2016 Billboard Music Awards – Country Music Winners
See the full list of country winners from tonight's 2016 Billboard Music Awards.
That’s a wrap! The 2016 Billboard Music Awards just concluded in Las Vegas, Nevada with an epic show.
During the three-hour live broadcast, performers including Blake Shelton with Gwen Stefani, Britney Spears, Celine Dion, DNCE, Fifth Harmony and many more took the stage. Thomas Rhett was also presented with the award for Top Country Song with his No.1 hit “Die A Happy Man.”
“Oh man, thank you guys so much. This is incredible. I gotta thank God. I gotta thank my lovely wife, sitting right here,” Rhett said in his speech. “Never in a million years did I think that being a songwriter sitting on a bus writing a song about who we love would win an award like this. Thank you Billboards, country radio, everyone on my team. We love you very much. Cheers!”
See the list of country winners below…
Top Country Artist:
Zac Brown Band
Luke Bryan — WINNER
Sam Hunt
Chris Stapleton
Carrie Underwood
Top Country Album:
Chris Stapleton, Traveller — WINNER
Luke Bryan, Kill The Lights
Sam Hunt, Montevallo
Zac Brown Band, Jekyll + Hyde
Carrie Underwood, Storyteller
Top Country Song:
Sam Hunt, “Break Up In A Small Town”
Sam Hunt, “Take Your Time”
Little Big Town, “Girl Crush”
Thomas Rhett, “Die A Happy Man” — WINNER
Chris Young, “I’m Comin’ Over”
