2020 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place, or will take place, in 2020.

List of years in country music (table)

Events

Coronavirus

  • March 16 – The 55th Academy of Country Music Awards, originally scheduled for April 5, was postponed to September 16. A few weeks later, the 2020 CMT Music Awards were pushed back to October 14, from their original date of June 3. [1]
  • March 29 – Joe Diffie, a country music superstar who scored many Top Ten hits during the 1990s and early 2000s, dies from COVID-19, two days after announcing he had fallen ill.[2]
  • March 31 – The Country Music Association announces that the 2020 CMA Fest, scheduled for June 4–7, is officially cancelled. [3]

Other

  • January 2 – Capitol Records Nashville signs Hot Country Knights, a fictitious band portrayed by Dierks Bentley and members of his road band.[4]
  • January 4 – Radio personality Fitz takes over as permanent host of Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40, succeeding the longtime radio host who died in 2019. Affiliates of Fitz's previous programs – The Fitz Show, The Hit List with Fitz, and Nashville Minute with Fitz – were replaced with programs from KCCS Productions, which produces CT40.[5]
  • January 7 – Rascal Flatts announced that they would be disbanding following a farewell tour after 20 years together. The tour (in addition to several other tours) would later be cancelled due to COVID-19. [6]
  • March 7 – Jimmie Allen's "Make Me Want To" tops the Billboard Country Airplay chart in its 58th week, setting a record for both the slowest ascent to the top and the longest overall run in that chart's history.[7]
  • May 5 – Travis Denning's "After a Few" charts on Country Airplay for the 60th week, breaking the longevity record set on that chart only two months prior.[8] It later reaches the top on June 13, 2020, in its 65th week, setting a record for the longest climb to Number One since the inception of Nielsen Soundscan in 1990.
  • May 14–15 – Vocalist Hannah Mulholland quits the group Runaway June and is replaced by Natalie Stovall, formerly of Natalie Stovall and the Drive.[9]
  • June – Amid the fallout from the George Floyd protests, two groups change their names. On June 11, Lady Antebellum announces their name will change to Lady A[10], the group's longstanding nickname. On June 25, the Dixie Chicks become known as The Chicks.[11] Both moves were announced amid criticism that the words "Antebellum" and "Dixie" had connotations of American slavery.
  • June 13 – Hank Williams Jr.'s 27 year-old daughter, Katharine Williams-Dunning, is killed in a car accident in Henry County, Tennessee.
  • June 19 – Carly Pearce and Michael Ray announce their divorce after less than eight months of marriage.
  • July 3 – Kacey Musgraves and husband Ruston Kelly divorce after 2 1/2 years of marriage.
  • July 4 – Kenny Chesney's "Here and Now" becomes his 31st number-one single on the Country Airplay chart, making Chesney the artist with the most number one singles on that chart.
  • July 17 – The Chicks release their first studio album in 14 years, Gaslighter.
  • July 29 – Garth Brooks withdraws himself from consideration for the CMA Entertainer of the Year category after seven wins.
  • August 1 – Luke Combs marries Nicole Hocking in Florida, after 4 years of dating.
  • August 12 - Hank Williams Jr., Marty Stuart and Dean Dillon are announced as the newest inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Top hits of the year

The following songs placed within the Top 20 on the Hot Country Songs, Country Airplay, and/or Canada Country charts in 2020:

Singles released by American and Australian artists

Songs Airplay Canada Single Artist References
1 1 1 "10,000 Hours" Dan + Shay
featuring Justin Bieber
[12]
7 1 2 "After a Few" Travis Denning [13]
11 7 12 "Be a Light" [A] Thomas Rhett
featuring Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin & Keith Urban
[14]
6 1 1 "Beer Can't Fix" Thomas Rhett
featuring Jon Pardi
[14]
6 52 "Betty" [A] Taylor Swift [15]
3 1 1 "Bluebird" Miranda Lambert [16]
1 1 1 "The Bones" Maren Morris [17]
5 1 3 "Catch" Brett Young [18]
2 1 1 "Chasin' You" Morgan Wallen [19]
12 8 9 "Cool Again" [A] Kane Brown [20]
2 2 17 "Die from a Broken Heart" [A] Maddie & Tae [21]
17 6 42 "Dive Bar" Garth Brooks
featuring Blake Shelton
[22]
4 1 1 "Does to Me" Luke Combs
featuring Eric Church
[23]
8 1 7 "Done" [A] Chris Janson [24]
17 11 30 "Drinking Alone" Carrie Underwood [25]
18 25 "Drowning" Chris Young [26]
26 18 35 "Everywhere but On" [A] Matt Stell [27]
20 36 31 "Gaslighter" The Chicks [28]
13 10 2 "God Whispered Your Name" [A] Keith Urban [29]
9 14 31 "Got What I Got" [A] Jason Aldean [30]
10 20 "Happy Anywhere" [A] Blake Shelton
featuring Gwen Stefani
[31]
3 1 2 "Hard to Forget" Sam Hunt [32]
5 1 1 "Heartache Medication" Jon Pardi [33]
10 "Heartless" Diplo
featuring Morgan Wallen
[34]
7 1 1 "Here and Now" Kenny Chesney [35]
14 17 15 "Homecoming Queen?" Kelsea Ballerini [36]
5 1 1 "Homemade" Jake Owen [37]
3 1 2 "Homesick" Kane Brown [20]
22 12 13 "I Called Mama" [A] Tim McGraw [38]
1 1 2 "I Hope" Gabby Barrett [39]
5 1 1 "I Hope You're Happy Now" Carly Pearce
& Lee Brice
[40]
8 6 1 "I Love My Country" [A] Florida Georgia Line [41]
9 21 "I Should Probably Go to Bed" [A] Dan + Shay [12]
12 12 11 "I Wish Grandpas Never Died" Riley Green [42]
12 1 12 "In Between" Scotty McCreery [43]
3 1 2 "Kinfolks" Sam Hunt [32]
18 "Last Time I Say Sorry" Kane Brown
& John Legend
[20]
23 17 43 "Lonely If You Are" [A] Chase Rice [44]
13 9 10 "Lovin' on You" [A] Luke Combs [23]
7 1 5 "Make Me Want To" Jimmie Allen [45]
20 15 11 "Monsters" Eric Church [46]
5 3 4 "More Hearts Than Mine" Ingrid Andress [47]
12 25 46 "More Than My Hometown" [A] Morgan Wallen [19]
2 1 1 "Nobody but You" Blake Shelton
featuring Gwen Stefani
[31]
19 21 29 "One Beer" [A] Hardy
featuring Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson
[48]
8 2 1 "One Big Country Song" LoCash [49]
2 1 1 "One Margarita" Luke Bryan [50]
14 15 15 "One of Them Girls" [A] Lee Brice [51]
19 13 4 "One Night Standards" [A] Ashley McBryde [52]
19 52 "The Other Girl" Kelsea Ballerini
featuring Halsey
[36]
21 19 "Pretty Heart" [A] Parker McCollum [53]
5 1 10 "Ridin' Roads" Dustin Lynch [54]
10 36 19 "Six Feet Apart" Luke Combs [23]
6 1 15 "Slow Dance in a Parking Lot" Jordan Davis [55]
23 16 34 "Some Girls" [A] Jameson Rodgers [56]
8 6 1 "We Back" Jason Aldean [30]
5 1 6 "What If I Never Get Over You" Lady Antebellum [57]
6 1 2 "What She Wants Tonight" Luke Bryan [50]
12 4 3 "Why We Drink" [A] Justin Moore [58]

Singles released by Canadian artists

Songs Airplay Canada Single Artist References
20 "As If We Won't" Jojo Mason [59]
1 "Can't Help Myself" Dean Brody
& Reklaws
[60]
1 "Country Girls" Jess Moskaluke [61]
2 "Country Thunder" Washboard Union [62]
14 "Dock Rock" [A] Washboard Union [62]
1 "Drink About Me" Brett Kissel [63]
19 "Getcha" Matt Lang [64]
9 "Good Ol' Bad Days" Aaron Goodvin [65]
8 "The Good Ones" Tebey
& Marie Mai
[66]
3 "Grew Up On That" [A] High Valley [67]
16 "Halfway Home" [A] Jess Moskaluke [61]
48 6 "I Don't Love You" Lindsay Ell [68]
1 "Jersey on the Wall (I'm Just Asking)" Tenille Townes [69]
20 "Kiss Kiss" Madeline Merlo [70]
6 "Like a Man" [A] Dallas Smith [71]
1 "Lucky" Jade Eagleson [72]
7 "Money on You" Chad Brownlee [73]
1 "No Truck Song" Tim Hicks [74]
4 "Old Country Soul" Reklaws [75]
1 "Pillow Talkin'" Tyler Joe Miller [76]
1 "Seeing Other People" MacKenzie Porter [77]
12 "She Drives Me Crazy" Brett Kissel [63]
11 "Silver Lining" Hunter Brothers [78]
49 37 9 "Somebody Like That" [A] Tenille Arts [79]
45 56 1 "These Days" [A] MacKenzie Porter [77]
1 "Timeless" Dallas Smith [71]
19 "When You Know You Know" Tim & the Glory Boys
8 "Where I'm From" [A] Reklaws [75]

Top new album releases

The following albums placed on the Top Country Albums charts in 2020:

US Album Artist Record Label Release Date Reference
5 6 Pack (EP) Florida Georgia Line BMLG May 22 [80]
6 The Album, Part 1 Chase Rice Dack Janiels January 31 [81]
6 Carly Pearce Carly Pearce Big Machine February 14 [82]
6 Chris Tomlin & Friends Chris Tomlin Sparrow/Capitol July 31 [83]
6 Diplo Presents Thomas Wesley, Chapter 1: Snake Oil Diplo Columbia May 29 [84]
6 Everlasting Country Upchurch Stonebaby Sounds April 20 [85]
5 First Rose of Spring Willie Nelson Legacy July 3 [86]
1 Gaslighter The Chicks Columbia July 17 [87]
4 Goldmine Gabby Barrett Warner Music Nashville June 19 [88]
1 Here and Now Kenny Chesney Warner Music Nashville May 1 [89]
2 Kelsea Kelsea Ballerini Black River March 20 [90]
9 Lady Like Ingrid Andress Warner Music Nashville March 27 [91]
1 Life on the Flip Side Jimmy Buffett Mailboat Records May 29 [92]
5 Never Will Ashley McBryde Warner Music Nashville April 3 [93]
1 Nightfall Little Big Town Capitol Nashville January 17 [94]
1 Reunions Jason Isbell Southeastern Records May 8 [95]
1 Southside Sam Hunt MCA Nashville April 3 [96]
5 Sunday Drive Brett Eldredge Atlantic Nashville July 10 [97]
4 Tullahoma Dustin Lynch Broken Bow January 17 [98]
7 The Way It Feels Maddie & Tae Mercury Nashville April 10 [99]
5 Wild World Kip Moore MCA Nashville May 29 [100]

Other top albums

US Album Artist Record Label Release Date Reference
20 Beer's Better Cold (EP) Travis Denning Mercury Nashville May 15 [101]
26 Bettie James (EP) Jimmie Allen Stoney Creek July 10 [102]
28 Canyons Gone West Triple Tigers June 12 [103]
17 Country Fuzz The Cadillac Three BMLG February 7 [104]
28 Getting Good (EP) Lauren Alaina Mercury Nashville/Interscope/19 March 6 [105]
44 Ghosts of West Virginia Steve Earle New West Records May 22 [106]
35 How They Remember You (EP) Rascal Flatts Big Machine July 31 [107]
16 Jordan Davis (EP) Jordan Davis MCA Nashville May 22 [108]
16 Lamentations American Aquarium New West Records May 1 [109]
41 The Lemonade Stand Tenille Townes Columbia Nashville June 26 [110]
17 Re-Dunn Ronnie Dunn Little Willy Records January 10 [111]
17 That's How Rumors Get Started Margo Price Loma Vista July 10 [112]
46 Your Life Is a Record Brandy Clark Warner Bros. March 6 [113]

Announced

Album Artist Record Label Release Date
Born Here Live Here Die Here Luke Bryan Capitol Nashville August 7[114]
The Dirt and the Stars Mary Chapin Carpenter Lambent Light August 7[115]
Rise and Shine Cassadee Pope Awake Music August 7[116]
An American Classic Jeannie Seely Curb August 14[117]
Heart Theory Lindsay Ell Stoney Creek August 14[118]
If It Wasn’t for You Caylee Hammack Capitol Nashville August 14[119]
Country State of Mind Josh Turner MCA Nashville August 21[120]
Here on Earth Tim McGraw Big Machine August 21
Timeless Dallas Smith 604 August 28
Shape & Destroy Ruston Kelly Rounder Records August 28
But I'd Rather Be With You Molly Tuttle Compass August 28[121]
A Rock Hardy Big Machine September 4
Aftermath Elizabeth Cook Thirty Tigers September 11[122]
The Speed of Now Part 1 Keith Urban Capitol Nashville September 18
My Gift Carrie Underwood Capitol Nashville September 25
It's Christmas... Cheers! Terri Clark Mercury Nashville September 25
Live at the Ryman Justin Moore Valory September 25
Sometimes Jamie O'Neal Bob Frank/The Orchard October 2[123]
A Holly Dolly Christmas Dolly Parton Butterfly Records/12Tone Music October 2
Skeletons Brothers Osborne EMI Nashville October 9[124]
Ain't That Kind of Cowboy Trace Adkins Verge Records October 16
The Otherside Cam RCA/Triple Tigers October 30[125]

Deaths

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