Morgan Wallen‘s huge year gets a big bow on it from “Billboard” magazine, which named him “Billboard’s Top Artist of 2025.” That makes him the first male country artist to earn this title since Garth Brooks in 1993. He’s also the first artist who mainly records country music to be named artist of the year since Taylor Swift back in 2009, when she was still recording music played on country stations. The “Top Artist” ranking is based purely on statistics and data from the past year, with Wallen obviously being named the “Top Country Artist of 2025” as well.