Who won Best Country Song at the most recent Grammys?

Kacey Musgraves won at the 2025 Grammys.

Who won Best Country Song in 2025?

Kacey Musgraves — The Architect.

Who won Best Country Song in 2024?

Chris Stapleton — White Horse.

Who won Best Country Song in 2023?

Cody Johnson — 'Til You Can't.

Who won Best Country Song in 2021?

The Highwomen — Crowded Table.

Who has won Best Country Song the most times?

Carrie Underwood, Chris Stapleton, Kacey Musgraves, Roger Miller and Willie Nelson are tied with 3 wins each.

How many different winners has Best Country Song had?

43 different winners across 61 ceremonies, 1965–2025.

A visual history · Grammys

The winners who defined Country Song.

61 ceremonies, 1965–2025. 43 different winners. The longest run belongs to Roger Miller, with 2 straight wins.

Who won most recently?: Kacey Musgraves in 2025 for The Architect.
Who has won the most?: Carrie Underwood, Chris Stapleton, Kacey Musgraves, Roger Miller and Willie Nelson, tied on 3 wins each.

2025The ArchitectKacey Musgraves
2024White HorseChris Stapleton
2023'Til You Can'tCody Johnson
2022ColdChris Stapleton
2021Crowded TableThe Highwomen
2020Bring My Flowers NowTanya Tucker

Years explored: 1965–2025
Different winners: 43
Category leader: Carrie Underwood · 3

About this record

Best Country Song was first awarded in 1965, so it does not run the full 1959–2025 window.

2000–2025

26 ceremonies

19652025

01 / The reigns

Carrie Underwood set the longest run.

The timeline turns the 2000–2025 record into a sequence of reigns. Longer bands reveal sustained runs; color shows the credited label.

01
Carrie Underwood3 wins
02
Chris Stapleton3 wins
03
Kacey Musgraves3 wins
04
Taylor Swift2 wins
05
Tim McGraw2 wins

Each band is one winner’s reign. Wider means a longer run. Colored by label; hover for details.

Shania Twain'00

Lee Ann Womack'01

Alison Krauss & Union Station'02

Alan Jackson'03

Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett'04

Tim McGraw'05

Rascal Flatts'06

Carrie Underwood'07–'08×2

Sugarland'09

Taylor Swift'10

Lady Antebellum'11

Taylor Swift'12

Carrie Underwood'13

Kacey Musgraves'14

Glen Campbell'15

Little Big Town'16

Tim McGraw'17

Chris Stapleton'18

Kacey Musgraves'19

Tanya Tucker'20

The Highwomen'21

Chris Stapleton'22

Cody Johnson'23

Chris Stapleton'24

Kacey Musgraves'25

02 / The power map

Who stood behind the winners?

Universal leads the recorded label credits with 11 wins, 2000–2025. The full distribution shows whether power was concentrated or shared.

Universal11 wins

Independent6 wins

Sony5 wins

Curb1 win

Liberty1 win

Low Country Sound1 win

Wins by label

Universal1142%
Independent623%
Sony519%
Curb14%
Liberty14%
Low Country Sound14%
Other14%

03 / The near misses

The names that kept coming back without the ending they wanted.

Counting nominations in this category only, 2000–2025.

Most nominated, never won this award

01
Miranda Lambert
8 noms
02
Gretchen Wilson
4 noms
03
Maren Morris
4 noms
04
Blake Shelton
3 noms
05
Dixie Chicks
3 noms
06
Eric Church
3 noms

Most losses in this category

01
Miranda Lambert
8L · 0W
02
Gretchen Wilson
4L · 0W
03
Maren Morris
4L · 0W
04
Blake Shelton
3L · 0W
05
Dixie Chicks
3L · 0W
06
Eric Church
3L · 0W

04 / The archive

Every year.
Every winner.

The complete reference behind the story, showing 2000–2025. Open any year to see the rest of the field when nominee records are available.

Year	Winner	Label
2025	Kacey Musgraves (The Architect) beat 4 others Shaboozey (A Bar Song (Tipsy)) Jelly Roll (I Am Not Okay) Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen (I Had Some Help) Beyoncé (Texas Hold 'Em)	Interscope/MCA Nashville
2024	Chris Stapleton (White Horse) beat 4 others Brandy Clark (Buried) Zach Bryan and Kacey Musgraves (I Remember Everything) Tyler Childers (In Your Love) Morgan Wallen (Last Night)	Mercury Nashville
2023	Cody Johnson ('Til You Can't) beat 5 others Maren Morris (Circles Around This Town) Luke Combs (Doin' This) Taylor Swift featuring Chris Stapleton (I Bet You Think About Me) Miranda Lambert (If I Was a Cowboy) Willie Nelson (I'll Love You Till the Day I Die)	Warner Music Nashville
2022	Chris Stapleton (Cold) beat 5 others Maren Morris (Better Than We Found It) Kacey Musgraves (Camera Roll) Thomas Rhett (Country Again) Walker Hayes (Fancy Like) Mickey Guyton (Remember Her Name)	Mercury Nashville
2021	The Highwomen (Crowded Table) beat 4 others Miranda Lambert (Bluebird) Maren Morris (The Bones) Ingrid Andress (More Hearts Than Mine) Old Dominion (Some People Do)	Low Country Sound/Elektra
2020	Tanya Tucker (Bring My Flowers Now) beat 4 others Ashley McBryde (Girl Goin' Nowhere) Miranda Lambert (It All Comes Out in the Wash) Eric Church (Some of It) Dan + Shay (Speechless)	Fantasy
2019	Kacey Musgraves (Space Cowboy) beat 5 others Cole Swindell (Break Up in the End) Maren Morris with Vince Gill (Dear Hate) Blake Shelton (I Lived It) Dan + Shay (Tequila) Little Big Town (When Someone Stops Loving You)	MCA Nashville
2018	Chris Stapleton (Broken Halos) beat 4 others Little Big Town (Better Man) Sam Hunt (Body Like a Back Road) Midland (Drinkin' Problem) Miranda Lambert (Tin Man)	Mercury Nashville
2017	Tim McGraw (Humble and Kind) beat 4 others Keith Urban (Blue Ain't Your Color) Thomas Rhett (Die a Happy Man) Maren Morris (My Church) Miranda Lambert (Vice)	Big Machine
2016	Little Big Town (Girl Crush) beat 4 others Lee Ann Womack (Chances Are) Tim McGraw (Diamond Rings and Old Barstools) Brandy Clark (Hold My Hand) Chris Stapleton (Traveller)	Capitol Nashville
2015	Glen Campbell (I'm Not Gonna Miss You) beat 4 others Kenny Chesney (American Kids) Miranda Lambert (Automatic) Eric Church (Give Me Back My Hometown) Tim McGraw featuring Faith Hill (Meanwhile Back at Mama's)	Big Machine
2014	Kacey Musgraves (Merry Go 'Round) beat 4 others Taylor Swift (Begin Again) Lee Brice (I Drive Your Truck) Miranda Lambert (Mama's Broken Heart) Blake Shelton (Mine Would Be You)	Mercury Nashville
2013	Carrie Underwood (Blown Away) beat 4 others Ronnie Dunn (Cost of Livin') Eli Young Band (Even If It Breaks Your Heart) Alan Jackson (So You Don't Have to Love Me Anymore) Eric Church (Springsteen)	Arista Nashville
2012	Taylor Swift (Mean) beat 5 others Thompson Square (Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not) Blake Shelton (God Gave Me You) Trace Adkins (Just Fishin') Vince Gill (Threaten Me with Heaven) Kenny Chesney featuring Grace Potter (You and Tequila)	Big Machine
2011	Lady Antebellum (Need You Now) beat 5 others George Strait (The Breath You Take) Zac Brown Band (Free) Miranda Lambert (The House That Built Me) Gretchen Wilson (I'd Love to Be Your Last) The Band Perry (If I Die Young)	Capitol Nashville
2010	Taylor Swift (White Horse) beat 4 others Trace Adkins (All I Ask for Anymore) Jamey Johnson (High Cost of Living) Lady Antebellum (I Run to You) Billy Currington (People Are Crazy)	Big Machine
2009	Sugarland (Stay) beat 4 others Randy Travis (Dig Two Graves) George Strait (I Saw God Today) Jamey Johnson (In Color) Trace Adkins (You're Gonna Miss This)	Mercury Nashville
2008	Carrie Underwood (Before He Cheats)repeat beat 4 others George Strait (Give It Away) Tim McGraw featuring Faith Hill (I Need You) Tim McGraw (If You're Reading This) Dierks Bentley (Long Trip Alone)	Arista Nashville
2007	Carrie Underwood (Jesus, Take the Wheel) beat 4 others Dierks Bentley (Every Mile a Memory) Gretchen Wilson (I Don't Feel Like Loving You Today) Alan Jackson (Like Red on a Rose) Rascal Flatts (What Hurts the Most)	Arista Nashville
2006	Rascal Flatts (Bless the Broken Road) beat 4 others Brad Paisley (Alcohol) Gretchen Wilson (All Jacked Up) Dixie Chicks (I Hope) Lee Ann Womack (I May Hate Myself in the Morning)	Liberty
2005	Tim McGraw (Live Like You Were Dying) beat 4 others Notorious Cherry Bombs (It's Hard to Kiss the Lips at Night That Chew Your Ass Out All Day Long) Loretta Lynn (Miss Being Mrs.) Loretta Lynn and Jack White (Portland Oregon) Gretchen Wilson (Redneck Woman)	Curb
2004	Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett (It's Five O'Clock Somewhere) beat 4 others Willie Nelson and Toby Keith (Beer for My Horses) Brad Paisley (Celebrity) Shania Twain (Forever and for Always) Pat Green (Wave on Wave)	Arista Nashville
2003	Alan Jackson (Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)) beat 4 others Joe Nichols (The Impossible) Dixie Chicks (Long Time Gone) Willie Nelson and Lee Ann Womack (Mendocino County Line) Pat Green (Three Days)	Arista Nashville
2002	Alison Krauss & Union Station (The Lucky One) beat 4 others Lonestar (I'm Already There) Diamond Rio (One More Day) Jamie O'Neal (There Is No Arizona) Jamie O'Neal (When I Think About Angels)	Rounder
2001	Lee Ann Womack (I Hope You Dance) beat 4 others Faith Hill (Breathe) Vince Gill (Feels Like Love) Billy Gilman (One Voice) Faith Hill (The Way You Love Me)	MCA Nashville
2000	Shania Twain (Come On Over)repeat beat 4 others Lonestar (Amazed) George Jones (Choices) Dixie Chicks (Ready to Run) Steve Wariner (Two Teardrops)	Mercury Nashville
1999	Shania Twain (You're Still the One)unverified beat 4 others Steve Wariner (Holes in the Floor of Heaven) Vince Gill (If You Ever Have Forever in Mind) Faith Hill (This Kiss) Garth Brooks (To Make You Feel My Love)	Mercury
1998	Bob Carlisle (Butterfly Kisses)unverified beat 4 others Pam Tillis (All the Good Ones Are Gone) Deana Carter (Did I Shave My Legs for This?) Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood (In Another's Eyes) Tim McGraw and Faith Hill (It's Your Love)	Diadem/Jive
1997	LeAnn Rimes (Blue)unverified beat 4 others Trisha Yearwood (Believe Me Baby (I Lied)) Vince Gill featuring Alison Krauss & Union Station (High Lonesome Sound) Junior Brown (My Wife Thinks You're Dead) Deana Carter (Strawberry Wine)	Starday
1996	Vince Gill (Go Rest High on That Mountain)unverified beat 4 others Shania Twain (Any Man of Mine) Alan Jackson (Gone Country) John Michael Montgomery (I Can Love You Like That) Patty Loveless (You Don't Even Know Who I Am)	MCA Nashville
1995	John Michael Montgomery (I Swear)unverified beat 4 others Patty Loveless (How Can I Help You Say Goodbye) Martina McBride (Independence Day) Mary Chapin Carpenter (Shut Up and Kiss Me) Vince Gill (When Love Finds You)	Atlantic Nashville
1994	Mary Chapin Carpenter (Passionate Kisses)unverified beat 4 others Dwight Yoakam (Ain't That Lonely Yet) Alan Jackson (Chattahoochee) Reba McEntire and Linda Davis (Does He Love You) Mary Chapin Carpenter (The Hard Way)	Rough Trade
1993	Vince Gill (I Still Believe in You)unverified beat 4 others Billy Ray Cyrus (Achy Breaky Heart) Reba McEntire (The Greatest Man I Never Knew) Mary Chapin Carpenter (I Feel Lucky) Wynonna Judd (She Is His Only Need)	MCA
1992	The Judds (Love Can Build a Bridge)unverified beat 4 others Alan Jackson (Don't Rock the Jukebox) Mary Chapin Carpenter (Down at the Twist and Shout) Dolly Parton (Eagle When She Flies) Travis Tritt (Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares))	RCA/Curb
1991	Kathy Mattea (Where've You Been)unverified beat 4 others K. T. Oslin (Come Next Monday) Garth Brooks (The Dance) Garth Brooks (Friends in Low Places) Vince Gill (When I Call Your Name)	Mercury
1990	Rodney Crowell (After All This Time)unverified beat 4 others Clint Black (A Better Man) k.d. lang (Luck in My Eyes) The Desert Rose Band (She Don't Love Nobody) Hank Williams and Hank Williams Jr. (There's a Tear in My Beer)	Columbia
1989	K. T. Oslin (Hold Me)unverified beat 4 others Vern Gosdin (Chiseled in Stone) Rodney Crowell (I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried) Lyle Lovett (She's No Lady) Dwight Yoakam with Buck Owens (Streets of Bakersfield)	RCA
1988	Randy Travis (Forever and Ever, Amen)unverified beat 4 others George Strait (All My Ex's Live in Texas) K. T. Oslin (80's Ladies) Restless Heart (I'll Still Be Loving You) Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris (Telling Me Lies)	Warner Bros. Nashville
1987	The Judds (Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Ol' Days))unverified beat 4 others Holly Dunn (Daddy's Hands) Steve Earle (Guitar Town) Dwight Yoakam (Guitars, Cadillacs) Reba McEntire (Whoever's in New England)	RCA/Curb
1986	The Highwaymen (Highwayman)unverified beat 6 others Mel McDaniel (Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On) The Highwaymen (Desperados Waiting for a Train) Alabama (40 Hour Week (For a Livin')) Rosanne Cash (I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me) Ronnie Milsap (Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)) The Judds (Love Is Alive)	Columbia
1985	Willie Nelson (City of New Orleans)unverified beat 4 others Hank Williams Jr. (All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight) Glen Campbell (Faithless Love) Lee Greenwood (God Bless the U.S.A.) The Judds (Mama He's Crazy)	Buddah
1984	Ronnie Milsap (Stranger in My House)unverified beat 4 others Deborah Allen (Baby I Lied) Lee Greenwood (I.O.U.) Alabama (Lady Down on Love) Anne Murray (A Little Good News)	RCA Nashville
1983	Willie Nelson (Always on My Mind)unverified beat 4 others David Frizzell (I'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home) Sylvia (Nobody) Lee Greenwood (Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands) Jerry Reed (She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft))	Columbia
1982	Dolly Parton (9 to 5)unverified beat 4 others The Oak Ridge Boys (Elvira) Barbara Mandrell (I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool) Terri Gibbs (Somebody's Knockin') David Frizzell and Shelly West (You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma)	RCA Nashville
1981	Willie Nelson (On the Road Again)unverified beat 4 others Eddie Rabbitt (Drivin' My Life Away) George Jones (He Stopped Loving Her Today) Don Williams (I Believe in You) Johnny Lee (Lookin' for Love)	Columbia
1980	Kenny Rogers (You Decorated My Life)repeatunverified beat 4 others Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers (All the Gold in California) Emmylou Harris (Blue Kentucky Girl) Eddie Rabbitt (Every Which Way But Loose) The Bellamy Brothers (If I Said You Have a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me)	United Artists
1979	Kenny Rogers (The Gambler)unverified beat 4 others Kenny Rogers and Dottie West (Every Time Two Fools Collide) Ronnie Milsap (Let's Take the Long Way Around the World) Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings (Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys) Johnny Paycheck (Take This Job and Shove It)	United Artists
1978	Crystal Gayle (Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue)unverified beat 4 others Johnny Rodriguez (Desperado) Ronnie Milsap (It Was Almost Like a Song) Kenny Rogers (Lucille) Waylon Jennings (Luckenbach, Texas)	United Artists
1977	Larry Gatlin (Broken Lady)unverified beat 4 others Dave & Sugar (The Door Is Always Open) Bobby Bare (Dropkick Me Jesus) Charlie Rich (Every Time You Touch Me (I Get High)) Moe Bandy (Hank Williams, You Wrote My Life)	Monument
1976	B. J. Thomas ((Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song)unverified beat 4 others Freddy Fender (Before the Next Teardrop Falls) Willie Nelson (Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain) Jessi Colter (I'm Not Lisa) John Denver (Thank God I'm a Country Boy)	ABC
1975	Charlie Rich (A Very Special Love Song)repeatunverified beat 4 others The Pointer Sisters (Fairytale) Waylon Jennings (I'm a Ramblin' Man) Merle Haggard (If We Make It Through December) Marie Osmond (Paper Roses)	Epic
1974	Charlie Rich (Behind Closed Doors)unverified beat 4 others Dottie West (Country Sunshine) Charlie Rich (The Most Beautiful Girl) Tom T. Hall (Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine) Kris Kristofferson (Why Me)	Epic
1973	Charley Pride (Kiss an Angel Good Mornin')unverified beat 4 others Tanya Tucker (Delta Dawn) Donna Fargo (Funny Face) Donna Fargo (The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA) Don Gibson (Woman (Sensuous Woman))	RCA Victor
1972	Sammi Smith (Help Me Make It Through the Night)unverified beat 4 others Freddie Hart (Easy Loving) Ray Price (For the Good Times) Gordon Lightfoot (Me and Bobby McGee) Lynn Anderson (Rose Garden)	Monument
1971	Marty Robbins (My Woman, My Woman, My Wife)unverified beat 4 others Merle Haggard (The Fightin' Side of Me) Conway Twitty (Hello Darlin') Charley Pride (Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone) Charley Pride (Wonder Could I Live There Anymore)	Columbia
1970	Johnny Cash (A Boy Named Sue)unverified beat 4 others Charley Pride (All I Have to Offer You (Is Me)) Tammy Wynette (Stand by Your Man) Van Trevor (The Things That Matter) Frankie Laine (You Gave Me a Mountain)	Columbia
1969	Roger Miller (Little Green Apples)unverified beat 4 others Tammy Wynette (D-I-V-O-R-C-E) Jeannie C. Riley (Harper Valley PTA) Bobby Goldsboro (Honey) Henson Cargill (Skip a Rope)	Smash
1968	Glen Campbell (Gentle on My Mind)unverified beat 4 others George Hamilton IV (Break My Mind) Porter Wagoner (The Cold Hard Facts of Life) Charley Pride (Does My Ring Hurt Your Finger) Wynn Stewart (It's Such a Pretty World Today)	RCA
1967	David Houston (Almost Persuaded)unverified beat 4 others Jeannie Seely (Don't Touch Me) Roger Miller (Husband and Wives) Bobby Bare (Streets of Baltimore) Jack Greene (There Goes My Everything)	Epic
1966	Roger Miller (King of the Road)repeatunverified beat 4 others Charley Pride (Crystal Chandelier) The Statler Brothers (Flowers on the Wall) Little Jimmy Dickens (May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose) Eddy Arnold (What's He Doing in My World)	Smash
1965	Roger Miller (Dang Me)unverified beat 4 others Dottie West (Here Comes My Baby) Connie Smith (Once a Day) Loretta Lynn (Wine, Women and Song) Sonny James (You're the Only World I Know)	Smash