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''See also:''
2001 in country music,
2002 in music,
other events of 2002,
2003 in country music and the List of years in Country Music
★ November – Shania Twain returned with her fourth album, ''Up!''. It opened at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with 874,000 copies; the album remained atop the chart until the new year.
''(As certified by Billboard magazine)''
★ '1' – No. 1 song of the year, as determined by ''Billboard magazine''.
★ '2' – Song dropped from No. 1 and later returned to top spot.
★ A - First ''Billboard'' No. 1 hit for that artist.
★ B - Last ''Billboard'' No. 1 hit for that artist to date.
★ C - Only ''Billboard'' No. 1 hit for that artist to date.
★ "All Over Me" - Blake Shelton (#18)
★ "American Child" – Phil Vassar (#5)
★ "Barbed Wire And Roses" - Pinmonkey (#25)
★ "Before I Knew Better" – Brad Martin (#15)
★ "Cold One Comin' On" - Montgomery Gentry (#23)
★ "Cry" - Faith Hill (#12)
★ "Dare To Dream" - Jo Dee Messina (#23)
★ "Does My Ring Burn Your Finger" - Lee Ann Womack (#23)
★ "Every River" - Brooks & Dunn (#12)
★ "Forgive" - Rebecca Lynn Howard (#12)
★ "Help Me Understand" – Trace Adkins (#17)
★ "I Always Liked That Best" - Cyndi Thomson (#21)
★ "I Don't Have To Be Me ('Til Monday)" – Steve Azar (#2)
★ "I Don't Want You to Go" – Carolyn Dawn Johnson (#7)
★ "I Keep Looking" – Sara Evans (#2)
★ "I Should Be Sleeping" - Emerson Drive (#4)
★ "If That Ain't Country (I Don't Know What Is)" - Anthony Smith (#26)
★ "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" – Shania Twain (#7)
★ "I'm Movin' On" – Rascal Flatts (#4)
★ "The Impossible" – Joe Nichols (#3)
★ "In Another World" – Joe Diffie (#10)
★ "Jezebel" - Chely Wright (#23)
★ "Just Let Me Be in Love" – Tracy Byrd (#9)
★ "Just What I Do" – Trick Pony (#13)
★ "Landslide" – Dixie Chicks (#2)
★ "Life Happened" - Tammy Cochran (#20)
★ "Long Time Gone" – Dixie Chicks (#2)
★ "Mendocino County Line" – Willie Nelson with Lee Ann Womack (#22)
★ "Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde" – Travis Tritt (#8)
★ "My Heart is Lost to You" – Brooks & Dunn (#5)
★ "My Town" – Montgomery Gentry (#5)
★ "Not a Day Goes By" – Lonestar (#3)
★ "Ol' Red" – Blake Shelton (#14)
★ "The One" – Gary Allan (#3)
★ "One Day Closer To You" - Carolyn Dawn Johnson (#24)
★ "Red Ragtop" – Tim McGraw (#5)
★ "Saints & Angels" - Sara Evans (#16)
★ "She Was" – Mark Chesnutt (#11)
★ "Some Days You Gotta Dance" – Dixie Chicks (#7)
★ "Something Worth Leaving Behind" - Lee Ann Womack (#20)
★ "Squeeze Me In" – Garth Brooks with Trisha Yearwood (#16)
★ "That's Just Jessie" – Kevin Denney (#16)
★ "That's When I Love You" – Phil Vassar (#3)
★ "Thicker Than Blood" - Garth Brooks (#18)
★ "'Til Nothing Comes Between Us" – John Michael Montgomery (#17)
★ "Tonight I Wanna Be Your Man" – Andy Griggs (#7)
★ "What If She's an Angel" – Tommy Shane Steiner (#2)
★ "When You Lie Next To Me" – Kellie Coffey (#8)
★ "Where the Stars and Stripes and Eagle Fly" – Aaron Tippin (#2)
★ "Where Would You Be" – Martina McBride (#3)
★ "Wrapped Around" – Brad Paisley (#2)
★ "Wrapped Up In You" – Garth Brooks (#5)
★ "Work in Progress" – Alan Jackson (#3)
★ "Young" – Kenny Chesney (#2)
★ ''The Almeria Club Recordings'' — Hank Williams, Jr. (Curb)
★ ''American Child'' — Phil Vassar (Arista)
★ '' — Johnny Cash (Lost Highway)
★ ''Completely'' — Diamond Rio (Arista)
★ ''Cry'' — Faith Hill (Warner Brothers)
★ ''Drive'' — Alan Jackson (Arista)
★ '' — Elvis Presley (RCA)
★ ''Forgive'' — Rebecca Lynn Howard (MCA)
★ ''Freedom'' — Andy Griggs (RCA)
★ ''Golden Road'' — Keith Urban (Capitol)
★ ''The Great Divide'' — Willie Nelson (Lost Highway)
★ ''Halos & Horns'' — Dolly Parton (Sugar Hill)
★ ''Home'' — Dixie Chicks (Open Wide)
★ ''I Miss My Friend'' — Darryl Worley (DreamWorks)
★ ''It Won't Be Christmas Without You'' — Brooks & Dunn (Arista)
★ ''Knock on the Sky'' — SHeDAISY (Lyric Street)
★ ''Let It Be Christmas'' — Alan Jackson (Arista)
★ ''Live'' — Alison Krauss & Union Station (Rounder)
★ ''Man with a Memory'' — Joe Nichols (Universal South)
★ ''Melt'' — Rascal Flatts (Lyric Street)
★ ''My Town'' — Montgomery Gentry (Columbia)
★ ''No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems'' — Kenny Chesney (BNA)
★ ''Rise and Shine'' — Randy Travis (Word/Curb)
★ ''Sharp Dressed Men: A Tribute to ZZ Top'' — Various Artists (RCA)
★ ''Something Worth Leaving Behind'' — Lee Ann Womack (MCA)
★ ''Stars & Stripes'' — Aaron Tippin (Lyric Street)
★ ''Strong Enough'' — Travis Tritt (Columbia)
★ ''Then Came the Night'' — Tommy Shane Steiner (RCA)
★ ''This Side'' — Nickel Creek (Sugar Hill)
★ ''Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors'' — Tim McGraw (Curb)
★ ''Totally Country'' — Various Artists (BNA)
★ ''Totally Country Vol. 2'' — Various Artists (Sony)
★ ''Twisted Angel'' — LeAnn Rimes (Curb)
★ ''Unleashed'' — Toby Keith (DreamWorks)
★ ''Up!'' — Shania Twain (Mercury)
★ ''When You Lie Next to Me'' — Kellie Coffey (BNA)
★ ''After the Storm'' — Chris LeDoux (Capitol)
★ ''Another Way to Go'' — Radney Foster (DualTone)
★ ''Anthology'' — John Anderson (Audium)
★ ''Barricades & Brickwalls'' — Kasey Chambers (Warner Brothers)
★ '' — Clay Walker (Warner Brothers)
★ '' — Patty Loveless (Epic)
★ ''Can You Hear Me Now'' — Sawyer Brown (Curb)
★ ''Can't Back Down'' — Collin Raye (Epic)
★ ''Chase the Sun'' — Shannon Lawson (MCA)
★ ''Cheap Drunk: An Autobiography'' — Bill Engvall (Warner Brothers)
★ ''The Clark Family Experience'' — The Clark Family Experience (Curb)
★ ''Cledus Envy'' — Cledus T. Judd (Monument)
★ ''The Color of Roses'' — Lorrie Morgan (Image)
★ ''Country Croonin' — Anne Murray (StraightWay)
★ ''The Deana Carter Collection'' — Deana Carter (Capitol)
★ '' — Various Artists (DualTone)
★ ''Easy'' — Kelly Willis (Rykodisc)
★ ''Electric'' — Jack Ingram (Columbia)
★ ''Emerson Drive'' — Emerson Drive (DreamWorks)
★ ''The Essential Johnny Cash'' — Johnny Cash (Legacy)
★ ''Friday Night in Dixie'' — Rhett Akins (Audium)
★ ''Greatest Hits'' — Mark Wills (Mercury)
★ ''If That Ain't Country'' — Anthony Smith (Mercury)
★ ''Inside Traxx 2002'' — Various Artists (Curb)
★ '' — Pam Tillis (Sony)
★ ''Jerusalem'' — Steve Earle (Artemis)
★ ''A Joyful Noise'' — Jo Dee Messina (Curb)
★ ''Kevin Denney'' — Kevin Denney (Lyric Street)
★ '' — Various Artists (Sony)
★ ''Life Happened'' — Tammy Cochran (Epic)
★ ''Little Big Town'' — Little Big Town (Monument)
★ ''Love Songs'' — John Michael Montgomery (Warner Brothers)
★ ''Lovesick, Broke and Driftin''' — Hank Williams III (Curb)
★ ''The Lovin' Side'' — Travis Tritt (Rhino)
★ ''Mark Chesnutt'' — Mark Chesnutt (Columbia)
★ ''Mindy McCready'' — Mindy McCready (Capitol)
★ ''Miss Fortune'' — Allison Moorer (Universal South)
★ ''On a Mission'' — Trick Pony (Warner Brothers)
★ ''Pinmonkey'' — Pinmonkey (BNA)
★ ''Pictures'' — John Michael Montgomery (Warner Brothers)
★ ''Ralph Stanley'' — Ralph Stanley (Columbia)
★ ''Redneck Fiddlin' Man'' — Charlie Daniels (Blue Hat)
★ ''The Rockin' Side'' — Travis Tritt (Rhino)
★ ''Room to Breathe'' — Delbert McClinton (New West)
★ ''Roses'' — Kathy Mattea (Narada)
★ ''The Season for Romance'' — Lee Ann Womack (MCA)
★ ''Side Tracks'' — Steve Earle (Artemis)
★ ''Sixwire'' — Sixwire (Warner Brothers)
★ ''Spirit Dancer'' — BlackHawk (Columbia)
★ ''Stars & Guitars'' — Willie Nelson (Lost Highway)
★ ''Tanya'' — Tanya Tucker (Tuckertime/Capitol)
★ ''That's Why I Sing This Way'' — Daryle Singletary (Audium)
★ '' — Ty Herndon (Epic)
★ ''The Ultimate Collection'' — Hank Williams (Mercury)
★ ''The Very Best of Linda Ronstadt'' — Linda Ronstadt (Elektra)
★ ''Waitin' on Joe'' — Steve Azar (Mercury)
★ ''We Were Soldiers Soundtrack'' — Various Artists (Columbia)
★ ''Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Volume III'' — Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Capitol)
★ ''Wings of a Honky Tonk Angel'' — Brad Martin (Epic)
★ February 13 - Waylon Jennings, 64, singer and guitarist (diabetic complications)
★ March 3 - Harlan Howard, 74, songwriter
★ Bill Carlisle (1908–2003)
★ Porter Wagoner (born 1927)
★ 'Best Female Country Vocal Performance' -- "Cry," Faith Hill
★ 'Best Male Country Vocal Performance' -- "Give My Love to Rose," Johnny Cash
★ 'Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal' -- "Long Time Gone," Dixie Chicks
★ 'Best Country Collaboration with Vocals' -- "Mendocino County Line," Willie Nelson and Lee Ann Womack
★ 'Best Country Instrumental Performance' -- "Lil' Jack Slade," Dixie Chicks
★ 'Best Country Song' -- "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)," Alan Jackson
★ 'Best Country Album' -- ''Home'', Dixie Chicks
★ 'Best Bluegrass Album' -- ''Lost in the Lonesome Pines'', Jim Lauderdale, Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys
★ 'Entertainer Of The Year' -- Toby Keith
★ 'Song Of The Year' -- "I'm Movin' On," Rascal Flatts
★ 'Single Of The Year' -- "The Good Stuff," Kenny Chesney
★ 'Album Of The Year' -- ''Drive'', Alan Jackson
★ 'Top Male Vocalist' -- Kenny Chesney
★ 'Top Female Vocalist' -- Martina McBride
★ 'Top Vocal Duo' -- Brooks & Dunn
★ 'Top Vocal Group' -- Rascal Flatts
★ 'Top New Male Vocaliast' -- Joe Nichols
★ 'Top New Female Vocaliast' -- Kellie Coffey
★ 'Top New Vocal Duo or Group' -- Emerson Drive
★ 'Video Of The Year' -- "Drive (For Daddy Gene)," Alan Jackson
★ 'Vocal Event Of The Year' -- "Mendocino County Line," Willie Nelson and Lee Ann Womack
★ 'Entertainer of the Year' -- Alan Jackson
★ 'Song Of The Year' -- "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)," Alan Jackson
★ 'Single Of The Year' -- "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)," Alan Jackson
★ 'Album Of The Year' -- ''Drive'', Alan Jackson
★ 'Male Vocalist Of The Year' -- Alan Jackson
★ 'Female Vocalist Of The Year' -- Martina McBride
★ 'Vocal Duo Of The Year' -- Brooks & Dunn
★ 'Vocal Group Of The Year' -- Dixie Chicks
★ 'Musician Of The Year' -- Jerry Douglas
★ 'Horizon Award' -- Rascal Flatts
★ 'Music Video Of The Year' -- "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)," Brad Paisley (Director: Peter Zavadil)
★ 'Vocal Event Of The Year' -- "Mendocino County Line," Willie Nelson and Lee Ann Womack
★ 'Musician Of The Year' -- Jerry Douglas
★ 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.
★ Country Music Association
★ Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame
★ Country Music Hall of Fame
2001 in country music,
2002 in music,
other events of 2002,
2003 in country music and the List of years in Country Music
Events
★ November – Shania Twain returned with her fourth album, ''Up!''. It opened at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with 874,000 copies; the album remained atop the chart until the new year.
Top hits of the year
Number one hits
''(As certified by Billboard magazine)''
| 'Date' | 'Song Name' | 'Artist' | 'Wks. No. 1' | 'Spec. Note' |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2 | Good Morning Beautiful | Steve Holy | 5 | A |
| March 9 | Bring on the Rain | Jo Dee Messina (featuring Tim McGraw) | 1 | |
| March 16 | The Cowboy in Me | Tim McGraw | 1 | |
| March 23 | The Long Goodbye | Brooks & Dunn | 1 | |
| March 30 | Blessed | Martina McBride | 2 | B |
| April 13 | I Breathe In, I Breathe Out | Chris Cagle | 1 | C |
| April 20 | My List | Toby Keith | 5 | |
| May 25 | Drive (For Daddy Gene) | Alan Jackson | 4 | |
| June 22 | Living and Living Well | George Strait | 2 | |
| July 6 | I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song) | Brad Paisley | 2 | |
| July 20 | Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American) | Toby Keith | 1 | |
| July 27 | The Good Stuff | Kenny Chesney | 7 | '1' |
| September 14 | Unbroken | Tim McGraw | 1 | |
| September 21 | I Miss My Friend | Darryl Worley | 1 | A |
| September 28 | Beautiful Mess | Diamond Rio | 2 | '2' |
| October 5 | Ten Rounds With Jose Cuervo | Tracy Byrd | 1 | B Tracy's first #1 since "Holdin' Heaven" nine years previous. |
| October 19 | Somebody Like You | Keith Urban | 6 | |
| November 30 | These Days | Rascal Flatts | 3 | A |
| December 21 | Who's Your Daddy? | Toby Keith | 1 | |
| December 28 | She'll Leave You With a Smile | George Strait | 2 |
★ '1' – No. 1 song of the year, as determined by ''Billboard magazine''.
★ '2' – Song dropped from No. 1 and later returned to top spot.
★ A - First ''Billboard'' No. 1 hit for that artist.
★ B - Last ''Billboard'' No. 1 hit for that artist to date.
★ C - Only ''Billboard'' No. 1 hit for that artist to date.
Other major hits
★ "All Over Me" - Blake Shelton (#18)
★ "American Child" – Phil Vassar (#5)
★ "Barbed Wire And Roses" - Pinmonkey (#25)
★ "Before I Knew Better" – Brad Martin (#15)
★ "Cold One Comin' On" - Montgomery Gentry (#23)
★ "Cry" - Faith Hill (#12)
★ "Dare To Dream" - Jo Dee Messina (#23)
★ "Does My Ring Burn Your Finger" - Lee Ann Womack (#23)
★ "Every River" - Brooks & Dunn (#12)
★ "Forgive" - Rebecca Lynn Howard (#12)
★ "Help Me Understand" – Trace Adkins (#17)
★ "I Always Liked That Best" - Cyndi Thomson (#21)
★ "I Don't Have To Be Me ('Til Monday)" – Steve Azar (#2)
★ "I Don't Want You to Go" – Carolyn Dawn Johnson (#7)
★ "I Keep Looking" – Sara Evans (#2)
★ "I Should Be Sleeping" - Emerson Drive (#4)
★ "If That Ain't Country (I Don't Know What Is)" - Anthony Smith (#26)
★ "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" – Shania Twain (#7)
★ "I'm Movin' On" – Rascal Flatts (#4)
★ "The Impossible" – Joe Nichols (#3)
★ "In Another World" – Joe Diffie (#10)
★ "Jezebel" - Chely Wright (#23)
★ "Just Let Me Be in Love" – Tracy Byrd (#9)
★ "Just What I Do" – Trick Pony (#13)
★ "Landslide" – Dixie Chicks (#2)
★ "Life Happened" - Tammy Cochran (#20)
★ "Long Time Gone" – Dixie Chicks (#2)
★ "Mendocino County Line" – Willie Nelson with Lee Ann Womack (#22)
★ "Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde" – Travis Tritt (#8)
★ "My Heart is Lost to You" – Brooks & Dunn (#5)
★ "My Town" – Montgomery Gentry (#5)
★ "Not a Day Goes By" – Lonestar (#3)
★ "Ol' Red" – Blake Shelton (#14)
★ "The One" – Gary Allan (#3)
★ "One Day Closer To You" - Carolyn Dawn Johnson (#24)
★ "Red Ragtop" – Tim McGraw (#5)
★ "Saints & Angels" - Sara Evans (#16)
★ "She Was" – Mark Chesnutt (#11)
★ "Some Days You Gotta Dance" – Dixie Chicks (#7)
★ "Something Worth Leaving Behind" - Lee Ann Womack (#20)
★ "Squeeze Me In" – Garth Brooks with Trisha Yearwood (#16)
★ "That's Just Jessie" – Kevin Denney (#16)
★ "That's When I Love You" – Phil Vassar (#3)
★ "Thicker Than Blood" - Garth Brooks (#18)
★ "'Til Nothing Comes Between Us" – John Michael Montgomery (#17)
★ "Tonight I Wanna Be Your Man" – Andy Griggs (#7)
★ "What If She's an Angel" – Tommy Shane Steiner (#2)
★ "When You Lie Next To Me" – Kellie Coffey (#8)
★ "Where the Stars and Stripes and Eagle Fly" – Aaron Tippin (#2)
★ "Where Would You Be" – Martina McBride (#3)
★ "Wrapped Around" – Brad Paisley (#2)
★ "Wrapped Up In You" – Garth Brooks (#5)
★ "Work in Progress" – Alan Jackson (#3)
★ "Young" – Kenny Chesney (#2)
Top new album releases
★ ''The Almeria Club Recordings'' — Hank Williams, Jr. (Curb)
★ ''American Child'' — Phil Vassar (Arista)
★ '' — Johnny Cash (Lost Highway)
★ ''Completely'' — Diamond Rio (Arista)
★ ''Cry'' — Faith Hill (Warner Brothers)
★ ''Drive'' — Alan Jackson (Arista)
★ '' — Elvis Presley (RCA)
★ ''Forgive'' — Rebecca Lynn Howard (MCA)
★ ''Freedom'' — Andy Griggs (RCA)
★ ''Golden Road'' — Keith Urban (Capitol)
★ ''The Great Divide'' — Willie Nelson (Lost Highway)
★ ''Halos & Horns'' — Dolly Parton (Sugar Hill)
★ ''Home'' — Dixie Chicks (Open Wide)
★ ''I Miss My Friend'' — Darryl Worley (DreamWorks)
★ ''It Won't Be Christmas Without You'' — Brooks & Dunn (Arista)
★ ''Knock on the Sky'' — SHeDAISY (Lyric Street)
★ ''Let It Be Christmas'' — Alan Jackson (Arista)
★ ''Live'' — Alison Krauss & Union Station (Rounder)
★ ''Man with a Memory'' — Joe Nichols (Universal South)
★ ''Melt'' — Rascal Flatts (Lyric Street)
★ ''My Town'' — Montgomery Gentry (Columbia)
★ ''No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems'' — Kenny Chesney (BNA)
★ ''Rise and Shine'' — Randy Travis (Word/Curb)
★ ''Sharp Dressed Men: A Tribute to ZZ Top'' — Various Artists (RCA)
★ ''Something Worth Leaving Behind'' — Lee Ann Womack (MCA)
★ ''Stars & Stripes'' — Aaron Tippin (Lyric Street)
★ ''Strong Enough'' — Travis Tritt (Columbia)
★ ''Then Came the Night'' — Tommy Shane Steiner (RCA)
★ ''This Side'' — Nickel Creek (Sugar Hill)
★ ''Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors'' — Tim McGraw (Curb)
★ ''Totally Country'' — Various Artists (BNA)
★ ''Totally Country Vol. 2'' — Various Artists (Sony)
★ ''Twisted Angel'' — LeAnn Rimes (Curb)
★ ''Unleashed'' — Toby Keith (DreamWorks)
★ ''Up!'' — Shania Twain (Mercury)
★ ''When You Lie Next to Me'' — Kellie Coffey (BNA)
Other top albums
★ ''After the Storm'' — Chris LeDoux (Capitol)
★ ''Another Way to Go'' — Radney Foster (DualTone)
★ ''Anthology'' — John Anderson (Audium)
★ ''Barricades & Brickwalls'' — Kasey Chambers (Warner Brothers)
★ '' — Clay Walker (Warner Brothers)
★ '' — Patty Loveless (Epic)
★ ''Can You Hear Me Now'' — Sawyer Brown (Curb)
★ ''Can't Back Down'' — Collin Raye (Epic)
★ ''Chase the Sun'' — Shannon Lawson (MCA)
★ ''Cheap Drunk: An Autobiography'' — Bill Engvall (Warner Brothers)
★ ''The Clark Family Experience'' — The Clark Family Experience (Curb)
★ ''Cledus Envy'' — Cledus T. Judd (Monument)
★ ''The Color of Roses'' — Lorrie Morgan (Image)
★ ''Country Croonin' — Anne Murray (StraightWay)
★ ''The Deana Carter Collection'' — Deana Carter (Capitol)
★ '' — Various Artists (DualTone)
★ ''Easy'' — Kelly Willis (Rykodisc)
★ ''Electric'' — Jack Ingram (Columbia)
★ ''Emerson Drive'' — Emerson Drive (DreamWorks)
★ ''The Essential Johnny Cash'' — Johnny Cash (Legacy)
★ ''Friday Night in Dixie'' — Rhett Akins (Audium)
★ ''Greatest Hits'' — Mark Wills (Mercury)
★ ''If That Ain't Country'' — Anthony Smith (Mercury)
★ ''Inside Traxx 2002'' — Various Artists (Curb)
★ '' — Pam Tillis (Sony)
★ ''Jerusalem'' — Steve Earle (Artemis)
★ ''A Joyful Noise'' — Jo Dee Messina (Curb)
★ ''Kevin Denney'' — Kevin Denney (Lyric Street)
★ '' — Various Artists (Sony)
★ ''Life Happened'' — Tammy Cochran (Epic)
★ ''Little Big Town'' — Little Big Town (Monument)
★ ''Love Songs'' — John Michael Montgomery (Warner Brothers)
★ ''Lovesick, Broke and Driftin''' — Hank Williams III (Curb)
★ ''The Lovin' Side'' — Travis Tritt (Rhino)
★ ''Mark Chesnutt'' — Mark Chesnutt (Columbia)
★ ''Mindy McCready'' — Mindy McCready (Capitol)
★ ''Miss Fortune'' — Allison Moorer (Universal South)
★ ''On a Mission'' — Trick Pony (Warner Brothers)
★ ''Pinmonkey'' — Pinmonkey (BNA)
★ ''Pictures'' — John Michael Montgomery (Warner Brothers)
★ ''Ralph Stanley'' — Ralph Stanley (Columbia)
★ ''Redneck Fiddlin' Man'' — Charlie Daniels (Blue Hat)
★ ''The Rockin' Side'' — Travis Tritt (Rhino)
★ ''Room to Breathe'' — Delbert McClinton (New West)
★ ''Roses'' — Kathy Mattea (Narada)
★ ''The Season for Romance'' — Lee Ann Womack (MCA)
★ ''Side Tracks'' — Steve Earle (Artemis)
★ ''Sixwire'' — Sixwire (Warner Brothers)
★ ''Spirit Dancer'' — BlackHawk (Columbia)
★ ''Stars & Guitars'' — Willie Nelson (Lost Highway)
★ ''Tanya'' — Tanya Tucker (Tuckertime/Capitol)
★ ''That's Why I Sing This Way'' — Daryle Singletary (Audium)
★ '' — Ty Herndon (Epic)
★ ''The Ultimate Collection'' — Hank Williams (Mercury)
★ ''The Very Best of Linda Ronstadt'' — Linda Ronstadt (Elektra)
★ ''Waitin' on Joe'' — Steve Azar (Mercury)
★ ''We Were Soldiers Soundtrack'' — Various Artists (Columbia)
★ ''Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Volume III'' — Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Capitol)
★ ''Wings of a Honky Tonk Angel'' — Brad Martin (Epic)
Births
Deaths
★ February 13 - Waylon Jennings, 64, singer and guitarist (diabetic complications)
★ March 3 - Harlan Howard, 74, songwriter
Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees
★ Bill Carlisle (1908–2003)
★ Porter Wagoner (born 1927)
Major Awards
Grammy awards
★ 'Best Female Country Vocal Performance' -- "Cry," Faith Hill
★ 'Best Male Country Vocal Performance' -- "Give My Love to Rose," Johnny Cash
★ 'Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal' -- "Long Time Gone," Dixie Chicks
★ 'Best Country Collaboration with Vocals' -- "Mendocino County Line," Willie Nelson and Lee Ann Womack
★ 'Best Country Instrumental Performance' -- "Lil' Jack Slade," Dixie Chicks
★ 'Best Country Song' -- "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)," Alan Jackson
★ 'Best Country Album' -- ''Home'', Dixie Chicks
★ 'Best Bluegrass Album' -- ''Lost in the Lonesome Pines'', Jim Lauderdale, Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys
Academy of Country Music
★ 'Entertainer Of The Year' -- Toby Keith
★ 'Song Of The Year' -- "I'm Movin' On," Rascal Flatts
★ 'Single Of The Year' -- "The Good Stuff," Kenny Chesney
★ 'Album Of The Year' -- ''Drive'', Alan Jackson
★ 'Top Male Vocalist' -- Kenny Chesney
★ 'Top Female Vocalist' -- Martina McBride
★ 'Top Vocal Duo' -- Brooks & Dunn
★ 'Top Vocal Group' -- Rascal Flatts
★ 'Top New Male Vocaliast' -- Joe Nichols
★ 'Top New Female Vocaliast' -- Kellie Coffey
★ 'Top New Vocal Duo or Group' -- Emerson Drive
★ 'Video Of The Year' -- "Drive (For Daddy Gene)," Alan Jackson
★ 'Vocal Event Of The Year' -- "Mendocino County Line," Willie Nelson and Lee Ann Womack
Country Music Association
★ 'Entertainer of the Year' -- Alan Jackson
★ 'Song Of The Year' -- "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)," Alan Jackson
★ 'Single Of The Year' -- "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)," Alan Jackson
★ 'Album Of The Year' -- ''Drive'', Alan Jackson
★ 'Male Vocalist Of The Year' -- Alan Jackson
★ 'Female Vocalist Of The Year' -- Martina McBride
★ 'Vocal Duo Of The Year' -- Brooks & Dunn
★ 'Vocal Group Of The Year' -- Dixie Chicks
★ 'Musician Of The Year' -- Jerry Douglas
★ 'Horizon Award' -- Rascal Flatts
★ 'Music Video Of The Year' -- "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)," Brad Paisley (Director: Peter Zavadil)
★ 'Vocal Event Of The Year' -- "Mendocino County Line," Willie Nelson and Lee Ann Womack
★ 'Musician Of The Year' -- Jerry Douglas
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
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