Country music had another banner year with superstars and newer artists reaching new pinnacles, while behind the scenes saw major shifts in executive talent. Country music continued to thrive in 2025 ...

In September, country singer Zach Bryan decided to climb a barbed-wire fence to get at newcomer Gavin Adock, and the music community watched replays with jaws hanging open. It was a shocking attack on ...

A look at country artists releasing their first album or EP in the back half of 2025. By Tom Roland The act of making music is a worthy undertaking for the soul, but when it connects the musician to ...

In 2017, the narrator in country hitmaker Chris Janson’s song “Fix a Drink” seemed exhausted by party politics. “I turn on Fox News and then CNN/But it’s the same dang thing all over again,” Janson ...

This year in country music was all about artists discovering ways to innovate old forms and traditions. In some cases, like Eric Church’s Evangeline vs. the Machine and Carter Faith’s stunning debut ...

Country music loves a love song, and it loves a partying song. Still, for decades, country music has also loved sad, heartbreaking songs, including these three, which all came out in 2025. Carly ...

Several of country music's biggest stars missed the CMA Awards and they had very good reasons to do so. Others just didn't want to be there. Morgan Wallen is the most obvious face missing in the CMA ...

To get a sense of how wide the country music landscape — and the divides within it — are in 2025, consider the varied reactions to an announcement the Recording Academy made in June: The best country ...

In 2012, Taylor Swift gave $4 million to Nashville’s Country Music Museum for an education center. In 2025, it ran 2,000+ programs for 125,000+ people.

Record labels' deals with AI music generation platforms bring more questions than answers heading into a crucial 2026. By Ethan Millman, Nicole Fell Let’s get this out of the way immediately: AI was ...

The 59th Annual CMA Awards will air live from Nashville's Bridgestone Arena Jason Kempin/Getty; ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty; Jason Kempin/Getty The 2025 CMAs are airing live from Nashville's Bridgestone ...