2016 in country music

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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in 2016.

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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 2016:

Singles released by American artists

SongsAirplayCanadaSingleArtistReferences
19"Ain't No Stopping Us Now" Kane Brown
612"American Country Love Song" Jake Owen
11"At Last" Sundance Head
412"Backroad Song" Granger Smith
512"Beautiful Drug" Zac Brown Band
611"Break on Me" Keith Urban
223"Break Up in a Small Town" Sam Hunt
222"Burning House" Cam
4"Burning House" Emily Ann Roberts
211"Came Here to Forget" Blake Shelton
17146"Castaway"Zac Brown Band
212"Church Bells" Carrie Underwood
711"Confession" Florida Georgia Line
181230"Country Nation" Brad Paisley
4"Darlin' Don't Go"Sundance Head
718"Dibs" Kelsea Ballerini
111"Die a Happy Man" Thomas Rhett
311"Different for Girls" Dierks Bentley
featuring Elle King
221"Drunk on Your Love" Brett Eldredge
1018"Fix" Chris Lane
13234"Forever Country"Artists of Then, Now & Forever
3110"From the Ground Up" Dan + Shay
13"Go Ahead and Break My Heart"Blake Shelton
featuring Gwen Stefani
412"Head Over Boots" Jon Pardi
211"Heartbeat"Carrie Underwood
111"H.O.L.Y."Florida Georgia Line
311"Home Alone Tonight" Luke Bryan
featuring Karen Fairchild
111"Humble and Kind" Tim McGraw
211"Huntin', Fishin' and Lovin' Every Day"Luke Bryan
5622"I Got the Boy" Jana Kramer
417"I Know Somebody" LoCash
812"I Like the Sound of That" Rascal Flatts
524"I Love This Life"LoCash
8213"I Met a Girl" William Michael Morgan
18"I'm Sorry" Adam Wakefield
19"Islands in the Stream"Emily Ann Roberts
featuring Blake Shelton
221548"It All Started with a Beer" Frankie Ballard
311"It Don't Hurt Like It Used To" Billy Currington
18"Jolene" Pentatonix
featuring Dolly Parton
313"Lights Come On" Jason Aldean
16422"Little Bit of You" Chase Bryant
512"A Little More Summertime"Jason Aldean
201237"Livin' the Dream" Drake White
14"Lonesome Broken and Blue"Adam Wakefield
1914"Lovin' Lately" Big & Rich
featuring Tim McGraw
212"Make You Miss Me"Sam Hunt
211"May We All"Florida Georgia Line
featuring Tim McGraw
313"Middle of a Memory" Cole Swindell
818"Mind Reader" Dustin Lynch
15157"Mr. Misunderstood" Eric Church
511"Move"Luke Bryan
593"My Church" Maren Morris
171432"Night's on Fire" David Nail
131011"Nobody to Blame" Chris Stapleton
1465"Noise" Kenny Chesney
114"Peter Pan"Kelsea Ballerini
281744"Real Men Love Jesus" Michael Ray
211"Record Year"Eric Church
9216"Rock On" Tucker Beathard
251331"Running for You" Kip Moore
111"Setting the World on Fire"Kenny Chesney
featuring Pink
872"She's Got a Way with Words"Blake Shelton
327"Sleep Without You" Brett Young
421"Snapback" Old Dominion
111"Somewhere on a Beach"Dierks Bentley
413"Song for Another Time"Old Dominion
4226"Stay a Little Longer" Brothers Osborne
231849"Stone Cold Sober" Brantley Gilbert
311"T-Shirt"Thomas Rhett
131038"That Don't Sound Like You" Lee Brice
211"Think of You" Chris Young
duet with Cassadee Pope
1535"Used to Love You Sober"Kane Brown
193039"Vacation"Thomas Rhett
2114"Vice" Miranda Lambert
311"Wanna Be That Song"Brett Eldredge
411"Wasted Time"Keith Urban
713"We Went" Randy Houser
1756"Whisper" Chase Rice
231611"Without a Fight"Brad Paisley
featuring Demi Lovato
1211"You Look Like I Need a Drink" Justin Moore
113"You Should Be Here"Cole Swindell

Singles released by Canadian artists

SongsAirplayCanadaSingleArtistReferences
1"Autograph" Dallas Smith [14]
10"Be You" High Valley [15]
18"Beer Weather" Cold Creek County [16]
17"Bow Chicka Wow Wow" Meghan Patrick [17]
6"Bush Party" Dean Brody [18]
4414"By the Way" Lindsay Ell [19]
3"Come on Down"High Valley [15]
8"Cool with That" Brett Kissel [20]
8"Daughters of the Sun" George Canyon [21]
6"Dirt Road in 'Em" Aaron Pritchett [22]
9"Down by the River" Bobby Wills [23]
15"Elevator" Jess Moskaluke [24]
8"Every Week's Got a Friday"High Valley [15]
16"Found" Dan Davidson [25]
12"Good Kinda Love" Jojo Mason [26]
7"Heard You in a Song" Gord Bamford [27]
8"Hearts on Fire" Chad Brownlee [28]
16"I Didn't Fall in Love with Your Hair"Brett Kissel featuring Carolyn Dawn Johnson [20]
8"I Got This"George Canyon [21]
8"I Hate You for It"Chad Brownlee [28]
19"Jealous of the Sun" Tebey [29]
6"Kids with Cars"Dallas Smith [14]
3"Lawn Chair Lazy" James Barker Band [30]
4"Love Would Be Enough"Dean Brody [18]
10"Maybe It's the Moonshine" The Washboard Union [31]
19"Mixtape" Autumn Hill [32]
7"Monterey"Dean Brody [18]
5"One Little Kiss"Dallas Smith [14]
6"Pick Me Up"Brett Kissel [20]
9"Red Dress"Jojo Mason [26]
5"Shot of Glory"The Washboard Union [31]
11"Spotlight" Jason Blaine [33]
7"Stompin' Ground" Tim Hicks [34]
7"Take Me Home"Jess Moskaluke [24]
13"War Paint" Madeline Merlo [35]
10"Whatcha Wanna Do About It"Madeline Merlo [35]
9"Won't You Be Mine"Bobby Wills [23]
Notes
  • "—" denotes releases that did not chart

Top new album releases

The following albums placed on the Top Country Albums charts in 2016:

USAlbumArtistRecord LabelRelease DateReference
10The Album Collection Joey + Rory Vanguard/Sugar HillApril 1
3All Night Party Casey Donahew Almost CountryAugust 19
1 American Love Jake Owen RCA NashvilleJuly 29
10Behind This Guitar Mo Pitney CurbOctober 7
8 Big Day in a Small Town Brandy Clark Warner Bros. NashvilleJune 10
1 Black Dierks Bentley Capitol NashvilleMay 27
7Boots on the Ground Frank Foster Lone ChiefJanuary 15
5Bury Me in Boots The Cadillac Three Big MachineAugust 5
1 California Sunrise Jon Pardi Capitol NashvilleJune 17
9Call Me Old-FashionedBradley WalkerGaither Music GroupSeptember 23
3Chapter 1 (EP) Kane Brown RCA NashvilleMarch 18
1 Christmas Together Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood Pearl/GwendolynNovember 11
3Christmas Together / GunslingerGarth Brooks & Trisha YearwoodPearl/GwendolynNovember 18
5CMA Awards 50 ZinepakVarious ArtistsCMA/ZinepakOctober 21
1 Cosmic Hallelujah Kenny Chesney Blue Chair/ColumbiaOctober 28
4The Critics Give It 5 Stars Bobby Bones and the Raging Idiots Black RiverMarch 18
4 Detour Cyndi Lauper SireMay 6
1 Dig Your Roots Florida Georgia Line BMLGAugust 26
5 Down Home Sessions III (EP) Cole Swindell Warner Bros. NashvilleOctober 28
4 Down to My Last Bad Habit Vince Gill MCA NashvilleFebruary 12
2 The Driver Charles Kelley Capitol NashvilleFebruary 5
5Dylan Scott Dylan Scott CurbAugust 12
9 El Río Frankie Ballard Warner Bros. NashvilleJune 10
6Elvis: Way Down in the Jungle Room Elvis Presley RCA LegacyAugust 5
1 Farm Tour... Here's to the Farmer (EP) Luke Bryan Capitol NashvilleSeptember 23
3 Fighter David Nail MCA NashvilleJuly 15
3 Fired Up Randy Houser Stoney CreekMarch 11
2For Better, or Worse John Prine Oh BoySeptember 30
5 For the Good Times: A Tribute to Ray Price Willie Nelson LegacySeptember 16
4 Full Circle Loretta Lynn LegacyMarch 4
9 Girl Problems Chris Lane Big LoudAugust 5
2Glow Brett Eldredge Atlantic NashvilleOctober 28
2Gotta Be Me Cody Johnson CoJoAugust 5
7The Greatest Gift of All Rascal Flatts Big MachineOctober 21
4 Gunslinger Garth Brooks PearlNovember 25
2Full Of (Even More) Cheer Home Free ColumbiaNovember 11
1 Hero Maren Morris Columbia NashvilleJune 3
1 Hymns That Are Important to Us Joey + Rory Gaither Music GroupFebruary 14
1 If I'm Honest Blake Shelton Warner Bros. NashvilleMay 20
4 I'm Not the Devil Cody Jinks Thirty TigersAugust 12
4It Must Be Christmas Chris Young RCA NashvilleOctober 14
2 It's About Time Hank Williams, Jr. Nash IconJanuary 15
1Kane Brown Kane Brown RCA NashvilleDecember 2
1 Kinda Don't Care Justin Moore ValoryAugust 12
4 Lighter in the Dark Sister Hazel Croakin' PoetsFebruary 19
1Like an Arrow Blackberry Smoke RounderOctober 14
2 Love Remains Hillary Scott & the Scott Family EMI NashvilleJuly 29
10 Midwest Farmer's Daughter Margo Price Third ManMarch 25
4Mr. Misunderstood: On the Rocks, Live and (Mostly) Unplugged (EP) Eric Church EMI NashvilleNovember 4
4Mud Whiskey Myers Wiggy ThumpSeptember 9
10 Music Is Medicine Marie Osmond OlivemeApril 15
7My Kind of Christmas Reba McEntire Cracker Barrel/Nash Icon/StarstruckSeptember 6
5 Nothing Shines Like Neon Randy Rogers Band Tommy JacksonJanuary 15
5Now That's What I Call Country #1'sVarious ArtistsSony/UniversalNovember 4
3Now That's What I Call Country Volume 9Various ArtistsUniversalJune 10
2 Obsessed Dan + Shay Warner Bros. NashvilleJune 3
3 Pawn Shop Brothers Osborne EMI NashvilleJanuary 15
2 Playing with Fire Jennifer Nettles Big MachineMay 13
1 Pure & Simple Dolly Parton Dolly/RCA NashvilleAugust 19
2 Reckless Martina McBride Nash IconApril 29
9Redneck Shit Wheeler Walker, Jr. Pepper HillFebruary 12
3 Remington Granger Smith WheelhouseMarch 4
1 Ripcord Keith Urban Capitol NashvilleMay 6
1 A Sailor's Guide to Earth Sturgill Simpson AtlanticApril 15
1 Sinner Aaron Lewis DotSeptember 16
5Southern FamilyVarious ArtistsElektra NashvilleMarch 18
4 Spark Drake White DotAugust 19
3Strait Out of the Box: Part 2 George Strait MCA NashvilleNovember 18
6Swimmin' Pools, Movie Stars Dwight Yoakam Sugar HillSeptember 23
3 Tattooed Heart Ronnie Dunn Nash IconNovember 11
1 They Don't Know Jason Aldean Broken BowSeptember 9
8The Things That We Are Made Of Mary Chapin Carpenter Lambent LightMay 6
6'Tis the Season Jimmy Buffett MailboatOctober 28
7Trio: The Ultimate Collection Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris Warner Bros. NashvilleSeptember 9
1 The Ultimate Collection Garth BrooksPearlNovember 11
1 The Weight of These Wings Miranda Lambert RCA NashvilleNovember 18
5 Vinyl William Michael Morgan Warner Bros. NashvilleSeptember 30
1 We're All Somebody from Somewhere Steven Tyler DotJuly 15
2 You Should Be Here Cole Swindell Warner Bros. NashvilleMay 6

Other top albums

USAlbumArtistRecord LabelRelease DateReference
49And Then There's This... The Grascals Mountain HomeJanuary 8
16All American MuttJamie KentRoad DogOctober 21
35All I've Been ThroughCharlie FarleyBackRoadApril 8
14All Night Live, Volume 1 The Mavericks Valory Music Co.October 14
42Bad Mutha Fucka Upchurch RHECDecember 9
19The Bird & the Rifle Lori McKenna Thirty TigersJuly 29
30Boots No. 1: The Official Revival Bootleg Gillian Welch AconyNovember 25
12Breathless Sam Riggs Deep CreekFebruary 19
31 Brett Young Brett Young Republic NashvilleFebruary 12
46Bringing Country Back Zane Williams Be Music & EntertainmentOctober 21
30Cayamo: Sessions at Sea Buddy Miller New WestJanuary 29
41Celebrate Christmas The Oak Ridge Boys Gaither Music GroupOctober 21
43A Chrisley Christmas Todd Chrisley Holy GraffitiNovember 4
11Circlin' Back, Celebrating 50 Years, Live at the Ryman Auditorium, TN Nitty Gritty Dirt Band NGDB/Warner Bros. NashvilleSeptember 30
13Colvin & Earle Colvin & Earle FantasyJune 10
21Coming to a Honky Tonk Near You Kevin Fowler Kevin FowlerOctober 21
50A Country Boy Can Survive (Box Set) Hank Williams, Jr. CurbOctober 21
41Couchville Sessions Darrell Scott Full LightMay 13
42Dance with Me (EP) The Springs CFCJune 10
37 Dear Life High Valley Atlantic NashvilleNovember 18
22Deep Tracks Faith Hill Warner Bros. NashvilleNovember 18
42Del and Woody Del McCoury Band McCouryApril 15
39Deux (EP) Megan and Liz Hidden CowMarch 11
11Dirt on Us Drew Baldridge Cold RiverJune 10
35 Down in a Hole Kiefer Sutherland Warner Bros. NashvilleAugust 19
43Drifted Lenny Cooper BackroadOctober 28
23Exodus of Venus Elizabeth Cook Agent Love RecordsJune 17
25Extended Play (EP) LANco Arista NashvilleApril 15
14Fight Like Hell (EP) Tucker Beathard DotOctober 7
14 The Fighters LoCash Reviver MusicJune 17
44Forever a Cowboy (EP)Ned LeDouxPowder RiverDecember 2
13Good Country Music Frank Foster Lone ChiefOctober 28
30Heart of America Upchurch Johnny CashvilleJanuary 15
42House on Fire Ty Herndon BFDNovember 11
38Humble Folks Flatland Cavalry Flatland CavalryApril 1
13I Am the Rain Chely Wright MRI Entertainment/SonySeptember 9
22I Call BS on That (EP) Buddy Brown Buddy Brown MusicOctober 7
27I'm Leavin' Elvis Presley RCA/LegacyApril 15
49It's So Good Live Sundy Best eOne EntertainmentApril 22
25Kid Sister The Time Jumpers RounderSeptember 9
44Ladies & Gentlemen Infamous Stringdusters CompassFebruary 5
47 Letting Go...Slow Lorrie Morgan ShanachieFebruary 12
28The Life & Songs of Emmylou Harris: An All-Star Concert CelebrationVarious ArtistsRounderNovember 11
16Live: American Outlaws The Highwaymen LegacyMay 20
29Live Dinner Reunion Robert Earl Keen DualtoneNovember 18
42Long Way Corey Kent White BackwoodsMay 27
49 Lucky to Be Alive Confederate Railroad D&B MasterworksJuly 15
44A Man and His Guitar: Live from the Franklin Theatre Travis Tritt Post OakNovember 18
50McGraw: The Ultimate Collection Tim McGraw CurbOctober 21
38Midland (EP) Midland Big MachineOctober 28
24Midnight Motel Jack Ingram RounderAugust 26
12 The Music of Nashville: Season 4, Volume 2 Various ArtistsBig MachineMay 13
50My GospelPaul CauthenLightning RodOctober 14
48Never Enders Lonestar ShanachieApril 29
23New City Blues Aubrie Sellers CarnivalJanuary 29
29New Lane Road Josh Kelley Sugar HillApril 22
42Post Monroe (EP)Post MonroeKCHMay 13
34Precious Memories: Collection Alan Jackson EMI NashvilleNovember 25
46Rain Crow Tony Joe White Yep RocMay 27
39Red, White & Blue (Live) Van Zant Loud & ProudJuly 1
41Rx Ryan Beaver St. BeaverMay 6
17Shine on a Rainy Day Brent Cobb Elektra NashvilleOctober 7
45Simple (EP)Travis MarvinIndependentJuly 22
43Silent Night: A Country ChristmasVarious ArtistsSony Music NashvilleAugust 23
38Steve Moakler (EP) Steve Moakler Creative NationMarch 11
11Strait for the Holidays George Strait MCA NashvilleOctober 28
14 Summer (EP) Cassadee Pope Republic NashvilleJune 3
12Sunset Motel Reckless Kelly Thirty TigersSeptember 23
25Tailgate Country Soul Circus Cowboys KismetFebruary 26
18Then Sings My Soul: Songs for My Mother Wade Bowen Bowen SoundsMarch 18
49 Thin Line Billy Ray Cyrus Blue CadillacSeptember 9
19Timeless (EP) The Swon Brothers TSBJanuary 29
13 To Celebrate Christmas Jennifer Nettles Big MachineOctober 28
31To Joey, with Love (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Various ArtistsReunionNovember 11
44Tougher Lainey Wilson Lone ChiefApril 8
22Tradition Lives Mark Chesnutt Row EntertainmentJuly 8
28The Truth (EP) Royal Bliss Royal BlissJune 3
12 Turning Point Chuck Wicks BlasterFebruary 26
40The Ultimate Collection Roy Orbison LegacyOctober 28
12Underground (EP) Kip Moore MCA NashvilleOctober 28
24 Up At Night Cimorelli CimorelliMay 18
22The Very Best of the Highwaymen The Highwaymen LegacyMay 20
11 A Very Kacey Christmas Kacey Musgraves Mercury NashvilleOctober 28
28The Voice: The Complete Season 10 Collection Adam Wakefield RepublicMay 24
36The Voice: The Complete Season 11 Collection Sundance Head RepublicDecember 9
21Watch This Wade Bowen and Randy Rogers Lil' Buddy ToonsJune 3
48Wayfaring Strangers: Cosmic American MusicVarious ArtistsNumeroMarch 18
13We the People Big Smo Elektra NashvilleJuly 22
47Which Way Is UpJackson Taylor & the SinnersSin HouseJune 3
26White Christmas Blue Loretta Lynn LegacyOctober 7
16 A Whole Lot More to Me Craig Morgan Black RiverJune 3
28William Michael Morgan EP William Michael Morgan Warner Bros. NashvilleMarch 18
48Wrong Side of the River Rob Baird Hard LuckMay 13
14 Wynonna & the Big Noise Wynonna CurbFebruary 12
14Yours, EP Russell Dickerson DentJanuary 18
25Zach Seabaugh (EP) Zach Seabaugh Open Roads HighwayJune 1
3717 (EP) Dylan Schneider Dylan SchneiderOctober 9

Deaths

Hall of Fame inductees

Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame Inductees

Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

Major awards

Academy of Country Music

(presented April 2, 2017 in Las Vegas)

ACM Honors
(presented August 30, 2016)

Americana Music Honors & Awards

American Country Countdown Awards

(presented May 1 in Los Angeles)

Academy of Country Music

American Music Awards

(presented in November 20 in Los Angeles)

ARIA Awards

(presented in Sydney on November 23, 2016)

Canadian Country Music Association

(presented September 11 in London, Ontario)

Country Music Association

(presented November 2 in Nashville)

CMT Music Awards

(presented on June 8 in Nashville)

CMT Artists of the Year
(presented on October 20, 2016, in Nashville) [52]

Grammy Awards

(presented February 12, 2017 in Los Angeles)

Juno Awards

(presented April 2, 2017 in Ottawa)

See also

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