Country-Musik 2020

Die Liste bietet eine Übersicht über das Jahr 2020 im Genre Country-Musik.

Top Hits des Jahres

Year-End-Charts

Dies ist die Top 10 der Year-End-Charts, die vom Billboard-Magazin erhoben wurde.^[1]

1. I Hope – Gabby Barrett
2. The Bones – Maren Morris
3. 10.000 Hours – Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber
4. Chasin’ You – Morgan Wallen
5. Nobody But You – Blake Shelton & Gwen Stefani
6. One Man Band – Old Dominion
7. Got What I Got – Jason Aldean
8. Die From A Broken Heart – Maddie & Tae
9. I Hope You’re Happy Now – Carly Pearce & Lee Brice
10. One Of Them Girls – Lee Brice

Nummer-1-Hits

Die folgende Liste umfasst die Nummer-eins-Hits der Billboard Hot Country Songs des US-amerikanischen Musikmagazines Billboard chronologisch nach Wochenplatzierung.^[2]

• 3. Januar – 10.000 Hours – Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber
• 13. März – The Bones – Maren Morris
• 24. Juli – I Hope – Gabby Barrett
• 28. August – 7 Summers – Morgan Wallen
• 06. November – Forever After – Luke Combs

Alben

Year-End-Charts

Dies ist die Top 10 der Year-End-Charts, die vom Billboard-Magazin erhoben wurde.^[3]

1. What You See Is What You Get – Luke Combs
2. This One’s For You – Luke Combs
3. If I Knew Me – Morgan Wallen
4. Fully Loaded: God’s Country – Blake Shelton
5. Traveller – Chris Stapleton
6. 9 – Jason Aldean
7. Girl – Maren Morris
8. Dan + Shay – Dan + Shay
9. Experiment – Kane Brown
10. Southside – Sam Hunt

Nummer-1-Alben

→ Hauptartikel: Liste der Nummer-eins-Country-Alben in den USA (2020)

Die folgende Liste umfasst die Nummer-eins-Hits der Billboard Top Country Albums des US-amerikanischen Musikmagazines Billboard chronologisch nach Wochenplatzierung.

• 3. Januar – Fully Loaded: God's Country – Blake Shelton (seit 28. Dezember des Vorjahres)
• 4. Januar – Original Sound Track and Music from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer – Burt Ives
• 11. Januar – What You See Is What You Ge – Luke Combs
• 1. Februar – Nightfall – Little Big Town
• 4. April – The Best Of Kenny Rogers: Through The Years – Kenny Rogers
• 18. April – Southside – Sam Hunt
• 16. Mai – Here and Now – Kenny Chesney
• 30. Mai – Reunions – Jason Isbell
• 13. Juni – Life On The Flip Side – Jimmy Buffett
• 1. August – Gaslighter – The Chicks
• 15. August – If I Know Me – Morgan Wallen
• 5. August – Here On Earth – Tim McGraw
• 3. Oktober – The Speed of Now, Part 1 – Keith Urban
• 10. Oktober – My Gift – Carrie Underwood
• 17. Oktober – A Holly Dolly Christmas – Dolly Parton
• 28. November – Starting Over – Chris Stapleton

Gestorben

• 26. Januar – Bob Shane
• 20. März – Kenny Rogers
• 29. März – Joe Diffie
• 9. Mai – Little Richard
• 8. Juni – James Hand
• 6. Juli – Charlie Daniels
• 23. September – W.S. Holland
• 29. September – Mac Davis
• 23. Oktober – Jerry Jeff Walker
• 28. Oktober – Billy Joe Shaver
• 29. November – Wayne Cogswell
• 12. Dezember – Charley Pride
• 25. Dezember – Tony Rice
• 13. November – Doug Supernaw

Neue Mitglieder der Hall of Fames

Country Music Hall of Fame

• Hank Williams, Jr. (* 1949)
• Marty Stuart (* 1958)
• Dean Dillon (* 1955)^[4]

International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame

• New Grass Revival
• The Johnson Mountain Boys
• J.T. Gray (* 1946; † 2021)^[5][6]

Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame

• Kent Blazy
• Steve Earle
• Bobbie Gentry
• Brett James
• Spooner Oldham^[7]

Die wichtigsten Auszeichnungen

Grammys

• Beste Country-Solodarbietung (Best Country Solo Performance) – Ride Me Back Home, Willie Nelson
• Beste Countrydarbietung eines Duos oder einer Gruppe (Best Country Duo/Group Performance) – Speechless, Dan + Shay
• Bester Countrysong (Best Country Song) – Bring My Flowers Now, Tanya Tucker (Autoren: Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth, Tanya Tucker)
• Bestes Countryalbum (Best Country Album) – While I’m Livin’ von Tanya Tucker
• Bestes Bluegrass Album (Best Bluegrass Album) – Tall Fiddler – Michael Cleveland

ARIA Awards

• Best Country Album – Fallow – Fanny Lumsden

Billboard Music Awards

• Top Country Song – 10,000 Hours, Dan + Shay and Justin Bieber
• Top Country Artist – Luke Combs
• Top Country Album – What You See Is What You Get – Luke Combs
• Top Country Duo/Group Artist – Dan + Shay
• Top Country Female Artist – Maren Morris
• Top Country Male Artist – Luke Combs

Country Music Association Awards

• Entertainer of the Year – Eric Church
• Song of the Year – The Bones – Maren Morris
• Single of the Year – The Bones – Maren Morris
• Album of the Year – What You See Is What You Get – Luke Combs
• Male Vocalist of the Year – Luke Combs
• Female Vocalist of the Year – Maren Morris
• Vocal Duo of the Year – Dan + Shay
• Vocal Group of the Year – Old Dominion
• Musician of the Year – Jenee Fleenor
• New Artist of the Year – Morgan Wallen
• Musical Event of the Year – I Hope You’re Happy Now – Carly Pearce and Lee Brice
• Music Video of the Year – Bluebird – Miranda Lambert^[8]

Academy of Country Music Awards

• Entertainer of the Year – Carrie Underwood und Thomas Rhett
• Female Artist of the Year – Maren Morris
• Male Artist of the Year – Luke Combs
• Duo of the Year – Dan + Shay
• New Female Artist of the Year – Tenille Townes
• New Male Artist of the Year – Riley Green
• Album of the Year – What You See Is What You Get von Luke Combs
• Single of the Year – God’s Country von Blake Shelton
• Song of the Year – One Man Band von Old Dominion – Autoren: Josh Osborne, Matthew Ramsey, Trevor Rosen, Brad Tursi
• Video of the Year – Remember You Young von Thomas Rhett
• Music Event of the Year – Fooled Around and Fell in Love von Miranda Lambert featuring Maren Morris, Ashley McBryde, Tenille Townes, Caylee Hammack und Elle King
• Songwriter of the Year – Hillary Lindsey^[9]

American Music Awards

• Favorite Country Male Artist – Kane Brown
• Favorite Country Female Artist – Maren Morris
• Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group – Dan + Shay
• Favorite Country Album – Fully Loaded: God’s Country – Blake Shelton
• Favorite Country Song – 10,000 Hours – Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber^[10]