Grammys 2026: Who Will Win Best Country Song?

The Grammy Awards are tomorrow night. While the Recording Academy is wrapping up its pre-Grammy night ceremonies, it is time to take a look at this year’s nominees for Best Country Song.

The Grammy Best Song categories honor the songwriters. While that list doesn’t always include the artist that ultimately performed the song, in this case, the nominees for Best Country Song this year did all have a hand in writing the songs that are up for the Grammy. Songs are judged on artistic merit, peer recognition within the industry, and technical excellence, not commercial or chart success. Here is the list of nominated songs and their writers.

Tyler Childers – “Bitin’ List”

Tyler Childers and his band the Food Stamps play a sold-out Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy, Wisconsin, on Saturday, July 26, 2025. — Tyler Childers and his band, the Food Stamps, play a sold-out Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy, Wisconsin, on Saturday, July 26, 2025. Photo courtesy of Piet Levy / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images.

Songwriter: Tyler Childers

Childers is nominated for four Grammys. The second single from the singer’s genre-fusing 2025 album Snipe Hunter, “Bitin’ List” peaked at #30 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and #33 on the Adult Alternative Airplay chart.

Shaboozey – Good News

Shaboozey takes the stage on the Coachella stage at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Calif., Sunday, April 13, 2025. Photo courtesy of Andy Abeyta / The Desert Sun – USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images.

Songwriters: Collins Obinna Chibueze (Shaboozey), Sean Cook, Michael Ross Pollack, Sam Elliot Roman, Nevin Sastry and Jacob Torrey

“Good News” is also nominated in the Best Country Performance category. Shaboozey is nominated for three Grammys in all. “Good News” topped Country charts in Canada, Slovakia, Australia, and the United States. It was certified double-platinum in the U.S.

Zach Top “I Never Lie”

Zach Top opens for Lainey Wilson's Country Cool Again Tour at the Ascend Amphitheater in Nashville on May 31, 2024. — Zach Top opens for Lainey Wilson’s Country Cool Again Tour at the Ascend Amphitheater in Nashville on May 31, 2024. Photo courtesy of Mark Zaleski / The Tennessean – USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images.

Songwriters: Zach Top, Carson Chamberlain and Tim Nichols

” I Never Lie” is also nominated in the Best Country Solo Performance category. Zach Top is nominated for a total of three Grammys. “I Never Lie” was certified double-platinum in the United States and Canada. The song topped the Country charts in Canada and Australia, and it peaked at #2 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart and #6 on the Hot Country Songs char tin the U.S.

Lainey Wilson – “Somewhere Over Laredo”

Lainey Wilson accepts the Entertainer of the Year Award during the 59th Annual CMA Awards at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn., Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025. Photo courtesy of Denny Simmons / The Tennessean – USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images.

Songwriters: Lainey Wilson, Andy Albert, Trannie Anderson and Dallas Wilson

“Somewhere Over Laredo” is also nominated in the Best Country Performance category, and Lainey Wilson is nominated for three total Grammy awards. The song topped the UK and U.S. Country Airplay charts, and it reached the Top10 of the Country Songs charts in the U.S., Australia, and Canada.

Miranda Lambert And Chris Stapleton – “A Song to Sing”

Screenshot of Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton from their "A Song to Sing" music video. — Screenshot of Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton from their “A Song to Sing” music video, courtesy of the official Miranda Lambert YouTube account and Big Loud/Republic Records.

Songwriters: Miranda Lambert, Chris Stapleton, Jenee Fleenor and Jesse Frasure,

“A Song to Sing” peaked at #17 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart and #30 on the Hot Country Songs chart. It was also nominated for a Grammy in the Best Country Duo/Group Performance category. Both Lambert and Stapleton are nominated for four Grammys. The song and accompanying music video give a nod to Dolly Parton’s 1983 collab with Kenny Rogers on “Island in the Stream,” which was actually written by the Bee Gees.

Tune In Live

Find out who wins when the 2026 Grammys air on Sunday, Feb. 1, live on CBS and streaming on Paramount+ from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles from 8 – 11:30 p.m. EST.