His songs are boozy, drenched in nostalgia, swilling about the evergreen draw of someone bad for you or mining the fantasy that you could make such an impression on a man that he’d sing about it for years afterward.

It’s at best charming and surprisingly clever, sometimes cliched far beyond the point of self-parody, but generally catchy. His music is almost aggressively median bro country – beer, the Bible, women, whiskey, regret, reclaiming the word “redneck”.

His voice is twangy and husky yet commercial, the woodgrain raspiness of Chris Stapleton filtered through the machine of reality television Wallen first gained recognition as a contestant on The Voice in 2014, when he was 20 years old and working as a landscaper in his home town of Knoxville, Tennessee. The event also will be heard on iHeartRadio stations nationwide and on the iHeartRadio app.Wallen’s appeal makes sense, at least for a longtime country music listener like me. The ceremony will broadcast live on Fox at 8 p.m. Harry Styles and Taylor Swift lead the pack with eight nominations while Dua Lipa, Drake and Jack Harlow have six nominations each and Beyoncé and Doja Cat have five nominations. Who are this year’s most-nominated artists? This year’s performers include Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, Kelly Clarkson, Coldplay, Cody Johnson, Lenny Kravitz, Latto, Muni Long, Pink and Keith Urban. The award categories include Song of the Year, Artist of the Year, Best Duo/Group of the Year, Best Collaboration, Best New Pop Artist, Country Song of the Year, Country Artist of the Year, Best New Country Artist, Afrobeats Artist of the Year, Hip-Hop Song of the Year, Hip-Hop Artist of the Year, Best New Hip-Hop Artist, R&B Song of the Year, R&B Artist of the Year, Best New R&B Artist and TikTok Bop of the Year. What are some of the award categories at the iHeartRadio Music Awards?

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