Dan + Shay, Thomas Rhett, Kelsea Ballerini, Kacey Musgraves, Kane Brown & More Earn Multiple Teen Choice Awards Nominations

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Dan + Shay, Thomas Rhett, Kelsea Ballerini, Kacey Musgraves, Kane Brown & More Earn Multiple Teen Choice Awards Nominations

The Teen Choice Awards announced its first wave of nominations on June 19.

Dan + Shay, Thomas Rhett, Kelsea Ballerini, Kacey Musgraves, Kane Brown, Billy Ray Cyrus and Lil Nas X earned multiple nominations on the country front.

Lil Nas X led all artists with five nominations, including three for his crossover hit, “Old Town Road.”

Fans can vote for their favorite nominees now through June 25. The 2019 Teen Choice Awards airs live on Aug. 11 at 8 p.m. ET on Fox.

Check out all of the country music-centric nominees below.

Choice Country Artist
Brett Young
Dan + Shay
Kacey Musgraves
Kane Brown
Kelsea Ballerini
Thomas Rhett

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 Song: Male Artist
Lil Nas X, “Old Town Road”
Khalid, “Better”
Shawn Mendes, “If I Can’t Have You”
Travis Scott, “SICKO MODE”
Louis Tomlinson, “Two of Us”
Post Malone, “Wow”

Choice Collaboration
Lil Nas X (feat. Billy Ray Cyrus), “Old Town Road [Remix]”
BTS (feat. Halsey), “Boy With Luv”
Sam Smith & Normani, “Dancing With A Stranger”
Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber, “I Don’t Care”
Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper, “Shallow”
Julia Michaels (feat. Niall Horan), “What A Time”

Choice R&B/Hip-Hop Song
Lil Nas X (feat. Billy Ray Cyrus), “Old Town Road [Remix]”
Meek Mill (feat. Drake), “Going Bad”
Mustard & Migos, “Pure Water”
Post Malone & Swae Lee, “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)”
Khalid, “Talk”
Post Malone, “Wow”

Choice Breakout Artist
Lil Nas X
Billie Eilish
HRVY
Juice WRLD
Lizzo
ROSALÍA

Choice Male Artist
Lil Nas X
Ed Sheeran
Khalid
Post Malone
Shawn Mendes

photo by Tammie Arroyo, AFF-USA.com

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