This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in 2018.
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The following songs placed within the Top 20 on the Hot Country Songs, Country Airplay, or Canada Country charts in 2018:
Songs | Airplay | Canada | Single | Artist | References |
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— | — | 1 | " 8th Day" | Dean Brody | [70] |
— | — | 15 | "18 Ends" | Petric | [71] |
— | — | 9 | "All About Her" | Paul Brandt | [72] |
— | — | 8 | " Anthem" | Brett Kissel | [73] |
— | — | 12 | "The Bad Guy" | Meghan Patrick | [74] |
— | — | 16 | "Bittersweet" | Paul Brandt featuring Lindsay Ell |
[72] |
— | — | 19 | "Blame It on the Neon" | Leaving Thomas | [75] |
— | — | 9 | " Born and Raised" | Hunter Brothers | [76] |
— | — | 7 | "Camouflage" | Jess Moskaluke | [77] |
— | — | 5 | "Country Music Made Me Do It" | Meghan Patrick | [74] |
28 | 19 | 1 | " Criminal" | Lindsay Ell | [78] |
— | — | 3 | " Dear Drunk Me" | Chad Brownlee | [79] |
— | — | 5 | " Denim on Denim" | Tebey | [80] |
— | — | 1 | " Dive Bar" | Gord Bamford | [81] |
— | — | 8 | "Do It with You" | Andrew Hyatt | [82] |
— | — | 13 | "Downtown Kids" | David James | [83] |
— | — | 11 | "Feel Like That" | Washboard Union | [84] |
— | — | 10 | "Forever Rebels" | Tim Hicks | [85] |
— | — | 18 | "Get Me There" | Shawn Austin | [86] |
— | — | 6 | " Good Goodbye" | Dean Brody | [70] |
— | — | 6 | " Good Together" | James Barker Band | [87] |
— | — | 6 | " Got Your Name on It" | Jade Eagleson | [88] |
— | — | 8 | "Guitars and Gasoline" | Brett Kissel | [89] |
— | — | 12 | "Habit" | Andrew Hyatt | [82] |
— | — | 16 | "Little Girl" | Kira Isabella | [90] |
— | — | 6 | " Long Live the Night" | The Reklaws | [91] |
— | — | 4 | " Loud" | Tim Hicks | [85] |
— | — | 1 | " Make 'Em Like You" | Dallas Smith | [92] |
— | — | 9 | "Miss Me Yet" | Aaron Goodvin | [93] |
— | — | 13 | "Money" | Cold Creek County | [94] |
— | — | 11 | "Neon Love" | Madeline Merlo | [95] |
— | — | 10 | "Neon Smoke" | Gord Bamford | [81] |
— | — | 3 | " One Drink Ago" | Dallas Smith & Terri Clark |
[92] |
— | — | 6 | "The Road" | Emerson Drive | [96] |
11 | 7 | — | " She's with Me" (U.S. release) | High Valley | [97] |
— | — | 1 | " Sleepin' Around" | Dallas Smith | [92] |
— | — | 16 | "Sun Set on It" | David James | [83] |
— | — | 9 | " Those Were the Nights" | Hunter Brothers | [76] |
— | — | 1 | " Walls Come Down" | Meghan Patrick | [74] |
— | — | 15 | "What We're Made Of" | Washboard Union | [84] |
— | — | 1 | " Who's Gonna Love You" | Tebey | [80] |
— | — | 17 | "The Worst Kind" | Tim Hicks & Lindsay Ell |
[85] |
— | — | 6 | " Worth a Shot" | Aaron Pritchett | [98] |
— | — | 10 | "Young Forever" | High Valley | [99] |
The following albums placed on the Top Country Albums charts in 2018:
US | Album | Artist | Record Label | Release Date | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | All of It | Cole Swindell | Warner Bros. Nashville | August 17 | [100] |
5 | Amos | Michael Ray | Atlantic Nashville | June 1 | [101] |
2 | Bigger | Sugarland | Big Machine | June 8 | [102] |
5 | Creeker | Upchurch | Redneck Nation | April 20 | [103] |
1 | Cry Pretty | Carrie Underwood | 19/Capitol Nashville | September 14 | [104] |
1 | Dan + Shay | Dan + Shay | Warner Bros. Nashville | June 22 | [105] |
5 | Dark Horse | Devin Dawson | Warner Bros. Nashville | January 19 | [106] |
1 | Experiment | Kane Brown | RCA Nashville | November 9 | [107] |
1 | Desperate Man | Eric Church | EMI Nashville | October 5 | [108] |
3 | Find a Light | Blackberry Smoke | 3 Legged Records | April 6 | [109] |
10 | Florida Georgia Line (EP) | Florida Georgia Line | Republic Nashville | June 1 | [110] |
7 | Girl Going Nowhere | Ashley McBryde | Warner Bros. Nashville | March 30 | [111] |
1 | Golden Hour | Kacey Musgraves | MCA Nashville | March 30 | [112] |
1 | Graffiti U | Keith Urban | Capitol Nashville | April 27 | [113] |
1 | Hallelujah Nights | LANCO | Arista Nashville | January 19 | [114] |
3 | Here's to You | Montgomery Gentry | Average Joes | February 2 | [115] |
6 | Home State | Jordan Davis | MCA Nashville | March 23 | [116] |
2 | I Serve a Savior | Josh Turner | MCA Nashville | October 26 | [117] |
1 | If I Know Me | Morgan Wallen | Big Loud Mountain | April 27 | [118] |
1 | Interstate Gospel | Pistol Annies | RCA Nashville | November 2 | [119] |
9 | Johnny Cash: Forever Words | Various Artists | Legacy | April 6 | |
8 | Laps Around the Sun | Chris Lane | Big Loud | July 13 | [120] |
3 | Last Man Standing | Willie Nelson | Legacy | April 27 | [121] |
2 | Lifers | Cody Jinks | Rounder | July 27 | [122] |
3 | Live from the Ryman | Jason Isbell | Thirty Tigers | October 19 | [123] |
1 | The Mountain | Dierks Bentley | Capitol Nashville | June 8 | [124] |
6 | Now That's What I Call Country, Volume 11 | Various Artists | Sony Music/Universal | June 8 | |
2 | Port Saint Joe | Brothers Osborne | EMI Nashville | April 20 | [125] |
1 | Rearview Town | Jason Aldean | Broken Bow | April 13 | [126] |
4 | Restoration: Reimagining the Songs of Elton John and Bernie Taupin | Various Artists | UMG Nashville | April 6 | |
1 | Seasons Change | Scotty McCreery | Triple Tigers | March 16 | [127] |
1 | Songs for the Saints | Kenny Chesney | Warner Music Nashville | July 27 | [128] |
6 | Supernatural | Upchurch | Redneck Nation | September 7 | [129] |
5 | Telling All My Secrets | Mitchell Tenpenny | Riser House/Columbia Nashville | December 14 | [130] |
9 | Things That We Drink To | Morgan Evans | Warner Music Nashville | October 12 | [131] |
1 | Ticket to L.A. | Brett Young | Nashville Harbor Records & Entertainment | December 7 | [132] |
2 | The Tree of Forgiveness | John Prine | Oh Boy Records | April 13 | [133] |
9 | Water (EP) | Sister Hazel | Croakin' Poets | February 9 | [134] |
8 | Wouldn't It Be Great | Loretta Lynn | Legacy | September 28 | [135] |
US | Album | Artist | Record Label | Release Date | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
13 | Ameracal | Adam Calhoun | Adam Calhoun | March 16 | [136] |
40 | The Anthology Part III, LIVE | Garth Brooks | Pearl Records | November 20 | [137] |
29 | The Biggest Hits of Tim McGraw | Tim McGraw | Curb Records | June 15 | [138] |
24 | Dirt Rock | The Lacs | Average Joes | May 4 | [139] |
41 | Downey to Lubbock | Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore | Yep Roc | June 1 | [140] |
16 | Dumplin' | Dolly Parton | RCA Nashville/Dolly Records | November 30 | [141] |
38 | Elvis: '68 Comeback Special: 50th Anniversary Edition (soundtrack) | Elvis Presley | RCA Legacy | November 30 | [142] |
17 | Elvis Presley: The Searcher (Soundtrack) | Elvis Presley | RCA Legacy | April 6 | [143] |
19 | Hard Times and White Lines | Whitey Morgan and the 78's | Whitey Morgan Music | October 26 | [144] |
11 | Mercury Lane | Jimmie Allen | Broken Bow/Stoney Creek | October 12 | [145] |
35 | Mitchell Tenpenny (EP) | Mitchell Tenpenny | Riser House | February 23 | [146] |
35 | No Zip Code | David Lee Murphy | Reviver | April 6 | [147] |
41 | One Drop of Truth | The Wood Brothers | Honey Jar | February 2 | [148] |
27 | Project X, Volume 1 | Upchurch x Bottleneck | Redneck Nation | January 26 | [149] |
21 | River Rat | Upchurch | Redneck Nation | December 21 | [150] |
20 | Room to Spare: The Acoustic Sessions | Kip Moore | MCA Nashville | November 16 | [151] |
16 | She Remembers Everything | Rosanne Cash | Blue Note Records | November 2 | [152] |
42 | Shooter | Shooter Jennings | Low Country Sound | August 10 | [153] |
27 | Solid Ground | Wade Bowen | Lil' Buddy Toons | February 9 | [154] |
29 | Sometimes Just the Sky | Mary Chapin Carpenter | Lambent Light | March 30 | [155] |
17 | Songs of the Plains | Colter Wall | Young Mary's | October 12 | [156] |
21 | Sparrow | Ashley Monroe | Warner Bros. Nashville | April 20 | [157] |
23 | They Were There: A Hero's Documentary (soundtrack) | Granger Smith | Wheelhouse Records | November 30 | [158] |
20 | Things Change | American Aquarium | New West Records | June 1 | [159] |
21 | The Throne | Adam Calhoun | Adam Calhoun | November 2 | [160] |
16 | 'Til I'm Gone | Frank Foster | Lone Chief | September 21 | [161] |
39 | The Tree | Lori McKenna | CN Records | July 20 | [162] |
32 | The Voice: The Season 15 Collection | Kirk Jay | December 14 | ||
49 | The Voice: The Season 15 Collection | Chevel Shepherd | December 14 | ||
14 | Volunteer | Old Crow Medicine Show | Columbia Nashville | April 20 | [163] |
46 | Wind (EP) | Sister Hazel | Croakin' Poets | September 7 | [164] |
20 | WW III | Wheeler Walker Jr. | Thirty Tigers | November 30 | [165] |
34 | You Got 'Em All | Trent Harmon | Big Machine Label Group | May 18 | [166] |
( presented in Las Vegas on April 7, 2019)
ACM Honors
[189]
(presented August 22 in Nashville)
(presented on September 12, 2018) [190]
(presented in Los Angeles on October 9, 2018)
(presented in Sydney on November 28, 2018) [191]
(presented in Las Vegas on May 20, 2018)
(presented on June 7, 2018, in Nashville) [192]
CMT Artists of the Year
(presented on October 17, 2019, in Nashville)
[193]
(presented on November 15, 2018, in Nashville) [194]
(presented in Los Angeles on February 10, 2019)
(presented on September 27, 2018) [195]
(presented in London on March 16–17, 2019)
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in 2018.
By location |
---|
By genre |
By topic |
| |||
---|---|---|---|
+... |
The following songs placed within the Top 20 on the Hot Country Songs, Country Airplay, or Canada Country charts in 2018:
Songs | Airplay | Canada | Single | Artist | References |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | — | 1 | " 8th Day" | Dean Brody | [70] |
— | — | 15 | "18 Ends" | Petric | [71] |
— | — | 9 | "All About Her" | Paul Brandt | [72] |
— | — | 8 | " Anthem" | Brett Kissel | [73] |
— | — | 12 | "The Bad Guy" | Meghan Patrick | [74] |
— | — | 16 | "Bittersweet" | Paul Brandt featuring Lindsay Ell |
[72] |
— | — | 19 | "Blame It on the Neon" | Leaving Thomas | [75] |
— | — | 9 | " Born and Raised" | Hunter Brothers | [76] |
— | — | 7 | "Camouflage" | Jess Moskaluke | [77] |
— | — | 5 | "Country Music Made Me Do It" | Meghan Patrick | [74] |
28 | 19 | 1 | " Criminal" | Lindsay Ell | [78] |
— | — | 3 | " Dear Drunk Me" | Chad Brownlee | [79] |
— | — | 5 | " Denim on Denim" | Tebey | [80] |
— | — | 1 | " Dive Bar" | Gord Bamford | [81] |
— | — | 8 | "Do It with You" | Andrew Hyatt | [82] |
— | — | 13 | "Downtown Kids" | David James | [83] |
— | — | 11 | "Feel Like That" | Washboard Union | [84] |
— | — | 10 | "Forever Rebels" | Tim Hicks | [85] |
— | — | 18 | "Get Me There" | Shawn Austin | [86] |
— | — | 6 | " Good Goodbye" | Dean Brody | [70] |
— | — | 6 | " Good Together" | James Barker Band | [87] |
— | — | 6 | " Got Your Name on It" | Jade Eagleson | [88] |
— | — | 8 | "Guitars and Gasoline" | Brett Kissel | [89] |
— | — | 12 | "Habit" | Andrew Hyatt | [82] |
— | — | 16 | "Little Girl" | Kira Isabella | [90] |
— | — | 6 | " Long Live the Night" | The Reklaws | [91] |
— | — | 4 | " Loud" | Tim Hicks | [85] |
— | — | 1 | " Make 'Em Like You" | Dallas Smith | [92] |
— | — | 9 | "Miss Me Yet" | Aaron Goodvin | [93] |
— | — | 13 | "Money" | Cold Creek County | [94] |
— | — | 11 | "Neon Love" | Madeline Merlo | [95] |
— | — | 10 | "Neon Smoke" | Gord Bamford | [81] |
— | — | 3 | " One Drink Ago" | Dallas Smith & Terri Clark |
[92] |
— | — | 6 | "The Road" | Emerson Drive | [96] |
11 | 7 | — | " She's with Me" (U.S. release) | High Valley | [97] |
— | — | 1 | " Sleepin' Around" | Dallas Smith | [92] |
— | — | 16 | "Sun Set on It" | David James | [83] |
— | — | 9 | " Those Were the Nights" | Hunter Brothers | [76] |
— | — | 1 | " Walls Come Down" | Meghan Patrick | [74] |
— | — | 15 | "What We're Made Of" | Washboard Union | [84] |
— | — | 1 | " Who's Gonna Love You" | Tebey | [80] |
— | — | 17 | "The Worst Kind" | Tim Hicks & Lindsay Ell |
[85] |
— | — | 6 | " Worth a Shot" | Aaron Pritchett | [98] |
— | — | 10 | "Young Forever" | High Valley | [99] |
The following albums placed on the Top Country Albums charts in 2018:
US | Album | Artist | Record Label | Release Date | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | All of It | Cole Swindell | Warner Bros. Nashville | August 17 | [100] |
5 | Amos | Michael Ray | Atlantic Nashville | June 1 | [101] |
2 | Bigger | Sugarland | Big Machine | June 8 | [102] |
5 | Creeker | Upchurch | Redneck Nation | April 20 | [103] |
1 | Cry Pretty | Carrie Underwood | 19/Capitol Nashville | September 14 | [104] |
1 | Dan + Shay | Dan + Shay | Warner Bros. Nashville | June 22 | [105] |
5 | Dark Horse | Devin Dawson | Warner Bros. Nashville | January 19 | [106] |
1 | Experiment | Kane Brown | RCA Nashville | November 9 | [107] |
1 | Desperate Man | Eric Church | EMI Nashville | October 5 | [108] |
3 | Find a Light | Blackberry Smoke | 3 Legged Records | April 6 | [109] |
10 | Florida Georgia Line (EP) | Florida Georgia Line | Republic Nashville | June 1 | [110] |
7 | Girl Going Nowhere | Ashley McBryde | Warner Bros. Nashville | March 30 | [111] |
1 | Golden Hour | Kacey Musgraves | MCA Nashville | March 30 | [112] |
1 | Graffiti U | Keith Urban | Capitol Nashville | April 27 | [113] |
1 | Hallelujah Nights | LANCO | Arista Nashville | January 19 | [114] |
3 | Here's to You | Montgomery Gentry | Average Joes | February 2 | [115] |
6 | Home State | Jordan Davis | MCA Nashville | March 23 | [116] |
2 | I Serve a Savior | Josh Turner | MCA Nashville | October 26 | [117] |
1 | If I Know Me | Morgan Wallen | Big Loud Mountain | April 27 | [118] |
1 | Interstate Gospel | Pistol Annies | RCA Nashville | November 2 | [119] |
9 | Johnny Cash: Forever Words | Various Artists | Legacy | April 6 | |
8 | Laps Around the Sun | Chris Lane | Big Loud | July 13 | [120] |
3 | Last Man Standing | Willie Nelson | Legacy | April 27 | [121] |
2 | Lifers | Cody Jinks | Rounder | July 27 | [122] |
3 | Live from the Ryman | Jason Isbell | Thirty Tigers | October 19 | [123] |
1 | The Mountain | Dierks Bentley | Capitol Nashville | June 8 | [124] |
6 | Now That's What I Call Country, Volume 11 | Various Artists | Sony Music/Universal | June 8 | |
2 | Port Saint Joe | Brothers Osborne | EMI Nashville | April 20 | [125] |
1 | Rearview Town | Jason Aldean | Broken Bow | April 13 | [126] |
4 | Restoration: Reimagining the Songs of Elton John and Bernie Taupin | Various Artists | UMG Nashville | April 6 | |
1 | Seasons Change | Scotty McCreery | Triple Tigers | March 16 | [127] |
1 | Songs for the Saints | Kenny Chesney | Warner Music Nashville | July 27 | [128] |
6 | Supernatural | Upchurch | Redneck Nation | September 7 | [129] |
5 | Telling All My Secrets | Mitchell Tenpenny | Riser House/Columbia Nashville | December 14 | [130] |
9 | Things That We Drink To | Morgan Evans | Warner Music Nashville | October 12 | [131] |
1 | Ticket to L.A. | Brett Young | Nashville Harbor Records & Entertainment | December 7 | [132] |
2 | The Tree of Forgiveness | John Prine | Oh Boy Records | April 13 | [133] |
9 | Water (EP) | Sister Hazel | Croakin' Poets | February 9 | [134] |
8 | Wouldn't It Be Great | Loretta Lynn | Legacy | September 28 | [135] |
US | Album | Artist | Record Label | Release Date | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
13 | Ameracal | Adam Calhoun | Adam Calhoun | March 16 | [136] |
40 | The Anthology Part III, LIVE | Garth Brooks | Pearl Records | November 20 | [137] |
29 | The Biggest Hits of Tim McGraw | Tim McGraw | Curb Records | June 15 | [138] |
24 | Dirt Rock | The Lacs | Average Joes | May 4 | [139] |
41 | Downey to Lubbock | Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore | Yep Roc | June 1 | [140] |
16 | Dumplin' | Dolly Parton | RCA Nashville/Dolly Records | November 30 | [141] |
38 | Elvis: '68 Comeback Special: 50th Anniversary Edition (soundtrack) | Elvis Presley | RCA Legacy | November 30 | [142] |
17 | Elvis Presley: The Searcher (Soundtrack) | Elvis Presley | RCA Legacy | April 6 | [143] |
19 | Hard Times and White Lines | Whitey Morgan and the 78's | Whitey Morgan Music | October 26 | [144] |
11 | Mercury Lane | Jimmie Allen | Broken Bow/Stoney Creek | October 12 | [145] |
35 | Mitchell Tenpenny (EP) | Mitchell Tenpenny | Riser House | February 23 | [146] |
35 | No Zip Code | David Lee Murphy | Reviver | April 6 | [147] |
41 | One Drop of Truth | The Wood Brothers | Honey Jar | February 2 | [148] |
27 | Project X, Volume 1 | Upchurch x Bottleneck | Redneck Nation | January 26 | [149] |
21 | River Rat | Upchurch | Redneck Nation | December 21 | [150] |
20 | Room to Spare: The Acoustic Sessions | Kip Moore | MCA Nashville | November 16 | [151] |
16 | She Remembers Everything | Rosanne Cash | Blue Note Records | November 2 | [152] |
42 | Shooter | Shooter Jennings | Low Country Sound | August 10 | [153] |
27 | Solid Ground | Wade Bowen | Lil' Buddy Toons | February 9 | [154] |
29 | Sometimes Just the Sky | Mary Chapin Carpenter | Lambent Light | March 30 | [155] |
17 | Songs of the Plains | Colter Wall | Young Mary's | October 12 | [156] |
21 | Sparrow | Ashley Monroe | Warner Bros. Nashville | April 20 | [157] |
23 | They Were There: A Hero's Documentary (soundtrack) | Granger Smith | Wheelhouse Records | November 30 | [158] |
20 | Things Change | American Aquarium | New West Records | June 1 | [159] |
21 | The Throne | Adam Calhoun | Adam Calhoun | November 2 | [160] |
16 | 'Til I'm Gone | Frank Foster | Lone Chief | September 21 | [161] |
39 | The Tree | Lori McKenna | CN Records | July 20 | [162] |
32 | The Voice: The Season 15 Collection | Kirk Jay | December 14 | ||
49 | The Voice: The Season 15 Collection | Chevel Shepherd | December 14 | ||
14 | Volunteer | Old Crow Medicine Show | Columbia Nashville | April 20 | [163] |
46 | Wind (EP) | Sister Hazel | Croakin' Poets | September 7 | [164] |
20 | WW III | Wheeler Walker Jr. | Thirty Tigers | November 30 | [165] |
34 | You Got 'Em All | Trent Harmon | Big Machine Label Group | May 18 | [166] |
( presented in Las Vegas on April 7, 2019)
ACM Honors
[189]
(presented August 22 in Nashville)
(presented on September 12, 2018) [190]
(presented in Los Angeles on October 9, 2018)
(presented in Sydney on November 28, 2018) [191]
(presented in Las Vegas on May 20, 2018)
(presented on June 7, 2018, in Nashville) [192]
CMT Artists of the Year
(presented on October 17, 2019, in Nashville)
[193]
(presented on November 15, 2018, in Nashville) [194]
(presented in Los Angeles on February 10, 2019)
(presented on September 27, 2018) [195]
(presented in London on March 16–17, 2019)