2024 in country music

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Top hits of the year

The following songs placed within the Top 20 on the Hot Country Songs, Country Airplay, or Canada Country charts in 2024:

Singles released by American and Australian artists

SongsAirplayCanadaSingleArtistReferences
811"23" Chayce Beckham [14] [15] [16]
41717"Ain't No Love in Oklahoma" Luke Combs [17]
26320"All I Need Is You" Chris Janson [18]
912"Back Then Right Now" Tyler Hubbard [19]
12226"A Bar Song (Tipsy)" Shaboozey [20]
1098"Bulletproof" Nate Smith [21]
714"Burn It Down" Parker McCollum [22]
20214"Cab in a Solo" Scotty McCreery [23]
421944"Can't Break Up Now" Old Dominion
featuring Megan Moroney
[24]
311632"Chevrolet" Dustin Lynch
featuring Jelly Roll
[25]
5730"Cowgirls" Morgan Wallen
featuring Ernest
[26]
221217"Creek Will Rise" Conner Smith [14] [15] [16]
15211"Different 'Round Here" Riley Green
featuring Luke Combs
[27]
161225"Dirt Cheap" Cody Johnson [28]
311129"Fearless (The Echo)" Jackson Dean [14] [15] [16]
1213"Halfway to Hell"Jelly Roll [29]
341936"Hang Tight Honey" Lainey Wilson [30]
1312"I Can Feel It" Kane Brown [31]
134"I Had Some Help" Post Malone
featuring Morgan Wallen
[32]
12614"I Remember Everything" Zach Bryan
featuring Kacey Musgraves
[33]
321835"I'm Not Pretty"Megan Moroney [14] [15] [16]
74356"In Your Love" Tyler Childers [34]
25814"Let Your Boys Be Country" Jason Aldean [35]
341450"Love You Again" Chase Matthew [14] [15] [16]
1411"Mamaw's House" Thomas Rhett
featuring Morgan Wallen
[36]
311"Man Made a Bar"Morgan Wallen
featuring Eric Church
[26]
16253"Mind on You" George Birge [37] [38] [39]
2042"One Bad Habit" Tim McGraw [40]
1411"Outskirts" Sam Hunt [41]
38189"Out of That Truck" Carrie Underwood [42]
711"The Painter"Cody Johnson [28]
5117"Pretty Little Poison" Warren Zeiders [14] [15] [16]
1125"Save Me the Trouble" Dan + Shay [43]
4915"She's Somebody's Daughter" Drew Baldridge [44]
19311"Take Her Home" Kenny Chesney [45]
13325"Texas Hold 'Em" Beyoncé [46]
612"Truck Bed" Hardy [47]
1312"Tucson Too Late" Jordan Davis [48]
191335"We Don't Fight Anymore" Carly Pearce
featuring Chris Stapleton
[49]
16834"We Ride" Bryan Martin [14] [15] [16]
611"Where It Ends" Bailey Zimmerman [50]
431"Where the Wild Things Are"Luke Combs [17]
521"White Horse"Chris Stapleton [51]
851"Wildflowers and Wild Horses"Lainey Wilson [30]
291138"Young Love & Saturday Nights" Chris Young [52]
23518"Your Place" Ashley Cooke [53]

Singles released by Canadian artists

SongsAirplayCanadaSingleArtistReferences
9"Ahead of Our Time" James Barker Band [54]
2"Ain't Doin' Jack" Josh Ross [55]
11"Bet You Break My Heart" MacKenzie Porter [56]
13"Broken Man" Tyler Joe Miller [57]
4"Fixer Upper" Dallas Smith [58]
16"Go Get Er" Jess Moskaluke [59]
7"I Grew Up on a Farm" The Reklaws [60]
8"Not Yet" High Valley [61]
2"Old Dirt Roads" Owen Riegling [62]
12"Out Here" Steven Lee Olsen [63]
1"Right Round Here" Dean Brody [64]
2"Telluride" Jade Eagleson [65]
6"Tim + Faith" Madeline Merlo [66]
6"Two of Us" Brett Kissel
with Cooper Alan
[67]
20"Whiskey in Colorado" Tony Stevens [68]

Top new album releases

USAlbumArtistRecord LabelRelease DateReference
1 Deeper Well Kacey Musgraves Interscope/MCA NashvilleMarch 15 [69]
5 Born Kenny Chesney Blue Chair/Warner Music NashvilleMarch 22 [70]
1 Cowboy Carter Beyoncé Columbia/ParkwoodMarch 29 [71]
10 Rebel Anne Wilson Capitol CMG/MCA Nashville/SparrowApril 19 [72]
2 Where I've Been, Isn't Where I'm Going Shaboozey American Dogwood/Empire May 31 [73]

Other top albums

USAlbumArtistRecord LabelRelease DateReference
42 Smoky Mountains Conner Smith Valory Music GroupJanuary 26 [74]
39 Chapter & Verse Gabby Barrett Warner NashvilleFebruary 2 [75]
35What Happens Now? Dasha Version III/WarnerFebruary 16 [71]
26 Be Right Here Blackberry Smoke 3 Legged/Thirty TigersFebruary 16 [76]
24Trail of Flowers Sierra Ferrell Rounder/ConcordMarch 22 [77]
27Change the Game Cody Jinks Late AugustMarch 22 [77]
47Three Twenty Four: The EPOle60Grey Area/Red DoorMarch 22 [77]
34 Young Love & Saturday Nights Chris Young RCA NashvilleMarch 22 [78]
33The Hill Aaron Lewis ValoryMarch 29 [71]
41Hixtape, Vol. 3: DifftapeVarious artistsBig LoudMarch 29 [71]
33 Bad for Me Chayce Beckham WheelhouseApril 5 [79]
34Through the Smoke Nate Smith RCA NashvilleApril 5 [79]
34Nashville, Tennessee Ernest Big LoudApril 12 [80]
29Way Out Here Riley Green Nashville Harbor/BMLGApril 12 [81]
35 Strong Tyler Hubbard Hubbard House/EMI NashvilleApril 12 [82]
44Have a Nice DayTreaty Oak RevivalTORApril 12 [80]
25 Rise & Fall Scotty McCreery Triple TigersMay 10 [83]
50 The Border Willie Nelson Legacy RecordingsMay 31 [84]
Unbroke Sara Evans Melody Place/Born to FlyJune 7 [85]
Hummingbird Carly Pearce Big MachineJune 7 [86]

Announced

AlbumArtistRecord LabelRelease DateReference
Fathers and Sons Luke Combs Columbia/River HouseJune 14 [87]
Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom PettyVarious ArtistsBig MachineJune 21 [88]
Dead Girl Walking Lorrie Morgan CleopatraJune 28 [89]
Am I Okay? Megan Moroney Sony Music Nashville/ColumbiaJuly 12 [90]
Twisters: The AlbumVarious ArtistsAtlanticJuly 19 [91]
Blonde Tigirlily Gold MonumentJuly 26 [92]
About a Woman Thomas Rhett ValoryAugust 23 [93]
Whirlwind Lainey Wilson BBR [94]
Cowboys & Dreamers George Strait MCA NashvilleSeptember 6 [95]
Lasso Lana Del Rey Interscope/PolydorSeptember [96]
Son of the Mountains Brad Paisley EMI NashvilleTBA [97]

Hall of Fame inductees

Country Music Hall of Fame

(announced on March 18, 2024) [98]

Deaths

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