2022 in country music

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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place, or will take place, in 2022.

2022 in music
By location
By genre
By topic
List of years in country music (table)

Events[]

  • January 8 – Morgan Wallen's performance with Ernest on the Grand Ole Opry leads to criticism from fans and other country music artists, following the controversy that surrounded Wallen after he was filmed using a racial slur eleven months prior as well as an anti-racism tweet made by the institution.[1]
  • January 15 – Jay Barker, husband of Sara Evans, is arrested on domestic violence charges against Evans. At the time of the charge, reports indicate that the couple are separated.[2]
  • February 6 – Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley of Florida Georgia Line announce they are "taking a break" from recording music together and will be in an indefinite hiatus from touring after several 2022 shows while they pursue solo careers.[3]
  • February 19 – Brad Paisley scores his 20th number one on the Billboard Country Airplay chart as featured on Jimmie Allen's "Freedom Was a Highway", tying him with Brooks & Dunn and Toby Keith for the tenth most number ones on that chart since its inception in January 1990.[4]

Grand Ole Opry[]

  • February 12 – Lauren Alaina is inducted by Trisha Yearwood as the Opry's first member of 2022 following an invite by Yearwood in December 2021. At twenty-seven, Alaina becomes the youngest member of the Opry.[5]
  • March 19 – After making frequent guest appearances for over seventeen years, Jamey Johnson was invited by Bill Anderson to become an Opry member, with his induction at a date to be announced.[6]

Top hits of the year[]

The following songs placed within the Top 20 on the Hot Country Songs, Country Airplay, or Canada Country charts in 2022:

See also: List of Billboard number-one country songs of 2022
See also: List of number-one country singles of 2022 (Canada)

Singles released by American and Australian artists[]

Songs Airplay Canada Single Artist References
10 2 1 "23" [A] Sam Hunt [7]
34 18 11 "7500 OBO" [A] Tim McGraw [8]
9 16 31 "AA" [A] Walker Hayes [9]
5 4 2 "Beers on Me" [A] Dierks Bentley
featuring Breland and Hardy 		[10]
33 19 22 "Best Thing Since Backroads" [A] Jake Owen [11]
1 1 1 "Buy Dirt" Jordan Davis
featuring Luke Bryan 		[12]
9 20 25 "Circles Around This Town" [A] Maren Morris [13]
20 12 7 "Come Back as a Country Boy" [A] Blake Shelton [14]
5 10 6 "Doin' This" [A] Luke Combs [15]
10 3 42 "Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)" [A] Elle King
& Miranda Lambert 		[16]
17 24 — "Flower Shops" [A] Ernest
featuring Morgan Wallen
5 1 21 "Freedom Was a Highway" Jimmie Allen
& Brad Paisley 		[17]
19 15 29 "Give Heaven Some Hell" [A] Hardy [18]
11 1 13 "Half of My Hometown" Kelsea Ballerini
featuring Kenny Chesney 		[19]
12 8 5 "Heart on Fire" [A] Eric Church [20]
21 11 22 "Home Sweet" Russell Dickerson [21]
3 23 34 "I Bet You Think About Me" [A] Taylor Swift
featuring Chris Stapleton 		[22]
16 17 4 "If I Was a Cowboy" [A] Miranda Lambert [23]
30 20 43 "It's 'Cause I Am" Callista Clark [24]
8 9 10 "Never Say Never" [A] Cole Swindell and Lainey Wilson [25]
18 11 1 "Never Wanted to Be That Girl" [A] Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde [26]
4 1 1 "One Mississippi" Kane Brown [27]
2 1 1 "Sand in My Boots" Morgan Wallen [28]
12 14 14 "Slow Down Summer" [A] Thomas Rhett [29]
14 5 3 "Tequila Little Time" Jon Pardi [30]
1 1 2 "'Til You Can't" [A] Cody Johnson [31]
6 1 34 "To Be Loved by You" Parker McCollum [32]
1 27 — "Wasted on You" [A] Morgan Wallen [28]
6 1 — "Whiskey and Rain" Michael Ray [33]
28 13 1 "Wild Hearts" [A] Keith Urban [34]
1 1 1 "You Should Probably Leave" Chris Stapleton [35]

Singles released by Canadian artists[]

Songs Airplay Canada Single Artist References
— 36 12 "Back Then, Right Now" [A] Tenille Arts [36]
— — 5 "Broken Umbrella" Jojo Mason [37]
— — 10 "Cool About It" [A] Meghan Patrick [38]
— — 9 "Drink Along Song" [A] Gord Bamford [39]
— — 13 "Hide from a Broken Heart" [A] Dallas Smith [40]
— — 5 "I'd Go to Jail" [A] Dean Brody [41]
— — 18 "Lucky Stars" [A] Aaron Goodvin [42]
— — 1 "New Old Trucks" James Barker Band
featuring Dierks Bentley 		[43]
— — 15 "Night in the Life" Brett Kissel [44]
— — 19 "Pickup" [A] MacKenzie Porter [45]
— — 6 "Relationship Goals" Steven Lee Olsen [46]
— — 5 "Tailgate to Heaven" Shawn Austin
featuring Chris Lane 		[47]
— — 9 "Whatever It Takes" [A] High Valley [48]
— — 16 "When's It Gonna Happen" [A] Tenille Townes [49]

Top new album releases[]

See also: List of Top Country Albums number ones of 2022
US Album Artist Record Label Release Date Reference
9 Blue in the Sky Dustin Lynch Broken Bow February 11 [50]
2 Country Stuff the Album Walker Hayes Monument January 21 [51]
5 Frayed at Both Ends Aaron Lewis Big Machine January 28 [52]
4 Run Rose Run Dolly Parton Butterfly March 7 [53]

Other top albums[]

US Album Artist Record Label Release Date Reference
31 Born for This Chase Matthew Holler Boy February 11 [54]
39 Welcome to the Block Party Priscilla Block Mercury Nashville February 11 [55]

Announced[]

Album Artist Record Label Release Date Reference
Raised Hailey Whitters Pigasus/Big Loud March 18 [56]
Humble Quest Maren Morris Columbia Nashville March 25 [57]
Where We Started Thomas Rhett Valory April 1 [58]
Stereotype Cole Swindell Warner Nashville April 8 [59]
High Caitlyn Smith Monument [60]
Bronco Orville Peck Columbia April 8 [61]
Georgia Jason Aldean Broken Bow/Macon April 22 [62]
Paint This Town Old Crow Medicine Show ATO Records [63]
Masquerades (EP) Tenille Townes Columbia Nashville
All In Chris Janson Warner Nashville April 29 [64]
Palomino Miranda Lambert RCA Nashville [65]
A Beautiful Time Willie Nelson Legacy [66]
The Last Resort: Greetings From Midland Big Machine May 6 [67]
Way Back High Valley Cage Free May 20 [68]
American Heartbreak Zach Bryan Warner [69]
Love Talking Eli Young Band Valory June 3 [70]
Tornillo Whiskey Myers Thirty Tigers July 29 [71]
Livin' My Best Life Dylan Scott Curb August 5 [72]

Deaths[]

  • January 11 – Jerry Crutchfield, 87, American record producer (Anne Murray, Lee Greenwood, Tanya Tucker)[73]
  • January 14 – Dallas Frazier, 82, American singer-songwriter ("Elvira", "Beneath Still Waters" and "There Goes My Everything")[74]
  • January 15 – Ralph Emery, 88, American disc jockey and television host (Pop! Goes the Country, Nashville Now)[75]
  • January 30 – Hargus "Pig" Robbins, 84, session pianist[76]
  • February 17 – Dallas Good, 48, member of Canadian rock and roll / country and western band The Sadies.[77][78]
  • February 18 – Scotty Wray, former member of The Wrays, brother of Collin Raye, and guitarist for Miranda Lambert.[79]
  • March 1 – Warner Mack, 86, American country singer-songwriter ("Is It Wrong (For Loving You)", "The Bridge Washed Out").[80]
  • March 10 – Bobbie Nelson, 91, American pianist and singer; sister of Willie Nelson.[81]
  • March 11 – Brad Martin, 48, American country singer-songwriter ("Before I Knew Better"). [82]
  • March 12 – Bruce Burch, 69, songwriter ("It's Your Call", "Rumor Has It")[83]

Hall of Fame inductees[]

Bluegrass Hall of Fame[]

Country Music Hall of Fame[]

Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame[]

Major awards[]

Academy of Country Music Awards[]

Americana Music Honors & Awards[]

American Music Awards[]

ARIA Awards[]

Billboard Music Awards[]

Canadian Country Music Association Awards[]

CMT Music Awards[]

Country Music Association Awards[]

Grammy Awards[]

International Bluegrass Music Awards[]

Juno Awards[]

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