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.
Year | Winner | Nominees | Ref. |
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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 |
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[ citation needed] |
2000 | Dixie Chicks |
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[ citation needed] |
2001 | Tim McGraw | [ citation needed] | |
2003 | Shania Twain |
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[ citation needed] |
2005 | Toby Keith |
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[ 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 |
The following individuals received two or more Top Country Artist Awards:
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The following individuals received two or more Top Country Artist nominations:
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