The 2024 People's Choice Country Awards, the second ceremony, was held on Thursday, September 26, 2024 at the
Grand Ole Opry
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in
Nashville, Tennessee
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. It was hosted by country pop star
Shania Twain
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. The ceremony was broadcast live on NBC and was made available to stream on
Peacock
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.
Zach Bryan
Zachary Lane Bryan (born April 2, 1996) is an American country singer-songwriter and rock musician from Oologah, Oklahoma. After two self-produced studio albums—''DeAnn'' (2019) and '' Elisabeth'' (2020)—he signed with Warner Records to ...
led the nominations with nineteen nods, followed by
Beyoncé
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with seventeen, and
Kacey Musgraves
Kacey Lee Musgraves (born August 21, 1988) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. She began her career in the early 2000s, when she self-released three solo albums and recorded another album as a member of the duo Texas Two Bits. In 20 ...
with fifteen.
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.
Background

Following the 2023 ceremony NBCUniversal announced the ceremony would return for a second ceremony the following year. Voting begins Wednesday, August 14. The ceremony added six more categories for Female Song, Male Song, Group/Duo Song, Cover Song, New Artist Song and Storyteller Song.
On August 22,
Miranda Lambert
Miranda Leigh Lambert (born November 10, 1983) is an American country music, country singer. Born in Longview, Texas, she started out in early 2001 when she released her self-titled debut album independently. In 2003, she finished in third place ...
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.
On September 6,
Kane Brown
Kane Allen Brown (born October 21, 1993) is an American country music singer and songwriter. First garnering a mass following on social media, he released his debut extended play (EP) ''Closer (Kane Brown EP), Closer'' in June 2015, and followe ...
was announced as the recipient of the Country Champion Award.
Nominees
The nominees were announced on August 14, 2024 and the winners are listed in bold.
Special Awards
Nominations and Wins
References
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