2024 in country music

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This is a list of notable events in country music that will take place in 2024.

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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 [10] [11] [12]
26320"All I Need Is You" Chris Janson [13]
1232"Back Then Right Now" Tyler Hubbard [14]
131724"Bulletproof" Nate Smith [15]
7115"Burn It Down" Parker McCollum [16]
28216"Cab in a Solo" Scotty McCreery [17]
421944"Can't Break Up Now" Old Dominion
featuring Megan Moroney 		[18]
1126–"Cowgirls" Morgan Wallen
featuring Ernest
221217"Creek Will Rise" Conner Smith [10] [11] [12]
15211"Different 'Round Here" Riley Green
featuring Luke Combs 		[19]
341241"Fearless (The Echo)" Jackson Dean [10] [11] [12]
17933"Halfway to Hell" Jelly Roll [20]
1312"I Can Feel It" Kane Brown [21]
12614"I Remember Everything" Zach Bryan
featuring Kacey Musgraves 		[22]
321939"I'm Not Pretty"Megan Moroney [10] [11] [12]
74356"In Your Love" Tyler Childers [23]
341337"Let Your Boys Be Country" Jason Aldean [24]
–18–"Love You Again"Chase Matthew [10] [11] [12]
1411"Mamaw's House" Thomas Rhett
featuring Morgan Wallen		 [25]
311"Man Made a Bar"Morgan Wallen
featuring Eric Church 		[26]
16253"Mind on You" George Birge [27] [28] [29]
1414"Outskirts" Sam Hunt [30]
381810"Out of That Truck" Carrie Underwood [31]
711"The Painter" Cody Johnson [32]
5119"Pretty Little Poison" Warren Zeiders [10] [11] [12]
1125"Save Me the Trouble" Dan + Shay [33]
19624"Take Her Home" Kenny Chesney [34]
13325"Texas Hold 'Em" Beyoncé [35]
612"Truck Bed" Hardy [36]
15422"Tucson Too Late" Jordan Davis [37]
191435"We Don't Fight Anymore" Carly Pearce
featuring Chris Stapleton 		[38]
231552"We Ride" Bryan Martin [10] [11] [12]
7521"Where It Ends" Bailey Zimmerman [39]
631"Where the Wild Things Are"Luke Combs [40]
521"White Horse"Chris Stapleton [41]
10101"Wildflowers and Wild Horses" Lainey Wilson [42]
381645"Young Love & Saturday Nights" Chris Young [43]
311130"Your Place" Ashley Cooke [44]

Singles released by Canadian artists

SongsAirplayCanadaSingleArtistReferences
––9"Ahead of Our Time" James Barker Band [45]
––2"Ain't Doin' Jack" Josh Ross [46]
––12"Bet You Break My Heart" MacKenzie Porter [47]
––4"Fixer Upper" Dallas Smith [48]
––16"Go Get Er" Jess Moskaluke [49]
––16"I Grew Up on a Farm" The Reklaws [50]
––6"Old Dirt Roads" Owen Riegling [51]
––12"Out Here" Steven Lee Olsen [52]
––1"Right Round Here" Dean Brody [53]
––9"Telluride" Jade Eagleson [54]
––6"Tim + Faith" Madeline Merlo [55]
––6"Two of Us" Brett Kissel
with Cooper Alan		 [56]

Top new album releases

USAlbumArtistRecord LabelRelease DateReference
1 Deeper Well Kacey Musgraves Interscope/MCA NashvilleMarch 15 [57]
5 Born Kenny Chesney Blue Chair/Warner Music NashvilleMarch 22 [58]
1 Cowboy Carter Beyoncé Columbia/ParkwoodMarch 29 [59]

Other top albums

USAlbumArtistRecord LabelRelease DateReference
42 Smoky Mountains Conner Smith Valory Music GroupJanuary 26 [60]
39 Chapter & Verse Gabby Barrett Warner NashvilleFebruary 2 [61]
35What Happens Now? Dasha Version III/WarnerFebruary 16 [59]
26 Be Right Here Blackberry Smoke 3 Legged/Thirty TigersFebruary 16 [62]
24Trail of Flowers Sierra Ferrell Rounder/ConcordMarch 22 [63]
27Change the Game Cody Jinks Late AugustMarch 22 [63]
47Three Twenty Four: The EPOle60Grey Area/Red DoorMarch 22 [63]
34 Young Love & Saturday Nights Chris Young RCA NashvilleMarch 22 [64]
33The Hill Aaron Lewis ValoryMarch 29 [59]
41Hixtape, Vol. 3: DifftapeVarious artistsBig LoudMarch 29 [59]
33 Bad for Me Chayce Beckham WheelhouseApril 5 [65]
34Through the Smoke Nate Smith RCA NashvilleApril 5 [65]
34Nashville, Tennessee Ernest Big LoudApril 12 [66]
29Way Out Here Riley Green Nashville Harbor/BMLGApril 12 [67]
35 Strong Tyler Hubbard Hubbard House/EMI NashvilleApril 12 [68]
44Have a Nice DayTreaty Oak RevivalTORApril 12 [66]

Announced

AlbumArtistRecord LabelRelease DateReference
Nobody's Born with a Broken Heart MacKenzie Porter Big LoudApril 26 [69]
To Be Honest Tenille Arts DreamcatcherMay 3 [70]
Tennessee Truth Brian Kelley Big MachineMay 10 [71]
Rise & Fall Scotty McCreery Triple Tigers [72]
Roads That Go Nowhere Travis Denning Mercury NashvilleMay 24 [73]
Take Two Terri Clark Mercury Nashville/UMeMay 31 [74]
Unbroke Sara Evans Melody Place/Born to FlyJune 7 [75]
Hummingbird Carly Pearce Big Machine [76]
Lasso Lana Del Rey Interscope/PolydorSeptember [77]
Son of the Mountains Brad Paisley EMI NashvilleTBA [78]
TBA Miranda Lambert Republic/Big LoudTBA [79]

Hall of Fame inductees

Country Music Hall of Fame

(announced on March 18, 2024) [80]

Deaths

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