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2021 Billboard Music Award Winners – Country

Here are the winners for the 2021 Billboard Music Awards that air live tonight (5/23) on NBC. Winners will be bolded in all categories that country artists are in real-time….

2021 Billboard Music Award Winners - Country
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Here are the winners for the 2021 Billboard Music Awards that air live tonight (5/23) on NBC. Winners will be bolded in all categories that country artists are in real-time.

Top Duo/Group - ALL GENRE AWARD

AC/DC
AJR
BTS - WINNER
Dan + Shay
Maroon 5

Top Song Sales Artist -  ALL GENRE AWARD

Justin Bieber
BTS - WINNER
Megan Thee Stallion
Morgan Wallen
The Weeknd

Top Country Artist

Gabby Barrett
Kane Brown
Luke Combs
Chris Stapleton
Morgan Wallen - WINNER

Top Country Male Artist

Luke Combs
Chris Stapleton
Morgan Wallen - WINNER

Top Country Female Artist

Gabby Barrett - WINNER 
Maren Morris
Carrie Underwood

Top Country Duo/Group

Dan + Shay
Florida Georgia Line - WINNER
Maddie & Tae

Top New Artist - ALL GENRE AWARD

Gabby Barrett
Doja Cat
Jack Harlow
Pop Smoke - WINNER
Rod Wave

Top Country Album

Gabby Barrett, Goldmine
Sam Hunt, SOUTHSIDE
Chris Stapleton, Starting Over
Carrie Underwood, My Gift
Morgan Wallen, Dangerous: The Double Album - WINNER

Top Christian Album

Bethel Music, Peace
Elevation Worship, Grave Into Gardens
Carrie Underwood, My Gift -- WINNER
We The Kingdom, Holy Water
Zach Williams, Rescue Story

Top Country Song

Jason Aldean — "Got What I Got"
Gabby Barrett — "I Hope" - WINNER
Lee Brice — "One of Them Girls"
Morgan Wallen — "Chasin' You"
Morgan Wallen — "More Than My Hometown"

Top Radio Song - ALL GENRE AWARD

Gabby Barrett ft. Charlie Puth — "I Hope"
Chris Brown & Young Thug — "Go Crazy"
Dua Lipa — "Don't Start Now"
Harry Styles — "Adore You"
The Weeknd — "Blinding Lights"- WINNER

Top Selling Song - ALL GENRE AWARD

Gabby Barrett ft. Charlie Puth — "I Hope"
BTS — "Dynamite"- WINNER
Cardi B ft. Megan Thee Stallion — "WAP"
Megan Thee Stallion — "Savage"
The Weeknd — "Blinding Lights"

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.