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Kacey Musgraves grew up in Golden, Texas, a small East Texas town where she began writing songs at the age of eight and playing mandolin and guitar soon after. Her early immersion in music was not simply a hobby; it was a drive. By her teens, she had self-released several albums and performed at regional oprys and festivals. Her first major brush with national attention came in 2007 when she appeared on the fifth season of Nashville Star. Although she did not win the competition, it exposed her to a wider audience and brought her to the attention of key people in the music industry.
After relocating to Austin and later Nashville, Musgraves continued honing her songwriting skills and co-wrote material for other artists before releasing her own breakout work. One of the pivotal moments in her early career came when she co-wrote “Mama’s Broken Heart,” which became a hit for Miranda Lambert in 2013. That same year, Musgraves released her major-label debut album, Same Trailer Different Park, a record that immediately set her apart from the mainstream country landscape.
Same Trailer Different Park introduced the world to Musgraves’ unconventional lyrical voice, one unafraid to challenge conservative expectations involving gender roles, behavior, and conformity. Songs including “Follow Your Arrow” and “Merry Go ‘Round” addressed small-town expectations, drug use, and sexual freedom with candor and sharp wit. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and earned the Grammy Award for Best Country Album. “Merry Go ‘Round” also won the Grammy Award for Best Country Song.
Her second major-label studio album, Pageant Material, arrived in 2015. Rather than replicate the formula of her debut, it further established Musgraves as a progressive force in Nashville. Songs including “Biscuits” carried forward her irreverent observational style, while the record embraced a relaxed, vintage country aesthetic. The album earned widespread acclaim and a Grammy nomination for Best Country Album.
Musgraves shifted direction dramatically with her 2018 album Golden Hour, a genre-blending work that fused country, pop, disco, and psychedelic elements. Produced with Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk, the album featured dreamy synthesizers, vocoders, and introspective writing about joy, heartbreak, and renewal. Golden Hour won four Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year and Best Country Album, while “Butterflies” won Best Country Solo Performance and “Space Cowboy” won Best Country Song.
In 2021, Musgraves released Star-Crossed, a concept album chronicling the dissolution of her marriage to musician Ruston Kelly. Inspired by tragic opera and incorporating elements beyond traditional country, the album arrived alongside a film of the same name. Songs including “Justified,” “Breadwinner,” and “Camera Roll” offered personal perspectives on separation, emotional recovery, and self-examination.
Deeper Well followed in 2024, returning Musgraves to a quieter sound shaped by acoustic instruments, folk textures, and reflections on personal change. The expanded edition, Deeper Well: Deeper into the Well, added seven recordings, including collaborations with Leon Bridges and Tiny Habits.
In 2026, Musgraves released Middle of Nowhere, a thirteen-song collection rooted in Texas dance halls while also drawing from bluegrass, pop, Norteño, and Zydeco. The album included appearances by Gregory Alan Isakov, Billy Strings, Miranda Lambert, and Willie Nelson. Songs including “Dry Spell,” “Horses and Divorces,” “Uncertain, TX,” and “Mexico Honey” extended her catalog into another distinct chapter.
Musgraves’ major-label catalog includes six non-holiday studio albums, along with A Very Kacey Christmas and The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show soundtrack. Her honors include eight Grammy Awards, with “The Architect” earning Best Country Song. Her work has also been recognized by the Country Music Association and the Academy of Country Music.
Outside music, Kacey Musgraves has become a cultural figure known for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, artistic freedom, and personal expression. She has appeared on fashion runways, collaborated with major brands, voiced a character in the English-language version of Studio Ghibli’s Earwig and the Witch, and served as an executive producer on the Star-Crossed film.
Her appeal comes not only from her ability to move between musical styles, but also from the consistency of her perspective, which remains sharp, witty, and direct. Whether critiquing social expectations or celebrating the quiet beauty of everyday life, Musgraves has built a body of work that resists easy classification.
The list below includes major-label album tracks, holiday recordings, deluxe-edition songs, soundtrack performances, non-album singles, and formally credited collaborations. It does not attempt to reproduce the track listings from Musgraves’ early self-released demo albums, and it excludes spoken interludes, songwriter-only credits, live-only covers, and uncredited backing-vocal appearances.
Complete List Of Kacey Musgraves Songs From A to Z
A–E
- “Abilene” – Middle of Nowhere (2026)
- “All Is Found” – Frozen 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2019)
- “All the Best” – Welcome Home (2017); Zac Brown Band featuring Kacey Musgraves
- “Angel” – Star-Crossed (2021)
- “Anime Eyes” – Deeper Well (2024)
- “The Architect” – Deeper Well (2024)
- “Are You Sure” – Pageant Material (2015); featuring Willie Nelson
- “Arm’s Length” – Deeper Well (2024)
- “A Spoonful of Sugar” – We Love Disney (2015)
- “A Willie Nice Christmas” – A Very Kacey Christmas (2016); featuring Willie Nelson
- “Back on the Map” – Same Trailer Different Park (2013)
- “Back on the Wagon” – Middle of Nowhere (2026)
- “Bells & Whistles” – Cloud 9 (2026); Megan Moroney and Kacey Musgraves
- “Biscuits” – Pageant Material (2015)
- “Blowin’ Smoke” – Same Trailer Different Park (2013)
- “Bourbon in Kentucky” – Riser (2013); Dierks Bentley featuring Kacey Musgraves
- “Breadwinner” – Star-Crossed (2021)
- “Butterflies” – Golden Hour (2018)
- “Camera Roll” – Star-Crossed (2021)
- “Can’t Help Falling in Love” – Elvis (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2022)
- “Cardinal” – Deeper Well (2024)
- “Cherry Blossom” – Star-Crossed (2021)
- “Christmas Don’t Be Late” – A Very Kacey Christmas (2016)
- “Christmas Makes Me Cry” – A Very Kacey Christmas (2016)
- “Coyote” – Middle of Nowhere (2026); featuring Gregory Alan Isakov
- “Cup of Tea” – Pageant Material (2015)
- “Dandelion” – Same Trailer Different Park (2013)
- “Deeper Well” – Deeper Well (2024)
- “Die Fun” – Pageant Material (2015)
- “Dime Store Cowgirl” – Pageant Material (2015)
- “Dinner with Friends” – Deeper Well (2024)
- “Don’t Do Me Good” – Weird Faith (2024); Madi Diaz featuring Kacey Musgraves
- “Do You Love Texas?” – non-album single (2017); Shooter Jennings featuring Kacey Musgraves and other artists
- “Drive Away” – Eternal Reach (2018); The Brummies featuring Kacey Musgraves
- “Dry Spell” – Middle of Nowhere (2026)
- “Easier Said” – Star-Crossed (2021)
- “Easy” – non-album single (2020); Troye Sivan and Kacey Musgraves featuring Mark Ronson
- “Everybody Wants to Be a Cowboy” – Middle of Nowhere (2026); featuring Billy Strings
F–J
- “Family Is Family” – Pageant Material (2015)
- “Feliz Navidad” – A Very Kacey Christmas (2016)
- “Fine” – Pageant Material (2015)
- “Fix You” – non-album promotional single (2021); Coldplay cover
- “Flower Child” – Deeper Well (2024)
- “Flowers of Neptune 6” – American Head (2020); The Flaming Lips featuring Kacey Musgraves
- “Follow Your Arrow” – Same Trailer Different Park (2013)
- “Forever Country” – non-album single (2016); with Artists of Then, Now & Forever
- “Giver / Taker” – Deeper Well (2024)
- “Glittery” – The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show (2019); featuring Troye Sivan
- “God and the Policeman” – American Head (2020); The Flaming Lips featuring Kacey Musgraves
- “Golden Hour” – Golden Hour (2018)
- “Good Ol’ Boys Club” – Pageant Material (2015)
- “Good Wife” – Star-Crossed (2021)
- “Gracias a la Vida” – Star-Crossed (2021)
- “Guess You Had to Be There” – No Pier Pressure (2015); Brian Wilson featuring Kacey Musgraves
- “Hands” – non-album single (2016); with various artists
- “Happy & Sad” – Golden Hour (2018)
- “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” – A Very Kacey Christmas (2016)
- “Heartache Song” – Frog Trouble (2013)
- “Heart of the Woods” – Deeper Well (2024)
- “Heaven Is” – Deeper Well (2024)
- “Hell on Me” – Middle of Nowhere (2026)
- “High Horse” – Golden Hour (2018)
- “High Time” – Pageant Material (2015)
- “Hookup Scene” – Star-Crossed (2021)
- “Horses and Divorces” – Middle of Nowhere (2026); featuring Miranda Lambert
- “I Believe in Ghosts” – Middle of Nowhere (2026)
- “If the World Burns Down” – Nobody Wants This Season 2: The Soundtrack (2025)
- “If This Was a Movie…” – Star-Crossed (2021)
- “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” – The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show (2019); featuring Lana Del Rey
- “I Miss You” – Same Trailer Different Park (2013)
- “I Remember Everything” – Zach Bryan (2023); Zach Bryan featuring Kacey Musgraves
- “Irish Goodbye” – Deeper Well (2024)
- “It Is What It Is” – Same Trailer Different Park (2013)
- “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” – A Very Kacey Christmas (2016)
- “Jade Green” – Deeper Well (2024)
- “Justified” – Star-Crossed (2021)
K–O
- “Kansas City Star” – King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller (2018)
- “Keep It to Yourself” – Same Trailer Different Park (2013)
- “Keep Lookin’ Up” – Star-Crossed (2021)
- “Late to the Party” – Pageant Material (2015)
- “Let It Snow” – A Very Kacey Christmas (2016)
- “Little Sister” – Deeper Well (2024)
- “Loneliest Girl” – Middle of Nowhere (2026)
- “Lonely Millionaire” – Deeper Well (2024)
- “Lonely Weekend” – Golden Hour (2018)
- “Lost Highway” – non-album single (2025)
- “Lost in Translation” – non-album single (2025); with CarÃn León
- “Love Is a Liar” – The Best of Me: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2014)
- “Love Is a Wild Thing” – Golden Hour (2018)
- “Love’s Gonna Live Here” – Cayamo Sessions at Sea (2016); with Buddy Miller
- “Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)” – Outlaw: Celebrating the Music of Waylon Jennings (2017); with Willie Nelson
- “Mele Kalikimaka” – A Very Kacey Christmas (2016)
- “Mental Cruelty” – For Better, or Worse (2016); with John Prine
- “Merry Go ‘Round” – Same Trailer Different Park (2013)
- “Mexico Honey” – Middle of Nowhere (2026)
- “Middle of Nowhere” – Middle of Nowhere (2026)
- “Miserable” – Pageant Material (2015)
- “Moonshine” – Live by Night (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2016); with Foy Vance
- “Mother” – Golden Hour (2018)
- “Moving Out” – Deeper Well (2024)
- “My House” – Same Trailer Different Park (2013)
- “Neon Moon” – Reboot (2019); with Brooks & Dunn
- “No Getting Over Me” – The Duets (2019); with Ronnie Milsap
- “Nothing to Be Scared Of” – Deeper Well (2024)
- “(Not So) Silent Night” – The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show (2019); featuring Fred Armisen
- “Oh, Tonight” – She’s Like Texas (2011); Josh Abbott Band featuring Kacey Musgraves
- “Oh, What a World” – Golden Hour (2018)
- “Oh, What a World 2.0” – non-album single (2020)
- “Overtime” – Love Hate Music Box (2024); Rainbow Kitten Surprise featuring Kacey Musgraves
P–T
- “Pageant Material” – Pageant Material (2015)
- “Perfection” – Deeper Well (2024); featuring Tiny Habits
- “Pictures” – Pep Talks (2019); Judah & the Lion featuring Kacey Musgraves
- “Present Without a Bow” – A Very Kacey Christmas (2016); featuring Leon Bridges
- “Rainbow” – Golden Hour (2018)
- “Rhinestoned” – Middle of Nowhere (2026)
- “Ribbons and Bows” – A Very Kacey Christmas (2016)
- “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” – The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show (2019); featuring Camila Cabello
- “Roy Rogers” – Restoration: Reimagining the Songs of Elton John and Bernie Taupin (2018)
- “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” – A Very Kacey Christmas (2016)
- “Ruthless” – Deeper Well (2024)
- “See You Again” – Stars of Montana (2008)
- “She Calls Me Back” – Stick Season (Forever) (2023); Noah Kahan with Kacey Musgraves
- “Silver Lining” – Same Trailer Different Park (2013)
- “Simple Times” – Star-Crossed (2021)
- “Sitting in the Corner” – Fantasy Gateway (2022); Cuco featuring Kacey Musgraves and Adriel Favela
- “Slow Burn” – Golden Hour (2018)
- “Somebody to Love” – Pageant Material (2015)
- “Space Cowboy” – Golden Hour (2018)
- “Star-Crossed” – Star-Crossed (2021)
- “Step Off” – Same Trailer Different Park (2013)
- “Stupid” – Same Trailer Different Park (2013)
- “Superbloom” – Deeper Well (2024); featuring Leon Bridges
- “Sway” – Deeper Well (2024)
- “There Is a Light” – Star-Crossed (2021)
- “This Town” – Pageant Material (2015)
- “Three Little Birds” – Bob Marley: One Love (Music Inspired by the Film) (2024)
- “To June This Morning” – Forever Words (2018); with Ruston Kelly
- “Too Good to Be True” – Deeper Well (2024)
- “The Trailer Song” – non-album promotional single (2014)
U–Z
- “Uncertain, TX” – Middle of Nowhere (2026); featuring Willie Nelson
- “Velvet Elvis” – Golden Hour (2018)
- “Waves (Remix)” – Wildheart (2016); Miguel featuring Kacey Musgraves
- “What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?” – A Very Kacey Christmas (2016)
- “What Doesn’t Kill Me” – Star-Crossed (2021)
- “Wonder Woman” – Golden Hour (2018)
- “The Wurlitzer Prize” – Outlaw: Celebrating the Music of Waylon Jennings (2017)
- “You Win Again” – Nashville Star (2007)
Kacey Musgraves Studio and Holiday Albums
Same Trailer Different Park (2013)
Pageant Material (2015)
A Very Kacey Christmas (2016)
Golden Hour (2018)
Star-Crossed (2021)
Deeper Well (2024)
Middle of Nowhere (2026)
Selected Kacey Musgraves Soundtrack and Expanded Releases
The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show (2019)
Deeper Well: Deeper into the Well (2024)
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