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Contents 1 Events 2 Top hits of the year 2.1 Number one hits 2.1.1 United States 2.1.2 Canada 2.2 Other major hits 2.2.1 Singles released by American artists 2.2.2 Singles released by Canadian artists 3 Top new album releases 3.1 Other top albums 4 Deaths 5 Hall of Fame inductees 5.1 Country Music Hall of Fame inductees 5.2 Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees 6 Major awards 6.1 Grammy Awards 6.2 Juno Awards 6.3 Academy of Country Music 6.4 Canadian Country Music Association 6.5 Country Music Association 7 Further reading 8 Other links 9 External links

[edit] Events

• March 4 — "Amazed" by Lonestar becomes the first country song to have topped both the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks and the Billboard Hot 100 chart since the Kenny Rogers-Dolly Parton duet, "Islands In The Stream" in October 1983. The country-leaning "Amazed" — which had a brief run in the Hot 100 during the summer of 1999 — had been remixed for Top 40 radio, launching it to its run of pop-radio success.
• March 10 — Vince Gill and Christian singer Amy Grant are married.

[edit] Top hits of the year

[edit] Number one hits

[edit] United States

(As certified by Billboard)

Date	Single Name	Artist	Wks. No.1	CAN peak	Spec. Note
February 5	Cowboy Take Me Away	Dixie Chicks	3
February 26	My Best Friend	Tim McGraw	2	4
March 11	Smile	Lonestar	1
March 18	How Do You Like Me Now?!	Toby Keith	5		[1] Keith's first Billboard Number One since "Me Too" in 1997. First Number One for the DreamWorks Nashville label.
April 22	The Best Day	George Strait	3	7
May 13	Buy Me a Rose	Kenny Rogers (featuring Billy Dean and Alison Krauss)	1	9	[B] - Kenny Rogers [C] - Billy Dean [C] - Alison Krauss With this song, Rogers (age 61 at the time) became the oldest country singer to have a Number One hit, breaking a record set by Hank Snow in 1974. Rogers' first Billboard Number One since "Make No Mistake, She's Mine" (a duet with Ronnie Milsap) in 1987.
May 20	The Way You Love Me	Faith Hill	4
June 17	Yes!	Chad Brock	3		[C]
July 8	I Hope You Dance	Lee Ann Womack with Sons of the Desert	5		[C] - Lee Ann Womack [C] - Sons of the Desert Also reached Number One on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts.
August 12	What About Now	Lonestar	4
September 9	It Must Be Love	Alan Jackson	1	4	Cover of the 1979 Don Williams song, which also was a #1.
September 16	That's the Way	Jo Dee Messina	4
October 14	Kiss This	Aaron Tippin	2	3	[B] Co-written by Tippin's wife, Thea. Tippin's first Billboard Number One since "That's as Close as I'll Get to Loving You" in 1995. First Number One for the Lyric Street Records label.
October 28	The Little Girl	John Michael Montgomery	3		[B] Montgomery's first Billboard Number One since "Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)" in 1995.
November 18	Best of Intentions	Travis Tritt	1	?	[B] Tritt's first Billboard Number One since "Foolish Pride" in July 1994.
November 25	Just Another Day in Paradise	Phil Vassar	1	?	[A]
December 2	We Danced	Brad Paisley	2	?
December 16	My Next Thirty Years	Tim McGraw	5	?	Written by Phil Vassar

[edit] Canada

(As certified by RPM). Note: RPM ceased publication in November 2000.

Date	Single Name	Artist	Wks. No.1	U.S. Peak	Spec. Note
January 10	Breathe	Faith Hill	4		[2] Also spent one week at #1 in December 1999. Fell to #2 on January 17, and reclaimed #1 from February 14 to February 21.
January 17	Cowboy Take Me Away	Dixie Chicks	2
January 31	Smile	Lonestar	2
February 28	Back at One	Mark Wills	2	2	Cover of the Brian McKnight song.
March 13	How Do You Like Me Now?!	Toby Keith	2
March 27	Been There	Clint Black with Steve Wariner	4	5	[2] [B] - Clint Black [B] - Steve Wariner Fell to #2 on April 10 and reclaimed #1 from May 1 to May 8.
April 10	Carlene	Phil Vassar	3	5	[A]
May 15	The Way You Love Me	Faith Hill	2
May 29	Couldn't Last a Moment	Collin Raye	2	3	[B]
June 12	Yes!	Chad Brock	1		[C]
June 19	I Hope You Dance	Lee Ann Womack with Sons of the Desert	3		[C] - Lee Ann Womack [C] - Sons of the Desert
July 10	Some Things Never Change	Tim McGraw	2	7
July 24	What About Now	Lonestar	5		[2] Fell to #2 on August 21 and reclaimed #1 on September 18.
August 21	That's the Way	Jo Dee Messina	7		[2] Fell to #2 on September 18.
October 16	Go On	George Strait	2	2
October 30	The Little Girl	John Michael Montgomery	2		[B]

[edit] Other major hits

[edit] Singles released by American artists

US	CAN	Single	Artist	Notes
19	38	Almost Doesn't Count	Mark Wills	Cover of Brandy's 1998 pop single.
15	23	Another Nine Minutes	Yankee Grey
8	11	Because You Love Me	Jo Dee Messina
19	12	Beer Thirty	Brooks & Dunn
6	3	Big Deal	LeAnn Rimes
3	6	The Chain of Love	Clay Walker
10	7	Cold Day in July	Dixie Chicks	Previously a #71 single in 1993 for Joy Lynn White.
4	3	Country Comes to Town	Toby Keith
17	19	Daddy Won't Sell the Farm	Montgomery Gentry
13	18	Do What You Gotta Do	Garth Brooks
6	13	Feels Like Love	Vince Gill
6	3	Flowers on the Wall	Eric Heatherly	Cover of The Statler Brothers' 1965 single.
13	5	Goodbye Earl	Dixie Chicks
3	?	I Lost It	Kenny Chesney	Co-written by Jimmy Olander of Diamond Rio. Features uncredited background vocals from Pam Tillis.
8	20	I Need You	LeAnn Rimes
2	3	I Will… But	SHeDAISY
4	4	I'll Be	Reba McEntire
11	52	It Was	Chely Wright
18	25	It's a Love Thing	keith urban
5	11	It's Always Somethin'	Joe Diffie
22	10	Katie Wants a Fast One	Steve Wariner with Garth Brooks
3	3	Lessons Learned	Tracy Lawrence	Lawrence's first Top 40 country hit since "The Coast Is Clear" in late 1997.
6	5	Let's Make Love	Faith Hill with Tim McGraw
20	25	Let's Make Sure We Kiss Goodbye	Vince Gill
18	24	Lonely	Tracy Lawrence
3	2	Love's the Only House	Martina McBride
18	21	Me Neither	Brad Paisley
18	?	Meanwhile Back at the Ranch	The Clark Family Experience
10	4	More	Trace Adkins	Co-written by Del Gray of Little Texas
15	?	My Love Goes On and On	Chris Cagle
20	23	One Voice	Billy Gilman	This song made Gilman, who was 12 at the time of its release, the youngest male artist to chart a Top 40 country hit.
3	4	Prayin' for Daylight	Rascal Flatts
11	25	Put Your Hand in Mine	Tracy Byrd	Co-written by Jimmy Wayne, who had not yet begun his recording career.
16	20	Real Live Woman	Trisha Yearwood
11	20	She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy	Kenny Chesney
2	2	She's More	Andy Griggs
12	5	Smoke Rings in the Dark	Gary Allan
26	16	Stuck in Love	The Judds
13	?	That's the Kind of Mood I'm In	Patty Loveless
10	?	There You Are	Martina McBride
9	18	This Woman Needs	SHeDAISY
3	9	Unconditional	Clay Davidson
20	?	We're So Good Together	Reba McEntire
3	5	What Do You Say	Reba McEntire
8	13	What I Need to Do	Kenny Chesney
15	30	When You Need My Love	Darryl Worley
6	?	www.memory	Alan Jackson
17	?	You Won't Be Lonely Now	Billy Ray Cyrus
5	7	You'll Always Be Loved By Me	Brooks & Dunn
4	20	Your Everything	keith urban

[edit] Singles released by Canadian artists

US	CAN	Single	Artist
	8	Angeline	Sean Hogan
	4	Black Is Black	Amanda Stott
	19	Dream Vacation	Sean Hogan
	5	Forever Loving You	Julian Austin
	?	Georgia	Carolyn Dawn Johnson
	2	Horseshoes	Adam Gregory
	10	I Surrender	Michelle Wright
	14	I Will Be Loving You	Tara Lyn Hart
17	4	I'm Holdin' On to Love (To Save My Life)	Shania Twain
	10	I'm Missin' You	Shirley Myers
	11	In the Middle of Something	Diane Chase
34	11	Jimmy's Got a Girlfriend	The Wilkinsons
	3	Kind of Like It's Love	Jason McCoy
	5	Kiss 'Em All	Lace
13	9	A Little Gasoline	Terri Clark
	16	Long Gone and Forgotten	John Landry
	14	More Where That Came From	Rick Tippe
	7	No One Hurts Me More Than Me	Chris Cummings
	7	One Beat at a Time	Jim Witter
	4	Only Know I Do	Adam Gregory
	8	Right Here Right Now	Charlie Major with Joy Lynn White
30	3	Rock This Country!	Shania Twain
	14	Same Things	The Poverty Plainsmen
	6	Save Me	Tara Lyn Hart
49	10	Shame on Me	The Wilkinsons
	12	Somebody to Love	Amanda Stott
	16	Sunny Day in the Park	Jamie Warren
	7	The Sycamore Tree	Paul Brandt
	4	Take the Money and Run	Julian Austin
	4	That'll Teach Her	Chris Cummings
	7	Tough as a Pickup Truck	Jim Witter
	15	True Love (Never Goes Out of Style)	Lace
	7	Walkin' in the Sunshine	Farmer's Daughter
	19	Walking Away with You	Diane Chase
	19	What My Heart Don't Know	Colin Amey
	5	When I Found You	Michelle Wright
	16	When You Say Jump	Rick Tippe
	11	You and Only You	Farmer's Daughter
	10	You Better Be Sure	Shirley Myers

[edit] Top new album releases

US	CAN	Album	Artist	Record Label
	10	Back in Your Life	Julian Austin	ViK.
7		Blue Moon	Steve Holy	Curb
6		Born to Fly	Sara Evans	RCA Nashville
2	4	Brand New Me	John Michael Montgomery	Warner Bros.
10		Brand New Year	SHeDAISY	Lyric Street
1	1	Burn	Jo Dee Messina	Curb
4		Classic Christmas	Billy Gilman	Epic
1	1	Coyote Ugly Soundtrack	Various Artists	Curb
	5	The Days in Between	Blue Rodeo	Warner
8		Down the Road I Go	Travis Tritt	Columbia
24	6	dwightyoakamacoustic.net	Dwight Yoakam	Reprise
19	7	Everlasting Love Songs	Various Artists	UTV
8	4	Fearless	Terri Clark	Mercury Nashville
1	8	George Strait	George Strait	MCA Nashville
1	15	Greatest Hits	Kenny Chesney	BNA
1		Greatest Hits	Tim McGraw	Curb
13	5	Here and Now	The Wilkinsons	Giant
	9	Honky Tonk Sonatas	Jason McCoy	Universal
1	4	I Hope You Dance	Lee Ann Womack	MCA Nashville
1	5	Latest Greatest Straitest Hits	George Strait	MCA Nashville
9	37	Lessons Learned	Tracy Lawrence	Atlantic
4	6	Let's Make Sure We Kiss Goodbye	Vince Gill	MCA Nashville
	9	Milk Cow Blues	Willie Nelson	Island
	2	New Country 7	Various Artists	Warner
5	6	New Day Dawning	Wynonna	Mercury/Curb
1		O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack	Various Artists	Lost Highway
2	6	One Voice	Billy Gilman	Epic
5	16	People Like Us	Aaron Tippin	Lyric Street
3	8	Permanently	Mark Wills	Mercury Nashville
3	14	Rascal Flatts	Rascal Flatts	Lyric Street
4	6	Real Live Woman	Trisha Yearwood	MCA Nashville
5	3	Red Dirt Girl	Emmylou Harris	Nonesuch
17	6	Swimming in Champagne	Eric Heatherly	Mercury Nashville
7		Tomorrow's Sounds Today	Dwight Yoakam	Reprise
9	8	Tracks	Collin Raye	Epic
5	8	Transcendental Blues	Steve Earle	E-Squared
	3	Ultimate Classic Country	Various Artists	Warner
	10	The Way I'm Made	Adam Gregory	Epic
1		When Somebody Loves You	Alan Jackson	Arista Nashville

[edit] Other top albums

US	CAN	Album	Artist	Record Label
28		24-7-365	Neal McCoy	Giant
19		40 #1 Hits	Ronnie Milsap	Virgin Nashville
	18	Amanda Stott	Amanda Stott	Warner
11		American III: Solitary Man	Johnny Cash	Lost Highway
15	30	Big Funny	Jeff Foxworthy	DreamWorks Nashville
42		Big Mon: The Songs of Bill Monroe	Ricky Skaggs	Skaggs Family
45		Buddy & Julie Miller	Buddy & Julie Miller	Hightone
46		Coast to Coast	BR5-49	Arista Nashville
22		A Country Superstar Christmas III	Various Artists	Hip-O
17		Cowboy	Chris LeDoux	Capitol Nashville
19		The Elvis Presley Collection – Country	Elvis Presley	RCA
31		Faith in You	Steve Wariner	Capitol Nashville
36		The Fun of Your Love	Jennifer Day	BNA
	27	Furnace Room Lullaby	Neko Case	Mint
26		Greatest Fits: The Best of How Big a Boy Are Ya?	Roy D. Mercer	Virgin Nashville
18	18	Greatest Hits	BlackHawk	Arista Nashville
25		Greatest Hits	Bryan White	Asylum
43		Greatest Hits	John Berry	Capitol Nashville
	12	Greatest Hits/Souvenirs	Stompin' Tom Connors	EMI
42		Guitar Genius/Relaxin' with Chet/Nashville Gold	Chet Atkins	RCA Nashville
33		Hard Rain Don't Last	Darryl Worley	DreamWorks Nashville
26		The Hardest Part	Allison Moorer	MCA Nashville
48		Hillbilly Homebody: 27 Comedy Classics	Tim Wilson	Capitol Nashville
35		The Hits Live	Sawyer Brown	Curb
32		How Big a Boy Are Ya? Volume 7	Roy D. Mercer	Virgin Nashville
18		I'm Diggin' It	Alecia Elliott	MCA Nashville
26		If I Could Only Fly	Merle Haggard	Epitaph
18		II	The Kinleys	Epic
35		The Innocent Years	Kathy Mattea	MCA Nashville
34		Inspirational Journey	Randy Travis	Warner Bros.
25		Just Another Day in Parodies	Cledus T. Judd	Monument
17	27	Keith Urban	Keith Urban	Capitol Nashville
34		King of Nothing	The Warren Brothers	BNA
	17	Lonesomeville	Chris Cummings	Warner
43		Love Songs	Collin Raye	Epic
18		Morning Wood	Rodney Carrington	Capitol Nashville
13		Nickel Creek	Nickel Creek	Sugar Hill
14		Now That's Awesome	Bill Engvall	BNA
23		Phil Vassar	Phil Vassar	Arista Nashville
19		Play It Loud	Chris Cagle	Virgin Nashville
16	16	Reunion Live	The Judds	Mercury/Curb
14		Shiver	Jamie O'Neal	Mercury Nashville
37		Still Country	Loretta Lynn	Audium
13	24	Southern Rain	Billy Ray Cyrus	Monument
13		Strong Heart	Patty Loveless	Epic
	15	String of Pearls: A Greatest Hits Collection	Prairie Oyster	ViK.
46		Super Hits	Mindy McCready	BNA
50		Super Hits	Travis Tritt	Warner Bros.
17		There You Go Again	Kenny Rogers	Dreamcatcher
11		This Christmas Time	Lonestar	BNA
38		TJM Prime Country Hits	Various Artists	Foundation
21	21	To Get to You – Greatest Hits Collection	Lorrie Morgan	BNA
49		The Ultimate Collection	Patsy Cline	UTV
17		Ultimate Country Party 2	Various Artists	Arista Nashville
33		Unconditional	Clay Davidson	Virgin Nashville
18	31	Where the Heart Is Soundtrack	Various Artists	BNA
17	21	Yes!	Chad Brock	Warner Bros.

[edit] Deaths

• March 7 — Pee Wee King, 86, singer-songwriter (heart attack)
• March 14 — Tommy Collins, 69, singer and songwriter who helped create the Bakersfield Sound
• April 21 — Neal Matthews, Jr., 70, member of The Jordanaires (heart attack)
• November 5 — Jimmie Davis, 101, the "Singing Governor", two-term governor of Louisiana from 1944-1948 and again from 1960-1964 (natural causes)

[edit] Hall of Fame inductees

[edit] Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

• Charley Pride (born 1938)
• Faron Young (1932-1996)

[edit] Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

• Colleen Peterson
• Leonard Rambeau

[edit] Major awards

[edit] Grammy Awards

• Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "Breathe," Faith Hill
• Best Male Country Vocal Performance — "Solitary Man," Johnny Cash
• Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — "Cherokee Maiden," Asleep at the Wheel
• Best Country Collaboration with Vocals — "Let's Make Love," Faith Hill and Tim McGraw
• Best Country Instrumental Performance — "Leaving Cottondale," Alison Brown and Béla Fleck
• Best Country Song — "I Hope You Dance," Mark D. Sanders and Tia Sillers
• Best Country Album — Breathe, Faith Hill
• Best Bluegrass Album — The Grass Is Blue, Dolly Parton

[edit] Juno Awards

• Best Country Male Artist — Paul Brandt
• Best Country Female Artist — Terri Clark
• Best Country Group or Duo — The Wilkinsons

[edit] Academy of Country Music

• Entertainer of the Year — Dixie Chicks
• Song of the Year — "I Hope You Dance," Mark D. Sanders, Tia Sillers
• Single of the Year — "I Hope You Dance," Lee Ann Womack
• Album of the Year — How Do You Like Me Now?!, Toby Keith
• Top Male Vocalist — Toby Keith
• Top Female Vocalist — Faith Hill
• Top Vocal Duo — Brooks & Dunn
• Top Vocal Group — Dixie Chicks
• Top New Male Vocalist — Keith Urban
• Top New Female Vocalist — Jamie O'Neal
• Top New Vocal Duo or Group — Rascal Flatts
• Video of the Year — "Goodbye Earl," Dixie Chicks (Director: Evan Bernard)
• Vocal Event of the Year — "I Hope You Dance," Lee Ann Womack and Sons Of The Desert

[edit] Canadian Country Music Association

• Chevy Fans' Choice Award — The Wilkinsons
• Male Artist of the Year — Paul Brandt
• Female Artist of the Year — Michelle Wright
• Group or Duo of the Year — The Wilkinsons
• SOCAN Song of the Year — "Daddy Won't Sell the Farm," Steve Fox, Robin Branda
• Single of the Year — "Jimmy's Got a Girlfriend," The Wilkinsons
• Album of the Year — Here and Now, The Wilkinsons
• Top Selling Album — Fly, Dixie Chicks
• Video of the Year — "That's the Truth," Paul Brandt
• FACTOR Rising Star Award — Tara Lyn Hart
• Vocal/Instrumental Collaboration of the Year — "Get Me Through December," Natalie MacMaster and Alison Krauss

[edit] Country Music Association

• Entertainer of the Year — Dixie Chicks
• Song of the Year — "I Hope You Dance," Mark D. Sanders, Tia Sillers
• Single of the Year — "I Hope You Dance," Lee Ann Womack
• Album of the Year — Fly, Dixie Chicks
• Male Vocalist of the Year — Tim McGraw
• Female Vocalist of the Year — Faith Hill
• Vocal Duo of the Year — Brooks & Dunn
• Vocal Group of the Year — Dixie Chicks
• Horizon Award — Brad Paisley
• Music Video of the Year — "Goodbye Earl," Dixie Chicks (Director: Evan Bernard)
• Vocal Event of the Year — "Murder on Music Row," George Strait and Alan Jackson
• Musician of the Year — Hargus "Pig" Robbins

[edit] Further reading

• Kingsbury, Paul, "The Grand Ole Opry: History of Country Music. 70 Years of the Songs, the Stars and the Stories," Villard Books, Random House; Opryland USA, 1995
• Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947-1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003 (ISBN 0-8118-3572-3)
• Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 (ISBN 0-06-273244-7)
• Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs 1944-2005 - 6th Edition." 2005.

[edit] Other links

• Country Music Association
• Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame

[edit] External links

• Country Music Hall of Fame