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

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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 [2]
1995   John Michael Montgomery [3]
1996   George Strait [citation needed]
1997   LeAnn Rimes [citation needed]
1998   Garth Brooks [citation needed]
1999   Dixie Chicks [citation needed]
2000   Dixie Chicks [citation needed]
2001   Tim McGraw [citation needed]
2003   Shania Twain
  • Dixie Chicks
  • Toby Keith
  • Tim McGraw
[citation needed]
2005   Toby Keith [citation needed]
2011   Taylor Swift [4]
2012   Lady Antebellum [5]
2013   Taylor Swift [6]
2014   Luke Bryan [7]
2015   Florida Georgia Line [8]
2016   Luke Bryan [9]
2017   Blake Shelton [10]
2018   Chris Stapleton [11]
2019   Luke Combs
2020   Luke Combs
2021   Morgan Wallen
2022   Taylor Swift
2023   Morgan Wallen

Most wins and nominations

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References

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