Die Liste bietet eine Übersicht über das Jahr 2015 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]

Take Your Time – Sam Hunt
Girl Crush – Little Big Town
House Party – Sam Hunt
Kick The Dust Up – Luke Bryan
Crash And Burn – Thomas Rhett
Sangria – Blake Shelton
Homegrown – Zac Brown Band
Buy Me A Boat – Chris Janson
John Cougar, John Deete, John 3:16 – Keith Urban
Like A Wrecking Ball – Eric Church

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 – My Baby's Got A Smile On Her Face – Craig Wayne Boyd
10. Januar – Something in the Water – Carrie Underwood
7. Februar – I See You – Luke Bryan
21. Februar – Take Your Time – Sam Hunt
9. Mai – Girl Crush – Little Big Town
8. August – Kick the Dust up – Luke Bryan
22. August – House Party – Sam Hunt
3. Oktober – Strip it Down – Luke Bryan
14. November – Die A Happy Man – Thomas Rhett
14. Dezember – Tennessee Whiskey – Chris Stapleton

Alben

Year-End-Charts

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

Montevallo – Sam Hunt
Kill the Lights – Luke Bryan
Jekyll + Hyde – Zac Brown Band
Old Boots, New Dirt – Jason Aldean
Man Against Machine – Garth Brooks
Anything Goes – Florida Georgia Line
Greatest Hits: Decade #1 – Carrie Underwood
The Outsiders – Eric Church
Traveller – Chris Stapleton
Pain Killer – Little Big Town

Nummer-1-Alben

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

27. Dezember 2014 – Greatest Hits: Decade Number 1 – Carrie Underwood
3. Januar – Man Against Machine – Garth Brooks
17. Januar – Old Boots, New Dirt – Jason Aldean
31. Januar – Montevallo – Sam Hunt
28. Februar – Holding All the Roses – Blackberry Smoke
7. März – The Underdog – Aaron Watson
28. März – Spring Break...Checkin' Out – Luke Bryan
18. April – Southern Style – Darius Rucker
2. Mai – Love Somebody – Reba McEntire
16. Mai – Jekyll + Hyde – Zac Brown Band
6. Juni – Just as I Am – Brantley Gilbert
20. Juni – Django & Jimmie – Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard
27. Juni – NOW That's What I Call Country Volume 8 – Various Artists
11. Juli – Pageant Material – Kacey Musgraves
18. Juli – About to Get Real – Easton Corbin
8. August – Something More Than Free – Jason Isbell
15. August – Angels and Alcohol – Alan Jackson
29. August – Kill the Lights – Luke Bryan
3. Oktober – Illionis – Brett Eldredge
17. Oktober – Cass County – Don Henley
24. Oktober – Cold Beer Conversation – George Strait
14. November – Storyteller – Carrie Underwood
21. November – Traveller – Chris Stapleton
5. Dezember – I'm Comin' Over – Chris Young

Gestorben

2. Januar – Little Jimmy Dickens
9. März – Wayne Kemp
11. Juni – Jim Ed Brown
20. Juli – Wayne Carson
28. Juli – Buddy Emmons
30. Juli – Lynn Anderson
4. August – Billy Sherrill
4. September – Hal Willis
6. Oktober – Billy Joe Royal
2. November – Tommy Overstreet

Neue Mitglieder der Hall of Fames

Country Music Hall of Fame

The Browns
- Jim Ed Brown
- Maxine Brown
- Bonnie Brown
Grady Martin
The Oak Ridge Boys^[4]

International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame

Larry Sparks
Bill Keith^[5]

Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame

Rosanne Cash
Mark James
Even Stevens
Craig Wiseman^[6]

Die wichtigsten Auszeichnungen

Grammys

Beste Country-Solodarbietung (Best Country Solo Performance) – Something in the Water, Carrie Underwood
Beste Countrydarbietung eines Duos oder einer Gruppe (Best Country Duo/Group Performance) – Gentle on My Mind, The Band Perry
Bester Countrysong (Best Country Song) – I’m Not Gonna Miss You, Glen Campell (Autoren: Glen Campbell, Julian Raymond)
Bestes Countryalbum (Best Country Album) – Platinum, Miranda Lambert
Bestes Bluegrass Album (Best Bluegrass Album) – The Earls of Leicester – The Earls of Leicester^[7]

ARIA Awards

Best Country Album – All Hell Breaks Loose – Shane Nicholson^[8]

Billboard Music Awards

Top Country Song – Burnin’ It Down – Jason Aldean
Top Country Artist – Florida Georgia Line
Top Country Album – Old Boots, New Dirt – Jason Aldean
Top Christian Song – Something in the Water – Carrie Underwood^[9]

Country Music Association Awards

Entertainer of the Year – Luke Bryan
Song of the Year – Girl Crush – Liz Rose, Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna
Single of the Year – Girl Crush – Little Big Town
Album of the Year – Traveller – Chris Stapleton
Male Vocalist of the Year – Chris Stapleton
Female Vocalist of the Year – Miranda Lambert
Vocal Duo of the Year – Little Big Town
Vocal Group of the Year – Little Big Town
Musician of the Year – Mac McAnally
New Artist of the Year – Chris Stapleton
Musical Event of the Year – Raise 'Em Up (Keith Urban & Eric Church)
Music Video of the Year – Girl in a Country Song – Maddie & Tae^[10]

Academy of Country Music Awards

Entertainer of the Year – Luke Bryan
Female Vocalist of the Year – Miranda Lambert
Male Vocalist of the Year – Jason Aldean
Vocal Duo of the Year – Florida Georgia Line
Vocal Group of the Year – Little Big Town
New Artist of the Year – Cole Swindell
Album of the Year – Platinium von Miranda Lambert
Single Record of the Year – I Don’t Dance von Lee Brice
Song of the Year – Automatic von Miranda Lambert – Autoren: Miranda Lambert, Nicolle Galyon, Natalie Hemby
Video of the Year – Drunk on a Plane von Dierks Bentley
Vocal Event of the Year – This Is How We Roll von Florida Georgia Line & Luke Bryan
Songwriter of the Year – Luke Laird^[11]

American Music Awards

Favorite Country Male Artist – Luke Bryan
Favorite Country Female Artist – Carrie Underwood
Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group – Florida Georgia Line
Favorite Country Album – Anything Goes – Florida Georgia Line^[12]

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