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.
• March 19 – The Grand Ole Opry celebrated its 100th birthday with a concert special hosted by Blake Shelton which featured over 50 of the Opry's living members in attendance.
• March 31 – Canadian country singer Orville Peck will made 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.
• April 25–27 – The 2025 edition of Stagecoach Festival takes place at Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, featuring headline performances from Zach Bryan, Jelly Roll, and Luke Combs. The festival also featured a special country set from Lana Del Rey, who had notably headlined Stagecoach's sister festival Coachella a year prior. Conversely, Post Malone, who performed his own special country set at Stagecoach in 2024, went on to headline Coachella in 2025. Shaboozey is unique in that he performed at both Coachella 2025 and Stagecoach 2025.
• April 26 – Steve Earle is invited to become the next member of the Grand Ole Opry by Vince Gill.
• May 7 – Gretchen Wilson wins season thirteen of The Masked Singer as "Pearl". Fellow country singer Brian Kelley, who appeared as "Mad Scientist Monster" came fourth. Wilson became the second country singer to win the show following LeAnn Rimes as "Sun" during season four.

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
17	20	23	"After All the Bars Are Closed"	Thomas Rhett
1	—	—	"All the Way"	BigXthaPlug featuring Bailey Zimmerman
13	4	26	"Am I Okay?"	Megan Moroney
16	7	4	"Backseat Driver"	Kane Brown
10	17	38	"Backup Plan"	Bailey Zimmerman and Luke Combs
20	4	29	"Bigger Houses"	Dan + Shay
18	2	29	"Boys Back Home"	Dylan Marlowe featuring Dylan Scott
42	16	41	"Coming Home"	Old Dominion
45	12	37	"Country House"	Sam Hunt
—	18	39	"Country Song Came On"	Luke Bryan
16	24	36	"Cowboys Cry Too"	Kelsea Ballerini featuring Noah Kahan
28	10	6	"Damn Good Day to Leave"	Riley Green
17	14	39	"Fix What You Didn't Break"	Nate Smith
25	2	50	"Forever to Me"	Cole Swindell
16	2	1	"Friends Like That"	John Morgan featuring Jason Aldean
1	60	43	"The Giver"	Chappell Roan
8	21	22	"Good News"	Shaboozey
7	5	1	"Guy for That"	Post Malone featuring Luke Combs
20	24	15	"Hands of Time"	Eric Church
17	23	57	"Happen to Me"	Russell Dickerson
12	51	—	"Hard Fought Hallelujah"	Brandon Lake featuring Jelly Roll
13	10	40	"Holy Smokes"	Bailey Zimmerman
21	1	34	"Hometown Home"	LoCash
3	36	56	"I Ain't Comin' Back"	Morgan Wallen and Post Malone
12	2	1	"I Ain't Sayin'"	Jordan Davis
6	2	1	"I Never Lie"	Zach Top
5	38	—	"I'm a Little Crazy"	Morgan Wallen
7	3	6	"I'm Gonna Love You"	Cody Johnson featuring Carrie Underwood
1	1	1	"I'm the Problem"	Morgan Wallen
8	39	57	"Indigo"	Sam Barber featuring Avery Anna
2	16	28	"Just in Case"	Morgan Wallen
—	16	28	"Just to Say We Did"	Kenny Chesney
5	1	1	"Liar"	Jelly Roll
1	1	1	"Love Somebody"	Morgan Wallen
—	15	18	"Park"	Tyler Hubbard
2	31	39	"Smile"	Morgan Wallen
16	2	1	"Texas"	Blake Shelton
12	12	10	"Think I'm in Love with You"	Chris Stapleton
37	9	40	"This Heart"	Corey Kent
17	1	39	"This Town's Been Too Good to Us"	Dylan Scott
46	12	41	"Tough People"	Drew Baldridge
—	19	35	"Truck on Fire"	Carly Pearce
11	10	4	"Weren't for the Wind"	Ella Langley
25	3	51	"Whiskey Drink"	Jason Aldean
6	2	3	"Wind Up Missin' You"	Tucker Wetmore
9	8	7	"Worst Way"	Riley Green

Singles released by Canadian artists

Songs	Airplay	Canada	Single	Artist	References
–	–	7	"Another One"	Brett Kissel
—	—	17	"Bourbon"	Morgan Griffiths
–	–	6	"CRZY"	Dallas Smith
–	–	9	"Broken Heart Thing"	Madeline Merlo (featuring Dustin Lynch)
–	43	10	"Golden Child"	Meghan Patrick
–	–	14	"Happy Ever After You"	MacKenzie Porter & Jake Etheridge (Thelma & James)
–	–	9	"Have Your Beer"	MacKenzie Porter
–	–	16	"How Do You Miss Me"	Dallas Smith (featuring Alexandra Kay)
–	–	8	"Leave Me Too"	Josh Ross
–	–	13	"Life for Me"	Jess Moskaluke
–	–	8	"Quitter"	Cameron Whitcomb
33	11	2	"Single Again"	Josh Ross
–	–	6	"Things My Mama Says"	Hailey Benedict
–	–	17	"Til I Don't"	Sacha
–	–	7	"What Good Is a Memory"	Tyler Joe Miller
–	–	12	"Worth the Double"	Jade Eagleson
–	–	5	"You Didn't Hear It from Me"	James Barker Band

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
4	Foxes in the Snow	Jason Isbell	Southeastern	March 7
4	What Not To	Tucker Wetmore	UMG Nashville	April 25
5	Evangeline vs. the Machine	Eric Church		May 2

Other top albums

US	Album	Artist	Record label	Release date	Reference
27	Look Up	Ringo Starr	UMG Nashville	January 10
12	The Select	Ty Myers	Capitol Nashville	January 24
12	Relapse, Lies & Betrayal	Warren Zeiders	Warner Records	March 14
25	Lonesome Drifter	Charley Crockett	Island Records
29	Arcadia	Alison Krauss & Union Station	Down the Road	March 28
27	Honkytonk Hollywood	Jon Pardi	Capitol Nashville	April 11
28	The Price of Admission	Turnpike Troubadours	Bossier City Records
	For Recreational Use Only	Blake Shelton	Wheelhouse	May 9

Upcoming

Album	Artist	Record label	Release date	Reference
I'm the Problem	Morgan Wallen	Big Loud	May 16
Let Go Letters	Avery Anna	Warner Nashville
Easy Does It	Dylan Scott	Curb	May 30
Life Is a Highway: Refueled Duets	Rascal Flatts	Big Machine	June 6
Corn Queen	Hailey Whitters	Pigasus/Big Loud
Personal History	Mary Chapin Carpenter	Lambent Light
Broken Branches	Dierks Bentley	Capitol Nashville	June 13
Whiskey Lies & Alibis	William Beckmann	Warner Nashville	June 20
2.0	Brett Young	Big Machine
Songs for a New Moon	Charles Kelley		June 25
Parker McCollum	Parker McCollum	MCA Nashville	June 27
Spanish Moss	Cole Swindell	Warner Nashville
The Mirror	Trisha Yearwood	MCA Nashville	July 18
Tennessee Lightning	Ashley Monroe	Mountainrose Sparrow	August 8
Learn the Hard Way	Jordan Davis	MCA Nashville	August 15

Hall of Fame inductees

Country Music Hall of Fame

(announced on March 25, 2025)

• Tony Brown
• June Carter Cash
• Kenny Chesney

Deaths

• January 1 – Chad Morgan, 91, Australian country singer and guitarist
• January 13 – Buck White, 94, American bluegrass instrumentalist, member of The Whites
• January 15 – Melba Montgomery, 86, American country singer ("No Charge")
• January 24 – Buddy Brock, 72, American songwriter ("You've Got to Stand for Something", "Watermelon Crawl")
• March 6 – Troy Seals, 86, American songwriter ("Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes", "Seven Spanish Angels")
• March 20 – Eddie Adcock, 86, American bluegrass banjo player (The Country Gentlemen)
• March 29 – Dick Damron, 91, Canadian singer and songwriter
• April 1 – Johnny Tillotson, 86, American singer-songwriter of the 1960s ("It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin'")
• April 16 – Mac Gayden, 83, American guitarist and songwriter
• April 22 – David Briggs, 82, American country keyboardist
• April 23 – Lulu Roman, 78, American comedian and singer (Hee Haw)
• May 9 – Johnny Rodriguez, 73, American country singer ("Pass Me By (If You're Only Passing Through)", "Ridin' My Thumb to Mexico")