Morgan Wallen Takes His ‘Problem’ to the Top of 2025 Year-End Country Charts

Morgan Wallen enjoyed another banner year in 2025 and on the year-end country charts. Far and away the format’s leading artist (he’s No. 1 on the year-end Top Country Artists chart for the fifth year in a row) the East Tennessee-born superstar posted four No. 1s each on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts during the 2025 chart year (Oct. 26, 2024, through Oct. 18, 2025) – more No. 1s than any other act on either chart. Further, on the weekly Top Country Albums chart, out of the 52 weeks during the chart year, Wallen was No. 1 for 48 of those – 21 weeks with his 2025 release I’m the Problem, and 27 weeks with his 2023 set One Thing at a Time.

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 “I’m the Problem” and “Love Somebody” topped both Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay during the eligibility period. “Just In Case” and “Lies Lies Lies” topped Country Airplay, while “I Got Better” and “What I Want” (featuring Tate McRae) led Hot Country Songs. The latter also clocked 20 weeks at No. 1 on Hot Country Songs, the second-most weeks at No. 1 during the 2025 chart year.

Wallen has six of the top 10 on the year-end Hot Country Songs chart, including the Nos. 2-5 titles (Shaboozey’s enduring “A Bar Song [Tipsy]” is tops).

Wallen’s albums told the same story of momentum. His 2025 set I’m the Problem is No. 1 on the year-end Top Country Albums recap, while his earlier sets One Thing at a Time and Dangerous: The Double Album come in at Nos. 2 and 3, respectively.

Billboard’s year-end music charts represent aggregated metrics for each artist, title, label and music contributor on the weekly charts from Oct. 26, 2024, through Oct. 18, 2025. Rankings for Luminate-based recaps reflect equivalent album units, airplay, sales or streaming during the weeks that the entries appeared on a respective chart during the tracking year. Any activity registered before or after a title’s chart run isn’t considered in these rankings. That methodology detail, and the October-October time period, account for some of the difference between these lists and the calendar-year recaps that are independently compiled by Luminate.

Right behind Wallen on 2025’s Top Country Artists tally sits Shaboozey at No. 2. The 2024 breakout star officially cemented himself as a format mainstay with a song that began its ascent in 2024. “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” finishes as Hot Country Songs’ year-end No. 1 following its historic 45-week run at the top, 27 of those frames occurring in the 2025 chart year. His follow-up single, “Good News,” lands at No. 6 for the year. Only Shaboozey and Morgan Wallen place more than one title inside the year-end Hot Country Songs top 10.

Women also made an imprint this year, with Megan Moroney among the standouts, who reigns at No. 1 on the Top Country Artists – Female chart. The Georgian, who spent much of 2025 on the road with Kenny Chesney, charted three cuts during the eligibility period on Hot Country Songs and five on Country Airplay (the most of any woman on the latter). One of those hits, “Am I Okay?,” places at No. 19 on the year-end Hot Country Songs ranking and at No. 14 on the Country Airplay recap. Its parent album of the same name comes in at No. 16 on the year-end Top Country Albums roundup – the highest-ranking title by a woman.

Ella Langley, who finishes 2025 at No. 2 among women on the year-end Top Country Artists – Female ranking, and among new artists, is emerging as one of the year’s brightest breakthroughs. She notched a trio of top 10s on the Country Airplay chart during the chart year (including a No. 1, “You Look Like You Love Me,” featuring Riley Green). On Hot Country Songs, she logged four top 10s during the eligibility period. (She’s already off to a hot start for the 2026 chart year, as “Choosin’ Texas” became her first leader on Country Airplay, when it hit No. 1 on the Dec. 6-dated list.) Plus, her Hungover album closes out the year at No. 17 on the Top Country Albums ranking.

On the 2025 year-end charts, her solo breakout “Weren’t For The Wind” ranks at No. 14 on Hot Country Songs and No. 34 on Country Airplay.

Lainey Wilson, meanwhile, places at No. 4 on the Top Country Artists – Female roundup and lands two titles on the 2025 Hot Country Songs year-end list. “4x4xU” ranks at No. 36, while “Somewhere Over Laredo” appears at No. 51.

Meanwhile, over on the Bluegrass and Americana/Folk charts, some familiar faces continued to post big achievements.

Billy Strings and Alison Krauss close the year at Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, on the Bluegrass Albums Artists ranking. Strings, still riding the impact of 2024’s 16-week Bluegrass Albums No. 1 Highway Prayers, followed it with Live at the Legion, which rose to No. 1 in August. Krauss placed three collections on the chart: A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection and Arcadia both topped the list for a combined 11 weeks, while Now That I’ve Found You: A Collection peaked at No. 2. Both artists charted on Americana/Folk Albums as well.

Billboard’s Americana/Folk Albums chart continues to be dominated by Zach Bryan, though his influence stretches well beyond the genre. The U.S. Navy veteran ranks at No. 1 on 2025’s Americana/Folk Albums Artists list and at No. 3 Top Country Artists – Male. Three of the top five Americana/Folk Albums this year belong to Bryan — American Heartbreak (No. 3), his self-titled set (No. 4) and The Great American Bar Scene (No. 5). Additionally, his songs “High Road,” “Pink Skies” and “28” land on 2025’s Hot Country Songs, reflecting his widening footprint across formats.

If 2024 suggested country music was stretching in multiple directions at once, 2025 proved it. Wallen’s unstoppable run, Shaboozey’s crossover force, the rise of Langley and Moroney, Wilson’s continued consistency and Bryan’s genre-spanning pull all point to a format thriving in its variety. The only constant this year was momentum — and plenty of artists carried it forward.