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EVENTS

TOP HITS OF THE YEAR

Number one hits

''(As certified by Billboard Magazine )''

February 5 - "Cowboy Take Me Away" - Dixie Chicks

February 26 - "My Best Friend" - Tim McGraw

March 11 - "Smile" - Lonestar

March 18 - "How Do You Like Me Now?!" - Toby Keith

April 22 - "The Best Day" - George Strait

May 13 - "Buy Me a Rose" - Kenny Rogers

May 20 - "The Way You Love Me" - Faith Hill

June 17 - "Yes!" - Chad Brock

July 8 - "I Hope You Dance" - Lee Ann Womack (featuring Sons Of The Desert )

August 12 - "What About Now" - Lonestar

September 9 - "It Must Be Love" - Alan Jackson

September 16 - "That's the Way" - Jo Dee Messina

October 14 - "Kiss This" - Aaron Tippin

October 28 - "The Little Girl" - John Michael Montgomery

November 18 - "Best of Intentions" - Travis Tritt

November 25 - "Just Another Day in Paradise" - Phil Vassar

December 2 - "We Danced" - Brad Paisley

December 16 - "My Next Thirty Years" - Tim McGraw

Other major hits

TOP NEW ALBUM RELEASES

BIRTHS

DEATHS

March 7 - Pee Wee King , 86, singer-songwriter (heart attack)

April 21 - Neal Matthews, Jr. , 70, member of The Jordanaires (heart attack)

COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

Charley Pride (born 1938 )

Faron Young ( 1932 – 1996 )

MAJOR AWARDS

Grammy awards

Academy of Country Music

Entertainer Of The Year -- Dixie Chicks

Song Of The Year -- "I Hope You Dance" - Lee Ann Womack - Mark D. Sanders, Tia Sellers

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

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