ZACH TOP WINS BEST TRADITIONAL COUNTRY ALBUM AT THE 68TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS, RELEASES\u00a0NEW SINGLE \u201cGUITAR\u201d\u000f\u000fEXTENSIVE \u201cCOLD BEER AND COUNTRY MUSIC TOUR\u201d UNDERWAY
\u000fAcclaimed singer, songwriter and musician\u00a0 Zach Top\u00a0Top won his first Grammy Award for Best Traditional Country Album at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards for Ain\u2019t In It For My Health, becoming the inaugural recipient of the newly introduced category, following earlier honors as New Artist of the Year at the 2025 CMA Awards and New Male Artist of the Year at the 2025 ACM Awards.\u000f\u000f\u201c Guitar,\u201d is the opening track of Zach Top\u2019s sophomore album \u00a0 Ain\u2019t In It For My Health\u00a0which debuted at #1 on\u00a0 Billboard \u2019s Top Current Country Albums chart and #11 on the\u00a0 Billboard\u00a0200, earning more than 30 million global streams in its first week. Released to widespread critical attention, Top recently spoke with Jon Caramanica for a profile at\u00a0 The New York Times, who praises \u201cTop\u2019s commitment to form remains immaculate: a high-wire routine so aesthetically faithful and brimming with theatrical mirth that he\u2019s almost winking, merging a sense of history and a sense of play.\u201d
\u000fCritical acclaim for Top and\u00a0 Ain\u2019t In It For My Health \u2026\u000f\u000f\u201cZach Top holds his own with the country greats\u2026Top\u2019s vocals soar with the confidence of a seasoned storyteller\u201d\u2014 Rolling Stone\u000f\u000f\u00a0\u201cThe fastest-rising star in country music\u201d\u2014 Variety\u000f\u000f\u201cAin\u2019t In It for My Health, is good, clean country fun, full of clear-eyed comedic writing and tight arrangements.\u201d\u2014 Pitchfork\u000f\u000f\u00a0\u201cTop\u2019s immaculate new Album,\u00a0 Ain\u2019t In It For My Health, offers traditionalism without regression \u2013 an effortless gesture that feels mysterious and tricky to figure out.\u201d\u000f\u2014 The Washington Post\u000f\u000f\u00a0\u201cas crisp as country music gets\u201d\u2014 Los Angeles Times\u000f\u000f\u00a0\u201cadds to his already top-shelf catalogue of songs\u201d\u2014 Billboard\u000f\u000f\u00a0\u201cAlbum No. 2 for Top expands upon the undeniable success of his debut\u201d\u000f\u2014 The Tennessean\u000f\u000f\u201cHe possesses a swagger like nobody else in the industry\u201d\u2014 Country Central\u000f\u000f\u201cAnother energetic pure-country presentation built around the rich twang of the \u201880s and \u201890s, this young star remains driven by the love of the game.\u201d\u2014 Nashville Lifestyles\u000f\u000f\u201cTop has been on nothing short of an absolute roll lately\u2026the brightest future we\u2019ve seen in recent memory\u201d\u2014 Whiskey Riff\u000f\u000f\u201cthere\u2019s a handmade, built-to-last quality in Top\u2019s songs that has struck a chord with country fans\u2026The \u2018future of country music\u2019 has already arrived\u201d\u2014 The Seattle Times\u000f\u000f\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s the sound of an artist poised to step into the big leagues\u2014not by abandoning tradition, but by proving it still has something urgent and vital to say.\u201d \u2014 Entertainment Focus\u000f\u000f\u00a0\u201cTop leans on the strength of the writing and the emotion behind every note, a move that feels both bold and timeless\u201d \u2014All Country News\u000f\u00a0
The accolade adds to an already landmark year for Top, who was named New Artist of the Year at the 59th Annual CMA Awards, earned his first #1 at country radio with \u201cI Never Lie,\u201d launched a jean line in collaboration with Kimes Ranch and is in the midst of an extensive tour including upcoming stops across Europe, dates headlining the C2C Festival and select stadium shows with George Strait and Chris Stapleton. See below for complete tour itinerary.\u000f\u000fTop was also featured on\u00a0 Variety\u2019s\u00a0 2025 Young Hollywood Impact Report named 2025 ACM New Male Artist of the Year, performed \u201cI Never Lie\u201d on \u201c The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
.\u000f\u000fAin\u2019t In It For My Health\u00a0follows Top\u2019s breakthrough debut album,\u00a0 Cold Beer & Country Music, which has garnered over one billion streams to date, was nominated for ACM Album of the Year and certified RIAA Gold. Multiple tracks have also received RIAA certifications, including \u201cI Never Lie” (2x Platinum), \u201cSounds Like the Radio\u201d (Gold), \u201cUse Me\u201d (Gold) and \u201cBad Luck\u201d (Gold). Produced by Carson Chamberlain (Billy Currington, Easton Corbin), the record received widespread acclaim with T he Tennessean\u00a0saying it\u2019s full of \u201cstar-making tunes,\u201d while\u00a0 Country Central\u00a0praised, \u201c Cold Beer & Country Music\u00a0is a masterclass in traditional country music\u2026With a record this strong, Zach Top has proven himself as a standout rising star in this format and a premier vocalist in country music.\u201d\u000f\u000fRaised in Sunnyside, WA, Top grew up on classic country music around the family farm. At the age of seven, he formed a band with his siblings which set the stage for his musical ambitions. Throughout his teenage years and early twenties, Top honed his craft by playing in various bluegrass bands before moving to Nashville in 2021, where he has been building a reputation as one of country music\u2019s most promising new voices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ZACH TOP WINS BEST TRADITIONAL COUNTRY ALBUM AT THE 68TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS, RELEASES\u00a0NEW SINGLE \u201cGUITAR\u201d\u000f\u000fEXTENSIVE \u201cCOLD BEER AND COUNTRY MUSIC TOUR\u201d UNDERWAY\u000fAcclaimed singer, songwriter and musician\u00a0 Zach Top\u00a0Top won his first Grammy Award for Best Traditional Country Album at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards for Ain\u2019t In It For My Health, becoming the inaugural … Continue reading “Zach Top – Guitar”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2667"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2668,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2667\/revisions\/2668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}