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EVENTS

TOP HITS OF THE YEAR

Number one hits

''(as certified by Billboard Magazine )''

January 6 - "Rebecca Lynn" - Bryan White

January 13 - "It Matters to Me" - Faith Hill

February 3 - " (If You're Not In It For Love) I'm Outta Here! " - Shania Twain

February 17 - "Bigger Than the Beatles" - Joe Diffie

March 2 - "Wild Angels" - Martina McBride

March 9 - "I'll Try" - Alan Jackson

March 16 - "The Beaches of Cheyenne" - Garth Brooks

March 23 - "You Can Feel Bad" - Patty Loveless

April 6 - "To Be Loved By You" - Wynonna

April 13 - "No News" - Lonestar

May 4 - " You Win My Love " - Shania Twain

May 18 - "My Maria" - Brooks & Dunn

June 8 - "Blue Clear Sky" - George Strait

June 22 - "Time Marches On" - Tracy Lawrence

July 13 - " No One Needs To Know " - Shania Twain

July 20 - "Daddy's Money" - Ricochet

August 3 - "Don't Get Me Started" - Rhett Akins

August 10 - "Carried Away" - George Strait

August 31 - "She Never Lets it Go to Her Heart" - Tim McGraw

September 14 - "Guys Do It All the Time" - Mindy McCready

September 21 - "So Much For Pretending" - Bryan White

October 5 - "Living in a Moment" - Ty Herndon

October 12 - "Believe Me Baby (I Lied)" - Trisha Yearwood

October 26 - "Like the Rain" - Clint Black

November 16 - "Lonely Too Long" - Patty Loveless

November 23 - "Strawberry Wine" - Deana Carter

December 7 - "Little Bitty" - Alan Jackson

December 28 - "One Way Ticket (Because I Can)" - LeAnn Rimes

Other major hits

"All I Want is a Life" - Tim McGraw

"All You Ever Do is Bring Me Down" - The Mavericks

"Blue" - LeAnn Rimes

"Born in the Dark" - Doug Stone

"The Change" - Garth Brooks

"Change My Mind" - John Berry

"Cowboy Love" - John Michael Montgomery

"Deep Down" - Pam Tillis

"Does That Blue Moon Ever Shine on You" - Toby Keith

"Every Light in the House" - Trace Adkins

"Every Time I Get Around You" - David Lee Murphy

"The Fear of Being Alone" - Reba McEntire

"Giving Water to a Drowing Man" - Lee Roy Parnell

"Goodnight Sweetheart" – David Kersh

" God Bless The Child " - Shania Twain

"Heads Carolina, Tails California" - Jo Dee Messina

"Heart's Desire" - Lee Roy Parnell

"Heaven Help My Heart" - Wynonna

"Holding On to Something" - Jeff Carson

"Home" - Alan Jackson

" Home Ain't Where His Heart Is (Anymore) " - Shania Twain

"Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best" - Marty Stuart and Travis Tritt

"Hypnotize the Moon" - Clay Walker

"I Am That Man" - Brooks & Dunn

"I Can Still Make Cheyenne" - George Strait

"I Do" - Paul Brandt

"I Don't Think I Will" - James Bonamy

"I Know She Still Loves Me" - George Strait

"I Think About You" - Collin Raye

"I'm Not Supposed to Love You Anymore" - Bryan White

"I've Been Everywhere" – Johnny Cash

"If I Were You" - Terri Clark

"If You Loved Me" - Tracy Lawrence

"It Wouldn't Hurt to Have Wings" - Mark Chesnutt

"It's All in Your Head" - Diamond Rio

"It's Midnight Cinderella" - Garth Brooks

"It's What I Do" - Billy Dean

"Jacob's Ladder" - Mark Wills

"Learning as You Go" - Rick Trevino

"Like There Ain't No Yesterday" - Blackhawk

"Long as I Live" - John Michael Montgomery

"Love is Stronger Than Pride" - Ricochet

"Love Remains" - Collin Raye

"The Maker Said Take Her" - Alabama

"Mama Don't Get Dressed Up For Nothin'" - Brooks & Dunn

"Me and You" - Kenny Chesney

"Meant to Be" - Sammy Kershaw

"More Than You'll Ever Know" - Travis Tritt

"My Heart Has a History" - Paul Brandt

"Not Enough Hours in the Night" - Doug Supernaw

"Not That Different" - Collin Raye

"On a Good Night" - Wade Hayes

"Only on Days That End in Y" - Clay Walker

"Poor, Poor Pittiful Me" - Terri Clark

"Ring on Her Finger (Time on Her Hands)" - Reba McEntire

"Running Away With My Heart" - Lonestar

"The River and the Highway" - Pam Tillis

"The Road You Leave Behind" - David Lee Murphy

"Someone Else's Dream" - Faith Hill

"Stars Over Texas" - Tracy Lawrence

"Starting Over Again" - Reba McEntire

"Ten Thousand Angels" - Mindy McCready

"That Girl's Been Spying on Me" - Billy Dean

"That Ol' Wind" - Garth Brooks

"That's What I Get For Lovin' You" - Diamond Rio

"Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" - Neal McCoy

"There's a Girl in Texas" - Trace Adkins

"Too Much Fun" - Daryle Singletary

"Treat Her Right" - Sawyer Brown

"Vidalia" - Sammy Kershaw

"Walkin' Away" - Diamond Rio

"What Do I Know" - Ricochet

"What I Meant to Say" - Wade Hayes

"When Boy Meets Girl" - Terri Clark

"A Woman's Touch" - Toby Keith

"Worlds Apart" - Vince Gill

"You Can't Lose Me" - Faith Hill

"You Gotta Love That" - Neal McCoy

"You're Not in Kansas Anymore" - Jo Dee Messina

TOP NEW ALBUM RELEASES

''IV'' - Diamond Rio (Arista Nashville)

''Blue'' - LeAnn Rimes (Curb)

''Blue Clear Sky'' – George Strait (MCA Nashville)

''Blue Moon'' - Toby Keith (Mercury Nashville)

''Borderline'' – Brooks & Dunn (Arista Nashville)

''Calm Before The Storm'' – Paul Brandt (Reprise)

''Dreaming Out Loud'' - Trace Adkins (Capitol Nashville)

''Did I Shave My Legs for This'' – Deana Carter (Capitol Nashville)

''Everything I Love'' - Alan Jackson (Arista Nashville)

''High Lonesome Sound'' – Vince Gill (MCA Nashville)

''It's What I Do'' - Billy Dean (Capitol Nashville/SBK)

''Jo Dee Messina'' - Jo Dee Messina (Curb)

''Just the Same'' - Terri Clark (Mercury Nashville)

''Politics, Religion and Her'' - Sammy Kershaw (Mercury Nashville)

''Revelations'' - Wynonna Judd (Curb)

''The Restless Kind'' - Travis Tritt (Warner Bros.)

''Ten Thousand Angels'' - Mindy McCready (BNA)

''Time Marches On'' - Tracy Lawrence (Atlantic)

''Treasures'' – Dolly Parton (Rising Tide/Blue Eye)

''The Trouble With the Truth'' - Patty Loveless (Epic/Sony)

''Unchained'' – Johnny Cash (American)

''What I Do Best'' - John Michael Montgomery (Atlantic)

''What If It's You'' - Reba McEntire (MCA Nashville)

DEATHS

March 4 – Minnie Pearl , 83, legendary comedienne known for her trademark greeting, "How-dee!" and her straw hat with price tag; a regular on '' Hee Haw '' (stroke).

May 3 – Patsy Montana , 87, first female country singer to have a major solo country hit ("I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart").

COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

Patsy Montana ( 1908 - 1996 )

Buck Owens (born 1929 )

Ray Price (born 1925 )

MAJOR AWARDS

Grammy awards

Academy of Country Music

Entertainer Of The Year -- Brooks & Dunn

Song Of The Year -- "Blue" - LeAnn Rimes - Bill Mack

Single Of The Year -- "Blue" - LeAnn Rimes

Album Of The Year -- Blue Clear Sky - George Strait

Top Male Vocalist -- George Strait

Top Female Vocalist -- Patty Loveless

Top Vocal Duo -- Brooks & Dunn

Top Vocal Group -- Sawyer Brown

Top New Male Vocalist -- Trace Adkins

Top New Female Vocalist -- LeAnn Rimes

Top New Vocal Duo Or Group -- Ricochet (Band)

Video Of The Year -- "I Think About You" -- )

Country Music Association

Entertainer of the Year -- Brooks & Dunn

Male Vocalist of the Year -- George Strait

Female Vocalist of the Year -- Patty Loveless

Vocal Group of the Year -- The Mavericks

Vocal Duo of the Year -- Brooks & Dunn

Horizon Award -- Bryan White

Musician of the Year -- Mark O'Connor

Vocal Event of the Year -- "I Will Always Love You," Dolly Parton and Vince Gill

Single of the Year -- "Check Yes or No," George Strait

Song of the Year -- "Go Rest High on That Mountain," Vince Gill

Album of the Year -- ''Blue Clear Sky'', George Strait

Music Video of the Year -- "My Wife Thinks You're Dead," )

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