2023 in country music

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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in 2023.

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Events

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 2023:

Singles released by American and Australian artists

SongsAirplayCanadaSingle[ citation needed ]ArtistReferences
1135"5 Leaf Clover" Luke Combs
1156"'98 Braves" Morgan Wallen
6"Ain't That Some"
1714"Angels (Don't Always Have Wings)" Thomas Rhett
10"Better Than Revenge (Taylor's Version)" Taylor Swift
15"Born with a Beer in My Hand"Morgan Wallen
9"Boys of Faith" Zach Bryan
featuring Bon Iver
31117"Brown Eyes Baby" Keith Urban [31]
811"Bury Me in Georgia" Kane Brown
1942"But I Got a Beer in My Hand" Luke Bryan
1016"Can't Have Mine (Find You a Girl)" Dylan Scott
621"Dancin' in the Country" Tyler Hubbard
11"Dawns"Zach Bryan
featuring Maggie Rogers
[32]
9"Dear John (Taylor's Version)"Taylor Swift
12"Deep Satin"Zach Bryan
13"Devil Don't Know"Morgan Wallen
16227"Down Home" Jimmie Allen
22134"Drinkaby" Cole Swindell
7"East Side of Sorrow"Zach Bryan
15"El Dorado"
7"Enchanted (Taylor's Version)"Taylor Swift
731"Everything I Love"Morgan Wallen
24172"Everything She Ain't" Hailey Whitters
111"Fast Car"Luke Combs
12"Fear and Friday's"Zach Bryan
19"Fear and Friday's (Poem)"
1938"Girl in Mine" Parmalee
1527"God Gave Me a Girl" Russell Dickerson
511"Going, Going, Gone"Luke Combs
2021"Gold" Dierks Bentley
1838"Good Day for Living" Joe Nichols
1858"Growin' Up and Gettin' Old"Luke Combs
1024"Handle on You"Parker McCollum [33]
2024"Hate My Heart" Carrie Underwood
721"Heart Like a Truck" Lainey Wilson [34]
14"Heartbroken" Diplo,
Jessie Murph and Polo G
[35]
5"Hey Driver"Zach Bryan
featuring The War and Treaty
17"Holy Roller"Zach Bryan
featuring Sierra Ferrell
20"Hope That's True"Morgan Wallen
16"How It Oughta Be" Shane Profitt
1583"Human" Cody Johnson
3"I Can See You"Taylor Swift
960"I Wrote the Book"Morgan Wallen
32172"If You Go Down (I'm Goin' Down Too)" Kelsea Ballerini
1334"It Matters to Her" Scotty McCreery
111"Last Night"Morgan Wallen
261323"Looking for You" Chris Young
311"Love You Anyway"Luke Combs
741"Memory Lane" Old Dominion
311"Need a Favor" Jelly Roll
721"Next Thing You Know" Jordan Davis [36]
15"Nine Ball"Zach Bryan
25183"No Body" Blake Shelton
281"One Thing at a Time"Morgan Wallen
10"Overtime"Zach Bryan
18"Pain, Sweet Pain"
14614"Pick Me Up" Gabby Barrett
16"Red" Hardy
featuring Morgan Wallen
411"Religiously" Bailey Zimmerman
140"Rich Men North of Richmond" Oliver Anthony [37]
211"Rock and a Hard Place"Bailey Zimmerman
5"Sarah's Place"Zach Bryan
featuring Noah Kahan
611"Save Me"Jelly Roll
with Lainey Wilson
18"Smaller Acts"Zach Bryan
12028"Something in the Orange" [32]
817"Son of a Sinner"Jelly Roll
8"Sparks Fly (Taylor's Version)"Taylor Swift
6"Spotless"Zach Bryan
featuring The Lumineers
1423"Standing Room Only" Tim McGraw [38]
1322"Stars Like Confetti" Dustin Lynch
11"Summertime's Close"Zach Bryan
11"Sunrise"Morgan Wallen
18"Tennessee Numbers"
1043"Tennessee Orange" Megan Moroney
213"Thank God"Kane Brown
with Katelyn Brown
[39]
1959"That's What Tequila Does" Jason Aldean [40]
311"Thinkin' Bout Me"Morgan Wallen
111"Thought You Should Know"
14"Ticking"Zach Bryan
8"Tourniquet"
1249"Try That in a Small Town"Jason Aldean
522"Wait in the Truck"Hardy
featuring Lainey Wilson
271533"Water Under the Bridge" Sam Hunt
711"Watermelon Moonshine"Lainey Wilson
281221"We Got History" Mitchell Tenpenny
1125"What He Didn't Do"Carly Pearce [41]
813"What My World Spins Around"Jordan Davis [36]
16"Whiskey Friends"Morgan Wallen
1111"Whiskey on You" Nate Smith
123"Wild as Her" Corey Kent
8"Wild Ones"Jessie Murph
with Jelly Roll
711"World on Fire"Nate Smith
20"Wreckage"
22327"You"Dan + Shay
181026"You Didn't" Brett Young
832"You, Me, & Whiskey" Justin Moore
featuring Priscilla Block
1143"Your Heart or Mine" Jon Pardi

Singles released by Canadian artists

SongsAirplayCanadaSingleArtistReferences
10"Back to Drinkin' Whiskey" Tyler Joe Miller [42]
20"Budweiser" Nate Haller [43]
3"Chasing Tornadoes" MacKenzie Porter [44]
20"Country Dance" Aaron Goodvin [45]
4"Do This Life" High Valley
(with Alison Krauss)
[46]
10"Girl to Girl" Tenille Arts [47]
12"Good Ol' Days" The Reklaws [48]
15"Greatest Show on Dirt" Meghan Patrick [49]
10"Heartbreaker" Jess Moskaluke [50]
1"Honky Tonkin' About" The Reklaws
(with Drake Milligan)
[48]
14"I Run on Country" The Washboard Union [51]
5"The Last Time" Tenille Townes [52]
20"Love Me Like an Outlaw" Kalsey Kulyk [53]
3"Meet Your Mama" James Barker Band [54]
10"Never Met a Beer" Tyler Joe Miller and Matt Lang [55]
4"On a Different Night" Josh Ross [56]
6"On the Water" James Barker Band
(featuring Dalton Dover)
[54]
5"Outta Yours" Steven Lee Olsen [57]
5"Rodeo Queen" Jade Eagleson [58]
10"Second Guessing" Griffen Palmer [59]
8"Settle for a Drink" Shawn Austin [60]
11"Shoulda Known Better" Tyler Joe Miller [42]
5"Singing in a Beer" Dallas Smith [61]
6"Slide" Madeline Merlo [62]
10"Slip" Shawn Austin [60]
6"Small Town Somethin'" High Valley [46]
7"Talk to Time" Tim Hicks [63]
5"Take Me Backroad" Tim and the Glory Boys
(featuring High Valley)
[46]
8"The Road That Raised You Up" Jason Blaine [64]
431"Trouble" Josh Ross [56]
11"Watch It" Brett Kissel [65]
15"You Ain't" Aaron Goodvin
(featuring Meghan Patrick)
[66]
4"You Got the Wrong Guy" Dean Brody [67]

Top new album releases

USAlbumArtistRecord LabelRelease DateReference
7 20 Number Ones Thomas Rhett ValorySeptember 29 [68]
9 Bigger Houses Dan + Shay Warner NashvilleSeptember 15 [69]
3 Bluebird Days Jordan Davis MCA NashvilleFebruary 17 [70]
3 Boys of Faith (EP)Zach BryanWarnerSeptember 22 [71]
9A Cat in the Rain Turnpike Troubadours Bossier City/Thirty TigersAugust 25 [72]
2 Equal Strain On All Parts Jimmy Buffett Mailboat/SunNovember 3 [73]
2 Gettin' Old Luke Combs Columbia NashvilleMarch 24 [74]
6 Highway Desperado Jason Aldean Macon/Broken Bow/BMGNovember 3 [75]
1 Higher Chris Stapleton Mercury NashvilleNovember 10 [76]
5 Leather Cody Johnson CoJo/Warner NashvilleNovember 3 [77]
10 Lucky Megan Moroney Columbia NashvilleMay 5 [78]
1 The Mockingbird & the Crow Hardy Big LoudJanuary 20 [79]
5 Nate Smith Nate Smith Arista NashvilleApril 28 [80]
1 One Thing at a Time Morgan Wallen Big Loud/Republic/MercuryMarch 3 [81]
2 Queen of Me Shania Twain RepublicFebruary 3 [82]
3 Religiously. The Album. Bailey Zimmerman Warner NashvilleMay 12 [83]
1 Rockstar Dolly Parton Butterfly/Big MachineNovember 17 [84]
4 Rustin' in the Rain Tyler Childers Hickman Holler/RCASeptember 8 [85]
1 Speak Now (Taylor's Version) Taylor Swift RepublicJuly 7 [86]
8 Tyler Hubbard Tyler Hubbard EMI NashvilleJanuary 27 [87]
2 Whitsitt Chapel Jelly Roll BBR Music GroupJune 2 [88]
1 Zach Bryan Zach Bryan WarnerAugust 25 [71]

Other top albums

USAlbumArtistRecord LabelRelease DateReference
46 29: Written in Stone (Live from Music City) Carly Pearce Big MachineMarch 24 [89]
39 Across the Sheets Brett Young BMLGAugust 4 [90]
15 Ain't My Last Rodeo Riley Green October 13 [91]
27 Blacktop Corey Kent RCA NashvilleJune 2 [92]
28 Brothers Osborne Brothers Osborne EMI NashvilleSeptember 15 [93]
27 Carolyn's Boy Darius Rucker Capitol NashvilleOctober 6 [94]
23 Celebrants Nickel Creek Repair/Thirty TigersMarch 24 [95]
11 Come Get Your Wife Elle King RCA NashvilleJanuary 27 [96]
38Damn Love Kip Moore MCA NashvilleApril 28 [97]
28 The Devil I Know Ashley McBryde Warner NashvilleSeptember 8 [98]
14 Gravel & Gold Dierks Bentley Capitol NashvilleFebruary 24 [99]
34Greatest Hits Willie Nelson LegacyNovember 3 [100]
15 The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (soundtrack) Various artistsLionsgate/Geffen/IGANovember 17 [101]
36I Hate Cowboys & All Dogs Go to Hell Chase Rice Broken BowFebruary 10 [102]
37I'll Be a Bartender (EP) Dylan Scott CurbOctober 6 [103]
47 Killed the Cowboy Dustin Lynch BBR Music GroupSeptember 29 [104]
17 Little Songs Colter Wall La Honda/RCAJuly 14 [105]
13 Memory Lane Old Dominion Three Up Three Down/Columbia NashvilleJune 23 (EP)
October 6 (album)
[106]
40Million Eyes Sam Barber Atlantic/Lockeland SpringsSeptember 22 [107]
43The Monument Singles Collection: 1964-1968 Dolly Parton Monument/LegacyApril 21 [84]
12 Never Enough Parker McCollum MCA NashvilleMay 12 [108]
39 No Better Time Dylan Gossett Mercury/RepublicOctober 27 [109]
25Not That Fancy Reba McEntire MCA NashvilleOctober 6 [110]
12 Pretty Little Poison Warren Zeiders Warner NashvilleAugust 18 [111]
45Psychopath Morgan Wade Ladylike/RCA NashvilleAugust 25 [72]
11 Rolling Up the Welcome Mat (EP) Kelsea Ballerini Black RiverFebruary 10 [112]
17 Standing Room Only Tim McGraw Big MachineAugust 25 [113]
25 Stray Dog Justin Moore ValoryMay 5 [114]
30 Strays Margo Price Loma VistaJanuary 13 [115]
45A Tribute to The Judds Various artistsBroken Bow/BMGOctober 27 [109]

Hall of Fame inductees

Country Music Hall of Fame

(announced on April 3, 2023) [116]

Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame

(announced on July 18, 2023) [117]

International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame

(announced on July 19, 2023) [118]

Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame

(announced on August 3, 2023) [119]

Deaths

Major awards

Academy of Country Music Awards

(presented on May 16, 2024)

Canadian Country Music Association Awards

(presented on September 16, 2023) [149]

CMT Music Awards

(presented on April 2, 2023)

Grammy Awards

(presented on February 4, 2024)

Juno Awards

(presented on March 24, 2023) [150]

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