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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- January 20 – Carrie Underwood performs "America the Beautiful" during the swearing-in ceremony at the second inauguration of Donald Trump.[1]
- 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.[2]
- 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.[3]
- 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.[4]
- April 26 – Steve Earle is invited to become the next member of the Grand Ole Opry by Vince Gill.[5]
- 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.[6]
- June 8 – Conner Smith is involved in a car accident during which he struck Dorothy Dobbins, a 77 year-old woman who was crossing the sidewalk, and later died at the hospital.[7]
Top hits of the year
[edit]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
[edit]Singles released by Canadian artists
[edit]| Songs | Airplay | Canada | Single | Artist | References |
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| – | – | 7 | "Another One" | Brett Kissel | [48] |
| – | – | 9 | "Bourbon" | Morgan Griffiths | [49] |
| – | – | 9 | "Broken Heart Thing" | Madeline Merlo (featuring Dustin Lynch) |
[50] |
| – | – | 6 | "CRZY" | Dallas Smith | [51] |
| – | 39 | 10 | "Golden Child" | Meghan Patrick | [52] |
| – | – | 11 | "Happy Ever After You" | MacKenzie Porter & Jake Etheridge (Thelma & James) |
[53] |
| – | – | 9 | "Have Your Beer" | MacKenzie Porter | [53] |
| – | – | 15 | "Highway Money" | Josh Stumpf | [54] |
| – | – | 13 | "How Do You Miss Me" | Dallas Smith (featuring Alexandra Kay) |
[51] |
| – | – | 4 | "Leave Me Too" | Josh Ross | [55] |
| – | – | 13 | "Life for Me" | Jess Moskaluke | [56] |
| – | – | 8 | "Quitter" | Cameron Whitcomb | [57] |
| 33 | 9 | 2 | "Single Again" | Josh Ross | [55] |
| – | – | 11 | "Smoke" | Zach McPhee | [58] |
| – | – | 6 | "Things My Mama Says" | Hailey Benedict | [59] |
| – | – | 17 | "Til I Don't" | Sacha | [60] |
| – | – | 7 | "What Good Is a Memory" | Tyler Joe Miller | [61] |
| – | – | 6 | "Worth the Double" | Jade Eagleson | [62] |
| – | – | 3 | "You Didn't Hear It From Me" | James Barker Band | [63] |
Top new album releases
[edit]| US | Album | Artist | Record label | Release date | Reference |
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| 2 | The High Road | Kane Brown | RCA Nashville | January 24 | [64] |
| 4 | Foxes in the Snow | Jason Isbell | Southeastern | March 7 | [65] |
| 4 | What Not To | Tucker Wetmore | UMG Nashville | April 25 | [66] |
| 5 | Evangeline vs. the Machine | Eric Church | UMG Nashville | May 2 | [67] |
| 8 | For Recreational Use Only | Blake Shelton | Wheelhouse | May 9 | [68] |
| 1 | I'm the Problem | Morgan Wallen | Big Loud | May 16 | [69] |
Other top albums
[edit]| US | Album | Artist | Record label | Release date | Reference |
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| 27 | Look Up | Ringo Starr | UMG Nashville | January 10 | [70] |
| 12 | The Select | Ty Myers | Capitol Nashville | January 24 | [71] |
| 12 | Relapse, Lies & Betrayal | Warren Zeiders | Warner Records | March 14 | [72] |
| 25 | Lonesome Drifter | Charley Crockett | Island Records | [73] | |
| 29 | Arcadia | Alison Krauss & Union Station | Down the Road | March 28 | [74] |
| 27 | Honkytonk Hollywood | Jon Pardi | Capitol Nashville | April 11 | [75] |
| 28 | The Price of Admission | Turnpike Troubadours | Bossier City Records | [76] | |
| 49 | Easy Does It | Dylan Scott | Curb | May 30 | [77] |
| 26 | Life Is a Highway: Refueled Duets | Rascal Flatts | Big Machine | June 6 | [78] |
| Broken Branches | Dierks Bentley | Capitol Nashville | June 13 | [79] | |
| Whiskey Lies & Alibis | William Beckmann | Warner Nashville | June 20 | [80] | |
| 2.0 | Brett Young | Big Machine | [81] | ||
| American Romance | Lukas Nelson | Sony Music Nashville |
Upcoming
[edit]| Album | Artist | Record label | Release date | Reference |
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| Songs for a New Moon | Charles Kelley | Southern Accent | June 25 | |
| Parker McCollum | Parker McCollum | MCA Nashville | June 27 | [82] |
| Spanish Moss | Cole Swindell | Warner Nashville | [83] | |
| The Mirror | Trisha Yearwood | MCA Nashville | July 18 | [84] |
| All Things Light | Cam | RCA Nashville | [85] | |
| Texas Forever | Hudson Westbrook | RiverHouse | July 25 | [86] |
| Tennessee Lightning | Ashley Monroe | Mountainrose Sparrow | August 8 | [87] |
| Different Night Same Rodeo | Bailey Zimmerman | Warner Nashville | [88] | |
| Learn the Hard Way | Jordan Davis | MCA Nashville | August 15 | [89] |
| So Long Little Miss Sunshine | Molly Tuttle | Nonesuch | [90] | |
| Famous Back Home | Russell Dickerson | Triple Tigers | August 22 | [91] |
| Airplane Highway | Rodney Crowell | New West | August 29 | |
| Ain't in It for My Health | Zach Top | Leo33 | [92] | |
| Here You Are | Anne Murray | Universal Music Canada | September 8 | [93] |
Hall of Fame inductees
[edit](announced on March 25, 2025)[94]
- Tony Brown (born 1946)
- June Carter Cash (1929–2003)
- Kenny Chesney (born 1968)
(announced on June 3, 2025)[95]
- Lisa Brokop (born 1973)
- Joe Wood
Deaths
[edit]- January 1 – Chad Morgan, 91, Australian country singer and guitarist[96]
- January 13 – Buck White, 94, American bluegrass instrumentalist, member of The Whites[97]
- January 15 – Melba Montgomery, 86, American country singer ("No Charge")[98]
- January 24 – Buddy Brock, 72, American songwriter ("You've Got to Stand for Something", "Watermelon Crawl")[99]
- March 6 – Troy Seals, 86, American songwriter ("Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes", "Seven Spanish Angels")[100]
- March 20 – Eddie Adcock, 86, American bluegrass banjo player (The Country Gentlemen)[101]
- March 29 – Dick Damron, 91, Canadian singer and songwriter[102]
- April 1 – Johnny Tillotson, 86, American singer-songwriter of the 1960s ("It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin'")[103]
- April 16 – Mac Gayden, 83, American guitarist and songwriter[104]
- April 22 – David Briggs, 82, American country keyboardist[105]
- April 23 – Lulu Roman, 78, American comedian and singer (Hee Haw)[106]
- May 9 – Johnny Rodriguez, 73, American country singer ("Pass Me By (If You're Only Passing Through)", "Ridin' My Thumb to Mexico")[107]
- May 13 – Billy Earheart, 71, American country keyboardist (The Amazing Rhythm Aces, The Bama Band)[108]
- June 17 – Gailard Sartain, 81, comedian and longtime cast member of Hee Haw[109][110][111]
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