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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in 2021.

Events

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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 2021:

Singles released by American and Australian artists

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Songs Airplay Canada Single Artist References
1 15 12 "7 Summers" Morgan Wallen [23]
13 "865" Morgan Wallen [23]
25 25 4 "All Night" Brothers Osborne [24]
1 "All Too Well (Taylor's Version)" Taylor Swift
7 5 6 "Almost Maybes" Jordan Davis [25]
1 52 "Am I the Only One" Aaron Lewis [26]
7 1 2 "Beers and Sunshine" Darius Rucker [27]>
1 1 1 "Better Together" Luke Combs [28]
5 1 1 "Blame It on You" Jason Aldean [29]
4 1 3 "Breaking Up Was Easy in the 90s" Sam Hunt [30]
7 1 1 "Champagne Night" Lady A [31]
3 2 4 "Chasing After You" Ryan Hurd
with Maren Morris
[32]
5 1 1 "Cold as You" Luke Combs [28]
3 1 6 "Cold Beer Calling My Name" Jameson Rodgers
featuring Luke Combs
[33]
5 1 1 "Country Again" Thomas Rhett [34]
15 "Cover Me Up" Morgan Wallen [23]
17 "Dangerous" Morgan Wallen [23]
5 1 1 "Down to One" Luke Bryan [35]
3 1 1 "Drinkin' Beer. Talkin' God. Amen." Chase Rice
featuring Florida Georgia Line
[36]
2 1 1 "Famous Friends" Chris Young
and Kane Brown
[37]
1 1 3 "Fancy Like" Walker Hayes [38]
1 1 1 "Forever After All" Luke Combs [28]
2 1 8 "Glad You Exist" Dan + Shay [39]
2 2 2 "Gone" Dierks Bentley [40]
1 1 3 "The Good Ones" Gabby Barrett [41]
1 1 10 "Good Time" Niko Moon [42]
10 2 10 "Happy Does" Kenny Chesney [43]
2 1 1 "Hell of a View" Eric Church [44]
6 2 1 "Hole in the Bottle" Kelsea Ballerini [45]
18 4 33 "How They Remember You" Rascal Flatts [46]
4 2 26 "I Should Probably Go to Bed" Dan + Shay [39]
8 9 1 "I Was on a Boat That Day" Old Dominion [47]
2 1 1 "If I Didn't Love You" Jason Aldean
& Carrie Underwood
[29]
30 20 43 "It's 'Cause I Am" Callista Clark [48]
17 14 39 "Just About Over You" Priscilla Block [49]
3 1 1 "Just the Way" Parmalee
& Blanco Brown
[50]
10 2 7 "Knowing You" Kenny Chesney [43]
7 1 9 Lady Brett Young [51]
20 13 4 "Like a Lady" Lady A [31]
3 42 "Lil Bit" Nelly
& Florida Georgia Line
[52]
4 1 1 "Long Live" Florida Georgia Line [53]
1 57 "Love Story (Taylor's Version)" Taylor Swift [54]
3 1 1 "Made for You" Jake Owen [55]
9 "Memory" Kane Brown
& Blackbear
[56]
5 1 1 "Memory I Don't Mess With" Lee Brice [57]
12 9 9 "Minimum Wage" Blake Shelton [58]
2 "Mr. Perfectly Fine" Taylor Swift [54]
8 5 35 "Momma's House" Dustin Lynch [59]
19 "More Surprised Than Me" Morgan Wallen [23]
4 1 29 "My Boy" Elvie Shane [60]
18 "Neon Eyes" Morgan Wallen [23]
23 15 2 "Next Girl" Carly Pearce [61]
2 54 "No Body, No Crime" Taylor Swift
featuring Haim
[54]
5 2 23 "Nobody" Dylan Scott [62]
10 10 1 "One Too Many" Keith Urban
featuring P!nk
[63]
8 1 3 "Same Boat" Zac Brown Band [64]
6 6 1 "Settling Down" Miranda Lambert [65]
4 1 2 "Single Saturday Night" Cole Swindell [66]
1 2 3 "Starting Over" Chris Stapleton [67]
3 1 4 "Things a Man Oughta Know" Lainey Wilson [68]
2 1 2 "Thinking 'Bout You" Dustin Lynch
featuring Lauren Alaina or MacKenzie Porter
[59]
23 16 4 "Undivided" Tim McGraw
& Tyler Hubbard
[69]
10 "Warning" Morgan Wallen [23]
2 1 1 "Waves" Luke Bryan [35]
7 1 1 "We Didn't Have Much" Justin Moore [70]
1 1 1 "What's Your Country Song" Thomas Rhett [34]
6 "You All Over Me" Taylor Swift
featuring Maren Morris
[54]
7 1 23 "You Time" Scotty McCreery [71]

Singles released by Canadian artists

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Songs Airplay Canada Single Artist References
1 "All Night to Figure It Out" Jade Eagleson [72]
12 "Been a Minute" Hunter Brothers [73]
1 "Boy Like Me" Aaron Goodvin [74]
1 "Boys" Dean Brody
featuring Mickey Guyton
[75]
20 "Diamonds in a Whiskey Glass" Gord Bamford [76]
5 "Drinkin' Songs" MacKenzie Porter [77]
15 "Every Time You Take Your Time" Aaron Goodvin [74]
59 8 "F-150" Robyn Ottolini [78]
1 "A Few Good Stories" Brett Kissel [79]
8 "Fighting" Tyler Joe Miller [80]
5 "Girl Who Didn't Care" Tenille Townes [81]
6 "Give It to Me Straight" Tenille Arts [82]
10 "Good on You" Lindsay Ell [83]
5 "In a Bar" Matt Lang [84]
17 "It Didn't" Madeline Merlo [85]
7 "Lightning Bug" Dean Brody [75]
9 "Lightning in a Bottle" Nate Haller [86]
1 "Make a Life, Not a Living" Brett Kissel [79]
15 "Mapdot" Jess Moskaluke [87]
9 "Me Without You" Tim & the Glory Boys [88]
1 "More Drinkin' Than Fishin'" Jade Eagleson and Dean Brody [75]
17 "Never Run Outta Road" The Washboard Union [89]
13 "Neverland" Andrew Hyatt [90]
13 "Never Giving Up on You" Meghan Patrick [91]
5 "Not Gonna Not" Reklaws [92]
13 "Nothin' I Don't Love About You" Jess Moskaluke [87]
11 "Only a Woman" Matt Lang [84]
1 "Over All Over Again" James Barker Band [93]
1 "River's Still Running" High Valley [94]
12 "Shotgun Rider" Tebey [95]
1 "Some Things Never Change" Dallas Smith
featuring Hardy
[96]
7 3 9 "Somebody Like That" Tenille Arts [82]
5 "Sometimes I Do" Tyler Joe Miller [80]
10 "Without a Prayer" Tim & the Glory Boys [88]

Top new album releases

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US Album Artist Record Label Release Date Reference
3 The Ballad of Dood and Juanita Sturgill Simpson High Top Mountain August 20
3 Body Language Blake Shelton Warner Nashville May 21 [97]
3 The Comeback Zac Brown Band Southern Ground October 15
2 Country Again: Side A Thomas Rhett Valory April 30 [98]
4 Country Stuff (EP) Walker Hayes Monument June 18 [99]
1 Dangerous: The Double Album Morgan Wallen Big Loud January 8 [100]
3 Famous Friends Chris Young RCA Nashville August 6 [101]
1 Fearless (Taylor's Version) Taylor Swift Republic Records April 9
1 Red (Taylor's Version) Taylor Swift Republic Records November 12
6 Gold Chain Cowboy Parker McCollum MCA Nashville July 30
2 Good Things Dan + Shay Warner Nashville August 13
3 Greenfields Barry Gibb Capitol January 8 [102]
3 Heart Eric Church EMI Nashville April 16
7 Heartland Nelly Columbia Nashville August 27
3 Human: The Double Album Cody Johnson Warner Nashville October 8
3 Life Rolls On Florida Georgia Line BMLG February 12 [103]
3 Macon Jason Aldean Broken Bow/Macon November 12 [104]
7 The Marfa Tapes Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram and Jon Randall RCA Nashville May 7 [105]
1 My Savior Carrie Underwood Capitol Nashville March 26 [106]
3 Raise the Roof Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Rounder Records November 19 [107]
9 Renewal Billy Strings Rounder Records September 23 [108]
8 Ruthless Gary Allan MCA Nashville June 25 [109]
9 Still Woman Enough Loretta Lynn Legacy March 19 [110]
2 Soul Eric Church EMI Nashville April 23
1 Star-Crossed Kacey Musgraves Interscope/MCA Nashville September 10 [111]
10 Same Truck Scotty McCreery Triple Tigers September 17
4 Time, Tequila & Therapy Old Dominion RCA Nashville October 8
9 Weekends Look a Little Different These Days Brett Young BMLG June 4 [112]
2 Where Have You Gone Alan Jackson EMI Nashville/ACR May 14
5 You Hear Georgia Blackberry Smoke 3 Legged/Thirty Tigers May 28
9 29 (EP) Carly Pearce Big Machine February 19 [113]
9 29: Written in Stone Carly Pearce Big Machine September 17 [113]

Other top albums

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US Album Artist Record Label Release Date Reference
34 The Album Chase Rice Broken Bow/Dack Janiels May 28
23 Bet You're from a Small Town Jameson Rodgers Columbia Nashville September 17
11 Buy Dirt (EP) Jordan Davis MCA Nashville May 21
35 For You Parmalee Stoney Creek July 30
12 Good Time Niko Moon RCA Nashville August 27
28 Hell of a Holiday Pistol Annies RCA Nashville October 22
29 The Horses and the Hounds James McMurtry New West August 20
41 In It for the Money (EP) Jameson Rodgers Columbia Nashville August 6
40 Land of the Free Home Free Home Free June 25
12 Mercy Cody Jinks Late August November 12
23 Midtown Diaries (EP) Mitchell Tenpenny Columbia Nashville September 10
11 Pelago Ryan Hurd RCA Nashville October 15
25 Peso in My Pocket Toby Keith Show Dog-Universal October 15
47 Remember Her Name Mickey Guyton Capitol Nashville September 24
12 Revived Remixed Revisited Reba McEntire MCA Nashville October 8 [114]
29 Same Ol Same Ol Upchurch Redneck Nation June 25
40 Sayin' What I'm Thinkin' Lainey Wilson Broken Bow February 19
49 Set in Stone Travis Tritt Big Noise Music Group May 7 [115]
21 Sitting Pretty on Top of the World Lauren Alaina 19/Mercury Nashville September 3
38 Straight Outta the Country Justin Moore Valory April 23
41 The Way I Wanna Go Trace Adkins Verge Nashville August 27
12 What a Song Can Do Lady A Big Machine October 22
12 & (EP) Eric Church EMI Nashville April 20

Deaths

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Hall of Fame inductees

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(presented on May 1, 2022)

Major awards

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(presented on March 7, 2022)

(presented on November 21, 2021)

(presented on September 22, 2021)

(presented on November 24, 2021)

(presented on May 23, 2021)

(presented on November 29, 2021)

(presented on June 9, 2021)

CMT Artists of the Year
(presented October 13, 2021 in Nashville)[151]

(presented on November 10, 2021)

(presented on April 3, 2022)

(presented on September 30, 2021)

(presented on May 15, 2022)

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