Texas County Music Awards
The Texas Country Music Association announced today the Top 5 Finalists in 22 of the 28 categories for the 2024 Texas Country Music Awards as a result of nominations that were placed between May 1 and June 15, 2024. The 2024 TCMA Songwriter Contest's top 10 Finalists in the Country and Christian Country categories will be announced by September 15.
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Final Round Voting began July 1 and ends August 15 at midnight on the TCMA website at www.texascountrymusic.org. The winners will be announced at the 2024 Texas Country Music Awards which will take place on Sunday, November 10th in the Historic Fort Worth Stockyards at the World’s Largest Honky Tonk, Billy Bob’s Texas. Many top industry professionals and artists will be on hand to announce the winners and present the Awards to the recipients.​
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“Texas is so blessed to have such spectacular talent,” says Linda Wilson, President, and Founder of the Texas Country Music Association. “There were literally thousands of nominees – each one gifted and unique -- and we at TCMA are very honored to be able to work on ALL their behalf on an ongoing basis.”​​
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The 2024 Texas Country Music Awards Finalists and their award categories are:
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Entertainer Of The Year
Chad Cooke Band
Jake Worthington
Kin Faux
Mike Ryan
The Great Divide
Female Artist of the Year
Brandi Behlen
Jordan Rainer
Payton Howie
Sarah Hobbs
Summer Dean
Male Artist of the Year
Braxton Keith
Grant Gilbert
Jake Worthington
Josh Ward
Mike Ryan
Country Band of the Year
Chad Cooke Band
Kin Faux
Shane Smith & The Saints
Silverada
The Great Divide
Roots/Alternative Artist or Band of the Year
The Damn Quails
Johnny Falstaff
Teague Brothers Band
Treaty Oak Revival
Two Tons of Steel
Emerging Artist of the Year
Billie Jo Jones
Bubba Westly
Chaser Crouch
Jack Nelson
Jordan Nix
Western Swing Artist or Band of the Year
The Broken Spokes
Jake Blocker
Jake Hooker & The Outsiders
Jody Nix
Landon Dodd & The Dancehall Drifters
Tejano Artist or Band of the Year
Art Tigerina Band
Chente Barrera
Grupo Stampede
Jay Perez
Sunny Sauceda
Country Album Of The Year
Cover Girl (Aaron Watson)
Cheaper Than The Truth (Kin Faux)
Kolton Moore - Self-Titled (Kolton Moore)
Ready or Not (Ryder Grimes)
Wandering Star (Flatland Cavalry)
Country Single of the Year
8 Seconds At A Time (Ryder Grimes)
Had Me At Goodbye (Will Carter Band)
Infinite Line (The Great Divide)
Lesson I'll Never Learn (Sarah Hobbs)
Way It Goes (Mike Ryan)
Christian Country Artist of the Year
Curtis Grimes
Crystal Yates
Pamela Mary
Tiona Campbell
Whitlee Casey
Young Artist (18 & Under)
Elle Townley
Logan Papp
Maggie Reese
Payton Riley
Ty Smith
Terrestrial Radio Station of the Year
95.9 FM KFWR The Ranch, Ft. Worth
99.1 FM KNES Texas 99, Fairfield
99.7 FM KVST K-Star Country, Montgomery
100.9 FM KVMK Maverick, College Station
94.9 KOLI The Outlaw, Wichita Falls
Broadcast Personality Of The Year
Buzz Russell - 99.1 FM KNES Texas 99 - Fairfield
Corliss – 100.9 FM KVMK Maverick – College Station
James Cook - 94.9 FM KOLI The Outlaw - Wichita Falls
Ryan Stone - 106.1 FM KTTX K-Tex Sounds Like Texas - Brenham
Shayne Hollinger – 95.9 FM KFWR The Ranch – Fort Worth
Internet Radio Station of the Year
Real Texas Radio (Michael White, Owner)
Texas 46 (Bruce Schwartz, Owner)
Texas Red Hot Radio (Judith Merck, Owner)
TroubadourCountryRadio.com (Jim Alvarado, Owner)
UvaldeRadio.net (Robert Miguel, Owner)
Live Music Venue of the Year
Coupland Dance Hall (Coupland)
Gruene Hall (Gruene)
John T Floore Country Store (Helotes)
Rhinestone Saloon (Fort Worth)
The Kenney Store (Kenney)
Bassist of the Year
Andrew Carrell (Mickey & The Motorcars)
Jake Taylor (Trent Cowie)
Kelley Green (The Great Divide)
Kevin Pool (Chad Cooke Band)
Omar Oyoque (Silverada)
Drummer of the Year
Avery Castro (Kin Faux)
Jaxon Ballard (Trent Cowie)
JJ Lester (The Great Divide)
Keith Reber (Jaret Ray Reddick)
Mike Neyra (Chad Cooke Band)
Fiddler of the Year
Ben McPherson (Multi)
Brady Black (Randy Rogers Band)
Clayton Bankston (Casey Donahew Band)
Rico Gonzales (Kin Faux)
Scotty Alexander (Scotty Alexander)
Guitarist of the Year
Dallas McGilberry (Chad Cooke Band)
Hayden Baker (Hayden Baker)
Jakey Black (Kin Faux)
Roy Hudson (Ghosts of Hill Country)
Ryan Igler (Trent Cowie)
Keyboard/Pianist of the Year
Allen Huff (Roger Creager)
Bryce Conway (The Great Divide)
John Wilson (Jon Stork)
Todd Stewart (Randy Rogers Band)
Travis Bishop (Neal McCoy)
Steel Guitarist of the Year
Adam Goodale (Jake Worthington)
Danny Crelin (Matt Hillyer)
Scott Jenkins (Jamie Richards Band)
Wyatt Wilson (Josh Ward)
Zachary Moulton (Silverada)
2024 TCMA Trailblazer Award
Jason Boland
2024 TCMA Moe Bandy Icon Award
Larry Joe Taylor
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Tickets to the 2024 Texas Country Music Awards are available at www.billybobstexas.com.
TCMA Executive Vice President, Richard Wilson states, “The Texas Country Music Awards gets bigger and better every year. Last year’s Awards at Billy Bob’s were off the chain, and every year we wonder how we’ll top it but somehow we do thanks to all the industry support and our TCMA Members, Ambassadors, Volunteers, and Sponsors. Everyone I’ve talked to is excited to get together again on November 10.”​​
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There are still several prime sponsorship opportunities available HERE and Souvenir Program Advertising information can be found HERE or by emailing tcma@texascountrymusicassociation.org or barry@texascountrymusic.org.
