Lainey Wilson
Lainey Wilson arrives to the 2023 People’s Choice Country Awards held at the Grand Ole Opry House on Sept. 28, 2023 in Nashville.
The inaugural People’s Choice Country Awards have arrived!
Lainey Wilson, HARDY, Kelsea Ballerini, Lady A, Brothers Osborne and more country stars hit the red carpet outside Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry House.
Little Big Town were also in the house, as the night’s first performers and hosts. Ahead of the show, LBT’s Phillip Sweet told Billboard why the country quartet wanted to take the reins for the first iteration of the fan-voted country awards show.
“It’s a unique situation, the fact that we’re the ones that connect the dots with fans and bring all this history together with the modern age of where country music is at the top of the charts right now,” Sweet said. “To see the unbelievable level of superstars we have in our genre that are just ruling all of music and it’s a special night, we jumped at the opportunity to be a part of it. We love hosting. We always have so much fun.”
All Thursday night (Sept. 29), you can follow along with Billboard‘s coverage of the PCCAs from home, and below, find an updating gallery of country’s finest on the red carpet.
Lainey Wilson arrives to the 2023 People’s Choice Country Awards held at the Grand Ole Opry House on Sept. 28, 2023 in Nashville.
Jessie James Decker arrives to the 2023 People’s Choice Country Awards held at the Grand Ole Opry House on Sept. 28, 2023 in Nashville, Tenn.
Jimi Westbrook, Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman, and Phillip Sweet of Little Big Town attend the 2023 People’s Choice Country Awards at The Grand Ole Opry on Sept. 28, 2023 in Nashville.
HARDY arrives to the 2023 People’s Choice Country Awards held at the Grand Ole Opry House on September 28, 2023 in Nashville, Tenn.
Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott, and Dave Haywood of Lady A arrive to the 2023 People’s Choice Country Awards held at the Grand Ole Opry House on September 28, 2023 in Nashville, Tenn.
Gabby Barrett arrives to the 2023 People’s Choice Country Awards held at the Grand Ole Opry House on Sept. 28, 2023 in Nashville, Tenn.
Mickey Guyton arrives to the 2023 People’s Choice Country Awards held at the Grand Ole Opry House on Sept. 28, 2023 in Nashville.
Lauren Alaina arrives to the 2023 People’s Choice Country Awards held at the Grand Ole Opry House on Sept. 28, 2023 in Nashville, Tenn.
Priscilla Block arrives to the 2023 People’s Choice Country Awards held at the Grand Ole Opry House on Sept. 28, 2023 in Nashville, Tenn.
Kane Brown and Katelyn Jae Brown arrive to the 2023 People’s Choice Country Awards held at the Grand Ole Opry House on Sept. 28, 2023 in Nashville, Tenn.
Trea Swindle, Danica Hart, and Devynn Hart of Chapel Hart arrive to the 2023 People’s Choice Country Awards held at the Grand Ole Opry House on Sept. 28, 2023 in Nashville, Tenn.
Wynonna Judd arrives to the 2023 People’s Choice Country Awards held at the Grand Ole Opry House on Sept. 28, 2023 in Nashville.
T.J. Osborne and John Osborne of Brothers Osborne arrive to the 2023 People’s Choice Country Awards held at the Grand Ole Opry House on Sept. 28, 2023 in Nashville, Tenn.
Meghan Patrick attends the 2023 People’s Choice Country Awards at The Grand Ole Opry on Sept. 28, 2023 in Nashville, Tenn.
Toby Keith arrives to the 2023 People’s Choice Country Awards held at the Grand Ole Opry House on Sept. 28, 2023 in Nashville, Tenn.
Dan + Shay arrives to the 2023 People’s Choice Country Awards held at the Grand Ole Opry House on Sept. 28, 2023 in Nashville, Tenn.
Kelsea Ballerini and Carly Pearce arrive to the 2023 People’s Choice Country Awards held at the Grand Ole Opry House on September 28, 2023 in Nashville, Tenn.
Chris Young attends the 2023 People’s Choice Country Awards at The Grand Ole Opry on Sept. 28, 2023 in Nashville, Tenn.
Dustin Lynch arrives to the 2023 People’s Choice Country Awards held at the Grand Ole Opry House on Sept. 28, 2023 in Nashville, Tenn.
The War and Treaty arrives to the 2023 People’s Choice Country Awards held at the Grand Ole Opry House on Sept. 28, 2023 in Nashville, Tenn.