The nominees for the inaugural People’s Choice Country Awards are in! Morgan Wallen leads with 11 nods, followed by Luke Combs, with nine nominations, and Lainey Wilson who has seven. Each of them is nominated for the night’s highest honor, The People’s Artist of 2023, a category they share with Blake Shelton, Kane Brown, Kelsea Ballerini, Old Dominion and Zach Bryan.

All three are also nominated in The Song category (with both Wallen and Combs receiving multiple nods), The Social Star, and The Album (for Wallen’s One Thing At A Time, Combs’ Gettin’ Old and Wilson’s Bell Bottom Country),

Wallen and Combs also have nods in The Tour category, while Wallen and Wilson are both nominated in The Video category, with Wallen receiving two nods, for both “Thought You Should Know” and “You Proof,” and Wilson nominated for “wait in the truck” with HARDY, a song that also earned them nominations in The Song and The Collaboration categories as well.

Jelly Roll received multiple nods, including for The Male Artist, The Song and The Video, both for “Need A Favor,” The Collaboration (along with Wilson) for “Save Me,” The Album, for Whitsitt Chapel, and The New Artist.

Brown received six nods, also for The Male Artist, The Song, The Collaboration Song and The Music Video, for “Thank God,” all for his duet with his wife, Katelyn, and The Album, for Different Man.

Little Big Town will host the 2023 People’s Choice Country Awards. See a complete list of nominees below. The ceremony will air live from the Grand Ole Opry on Thursday, Sept. 28 at 8:00 PM ET on NBC and Peacock. Voting is open now at VotePCCA.com.

THE PEOPLE’S ARTIST OF 2023

1. Blake Shelton
2. Kane Brown
3. Kelsea Ballerini
4. Lainey Wilson
5. Luke Combs
6. Morgan Wallen
7. Old Dominion
8. Zach Bryan

THE MALE ARTIST OF 2023

1. Bailey Zimmerman
2. Blake Shelton
3. HARDY
4. Jelly Roll
5. Kane Brown
6. Luke Combs
7. Morgan Wallen
8. Zach Bryan

THE FEMALE ARTIST OF 2023

1. Ashley McBryde
2. Carly Pearce
3. Carrie Underwood
4. Elle King
5. Kelsea Ballerini
6. Lainey Wilson
7. Megan Moroney
8. Miranda Lambert

THE GROUP/DUO OF 2023

1. Brothers Osborne
2. Dan + Shay
3. Lady A
4. Little Big Town
5. Maddie & Tae
6. Old Dominion
7. Parmalee
8. The War and Treaty

THE NEW ARTIST OF 2023

1. Bailey Zimmerman
2. Corey Kent
3. ERNEST
4. Ingrid Andress
5. Jelly Roll
6. Megan Moroney
7. Priscilla Block
8. Zach Bryan

THE SOCIAL COUNTRY STAR OF 2023

1. Bailey Zimmerman
2. Blake Shelton
3. Carrie Underwood
4. Dolly Parton
5. Kelsea Ballerini
6. Luke Combs
7. Morgan Wallen
8. Shania Twain

THE SONG OF 2023

1. Fast Car – Luke Combs
Songwriter: Tracy Chapman

2. Last Night – Morgan Wallen
Songwriters: Ashley Gorley, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, John Byron, Ryan Vojtesak

3. Love You Anyway – Luke Combs
Songwriters: Dan Isbell, Luke Combs, Ray Fulcher

4. Need A Favor – Jelly Roll
Songwriters: Austin Nivarel, Jason DeFord/Jelly Roll, Joe Ragosta, Rob Ragosta

5. Tennessee Orange – Megan Moroney
Songwriters: Ben Williams, David Fanning, Megan Moroney, Paul Jenkins

6. Thank God – Kane Brown, Katelyn Brown
Songwriters: Christian Stalnecker, Jared Mullins, Jaxson Free, Josh Hoge, Kyle Fishman

7. Thinkin’ Bout Me – Morgan Wallen
Songwriters: Ashley Gorley, John Byron, Ryan Vojtesak, Taylor Phillips

8. wait in the truck – HARDY feat. Lainey Wilson
Songwriters: Hunter Phelps, Jordan Schmidt, Michael Hardy, Renee Blair

THE COLLABORATION SONG OF 2023

1. Beer With My Friends – Kenny Chesney & Old Dominion
Songwriters: Bryan Simpson, David Lee Murphy, Shy Carter

2. Cowgirls – Morgan Wallen feat. ERNEST
Songwriters: Ashley Gorley, Ernest Keith Smith, James Maddocks, Milan Modi, Rocky Block, Ryan
Vojtesak

3. red – HARDY feat. Morgan Wallen
Songwriters: Michael Hardy, Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip, Jacob Rice

4. Save Me – Jelly Roll with Lainey Wilson
Songwriters: David Ray, Jason DeFord/Jelly Roll

5. Thank God – Kane Brown, Katelyn Brown
Songwriters: Christian Stalnecker, Jared Mullins, Jaxson Free, Josh Hoge, Kyle Fishman

6. wait in the truck – HARDY feat. Lainey Wilson
Songwriters: Hunter Phelps, Jordan Schmidt, Michael Hardy, Renee Blair

7. We Don’t Fight Anymore – Carly Pearce, Chris Stapleton
Songwriters: Shane McAnally, Carly Pearce, Pete Good

8. You, Me, And Whiskey – Justin Moore, Priscilla Block
Songwriters: Brock Berryhill, Jessi Alexander, Cole Taylor

THE CROSSOVER SONG OF 2023

1. Dawns – Zach Bryan feat. Maggie Rogers
Songwriters: Maggie Rogers, Zachary Lane Bryan

2. Just Say I’m Sorry – P!nk, Chris Stapleton
Songwriters: Alecia Moore, Chris Stapleton

3. Life Goes On – Ed Sheeran feat. Luke Combs
Songwriter: Ed Sheeran

4. Seasons – Bebe Rexha, Dolly Parton
Songwriters: Bebe Rexha, Ido Zmishlany, Sarah Solovay

5. Texas – Jessie Murph feat. Maren Morris
Songwriters: Alex Niceforo, Amy Allen, Jessie Murph, Warren “Oak” Felder

6. That’s Not How This Works – Charlie Puth feat. Dan + Shay
Songwriters: Jordan Reynolds, Charlie Puth, Dan Smyers

7. UNHEALTHY – Anne-Marie feat. Shania Twain
Anne-Marie Nicholson, CASTLE, Connor McDonough, Riley McDonough

8. Wasted – Diplo feat. Kodak Black & Koe Wetzel
Songwriters: Bill K. Kapri, Richard Cook Mears IV, Ropyr Wetzel, Thomas Wesley Pentz

THE ALBUM OF 2023

1. Bell Bottom Country – Lainey Wilson

2. Different Man – Kane Brown

3. Gettin’ Old – Luke Combs

4. One Thing At A Time – Morgan Wallen

5. Religiously. The Album. – Bailey Zimmerman

6. Rolling Up The Welcome Mat – Kelsea Ballerini

7. the mockingbird & THE CROW – HARDY

8. Whitsitt Chapel – Jelly Roll

THE MUSIC VIDEO OF 2023

1. In Your Love – Tyler Childers
2. Need a Favor – Jelly Roll
3. Tennessee Orange – Megan Moroney
4. Thank God – Kane Brown, Katelyn Brown
5. Thought You Should Know – Morgan Wallen
6. wait in the truck – HARDY feat. Lainey Wilson
7. Where We Started – Thomas Rhett, Katy Perry
8. You Proof – Morgan Wallen

THE CONCERT TOUR OF 2023

1. Blake Shelton: Back to the Honky Tonk Tour
2. Carrie Underwood: Denim & Rhinestones Tour
3. Chris Stapleton’s All-American Road Show Tour
4. Kenny Chesney: I Go Back 2023 Tour
5. Luke Combs World Tour
6. Morgan Wallen: One Night At A Time World Tour
7. Shania Twain: Queen of Me Tour
8. Zach Bryan: The Burn, Burn, Burn Tour