The American Music Award for Favorite Song – Country (formerly known as Favorite Country Single 1974-1995) has been awarded since 1974. The category was retired for over a decade in 1995, before returning in the 2016 ceremony. Years reflect the year in which the awards were presented, for works released in the previous year (until 2003 onward when awards were handed out in November of the same year). The all-time winner for this category is Kenny Rogers with 5 wins, he is also the most nominated artist with 6 nominations.
Winners and nominees 1970s Year Artist Song 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"
1980s Year Artist Song 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"
1990s Year Artist Song 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"
2010s Year Artist Song 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"
2020s Year Artist Song Ref2020 Dan + Shay and Justin Bieber "10,000 Hours" Maren Morris "The Bones" Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani "Nobody but You"2021 Gabby Barrett "The Good Ones"Chris Stapleton "Starting Over"Chris Young and Kane Brown "Famous Friends"Luke Combs"Forever After All"Walker Hayes"Fancy Like"2022 Morgan Wallen "Wasted on You"Jordan Davis (feat. Luke Bryan)"Buy Dirt"Cody Johnson"'Til You Can't"Dustin Lynch (feat. MacKenzie Porter)"Thinking 'Bout You"Chris Stapleton"You Should Probably Leave"2025Post Malone (ft. Morgan Wallen) "I Had Some Help"Luke Combs"Ain't No Love in Oklahoma"Jelly Roll"I Am Not Okay"Koe Wetzel (ft. Jessie Murph)"High Road"Shaboozey"A Bar Song (Tipsy)"2026Ella Langley"Choosin' Texas"BigXthaPlug (ft. Bailey Zimmerman)"All the Way"Morgan Wallen"Just in Case"Russell Dickerson"Happen to Me"Shaboozey"Good News"
Category facts Multiple wins
5 wins Kenny Rogers
3 wins Willie Nelson Randy Travis
2 wins Garth Brooks Dolly Parton Charlie Rich Morgan Wallen
Multiple nominations
6 nominations Kenny Rogers
5 nominations Alabama
4 nominations Willie Nelson Dolly Parton Randy Travis
3 nominations Garth Brooks The Judds George Strait Morgan Wallen
2 nominations Glen Campbell Dan + Shay Vince Gill Loretta Lynn Tim McGraw Anne Murray The Oak Ridge Boys Charlie Rich Shaboozey
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