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EVENTS

TOP HITS OF THE YEAR

Number one hits

''(As certified by Billboard Magazine )''

January 20 - "Born to Fly" - Sara Evans

January 27 - "Without You" - Dixie Chicks

February 3 - "Tell Her" - Lonestar

February 17 - "There is No Arizona" - Jamie O'Neal

February 24 - "But For the Grace of God" - Keith Urban

March 3 - "You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This" - Toby Keith

March 10 - "One More Day" - Diamond Rio

: ''("One More Day" by Diamond Rio returns to No. 1 March 31 )''

April 7 - "Who I Am" - Jessica Andrews

April 28 - "Ain't Nothing 'Bout You" - Brooks & Dunn

June 9 - "Don't Happen Twice" - Kenny Chesney

June 16 - "Grown Men Don't Cry" - Tim McGraw

June 23 - "I'm Already There" - Lonestar

August 4 - "When I Think About Angels" - Jamie O'Neal

August 11 - "Austin" - Blake Shelton

September 15 - "I'm Just Talkin' About Tonight" - Toby Keith

September 22 - "What I Really Meant to Say" - Cyndi Thomson

October 13 - "Where I Come From" - Alan Jackson

October 27 - "Only in America" - Brooks & Dunn

November 10 - "Angry All the Time" - Tim McGraw (featuring Faith Hill )

November 24 - "I Wanna Talk About Me" - Toby Keith

December 29 - "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" - Alan Jackson

Other major hits

"Angels in Waiting" – Tammy Cochran

"Ashes By Now" – Lee Ann Womack

"Beer Run (B-Double E-Double R-U-In)" – Garth Brooks and George Jones

"Burn" – Jo Dee Messina

"But I Do Love You" – LeAnn Rimes

"Complicated" – Carolyn Dawn Johnson

"Don't Make Me Come Over There and Love You" – George Strait

"Downtime" – Jo Dee Messina

"A Good Day To Run" – Darryl Worley

"I Could Not Ask For More" – Sara Evans

"I Want to Know (Everything There is to Know About You)" - Mark Wills

"I Would Have Loved You Anyway" – Trisha Yearwood

"If I Fall You're Going Down With Me" – Dixie Chicks

"If My Heart Had Wings" – Faith Hill

"If You Can Do Anything Else" – George Strait

"I'm a Survivor" – Reba McEntire

"It's a Great Day to Be Alive" – Travis Tritt

"It's My Time" – Martina McBride

"Laredo" – Chris Cagle

"Love of a Woman" – Travis Tritt

"Lovin' Every Minute" - Mark Wills

"Lucky 4 You (Tonight I'm Just Me)" – SHeDaisy

"Move On" – Warren Brothers

"Mrs. Steven Rudy" – Mark McGuinn

"On A Night Like This" – Trick Pony

"People Like Us" – Aaron Tippin

"Pour Me" – Trick Pony

"Real Life (I Never Was the Same Again)" – Jeff Carson

"Riding With Private Malone" – David Ball

"Right Where I Need To Be" – Gary Allan

"Rose Bouquet" – Phil Vassar

"Run" – George Strait

"Second Wind" – Darryl Worley

"She Couldn't Change Me" – Montgomery Gentry

"She Misses Him" – Tim Rushlow

"Six-Pack Summer" – Phil Vassar

"Sweet Summer" – Diamond Rio

"There You'll Be" – Faith Hill

"This Everyday Love" – Rascal Flatts

"The Tin Man" – Kenny Chesney

"Two People Fell In Love" – Brad Paisley

"When God-Fearing Women Get the Blues" – Martina McBride

"When It All Goes South" – Alabama

"When Somebody Loves You" – Alan Jackson

"Where The Blacktop Ends" – Keith Urban

"While You Loved Me" – Rascal Flatts

"Why They Call It Falling" – Lee Ann Womack

"Wild Horses" – Garth Brooks

"With Me" – Lonestar

TOP NEW ALBUM RELEASES

''Blake Shelton'' – Blake Shelton (Warner Bros.)

''God Bless America'' – LeAnn Rimes (Curb)

''Greatest Hits'' – [[Martina McBride) (RCA)

''Greatest Hits Volume III: I'm a Survivor'' – Reba McEntire (MCA Nashville)

''I Need You'' – LeAnn Rimes (Curb)

''I'm Already There'' – Lonestar (BNA)

''Inside Out'' – Trisha Yearwood (MCA Nashville)

''Little Sparrow'' - Dolly Parton (Sugar Hill)

''My World'' – Cyndi Thomson (Capitol)

''Part II'' - Brad Paisley (Arista Nashville)

''Pull My Chain'' – Toby Keith (DreamWorks Nashville)

''The Road Less Traveled'' – George Strait (MCA Nashville)

''Room With a View'' – Carolyn Dawn Johnson (Arista Nashville)

''Scarecrow'' – Garth Brooks (Capitol Nashville)

''Set This Circus Down'' – Tim McGraw (Curb)

''Steers and Stripes'' – Brooks & Dunn (Arista Nashville)

''Trick Pony'' – Trick Pony

''Who I Am'' – Jessica Andrews (DreamWorks Nashville)

''The Whole SHeBANG: All Mixed Up'' – SHeDaisy (Lyric Street)

BIRTHS

DEATHS

June 30 - Chet Atkins , 77, guitarist and record producer (colon cancer)

COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

Bill Anderson (born 1937 )

The Delmore Brothers (Alton Delmore 1908 – 1964 and Rabon Delmore 1916 – 1952 )

The Everly Brothers (Don Everly born 1937 and Phil Everly born 1939 )

Don Gibson ( 1928 - 2003 )

Homer And Jethro (Homer Haynes 1920 – 1971 and Jethro Burns 1920 – 1989 )

Waylon Jennings ( 1937 – 2002 )

The Jordanaires (Gordon Stoker born 1924 , Neal Matthews, Jr. 1929 – 2000 , Hoyt Hawkins 1927 – 1982 and Ray Walker born 1934 )

Don Law ( 1902 – 1982 )

The Louvin Brothers (Ira Louvin 1924 – 1965 and Charlie Louvin born 1927 )

Ken Nelson (born 1911 )

Sam Phillips ( 1923 – 2003 )

Webb Pierce ( 1921 – 1991 )

MAJOR AWARDS

Grammy awards

Academy of Country Music

Entertainer Of The Year -- Brooks & Dunn

Song Of The Year -- "Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)" - Alan Jackson - Alan Jackson

Single Of The Year -- "Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)" - Alan Jackson

Album Of The Year -- O Brother Where Art Thou?

Top Male Vocalist -- Alan Jackson

Top Female Vocalist -- Martina McBride

Top Vocal Duo -- Brooks & Dunn

Top Vocal Group -- Lonestar

Top New Male Vocalist -- Phil Vassar

Top New Female Vocalist -- Carolyn Dawn Johnson

Top New Vocal Duo Or Group -- Trick Pony

Video Of The Year -- "Only In America" - Brooks & Dunn (Director: Michael Merriman )

Vocal Event Of The Year -- "I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow"

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

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Inductees Of The Country Music Hall Of Fame

EXTERNAL LINKS

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