# 2025 in country music

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

## Events

* January 20 – Carrie Underwood performs "America the Beautiful" during the swearing-in ceremony at the second inauguration of Donald Trump.
* January 28 - Trace Adkins' 2003 hit "Hot Mama" became controversial when it was performed by South Dakota Governor and homeland secretary, Kristi Noem, after walking out for DHS remarks to it, resulting allegations on the campaign's attempt to objectify women. This incident has been referred to as sexist.
* 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.

## 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

| Songs | Airplay | Canada | Single | Artist |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | "4x4xU" | Lainey Wilson |
| 13 | 15 | 26 | "Am I Okay?" | Megan Moroney |
| 16 | 18 | 16 | "Backseat Driver" | Kane Brown |
| 20 | 4 | 29 | "Bigger Houses" | Dan + Shay |
| 18 | 2 | 29 | "Boys Back Home" | Dylan Marlowe featuring Dylan Scott |
| 44 | 19 | 41 | "Coming Home" | Old Dominion |
| 16 | 24 | 36 | "Cowboys Cry Too" | Kelsea Ballerini featuring Noah Kahan |
| 28 | 10 | 6 | "Damn Good Day to Leave" | Riley Green |
| 19 | 30 | 39 | "Fix What You Didn't Break" | Nate Smith |
| 25 | 7 | 52 | "Forever to Me" | Cole Swindell |
| 27 | 10 | 24 | "Friends Like That" | John Morgan featuring Jason Aldean |
| 11 | 34 | 26 | "Good News" | Shaboozey |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | "Guy for That" | Post Malone featuring Luke Combs |
| 13 | 13 | 40 | "Holy Smokes" | Bailey Zimmerman |
| 22 | 2 | 41 | "Hometown Home" | LoCash |
| 12 | 2 | 1 | "I Ain't Sayin'" | Jordan Davis |
| 6 | 9 | 9 | "I Never Lie" | Zach Top |
| 8 | 3 | 18 | "I'm Gonna Love You" | Cody Johnson featuring Carrie Underwood |
| 1 | 11 | 19 | "I'm the Problem" | Morgan Wallen |
| 8 | 45 | — | "Indigo" | Sam Barber featuring Avery Anna |
| — | 17 | 31 | "Just to Say We Did" | Kenny Chesney |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | "Liar" | Jelly Roll |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | "Love Somebody" | Morgan Wallen |
| 2 | 31 | 39 | "Smile" | Morgan Wallen |
| 16 | 11 | 7 | "Texas" | Blake Shelton |
| 12 | 12 | 10 | "Think I'm in Love with You" | Chris Stapleton |
| 18 | 5 | 42 | "This Town's Been Too Good to Us" | Dylan Scott |
| 46 | 16 | 57 | "Tough People" | Drew Baldridge |
| 15 | 20 | 22 | "Weren't for the Wind" | Ella Langley |
| 30 | 13 | 53 | "Whiskey Drink" | Jason Aldean |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | "Wind Up Missin' You" | Tucker Wetmore |
| 10 | 24 | 37 | "Worst Way" | Riley Green |

### Singles released by Canadian artists

| Songs | Airplay | Canada | Single | Artist |
| – | – | 8 | "Another One" | Brett Kissel |
| – | – | 13 | "CRZY" | Dallas Smith |
| – | – | 9 | "Broken Heart Thing" | Madeline Merlo (featuring Dustin Lynch) |
| – | 52 | 10 | "Golden Child" | Meghan Patrick |
| - | – | 20 | "Happy Ever After You" | MacKenzie Porter & Jake Etheridge (Thelma & James) |
| – | – | 9 | "Have Your Beer" | MacKenzie Porter |
| – | – | 12 | "Quitter" | Cameron Whitcomb |
| – | – | 9 | "Things My Mama Says" | Hailey Benedict |
| – | – | 7 | "What Good Is a Memory" | Tyler Joe Miller |
| – | – | 14 | "You Didn't Hear It from Me" | James Barker Band |

## Top new album releases

| US | Album | Artist | Record label | Release date | Reference |
| 2 | The High Road | Kane Brown | RCA Nashville | January 24 | |

### Other top albums

| US | Album | Artist | Record label | Release date |
| 27 | Look Up | Ringo Starr | UMG Nashville | January 10 |
| 12 | The Select | Ty Myers | Capitol Nashville | January 24 |
| | Plus One | The War and Treaty | Universal Music Group Nashville | February 14 |
| | Let Your Horses Run | Brett Kissel | Big Star | February 28 |

### Upcoming

| Album | Artist | Record label | Release date |
| Bed of Roses | Caylee Hammack | Capitol Nashville | March 7 |
| Relapse, Lies & Betrayal | Warren Zeiders | Warner | March 14 |
| Arcadia | Alison Krauss & Union Station | Down the Road | March 28 |
| Fell in Love with a Cowgirl | Parmalee | Stoney Creek | April 4 |
| Honkytonk Hollywood | Jon Pardi | Capitol Nashville | April 11 |
| Carolina Blue | John Morgan | BBR | April 25 |
| What Not To | Tucker Wetmore | UMG Nashville | April 25 |
| For Recreational Use Only | Blake Shelton | Wheelhouse | May 9 |
| Life Is a Highway: Refueled Duets | Rascal Flatts | Big Machine | June 6 |
| I'm the Problem | Morgan Wallen | Big Loud | TBA |
| TBA | Trisha Yearwood | Gwendolyn Records | TBA |

## 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")