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Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay are charts that rank the top-performing country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. Hot Country Songs ranks songs based on digital downloads, streaming, and airplay not only from country stations but from stations of all formats, a methodology introduced in 2012. [1]
The year began with "Big, Big Plans" by Chris Lane returning to number one on the Country Airplay chart, having previously topped the listing in the issue of Billboard dated December 19, 2020, [3] while "I Hope" by Gabby Barrett held the top spot on Hot Country Songs, the song's 22nd week atop the chart.
January 4 – Florida Georgia Line duo members Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley announce plans to release solo music, but will not be separating. [1]January 20 – Following the release of his album Dangerous: The Double Album, Morgan Wallen becomes the first artist to have six songs in the top ten of the Hot Country Songs charts at the same time. [2]
March 29 – Joe Diffie, a country music superstar who scored many Top Ten hits during the 1990s and early 2000s, dies from complications of COVID-19, two days after announcing he had fallen ill. [3] March 31 – The Country Music Association announces that the 2020 CMA Fest, scheduled for June 4–7, is officially canceled. [4]
The CMT Music Awards are a fan-voted awards show for country music videos and television performances; Voting takes place on CMT's website. The CMT Music Awards is the oldest MTV awards show, dating its history to the 1967 Music City News Awards. MTV acquired the awards show in 2000.
For 2021, the list was published on December 2, calculated with data from November 21, 2020 to November 13, 2021. [1] Billboard named Olivia Rodrigo the top Hot 100 artist of 2021, [2] the youngest female artist to achieve this honor, and the first female artist since Katy Perry in 2014. [1]
Miranda Lambert received the award in 2010 and 2020. Two-time winner Toby Keith. Brad Paisley holds the record for most wins in this category, with four. Taylor Swift won the award in 2009 and 2013. Martina McBride was the first woman to receive the award, winning for the video of her classic hit "Independence Day".
The 2020 CMT Music Awards were held in Nashville, Tennessee on October 21, 2020. [1] Kane Brown , Sarah Hyland and Ashley McBryde were the hosts for the show. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The CMT Music Awards are a fan-voted awards show for country music videos and television performances; Voting takes place on CMT's website.