Lainey Wilson has had quite the run over the last year. As the reigning ACM and CMA Entertainer of the Year, she’s dominated charts and awards shows.

What else could she possibly get nominated for?

On Wednesday (Aug. 14), the 2024 People’s Choice Country Awards nominees were revealed, on the same morning Wilson was due to stop by the Taste of Country Nights studio. So, Evan Paul got to tell Wilson that she’s up for yet another Country Artist of the Year prize.

As soon as the “Hang Tight Honey” artist sat down in her chair, we asked if she’d heard the news yet. She’s up against Beyoncé, Jelly Roll, Luke Combs, Morgan Wallen and more in the category.

“When did that come out?” she asked.

It was hot off the press, we told her, to which she reacted: “Oh shoot, wow!”

When we told her that she’s up against Beyoncé, we asked what she’d say to the crossover star. But being the humble person she is, Wilson didn’t dare assume we meant she’d win over Beyoncé — she was more into the idea of meeting her, period.

But if she does win over Bey?

“If I beat her? Oh my gosh, well, there’s a lot of Beyoncé fans, so I’m not banking on winning,” she says with a laugh. The People’s Choice Country Awards are a fan-voted show, of course.

“I tell ya what — she’s had a year, she’s had a year. So I’d be like, ‘Hey?'” Wilson says of what she’d say if Beyoncé wins.

Evan Paul interjected that Wilson has had a huge year of her own, and that winning this award shouldn’t be such a pipe dream, it may very well become a reality.

Watch Lainey Wilson’s reaction in realtime:

Evan Paul is the host of Taste of Country Nights, a syndicated radio show heard on more than 130 country radio stations nationwide, every night from 7PM to midnight. He plays the best new country music and interviews today’s top stars, like Luke Combs, Morgan Wallen, Kenny Chesney, Miranda Lambert, Dan + Shay, Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan, Chris Stapleton, Lady A, + more!