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

• January 2 – John Michael Montgomery announces his retirement from touring, with his final tour dates scheduled for the end of 2025.
• January 3 – Joe Bonsall of The Oak Ridge Boys announces his retirement from touring; Ben James will finish out the Oaks farewell tour in his place.
• January 19 – Elle King made headlines after taking to the Grand Ole Opry stage while heavily intoxicated during a Dolly Parton tribute show, in honor of Parton's 78th birthday. She later cancelled several of her own concerts in the wake of the incident. Parton subsequently came to King's defense during an interview with Extra, and King resumed performing in March.
• March 10 – The UK Country Airplay chart, the first ever genre-specific radio chart in the United Kingdom, debuts its inaugural list, with "Creek Will Rise" by Conner Smith claiming the title of first number one single.

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 2024:

See also: List of Billboard number-one country songs of 2024

See also: List of number-one country singles of 2024 (Canada)

Singles released by American and Australian artists

Songs	Airplay	Canada	Single	Artist	References
8	1	1	"23"	Chayce Beckham
26	3	20	"All I Need Is You"	Chris Janson
18	8	7	"Back Then Right Now"	Tyler Hubbard
10	6	20	"Burn It Down"	Parker McCollum
28	10	22	"Cab in a Solo"	Scotty McCreery
22	12	17	"Creek Will Rise"	Conner Smith
15	2	11	"Different 'Round Here"	Riley Green featuring Luke Combs
34	14	44	"Fearless (The Echo)"	Jackson Dean
24	15	42	"Halfway to Hell"	Jelly Roll
13	1	2	"I Can Feel It"	Kane Brown
1	26	14	"I Remember Everything"	Zach Bryan featuring Kacey Musgraves
32	19	39	"I'm Not Pretty"	Megan Moroney
7	43	56	"In Your Love"	Tyler Childers
40	18	47	"Let Your Boys Be Country"	Jason Aldean
14	1	1	"Mamaw's House"	Thomas Rhett featuring Morgan Wallen
6	2	2	"Man Made a Bar"	Morgan Wallen featuring Eric Church
16	2	53	"Mind on You"	George Birge
17	5	15	"Outskirts"	Sam Hunt
38	20	13	"Out of That Truck"	Carrie Underwood
7	1	1	"The Painter"	Cody Johnson
5	1	21	"Pretty Little Poison"	Warren Zeiders
11	2	5	"Save Me the Trouble"	Dan + Shay
19	12	29	"Take Her Home"	Kenny Chesney
1	33	25	"Texas Hold 'Em"	Beyoncé
6	1	5	"Truck Bed"	Hardy
16	9	24	"Tucson Too Late"	Jordan Davis
19	17	35	"We Don't Fight Anymore"	Carly Pearce featuring Chris Stapleton
7	13	37	"Where It Ends"	Bailey Zimmerman
6	3	1	"Where the Wild Things Are"	Luke Combs
5	2	1	"White Horse"	Chris Stapleton
13	11	1	"Wildflowers and Wild Horses"	Lainey Wilson
31	16	38	"Your Place"	Ashley Cooke

Singles released by Canadian artists

Songs	Airplay	Canada	Single	Artist	References
–	–	9	"Ahead of Our Time"	James Barker Band
–	–	2	"Ain't Doin' Jack"	Josh Ross
–	–	14	"Bet You Break My Heart"	MacKenzie Porter
–	–	4	"Fixer Upper"	Dallas Smith
–	–	17	"Go Get Er"	Jess Moskaluke
–	–	16	"I Grew Up on a Farm"	The Reklaws
–	–	7	"Old Dirt Roads"	Owen Riegling
–	–	12	"Out Here"	Steven Lee Olsen
–	–	1	"Right Round Here"	Dean Brody
–	–	12	"Telluride"	Jade Eagleson
–	–	6	"Tim + Faith"	Madeline Merlo
–	–	6	"Two of Us"	Brett Kissel with Cooper Alan

Top new album releases

See also: List of Top Country Albums number ones of 2024

US	Album	Artist	Record Label	Release Date	Reference
1	Deeper Well	Kacey Musgraves	Interscope/MCA Nashville	March 15
5	Born	Kenny Chesney	Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville	March 22

Other top albums

US	Album	Artist	Record Label	Release Date	Reference
39	Chapter & Verse	Gabby Barrett	Warner Nashville	February 2
42	Smoky Mountains	Conner Smith	Valory Music Group	January 26
34	Young Love & Saturday Nights	Chris Young	RCA Nashville	March 22

Announced

Album	Artist	Record Label	Release Date	Reference
Cowboy Carter	Beyoncé	Columbia/Parkwood	March 29
Evolution	Sheryl Crow	Big Machine
Hixtape, Vol. 3: Difftape	Hardy	Big Loud
Complicated	Josh Ross	The Core/Universal Canada/Mercury Nashville
Hymnal of a Troubled Man's Mind	Oliver Anthony Music	Independent	March 31
Strong	Tyler Hubbard	EMI Nashville	April 12
Nobody's Born with a Broken Heart	MacKenzie Porter	Big Loud	April 26
To Be Honest	Tenille Arts	Dreamcatcher	May 3
Tennessee Truth	Brian Kelley	Big Machine	May 10
Rise & Fall	Scotty McCreery	Triple Tigers
Roads That Go Nowhere	Travis Denning	Mercury Nashville	May 24
Take Two	Terri Clark	Mercury Nashville/UMe	May 31
Unbroke	Sara Evans	Melody Place/Born to Fly	June 7
Hummingbird	Carly Pearce	Big Machine	June 14
Lasso	Lana Del Rey	Interscope/Polydor	September
Son of the Mountains	Brad Paisley	EMI Nashville	TBA

Hall of Fame inductees

Country Music Hall of Fame

(announced on March 18, 2024)

• John Anderson
• James Burton
• Toby Keith

Deaths

• January – Audie Blaylock, 61, American bluegrass singer and guitarist (death announced on January 12).
• January 5 – Larry Collins, 79, American rockabilly guitarist, songwriter ("Delta Dawn") and member of The Collins Kids.
• January 13 – Jo-El Sonnier, 77, American singer-songwriter and accordionist ("Tear Stained Letter", "No More One More Time"), heart attack.
• January 23 – Margo Smith, 84, American country singer ("Don't Break the Heart That Loves You", "It Only Hurts for a Little While")
• February 5 – Toby Keith, 62, American country singer-songwriter and one of the most successful artists of the 1990s and 2000s ("Red Solo Cup", "How Do You Like Me Now?!", "Should've Been a Cowboy" and a plethora of other hits), stomach cancer.
• February 22 – Roni Stoneman, 85, bluegrass musician, member of the Stoneman Family, and Hee Haw cast member.
• March 31 – Norah Lee Allen, background singer at the Grand Ole Opry and wife of Duane Allen.