hero - Taylor Swift (WINNER)
Buy Dirt - Jordan Davis ft. Luke Bryan
Glimpse Of Us - Joji
Lift Me Up - Rihanna
N95 - Kendrick Lamar
pushin P - Gunna ft. Future, Young Thug
Super Freaky Girl - Nicki Minaj
Wasted On You - Morgan Wallen
We Don't Talk About Bruno - Lin-Manuel Miranda & The Cast of Encanto
Social Star Award
Bailey Zimmerman
Charli D'Amelio
Em Beihold
GAYLE
GloRilla
JVKE (WINNER)
Lauren Spencer-Smith
Yung Gravy
Favorite Tour Photographer
Bad Bunny – SIEMPRERIC
Demi Lovato – Angelo Kritikos
Dua Lipa – Elizabeth Miranda
Halsey – Yasi
Harry Styles – Lloyd Wakefield (WINNER)
Louis Tomlinson – Joshua Halling
Luke Combs – David Bergman
Machine Gun Kelly – Sam Cahill
Olivia Rodrigo – DONSLENS
Post Malone – Adam DeGross
twenty one pilots – Ashley Osborn
YUNGBLUD – Tom Pallant
Favorite Documentary
Halftime - Jennifer Lopez
Life in Pink - Machine Gun Kelly
Love, Lizzo - Lizzo
Niall Horan’s Homecoming: The Road to Mullingar with Lewis Capaldi - Niall Horan & Lewis Capaldi
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me - Selena Gomez (WINNER)
Shania Twain: Not Just a Girl - Shania Twain
Sheryl - Sheryl Crow
Untrapped: The Story of Lil Baby - Lil Baby
Favorite Tour Style
Bad Bunny
Carrie Underwood
Dua Lipa
Elton John
Harry Styles (WINNER)
Lady Gaga
Lil Nas X
Lizzo
Machine Gun Kelly
Olivia Rodrigo
Rosalía
The Weeknd
Favorite Residency
An Evening with Silk Sonic - Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, Silk Sonic
Enigma + Jazz & Piano - Lady Gaga
Let's Go! - Shania Twain
Love In Las Vegas - John Legend
Love On Tour - Harry Styles (WINNER)
Play - Katy Perry
REFLECTION: The Las Vegas Residency - Carrie Underwood
Usher: My Way - The Last Vegas Residency - Usher
Weekends with Adele - Adele
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