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Morgan Wallen tops Billboard's Country Airplay Artists list this year. So, the top artist you've heard on radio stations like THIS one.
After Morgan, it's Luke Combs, Bailey Zimmerman, Jelly Roll, and Lainey Wilson. The rest of the Top 10 are Jordan Davis, Tyler Hubbard, Kane Brown, Jason Aldean, and Cole Swindell.
Some rising stars in country also did pretty well: Megan Moroney is 25th, Hailey Whitters, 32nd, Shane Profitt, 35th, and some people were surprised to see Katelyn Brown's name at #50. That's Kane's wife.
Their song "Thank God" was all over the radio this year, #7 on Billboard's list of Hot Country Songs in 2023. She had a budding pop career before she went back to school and got her degree in music management in 2019.
Back then at least, she had no plans to put out more music. Quote, "I'll leave the performing part to Kane."