Der American Music Award für den Favorite Country Song ist eine der ersten Kategorien des Awards und wurde 1974 eingeführt. Ab 1995 pausierte der Award, kehrte jedoch bei den American Music Awards 2016 zurück.
Am häufigsten gewann Kenny Rogers, der fünf Awards erhielt und für sechs nominiert war.
Gewinner und Nominierte 1970er Jahr Künstler Lied Ref 1974 Charlie Rich Behind Closed Doors Conway Twitty You’ve Never Been This Far Before Kris Kristofferson Why Me 1975 Charlie Rich The Most Beautiful Girl Merle Haggard If We Make It Through December Charley Pride Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town 1976 Glen Campbell Rhinestone Cowboy Freddy Fender Before the Next Teardrop Falls Willie Nelson Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain 1977 Willie Nelson Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain Loretta Lynn Somebody Somewhere (Don’t Know What He’s Missin’ Tonight) C. W. McCall Convoy 1978 Kenny Rogers Lucille Glen Campbell Southern Nights Loretta Lynn She’s Got You 1979 Linda Ronstadt Blue Bayou Dolly Parton Here You Come Again Johnny Paycheck Take This Job and Shove It
1980er Jahr Künstler Lied Ref 1980 Barbara Mandrell Sleeping Single in a Double Bed Waylon Jennings Amanda Eddie Rabbitt Suspicions 1981 Kenny Rogers Coward of the County Crystal Gayle If You Ever Change Your Mind Kenny Rogers and Kim Carnes Don’t Fall in Love with a Dreamer 1982 Anne Murray Could I Have This Dance Willie Nelson On the Road Again Alabama Feels So Right Ronnie Milsap (There’s) No Gettin’ Over Me 1983 Kenny Rogers Love Will Turn You Around The Oak Ridge Boys Bobbie Sue Sylvia Nobody 1984 Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton Islands in the Stream Alabama Dixieland Delight John Anderson Swingin’ The Oak Ridge Boys Love Song 1985 Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton Islands in the Stream The Judds Mama He’s Crazy Anne Murray A Little Good News 1986 Willie Nelson Forgiving You Was Easy Alabama There’s No Way Lee Greenwood Dixie Road 1987 The Judds Grandpa (Tell Me ’Bout the Good Ol’ Days) Dan Seals Everything That Glitters (Is Not Gold) Randy Travis Diggin’ Up Bones Steve Wariner You Can Dream of Me 1988 Randy Travis Forever and Ever, Amen George Strait Ocean Front Property Hank Williams, Jr. Born to Boogie 1989 Randy Travis I Told You So Alabama Fallin’ Again Kathy Mattea Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses
1990er Jahr Künstler Lied Ref 1990 Randy Travis Deeper Than the Holler Alabama If I Had You George Strait Baby’s Gotten Good at Goodbye 1991 Garth Brooks If Tomorrow Never Comes The Judds Born to Be Blue George Strait Love Without End, Amen 1992 Garth Brooks The Thunder Rolls Travis Tritt Here’s a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares) Trisha Yearwood She’s in Love with the Boy 1993 Billy Ray Cyrus Achy Breaky Heart Garth Brooks The River Vince Gill I Still Believe in You 1994 Alan Jackson Chattahoochee Clint Black and Wynonna Judd A Bad Goodbye Dolly Parton and Friends Romeo 1995 Vince Gill Whenever You Come Around Tim McGraw Indian Outlaw John Michael Montgomery I Swear
2010er Jahr Künstler Lied Ref 2016 Tim McGraw Humble and Kind Florida Georgia Line H.O.L.Y. Thomas Rhett Die a Happy Man 2017 Keith Urban Blue Ain’t Your Color Sam Hunt Body Like a Back Road Jon Pardi Dirt On My Boots 2018 Kane Brown Heaven Bebe Rexha featuring Florida Georgia Line Meant to Be Dan + Shay Tequila 2019 Dan + Shay Speechless Luke Combs Beautiful Crazy Blake Shelton God’s Country
2020er Jahr KünstlerLied Ref2020 Dan + Shay and Justin Bieber 10,000 Hours Maren Morris The Bones Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani Nobody But You2021 Gabby Barrett The Good OnesChris Stapleton Starting OverChris Young and Kane Brown Famous FriendsLuke CombsForever After AllWalker HayesFancy Like2022 Morgan Wallen Wasted on You Jordan Davis (feat. Luke Bryan)Buy DirtCody Johnson’Til You Can’tDustin Lynch (feat. MacKenzie Porter)Thinking ’Bout YouChris StapletonYou Should Probably Leave
Statistiken Mehrfach-Sieger 5 Siege Kenny Rogers
3 Siege Willie Nelson Randy Travis
2 Siege Garth Brooks Dolly Parton Charlie Rich
Mehrfach-Nominierungen 6 Nominierungen Kenny Rogers
5 Nominierungen Alabama
4 Nominierungen Willie Nelson Dolly Parton Randy Travis
3 Nominierungen Garth Brooks The Judds George Strait
2 Nominierungen Glen Campbell Dan + Shay Vince Gill Loretta Lynn Tim McGraw Anne Murray The Oak Ridge Boys Charlie Rich
Einzelnachweise
Country Song Kategorie:Erstverleihung 1974 Kategorie:Country-Musik