Miranda Lambert Shouts Out Beer and Tito's in Relatable Icon Award Speech at 2024 PCCAs

Miranda Lambert is wrangling another win at the 2024 People's Choice Country Awards.

As the country music star accepted the Country Icon Award Sept. 26 in Nashville, Tenn., she made sure to keep it real as she highlighted some of those that have helped support throughout her over 20-year career.

"The fact that I get this award tonight is just blowing my mind," Miranda said on stage. "It’s a lot of years, tears, beers and Tito’s, if I’m being honest."

After the relatable comment, the "Kerosene" singer—who sported an all-black, fringe-filled leather dress and black cowboy hat—went on to thank her fans for her success.

"I feel like I've been able to make so many great memories in my life and career because of fans," Miranda continued. "Y’all allow me to keep creating all these years. Thank you so much to the most loyal fans in the world."

The "Mama's Broken Heart" singer was also joined on the red carpet earlier in the night by her husband of five years Brendan McLoughlin, whom she's grateful to have cheering her on.

"Brendan's the best," she told E! News at the 2024 MTV VMAs earlier this month. "He's down for anything, super happy and supportive, in the best way. Let's me do my thing, but is right there beside me and it's really awesome."

And it's been especially comforting for Miranda, who has worked so hard to stay true to herself as she rose to fame in the early aughts.

"There was a risk of people trying to dress me in a way that I didn't want to dress or change my sound, and I just wasn't gonna go for that, even really young," she said of the beginning of her career on Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace? in May 2023. "I just knew it's not about that. It's about what I have to say because I knew I had some really great messages I wanted to share with the world. I wanted that to be through song and not through a crop top."

As she’s gotten older, however, she’s realized that she’s had to be willing to try new things for her career.

"There were some moments where I was being pushed in directions that I just wasn't comfortable," she admitted. "So I stood my ground, but as I've gotten older and more into the industry, I've relaxed in that."

Since beginning her country music career, the 40-year-old has been a pillar for female representation in the industry, even as the demographics have shifted. 

"For the past couple of years it's been skewed one way: a lack of women and songs with content from women's perspectives," she told TIME in August 2018. "When Carrie [Underwood] and I first came on the scene, there was this whole generation of women before us. Over the past three or four years, it has been very male-driven."

"But I feel like it's starting to shift, and people are starting to pay attention to women again, which is great because I think it should be a good balance," she continued. "Women want to hear women because we want to know we're not alone in all of our issues. I want to feel like someone's telling my story."

Keep reading to see who took home an award at the 2024 PCCAs.

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Beyoncé

Jelly Roll

Kacey Musgraves

Kane Brown

Lainey Wilson

Luke Combs

Morgan Wallen

Zach Bryan

COWBOY CARTER - Beyoncé

Deeper Well - Kacey Musgraves

Fathers & Sons - Luke Combs

Higher - Chris Stapleton

Highway Desperado - Jason Aldean

Leather - Cody Johnson

Where I've Been, Isn't Where I'm Going - Shaboozey

Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan

“16 CARRIAGES” - Beyoncé (Songwriters: Atia Boggs, Beyoncé, Dave Hamelin, Ink, Raphael Saadiq)

WINNER: “Austin (Boots Stop Workin')” - Dasha (Songwriters: Adam Wendler, Anna Dasha Novotny, Cheyenne Rose Arnspiger, Kenneth Travis Heidelman)

“Deeper Well” - Kacey Musgraves (Songwriters: Daniel Tashian, Ian Fitchuk, Kacey Musgraves)

“Hang Tight Honey” - Lainey Wilson (Songwriters: Driver Williams, Jason Nix, Lainey Wilson, Paul Sikes)

“hummingbird” - Carly Pearce (Songwriters: Carly Pearce, Jordan Reynolds, Nicolle Galyon, Shane McAnally)

“No Caller ID” - Megan Moroney (Songwriters: Connie Harrington, Jessi Alexander, Jessie Jo Dillon, Megan Moroney)

“TEXAS HOLD ‘EM” - Beyoncé (Songwriters: Beyoncé, Brian Bates, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Nathan Ferraro, Raphael Saadiq)

“Wranglers” - Miranda Lambert (Songwriters: Audra Mae, Evan McKeever, Ryan Carpenter)

Beyoncé

Carly Pearce

Dolly Parton

Kacey Musgraves

Kelsea Ballerini

Lainey Wilson

Megan Moroney

Miranda Lambert

“Better Days” - Zach Bryan feat. John Mayer (Songwriter: Zach Bryan)

“Cowboys Cry Too” - Kelsea Ballerini feat. Noah Kahan (Songwriters: Alysa Vanderheym, Kelsea Ballerini, Noah Kahan)

“I Had Some Help” - Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen (Songwriters: Ashley Gorley, Austin Post, Chandler Paul Walters, Ernest Smith, Hoskins, Louis Bell, Morgan Wallen, Ryan Vojtesak)

“II MOST WANTED” - Beyoncé & Miley Cyrus (Songwriters: Beyoncé, Michael Pollack, Miley Cyrus, Ryan Tedder)

WINNER: “Lonely Road” - mgk feat. Jelly Roll (Songwriters: Bill Danoff, Brandon Allen, Colson Baker, John Denver, Mary Danoff, Nick Long, Steve Basil, Taffy Nivert Danoff, Travis Barker)

“Midnight Ride” - Kylie Minogue, Orville Peck & Diplo (Songwriters: Christopher Stracey, Kylie Minogue, Marta Cikojevic, Orville Peck)

“Miles On It” - Marshmello & Kane Brown (Songwriters: CASTLE, Connor McDonough, Earwulf, Jake Torrey, Kane Brown, Marshmello, Nick Gale, Riley McDonough)

“My Fault” - Shaboozey feat. Noah Cyrus (Songwriters: Bailey Bryan, Collins Obinna Chibueze, Doug Walters, Nevin Sastry, Noah Cyrus, PJ Harding, Sean Cook)

Growin’ Up and Gettin’ Old Tour - Luke Combs

Highway Desperado Tour - Jason Aldean

One Night At A Time 2024 - Morgan Wallen

Shania Twain: Come On Over - The Las Vegas Residency - All The Hits! - Shania Twain

Stadium Tour - George Strait

Standing Room Only Tour ‘24 - Tim McGraw

Sun Goes Down 2024 Tour - Kenny Chesney

The Quittin Time 2024 Tour - Zach Bryan

“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” - Shaboozey (Songwriters: Collins Obinna Chibueze, Jerrel Jones, Joe Kent, Mark Williams, Nevin Sastry, Sean Cook)

“Austin (Boots Stop Workin')” - Dasha (Songwriters: Adam Wendler, Anna Dasha Novotny, Cheyenne Rose Arnspiger, Kenneth Travis Heidelman)

“I Had Some Help” - Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen (Songwriters: Ashley Gorley, Austin Post, Chandler Paul Walters, Ernest Smith, Hoskins, Louis Bell, Morgan Wallen, Ryan Vojtesak)

“I Remember Everything” - Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves (Songwriters: Kacey Musgraves, Zach Bryan)

“Miles On It” - Marshmello & Kane Brown (Songwriters: CASTLE, Connor McDonough, Earwulf, Jake Torrey, Kane Brown, Marshmello, Nick Gale, Riley McDonough)

“Pink Skies” - Zach Bryan (Songwriter: Zach Bryan)

“TEXAS HOLD ‘EM” - Beyoncé (Songwriters: Beyoncé, Brian Bates, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro, Raphael Saadiq)

“Wild Ones” - Jessie Murph feat. Jelly Roll (Songwriters: Feli Ferraro, Gregory Aldae Hein, Jason Deford, Jeff Gitelman, Jessie Murph)

Bailey Zimmerman

Beyoncé

Dolly Parton

Jelly Roll

Kelsea Ballerini

Luke Combs

Morgan Wallen

Reba McEntire

Chase Matthew

Chayce Beckham

Dasha

Koe Wetzel

Nate Smith

WINNER: Shaboozey

Tucker Wetmore

Warren Zeiders

“Ain’t No Love In Oklahoma (From Twisters: The Album)” - Luke Combs

“Austin (Boots Stop Workin’)” - Dasha

“Deeper Well” - Kacey Musgraves

“I Had Some Help” - Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen

“Let It Burn” - Shaboozey

“Lonely Road” - mgk feat. Jelly Roll

“Miles On It” - Marshmello & Kane Brown

“Pour Me A Drink” - Post Malone feat. Blake Shelton

“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” - Shaboozey (Songwriters: Collins Obinna Chibueze, Jerrel Jones, Joe Kent, Mark Williams, Nevin Sastry, Sean Cook)

"Ain’t No Love In Oklahoma (From Twisters: The Album)” - Luke Combs (Songwriters: Jessi Alexander, Jonathan Singleton, Luke Combs)

“Bulletproof” - Nate Smith (Songwriters: Ashley Gorley, Ben Johnson, Hunter Phelps)

“Dirt Cheap” - Cody Johnson (Songwriter: Josh Phillips)

“I Can Feel It” - Kane Brown (Songwriters: Gabe Foust, Jaxson Free, Kane Brown, Phil Collins)

“Let Your Boys Be Country” - Jason Aldean (Songwriters: Allison Veltz Cruz, Jaron Boyer, Micah Wilshire)

“Pink Skies” - Zach Bryan (Songwriter: Zach Bryan)

“Take Her Home” - Kenny Chesney (Songwriters: Hunter Phelps, Michael Hardy, Zach Abend)

Bailey Zimmerman

Chris Stapleton

Cody Johnson

Jelly Roll

Kane Brown

Luke Combs

Morgan Wallen

Zach Bryan

Brothers Osborne

WINNER: Dan + Shay

Old Dominion

Ole 60

The Red Clay Strays

The War And Treaty

Tigirlily Gold

Zac Brown Band

Don't miss the 2024 People's Choice Country Awards ceremony live from Nashville tonight, Sept. 26, at 8 p.m. on NBC and Peacock.