2025 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that will take place in 2025.

• January 20 – Carrie Underwood performs "America the Beautiful" during the swearing-in ceremony at the second inauguration of Donald Trump.^[1]
• March 19 – The Grand Ole Opry celebrated its 100th birthday with a concert special hosted by Blake Shelton which featured over 50 of the Opry's living members in attendance.^[2]
• March 31 – Canadian country singer Orville Peck makes his Broadway debut in Cabaret, taking over the role of the Emcee from Adam Lambert for a limited sixteen-show run at the August Wilson Theatre. Peck starred alongside two-time Tony Award nominee Eva Noblezada as Sally Bowles.^[3]
• April 25–27 – The 2025 edition of Stagecoach Festival takes place at Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, featuring headline performances from Zach Bryan, Jelly Roll, and Luke Combs. The festival also featured a special country set from Lana Del Rey, who had notably headlined Stagecoach's sister festival Coachella a year prior. Conversely, Post Malone, who performed his own special country set at Stagecoach in 2024, went on to headline Coachella in 2025. Shaboozey is unique in that he performed at both Coachella 2025 and Stagecoach 2025.^[4]
• April 26 – Steve Earle is invited to become the next member of the Grand Ole Opry by Vince Gill.^[5]
• May 7 – Gretchen Wilson wins season thirteen of The Masked Singer as "Pearl". Fellow country singer Brian Kelley, who appeared as "Mad Scientist Monster" came fourth. Wilson became the second country singer to win the show following LeAnn Rimes as "Sun" during season four.^[6]
• June 8 – Conner Smith is involved in a car accident during which he struck Dorothy Dobbins, a 77 year-old woman who was crossing the sidewalk, and later died at the hospital.^[7]

The following songs placed within the Top 20 on the Hot Country Songs, Country Airplay, or Canada Country charts in 2025:

(announced on March 25, 2025)^[95]

• Tony Brown (born 1946)
• June Carter Cash (1929–2003)
• Kenny Chesney (born 1968)

(announced on June 3, 2025)^[96]

• Lisa Brokop (born 1973)
• Joe Wood

• January 1 – Chad Morgan, 91, Australian country singer and guitarist^[97]
• January 13 – Buck White, 94, American bluegrass instrumentalist, member of The Whites^[98]
• January 15 – Melba Montgomery, 86, American country singer ("No Charge")^[99]
• January 24 – Buddy Brock, 72, American songwriter ("You've Got to Stand for Something", "Watermelon Crawl")^[100]
• March 6 – Troy Seals, 86, American songwriter ("Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes", "Seven Spanish Angels")^[101]
• March 20 – Eddie Adcock, 86, American bluegrass banjo player (The Country Gentlemen)^[102]
• March 29 – Dick Damron, 91, Canadian singer and songwriter^[103]
• April 1 – Johnny Tillotson, 86, American singer-songwriter of the 1960s ("It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin'")^[104]
• April 16 – Mac Gayden, 83, American guitarist and songwriter^[105]
• April 22 – David Briggs, 82, American country keyboardist^[106]
• April 23 – Lulu Roman, 78, American comedian and singer (Hee Haw)^[107]
• May 9 – Johnny Rodriguez, 73, American country singer ("Pass Me By (If You're Only Passing Through)", "Ridin' My Thumb to Mexico")^[108]
• May 13 – Billy Earheart, 71, American country keyboardist (The Amazing Rhythm Aces, The Bama Band)^[109]
• June 19 – Gailard Sartain, 81, comedian and longtime cast member of Hee Haw^{[110][111][112]}