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. Since 2011, Taylor Swift and Luke Bryan are the only artists to have won the award twice, and is also 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, and Garth Brooks became the first male solo artist to win it in 1992 Billboard Music Awards.

Year Winner Nominees Ref.
2016 Blue ribbon Luke Bryan [1]
2015 Blue ribbon Florida Georgia Line [2]
2014 Blue ribbon Luke Bryan [3]
2013 Blue ribbon Taylor Swift [4]
2012 Blue ribbon Lady Antebellum [5]
2011 Blue ribbon Taylor Swift [6]
2005 Blue ribbon Toby Keith [7]
2003 Blue ribbon Shania Twain
  • Dixie Chicks
  • Toby Keith
  • Tim McGraw
 [8]
2001 Blue ribbon Tim McGraw [9]
2000 Blue ribbon Dixie Chicks [10]
1999 Blue ribbon Dixie Chicks [11]
1998 Blue ribbon Garth Brooks [12]
1997 Blue ribbon LeAnn Rimes [13]
1996 Blue ribbon George Strait [14]
1993 Blue ribbon Garth Brooks [15]
1992 Blue ribbon Garth Brooks [16]

Most Wins and Nominations

The following individuals received two or more Top Country Artist Awards:

Wins Artist
3 Garth Brooks
2 Luke Bryan
Dixie Chicks
Taylor Swift

The following individuals received two or more Top Country Artist nominations:

Nominations Artist
5 Tim McGraw
George Strait
4 Jason Aldean
Garth Brooks
Luke Bryan
Taylor Swift
3 Kenny Chesney
Dixie Chicks
Toby Keith
Blake Shelton
Zac Brown Band
2 Florida Georgia Line
Lady Antebellum
LeAnn Rimes
Shania Twain
Carrie Underwood

References

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