2025 in country music

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

Contents

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 2025:

Singles released by American and Australian artists

SongsAirplayCanadaSingleArtistReferences
8"20 Cigarettes" Morgan Wallen [14]
281932"3,2,1" Tucker Wetmore [15]
941"4x4xU" Lainey Wilson [16]
92839"6 Months Later" Megan Moroney [17]
811"After All the Bars Are Closed" Thomas Rhett [18]
1"All the Way" BigXthaPlug
featuring Bailey Zimmerman
[19]
12226"Am I Okay?"Megan Moroney [17]
1654"Amen" Shaboozey
and Jelly Roll
[20]
91113"Back in the Saddle" Luke Combs [21]
1624"Backseat Driver" Kane Brown [22]
622"Backup Plan"Bailey Zimmerman
featuring Luke Combs
[19]
10811"Bar None" Jordan Davis [23]
133246"Better Me for You (Brown Eyes)" Max McNown [24]
20429"Bigger Houses" Dan + Shay [25]
12616"Bottle Rockets" Scotty McCreery
featuring Hootie & the Blowfish
[26]
18229"Boys Back Home" Dylan Marlowe
featuring Dylan Scott
[27]
421641"Coming Home" Old Dominion [28]
2729"Country House" Sam Hunt [29]
25317"Country Song Came On" Luke Bryan [30]
162436"Cowboys Cry Too" Kelsea Ballerini
featuring Noah Kahan
[31]
20"Cowgirl" Parmalee [32]
28106"Damn Good Day to Leave" Riley Green [33]
411249"Darlin" Chase Matthew [34]
2033"Ends of the Earth" Ty Myers [35]
10"Eyes Are Closed"Morgan Wallen [14]
14239"Fix What You Didn't Break" Nate Smith [36]
25250"Forever to Me" Cole Swindell [37]
371037"Friday Night Heartbreaker" Jon Pardi [38]
1621"Friends Like That" John Morgan
featuring Jason Aldean
[39]
16043"The Giver" Chappell Roan [40]
311"Good News"Shaboozey [20]
321829"Good Times & Tan Lines" Zach Top [41]
751"Guy for That" Post Malone
featuring Luke Combs
[42]
20147"Hands of Time" Eric Church [43]
941"Happen to Me" Russell Dickerson [44]
1237"Hard Fought Hallelujah" Brandon Lake
featuring Jelly Roll
[45]
25723"Heart of Stone"Jelly Roll [46]
1239"Heavens to Betsy" Jackson Dean [47]
131040"Holy Smokes"Bailey Zimmerman [19]
21134"Hometown Home" LoCash [48]
161745"House Again"Hudson Westbrook [49]
33054"I Ain't Comin' Back"Morgan Wallen
and Post Malone
[14]
1221"I Ain't Sayin'"Jordan Davis [23]
4927"I Got Better"Morgan Wallen [14]
621"I Never Lie"Zach Top [41]
538"I'm a Little Crazy"Morgan Wallen [14]
736"I'm Gonna Love You" Cody Johnson
and Carrie Underwood
[50]
111"I'm the Problem"Morgan Wallen [14]
83757"Indigo" Sam Barber
featuring Avery Anna
[51]
211"Just in Case"Morgan Wallen [14]
1628"Just to Say We Did" Kenny Chesney [52]
9"Kick Myself"Morgan Wallen [14]
511"Liar"Jelly Roll [46]
111"Love Somebody"Morgan Wallen [14]
5"Miami"Morgan Wallen
featuring Lil Wayne and Rick Ross
[14]
2411"Park" Tyler Hubbard [53]
23139"Smile"Morgan Wallen [14]
141618"Somewhere Over Laredo"Lainey Wilson [16]
302048"A Song to Sing" Miranda Lambert
and Chris Stapleton
[54]
1821"Straight Line" Keith Urban [55]
55857"Superman"Morgan Wallen [14]
1621"Texas" Blake Shelton [56]
121210"Think I'm in Love with You"Chris Stapleton [57]
27111"This Heart" Corey Kent [58]
17139"This Town's Been Too Good to Us"Dylan Scott [27]
461241"Tough People" Drew Baldridge [59]
1835"Truck on Fire" Carly Pearce [60]
421"Weren't for the Wind" Ella Langley [61]
15555"What I Want"Morgan Wallen
featuring Tate McRae
[14]
271448"What Kinda Man" Parker McCollum [62]
24239"Whiskey Drink"Jason Aldean [63]
623"Wind Up Missin' You"Tucker Wetmore [15]
511"Worst Way"Riley Green [33]

Singles released by Canadian artists

SongsAirplayCanadaSingleArtistReferences
7"Another One" Brett Kissel [64]
4"Bourbon" Morgan Griffiths [65]
9"Broken Heart Thing" Madeline Merlo
(featuring Dustin Lynch)
[66]
6"Cowboys & Dreamers"Brett Kissel [64]
6"CRZY" Dallas Smith [67]
18"Doin' What She Does" Tyler Joe Miller [68]
3110"Golden Child" Meghan Patrick [69]
11"Happy Ever After You" MacKenzie Porter & Jake Etheridge
(Thelma & James)
[70]
9"Have Your Beer"MacKenzie Porter [70]
7"Highway Money" Josh Stumpf [71]
4"How Do You Miss Me"Dallas Smith
(featuring Alexandra Kay)
[67]
4"Leave Me Too" Josh Ross [72]
13"Life for Me" Jess Moskaluke [73]
9"Never Drinking Again" The Reklaws [74]
8"Quitter" Cameron Whitcomb [75]
2222"Single Again"Josh Ross [72]
18"Slow Go the Days" Tim and the Glory Boys [76]
7"Smoke" Zach McPhee [77]
6"Things My Mama Says" Hailey Benedict [78]
17"Til I Don't" Sacha [79]
7"What Good Is a Memory"Tyler Joe Miller [68]
6"Worth the Double" Jade Eagleson [80]
3"You Didn't Hear It From Me" James Barker Band [81]

Top new album releases

USAlbumArtistRecord labelRelease dateReference
2 The High Road Kane Brown RCA NashvilleJanuary 24 [82]
4 Foxes in the Snow Jason Isbell SoutheasternMarch 7 [83]
4 What Not To Tucker Wetmore UMG NashvilleApril 25 [84]
5 Evangeline vs. the Machine Eric Church May 2 [85]
8 For Recreational Use Only Blake Shelton WheelhouseMay 9 [86]
1 I'm the Problem Morgan Wallen Big LoudMay 16 [87]
6 Parker McCollum Parker McCollum MCA NashvilleJune 27 [88]
2 Snipe Hunter Tyler Childers RCA NashvilleJuly 25
10Texas ForeverHudson WestbrookRiverHouse [89]
3 Different Night Same Rodeo Bailey Zimmerman Warner Nashville/AtlanticAugust 8 [90]
4 Own Worst Enemy Gavin Adcock Thrivin' Here/Warner NashvilleAugust 15
6 Learn the Hard Way Jordan Davis MCA Nashville [91]
2 I Hope You're Happy BigXthaPlug UnitedMasters August 22
Ain't in It for My Health Zach Top Leo33August 29 [92]

Other top albums

USAlbumArtistRecord labelRelease dateReference
27 Look Up Ringo Starr UMG NashvilleJanuary 10 [93]
12The Select Ty Myers Capitol NashvilleJanuary 24 [94]
12 Relapse, Lies & Betrayal Warren Zeiders Warner RecordsMarch 14 [95]
25 Lonesome Drifter Charley Crockett Island Records [96]
29 Arcadia Alison Krauss & Union Station Down the RoadMarch 28 [97]
27 Honkytonk Hollywood Jon Pardi Capitol NashvilleApril 11 [98]
28 The Price of Admission Turnpike Troubadours Bossier City Records [99]
49Easy Does It Dylan Scott CurbMay 30 [100]
26 Life Is a Highway: Refueled Duets Rascal Flatts Big MachineJune 6 [101]
41 Broken Branches Dierks Bentley Capitol NashvilleJune 13 [102]
48 Spanish Moss Cole Swindell Warner NashvilleJune 27 [103]
38 The Mirror Trisha Yearwood MCA NashvilleJuly 18 [104]
24 Westward Dylan Gossett Big Loud Texas
Airplane Highway Rodney Crowell New WestAugust 29

Upcoming

AlbumArtistRecord labelRelease dateReference
One of Us James Barker Band Universal Music CanadaSeptember 5 [105]
Here You Are Anne Murray Universal Music CanadaSeptember 8 [106]
Later Tonight Josh Ross The Core/Universal Canada/Mercury NashvilleSeptember 19 [107]
Country! Country! Hardy Big LoudSeptember 26 [108]
The Hard Way Cameron Whitcomb Atlantic [109]
Nobody's Girl Amanda Shires ATO Records [110]
Sorry for Nothing Vol. 2 Cory Marks Better NoiseOctober 3 [111]
I Didn't Come Here to Leave Chris Young Black RiverOctober 17 [112]
Love & Fear Zac Brown Band December 5 [113]

Hall of Fame inductees

Country Music Hall of Fame

(announced on March 25, 2025) [114]

Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame

(announced on June 3, 2025) [115]

International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame

(announced on July 16, 2025) [116]

Deaths

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