2021 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place, or will take place, in 2021.

2021 in music
By location
By genre
By topic
List of years in country music (table)

Events
  • January 4 – Florida Georgia Line announce plans to release solo music, but will not be separating.[1]
  • January 20 – Following the release of his album Dangerous: The Double Album, Morgan Wallen becomes the first artist to have six songs in the top ten of the Hot Country Songs charts at the same time.[2] He also becomes the first artist to debut at the top of the Hot Country Songs and Top Country Albums charts simultaneously, as well as the first artist to have more than one song debut at the top of the Hot Country Songs chart.[3]
  • January 27 – At the age of 84, legendary singer-songwriter and actor Kris Kristofferson officially announces his retirement from performing after more than five active decades in the entertainment industry.[4]
  • February 3 –
    • Morgan Wallen, whose album Dangerous was number one on the Billboard 200 at the time, has his recording contract with Big Loud Records has been indefinitely suspended after a video emerges of him using a racial slur. Wallen was also removed from numerous playlists and dropped from more than 400 radio stations. The Academy of Country Music Awards subsequently announced that he would be removed from eligibility for their forthcoming 2021 ceremony.[5][6]
    • T.J Osborne, frontman and half of successful duo Brothers Osborne, comes out as gay, making him the first openly gay male artist signed to a major country label.[7]

Grand Ole Opry

Top hits of the year
See also: List of Billboard number-one country songs of 2021
See also: List of number-one country singles of 2021 (Canada)

The following songs placed within the Top 20 on the Hot Country Songs, Country Airplay, and/or Canada Country charts in 2021:

Singles released by American and Australian artists
Songs Airplay Canada Single Artist References
1 15 12 "7 Summers" Morgan Wallen [10]
13 — — "865" Morgan Wallen [10]
25 25 4 "All Night" [A] Brothers Osborne [11]
24 19 21 "Almost Maybes" [A] Jordan Davis [12]
12 3 2 "Beers and Sunshine" [A] Darius Rucker [13]
1 1 1 "Better Together" [A] Luke Combs [14]
7 1 1 "Champagne Night" Lady A [15]
15 — — "Cover Me Up" Morgan Wallen [10]
17 — — "Dangerous" Morgan Wallen [10]
14 5 4 "Down to One" [A] Luke Bryan [16]
16 15 35 "The Good Ones" [A] Gabby Barrett [17]
4 7 10 "Good Time" [A] Niko Moon [18]
10 2 10 "Happy Does" [A] Kenny Chesney [19]
23 18 19 "Hell of a View" [A] Eric Church [20]
9 3 1 "Hole in the Bottle" [A] Kelsea Ballerini [21]
31 14 33 "How They Remember You" [A] Rascal Flatts [22]
4 2 26 "I Should Probably Go to Bed" Dan + Shay [23]
12 5 17 "Just the Way" [A] Parmalee
& Blanco Brown		 [24]
20 12 41 ”Lady” [A] Brett Young [25]
17 11 6 "Long Live" [A] Florida Georgia Line [26]
40 20 — "Made for You" [A] Jake Owen [27]
21 12 35 "Momma's House" [A] Dustin Lynch [28]
19 — — "More Surprised Than Me" Morgan Wallen [10]
18 — — "Neon Eyes" Morgan Wallen [10]
2 60 — "No Body, No Crime" [A] Taylor Swift
featuring Haim		 [29]
33 17 — "Nobody" [A] Dylan Scott [30]
13 22 27 "One Too Many" [A] Keith Urban
featuring P!nk		 [31]
5 — — "Sand in My Boots" Morgan Wallen [10]
32 24 16 "Settling Down" [A] Miranda Lambert [32]
4 10 3 "Starting Over" [A] Chris Stapleton [33]
23 19 31 "Undivided" [A] Tim McGraw
& Tyler Hubbard		 [34]
10 — — "Warning" Morgan Wallen [10]
1 — — "Wasted on You" Morgan Wallen [10]
13 8 7 "What's Your Country Song" [A] Thomas Rhett [35]

Singles released by Canadian artists
Songs Airplay Canada Single Artist References
— — 14 "Boys" [A] Dean Brody
featuring Mickey Guyton		 [36]
— — 20 "Diamonds in a Whiskey Glass" Gord Bamford [37]
— — 13 "Drinkin' Songs" [A] MacKenzie Porter [38]
— — 1 "A Few Good Stories" Brett Kissel [39]
— — 16 "Mapdot" [A] Jess Moskaluke [40]
— — 8 "Not Gonna Not" Reklaws [41]
— — 17 "River's Still Running" High Valley [42]
— — 1 "Some Things Never Change" [A] Dallas Smith
featuring Hardy		 [43]
25 16 9 "Somebody Like That" [A] Tenille Arts [44]
— — 10 "Without a Prayer" [A] Tim & the Glory Boys

Top new album releases
See also: List of Billboard number-one country albums of 2021
US Album Artist Record Label Release Date Reference
1 Dangerous: The Double Album Morgan Wallen Big Loud January 8 [45]
3 Greenfields Barry Gibb Capitol January 8 [46]

Announced
Album Artist Record Label Release Date
The Pink Slip (EP) Devin Dawson Warner Music Nashville January 15[47]
The Good Ones Tebey Jayward January 21[48]
Life Rolls On Florida Georgia Line BMLG February 12[49]
29 (EP) Carly Pearce Big Machine February 19[50]
That's Life Willie Nelson Legacy February 26[51][52]
Still Woman Enough Loretta Lynn Legacy March 19[53]
Under the Pepper Tree Sara Watkins New West Records March 26[54]
My Savior Carrie Underwood Capitol Nashville March 26[55]
Heart Eric Church EMI Nashville April 16
& Eric Church EMI Nashville April 23
Soul Eric Church EMI Nashville April 30

Deaths

Hall of Fame inductees

Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame


Major awards

Academy of Country Music Awards

(to be presented on April 18, 2021)[63]

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  4. https://www.nme.com/news/music/kris-kristofferson-announces-his-retirement-after-more-than-five-decades-in-the-entertainment-industry-2868390
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  7. https://time.com/5935439/tj-osborne/
  8. https://tasteofcountry.com/lady-a-grand-ole-opry-members/
  9. https://twitter.com/RhondaVincent13/status/1336190339091193857
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