The People’s Choice Awards were held on Sunday, February 16th. Hosted by actor Simu Liu, the night was filled with incredible performances and countless awards, which are all fan voted.
There are a total of 75 awards given out throughout the night, whether they are televised or not. The four big categories these awards are split up into movies, television, pop culture, and music.
There were a few country artists nominated in the all-genre categories including “The Artist,” “The Male Artist,” “The Female Artist,” “The Song,” and “The Album.” There were also country music-specific awards!
The nominees for “The Female Country Artist” were:
Ashley McBryde
Carly Pearce
Carrie Underwood
Gabby Barrett
Kelsea Ballerini
Lainey Wilson
Megan Moroney
Shania Twain
Who won the People’s Choice Award for “The Female Country Artist”?
While every singer nominated has an incredible reason to take home the trophy, only one person can.
That person was …. LAINEY WILSON!
Lainey took the stage to accept the award and declared that the last couple of weeks have been “crazy,” likely referencing her first-ever Grammy win two weeks ago.
“Y’all, I am so proud of country music right now. And I am so proud to be a part of this generation of country music. I feel like everybody looks different, and sounds different, and has a different story and comes from different walks of life,” Wilson told the crowd.
“And it truly is the storytelling in country music that keeps drawing people to it, and I just want to say, thank y’all so much for letting me tell my story.”
Lainey’s win came moments after she took the stage to perform her new single, “Country’s Cool Again.” Watch Lainey’s performance below.