The Sept. 26 ceremony—hosted by Shania Twain—is definite to be a large nighttime for the 30-year-old, arsenic he’s acceptable to beryllium honored with the Country Champion Award. The prestigious award—which saw Wynonna Judd arsenic its inaugural recipient successful 2023—recognizes his passionateness for work and groundbreaking contributions to the state euphony manufacture and beyond.

The “Thank God” vocalist has plentifulness to beryllium thankful for arsenic helium went into the nighttime with 7 nominations, including The People’s Artist of 2024. Zach Bryan and Beyoncé pb this year’s nominees with 12 apiece, followed by Kacey Musgraves with 10, Morgan Wallen with 9 and Luke Combs with eight.

On apical of each that, Kane took the signifier to execute up of chap performers including Keith Urban, Kelsea Ballerini, Lady A, Parker McCollum, The War & Treaty, Brad Paisley and Miranda Lambert, who volition person the Country Icon Award.

And portion Kane volition look 1 of the night’s biggest honorees careless of however galore awards helium takes home, it’s not mislaid connected the vocalist however acold he’s travel since his aboriginal days successful state music—and the impostor syndrome helium faced.

"Everything that I went done is simply a portion of my beingness that got maine here,” Kane told Today in 2023. “And I’m really arrogant of it. Even though a batch of it was pugnacious and hard and you didn’t cognize what was going to travel retired of it. But I consciousness similar that’s who made maine who I americium today."

As helium enactment it, "It made maine strong. It made maine privation to springiness backmost to people, and made maine humble. And conscionable made maine arrogant of who I americium and wherever I came from."

Be definite to tune successful to E! News Sept. 26 astatine 11 p.m. for much from the 2024 People’s Choice Country Awards, and work connected to spot much of the couples that graced the reddish carpet.

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