2001 in country music
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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 2001.
charts in 2001:
Top hits of the year
The following songs placed within the Top 20 on the Hot Country SongsHot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
charts in 2001:
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| 1 | Ain't Nothing 'bout You Ain't Nothing 'bout You "Ain't Nothing 'bout You" is a song recorded by country music duo Brooks & Dunn and released as a single on February 12, 2001. It was the first single from their 2001 album Steers & Stripes, and was nominated by the Country Music Association for Single of the Year... |
Brooks & Dunn Brooks & Dunn Brooks & Dunn was an American country music duo consisting of Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn, who were both vocalists and songwriters. They were paired by record producer Tim DuBois in 1990. Before the duo's foundation, both members of the duo were solo recording artists... |
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| 9 | Angels in Waiting Angels in Waiting "Angels in Waiting" is a single by American country music singer Tammy Cochran. The third single from her 2000 self-titled album, the song peaked at #9 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and peaked at #73 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 making it a minor crossover hit. It was her most... |
Tammy Cochran Tammy Cochran Tammy Cochran is an American country music artist. Signed to Epic Records Nashville in 2000, she released her self titled debut album that year, followed a year later by Life Happened... |
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| 1 | Angry All the Time Angry All the Time "Angry All the Time" is the title of a song written by Bruce Robison and first recorded on his 1998 album Wrapped. It was later covered by Tim McGraw with guest vocalist Faith Hill. Released in July 2001, McGraw's version was the second single from McGraw's Set This Circus Down album... |
Tim McGraw Tim McGraw Samuel Timothy "Tim" McGraw is an American country singer and actor. Many of McGraw's albums and singles have topped the country music charts with total album sales in excess of 40 million units in the US, making him the eighth best-selling artist, and the third best-selling country singer, in the... |
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| 4 | Ashes by Now Ashes by Now "Ashes by Now" is the title of a song written and recorded by American country artist Rodney Crowell, whose version reached #37 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1981. Before its release as a single, it served as the b-side to his 1978 single "Elvira."... |
Lee Ann Womack Lee Ann Womack Lee Ann Womack is an American country music singer and songwriter, who is best known for her old fashioned-styled country music songs that often discuss subjects such as cheating and lost love.... |
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| 1 | Austin Austin (song) "Austin" is the debut single of American country music artist Blake Shelton.The single was released in April 2001 on the Giant Records label; however, that label closed its doors as the single was climbing the charts, with Shelton and his single being transferred to the Warner Bros. Records label.... |
Blake Shelton Blake Shelton Blake Tollison Shelton is an American country music artist. In 2001, he made his debut with the single "Austin". Released as the lead-off single from his self-titled debut album, "Austin" went on to spend five weeks at Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts... |
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| 1 | Born to Fly Born to Fly (song) "Born to Fly" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country artist Sara Evans. The song was released in June 2000, and served as the lead-off single to her third studio album, Born to Fly. It became Evans' second Number One hit on the U.S... |
Sara Evans Sara Evans Sara Lynn Evans is an American country singer and songwriter.Evans was one of the few traditional-styled singers to emerge from Nashville in the late 1990s, according to Allmusic. Since emerging in the late 1990s, Evans has made five No. 1 Country hits and Gold and Platinum-certified albums by... |
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| 2 | Burn Burn (Tina Arena song) "Burn" was covered by American country singer Jo Dee Messina for her third studio album Burn. It was released as the second single in October 2000, and peaked at #2 on the US Country charts in February 2001.-Music video:... |
Jo Dee Messina Jo Dee Messina Jo Dee Marie Messina , known professionally as Jo Dee Messina, is an American country music artist. She has charted nine Number One singles on the Billboard country music charts. She has been honored by the Country Music Association, the Academy of Country Music and has been nominated for two... |
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| 1 | But for the Grace of God But for the Grace of God "But for the Grace of God" is a song performed and recorded by country music performer Keith Urban. The song was written by Urban, Charlotte Caffey, and Jane Wiedlin.... |
Keith Urban Keith Urban Keith Lionel Urban is a New Zealand-born Australian, country music singer, songwriter and guitarist whose commercial success has been mainly in the United States and Australia. Urban was born in New Zealand and began his career in Australia at an early age... |
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| 18 | But I Do Love You | LeAnn Rimes LeAnn Rimes LeAnn Rimes is an American country/pop singer. She is known for her rich vocals and her rise to fame as an eight-year-old champion on the original Ed McMahon version of Star Search, followed by the release of the Patsy Cline-intended single "Blue" when Rimes was only age 13, resulting in her... |
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| 5 | Complicated Complicated (Carolyn Dawn Johnson song) "Complicated" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by Canadian country music singer Carolyn Dawn Johnson. It was released in April 2001 the second single from her 2001 debut album Room with a View. The song was also her second entry on two U.S... |
Carolyn Dawn Johnson Carolyn Dawn Johnson Carolyn Dawn Johnson is a Canadian Juno Award winning country music singer-songwriter. Johnson first rose to fame by co-writing Chely Wright's 1999 Number One single, "Single White Female," which reached number one on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in September 1999... |
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| 1 | Don't Happen Twice Don't Happen Twice "Don't Happen Twice" is a song performed by American country music artist Kenny Chesney. Released in January 2001, it was the second single from Chesney's Greatest Hits. The song reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts.-Music video:The music video was co-directed by... |
Kenny Chesney Kenny Chesney Kenneth "Kenny" Arnold Chesney is an American country music singer and songwriter. Chesney has recorded 15 albums, 14 of which have been certified gold or higher by the RIAA. He has also produced more than 30 Top Ten singles on the U.S... |
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| 17 | Don't Make Me Come Over There and Love You Don't Make Me Come Over There and Love You "Don't Make Me Come Over There and Love You" is the title of song written by Jim Lauderdale and Carter Wood. It was recorded by American country artist George Strait, and was released in November 2000 as the second single from his 2000 album George Strait... |
George Strait George Strait George Harvey Strait is an American country music singer, actor, and music producer. Strait is referred to as the "King of Country," and critics call Strait a living legend. He is known for his unique style of western swing music, bar-room ballads, honky-tonk style, and fresh yet traditional... |
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| 5 | Downtime Downtime (song) "Downtime" is the title of a song written by Phillip Coleman and Carolyn Dawn Johnson, and recorded by American country music singer Jo Dee Messina. It was released in April 2001 as the third single from her 2000 album, Burn, the song peaked at number 5 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart... |
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| 16 | God Bless the USA God Bless the USA "God Bless the USA" is an American patriotic song written and recorded by country musician Lee Greenwood. The first Greenwood album it appears on is 1984's You've Got a Good Love Comin'. It reached No... |
Lee Greenwood Lee Greenwood Melvin Lee Greenwood is an American country music artist. Active since the early 1980s, he has released more than twenty major-label albums and has charted more than 35 singles on the Billboard country music charts.... |
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| 12 | A Good Day to Run | Darryl Worley Darryl Worley Darryl Wade Worley is an American country music artist. Signed to DreamWorks Records Nashville in 2000, Worley released four albums for the label: Hard Rain Don't Last , I Miss My Friend , Have You Forgotten? , and Darryl Worley in 2004... |
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| 1 | Grown Men Don't Cry Grown Men Don't Cry "Grown Men Don't Cry" is the title of a song written by Tom Douglas and Steve Seskin, and recorded by American country music artist Tim McGraw. It was released in April 2001 as the first single from McGraw's Set This Circus Down album. The song reached Number-One on the Billboard Hot Country... |
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| 2 | I Could Not Ask for More I Could Not Ask for More "I Could Not Ask for More" is a song composed by American songwriter Diane Warren and originally recorded by American recording artist Edwin McCain. McCain's version was released on January 11, 2000 as the last single from his third studio album, Messenger. In 2001, American country music artist... |
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| 1 | I Wanna Talk About Me I Wanna Talk About Me "I Wanna Talk About Me" is the title of a song written by Bobby Braddock and recorded by American country music artist Toby Keith. It was released in August 2001 as the second single from Keith's album Pull My Chain... |
Toby Keith Toby Keith Toby Keith Covel , best known as Toby Keith, is an American country music singer-songwriter, record producer and actor. Keith released his first four studio albums — 1993's Toby Keith, 1994's Boomtown, 1996's Blue Moon and 1997's Dream Walkin, plus a Greatest Hits package for various divisions of... |
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| 4 | I Would've Loved You Anyway I Would've Loved You Anyway "I Would've Loved You Anyway" is the title of a song written by Mary Danna and Troy Verges, and recorded by American country music singer Trisha Yearwood. It was the lead single from her 2001 studio album, Inside Out. The song became a Top 5 hit, peaking at #4 on the Billboard Country Chart... |
Trisha Yearwood Trisha Yearwood Patricia Lynn Yearwood, professionally known as Trisha Yearwood , is an American country music artist. She is best known for her ballads about vulnerable young women from a female perspective that have been described by some music critics as "strong" and "confident."Trisha Yearwood signed with MCA... |
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| 3 | I'm a Survivor I'm a Survivor "I'm a Survivor" is the title of a song written by Shelby Kennedy and Phillip White, and recorded by American country music singer, Reba McEntire... |
Reba McEntire Reba McEntire Reba Nell McEntire is an American country music artist and actress. She began her career in the music industry as a high school student singing in the Kiowa High School band , on local radio shows with her siblings, and at rodeos. As a solo act, she was invited to perform at a rodeo in Oklahoma... |
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| 1 | I'm Already There I'm Already There (song) "I'm Already There" is the title of a song recorded by American country music band Lonestar, written by lead singer Richie McDonald along with Gary Baker and Frank J. Myers. It was released in March 2001 as the lead-off single to the band's fifth album, I'm Already There. It spent six weeks at the... |
Lonestar Lonestar Lonestar is an American country music group consisting of Richie McDonald , Michael Britt , Keech Rainwater , Dean Sams , and Michael Hill . McDonald left the band in November 2007 for a solo career before returning in 2011... |
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| 1 | I'm Just Talkin' About Tonight I'm Just Talkin' About Tonight "I'm Just Talkin' About Tonight" is a song performed by American country music artist Toby Keith. Released in May 2001, it was the first single from Keith's Pull My Chain album. The song reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts... |
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| 6 | I'm Tryin' I'm Tryin' "I'm Tryin" is a song recorded by country music artist Trace Adkins. It is the lead-off single released from his 2001 album Chrome. It peaked at #6 in the United States... |
Trace Adkins Trace Adkins Tracy Darrell "Trace" Adkins is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1996 with the album Dreamin' Out Loud, released on Capitol Records Nashville. Since then, Adkins has released seven more studio albums and two Greatest Hits compilations... |
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| 3 | If I Fall You're Going Down with Me If I Fall You're Going Down with Me "If I Fall You're Going Down with Me" is a song written by Matraca Berg and Annie Roboff and recorded by the Dixie Chicks for their 1999 album Fly. It was released as the album's fifth single in February 2001 and peaked at number 3 on the U.S. country charts... |
Dixie Chicks Dixie Chicks The Dixie Chicks are an American country band which has also successfully crossed over into other genres. The band is composed of founding members Martie Erwin Maguire and Emily Erwin Robison, and lead singer Natalie Maines... |
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| 3 | If My Heart Had Wings If My Heart Had Wings "If My Heart Had Wings" is a song by country music singer Faith Hill. It is on her 1999 album Breathe. The fourth and final single released from that very successful album, it hit number 3 on the Hot Country Songs chart in 2001, and number 39 on the pop Billboard Hot 100.It was subsequently... |
Faith Hill Faith Hill Faith Hill is an American country singer. She is known both for her commercial success and her marriage to fellow country star Tim McGraw. Hill has sold more than 40 million records worldwide and accumulated eight number-one singles and three number-one albums on the U.S... |
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| 5 | If You Can Do Anything Else If You Can Do Anything Else "If You Can Do Anything Else" is the title of a song written by Billy Livsey and Don Schlitz, and recorded by American country music artist George Strait. it was released in February 2001 as the third and final single from his album George Strait. The song reached #5 on the U.S. Billboard Hot... |
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| 2 | It's a Great Day to Be Alive It's a Great Day to Be Alive "It's a Great Day to Be Alive" is the title of a song written by Darrell Scott. It was originally recorded by country music artist Jon Randall. It was to have been included on an album titled Great Day to Be Alive, which would have been released in the late 1990s via BNA Records... |
Travis Tritt Travis Tritt James Travis Tritt is an American country music singer from Marietta, Georgia. He signed to Warner Bros. Records in 1989, releasing seven studio albums and a greatest hits package for the label between then and 1999. In the 2000s, he released two albums on Columbia Records and one for the defunct... |
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| 11 | It's My Time It's My Time (Martina McBride song) "It's My Time" is the title of a song written by Tammy Hyler, Billy Crain and Kim Tribble, and recorded by American country artist Martina McBride. It was released as the fourth single from her fifth studio album, Emotion. The song peaked at #11 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks... |
Martina McBride Martina McBride Martina McBride is an American country music singer and songwriter. McBride has been called the "Céline Dion of Country Music" for her big-voiced ballads and soprano range.... |
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| 8 | Laredo Laredo (Chris Cagle song) "Laredo" is a song written and recorded by country music artist Chris Cagle. It is the second single released from his 2000 debut album Play It Loud. It peaked at #8 on the Hot Country Songs chart.-Content:... |
Chris Cagle Chris Cagle Chris Cagle is an American country music artist. Signed with Virgin Records Nashville in 2000, Cagle made his debut on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts with the single "My Love Goes On and On", the first single from his debut album Play It Loud... |
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| 20 | The Last Thing on My Mind The Last Thing on My Mind (Patty Loveless song) For the Tom Paxton song of the same name, see The Last Thing on My Mind"The Last Thing On My Mind" is a single recorded by Patty Loveless. It was included on her fifth album with Epic Records, Strong Heart, her tenth album overall. The single was released in 2000. It was the second single released... |
Patty Loveless Patty Loveless Patty Loveless , is an American country music singer.Since her emergence on the country music scene in late 1986 with her first album, Loveless has been one of the most popular female singers of the Neotraditional country movement, although she has also recorded albums in the Country pop and... |
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| 2 | Love of a Woman Love of a Woman "Love of a Woman" is a song recorded by country music artist Travis Tritt. It was released in June 2001 as the third single from his 2000 album Down the Road I Go. It peaked at #2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks, as did Travis Tritt's previous single "It's a Great Day to Be... |
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| 18 | Lovin' Every Minute | Mark Wills Mark Wills Daryl Mark Williams is an American country music artist, best known professionally as Mark Wills. Signed to Mercury Records between 1996 and 2003, he released five studio albums for the label — Mark Wills, Wish You Were Here, Permanently, Loving Every Minute and And the Crowd Goes Wild — as well... |
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| 11 | Lucky 4 You (Tonight I'm Just Me) Lucky 4 You (Tonight I'm Just Me) "Lucky 4 You " is the title of a song recorded by American country group SHeDAISY. It was the fourth single released from their 1999 studio album The Whole SHeBANG.-Content:... |
SHeDAISY SHeDAISY SHeDAISY is an American country music group founded in the late 1980s by sisters Kristyn Robyn Osborn , Kelsi Marie Osborn , and Kassidy Lorraine Osborn from Magna, Utah... |
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| 18 | Man of Me | Gary Allan Gary Allan Gary Allan Herzberg is an American country music artist, known professionally as Gary Allan.Signed to Decca Records in 1996, Allan made his debut on the United States country music scene with the release of his single "Her Man", the lead-off to his gold-certified debut album Used Heart for Sale,... |
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| 17 | Move On | The Warren Brothers | |
| 6 | Mrs. Steven Rudy Mrs. Steven Rudy "Mrs. Steven Rudy" is a song written by Shane Decker and co-written and recorded by Mark McGuinn for his 2001 debut self-titled album. It was released as the album's first single in January 2001 and peaked at number 6 on the U.S. country charts. It also reached number 44 on the Billboard Hot 100.... |
Mark McGuinn Mark McGuinn -Track listing:# "Mrs. Steven Rudy" - 3:29# "Heaven Must Be Missin' You" - 3:41# "No Way" - 2:29# "That's a Plan" -Track listing:# "Mrs. Steven Rudy" (Mark McGuinn, Shane Decker) - 3:29# "Heaven Must Be Missin' You" (McGuinn, Trey Matthews) - 3:41# "No Way" (McGuinn, Matthews) - 2:29# "That's a... |
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| 4 | On a Night like This On a Night Like This (Trick Pony song) "On a Night like This" is the title of a song written by Doug Kahan and Karen Staley, and recorded by American country music group Trick Pony. Released in April 2001, it was the second single from the album Trick Pony... |
Trick Pony Trick Pony Trick Pony was an American country music group. It was formed in 1996 by Keith Burns , Ira Dean , and Heidi Newfield . The group recorded three studio albums: Trick Pony, On a Mission and R.I.D.E., released in 2001, 2002 and 2005, respectively... |
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| 1 | One More Day One More Day (Diamond Rio song) "One More Day" is a song written by Bobby Tomberlin and Steven Dale Jones, and recorded by American country music group Diamond Rio. It was released in October 2000 as the second single from their 2001 album, also titled One More Day, in addition to gaining popularity after the death of NASCAR... |
Diamond Rio Diamond Rio Diamond Rio is an American Country music/Christian music band formed in 1984 in Nashville, Tennessee. Since its foundation, the group has comprised the same six members: Gene Johnson , Jimmy Olander , Brian Prout , Marty Roe , Dan Truman , and Dana Williams... |
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| 1 | Only in America Only in America (song) "Only in America" is the title of a song recorded by the American country music duo Brooks & Dunn on their 2001 album Steers & Stripes. Kix Brooks, one-half of the duo, co-wrote the song with Don Cook and Ronnie Rogers, although it features Ronnie Dunn on lead vocals... |
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| 17 | People Like Us | Aaron Tippin Aaron Tippin Aaron Dupree Tippin is an American country music artist and record producer. Initially a songwriter for Acuff-Rose Music, he gained a recording contract with RCA Records in 1990... |
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| 12 | Pour Me | Trick Pony | |
| 14 | Real Life (I Never Was the Same Again) | Jeff Carson Jeff Carson Jeffrey Lee Herndon , known professionally as Jeff Carson, is an American country music artist. Originally a session musician in Branson, Missouri and later a demo singer, he was signed to Curb Records in 1995, releasing his self-titled debut album that year, followed by Butterfly Kisses in 1998... |
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| 2 | Riding with Private Malone Riding with Private Malone "Riding with Private Malone" is the title of a song written by Wood Newton and Thom Shepherd, and recorded by American country music artist David Ball. Released in August 2001 as the first single from his fifth studio album Amigo, the song reached a peak of #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles &... |
David Ball David Ball (country musician) David Ball is an American country music artist. Active since 1988, he has recorded a total of seven studio albums on several different labels, including his platinum certified debut Thinkin' Problem. Fourteen of Ball's singles have entered the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts... |
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| 5 | Right Where I Need to Be Right Where I Need to Be "Right Where I Need to Be" is a song written by Casey Beathard and Kendell Marvel and recorded by country music artist Gary Allan. It is the last single released from his 1999 album Smoke Rings in the Dark. It reached #5 in June 2001, thus becoming his first top 5 hit, as well as his third top 10 hit... |
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| 16 | Rose Bouquet | Phil Vassar Phil Vassar Phil Vassar is an American country music artist. Vassar made his debut on the country music scene in the late 1990s, co-writing singles for several country artists, including Tim McGraw , Jo Dee Messina , Collin Raye , and Alan Jackson Phil Vassar (born May 28, 1964 in Lynchburg, Virginia) is an... |
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| 2 | Run Run (George Strait song) Run is a song recorded by American country music artist George Strait. It was the lead single released in October 2001 from George Strait's 2001 album The Road Less Traveled. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts in December 2001, where it was blocked by Toby Keith's song, I... |
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| 20 | Second Wind | Darryl Worley | |
| 2 | She Couldn't Change Me She Couldn't Change Me "She Couldn't Change Me" is a song written by Gary Nicholson and Chris Knight and recorded by country music duo Montgomery Gentry. It was released in February 2001 as the lead-off single from their album Carrying On... |
Montgomery Gentry Montgomery Gentry Montgomery Gentry is an American country music duo composed of vocalists Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry. The two began performing in the 1990s as part of a band which also included Eddie Montgomery's brother John Michael Montgomery, and founded the existing duo in 1999.Signed to Columbia Records,... |
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| 8 | She Misses Him She Misses Him "She Misses Him" is a song written by Tim Johnson and recorded by Tim Rushlow for his 2001 debut self-titled album. It was released as the album's second single in October 2000 and peaked at number 8 on the U.S. country charts. It also reached number 59 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was his highest... |
Tim Rushlow Tim Rushlow Timothy Ray "Tim" Rushlow is an American country music artist. Between 1991 and 1997, Rushlow was co-lead vocalist of the country music band Little Texas, which recorded four albums and a Greatest Hits package, in addition to charting more than fifteen singles on the Billboard country singles... |
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| 9 | Six-Pack Summer Six-Pack Summer "Six-Pack Summer" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Phil Vassar. It was released in June 2001 as the fourth single from his 2000 self-titled debut album Phil Vassar. It peaked at #9 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks and at #56 on the U.S... |
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| 18 | Sweet Summer Sweet Summer "Sweet Summer" is the title of a song written by Neil Thrasher and Michael Dulaney and recorded by American country music group Diamond Rio. It was released in May 2001 as the third single from their 2001 album, One More Day. It peaked at #18 in the United States and it also peaked at #4 on the U.S... |
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| 1 | Tell Her Tell Her "Tell Her" is the title of a song co-written by Craig Wiseman and Kwesi B. It was recorded by American country music group Lonestar. It was released in September 2000 as the fifth and final single from their 1999 album Lonely Grill. The song reached Number One on the Billboard country charts,... |
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| 1 | There Is No Arizona There Is No Arizona "There Is No Arizona" is the debut single by Australian country music artist Jamie O'Neal. Released in August 2000, the song is from O'Neal's Shiver album... |
Jamie O'Neal Jamie O'Neal Jamie O'Neal is a contemporary country singer and songwriter who has had success in the United States. She was born Jamie Murphy in Sydney, Australia, to parents Jimmy and Julie Murphy, who were also professional musicians... |
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| 11 | There You'll Be There You'll Be "There You'll Be" is a song by Faith Hill, which became a hit single in 2001. Written by Diane Warren and Alan Menken, known for his Disney film scores such as "The Little Mermaid", "Beauty and the Beast", "Aladdin", "Pocahontas" and "Tangled", it was featured on the Pearl Harbor soundtrack... |
Faith Hill | |
| 9 | This Everyday Love This Everyday Love "This Everyday Love" is a song recorded by the country music group Rascal Flatts. It is the second single released from their self-titled debut album. It peaked at number 9.-Content:... |
Rascal Flatts Rascal Flatts Rascal Flatts is an American country music band that originated in Columbus, Ohio, United States of America. Since its inception, Rascal Flatts has been composed of three members: Gary LeVox , Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney... |
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| 19 | The Tin Man The Tin Man (Kenny Chesney song) "The Tin Man" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Kenny Chesney. It was the third single release from his 1994 debut album In My Wildest Dreams... |
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| 4 | Two People Fell in Love Two People Fell in Love "Two People Fell in Love" is a the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country artist Brad Paisley. It was released in March 2001 as the first single from Paisley's album Part II and reached a peak of number 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in... |
Brad Paisley Brad Paisley Brad Douglas Paisley is an American singer-songwriter and musician. His style crosses between traditional country music and Southern rock, and his songs are frequently laced with humor and pop culture references.... |
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| 1 | What I Really Meant to Say What I Really Meant to Say "What I Really Meant to Say" is a country music song written by Cyndi Thomson, Tommy Lee James, and Chris Waters. It was released in March 2001 as Thomson's debut single, as well as the lead-off single to her debut album, My World. The song reached the top of the Hot Country Singles & Tracks ... |
Cyndi Thomson Cyndi Thomson Cyndi Thomson is an American country music artist. Thomson wrote songs with songwriter Tommy Lee James and in 2000, she signed with Capitol Records Nashville as a recording artist... |
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| 8 | When God-Fearin' Women Get the Blues When God-Fearin' Women Get the Blues "When God-Fearin' Women Get the Blues" is the title of a song written by Leslie Satcher, and recorded by American country artist Martina McBride... |
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| 1 | When I Think About Angels When I Think About Angels "When I Think About Angels" is a song co-written and recorded by Australian country music artist Jamie O'Neal. It was released in March 2001 as the second single from O'Neal's Shiver album. The song reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. It also peaked at #35 on... |
Jamie O'Neal | |
| 15 | When It All Goes South | Alabama Alabama (band) Alabama is a country music and southern rock band from Fort Payne, Alabama, United States. The band was founded in 1969 by Randy Owen and his cousin Teddy Gentry , soon joined by Jeff Cook... |
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| 5 | When Somebody Loves You When Somebody Loves You (song) "When Somebody Loves You" is the title of a song written and recorded by country music artist Alan Jackson. It was released in March 2001 as the second single released from his 2000 album of the same name. It peaked at number 5 on the Hot Country Songs chart.... |
Alan Jackson Alan Jackson Alan Eugene Jackson is an American country music singer, known for blending traditional honky tonk and mainstream country sounds and penning many of his own hits. He has recorded 13 studio albums, 3 Greatest Hits albums, 2 Holiday albums, 1 Gospel album and several compilations, all on the Arista... |
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| 1 | Where I Come From Where I Come From "Where I Come From" is the title of a country music song written and recorded by American singer Alan Jackson. Released in July 2001, it was the third single from his 2000 album When Somebody Loves You... |
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| 3 | Where the Blacktop Ends Where the Blacktop Ends "Where the Blacktop Ends" is the title of a song written by Allen Shamblin and Steve Wariner, and recorded by country music singer Keith Urban. It was released in April 2001 as the last single from Urban's self-titled album and the third Top Five single of his career, reaching a peak of #3 on the... |
Keith Urban | |
| 1 | Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning) Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning) "Where Were You " is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music artist Alan Jackson. Written in the wake of the September 11 attacks, it was introduced at the Country Music Association's annual awards show on November 7, 2001... |
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| 7 | While You Loved Me While You Loved Me "While You Loved Me" is a song recorded by country music group Rascal Flatts. It is the third single from their self-titled debut album. It peaked at #7.-Background:... |
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| 1 | Who I Am Who I Am (Jessica Andrews song) "Who I Am" is the title of a song written by Brett James and Troy Verges, and recorded by American country artist Jessica Andrews. It was released as the first single from her second studio album of the same name.-Content:... |
Jessica Andrews Jessica Andrews Jessica Danielle Andrews is an American country music singer. At age 15 in mid-1999, she made her debut on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts with the single "I Will Be There for You", from her debut album Heart Shaped World, released in 1999 on DreamWorks Records Nashville.Andrews... |
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| 13 | Why They Call It Falling Why They Call It Falling "Why They Call It Falling" is the title of a song written by Don Schlitz and Roxie Dean and recorded by American country artist Lee Ann Womack. It was released in April 2001 as the third single from her CD, I Hope You Dance; it peaked at #13 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles &... |
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| 7 | Wild Horses Wild Horses (Garth Brooks song) "Wild Horses" is the title of a song co-written by Bill Shore and David Wills. It was recorded by American country music artist Garth Brooks and was featured on his breakthrough album No Fences in 1990. The song was previously an album cut on the album and was released as a single in 2000 with a... |
Garth Brooks Garth Brooks Troyal Garth Brooks , best known as Garth Brooks, is an American country music artist who helped make country music a worldwide phenomenon. His eponymous first album was released in 1989 and peaked at number 2 in the US country album chart while climbing to number 13 on the Billboard 200 album chart... |
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| 10 | With Me With Me (Lonestar song) "With Me" is the title of a song written by Brett James and Troy Verges, and recorded by the country music group Lonestar. It was released in August 2001 as the second single from their 2001 album I'm Already There. It peaked at #10 on the U.S... |
Lonestar | |
| 1 | Without You Without You (Dixie Chicks song) "Without You" is a song written by Eric Silver along with Natalie Maines, lead singer of the American country group the Dixie Chicks, who recorded the song for their 1999 album Fly. It was released as the album's fifth single in August 2000 and in January 2001, hit number one on the U.S. country... |
Dixie Chicks | |
| 19 | You Made Me That Way | Andy Griggs Andy Griggs Andrew Tyler "Andy" Griggs is an American country music artist. He has released three albums for RCA Records Nashville and a fourth for Montage Music Group... |
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| 1 | You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This "You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This" is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music artist Toby Keith. It was released in October 2000 as the fourth single from Keith's How Do You Like Me Now?! album. The song reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks ... |
Toby Keith |
Top new album releases
The following albums placed within the Top 50 on the Top Country Albums charts in 2001:| US | Album | Artist | Record Label | Reference |
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| 4 | Alright Guy Alright Guy -Personnel:* Chad Cromwell - drums* Jake Kelly - acoustic guitar* Joe Manuel - acoustic guitar* Steve Nathan - keyboards* Michael Rhodes - bass guitar* Brent Rowan - electric guitar* John Wesley Ryles - background vocals* Hank Singer - Mandolin, fiddle... |
Gary Allan Gary Allan Gary Allan Herzberg is an American country music artist, known professionally as Gary Allan.Signed to Decca Records in 1996, Allan made his debut on the United States country music scene with the release of his single "Her Man", the lead-off to his gold-certified debut album Used Heart for Sale,... |
MCA Nashville | |
| 3 | Blake Shelton Blake Shelton (album) -Album:-Singles:-Certifications:... |
Blake Shelton Blake Shelton Blake Tollison Shelton is an American country music artist. In 2001, he made his debut with the single "Austin". Released as the lead-off single from his self-titled debut album, "Austin" went on to spend five weeks at Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts... |
Warner Bros. | |
| 6 | Carrying On Carrying On Carrying On is the second album by country music duo Montgomery Gentry. It was released in 2001 . Certified gold in the United States, the album produced only two singles: "She Couldn't Change Me" and "Cold One Comin' On", which respectively reached #2 and #23 on the Hot Country Songs charts.-Track... |
Montgomery Gentry Montgomery Gentry Montgomery Gentry is an American country music duo composed of vocalists Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry. The two began performing in the 1990s as part of a band which also included Eddie Montgomery's brother John Michael Montgomery, and founded the existing duo in 1999.Signed to Columbia Records,... |
Columbia | |
| 4 | Chrome Chrome (Trace Adkins album) -Production:*Tracks 3, 5-8, 10 and 11 produced by Trey Bruce; recorded at The Sound Kitchen and Emerald Studios, The Tracking Room .**"Give Me You" and "Thankful Man" recorded at Omni Recording .... |
Trace Adkins Trace Adkins Tracy Darrell "Trace" Adkins is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1996 with the album Dreamin' Out Loud, released on Capitol Records Nashville. Since then, Adkins has released seven more studio albums and two Greatest Hits compilations... |
Capitol Nashville | |
| 6 | Dare to Dream Dare to Dream (Billy Gilman album) Dare to Dream is the third studio album by American country music singer Billy Gilman. It was released in 2001 on Epic Records Nashville... |
Billy Gilman Billy Gilman William Wendell "Billy" Gilman III is an American country music artist. In 2000, at the age of 12, he debuted with the single "One Voice," a Top 20 hit on the Billboard country music charts and became the youngest singer to a Top 40 hit on the country music charts... |
Epic | |
| 10 | Down from the Mountain Soundtrack Down from the Mountain The soundtrack album, Down from the Mountain: Live Concert Performances by the Artists & Musicians of O Brother, Where Art Thou? was released to complement the documentary concert film... |
Various Artists | Lost Highway | |
| 10 | Gravitational Forces Gravitational Forces Gravitational Forces is an album by Texas-based country/folk singer-songwriter Robert Earl Keen. It was first released in the United States on August 7, 2001 on Lost Highway.... |
Robert Earl Keen Robert Earl Keen Robert Earl Keen, Junior is an American Texas Country singer-songwriter. He is popular with fans of traditional country music, folk music, college radio, and alt-country. Keen currently resides in Kerrville, Texas and maintains a ranch in Medina, Texas.-Early life:Growing up in Houston, Texas,... |
Lost Highway | |
| 1 | Greatest Hits Greatest Hits (Martina McBride album) -Album:-Singles:... |
Martina McBride Martina McBride Martina McBride is an American country music singer and songwriter. McBride has been called the "Céline Dion of Country Music" for her big-voiced ballads and soprano range.... |
RCA Nashville | |
| 8 | Greatest Hits II Greatest Hits II (Clint Black album) Greatest Hits II is a 2001 compilation album by country singer Clint Black. It was his last release for RCA Records.Like his first Greatest Hits volume, it compiles a dozen hit songs from his previous albums and adds four new recordings: the romantic duet "Easy For Me To Say" , "Little Pearl and... |
Clint Black Clint Black Clint Patrick Black is an American country music singer-songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist and occasional actor. Signed to RCA Records in 1989, Black made his debut with his Killin' Time album, which produced four straight Number One singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country... |
RCA Nashville | |
| 1 | Greatest Hits Vol. 3: I'm a Survivor Greatest Hits Vol. 3: I'm A Survivor Greatest Hits Volume III: I'm a Survivor is the third greatest hits compilation released by Reba McEntire. Released in 2001, it featured 12 of her hits from the 1990s plus three new songs. The lead single, "I'm a Survivor", peaked at number 4 on the Hot Country Songs charts... |
Reba McEntire Reba McEntire Reba Nell McEntire is an American country music artist and actress. She began her career in the music industry as a high school student singing in the Kiowa High School band , on local radio shows with her siblings, and at rodeos. As a solo act, she was invited to perform at a rodeo in Oklahoma... |
MCA Nashville | |
| 1 | I Need You I Need You (LeAnn Rimes album) I Need You is the third compilation album from American recording artist LeAnn Rimes. The ten-track album was first released on January 30, 2001 through Curb Records, to help satisfy Rimes' recording contract obligations during litigation with the label and her management. Rimes publicly disowned... |
LeAnn Rimes LeAnn Rimes LeAnn Rimes is an American country/pop singer. She is known for her rich vocals and her rise to fame as an eight-year-old champion on the original Ed McMahon version of Star Search, followed by the release of the Patsy Cline-intended single "Blue" when Rimes was only age 13, resulting in her... |
Curb | |
| 1 | I'm Already There I'm Already There I'm Already There is the fourth album released by American country music band Lonestar. Released in 2001 on BNA Records , the album was certified platinum by the RIAA for sales of one million copies.... |
Lonestar Lonestar Lonestar is an American country music group consisting of Richie McDonald , Michael Britt , Keech Rainwater , Dean Sams , and Michael Hill . McDonald left the band in November 2007 for a solo career before returning in 2011... |
BNA | |
| 1 | Inside Out Inside Out (Trisha Yearwood album) Inside Out is the eighth studio album by country music singer Trisha Yearwood. It was her second studio album of the new millennium.The album reached #1 on the Billboard country albums chart. The album also contained the bonus track, "You're Where I Belong", on UK, Asian and Australian releases... |
Trisha Yearwood Trisha Yearwood Patricia Lynn Yearwood, professionally known as Trisha Yearwood , is an American country music artist. She is best known for her ballads about vulnerable young women from a female perspective that have been described by some music critics as "strong" and "confident."Trisha Yearwood signed with MCA... |
MCA Nashville | |
| 10 | Loving Every Minute Loving Every Minute (album) Loving Every Minute is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Mark Wills. Released in 2001 on Mercury Nashville Records, the album produced two singles: the title track and "I'm Not Gonna Do Anything Without You" , which peaked at #18 and #31, respectively, on the Billboard Hot... |
Mark Wills Mark Wills Daryl Mark Williams is an American country music artist, best known professionally as Mark Wills. Signed to Mercury Records between 1996 and 2003, he released five studio albums for the label — Mark Wills, Wish You Were Here, Permanently, Loving Every Minute and And the Crowd Goes Wild — as well... |
Mercury Nashville | |
| 7 | My World My World (Cyndi Thomson album) My World is the debut album of American country music artist Cyndi Thomson. Released in July 2001 , it is also her only studio album to date. Its lead-off single, "What I Really Meant to Say", was a Number One single on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts in late 2001... |
Cyndi Thomson Cyndi Thomson Cyndi Thomson is an American country music artist. Thomson wrote songs with songwriter Tommy Lee James and in 2000, she signed with Capitol Records Nashville as a recording artist... |
Capitol Nashville | |
| 4 | Never Love You Enough Never Love You Enough Never Love You Enough is the fifth studio album released by American country music artist Chely Wright. Its first two tracks — the title track and "Jezebel" — were both released as singles, both peaking in the mid-20s on the Billboard country charts. The latter was co-written by Jay DeMarcus, bass... |
Chely Wright Chely Wright Richell Rene "Chely" Wright is an American country music artist and, starting in 2010, gay rights activist. On the strength of her debut album in 1994, the Academy of Country Music named her Top New Female Vocalist in 1995. Wright's first Top 40 country hit came in 1997 with "Shut Up and Drive"... |
MCA Nashville | |
| 3 | New Favorite New Favorite New Favorite is the ninth album by bluegrass music group Alison Krauss & Union Station, released August 14, 2001. The album peaked in the top 50 of the Billboard 200 and within the top 5 of the Billboard charts for both Country and Bluegrass and was certified gold... |
Alison Krauss & Union Station Alison Krauss Alison Maria Krauss is an American bluegrass-country singer, songwriter and fiddler. She entered the music industry at an early age, winning local contests by the age of ten and recording for the first time at fourteen. She signed with Rounder Records in 1985 and released her first solo album in... |
Rounder | |
| 5 | One More Day One More Day (album) One More Day is the sixth studio album produced by American country band Diamond Rio. The album was released in 2001. Although its lead-off single "Stuff" peaked at #36 on the Hot Country Songs charts, the title track became popular on radio after the death of Dale Earnhardt, Sr., and eventually... |
Diamond Rio Diamond Rio Diamond Rio is an American Country music/Christian music band formed in 1984 in Nashville, Tennessee. Since its foundation, the group has comprised the same six members: Gene Johnson , Jimmy Olander , Brian Prout , Marty Roe , Dan Truman , and Dana Williams... |
Arista Nashville | |
| 3 | Part II Part II (Brad Paisley album) -Personnel:*Eddie Bayers - drums*Ron Block - banjo*Glen Duncan - fiddle*Kevin "Swine" Grantt - bass guitar, upright bass*Jim "Daddy" Heffernan - Dobro on "Two Feet of Topsoil", "Munster Rag" and "Too Country"*Bernie Herms - piano, keyboards, B3 organ... |
Brad Paisley Brad Paisley Brad Douglas Paisley is an American singer-songwriter and musician. His style crosses between traditional country music and Southern rock, and his songs are frequently laced with humor and pop culture references.... |
Arista Nashville | |
| 1 | Pull My Chain Pull My Chain Pull My Chain is the title of an album by American country music artist Toby Keith, released in 2001 on DreamWorks Records Nashville. The album has been certified 2× Multi-Platinum in the U.S. for sales of two million copies... |
Toby Keith Toby Keith Toby Keith Covel , best known as Toby Keith, is an American country music singer-songwriter, record producer and actor. Keith released his first four studio albums — 1993's Toby Keith, 1994's Boomtown, 1996's Blue Moon and 1997's Dream Walkin, plus a Greatest Hits package for various divisions of... |
DreamWorks Nashville | |
| 1 | The Road Less Traveled The Road Less Traveled (George Strait Album) The Road Less Traveled is an album by country artist George Strait released by MCA Nashville in 2001. Certified platinum for sales of one million copies, the album produced the hits "Run", "She'll Leave You with a Smile" and "Living and Living Well", the latter two of which were #1 hits on the... |
George Strait George Strait George Harvey Strait is an American country music singer, actor, and music producer. Strait is referred to as the "King of Country," and critics call Strait a living legend. He is known for his unique style of western swing music, bar-room ballads, honky-tonk style, and fresh yet traditional... |
MCA Nashville | |
| 5 | The Rock: Stone Cold Country 2001 The Rock: Stone Cold Country 2001 The Rock: Stone Cold Country 2001 is an album by American country music singer George Jones. This album was released on September 11, 2001 on the Bandit Records label. The lead-off single was "Beer Run ", a duet with Garth Brooks that was also found on his 2001 album Scarecrow... |
George Jones George Jones George Glenn Jones is an American country music singer known for his long list of hit records, his distinctive voice and phrasing, and his marriage to Tammy Wynette.... |
Bandit | |
| 8 | Room with a View Room with a View (album) Room with a View is the debut album of Canadian country music artist Carolyn Dawn Johnson, and was released on August 7, 2001 on Arista Nashville. Certified gold by the CRIA, it produced two consecutive Number One hits for Johnson on the Canadian country singles charts in "Georgia" and... |
Carolyn Dawn Johnson Carolyn Dawn Johnson Carolyn Dawn Johnson is a Canadian Juno Award winning country music singer-songwriter. Johnson first rose to fame by co-writing Chely Wright's 1999 Number One single, "Single White Female," which reached number one on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in September 1999... |
Arista Nashville | |
| 1 | Scarecrow Scarecrow (Garth Brooks album) Scarecrow is the ninth studio album by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on November 13, 2001, and debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart, and the Top Country Albums chart... |
Garth Brooks Garth Brooks Troyal Garth Brooks , best known as Garth Brooks, is an American country music artist who helped make country music a worldwide phenomenon. His eponymous first album was released in 1989 and peaked at number 2 in the US country album chart while climbing to number 13 on the Billboard 200 album chart... |
Capitol Nashville | |
| 1 | Set This Circus Down Set This Circus Down Set This Circus Down is the seventh album by country music singer Tim McGraw. Certified 3× Multi-Platinum by the RIAA for U.S. sales of three million copies, the album produced four singles for McGraw on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts... |
Tim McGraw Tim McGraw Samuel Timothy "Tim" McGraw is an American country singer and actor. Many of McGraw's albums and singles have topped the country music charts with total album sales in excess of 40 million units in the US, making him the eighth best-selling artist, and the third best-selling country singer, in the... |
Curb | |
| 8 | Songs from Call Me Claus Songs from Call Me Claus Songs from Call Me Claus is a reissue of Garth Brooks and the Magic of Christmas, second Christmas album by American country music artist Garth Brooks, and was released on September 25, 2001... |
Garth Brooks Garth Brooks Troyal Garth Brooks , best known as Garth Brooks, is an American country music artist who helped make country music a worldwide phenomenon. His eponymous first album was released in 1989 and peaked at number 2 in the US country album chart while climbing to number 13 on the Billboard 200 album chart... |
Capitol Nashville | |
| 1 | Steers & Stripes Steers & Stripes Steers & Stripes is the seventh studio album, released in 2001, by country duo Brooks & Dunn on Arista Nashville. The album produced five singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, of which the first three were all Number Ones... |
Brooks & Dunn Brooks & Dunn Brooks & Dunn was an American country music duo consisting of Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn, who were both vocalists and songwriters. They were paired by record producer Tim DuBois in 1990. Before the duo's foundation, both members of the duo were solo recording artists... |
Arista Nashville | |
| 7 | Three Days Three Days (album) -Album:-Singles:... |
Pat Green Pat Green Patrick Craven "Pat" Green is an American Texas Country artist. Active since 1995, he has recorded a total of ten studio albums, including several independent works, three for Republic Records and two for BNA... |
Republic | |
| 6 | Time* Sex* Love* | Mary Chapin Carpenter Mary Chapin Carpenter Mary Chapin Carpenter is an American folk and country music artist. Carpenter spent several years singing in Washington, D.C. clubs before signing in the late 1980s with Columbia Records, who marketed her as a country singer... |
Columbia | |
| 6 | What a Wonderful Christmas What a Wonderful Christmas -Chart performance:... |
Anne Murray Anne Murray Morna Anne Murray CC, ONS is a Canadian singer in pop, country and adult contemporary styles whose albums have sold over 54 million copies.... |
StraightWay | |
| 4 | When It All Goes South When It All Goes South When It All Goes South is the sixteenth studio album of country music band Alabama. It was released on January 16, 2001. The album produced the singles "When It All Goes South", "Will You Marry Me" and "The Woman He Loves"... |
Alabama Alabama (band) Alabama is a country music and southern rock band from Fort Payne, Alabama, United States. The band was founded in 1969 by Randy Owen and his cousin Teddy Gentry , soon joined by Jeff Cook... |
RCA Nashville | |
| 2 | Who I Am | Jessica Andrews Jessica Andrews Jessica Danielle Andrews is an American country music singer. At age 15 in mid-1999, she made her debut on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts with the single "I Will Be There for You", from her debut album Heart Shaped World, released in 1999 on DreamWorks Records Nashville.Andrews... |
DreamWorks Nashville |
Other top albums
| US | Album | Artist | Record Label | Reference |
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| 45 | 3 of Hearts 3 of Hearts (album) -Album:-Singles:-3 of Hearts:*Katie McNeill – vocals*Blaire Stroud – vocals*Deserea Wasdin – vocals-Additional musicians:*Mike Brignardello – bass guitar*Paul Franklin – steel guitar... |
3 of Hearts 3 of Hearts 3 of Hearts was an American country music trio composed of Blaire Stroud, Katie McNeill, and Deserea Wasdin, all natives of Fort Worth, Texas. Signed to RCA Records in 2001, the trio released its debut album in July of that year. Two of its singles entered the U.S... |
RCA Nashville | |
| 11 | Amigo | David Ball | Dualtone | |
| 26 | Anthology, Vol. 1: Cowboy Man Anthology, Vol. 1: Cowboy Man Anthology, Vol. 1: Cowboy Man is a compilation album of songs by Lyle Lovett, released in 2001. Two songs saw their first release on this compilation; all other tracks were previously released.... |
Lyle Lovett Lyle Lovett Lyle Pearce Lovett is an American singer-songwriter and actor. Active since 1980, he has recorded thirteen albums and released 21 singles to date, including his highest entry, the number 10 chart hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, "Cowboy Man"... |
MCA Nashville | |
| 49 | The Captain The Captain (album) -Charts:... |
Kasey Chambers Kasey Chambers Kasey Chambers is an Australian country singer-songwriter. She is the daughter of steel guitar player Bill Chambers, and the sister of musician and producer Nash Chambers.-Solo success:... |
Warner Bros. | |
| 18 | Complete | Lila McCann Lila McCann Lila Elaine McCann is an American country music singer who made her debut at age sixteen with the single "Down Came a Blackbird." Reaching a peak of #28 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, the song was the first release from her 1997 album Lila, which became the highest-selling... |
Asylum | |
| 43 | The Complete Limelight Sessions The Complete Limelight Sessions -Charts:... |
Shania Twain Shania Twain Shania Twain, OC is a Canadian country pop singer-songwriter. Her album The Woman in Me , brought her fame and her 1997 album Come On Over, became the best-selling album of all time by a female musician in any genre, and the best-selling country album of all time. It has sold over 40 million... |
Limelight | |
| 47 | A Country Superstar Christmas 4 | Various Artists | Hip-O | |
| 32 | Dancin' with Thunder: The Official Music of the PBR |
Various Artists | Epic | |
| 42 | A December to Remember A December to Remember -Chart performance:... |
Aaron Tippin Aaron Tippin Aaron Dupree Tippin is an American country music artist and record producer. Initially a songwriter for Acuff-Rose Music, he gained a recording contract with RCA Records in 1990... |
Lyric Street | |
| 50 | Del and the Boys | Del McCoury Band Del McCoury Band The Del McCoury Band is a bluegrass band. Originally Del McCoury and the Dixie Pals with Del on guitar and his brother Jerry on bass, the band went through a number of changes until the 1980s when the band solidified its line-up, adding McCoury's sons, Ronnie and Robbie on mandolin and banjo,... |
Ceili | |
| 16 | Driven Soundtrack | Various Artists | Curb | |
| 39 | Earl Scruggs and Friends | Earl Scruggs Earl Scruggs Earl Eugene Scruggs is an American musician noted for perfecting and popularizing a 3-finger banjo-picking style that is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music... |
MCA Nashville | |
| 43 | Followin' a Feelin' Followin' a Feelin' Followin' a Feelin' is the third studio album by Australian country music artist Sherrié Austin. It was released in 2001 by Madacy Entertainment and peaked at #43 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart... |
Sherrié Austin Sherrié Austin Sherrie Veronica Krenn is an Australian actress and singer, known professionally as Sherrié Austin. Active as a singer since her teenage years, Sherrié initially recorded as one half of the duo Colorhaus, which also featured Phil Radford... |
WE | |
| 49 | From the Heart | The Oak Ridge Boys The Oak Ridge Boys The Oak Ridge Boys are an American country and gospel vocal quartet.The group was founded in the 1940s as the Oak Ridge Quartet. They became popular in southern gospel during the 1950s... |
Spring Hill | |
| 20 | God Bless America God Bless America (LeAnn Rimes album) God Bless America is a compilation album by LeAnn Rimes. The album was released on October 16, 2001. The album comprises patriotic and inspirational songs that were originally recorded on her You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs album , as well as songs from her commercial album, All That ,... |
LeAnn Rimes LeAnn Rimes LeAnn Rimes is an American country/pop singer. She is known for her rich vocals and her rise to fame as an eight-year-old champion on the original Ed McMahon version of Star Search, followed by the release of the Patsy Cline-intended single "Blue" when Rimes was only age 13, resulting in her... |
Curb | |
| 22 | Hank Williams: Timeless | Various Artists | Lost Highway | |
| 35 | Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas | Lee Greenwood Lee Greenwood Melvin Lee Greenwood is an American country music artist. Active since the early 1980s, he has released more than twenty major-label albums and has charted more than 35 singles on the Billboard country music charts.... |
Freefalls | |
| 50 | Here Come the Derailers | The Derailers The Derailers The Derailers are an American country music band based in Austin, Texas. They were founded by Portland, Oregon natives Tony Villanueva and Brian Hofeldt in 1994.-History:... |
Lucky Dog | |
| 47 | A Hillbilly Tribute to AC/DC A Hillbilly Tribute to AC/DC A Hillbilly Tribute to AC/DC is the first album by American band Hayseed Dixie, released in 2001 . The album consists of cover versions of AC/DC songs performed in bluegrass style.-Track listing:... |
Hayseed Dixie Hayseed Dixie Hayseed Dixie is an American band which began in the autumn of 2000 with the release of their first album, A Hillbilly Tribute to AC/DC. The band performs a mixture of cover versions of hard rock songs and original compositions in a style that is a unique fusion of bluegrass and rock music and are... |
Dualtone | |
| 35 | History of the Future | Ricky Skaggs Ricky Skaggs Rickie Lee "Ricky" Skaggs is a country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer, and composer. He primarily plays mandolin; however, he also plays fiddle, guitar, and banjo.-Early career:... |
Skaggs Family | |
| 32 | The Houston Kid The Houston Kid The Houston Kid is the 10th album by American country music singer Rodney Crowell. It was released through Sugar Hill in 2001. The album includes the single "I Walk the Line Revisited", recorded in collaboration with Johnny Cash, which peaked at number 61 on the Hot Country Songs charts in late... |
Rodney Crowell Rodney Crowell Rodney Crowell is a Grammy Award-winning musician, known primarily for his work as a singer and songwriter in country music.... |
Sugar Hill | |
| 13 | I Finally Found Someone I Finally Found Someone (Lorrie Morgan and Sammy Kershaw album) -Chart performance:... |
Lorrie Morgan Lorrie Morgan In 1996 Morgan married Jon Randall, a singer/songwriter now credited with writing the 2004 Brad Paisley/Alison Krauss hit "Whiskey Lullaby"; they divorced three years later in 1999.... & Sammy Kershaw Sammy Kershaw Samuel Paul "Sammy" Kershaw is an American country music artist. A third cousin of Cajun fiddler Doug Kershaw and ex-husband of Lorrie Morgan, he has been active in country music since 1991. He has released ten studio albums, with three RIAA platinum certifications and two gold certifications... |
RCA Nashville | |
| 44 | III III (Chad Brock album) III is the third and final album released by country music artist Chad Brock. It features the single "Tell Me How". The only release from this album, the song failed to make Top 40 on the country charts, and Brock exited Warner Bros' roster by the end of 2001... |
Chad Brock Chad Brock Chad Brock is an American country music artist and disc jockey. Before beginning his musical career in the late 1990s, he was a professional wrestler in World Championship Wrestling , until an injury forced him to retire.... |
Warner Bros. | |
| 12 | Little Sparrow Little Sparrow -Chart performance:-External links:*... |
Dolly Parton Dolly Parton Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music. Dolly Parton has appeared in movies like 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Steel Magnolias and Straight Talk... |
Blue Eye | |
| 35 | Live Close By, Visit Often | K. T. Oslin K. T. Oslin Kay Toinette "K. T." Oslin is an American country music singer and songwriter. She is known for a series of top-ten country hits during the late 1980s and early 1990s, four of which topped the chart.-Early life and career:... |
BNA | |
| 38 | Live! Live! (Charlie Daniels album) Live! is a live album by The Charlie Daniels Band released on October 9, 2001. All of the tracks except for the last track, This Ain't No Rag, It's a Flag are live recordings.- Track listing :# "Introduction" - 0:22# "Road Dogs" - 3:53... |
Charlie Daniels Charlie Daniels Charles Edward "Charlie" Daniels is an American musician known for his contributions to country and southern rock music. He is known primarily for his number one country hit "The Devil Went Down to Georgia", and multiple other songs he has performed and written. Daniels has been active as a singer... |
Blue Hat | |
| 18 | Mark McGuinn | Mark McGuinn Mark McGuinn -Track listing:# "Mrs. Steven Rudy" - 3:29# "Heaven Must Be Missin' You" - 3:41# "No Way" - 2:29# "That's a Plan" -Track listing:# "Mrs. Steven Rudy" (Mark McGuinn, Shane Decker) - 3:29# "Heaven Must Be Missin' You" (McGuinn, Trey Matthews) - 3:41# "No Way" (McGuinn, Matthews) - 2:29# "That's a... |
VFR | |
| 19 | Mountain Soul Mountain Soul Mountain Soul is the eleventh album of original recordings by Patty Loveless. The album was recorded between January and March 2001 and was released on June 26 in the United States. It first charted on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart on July 14 , and remaining on the charts for 87 weeks... |
Patty Loveless Patty Loveless Patty Loveless , is an American country music singer.Since her emergence on the country music scene in late 1986 with her first album, Loveless has been one of the most popular female singers of the Neotraditional country movement, although she has also recorded albums in the Country pop and... |
Epic | |
| 20 | Nothing Personal | Delbert McClinton Delbert McClinton Delbert McClinton is an American blues rock and electric blues singer-songwriter, guitarist, harmonica player, and pianist.... |
New West | |
| 35 | O Sister! The Women's Bluegrass Collection | Various Artists | Rounder | |
| 19 | RCA Country Legends RCA Country Legends (Waylon Jennings album) RCA Country Legends is a Waylon Jennings compilation album. It is part of a series of similar RCA Country Legends albums released by RCA Records. It was released on November 6, 2001 and covers Jennings' biggest hits from 1965-1985.-Track listing:... |
Waylon Jennings Waylon Jennings Waylon Arnold Jennings was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. Jennings began playing at eight. He began performing at twelve, on KVOW radio. Jennings formed a band The Texas Longhorns. Jennings worked as a D.J on KVOW, KDAV and KLLL... |
RCA Nashville | |
| 24 | Reach Reach (Meredith Edwards album) Reach is the debut album by American country music artist Meredith Edwards. It was released in 2001 by Mercury Nashville and peaked at #24 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart... |
Meredith Edwards Meredith Edwards (country music singer) Meredith Edwards is an American singer. She recorded an album, Reach, for Mercury Records Nashville in 2001... |
Mercury Nashville | |
| 38 | Real Life Real Life (Jeff Carson album) Real Life is the third studio album to be released by American country music artist Jeff Carson. It contains the single "Real Life ", a Top 20 hit on the Billboard country music charts in mid-2001 and Carson's first Top 40 country hit since 1996's "Holdin' On to Something"... |
Jeff Carson Jeff Carson Jeffrey Lee Herndon , known professionally as Jeff Carson, is an American country music artist. Originally a session musician in Branson, Missouri and later a demo singer, he was signed to Curb Records in 1995, releasing his self-titled debut album that year, followed by Butterfly Kisses in 1998... |
Curb | |
| 47 | Roots, Volume 1 Roots, Volume 1 Roots, Volume 1 is an album by American country singer Merle Haggard, released in 2001. It reached Number 47 on the Billboard Country Albums chart.-History:... |
Merle Haggard Merle Haggard Merle Ronald Haggard is an American country music singer, guitarist, fiddler, instrumentalist, and songwriter. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster guitars, vocal harmonies,... |
Anti | |
| 24 | Roy D. Mercer vs. Yankees | Roy D. Mercer Roy D. Mercer Roy D. Mercer is a fictional character created by disc jockeys Brent Douglas and Phil Stone on radio station KMOD-FM in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Douglas, who performs Mercer's voice, uses the character as a vehicle for comedy sketches in which he performs prank calls. Seventeen Roy D... |
Capitol Nashville | |
| 14 | Say No More Say No More (Clay Walker album) -Critical reception:Michael Paoletta and Ray Waddell of Billboard gave the album a positve review writng "Say No More is a sonically adventurous album on which Walker offers more pop tendencies than usual, without sacrificing his country pedigree... |
Clay Walker Clay Walker Ernest Clayton "Clay" Walker Jr. is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1993 with the single "What's It to You," which reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, as did its follow-up, 1994's "Live Until I Die." Both singles were included on... |
Giant | |
| 42 | Songcatcher Soundtrack Songcatcher The film's score was written by David Mansfield, who also assembled a roster of female country music artists to perform mostly traditional mountain ballads. Some of the songs are contemporary arrangements, and some are played in the traditional Appalachian music style. The artists include Rosanne... |
Various Artists | Vanguard | |
| 26 | Songs We Wish We'd Written Songs We Wish We'd Written -Personnel:* Pat Green - vocals, guitar* Cory Morrow - vocals, guitar* Jay Boy Adams - guitar, slide guitar* Bukka Allen - accordion* Brendon Anthony - violin* Glen Fukunaga - bass* John Inmon - guitar* Lloyd Maines - guitar, mandolin, pedal steel... |
Pat Green Pat Green Patrick Craven "Pat" Green is an American Texas Country artist. Active since 1995, he has recorded a total of ten studio albums, including several independent works, three for Republic Records and two for BNA... & Cory Morrow Cory Morrow Cory Morrow is a Texas Country singer/songwriter who has gained popularity throughout the Southwest. Morrow started playing guitar at Memorial High School in Houston. He continued to develop as a musician while attending Texas Tech University, where he was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity... |
Write On | |
| 27 | Step Right Up | Charlie Robison Charlie Robison Charles Fitzgerald "Charlie" Robison is an Texas Country singer/songwriter, who was raised in Bandera, Texas. His brother is singer/songwriter Bruce Robison... |
Lucky Dog | |
| 27 | Tammy Cochran Tammy Cochran (album) Tammy Cochran is the debut album by American country music artist Tammy Cochran. It was released in 2001 by Epic Records and peaked at #27 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart... |
Tammy Cochran Tammy Cochran Tammy Cochran is an American country music artist. Signed to Epic Records Nashville in 2000, she released her self titled debut album that year, followed a year later by Life Happened... |
Epic | |
| 12 | Ten Rounds | Tracy Byrd | RCA Nashville | |
| 27 | This Is Your Country | Various Artists | UTV | |
| 24 | Thunder & Roses | Pam Tillis Pam Tillis Pamela Yvonne "Pam" Tillis is an American country music singer-songwriter and actress. She is the daughter of country music singer Mel Tillis.... |
Arista Nashville | |
| 28 | Tim Rushlow Tim Rushlow (album) Tim Rushlow is the solo debut album of American country music artist Tim Rushlow, formerly co-lead vocalist of the country music band Little Texas. Released in February 2001 on Atlantic Records, it is also his only solo album, although he did release another album and two singles in the band... |
Tim Rushlow Tim Rushlow Timothy Ray "Tim" Rushlow is an American country music artist. Between 1991 and 1997, Rushlow was co-lead vocalist of the country music band Little Texas, which recorded four albums and a Greatest Hits package, in addition to charting more than fifteen singles on the Billboard country singles... |
Atlantic | |
| 13 | Tracy Lawrence Tracy Lawrence (album) Tracy Lawrence is an eponymous album released by country music artist Tracy Lawrence in 2001. It was his only album for the Warner Bros. Records label. Only two singles were released from this album: "Life Don't Have to Be So Hard" and "What a Memory", the latter of which failed to make Top 40 on... |
Tracy Lawrence Tracy Lawrence Tracy Lawrence is an American country music artist. He started at a country music restaurant called "Live At Libby's" where owner Libby Knight would help local talent find their way into country music... |
Warner Bros. | |
| 12 | Trick Pony Trick Pony (album) Trick Pony is the eponymous debut from the American country music group Trick Pony, released in 2001 on Warner Bros. Records Nashville. The album produced three singles in "Pour Me", "On a Night Like This", and "Just What I Do", which respectively reached #12, #4, and #13 on the Billboard Hot... |
Trick Pony Trick Pony Trick Pony was an American country music group. It was formed in 1996 by Keith Burns , Ira Dean , and Heidi Newfield . The group recorded three studio albums: Trick Pony, On a Mission and R.I.D.E., released in 2001, 2002 and 2005, respectively... |
Warner Bros. | |
| 30 | The Whole SHeBANG: All Mixed Up | SHeDAISY SHeDAISY SHeDAISY is an American country music group founded in the late 1980s by sisters Kristyn Robyn Osborn , Kelsi Marie Osborn , and Kassidy Lorraine Osborn from Magna, Utah... |
Lyric Street |
Deaths
- February 7 — Dale EvansDale EvansDale Evans, was an American writer, movie star, and singer-songwriter. She was the third wife of singing cowboy Roy Rogers.-Early life:...
, 88, writer, actress, singer-songwriter, and wife of singing cowboy Roy RogersRoy RogersRoy Rogers, born Leonard Franklin Slye , was an American singer and cowboy actor, one of the most heavily marketed and merchandised stars of his era, as well as being the namesake of the Roy Rogers Restaurants franchised chain... - April 16 — Van StephensonVan StephensonVan Wesley Stephenson was an American singer-songwriter. He scored two US Billboard Hot 100 hits in the 1980s as a solo artist, and later became tenor vocalist in the country music band BlackHawk in the 1990s. In addition, Van co-wrote several singles for other artists, such as Restless Heart...
, 47, guitarist, vocalist and co-founding member of the 1990s group BlackhawkBlackhawk (band)Blackhawk is an American country music group founded in 1992 by Henry Paul , Van Stephenson , and Dave Robbins...
(skin cancer) - June 4 — John HartfordJohn HartfordJohn Cowan Hartford was an American folk, country and bluegrass composer and musician known for his mastery of the fiddle and banjo, as well as for his witty lyrics, unique vocal style, and extensive knowledge of Mississippi River lore...
, 63, singer-songwriter and bluegrass musician (non-Hodgkin Lymphoma) - June 30 — Chet AtkinsChet AtkinsChester Burton Atkins , known as Chet Atkins, was an American guitarist and record producer who, along with Owen Bradley, created the smoother country music style known as the Nashville sound, which expanded country's appeal to adult pop music fans as well.Atkins's picking style, inspired by Merle...
, 77, guitarist and record producer (colon cancer) - July 3 — Johnny RussellJohnny RussellJohn Bright "Johnny" Russell was an American country singer, songwriter, and comedian best-known for his song "Act Naturally", which was made famous by Buck Owens, who recorded it in 1963, and The Beatles in 1965...
, 61, singer-songwriter best known for writing the Buck OwensBuck OwensAlvis Edgar Owens, Jr. , better known as Buck Owens, was an American singer and guitarist who had 21 No. 1 hits on the Billboard country music charts with his band, the Buckaroos...
classic "Act Naturally" (diabetes) - September 11 — Carolyn Mayer BeugCarolyn BeugCarolyn Ann Mayer-Beug was a filmmaker and video producer from Santa Monica, California who died in the September 11 attacks-Career:...
, 48, filmmaker and music video director who directed several music videos for country singer Dwight YoakamDwight YoakamDwight David Yoakam is an American singer-songwriter, actor and film director, most famous for his pioneering country music...
(killed when American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into World Trade Center)
Country Music Hall of Fame inductees
- Bill Anderson (born 1937)
- The Delmore BrothersThe Delmore BrothersAlton Delmore and Rabon Delmore , billed as The Delmore Brothers, were country music pioneers and stars of the Grand Ole Opry in the 1930s...
(Alton Delmore 1908-1964 and Rabon Delmore 1916-1952) - The Everly BrothersThe Everly BrothersThe Everly Brothers are country-influenced rock and roll performers, known for steel-string guitar playing and close harmony singing...
(Don Everly born 1937 and Phil Everly born 1939) - Don GibsonDon GibsonDonald Eugene "Don" Gibson was an American songwriter and country musician. A Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, Gibson penned such country standards as "Sweet Dreams" and "I Can't Stop Loving You", and enjoyed a string of country hits from 1957 into the early 1970s.-Biography:Don Gibson was...
(1928–2003) - Homer and JethroHomer and JethroHomer and Jethro were the stage names of American country music duo Henry D. Haynes and Kenneth C. Burns , popular from the 1940s through the 1960s on radio and television for their satirical versions of popular songs...
(Homer Haynes 1920-1971 and Jethro Burns 1920-1989) - Waylon JenningsWaylon JenningsWaylon Arnold Jennings was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. Jennings began playing at eight. He began performing at twelve, on KVOW radio. Jennings formed a band The Texas Longhorns. Jennings worked as a D.J on KVOW, KDAV and KLLL...
(1937–2002) - The JordanairesThe JordanairesThe Jordanaires are an American vocal quartet, which formed as a gospel group in 1948. They are best known for providing vocal background for Elvis Presley, in live appearances and recordings from 1956 to 1972...
(Gordon Stoker born 1924, Neal Matthews, Jr.Neal Matthews, Jr.Neal Matthews, Jr. was an American vocalist who achieved fame as part of The Jordanaires, one of country music's premier backup groups; most notably with Elvis Presley.-Biography:...
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 NelsonKen Nelson (United States record producer)Kenneth F. Nelson was a American record producer and A & R man for Capitol Records.-Early life:Born in Caledonia, Minnesota, at the age of 14, Nelson made his radio single debut as a singer in 1925...
(born 1911) - Sam PhillipsSam PhillipsSamuel Cornelius Phillips , better known as Sam Phillips, was an American businessman, record executive, record producer and DJ who played an important role in the emergence of rock and roll as the major form of popular music in the 1950s...
(1923–2003) - Webb PierceWebb PierceWebb Michael Pierce was one of the most popular American honky tonk vocalists of the 1950s, charting more number one hits than any other country artist during the decade. His biggest hit was "In The Jailhouse Now," which charted for 37 weeks in 1955, 21 of them at number one...
(1921–1991)
Grammy Awards
- Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "ShineShine (Collective Soul song)"Shine" is a song by American post-grunge band Collective Soul. It served as the lead single from their 1993 debut album Hints, Allegations, and Things Left Unsaid. "Shine" would remain the band's most well known song and a hallmark of 1990s alternative rock. It became the #1 Album Rock Song of...
," Dolly PartonDolly PartonDolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music. Dolly Parton has appeared in movies like 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Steel Magnolias and Straight Talk... - Best Male Country Vocal Performance — "O Death," Ralph StanleyRalph StanleyRalph Stanley , also known as Dr. Ralph Stanley, is an American bluegrass artist, known for his distinctive singing and banjo playing.-Biography:...
- Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — "The Lucky One," Alison Krauss & Union StationAlison KraussAlison Maria Krauss is an American bluegrass-country singer, songwriter and fiddler. She entered the music industry at an early age, winning local contests by the age of ten and recording for the first time at fourteen. She signed with Rounder Records in 1985 and released her first solo album in...
- Best Country Collaboration with Vocals — "I am a Man of Constant SorrowMan of Constant Sorrow"Man of Constant Sorrow" is a traditional American folk song first recorded by Dick Burnett, a partially blind fiddler from Kentucky. The song was originally recorded by Burnett as "Farewell Song" printed in a Richard Burnett songbook, c. 1913. An early version was recorded by Emry Arthur in 1928...
," Harley AllenHarley AllenHarley Lee Allen was an American bluegrass and country singer and songwriter.-Early life:He was born in Dayton, Ohio, the son of the bluegrass performer Red Allen.-Film career:...
, Pat Enright and Dan TyminskiDan TyminskiDaniel John "Dan" Tyminski is a bluegrass composer, vocalist, and instrumentalist. He is a member of the band Alison Krauss and Union Station and has released two solo albums, Carry Me Across the Mountain , on the Doobie Shea Records label, and Wheels , on the Rounder Records label.He is best... - Best Country Instrumental Performance — "Foggy Mountain BreakdownFoggy Mountain Breakdown"Foggy Mountain Breakdown" is a bluegrass music instrumental by the bluegrass artists Flatt and Scruggs. It is a standard in the bluegrass repertoire. Banjo players consider the ability to deliver a convincing rendition of this piece the mark of an intermediate-level banjo player...
," Jerry DouglasJerry Douglas (musician)Jerry Douglas is an American record producer and resonator guitar player. Called "Dobro's matchless contemporary master," by The New York Times, and lauded as "my favorite musician" by John Fogerty, Douglas is one of the world’s most renowned Dobro players.-Career:In addition to his twelve solo...
, Gen Duncan, Vince GillVince GillVincent Grant "Vince" Gill is an American neotraditional country singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has achieved commercial success and fame both as frontman to the country rock band Pure Prairie League in the 1970s, and as a solo artist beginning in 1983, where his talents as a...
, Albert LeeAlbert LeeAlbert William Lee, born 21 December 1943 in Leominster, Herefordshire, England, is an English guitarist known for his fingerstyle and hybrid picking technique. Lee has worked both in the studio and on tour with some of the most famous musicians which stretch through a very wide of genres...
, Steve MartinSteve MartinStephen Glenn "Steve" Martin is an American actor, comedian, writer, playwright, producer, musician and composer....
, Leon RussellLeon RussellClaude Russell Bridges , known professionally as Leon Russell, is an American musician and songwriter, who has recorded as a session musician, sideman, and maintained a solo career in music....
, Earl ScruggsEarl ScruggsEarl Eugene Scruggs is an American musician noted for perfecting and popularizing a 3-finger banjo-picking style that is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music...
, Gary Scruggs, Randy ScruggsRandy ScruggsRandy Scruggs is a music producer, songwriter and guitarist. He had his first recording at the age of 13...
, Paul ShafferPaul ShafferPaul Allen Wood Shaffer, CM is a Canadian musician, actor, voice actor, author, comedian, and composer who has been David Letterman's sidekick since 1982.-Early years:...
& Marty StuartMarty StuartJohn Martin "Marty" Stuart is an American country music singer-songwriter, known for both his traditional style, and eclectic merging of rockabilly, honky tonk, and traditional country music... - Best Country Song — "The Lucky One," Alison Krauss & Union Station
- Best Country Album — Hank Williams Tribute, Various Artists (Producers: Bonnie Garner, Luke Lewis and Mary Martin)
- Best Bluegrass Album — New FavoriteNew FavoriteNew Favorite is the ninth album by bluegrass music group Alison Krauss & Union Station, released August 14, 2001. The album peaked in the top 50 of the Billboard 200 and within the top 5 of the Billboard charts for both Country and Bluegrass and was certified gold...
, Alison Krauss & Union Station
Juno Awards
- Best Country Artist/Group — Carolyn Dawn JohnsonCarolyn Dawn JohnsonCarolyn Dawn Johnson is a Canadian Juno Award winning country music singer-songwriter. Johnson first rose to fame by co-writing Chely Wright's 1999 Number One single, "Single White Female," which reached number one on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in September 1999...
- Best New Country Artist/Group — The Ennis SistersThe Ennis SistersEnnis, formerly known as The Ennis Sisters is a Canadian musical family group from St. John's, Newfoundland.-Biography:The Ennis Sisters, Maureen, Karen and Teresa, started playing music at a young age, encouraged by their father John and their mother Ceilie. The trio released their first album,...
Academy of Country Music
- Entertainer of the Year — Brooks & DunnBrooks & DunnBrooks & Dunn was an American country music duo consisting of Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn, who were both vocalists and songwriters. They were paired by record producer Tim DuBois in 1990. Before the duo's foundation, both members of the duo were solo recording artists...
- Song of the Year — "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)"Where Were You " is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music artist Alan Jackson. Written in the wake of the September 11 attacks, it was introduced at the Country Music Association's annual awards show on November 7, 2001...
," Alan JacksonAlan JacksonAlan Eugene Jackson is an American country music singer, known for blending traditional honky tonk and mainstream country sounds and penning many of his own hits. He has recorded 13 studio albums, 3 Greatest Hits albums, 2 Holiday albums, 1 Gospel album and several compilations, all on the Arista... - Single of the Year — "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)," Alan Jackson
- Album of the Year — O Brother, Where Art Thou?O Brother, Where Art Thou? (soundtrack)O Brother, Where Art Thou? is the soundtrack of music from the 2000 American film of the same name, written, directed and produced by the Coen Brothers and starring George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, and John Goodman....
- Top Male Vocalist — Alan Jackson
- Top Female Vocalist — Martina McBrideMartina McBrideMartina McBride is an American country music singer and songwriter. McBride has been called the "Céline Dion of Country Music" for her big-voiced ballads and soprano range....
- Top Vocal Duo — Brooks & Dunn
- Top Vocal Group — LonestarLonestarLonestar is an American country music group consisting of Richie McDonald , Michael Britt , Keech Rainwater , Dean Sams , and Michael Hill . McDonald left the band in November 2007 for a solo career before returning in 2011...
- Top New Male Vocalist — Phil VassarPhil VassarPhil Vassar is an American country music artist. Vassar made his debut on the country music scene in the late 1990s, co-writing singles for several country artists, including Tim McGraw , Jo Dee Messina , Collin Raye , and Alan Jackson Phil Vassar (born May 28, 1964 in Lynchburg, Virginia) is an...
- Top New Female Vocalist — Carolyn Dawn JohnsonCarolyn Dawn JohnsonCarolyn Dawn Johnson is a Canadian Juno Award winning country music singer-songwriter. Johnson first rose to fame by co-writing Chely Wright's 1999 Number One single, "Single White Female," which reached number one on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in September 1999...
- Top New Vocal Duo or Group — Trick PonyTrick PonyTrick Pony was an American country music group. It was formed in 1996 by Keith Burns , Ira Dean , and Heidi Newfield . The group recorded three studio albums: Trick Pony, On a Mission and R.I.D.E., released in 2001, 2002 and 2005, respectively...
- Video of the Year — "Only in AmericaOnly in America (song)"Only in America" is the title of a song recorded by the American country music duo Brooks & Dunn on their 2001 album Steers & Stripes. Kix Brooks, one-half of the duo, co-wrote the song with Don Cook and Ronnie Rogers, although it features Ronnie Dunn on lead vocals...
," Brooks & Dunn (Director: Michael Merriman) - Vocal Event of the Year — "I am a Man of Constant SorrowMan of Constant Sorrow"Man of Constant Sorrow" is a traditional American folk song first recorded by Dick Burnett, a partially blind fiddler from Kentucky. The song was originally recorded by Burnett as "Farewell Song" printed in a Richard Burnett songbook, c. 1913. An early version was recorded by Emry Arthur in 1928...
," Various Artists
Canadian Country Music Association
- Telus Mobility Fans' Choice Award — Terri ClarkTerri ClarkTerri Lynn Sauson , known professionally as Terri Clark, is a Canadian country music artist who has had success in both Canada and the United States. Signed to Mercury Records in 1995, she released her self-titled debut that year...
- Male Artist of the Year — Jason McCoyJason McCoyJason McCoy is a Canadian singer/songwriter who performs country music.He was born in Barrie, Ontario and was raised for a time in Camrose, Alberta before his family settled in Anten Mills, Ontario.He has won many awards including the 2001 Male Vocalist of the Year at the Canadian Country Music...
- Female Artist of the Year — Carolyn Dawn JohnsonCarolyn Dawn JohnsonCarolyn Dawn Johnson is a Canadian Juno Award winning country music singer-songwriter. Johnson first rose to fame by co-writing Chely Wright's 1999 Number One single, "Single White Female," which reached number one on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in September 1999...
- Group or Duo of the Year — The WilkinsonsThe WilkinsonsThe Wilkinsons is a country music trio from Trenton, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1997, the group comprises lead singer Amanda Wilkinson, her brother Tyler Wilkinson, and their father, Steve Wilkinson. The Wilkinsons achieved success late in 1998 with the hit single "26 Cents", a Number One on the...
- SOCAN Song of the Year — "Complicated," Carolyn Dawn Johnson
- Single of the Year — "Complicated," Carolyn Dawn Johnson
- Album of the Year — Room with a ViewRoom with a View (album)Room with a View is the debut album of Canadian country music artist Carolyn Dawn Johnson, and was released on August 7, 2001 on Arista Nashville. Certified gold by the CRIA, it produced two consecutive Number One hits for Johnson on the Canadian country singles charts in "Georgia" and...
, Carolyn Dawn Johnson - Top Selling Album — BreatheBreathe (Faith Hill album)-Personnel:*Faith Hill: Vocal*Dennis Wilson, Gene Miller, Stephanie Bentley, Lisa Bevill, Bekka Bramlett, Chris Rodriguez, Kim Parent, Lisa Cochran: Vocal Backing*Jerry McPherson, B...
, Faith HillFaith HillFaith Hill is an American country singer. She is known both for her commercial success and her marriage to fellow country star Tim McGraw. Hill has sold more than 40 million records worldwide and accumulated eight number-one singles and three number-one albums on the U.S... - Video of the Year — "No Fear," Terri Clark
- Chevy Trucks Rising Star Award — Carolyn Dawn Johnson
- Roots Artist or Group of the Year — Natalie MacMasterNatalie MacMasterNatalie MacMaster, CM is an award-winning fiddler from the rural community of Troy in Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Canada who plays Cape Breton fiddle music....
Country Music Association
- Entertainer of the Year — Tim McGrawTim McGrawSamuel Timothy "Tim" McGraw is an American country singer and actor. Many of McGraw's albums and singles have topped the country music charts with total album sales in excess of 40 million units in the US, making him the eighth best-selling artist, and the third best-selling country singer, in the...
- Song of the Year — "Murder on Music RowMurder on Music Row"Murder on Music Row" is a song made popular as a 2000 duet between country music artists George Strait and Alan Jackson. Although not released officially as a single, it gained attention for its criticism of mainstream country music trends at the time, and received enough unsolicited airplay to...
," Larry Cordle, Larry Shell - Single of the Year — "I am a Man of Constant SorrowMan of Constant Sorrow"Man of Constant Sorrow" is a traditional American folk song first recorded by Dick Burnett, a partially blind fiddler from Kentucky. The song was originally recorded by Burnett as "Farewell Song" printed in a Richard Burnett songbook, c. 1913. An early version was recorded by Emry Arthur in 1928...
," The Soggy Bottom Boys - Album of the Year — O Brother, Where Art Thou?O Brother, Where Art Thou? (soundtrack)O Brother, Where Art Thou? is the soundtrack of music from the 2000 American film of the same name, written, directed and produced by the Coen Brothers and starring George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, and John Goodman....
- Male Vocalist of the Year — Toby KeithToby KeithToby Keith Covel , best known as Toby Keith, is an American country music singer-songwriter, record producer and actor. Keith released his first four studio albums — 1993's Toby Keith, 1994's Boomtown, 1996's Blue Moon and 1997's Dream Walkin, plus a Greatest Hits package for various divisions of...
- Female Vocalist of the Year — Lee Ann WomackLee Ann WomackLee Ann Womack is an American country music singer and songwriter, who is best known for her old fashioned-styled country music songs that often discuss subjects such as cheating and lost love....
- Vocal Duo of the Year — Brooks & DunnBrooks & DunnBrooks & Dunn was an American country music duo consisting of Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn, who were both vocalists and songwriters. They were paired by record producer Tim DuBois in 1990. Before the duo's foundation, both members of the duo were solo recording artists...
- Vocal Group of the Year — LonestarLonestarLonestar is an American country music group consisting of Richie McDonald , Michael Britt , Keech Rainwater , Dean Sams , and Michael Hill . McDonald left the band in November 2007 for a solo career before returning in 2011...
- Horizon Award — Keith UrbanKeith UrbanKeith Lionel Urban is a New Zealand-born Australian, country music singer, songwriter and guitarist whose commercial success has been mainly in the United States and Australia. Urban was born in New Zealand and began his career in Australia at an early age...
- Music Video of the Year — "Born to FlyBorn to Fly (song)"Born to Fly" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country artist Sara Evans. The song was released in June 2000, and served as the lead-off single to her third studio album, Born to Fly. It became Evans' second Number One hit on the U.S...
," Sara EvansSara EvansSara Lynn Evans is an American country singer and songwriter.Evans was one of the few traditional-styled singers to emerge from Nashville in the late 1990s, according to Allmusic. Since emerging in the late 1990s, Evans has made five No. 1 Country hits and Gold and Platinum-certified albums by...
(Director: Peter Zavadil) - Vocal Event of the Year — "Too Country," Brad PaisleyBrad PaisleyBrad Douglas Paisley is an American singer-songwriter and musician. His style crosses between traditional country music and Southern rock, and his songs are frequently laced with humor and pop culture references....
(with George JonesGeorge JonesGeorge Glenn Jones is an American country music singer known for his long list of hit records, his distinctive voice and phrasing, and his marriage to Tammy Wynette....
, Bill Anderson and Buck OwensBuck OwensAlvis Edgar Owens, Jr. , better known as Buck Owens, was an American singer and guitarist who had 21 No. 1 hits on the Billboard country music charts with his band, the Buckaroos...
) - Musician of the Year — Dann HuffDann HuffDann Huff is an American musician, session musician, singer-songwriter and producer. For his work as a producer in the Country music genre he has won several awards including the Musician of the Year award in 2001 and 2004 at the Country Music Association Awards and the Producer of the Year award...
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.