2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards Features Many Nashville Nominees
The nominees for the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards have been announced, with Nashville representing in quite a few categories.
Morgan Wallen, Luke Combs and Jelly Roll are up for Artist of the Year in addition to Country Artist of the Year with Lainey Wilson and Jason Aldean, while Dan + Shay and Parmalee scored Duo/Group of the Year nominations.
Jelly Roll also appears in the Best New Artist (Country) category alongside Corey Kent, Jackson Dean, Megan Moroney and Nate Smith as well as Best New Artist (Alt & Rock) with Hardy, Best New Artist (Pop), Rock Artist of the Year and Rock Song of the Year with “Need A Favor.”
Wallen’s “Last Night” and Combs’ cover of Tracy Chapman‘s “Fast Car” are both nominated for Song of the Year and Country Song of the Year, with “Last Night” co-writer Ashley Gorley up for Songwriter of the Year.
The other Country Song of the Year nominees include Wilson’s “Heart Like A Truck,” Bailey Zimmerman‘s “Rock and A Hard Place” and Kane and Katelyn Brown‘s “Thank God,” which also received a nod for Best Collaboration.
Additional categories include Label of the Year and individual nominees for Album of the Year in country, pop, alternative, rock, dance, hip-hop, R&B and Latin formats, among others.
iHeartRadio is once again giving music lovers the opportunity to decide winners in several new and established fan-voted categories, including Best Lyrics, Best Music Video, Best Fan Army, Social Star Award, Favorite Tour Photographer, TikTok Bop of the Year, Favorite On Screen, Favorite Tour Style and Favorite Debut Album.
Music City continues to represent in these categories with “Last Night” notching a nomination for Best Lyrics and Moroney earning nods for the Social Star Award and Favorite Debut Album (New for 2024) with Lucky, which is nominated alongside Zimmerman’s Religiously and Tyler Hubbard‘s self-titled collection.
Jelly Roll adds to his array of nominations as “Save Me” appears in the Favorite On Screen (New for 2024) category. Shania Twain and Carrie Underwood are nominated for Favorite Tour Style. David Lehr is up for Favorite Tour Photographer for his work on Wallen’s tour along with Catherine Powell for her work on Kelsea Ballerini‘s tour.
Social voting begins today (Jan. 18) and will close on March 25 for all categories. For the full list of nominees, click here.