2024 in country music

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This is a list of notable events in country music that will take place in 2024.

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Events[edit]

Upcoming[edit]

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 2024:

Singles released by American and Australian artists[edit]

Songs Airplay Canada Single Artist References
8 1 1 "23" Chayce Beckham [13][14][15]
4 20 21 "Ain't No Love in Oklahoma" Luke Combs [16]
26 3 20 "All I Need Is You" Chris Janson [17]
9 1 2 "Back Then Right Now" Tyler Hubbard [18]
1 24 32 "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" Shaboozey [19]
11 10 14 "Bulletproof" Nate Smith [20]
7 1 5 "Burn It Down" Parker McCollum [21]
20 2 14 "Cab in a Solo" Scotty McCreery [22]
42 19 44 "Can't Break Up Now" Old Dominion
featuring Megan Moroney
[23]
34 17 34 "Chevrolet" Dustin Lynch
featuring Jelly Roll
[24]
5 11 31 "Cowgirls" Morgan Wallen
featuring Ernest
[25]
22 12 17 "Creek Will Rise" Conner Smith [13][14][15]
15 2 11 "Different 'Round Here" Riley Green
featuring Luke Combs
[26]
16 13 29 "Dirt Cheap" Cody Johnson [27]
31 11 29 "Fearless (The Echo)" Jackson Dean [13][14][15]
12 2 5 "Halfway to Hell" Jelly Roll [28]
13 1 2 "I Can Feel It" Kane Brown [29]
1 4 6 "I Had Some Help" Post Malone
featuring Morgan Wallen
[30]
1 26 14 "I Remember Everything" Zach Bryan
featuring Kacey Musgraves
[31]
32 18 35 "I'm Not Pretty" Megan Moroney [13][14][15]
7 43 56 "In Your Love" Tyler Childers [32]
26 8 18 "Let Your Boys Be Country" Jason Aldean [33]
34 16 "Love You Again" Chase Matthew [13][14][15]
14 1 1 "Mamaw's House" Thomas Rhett
featuring Morgan Wallen
[34]
3 1 1 "Man Made a Bar" Morgan Wallen
featuring Eric Church
[25]
16 2 53 "Mind on You" George Birge [35][36][37]
14 1 1 "Outskirts" Sam Hunt [38]
38 18 9 "Out of That Truck" Carrie Underwood [39]
7 1 1 "The Painter" Cody Johnson [27]
5 1 17 "Pretty Little Poison" Warren Zeiders [13][14][15]
11 2 5 "Save Me the Trouble" Dan + Shay [40]
18 "She's Somebody's Daughter" Drew Baldridge [41]
19 3 13 "Take Her Home" Kenny Chesney [42]
1 33 25 "Texas Hold 'Em" Beyoncé [43]
6 1 2 "Truck Bed" Hardy [44]
13 1 3 "Tucson Too Late" Jordan Davis [45]
19 13 35 "We Don't Fight Anymore" Carly Pearce
featuring Chris Stapleton
[46]
16 9 41 "We Ride" Bryan Martin [13][14][15]
6 1 1 "Where It Ends" Bailey Zimmerman [47]
4 3 1 "Where the Wild Things Are" Luke Combs [16]
5 2 1 "White Horse" Chris Stapleton [48]
8 5 1 "Wildflowers and Wild Horses" Lainey Wilson [49]
29 12 38 "Young Love & Saturday Nights" Chris Young [50]
24 7 18 "Your Place" Ashley Cooke [51]

Singles released by Canadian artists[edit]

Songs Airplay Canada Single Artist References
9 "Ahead of Our Time" James Barker Band [52]
2 "Ain't Doin' Jack" Josh Ross [53]
11 "Bet You Break My Heart" MacKenzie Porter [54]
13 "Broken Man" Tyler Joe Miller [55]
4 "Fixer Upper" Dallas Smith [56]
16 "Go Get Er" Jess Moskaluke [57]
7 "I Grew Up on a Farm" The Reklaws [58]
8 "Not Yet" High Valley [59]
2 "Old Dirt Roads" Owen Riegling [60]
12 "Out Here" Steven Lee Olsen [61]
1 "Right Round Here" Dean Brody [62]
2 "Telluride" Jade Eagleson [63]
6 "Tim + Faith" Madeline Merlo [64]
6 "Two of Us" Brett Kissel
with Cooper Alan
[65]

Top new album releases[edit]

US Album Artist Record Label Release Date Reference
1 Deeper Well Kacey Musgraves Interscope/MCA Nashville March 15 [66]
5 Born Kenny Chesney Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville March 22 [67]
1 Cowboy Carter Beyoncé Columbia/Parkwood March 29 [68]
10 Rebel Anne Wilson Capitol CMG/MCA Nashville/Sparrow April 19 [69]

Other top albums[edit]

US Album Artist Record Label Release Date Reference
42 Smoky Mountains Conner Smith Valory Music Group January 26 [70]
39 Chapter & Verse Gabby Barrett Warner Nashville February 2 [71]
35 What Happens Now? Dasha Version III/Warner February 16 [68]
26 Be Right Here Blackberry Smoke 3 Legged/Thirty Tigers February 16 [72]
24 Trail of Flowers Sierra Ferrell Rounder/Concord March 22 [73]
27 Change the Game Cody Jinks Late August March 22 [73]
47 Three Twenty Four: The EP Ole60 Grey Area/Red Door March 22 [73]
34 Young Love & Saturday Nights Chris Young RCA Nashville March 22 [74]
33 The Hill Aaron Lewis Valory March 29 [68]
41 Hixtape, Vol. 3: Difftape Various artists Big Loud March 29 [68]
33 Bad for Me Chayce Beckham Wheelhouse April 5 [75]
34 Through the Smoke Nate Smith RCA Nashville April 5 [75]
34 Nashville, Tennessee Ernest Big Loud April 12 [76]
29 Way Out Here Riley Green Nashville Harbor/BMLG April 12 [77]
35 Strong Tyler Hubbard Hubbard House/EMI Nashville April 12 [78]
44 Have a Nice Day Treaty Oak Revival TOR April 12 [76]
25 Rise & Fall Scotty McCreery Triple Tigers May 10 [79]

Announced[edit]

Album Artist Record Label Release Date Reference
Roads That Go Nowhere Travis Denning Mercury Nashville May 24 [80]
Take Two Terri Clark Mercury Nashville/UMe May 31 [81]
Unbroke Sara Evans Melody Place/Born to Fly June 7 [82]
Hummingbird Carly Pearce Big Machine [83]
Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty Various Artists Big Machine June 21 [84]
Dead Girl Walking Lorrie Morgan Cleopatra June 28 [85]
Am I Okay? Megan Moroney Sony Music Nashville/Columbia July 12 [86]
Twisters: The Album Various Artists Atlantic July 19 [87]
Blonde Tigirlily Gold Monument July 26 [88]
Whirlwind Lainey Wilson BBR August 23 [89]
Cowboys & Dreamers George Strait MCA Nashville September 6 [90]
Lasso Lana Del Rey Interscope/Polydor September [91]
Son of the Mountains Brad Paisley EMI Nashville TBA [92]

Hall of Fame inductees[edit]

Country Music Hall of Fame[edit]

(announced on March 18, 2024)[93]

Deaths[edit]

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