Country Music Racks Up Teen Choice Award Nominations
As country music fans continue to grow across the nation, award shows are starting to recognize some of the top talent in the country music industry. Just yesterday, the Teen Choice Award nominations were announced.
Lil Nas X, country music’s most controversial new artist, singer of “Old Town Road,” leads the pack, alongside, rapper, Post Malone with five nominations. He receives nods in the following categories: Choice Male Artist, Choice Song: Male Artist and Choice R&B/Hip-Hop Song for “Old Town Road,” as well as, Choice Breakout Artist and Choice Collaboration for the “Old Town Road” remix with Billy Ray Cyrus. The latter category featured two country artists collaborations last year, including “Meant to Be” by Florida Georgia Line and Bebe Rexha, and Maren Morris’ song “The Middle” with Zedd and Grey.
Country singer-songwriter turned Pop megastar, Taylor Swift received three nominations, for Choice Female Artist, Choice Pop Song, Choice Song: Female Artist, both of which for her collaborative effort with Panic At the Disco’s Brendon Urie on “ME!”.
As far as straight country categories go, many of our favorite artists are nominated for Choice Country Song and Choice Country Artist. Three powerful women in country music are nominated for the former, including Kelsea Ballerini for “Miss Me More,” and Grammy Award winners, Maren Morris for “Girl,” Kacey Musgraves for “Rainbow.” Both Ballerini and Musgraves also received nods in the Choice Country Artist category.
Other nominees for Choice Country Song include Kane Brown’s “Good as You,” Thomas Rhett’s “Look What God Gave Her,” and first time nominees, Dan + Shay for “Speechless.” All three artists are also nominated for Choice Country Artist, alongside Brett Young.
It will be interesting to see, which hardworking country artists have made the best impression on young people this year. Tune in to watch the live broadcast on August 11th at 8 pm. on Fox, and cast your votes here for your favorites.
Full list of nominees below:
MUSIC
Choice Male Artist
Ed Sheeran
Khalid
Lil Nas X
Post Malone
Shawn Mendes
Choice Female Artist
Ariana Grande
Billie Eilish
Cardi B
Halsey
Lauren Jauregui
Taylor Swift
Choice Music Group
5 Seconds of Summer
Jonas Brothers
Panic! At The Disco
PRETTYMUCH
The Chainsmokers
Why Don’t We
Choice Country Artist
Brett Young
Dan + Shay
Kacey Musgraves
Kane Brown
Kelsea Ballerini
Thomas Rhett
Choice Latin Artist
Bad Bunny
Becky G.
CNCO
Daddy Yankee
J Balvin
Maluma
Choice R&B/Hip-Hop Artist
Cardi B
Drake
Nicki Minaj
Normani
Post Malone
Travis Scott
Choice Rock Artist
AJR
Cage the Elephant
Imagine Dragons
lovelytheband
Panic! At The Disco
twenty one pilots
Choice Song: Female Artist
Ariana Grande, “7 rings”
Billie Eilish, “bad guy”
Lauren Jauregui, “Expectations”
Taylor Swift (feat. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco), “ME!”
Katy Perry, “Never Really Over”
Halsey, “Nightmare”
Choice Song: Male Artist
Khalid, “Better”
Shawn Mendes, “If I Can’t Have You”
Lil Nas X, “Old Town Road”
Travis Scott, “SICKO MODE”
Louis Tomlinson, “Two of Us”
Post Malone, “Wow”
Choice Song: Group
Imagine Dragons, “Bad Liar”
Blackpink, “DDU-DU DDU-DU”
5 Seconds of Summer, “Easier”
Panic! At The Disco, “Hey Look Ma, I Made It”
Jonas Brothers, “Sucker”
Why Don’t We, “8 Letters”
Choice Pop Song
Sam Smith & Normani, “Dancing With A Stranger”
Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber, “I Don’t Care”
Taylor Swift (feat. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco), “ME!”
Jonas Brothers, “Sucker”
Ava Max, “Sweet but Psycho”
Ariana Grande, “thank u, next”
Choice Country Song
Maren Morris, “Girl”
Kane Brown, “Good as You”
Thomas Rhett, “Look What God Gave Her”
Kelsea Ballerini, “Miss Me More”
Kacey Musgraves, “Rainbow”
Dan + Shay, “Speechless”
Choice Electronic/Dance Song
Zedd & Katy Perry, “365”
The Chainsmokers & Bebe Rexha, “Call You Mine”
Ellie Goulding, Diplo, & Red Velvet, “Close to Me (Red Velvet Remix)”
Mark Ronson (feat. Camila Cabello), “Find U Again”
Marshmello & Bastille, “Happier”
The Chainsmokers & 5 Seconds of Summer, “Who Do You Love”
Choice Latin Song
Ozuna, Daddy Yankee & J Balvin (feat. Farruko, Anuel AA) [Remix], “Baila Baila Baila”
ROSALÍA, J Balvin & El Guincho, “Con Altura”
Daddy Yankee & Katy Perry, “Con Calma (feat. Snow)”
Bad Bunny (feat. Drake), “MIA”
CNCO, “Pretend”
Nicky Jam & Ozuna, “Te Robaré”
Choice R&B/Hip-Hop Song
Meek Mill (feat. Drake), “Going Bad”
Lil Nas X (feat. Billy Ray Cyrus), “Old Town Road [Remix]”
Mustard & Migos, “Pure Water”
Post Malone & Swae Lee, “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)”
Khalid, “Talk”
Post Malone, “Wow”
Choice Rock Song
AJR, “100 Bad Days”
Panic! At The Disco, “Hey Look Ma, I Made It”
Bastille, “Joy”
Imagine Dragons, “Natural”
Cage The Elephant, “Ready To Let Go”
lovelytheband, “These Are My Friends”
Choice Breakout Artist
Billie Eilish
HRVY
Juice WRLD
Lil Nas X
Lizzo
ROSALÍA
Choice International Artist
Blackpink
BTS
CNCO
EXO
Little Mix
NCT 127
Choice Collaboration
BTS (feat. Halsey), “Boy With Luv”
Sam Smith & Normani, “Dancing With A Stranger”
Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber, “I Don’t Care”
Lil Nas X (feat. Billy Ray Cyrus), “Old Town Road [Remix]”
Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper, “Shallow”
Julia Michaels (feat. Niall Horan), “What A Time”
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