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## Events

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2024 in music By location

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* Asia
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* China
* United Kingdom
* Japan
* Philippines
* South Korea
* United States

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* List of albums released

* January 2 – John Michael Montgomery announces his retirement from touring, with his final tour dates scheduled for the end of 2025.[1]
* January 3 – Joe Bonsall of the Oak Ridge Boys announces his retirement from touring; Ben James finished the Oaks farewell tour in his place.[2]
* 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.[3]
* 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.[4]
* April 8 – Morgan Wallen is arrested for reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct after throwing a chair off the sixth floor of Eric Church's rooftop bar in downtown Nashville. He was charged with three felonies and a misdemeanor and is due to appear in court on May 3 in between performances at Nissan Stadium.[5]
* April 20 – Scotty McCreery is inducted as a member of the Grand Ole Opry by his childhood hero Josh Turner. McCreery was invited in December 2023 by Garth Brooks.[6]
* April 24 – Miranda Lambert signs a joint record deal with Republic Records and Big Loud.[7]
* April 26–28 – The 2024 edition of Stagecoach Festival takes place at Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, featuring headline performances from Eric Church, Miranda Lambert, and Morgan Wallen.[8]
* May 3 – T. Graham Brown is inducted as a member of the Grand Ole Opry. He was invited by Vince Gill earlier in the year during his guest appearance on Brown's Sirius XM radio show.[9]
* May 3 – Randy Travis releases "Where That Came From", his first new recording in over a decade with the help of AI software to recreate his vocals following a series of strokes and health issues that left him unable to sing.[10] It would go on to chart on both the Billboard Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts, becoming Travis' first solo charting single in nearly two decades since "Angels" in 2005.
* May 21 – Lainey Wilson is surprised by Reba McEntire on the season finale of NBC's The Voice with an invitation to join the Grand Ole Opry.[11] She was subsequently inducted by Trisha Yearwood and Garth Brooks on June 7.
* June 4 – Lukas Nelson announces that his band, Promise of the Real, would be going on hiatus so that the members can pursue their own projects.[12]
* June 15 – George Strait's concert at Kyle Field in Texas becomes the most-attended ticketed show in US history, with 110,905 fans in attendance. The record was previously held by the Grateful Dead, who played for 107,019 people at Raceway Park in 1977.[13]
* June 27 – Raul Malo, lead singer of the Mavericks, announces that he has been diagnosed with colon cancer and that the band will have to reschedule or cancel several shows in 2024 while he undergoes treatment.[14]
* June 30 – Shania Twain performed in the traditional Legend's slot at the 2024 Glastonbury Festival, the first country artist to perform in the slot since Dolly Parton in 2014.[15]
* July 5 – The War and Treaty go public about a racist incident where a cotton plant was placed in their dressing room at the Coca-Cola Sips and Sounds Music Festival in Austin, Texas. The band stated that this was only in their dressing room and left them angry and upset based on the history of the plant in regards to black American history. They left the festival immediately after their set and spoke to their young son, who encouraged them to speak up.[16]
* August 23 – Ten years after coming out as gay, Billy Gilman marries his husband Anthony Carbone.[17]
* August 27 – Drew Baldridge makes history by becoming the first artist to self-fund a number one song when his single "She's Somebody's Daughter" reached the top of the Country Aircheck chart.[18]
* October 3 – Garth Brooks is sued by his former hairstylist and makeup artist who claimed she was sexually harassed by him. She also claimed that Brooks raped her during a trip the two took to film a Grammy tribute in 2019. Brooks has denied the accusations.[19]
* November 25 – Westwood One, distributor of radio's American Country Countdown, announces that Kix Brooks (of Brooks & Dunn) would be stepping down as host upon the final countdown program of 2024, after 19 years of hosting. Ryan Fox, a morning personality at Cumulus Media-owned KPLX in Dallas, Texas, was announced as Brooks' successor, effective with the January 4, 2025 program.[20]

## Top hits of the year

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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

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Songs | Airplay | Canada | Single  | Artist  | References

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9  | —  | —  | "16 Carriages"  | Beyoncé | [21]
8  | 1  | 1  | "23"  | Chayce Beckham | [22][23][24]
5  | —  | —  | "28"  | Zach Bryan | [25]
3  | 1  | 1  | "Ain't No Love in Oklahoma"  | Luke Combs | [26]
26  | 3  | 20  | "All I Need Is You"  | Chris Janson | [27]
8  | —  | —  | "American Nights"  | Zach Bryan  | [25]
7  | —  | —  | "Ameriican Requiem"  | Beyoncé  | [21]
3  | 8  | 11  | "Austin"  | Dasha | [28]
9  | 1  | 2  | "Back Then Right Now"  | Tyler Hubbard | [29]
1  | 1  | 1  | "A Bar Song (Tipsy)"  | Shaboozey | [30]
10  | 2  | 3  | "Beautiful as You"  | Thomas Rhett | [31]
6  | —  | —  | "Blackbiird"  | Beyoncé
featuring Brittney Spencer, Reyna Roberts, Tanner Adell and Tiera Kennedy | [21]
10  | 3  | 3  | "Bulletproof"  | Nate Smith | [32]
7  | 1  | 4  | "Burn It Down"  | Parker McCollum | [33]
20  | 2  | 14  | "Cab in a Solo"  | Scotty McCreery | [34]
42  | 19  | 44  | "Can't Break Up Now"  | Old Dominion
featuring Megan Moroney | [35]
15  | 1  | 1  | "Chevrolet"  | Dustin Lynch
featuring Jelly Roll | [36]
18  | 1  | 1  | "Cowboy Songs"  | George Birge | [22][23][24]
3  | 1  | 1  | "Cowgirls"  | Morgan Wallen
featuring Ernest | [37]
22  | 12  | 17  | "Creek Will Rise"  | Conner Smith | [22][23][24]
9  | —  | —  | "Daughter"  | Beyoncé  | [21]
15  | 2  | 11  | "Different 'Round Here"  | Riley Green
featuring Luke Combs  | [38]
14  | 5  | 7  | "Dirt Cheap"  | Cody Johnson | [39]
31  | 11  | 29  | "Fearless (The Echo)"  | Jackson Dean | [22][23][24]
20  | 1  | 16  | "Gonna Love You"  | Parmalee | [40]
11  | 1  | 1  | "Halfway to Hell"  | Jelly Roll  | [41]
19  | 13  | 3  | "Hang Tight Honey"  | Lainey Wilson | [42]
4  | 1  | 1  | "High Road"  | Koe Wetzel and Jessie Murph | [22][23][24]
6  | —  | —  | "High Road"  | Zach Bryan  | [25]
3  | 1  | 1  | "I Am Not Okay"  | Jelly Roll  | [41]
13  | 1  | 2  | "I Can Feel It"  | Kane Brown | [43]
1  | 1  | 1  | "I Had Some Help"  | Post Malone
featuring Morgan Wallen  | [44]
1  | 26  | 14  | "I Remember Everything"  | Zach Bryan
featuring Kacey Musgraves | [25]
32  | 14  | 35  | "I'm Not Pretty"  | Megan Moroney  | [45]
2  | —  | —  | "II Most Wanted"  | Beyoncé
featuring Miley Cyrus | [21]
7  | 43  | 56  | "In Your Love"  | Tyler Childers | [46]
3  | 56  | —  | "Jolene"  | Beyoncé  | [21]
22  | 3  | 10  | "Let Your Boys Be Country"  | Jason Aldean | [47]
5  | —  | —  | "Levii's Jeans"  | Beyoncé
featuring Post Malone  | [21]
3  | 1  | 1  | "Lies Lies Lies"  | Morgan Wallen  | [37]
24  | 9  | 40  | "Love You Again"  | Chase Matthew | [22][23][24]
11  | 2  | 4  | "Love You, Miss You, Mean It"  | Luke Bryan | [48]
14  | 1  | 1  | "Mamaw's House"  | Thomas Rhett
featuring Morgan Wallen  | [31]
3  | 1  | 1  | "Man Made a Bar"  | Morgan Wallen
featuring Eric Church | [37]
24  | 12  | 13  | "Messed Up as Me"  | Keith Urban | [49]
4  | 1  | 1  | "Miles on It"  | Marshmello and Kane Brown  | [50]
16  | 2  | 53  | "Mind on You"  | George Birge  | [51][52][53]
26  | 5  | 11  | "One Bad Habit"  | Tim McGraw | [54]
14  | 1  | 1  | "Outskirts"  | Sam Hunt | [55]
38  | 18  | 9  | "Out of That Truck"  | Carrie Underwood | [56]
7  | 1  | 1  | "The Painter"  | Cody Johnson  | [39]
3  | —  | —  | "Pink Skies"  | Zach Bryan  | [25]
3  | 1  | 1  | "Pour Me a Drink"  | Post Malone
featuring Blake Shelton | [44]
5  | 1  | 17  | "Pretty Little Poison"  | Warren Zeiders | [22][23][24]
11  | 2  | 5  | "Save Me the Trouble"  | Dan + Shay | [57]
29  | 3  | 22  | "She's Somebody's Daughter"  | Drew Baldridge | [58]
29  | 15  | 7  | "Sounds Like the Radio"  | Zach Top | [22][23][24]
5  | 56  | —  | "Spin You Around (1/24)"  | Morgan Wallen  | [37]
10  | —  | —  | "Sweet Dreams"  | Koe Wetzel  | [23]
19  | 1  | 4  | "Take Her Home"  | Kenny Chesney | [59]
1  | 33  | 25  | "Texas Hold 'Em"  | Beyoncé  | [21]
23  | 4  | 25  | "This Is My Dirt"  | Justin Moore | [60]
6  | 1  | 2  | "Truck Bed"  | Hardy | [61]
13  | 1  | 2  | "Tucson Too Late"  | Jordan Davis  | [62]
19  | 9  | 35  | "We Don't Fight Anymore"  | Carly Pearce
featuring Chris Stapleton | [63]
16  | 3  | 12  | "We Ride"  | Bryan Martin | [22][23][24]
6  | 1  | 1  | "Where It Ends"  | Bailey Zimmerman | [64]
4  | 3  | 1  | "Where the Wild Things Are"  | Luke Combs  | [26]
6  | —  | —  | "Whiskey Whiskey"  | Moneybagg Yo
featuring Morgan Wallen  | [37]
5  | 2  | 1  | "White Horse"  | Chris Stapleton  | [65]
8  | 5  | 1  | "Wildflowers and Wild Horses"  | Lainey Wilson  | [42]
7  | 1  | 1  | "You Look Like You Love Me"  | Ella Langley
featuring Riley Green  | [38]
26  | 5  | 38  | "Young Love & Saturday Nights"  | Chris Young | [66]
21  | 2  | 3  | "Your Place"  | Ashley Cooke | [67]

### Singles released by Canadian artists

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Songs | Airplay | Canada | Single  | Artist  | References

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–  | –  | 9  | "Ahead of Our Time"  | James Barker Band | [68]
–  | –  | 2  | "Ain't Doin' Jack"  | Josh Ross | [69]
–  | –  | 18  | "Band on Her T-Shirt"  | The Washboard Union | [70]
–  | –  | 11  | "Bet You Break My Heart"  | MacKenzie Porter | [71]
–  | –  | 8  | "Bigger Than This Town"  | Steven Lee Olsen | [72]
–  | –  | 20  | "Blinding Lights (Country Version)"  | Tebey | [73]
–  | –  | 10  | "Broken Man"  | Tyler Joe Miller | [74]
–  | –  | 7  | "Do It Anyway"  | Jade Eagleson
with Jake Worthington  | [75]
–  | –  | 4  | "Fixer Upper"  | Dallas Smith | [76]
–  | –  | 16  | "Go Get Er"  | Jess Moskaluke | [77]
–  | –  | 8  | "Hey Mom I Made It"  | Sacha | [78]
–  | –  | 5  | "I Grew Up on a Farm"  | The Reklaws | [79]
–  | –  | 4  | "Let Your Horses Run"  | Brett Kissel | [80]
–  | –  | 3  | "Moonshines"  | Owen Riegling | [81]
–  | –  | 7  | "Not Yet"  | High Valley | [82]
–  | –  | 2  | "Old Dirt Roads"  | Owen Riegling | [81]
–  | –  | 6  | "One Beer Away"  | The Reklaws | [79]
–  | –  | 19  | "One More"  | Tim Hicks | [83]
–  | –  | 12  | "Out Here"  | Steven Lee Olsen | [72]
–  | –  | 1  | "Right Round Here"  | Dean Brody | [84]
–  | –  | 2  | "Telluride"  | Jade Eagleson | [75]
–  | –  | 6  | "Tim + Faith"  | Madeline Merlo | [85]
–  | –  | 6  | "Two of Us"  | Brett Kissel
with Cooper Alan  | [80]
–  | –  | 2  | "Use Me"  | Dallas Smith | [76]
–  | –  | 8  | "Whiskey in Colorado"  | Tony Stevens | [86]
–  | –  | 19  | "Your Mama Would Hate Me"  | Dean Brody
and James Barker Band | [84]

## Top new album releases

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

See also: List of UK Country Albums Chart number ones of 2024

US | Album  | Artist  | Record Label  | Release Date  | Reference

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5  | 9 Lives | Koe Wetzel | Columbia  | July 19  | [87]
10  | About a Woman | Thomas Rhett | Valory  | August 23  | [88]
3  | Am I Okay? | Megan Moroney | Columbia  | July 12  | [89]
1  | Beautifully Broken | Jelly Roll | This Is Hit/Stoney Creek/Republic  | October 11  | [90]
5  | Born | Kenny Chesney | Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville  | March 22  | [91]
4  | Cold Beer & Country Music | Zach Top | Leo33  | April 5  | [92]
1  | Cowboy Carter | Beyoncé | Columbia/Parkwood  | March 29  | [93]
6  | Cowboys and Dreamers | George Strait | MCA Nashville  | September 6  | [94]
1  | Deeper Well | Kacey Musgraves | Interscope/MCA Nashville  | March 15  | [95]
8  | Don't Mind If I Do | Riley Green | Nashville Harbor  | October 18  | [96]
1  | F-1 Trillion | Post Malone | Republic/Mercury  | August 16  | [97]
2  | Fathers & Sons | Luke Combs | Columbia/River House  | June 14  | [98]
1  | The Great American Bar Scene | Zach Bryan | Belting Bronco/Warner  | July 4  | [99]
10  | High | Keith Urban | Capitol Nashville  | September 20  | [100]
8  | Highway Prayers | Billy Strings | Reprise  | September 27  | [101]
9  | Made by These Moments | The Red Clay Strays | HBYCO/RCA  | July 26  | [102]
9  | Passage du Desir | Johnny Blue Skies | High Top Mountain  | July 12  | [103]
1  | Patterns | Kelsea Ballerini | Black River  | October 25  | [104]
8  | Postcards from Texas | Miranda Lambert | Republic/Big Loud  | September 13  | [105]
10  | Rebel | Anne Wilson | Capitol CMG/MCA Nashville/Sparrow  | April 19  | [106]
8  | Restless Mind | Sam Barber | Lockeland Springs/Atlantic  | November 1  | [107]
3  | Twisters: The Album | Various artists  | Atlantic  | July 19  | [108]
2  | Where I've Been, Isn't Where I'm Going | Shaboozey | American Dogwood/Empire  | May 31  | [109]
3  | Whirlwind | Lainey Wilson | BBR  | August 23  | [110]

### Other top albums

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US | Album  | Artist  | Record Label  | Release Date  | Reference

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19  | Actin' Up Again | Gavin Adcock | Thrivin Here/Warner Nashville  | August 2  | [111]
33  | Bad for Me | Chayce Beckham | Wheelhouse  | April 5  | [112]
26  | Be Right Here | Blackberry Smoke | 3 Legged/Thirty Tigers  | February 16  | [113]
50  | The Border | Willie Nelson | Legacy  | May 31  | [114]
12  | California Gold | Nate Smith | RCA Nashville  | October 4  | [115]
27  | Change the Game | Cody Jinks | Late August  | March 22  | [93]
39  | Chapter & Verse | Gabby Barrett | Warner Nashville  | February 2  | [116]
49  | Greatest Hits | Little Big Town | Capitol Nashville  | August 9  | [117]
44  | Have a Nice Day | Treaty Oak Revival | TOR  | April 12  | [118]
33  | The Hill | Aaron Lewis | Valory  | March 29  | [93]
41  | Hixtape: Vol. 3: Difftape | Various artists  | Big Loud  | [93]
31  | Hummingbird | Carly Pearce | Big Machine  | June 7  | [119]
17  | Hungover | Ella Langley | Sawgod/Columbia  | August 2  | [111]
43  | Keepin' the Lights On | Kameron Marlowe | Columbia Nashville  | May 31  | [120]
11  | Live Vol. 1 | Billy Strings | Reprise  | July 12  | [103]
11  | Mind of a Country Boy | Luke Bryan | Capitol Nashville/Row Crop  | September 27  | [121]
31  | Mind of a Country Boy (EP)  | June 14  | [122]
34  | Nashville, Tennessee | Ernest | Big Loud  | April 12  | [118]
48  | Noise Complaint | Koe Wetzel | BMI/Columbia/Legacy  | June 7  | [123]
19  | Odies but Goodies | Old Dominion | RCA Nashville  | September 6  | [124]
18  | Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty | Various artists  | Tom Petty Legacy/Big Machine  | June 21  | [125]
25  | Rise & Fall | Scotty McCreery | Triple Tigers  | May 10  | [126]
42  | Smoky Mountains | Conner Smith | Valory Music Group  | January 26  | [127]
23  | Songwriter | Johnny Cash | Mercury Nashville/UMe  | June 28  | [128]
33  | Stampede | Orville Peck | Warner  | August 2  | [111]
35  | Strong | Tyler Hubbard | Hubbard House/EMI Nashville  | April 12  | [129]
42  | Tattoos | Brantley Gilbert | Valory  | September 13  | [130]
47  | Three Twenty Four: The EP | Ole60  | Grey Area/Red Door  | March 22  | [93]
34  | Through the Smoke | Nate Smith | RCA Nashville  | April 5  | [112]
24  | Trail of Flowers | Sierra Ferrell | Rounder/Concord  | March 22  | [93]
29  | Way Out Here | Riley Green | Nashville Harbor/BMLG  | April 12  | [131]
35  | What Happens Now? | Dasha | Version III/Warner  | February 16  | [93]
34  | Young Love & Saturday Nights | Chris Young | RCA Nashville  | March 22  | [132]

## Hall of Fame inductees

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### Country Music Hall of Fame

[edit]

(announced on March 18, 2024)[133]

* John Anderson
* James Burton
* Toby Keith

### Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame

[edit]

(announced on June 26, 2024)[134]

* k.d. lang
* Gilles Godard

### International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame

[edit]

(announced on July 17, 2024)[135]

* Katy Daley
* Jerry Douglas
* Alan Munde

## Deaths

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* January 10 - Audie Blaylock, 61, American bluegrass singer and guitarist.[136]
* January 5 – Larry Collins, 79, American rockabilly guitarist, songwriter ("Delta Dawn") and member of the Collins Kids, natural causes.[137]
* January 13 – Jo-El Sonnier, 77, American singer-songwriter and accordionist ("Tear Stained Letter", "No More One More Time"), heart attack.[138]
* January 23 – Margo Smith, 84, American country singer ("Don't Break the Heart That Loves You", "It Only Hurts for a Little While"), complications from stroke.[139]
* February 5 – Toby Keith, 62, American country singer-songwriter; stomach cancer.[140]
* February 22 – Roni Stoneman, 85, bluegrass musician, member of the Stoneman Family, and Hee Haw cast member.[141]
* April 2 – Jerry Abbott, 81, American country songwriter and musician.[142]
*   * April 30 – Duane Eddy, 86, American cross genre guitarist and innovator (“Rebel-'Rouser”, “Forty Miles of Bad Road”), cancer.[143]
* May 6 – Wayland Holyfield, 82, American songwriter ("Arkansas (You Run Deep in Me)", "Rednecks, White Socks and Blue Ribbon Beer", "You're My Best Friend").[144]
* June 8 – Mark James, 83, American songwriter ("Suspicious Minds", "Always on My Mind").[145]
* June 27 – Kinky Friedman, 79, American singer-songwriter and humorist, Parkinson's disease.[146]
* July 1 – Rusty Golden, 65, American singer, son of the Oak Ridge Boys' William Lee Golden and member of the Goldens.[147]
* July 9 – Joe Bonsall, 76, longtime member of the Oak Ridge Boys (tenor vocal), complications from ALS.[148]
* July 10 – Dave Loggins, 76, pop and country singer ("Please Come to Boston", "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do").[149]
* July 20 – Sandy Posey, 80, American pop, country and gospel singer, complications from dementia.[150]
* August 16 – Bobby Hicks, 91, American Hall of Fame bluegrass fiddler, complications from a heart attack.[151]
* August 27 - Pete Wade, 89, guitarist, session musician who was part of the Nashville A-Team; complications of hip surgery[152]
* September 13 – Tommy Cash, 84, American country musician ("Six White Horses").[153]
* September 22 – Hugh Prestwood, 82, American songwriter ("Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart"), stroke.[154]
* September 28 – Kris Kristofferson, 88, American country singer-songwriter and actor.[155]
* November 14 – Tommy Alverson, 74, American country singer-songwriter, liver cancer.[156]
* November 22 – Toni Price, 63, American country blues singer, brain aneurysm.[157]

## Major awards

[edit]

### Academy of Country Music Awards

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(presented on May 8, 2025)

* Entertainer of the Year – Lainey Wilson
* Male Artist of the Year – Chris Stapleton
* Female Artist of the Year – Lainey Wilson
* Group of the Year – Old Dominion
* Duo of the Year – Brooks & Dunn
* New Male Artist of the Year – Zach Top
* New Female Artist of the Year – Ella Langley
* New Duo/Group of the Year \- The Red Clay Strays
* Songwriter of the Year – Jessie Jo Dillon
* Artist-Songwriter of the Year – Lainey Wilson
* Single of the Year – "You Look Like You Love Me" (Ella Langley featuring Riley Green)
* Song of the Year – "Dirt Cheap" (Josh Phillips)
* Album of the Year – Whirlwind (Lainey Wilson)
* Musical Event of the Year – "You Look Like You Love Me" (Ella Langley featuring Riley Green)
* Visual Media of the Year – "You Look Like You Love Me" (Ella Langley featuring Riley Green)
* Triple Crown Award – Keith Urban
* Alan Jackson Lifetime Achievement Award – Alan Jackson

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