Country music has always been a little unpredictable—but 2026 might just take things to a whole new level. Here are ten things that could happen next year that would make fans spit out their sweet tea in disbelief! It's intended as a bit of fun and no offence is meant to any artist in any way!
Florida Georgia Line Reforms!
Yes, you read that right. After years of solo projects, Tyler and Brian decided to get the band back together again – selling out arenas everywhere from Nashville to Tokyo and dominating the charts with a rollicking southern-tinged bro-country anthem about rollerblading through cornfields to get to the beach.
Country music, AI and Bitcoin unite
The biggest selling song of the year is ‘Bitcoin and Bourbon,' an AI song about cryptocurrency. Featuring lyrics like ‘I lost my wallet but found my heart, investing in love and Dogecoin from the start.' Banjo solos have never felt so financially savvy and yet so artificially contrived. People love it and Lori McKenna sets herself on fire outside the White House in protest.
Ella Langley and Megan Moroney announce their wedding.
Man, Riley was just a patsy – poor guy never even knew what was going on behind the scenes.
The Band Perry keep going.
Kimberly and her husband drop out of The Band Perry to be replaced by the sons of Kiss legends Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley. They record crossover hits like ‘Who Wants to be Dont Let Me be Lonely' and ‘Crazy Crazy Chainsaw.'
Carrie Underwood pivots
Speaking of the 80s, Carrie Underwood releases a full-on hair metal album and goes out on tour to promote it with a climate change-damaging amount of spandex and hairspray.
Skynet and Country music!
Sponsored by bio-hacker Bryan Johnson, Tim McGraw becomes Country music's first cyborg as the pair unite to attempt to live forever. He re-records ‘My Next Thirty' years as ‘My Next Hundred Years' and begins to drink Audrey's blood whilst becoming, like his mentor, increasingly obsessed with tumescence.
Hit-makers unite.
Brett Eldredge, Maren Morris and Hunter Hayes come together in a collaboration on new song ‘(Used to be in the) Country Club' which becomes one of the year's biggest Country songs but, oddly, wins the Grammy for Best Pop Song the following year.
It's Officially Christmas – all the time!
Dan+Shay spend the year making their 11th Christmas album.
TV stardom – finally.
Sam Hunt fulfills a lifetime ambition and lands a starring role as ‘Posh Victorian Toff' in the next season of Peaky Blinders. He spends the first part of the year with Sharon Osborne perfecting his Birmingham accent and re-releases his biggest song, re-imagined as ‘Body Like a Black Country Back Road.'
Jelly Roll re-brands and starts all over again
After his dramatic weight loss journey in 2025, Jelly Roll is forced to re-brand by his label, BBR after sales of his music plummet because no-one knows who he is anymore. Current names in the mix are ‘Spring Roll,' Jelly Lite' ‘Keto Roll' and ‘Half Roll' but BBR can't find him right now to pin him down to a winner!
…..And Finally, perhaps the most shocking of all?
Morgan Wallen wins the CMA Entertainer of the Year award and shows up at the ceremony to collect it!
