2025 in country music

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

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Events

• January 20 – Carrie Underwood performs "America the Beautiful" during the swearing-in ceremony at the second inauguration of Donald Trump. ^[1]
• March 31 – Orville Peck will make his Broadway debut in Cabaret , taking over the role of the Emcee from Adam Lambert for a limited sixteen show run at the August Wilson Theatre. Peck will star alongside two-time Tony Award nominee Eva Noblezada as Sally Bowles. ^[2]

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 2025:

See also: List of Billboard number-one country songs of 2025

Singles released by American and Australian artists

Songs	Airplay	Canada	Single	Artist	References
9	4	1	"4x4xU"	Lainey Wilson	[3]
14	15	26	"Am I Okay?"	Megan Moroney	[4]
16	19	19	"Backseat Driver"	Kane Brown	[5]
20	4	29	"Bigger Houses"	Dan + Shay	[6]
18	2	29	"Boys Back Home"	Dylan Marlowe featuring Dylan Scott	[7]
44	20	41	"Coming Home"	Old Dominion	[8]
16	24	36	"Cowboys Cry Too"	Kelsea Ballerini featuring Noah Kahan	[9]
28	10	6	"Damn Good Day to Leave"	Riley Green	[10]
19	31	41	"Fix What You Didn't Break"	Nate Smith	[11]
27	9	52	"Forever to Me"	Cole Swindell	[12]
30	12	32	"Friends Like That"	John Morgan featuring Jason Aldean	[13]
12	39	31	"Good News"	Shaboozey	[14]
7	5	1	"Guy for That"	Post Malone featuring Luke Combs	[15]
13	14	40	"Holy Smokes"	Bailey Zimmerman	[16]
26	5	42	"Hometown Home"	LoCash	[17]
13	2	5	"I Ain't Sayin'"	Jordan Davis	[18]
7	10	16	"I Never Lie"	Zach Top	[19] [20]
9	6	24	"I'm Gonna Love You"	Cody Johnson featuring Carrie Underwood	[21]
1	13	29	"I'm the Problem"	Morgan Wallen	[22]
8	52	—	"Indigo"	Sam Barber featuring Avery Anna	[20]
—	18	38	"Just to Say We Did"	Kenny Chesney	[23]
5	1	7	"Liar"	Jelly Roll	[24]
1	1	1	"Love Somebody"	Morgan Wallen	[22]
2	31	39	"Smile"	Morgan Wallen	[22]
21	11	8	"Texas"	Blake Shelton	[25]
12	12	10	"Think I'm in Love with You"	Chris Stapleton	[26]
23	8	42	"This Town's Been Too Good to Us"	Dylan Scott	[7]
47	16	57	"Tough People"	Drew Baldridge	[27]
17	21	34	"Weren't for the Wind"	Ella Langley	[28]
37	17	53	"Whiskey Drink"	Jason Aldean	[29]
6	2	3	"Wind Up Missin' You"	Tucker Wetmore	[30]
11	26	—	"Worst Way"	Riley Green	[10]

Singles released by Canadian artists

Songs	Airplay	Canada	Single	Artist	References
–	–	13	"Another One"	Brett Kissel	[31]
–	–	14	"CRZY"	Dallas Smith	[32]
–	–	9	"Broken Heart Thing"	Madeline Merlo (featuring Dustin Lynch)	[33]
–	52	11	"Golden Child"	Meghan Patrick	[34]
–	–	9	"Have Your Beer"	MacKenzie Porter	[35]
–	–	15	"Quitter"	Cameron Whitcomb	[36]
–	–	9	"Things My Mama Says"	Hailey Benedict	[37]
–	–	7	"What Good is a Memory"	Tyler Joe Miller	[38]

Top new album releases

See also: List of Top Country Albums number ones of 2025

See also: List of UK Country Albums Chart number ones of 2025

US	Album	Artist	Record Label	Release Date	Reference
2	The High Road	Kane Brown	RCA Nashville	January 24	[39]

Other top albums

US	Album	Artist	Record Label	Release Date	Reference
27	Look Up	Ringo Starr	UMG Nashville	January 10	[40]
12	The Select	Ty Myers	Capitol Nashville	January 24	[41]
	Plus One	The War and Treaty	Universal Music Group Nashville	February 14	[42]
	Let Your Horses Run	Brett Kissel	Big Star	February 28	[43]

Upcoming

Album	Artist	Record Label	Release Date	Reference
Bed of Roses	Caylee Hammack	Capitol Nashville	March 7	[44]
Relapse, Lies & Betrayal	Warren Zeiders	Warner	March 14	[45]
Arcadia	Alison Krauss & Union Station	Down the Road	March 28	[46]
Fell in Love with a Cowgirl	Parmalee	Stoney Creek	April 4	[47]
Honkytonk Hollywood	Jon Pardi	Capitol Nashville	April 11	[48]
Carolina Blue	John Morgan	BBR	April 25	[49]
What Not To	Tucker Wetmore	UMG Nashville		[50]
I'm the Problem	Morgan Wallen	Big Loud	TBA	[51]
TBA	Trisha Yearwood	Gwendolyn Records	TBA	[52]

Deaths

• January 1 – Chad Morgan, 91, Australian country singer and guitarist ^[53]
• January 13 – Buck White, 94, American bluegrass instrumentalist, member of the Whites ^[54]
• January 15 – Melba Montgomery, 86, American country singer ("No Charge") ^[55]
• January 24 – Buddy Brock, 72, American songwriter ("You've Got to Stand for Something", "Watermelon Crawl") ^[56]

References

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2. https://www.westendtheatre.com/270534/news/broadway/cabaret-on-broadway-announces-new-stars-eva-noblezada-orville-peck/
3. "Lainey Wilson - Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
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6. "Dan + Shay - Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
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31. • "Another One": "Canada Country chart for March 1, 2025". Billboard Canada. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
32. • "CRZY": "Canada Country chart for March 1, 2025". Billboard Canada. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
33. • "Broken Heart Thing": "Canada Country chart for February 15, 2025". Billboard Canada. Retrieved February 12, 2025.
34. • "Golden Child": "Canada Country chart for March 1, 2025". Billboard Canada. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
    • "Golden Child" (US): "Billboard Country Update" (PDF). Billboard . February 28, 2025. Retrieved March 2, 2025.
35. • "Have Your Beer": "Canada Country chart for February 1, 2025". Billboard Canada. Retrieved February 1, 2025.
36. • "Quitter": "Canada Country chart for February 22, 2025". Billboard Canada. Retrieved February 22, 2025.
37. • "Things My Mama Says": "Canada Country chart for February 8, 2025". Billboard Canada. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
38. • "What Good is a Memory": "Canada Country chart for January 25, 2025". Billboard Canada. Retrieved February 1, 2025.
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