Billboard's Country Power Players 2024 highlights featuring some of the biggest country stars like Kelsea Ballerini, Lainey Wilson, Shaboozey, The War and Treaty and more!
Tetris Kelly
Lainey Wilson
Lainey Wilson
Women deserve a place and country music and we have a version of the story too, and it's a good one.
Tetris Kelly
Nate Smith.
Nat Smith
This is a dream come true guys. I feel very honored to be the Rookie of the Year.
Tetris Kelly
And more were celebrated and Billboard's country power players.
Tetris Kelly
Country music's movers and shakers gathered at Gilley's, Dallas and Texas for a night to remember the event that honored musicians and executives alike, including Rookie of the Year Nate Smith, the winner of Groundbreaker, The War and Treaty and the Executive of the Years, said Seth England.
Seth England
I want to thank Mercury and Republic for being a great distribution partner, and Billboard Magazine for consistently supporting country music and its artists.
Katie Beale Brown
Lone River founder Katie Beale Brown was also there to share a few words before the performance of this year's record-holder Laniney Wilson, which was presented by Lone River Ranch Water. Tonight,
Katie Beale Brown
We can honor a woman who knows something about celebrating where she comes from. She has inspired millions of people on her dizzying World Tour.
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Kelsea Ballerini provided the feels and introduced Wilson to the podium.
Kelsea Ballerini
Lainey is a country girl, a girls' girl, a good friend, a good woman.
Lainey Wilson
For me, breaking records is the ultimate honor. It means the blood, sweat and tears I've put in.
Tetris Kelly
Not only was the night filled with acceptance speeches, but attendees also heard his music as Wilson performed an intimate set and drank Lone River's award-winning Ranch Water and Ranch Rita beverages.
Tetris Kelly
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