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Country Music Fans Sound Off On Their Favorite Songs Of 2025
Great albums are only great because of the songs that are featured on them. As 2025 comes to a close, we look back on all the incredible music released this year. Keeping up the momentum built in 2024, country music artists came out of the gates swinging in 2025 and have continued to deliver incredible lyrics and memorable moments. The Red Clay Strays finally overthrew Old Dominion for CMA Vocal Group of the Year, Zach Top was named as CMA […] The post Country Music Fans Sound Off On Their Favorite Songs Of 2025 first appeared on Whiskey Riff.
Great albums are only great because of the songs that are featured on them.
As 2025 comes to a close, we look back on all the incredible music released this year. Keeping up the momentum built in 2024, country music artists came out of the gates swinging in 2025 and have continued to deliver incredible lyrics and memorable moments. The Red Clay Strays finally overthrew Old Dominion for CMA Vocal Group of the Year, Zach Top was named as CMA New Artist of the Year, and Ella Langley and Riley Green closed out an incredible run on awards for their smash hit “You Look Like You Love Me,” becoming the first song in CMA history to be named as Song of the Year, Single of the Year, Music Video of the Year, and Musical Event of the Year (which was won during the 2024 CMA Awards).
And 2025 brought us many memorable drama moments like Brianna Chickenfry continuing to talk about her breakup with Zach Bryan, Gavin Adcock and Zach Bryan getting into a heated argument at Born & Raised Festival, or Gavin Adcock getting into it online with artists like Charley Crockett, Benjamin Tod, and (again) Zach Bryan.
But back to the music…
As our returning readers know, we here at Whiskey Riff share our Top 40 Albums of the Year each December, which is compiled by our team of writers, editors, and beyond. It feels like each year it’s getting harder and harder to rank 40 albums, given the caliber of music that’s getting released these days.
While we are taking on the near-impossible task of ranking these albums, we are also turning the question back on y’all, wanting to hear your thoughts on 2025 releases. We already heard from you guys about what albums you think should hold the coveted number one position on the Top Albums of the Year list. But we also want to hear which songs you all were loving too, whether they came from an album you were hyper-fixated on or a one-off release.
We asked, you delivered.
Without further ado, here are some of the best country songs released this year.
“Heaven Passing Through” by Turnpike Troubadours
“Intro” by Treaty Oak Revival featuring Edgar Viveros of Ben Quad
“Crucified Son” by Charley Crockett
“South Of Sanity” by Zach Top
“Port A” by Treaty Oak Revival
“Back To Me” by Colter Wall
“Tennessee” by The Creekers
“People Hatin'” by Red Clay Strays
“Choosin’ Texas” by Ella Langley
“If I Had Never Lost My Mind” by Carter Faith
“I Got Better” by Morgan Wallen
“Circa 1943” by Chase Rice
“On The Red River” by Turnpike Troubadours
“Game I Can’t Win” by Charley Crockett
“Good While It Lasted” by Jason Isbell
“Luck Of The Draw” by Laci Kaye Booth
“She Makes” by Zach Top
“American Trail” by Dylan Gossett
2025 brought us some incredible singles and songs. I can’t wait to see what 2026 has in store for country music.The post Country Music Fans Sound Off On Their Favorite Songs Of 2025 first appeared on Whiskey Riff.
