Billboard Country Artist of the Year

Entertainment: Music Awards: Billboard

The Billboard Awards were first presented in 1990. During that time a number of awards are no longer presented, new awards began and other awards morphed into different categories. We attempted to figure out which awards morphed or combined and thus those categories are certainly not officially.

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12

1991

Garth Brooks

Vocalist

45.18% (89 of 197 votes)

11

1992

Garth Brooks

Vocalist

45.18% (89 of 197 votes)

13

1993

Garth Brooks

Vocalist

45.18% (89 of 197 votes)

22

1996

George Strait

Vocalist

0% (0 of 7 votes)

23

1997

LeAnn Rimes

Vocalist

0% (0 of 0 votes)

10

1998

Garth Brooks

Vocalist

45.18% (89 of 197 votes)

15

1999

Dixie Chicks

Vocalists

40.0% (66 of 165 votes)

14

2000

Dixie Chicks

Vocalists

40.0% (66 of 165 votes)

16

2001

Tim McGraw

Vocalist

33.33% (17 of 51 votes)

19

2003

Shania Twain

Vocalist

31.67% (19 of 60 votes)

9

2005

Toby Keith

Vocalist

47.01% (110 of 234 votes)

5

2011

Taylor Swift

Vocalist

53.67% (716 of 1334 votes)

1

2012

Lady A

Musicians

100% (1 of 1 votes)

4

2013

Taylor Swift

Vocalist

53.67% (716 of 1334 votes)

17

2014

Luke Bryan

Musician

32.08% (17 of 53 votes)

7

2015

Florida Georgia Line

Musicians

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

18

2016

Luke Bryan

Musician

32.08% (17 of 53 votes)

21

2017

Blake Shelton

Vocalist

17.50% (7 of 40 votes)

20

2018

Chris Stapleton

Vocalist

28.57% (2 of 7 votes)

3

2019

Luke Combs

Vocalist

75.00% (6 of 8 votes)

2

2020

Luke Combs

Vocalist

75.00% (6 of 8 votes)

8

2021

Morgan Wallen

Vocalist

49.02% (75 of 153 votes)

6

2022

Taylor Swift

Vocalist

53.67% (716 of 1334 votes)