2025 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that will take place in 2025.


Events

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Top hits of the year

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The following songs placed within the Top 20 on the Hot Country Songs, Country Airplay, or Canada Country charts in 2025:

Singles released by American and Australian artists

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Songs Airplay Canada Single Artist References
8 "20 Cigarettes" Morgan Wallen [9]
9 4 1 "4x4xU" Lainey Wilson [10]
9 42 "6 Months Later" Megan Moroney [11]
30 20 "A Song to Sing" Miranda Lambert
and Chris Stapleton
[12]
10 6 4 "After All the Bars Are Closed" Thomas Rhett [13]
1 "All the Way" BigXthaPlug
featuring Bailey Zimmerman
[14]
12 2 26 "Am I Okay?" Megan Moroney [11]
16 54 "Amen" Shaboozey
and Jelly Roll
[15]
16 2 4 "Backseat Driver" Kane Brown [16]
7 10 6 "Backup Plan" Bailey Zimmerman
featuring Luke Combs
[14]
25 13 25 "Bar None" Jordan Davis [17]
19 43 46 "Better Me for You (Brown Eyes)" Max McNown [18]
20 4 29 "Bigger Houses" Dan + Shay [19]
16 11 29 "Bottle Rockets" Scotty McCreery
featuring Hootie & the Blowfish
[20]
18 2 29 "Boys Back Home" Dylan Marlowe
featuring Dylan Scott
[21]
42 16 41 "Coming Home" Old Dominion [22]
27 2 18 "Country House" Sam Hunt [23]
33 8 27 "Country Song Came On" Luke Bryan [24]
16 24 36 "Cowboys Cry Too" Kelsea Ballerini
featuring Noah Kahan
[25]
28 10 6 "Damn Good Day to Leave" Riley Green [26]
10 "Eyes Are Closed" Morgan Wallen [9]
17 2 39 "Fix What You Didn't Break" Nate Smith [27]
25 2 50 "Forever to Me" Cole Swindell [28]
45 12 37 "Friday Night Heartbreaker" Jon Pardi [29]
16 2 1 "Friends Like That" John Morgan
featuring Jason Aldean
[30]
1 60 43 "The Giver" Chappell Roan [31]
4 4 1 "Good News" Shaboozey [15]
7 5 1 "Guy for That" Post Malone
featuring Luke Combs
[32]
20 16 8 "Hands of Time" Eric Church [33]
11 9 9 "Happen to Me" Russell Dickerson [34]
12 37 "Hard Fought Hallelujah" Brandon Lake
featuring Jelly Roll
[35]
40 14 32 "Heart of Stone" Jelly Roll [36]
14 39 "Heavens to Betsy" Jackson Dean [37]
13 10 40 "Holy Smokes" Bailey Zimmerman [14]
21 1 34 "Hometown Home" LoCash [38]
21 19 51 "House Again" Hudson Westbrook [39]
3 30 54 "I Ain't Comin' Back" Morgan Wallen
and Post Malone
[9]
12 2 1 "I Ain't Sayin'" Jordan Davis [17]
4 22 "I Got Better" Morgan Wallen [9]
6 2 1 "I Never Lie" Zach Top [40]
5 38 "I'm a Little Crazy" Morgan Wallen [9]
7 3 6 "I'm Gonna Love You" Cody Johnson
and Carrie Underwood
[41]
1 1 1 "I'm the Problem" Morgan Wallen [9]
8 37 57 "Indigo" Sam Barber
featuring Avery Anna
[42]
2 1 1 "Just in Case" Morgan Wallen [9]
16 28 "Just to Say We Did" Kenny Chesney [43]
9 "Kick Myself" Morgan Wallen [9]
5 1 1 "Liar" Jelly Roll [36]
1 1 1 "Love Somebody" Morgan Wallen [9]
30 3 1 "Park" Tyler Hubbard [44]
2 31 39 "Smile" Morgan Wallen [9]
26 17 23 "Somewhere Over Laredo" Lainey Wilson [10]
18 22 "Straight Line" Keith Urban [45]
5 58 57 "Superman" Morgan Wallen [9]
16 2 1 "Texas" Blake Shelton [46]
12 12 10 "Think I'm in Love with You" Chris Stapleton [47]
27 1 13 "This Heart" Corey Kent [48]
17 1 39 "This Town's Been Too Good to Us" Dylan Scott [21]
46 12 41 "Tough People" Drew Baldridge [49]
18 35 "Truck on Fire" Carly Pearce [50]
4 2 1 "Weren't for the Wind" Ella Langley [51]
1 55 55 "What I Want" Morgan Wallen
featuring Tate McRae
[9]
35 18 49 "What Kinda Man" Parker McCollum [52]
24 2 39 "Whiskey Drink" Jason Aldean [53]
6 2 3 "Wind Up Missin' You" Tucker Wetmore [54]
5 1 1 "Worst Way" Riley Green [26]

Singles released by Canadian artists

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Songs Airplay Canada Single Artist References
7 "Another One" Brett Kissel [55]
4 "Bourbon" Morgan Griffiths [56]
9 "Broken Heart Thing" Madeline Merlo
(featuring Dustin Lynch)
[57]
18 "Cowboys & Dreamers" Brett Kissel [55]
6 "CRZY" Dallas Smith [58]
19 "Doin' What She Does" Tyler Joe Miller [59]
36 10 "Golden Child" Meghan Patrick [60]
11 "Happy Ever After You" MacKenzie Porter & Jake Etheridge
(Thelma & James)
[61]
9 "Have Your Beer" MacKenzie Porter [61]
12 "Highway Money" Josh Stumpf [62]
10 "How Do You Miss Me" Dallas Smith
(featuring Alexandra Kay)
[58]
4 "Leave Me Too" Josh Ross [63]
13 "Life for Me" Jess Moskaluke [64]
17 "Never Drinking Again" The Reklaws [65]
8 "Quitter" Cameron Whitcomb [66]
22 2 2 "Single Again" Josh Ross [63]
7 "Smoke" Zach McPhee [67]
6 "Things My Mama Says" Hailey Benedict [68]
17 "Til I Don't" Sacha [69]
7 "What Good Is a Memory" Tyler Joe Miller [59]
6 "Worth the Double" Jade Eagleson [70]
3 "You Didn't Hear It From Me" James Barker Band [71]

Top new album releases

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US Album Artist Record label Release date Reference
2 The High Road Kane Brown RCA Nashville January 24 [72]
4 Foxes in the Snow Jason Isbell Southeastern March 7 [73]
4 What Not To Tucker Wetmore UMG Nashville April 25 [74]
5 Evangeline vs. the Machine Eric Church May 2 [75]
8 For Recreational Use Only Blake Shelton Wheelhouse May 9 [76]
1 I'm the Problem Morgan Wallen Big Loud May 16 [77]
6 Parker McCollum Parker McCollum MCA Nashville June 27 [78]

Other top albums

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US Album Artist Record label Release date Reference
27 Look Up Ringo Starr UMG Nashville January 10 [79]
12 The Select Ty Myers Capitol Nashville January 24 [80]
12 Relapse, Lies & Betrayal Warren Zeiders Warner Records March 14 [81]
25 Lonesome Drifter Charley Crockett Island Records [82]
29 Arcadia Alison Krauss & Union Station Down the Road March 28 [83]
27 Honkytonk Hollywood Jon Pardi Capitol Nashville April 11 [84]
28 The Price of Admission Turnpike Troubadours Bossier City Records [85]
49 Easy Does It Dylan Scott Curb May 30 [86]
26 Life Is a Highway: Refueled Duets Rascal Flatts Big Machine June 6 [87]
41 Broken Branches Dierks Bentley Capitol Nashville June 13 [88]
48 Spanish Moss Cole Swindell Warner Nashville June 27 [89]
38 The Mirror Trisha Yearwood MCA Nashville July 18 [90]
24 Westward Dylan Gossett Big Loud Texas

Upcoming

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Album Artist Record label Release date Reference
Texas Forever Hudson Westbrook RiverHouse July 25 [91]
Wild Horses Chris Janson Warner Nashville August 1 [92]
Tennessee Lightning Ashley Monroe Mountainrose Sparrow August 8 [93]
Different Night Same Rodeo Bailey Zimmerman Warner Nashville [94]
Learn the Hard Way Jordan Davis MCA Nashville August 15 [95]
So Long Little Miss Sunshine Molly Tuttle Nonesuch [96]
Famous Back Home Russell Dickerson Triple Tigers August 22 [97]
Airplane Highway Rodney Crowell New West August 29
Ain't in It for My Health Zach Top Leo33 [98]
One of Us James Barker Band Universal Music Canada [99]
Here You Are Anne Murray Universal Music Canada September 8 [100]
Later Tonight Josh Ross The Core/Universal Canada/Mercury Nashville September 19 [101]
I Didn't Come Here to Leave Chris Young Black River October 17 [102]
Love & Fear Zac Brown Band December 5 [103]

Hall of Fame inductees

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(announced on March 25, 2025)[104]

(announced on June 3, 2025)[105]

Deaths

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