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EVENTS

TOP HITS OF THE YEAR

Number one hits

''(as certified by Billboard Magazine )''

January 14 - "Not a Moment Too Soon" - Tim McGraw

January 28 - "Gone Country" - Alan Jackson

February 4 - "Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)" - Pam Tillis

February 18 - "My Kind of Girl" - Collin Raye

February 25 - "Old Enough to Know Better" - Wade Hayes

March 11 - "You Can't Make a Heart Love Somebody" - George Strait

March 18 - "This Woman and This Man" - Clay Walker

April 1 - "Thinkin' About You" - Trisha Yearwood

April 15 - "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" - Reba McEntire

April 22 - "I Can Love You Like That" - John Michael Montgomery

April 29 - "Little Miss Honky Tonk" - Brooks & Dunn

John Michael Montgomery

May 20 - "Gonna Get a Life" - Mark Chesnutt

May 27 - "What Mattered Most" - Ty Herndon

June 3 - "Summer's Comin'" - Clint Black

June 24 - "Texas Tornado" - Tracy Lawrence

July 1 - "Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)" - John Michael Montgomery

July 22 - " Any Man Of Mine " - Shania Twain

August 5 - "I Don't Even Know Your Name" - Alan Jackson

August 12 - "I Didn't Know My Own Strength" - Lorrie Morgan

August 19 - "You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone" - Brooks & Dunn

September 2 - "Not on Your Love" - Jeff Carson

September 9 - "Someone Else's Star" - Bryan White

September 16 - "I Like It, I Love It" - Tim McGraw

October 21 - "She's Every Woman" - Garth Brooks

October 28 - "Dust on the Bottle" - David Lee Murphy

November 11 - "Check Yes or No" - George Strait

December 9 - "Tall, Tall Trees" - Alan Jackson

December 23 - "That's as Close as I'll Get to Loving You" - Aaron Tippin

Other major hits

TOP NEW ALBUM RELEASES

''All I Want'' – Tim McGraw (Curb)

''Fresh Horses'' – Garth Brooks (Capitol)

''The Greatest Hits Collection'' – Alan Jackson (Arista)

''In Pictures'' – Alabama (RCA)

''It Matters to Me'' – Faith Hill (Warner Bros.)

''Starting Over'' – Reba McEntire (MCA)

''The Woman in Me'' – Shania Twain (Mercury/Polygram)

DEATHS

COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

Roger Miller ( 1936 – 1992 )

Jo Walker-Meador (born 1924 )

MAJOR AWARDS

Grammy awards

Academy of Country Music

Entertainer Of The Year -- Brooks & Dunn

Song Of The Year -- "The Keeper of the Stars" - Tracy Byrd - Dickey Lee, Karen Staley, Danny Mayo

Single Of The Year -- "Check Yes Or No" - George Strait

Album Of The Year -- The Woman In Me - Shania Twain

Top Male Vocalist -- Alan Jackson

Top Female Vocalist -- Patty Loveless

Top Vocal Duo -- Brooks & Dunn

Top Vocal Group -- The Mavericks

Top New Male Vocalist -- Bryan White

Top New Female Vocalist -- Shania Twain

Top New Vocal Duo Or Group -- Lonestar

Video Of The Year -- "The Car" - )

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