Billboard has a year-end chart that's literally called the Top Country Artist chart but choosing the winner of this 2017 Billboard Music Award is more complex.
Just three country artists are up for the Top Country Tour at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards. It's an award based on cold, hard facts and numbers and less clear interpretation.
Albums from Blake Shelton and Florida Georgia Line were huge, and songs from Keith Urban's Ripcord cover country radio, but another country album will win the Billboard Music Award on Sunday (May 21).
The Billboard Music Awards performers list includes a little country flavor this year. It was revealed on Monday (May 1) that Florida Georgia Line will take the stage at the 27th annual awards show.
Thomas Rhett's sentimental ballad "Die a Happy Man" has earned many accolades since its release last fall, and now Rhett will be adding a Billboard Music Award to the list.