Miranda Lambert found it "so weird" to be named an "icon" as she accepted the Country Icon Award at the 2024 People's Choice Country Awards.

The 40-year-old singer was celebrated as a "tour de force in country music" at the Nashville ceremony at the Grand Ole Opry House on Thursday (26.09.24), and confessed it was "just blowing my mind" to her that she is considered an idol.

In her acceptance speech, she said: "It's so weird for me to stand up here and hold an icon award. I mean, to me, an icon is who I grew up listening to. My daddy would play Jerry Jeff Walker, Merle Haggard, Guy Clark, John Prine. Those are my icons.

"So the fact that I get this award tonight is just blowing my mind."

Miranda quipped: "It's a lot of years, tears, beers and Tito's."

The 'Bluebird' singer - who has released 10 studio albums over the past two decades and is one of the most decorated stars in country music - admitted that some days she feels like she is "just getting started" in her music career.

Thanking her supporters, she added: "Twenty years later and some days I feel like I've done it 200 years and some days I feel like I'm just getting started.

"Thank you so much to the most loyal fans in the world, country fans. Thank you to God and all my friends, my country music community for allowing me to do this amazing job. I'm so looking forward to what's next."