2017 People’s Choice Awards: Blake Shelton Leads Country Pack With Three Nominations

The nominees for the 2017 People’s Choice Awards, voted on by we the people, have been announced and Blake Shelton leads the country field with three nominations.

Blake is nominated for Favorite Country Male Artist and pulled in two all-genre awards for Favorite Male Artist and Favorite Album, If I’m Honest—going up against heavy hitters like Ariana Grande, Rhianna, Beyonce and Drake. Blake’s TV Show, The Voice, is also nominated in the Favorite Competition TV Show category.

The People’s Choice Awards, honoring artists in Film, Television and Music, are set to air Jan. 18, 2017 on CBS at 9pm ET. You can vote for your favorite country artists at vote.peopleschoice.com beginning today (Nov. 15) and running up until Dec. 15.

Here are the country artists that are nominated for the 2017 People’s Choice Awards:

Favorite Male Country Artist

  • Blake Shelton
  • Keith Urban
  • Luke Bryan
  • Sam Hunt
  • Tim McGraw

Favorite Female Country Artist

  • Carrie Underwood
  • Dolly Parton
  • Kelsea Ballerini
  • Miranda Lambert
  • Reba McEntire

Favorite Country Group

  • The Band Perry
  • Florida Georgia Line
  • Little Big Town
  • Lonestar
  • Zac Brown Band

Favorite Male Artist (All Genre)

  • Blake Shelton
  • Drake
  • Justin Timberlake
  • Shawn Mendes
  • The Weeknd

Favorite Album (All Genre)

  • Rihanna , ANTI
  • Ariana Grande, Dangerous Woman
  • Blake Shelton, If I’m Honest
  • Beyoncé, Lemonade
  • Drake, Views

Favorite Competition TV Show

  • America’s Got Talent
  • American Ninja Warrior
  • Dancing with the Stars
  • Masterchef
  • The Voice

photo by Tyler Golden/NBC

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