From Morgan Wallen To Chris Stapleton: What Are The Highest-Selling Country Songs In History?

Some incredible numbers.

It’s safe to say it’s been a massive decade so far for country music. With the genre being the biggest (and arguably best) it’s ever been, the demand for country has seemingly grown exponentially. Thanks to this, the genre has seen nothing short of an explosion in streaming numbers from its biggest stars such as Morgan Wallen, Luke Combs, Zach Bryan and more.

As we all know, numbers aren’t everything when it comes to music. There are hundreds upon thousands of moving songs, artists and albums that will never see a #1 hit, #1 album or a gold or platinum certification from the RIAA. With that being said, however, it’s always interesting to see just how massive the biggest hits have gotten over the years.

If you’ve been paying any attention to sales over the past year or so, you’re well aware that there has been quite a lot of shake-up when it comes to all-time sales lists. Notably, back in October, Combs passed Garth Brooks’ long-standing record of being the highest-selling country artist of all time. That, however, didn’t last long as Wallen passed both en route to not only becoming the highest-selling country artist ever but also becoming the third-highest-selling artist in U.S. history.

While we’ve already looked at the Top 30 highest-selling artists in the genre’s history upon Wallen taking the top spot, I thought today was the perfect time to look at what the best-selling songs are as well.

Recently, Chris Stapleton made history as “Tennessee Whiskey” became the first country song in history to sell 20 million units and receive double-diamond certification from the RIAA, becoming just the third song ever to do so. Quite clearly, it stands as the highest-selling song in the genre, but what other songs are among the most consumed and purchased?

Unsurprisingly, Morgan Wallen absolutely dominates here, owning six of the Top 25 songs, with five of them selling over 10 million units and receiving diamond status. Coming in second with five is none other than Luke Combs, who also has five diamond-certified songs

One thing to keep in mind with this list is the fact that it’s INCREDIBLY recency-biased thanks to the popularity of streaming and the fact that the RIAA allows for 150 on-demand streams to count as one unit sold. As for what that means for this list, classic tracks that may have sold incredibly well back in the day (and even stream fairly well today) simply can’t compete with the way new songs are being consumed on a day-to-day and even hour-to-hour basis.

The recency bias is so strong, in fact, that the oldest song on this list is Carrie Underwood’s “Before He Cheats” at just 21 years old. As for the newest song, that would be Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” which has already sold over 10 million units despite being out for only 22 months.

With all of that being said, here are the 25 highest-selling country songs of all time, according to the RIAA as of February 2026.

1. “Tennessee Whiskey” – Chris Stapleton

RIAA Certification: Double Diamond (20x Platinum)

Spotify Streams: 1.408 Billion

Release Date: May 4, 2015

2. “Beautiful Crazy” – Luke Combs

RIAA Certification: 15x Platinum

Spotify Streams: 1.126 Billion

Release Date: May 4, 2018

3. “Cruise” – Florida Georgia Line

RIAA Certification: 14x Platinum

Spotify Streams: 537 Million

Release Date: April 10, 2012

4. “When It Rains It Pours” – Luke Combs

RIAA Certification: 13x Platinum

Spotify Streams: 1.193 Billion

Release Date: June 2, 2017

5. “Whiskey Glasses” – Morgan Wallen

RIAA Certification: 13x Platinum

Spotify Streams: 1.105 Billion

Release Date: April 26, 2018

6. “Need You Now” – Lady A

RIAA Certification: 12x Platinum

Spotify Streams: 365 Million

Release Date: August 10, 2009

7. “Hurricane” – Luke Combs

RIAA Certification: 12x Platinum

Spotify Streams: 892 Million

Release Date: October 21, 2016

8. “Last Night” – Morgan Wallen

RIAA Certification: 12x Platinum

Spotify Streams: 1.417 Billion

Release Date: January 31, 2023

9. “Wasted on You” – Morgan Wallen

RIAA Certification: 12x Platinum

Spotify Streams: 966 Million

Release Date: January 8, 2021

10. “Something in the Orange” – Zach Bryan

RIAA Certification: 12x Platinum

Spotify Streams: 1.491 Billion

Release Date: April 22, 2022

11. “Before He Cheats” – Carrie Underwood

RIAA Certification: 11x Platinum

Spotify Streams: 785 Million

Release Date: November 15, 2005

12. “Wagon Wheel” – Darius Rucker

RIAA Certification: 11x Platinum

Spotify Streams: 956 Million

Release Date: January 8, 2013

13. “Heaven” – Kane Brown

RIAA Certification: 11x Platinum

Spotify Streams: 563 Million

Release Date: October 6, 2017

14. “Body Like a Back Road” – Sam Hunt

RIAA Certification: 11x Platinum

Spotify Streams: 995 Million

Release Date: February 1, 2017

15. “In Case You Didn’t Know” – Brett Young