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'' 1992 In Country Music '', '' 1993 In Music '', '' Other Events Of 1993 '', '' 1994 In Country Music '', '' 1990s In Music '' and the '' List Of Years In Country Music ''

EVENTS

TOP HITS OF THE YEAR

Number one hits

''(as certified by Billboard Magazine )''

January 16 - "Somewhere Other Than the Night" - Garth Brooks

January 23 - "Look Heart, No Hands" - Randy Travis

February 6 - "Too Busy Being in Love" - Doug Stone

February 13 - "Can I Trust You With My Heart" - Travis Tritt

February 27 - "What Part of No" - Lorrie Morgan

March 20 - "Heartland" - George Strait

March 27 - "When My Ship Comes In" - Clint Black

April 10 - "The Heart Won't Lie" - Reba McEntire and Vince Gill

April 24 - "She Don't Know She's Beautiful" - Sammy Kershaw

May 1 - "Alibis" - Tracy Lawrence

May 15 - "I Love the Way You Love Me" - John Michael Montgomery

June 5 - "Should've Been a Cowboy" - Toby Keith

June 19 - "Blame It on Your Heart" - Patty Loveless

July 3 - "That Summer" - Garth Brooks

July 10 - "Money in the Bank" - John Anderson

July 17 - "Chattahoochee" - Alan Jackson

August 14 - "It Sure is Monday" - Mark Chesnutt

August 21 - "Why Didn't I Think of That" - Doug Stone

August 28 - "Can't Break It to My Heart" - Tracy Lawrence

September 4 - "Thank God For You" - Sawyer Brown

September 18 - "Ain't Going Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)" - Garth Brooks

September 25 - "Holdin' Heaven" - Tracy Byrd

October 9 - "One More Last Chance" - Vince Gill

October 16 - "What's It to You" - Clay Walker

October 23 - "Easy Come, Easy Go" - George Strait

November 6 - "Does He Love You" - Reba McEntire and Linda Davis

November 13 - "She Used to Be Mine" - Brooks & Dunn

November 20 - "Almost Goodbye" - Mark Chesnutt

November 27 - "Reckless" - Alabama

December 4 - "American Honky-Tonk Bar Association" - Garth Brooks

December 11 - "My Second Home" - Tracy Lawrence

December 18 - "I Don't Call Him Daddy" - Doug Supernaw

Other major hits

TOP NEW ALBUM RELEASES

''Almost Goodbye'' – Mark Chesnutt (MCA)

''Close to the Edge'' – Diamond Rio (Arista)

''Greatest Hits Vol. 2'' – Reba McEntire (MCA)

''Hard Working Man'' – Brooks & Dunn (Arista)

''In Pieces'' – Garth Brooks (Capitol)

''No Ordinary Man'' – Tracy Byrd (MCA)

''No Time to Kill'' – Clint Black (RCA)

''Shania Twain'' – Shania Twain (Mercury/Polygram)

''Tell Me Why'' - Wynonna (MCA)

''True Believer'' – Ronnie Milsap (Liberty)

Christmas albums

''Let There Be Peace on Earth'' – Vince Gill (MCA)

DEATHS

June 5 – Conway Twitty , 59, giant music star since the 1950s who set records for most No. 1 country hits (abdominal Aneurysm ).

November 30 – David Houston , 54, top country singer of the 1960s and early 1970s, best known for "Almost Persuaded" (brain Aneurysm ).

COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

Willie Nelson (born 1933 )

MAJOR AWARDS

Grammy awards

Academy of Country Music

Entertainer Of The Year -- Garth Brooks

Song Of The Year -- "I Love The Way You Love Me" - John Michael Montgomery - Victoria Shaw, Chuck Cannon

Single Of The Year -- "Chattahoochee" - Alan Jackson

Album Of The Year -- A Lot About Livin' - Alan Jackson

Top Male Vocalist -- Vince Gill

Top Female Vocalist -- Wynonna

Top Vocal Duo -- Brooks & Dunn

Top Vocal Group -- Little Texas

Top New Male Vocalist -- John Michael Montgomery

Top New Female Vocalist -- Faith Hill

Top New Vocal Duo Or Group -- The Gibson/Miller Band

Video Of The Year -- "We Shall Be Free" - Garth Brooks

Country Music Association

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.

OTHER LINKS

Country Music Association

Inductees Of The Country Music Hall Of Fame

EXTERNAL LINKS

Country Music Hall of Fame