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.Garth Brooks hold the record of most awards in this catagory with three wins.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.

Winners and nominees

Year	Winner	Nominees	Ref.
1992	Garth Brooks		[1]
1993	Garth Brooks	Billy Ray Cyrus Reba McEntire Brooks & Dunn	[2]
1996	George Strait	Garth Brooks Vince Gill Shania Twain	[3]
1997	LeAnn Rimes	Alan Jackson George Strait Deana Carter	[4]
1998	Garth Brooks	LeAnn Rimes George Strait Tim McGraw	[5]
1999	Dixie Chicks	Tim McGraw Martina McBride George Strait	[6]
2000	Dixie Chicks	Faith Hill Tim McGraw George Strait	[7]
2001	Tim McGraw	Kenny Chesney Toby Keith Travis Tritt	[8]
2003	Shania Twain	Dixie Chicks Toby Keith Tim McGraw	[9]
2005	Toby Keith	Kenny Chesney Rascal Flatts Gretchen Wilson	[10]
2011	Taylor Swift	Jason Aldean Kenny Chesney Lady Antebellum Zac Brown Band	[11]
2012	Lady Antebellum	Jason Aldean Zac Brown Band Blake Shelton Taylor Swift	[12]
2013	Taylor Swift	Jason Aldean Luke Bryan Hunter Hayes Carrie Underwood	[13]
2014	Luke Bryan	Florida Georgia Line Darius Rucker Blake Shelton Taylor Swift	[14]
2015	Florida Georgia Line	Jason Aldean Luke Bryan Brantley Gilbert Blake Shelton	[15]
2016	Luke Bryan	Zac Brown Band Sam Hunt Chris Stapleton Carrie Underwood	[16]
2017	Blake Shelton	Florida Georgia Line Keith Urban Chris Stapleton Jason Aldean	[17]

Most wins and nominations

References