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PEOPLE’s Sexiest Country Star Alive for 2025 is Riley Green.
The “Worst Way” singer earned the title in our PEOPLE Readers’ Choice poll last month and reacted to the honor at the 2025 CMA Awards at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, Nov. 19.
Upon hearing PEOPLE’s Janine Rubenstein refer to him as the Sexiest Country Star Alive, Green remarked, “I haven’t gotten that introduction yet. It sounds nice when you say it like that.”
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Speaking with PEOPLE’s Alex Ross later in the evening, Green revealed how people in his life reacted to hearing about his title: “I haven’t gotten anything for that yet other than a bunch of texts from my buddies giving me a hard time.”
“It’d be cool to get a trophy,” added the musician, who took home CMA Awards for Single of the Year, Song of the Year and Music Video of the Year for his Ella Langley duet “You Look Like You Love Me” at the ceremony.
Earning the title of Sexiest Country Star Alive may lead some women to shoot their shot for a date with Green, but he admits most romantic prospects don’t want to deal with his busy schedule.
“Any girl that meets me, after about two weeks of seeing how much I’m gone on tour, she’s ready to go the other way, so it’s no big deal,” he said, noting that fending off girls is “not as hard as you think.”
Green’s competition in the PEOPLE Readers’ Choice poll for Sexiest Country Star Alive was Warren Zeiders, Shaboozey and Cody Johnson — but the “Don’t Mind If I Do” artist came out on top.
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In his red carpet interview with PEOPLE at the 2025 CMA Awards, Green spoke about how he’ll spend the holiday season following a jam-packed 2025.
“I’m gonna do as little as possible,” he said. “I’m gonna go home to Alabama, and eat too much, and hang out with the family and get some rest. It’s been a busy year.”
