Billboard Music Award for Top Country Artist

The Billboard Music Award for Top Country Artist recognizes the most successful country artists on the Billboard Charts over the past year. Garth Brooks and Taylor Swift has won the most awards with three each. Luke Bryan is the only artist to be nominated for it every year it was awarded until 2015 and 2016. Dixie Chicks became the first group to win it in the 1999 Billboard Music Awards.

Winners and nominees edit

Garth Brooks (left) and Taylor Swift (right) are the most awarded artist in the category.

Year	Winner	Nominees	Ref.
1991	Garth Brooks		^[1]
1993	Garth Brooks	Billy Ray Cyrus Reba McEntire Brooks & Dunn	^[2]
1995	John Michael Montgomery		^[3]
1996	George Strait	Garth Brooks Vince Gill Shania Twain	^{[citation needed]}
1997	LeAnn Rimes	Alan Jackson George Strait Deana Carter	^{[citation needed]}
1998	Garth Brooks	LeAnn Rimes George Strait Tim McGraw	^{[citation needed]}
1999	Dixie Chicks	Tim McGraw Martina McBride George Strait	^{[citation needed]}
2000	Dixie Chicks	Faith Hill Tim McGraw George Strait	^{[citation needed]}
2001	Tim McGraw	Kenny Chesney Toby Keith Travis Tritt	^{[citation needed]}
2003	Shania Twain	Dixie Chicks Toby Keith Tim McGraw	^{[citation needed]}
2005	Toby Keith	Kenny Chesney Rascal Flatts Gretchen Wilson	^{[citation needed]}
2011	Taylor Swift	Jason Aldean Kenny Chesney Lady Antebellum Zac Brown Band	^[4]
2012	Lady Antebellum	Jason Aldean Zac Brown Band Blake Shelton Taylor Swift	^[5]
2013	Taylor Swift	Jason Aldean Luke Bryan Hunter Hayes Carrie Underwood	^[6]
2014	Luke Bryan	Florida Georgia Line Darius Rucker Blake Shelton Taylor Swift	^[7]
2015	Florida Georgia Line	Jason Aldean Luke Bryan Brantley Gilbert Blake Shelton	^[8]
2016	Luke Bryan	Zac Brown Band Sam Hunt Chris Stapleton Carrie Underwood	^[9]
2017	Blake Shelton	Florida Georgia Line Keith Urban Chris Stapleton Jason Aldean	^[10]
2018	Chris Stapleton	Kane Brown Luke Combs Sam Hunt Thomas Rhett	^[11]
2019	Luke Combs	Kane Brown Jason Aldean Florida Georgia Line Dan + Shay
2020	Luke Combs	Kane Brown Dan + Shay Maren Morris Thomas Rhett
2021	Morgan Wallen	Gabby Barrett Kane Brown Luke Combs Chris Stapleton
2022	Taylor Swift	Luke Combs Walker Hayes Chris Stapleton Morgan Wallen
2023	Morgan Wallen	Zach Bryan Luke Combs Taylor Swift Bailey Zimmerman

Most wins and nominations edit

The following individuals received two or more Top Country Artist Awards:

Wins	Artist
3	Garth Brooks
3	Taylor Swift
2	Luke Bryan
	Dixie Chicks
	Luke Combs
	Morgan Wallen

The following individuals received two or more Top Country Artist nominations:

Nominations	Artist
5	Tim McGraw
	George Strait
	Jason Aldean
	Taylor Swift
4	Garth Brooks
	Kane Brown
	Luke Bryan
	Luke Combs
	Blake Shelton
	Chris Stapleton
3	Kenny Chesney
	Dixie Chicks
	Florida Georgia Line
	Toby Keith
	Zac Brown Band
2	Lady Antebellum
	LeAnn Rimes
	Shania Twain
	Carrie Underwood
	Morgan Wallen

References edit

^ "Winners Database: 1991". Billboard Music Awards. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
^ "Winners Database: 1993". Billboard Music Awards. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
^ "Winners Database: 1995". Billboard Music Awards. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
^ "2011 Billboard Music Awards Winners Page 3". billboard.com. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
^ "The 2012 Billboard Music Awards". wordpress.com. June 13, 2012. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
^ "Billboard Awards 2013: Winners in full". digitalspy.com. May 20, 2013. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
^ "Billboard Music Awards 2014 nominees list". abc7.com. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
^ "Billboard Music Awards 2015: See the Full Winners List". billboard.com. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
^ "2016 Billboard Music Awards". Billboard.com. May 22, 2016. Retrieved October 13, 2016.
^ "Here Is the Complete List of Winners From the 2017 Billboard Music Awards". Billboard. May 21, 2017. Retrieved May 22, 2017.
^ "Here Are All the Winners From the 2018 Billboard Music Awards". Billboard. May 20, 2018. Retrieved May 20, 2018.

[1] "Winners Database: 1991". Billboard Music Awards. Retrieved October 16, 2016.

[1993_awards-2] "Winners Database: 1993". Billboard Music Awards. Retrieved October 16, 2016.

[3] "Winners Database: 1995". Billboard Music Awards. Retrieved October 16, 2016.

[4] "2011 Billboard Music Awards Winners Page 3". billboard.com. Retrieved June 2, 2017.

[5] "The 2012 Billboard Music Awards". wordpress.com. June 13, 2012. Retrieved June 2, 2017.

[6] "Billboard Awards 2013: Winners in full". digitalspy.com. May 20, 2013. Retrieved June 2, 2017.

[7] "Billboard Music Awards 2014 nominees list". abc7.com. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved June 2, 2017.

[8] "Billboard Music Awards 2015: See the Full Winners List". billboard.com. Retrieved June 2, 2017.

[2016_Billboard_Music_Awards-9] "2016 Billboard Music Awards". Billboard.com. May 22, 2016. Retrieved October 13, 2016.

[10] "Here Is the Complete List of Winners From the 2017 Billboard Music Awards". Billboard. May 21, 2017. Retrieved May 22, 2017.

[11] "Here Are All the Winners From the 2018 Billboard Music Awards". Billboard. May 20, 2018. Retrieved May 20, 2018.

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