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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 2000.
Events
- February 28 -
- March 4 — "Amazed" by Lonestar becomes the first country song to have topped both the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks and the Billboard Hot 100 chart since the Kenny Rogers-Dolly Parton duet, "Islands In The Stream" in October 1983. The country-leaning "Amazed" — which had a brief run in the Hot 100 during the summer of 1999 — had been remixed for Top 40 radio, launching it to its run of pop-radio success.
- March 7 - George Strait and Alan Jackson release "Murder on Music Row". While the song is not officially released as a single, the song stirs up controversy for its lyrics of how country pop is taking over traditional country music.
- March 10 — Vince Gill and Christian singer Amy Grant are married.
- March 13 - Dixie Chicks' "Goodbye Earl" gained significant controversy for citing domestic violence, urging the song to be withdrawn from radio airwaves.
- May 13 - Kenny Rogers makes chart history as "Buy Me a Rose" hits #1 on the Hot Country Songs chart, making it not only his first #1 since his 1987 duet with Ronnie Milsap, "Make No Mistake, She's Mine", but also the oldest singer to have a #1 single until 2003 (Rogers was 61 at the time). The song is also the only #1 for Alison Krauss and Billy Dean, who are credited as guest vocalists.
- May 13 June Carter Cash of Mother Maybelle and the Carter Sisters celebrates her 50th Grand Ole Opry anniversary
- October 26 - Garth Brooks announces his retirement from touring during a party to celebrate his certification for sales of 100 million albums, at Nashville's Gaylord Entertainment Center.
- December – RFD-TV, a cable network devoted to rural Americans culture, is launched. In addition to agriculture- and farming-centric shows, a large programming block is devoted to classic country music television shows.
Top hits of the year
Singles released by American artists
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|align="center"|19
|align="center"|37
|Almost Doesn't Count
|Mark Wills
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|align="center"|15
|align="center"|21
|Another Nine Minutes
|Yankee Grey
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|align="center"|2
|align="center"|1
|Back at One
|Mark Wills
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|align="center"|8
|align="center"|11
|Because You Love Me
|Jo Dee Messina
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|align="center"|5
|align="center"|1
|Been There
|Clint Black<br />with Steve Wariner
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|align="center"|19
|align="center"|12
|Beer Thirty
|Brooks & Dunn
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|7
|The Best Day
|George Strait
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|3
|Best of Intentions
|Travis Tritt
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|align="center"|6
|align="center"|3
|Big Deal
|LeAnn Rimes
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|9
|Buy Me a Rose
|Kenny Rogers featuring Alison Krauss and Billy Dean
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|align="center"|5
|align="center"|1
|Carlene
|Phil Vassar
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|align="center"|3
|align="center"|6
|The Chain of Love
|Clay Walker
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|align="center"|10
|align="center"|7
|Cold Day in July
|Dixie Chicks
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|align="center"|3
|align="center"|1
|Couldn't Last a Moment
|Collin Raye
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|align="center"|4
|align="center"|3
|Country Comes to Town
|Toby Keith
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|Cowboy Take Me Away
|Dixie Chicks
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|align="center"|17
|align="center"|19
|Daddy Won't Sell the Farm
|Montgomery Gentry
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|align="center"|13
|align="center"|18
|Do What You Gotta Do
|Garth Brooks
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|align="center"|6
|align="center"|13
|Feels Like Love
|Vince Gill
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|align="center"|6
|align="center"|3
|Flowers on the Wall
|Eric Heatherly
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|align="center"|2
|align="center"|1
|Go On
|George Strait
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|align="center"|13
|align="center"|5
|Goodbye Earl
|Dixie Chicks
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|How Do You Like Me Now?!
|Toby Keith
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|I Hope You Dance
|Lee Ann Womack featuring Sons of the Desert
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|align="center"|3
|align="center"|21
|I Lost It
|Kenny Chesney
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|align="center"|8
|align="center"|16
|I Need You
|LeAnn Rimes
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|align="center"|2
|align="center"|3
|I Will... But
|SHeDAISY
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|align="center"|4
|align="center"|4
|I'll Be
|Reba McEntire
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|4
|It Must Be Love
|Alan Jackson
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|align="center"|11
|align="center"|37
|It Was
|Chely Wright
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|align="center"|18
|align="center"|25
|It's a Love Thing
|Keith Urban
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|align="center"|5
|align="center"|11
|It's Always Somethin'
|Joe Diffie
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|2
|Just Another Day in Paradise
|Phil Vassar
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|align="center"|22
|align="center"|10
|Katie Wants a Fast One
|Steve Wariner<br /> with Garth Brooks
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|3
|Kiss This
|Aaron Tippin
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|align="center"|3
|align="center"|3
|Lessons Learned
|Tracy Lawrence
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|align="center"|6
|align="center"|5
|Let's Make Love
|Faith Hill with Tim McGraw
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|align="center"|20
|align="center"|26
|Let's Make Sure We Kiss Goodbye
|Vince Gill
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|The Little Girl
|John Michael Montgomery
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|align="center"|11
|align="center"|21
|Live, Laugh, Love
|Clay Walker
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|align="center"|18
|align="center"|24
|Lonely
|Tracy Lawrence
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|align="center"|3
|align="center"|2
|Love's the Only House
|Martina McBride
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|align="center"|18
|align="center"|21
|Me Neither
|Brad Paisley
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|align="center"|18
|align="center"|39
|Meanwhile Back at the Ranch
|The Clark Family Experience
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|align="center"|10
|align="center"|4
|More
|Trace Adkins
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|4
|My Best Friend
|Tim McGraw
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|align="center"|15
|align="center"|32
|My Love Goes On and On
|Chris Cagle
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|6
|My Next Thirty Years
|Tim McGraw
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|align="center"|20
|align="center"|23
|One Voice
|Billy Gilman
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|align="center"|3
|align="center"|4
|Prayin' for Daylight
|Rascal Flatts
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|align="center"|11
|align="center"|25
|Put Your Hand in Mine
|Tracy Byrd
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|align="center"|16
|align="center"|20
|Real Live Woman
|Trisha Yearwood
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|align="center"|11
|align="center"|20
|She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy
|Kenny Chesney
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|align="center"|2
|align="center"|2
|She's More
|Andy Griggs
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|Smile
|Lonestar
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|align="center"|12
|align="center"|5
|Smoke Rings in the Dark
|Gary Allan
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|align="center"|7
|align="center"|1
|Some Things Never Change
|Tim McGraw
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|align="center"|26
|align="center"|16
|Stuck in Love
|The Judds
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|align="center"|13
|align="center"|38
|That's the Kind of Mood I'm In
|Patty Loveless
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|That's the Way
|Jo Dee Messina
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|align="center"|10
|align="center"|19
|There You Are
|Martina McBride
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|align="center"|9
|align="center"|18
|This Woman Needs
|SHeDAISY
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|align="center"|3
|align="center"|9
|Unconditional
|Clay Davidson
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|The Way You Love Me
|Faith Hill
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|align="center"|20
|align="center"|27
|We're So Good Together
|Reba McEntire
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|12
|We Danced
|Brad Paisley
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|What About Now
|Lonestar
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|align="center"|3
|align="center"|5
|What Do You Say
|Reba McEntire
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|align="center"|8
|align="center"|7
|What I Need to Do
|Kenny Chesney
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|align="center"|15
|align="center"|30
|When You Need My Love
|Darryl Worley
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|align="center"|6
|align="center"|26
|www.memory
|Alan Jackson
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|Yes!
|Chad Brock
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|align="center"|17
|align="center"|33
|You Won't Be Lonely Now
|Billy Ray Cyrus
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|align="center"|5
|align="center"|7
|You'll Always Be Loved by Me
|Brooks & Dunn
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|align="center"|4
|align="center"|20
|Your Everything
|Keith Urban
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Singles released by Canadian artists
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|align="center"|16
|1999
|The Wilkinsons
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|align="center"|—
|align="center"|8
|Angeline
|Sean Hogan
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|align="center"|—
|align="center"|4
|Black Is Black
|Amanda Stott
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|align="center"|—
|align="center"|18
|Dream Vacation
|Sean Hogan
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|align="center"|—
|align="center"|5
|Forever Loving You
|Julian Austin
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|align="center"|25
|align="center"|4
|Georgia
|Carolyn Dawn Johnson
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|align="center"|2
|Horseshoes
|Adam Gregory
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|align="center"|—
|align="center"|10
|I Surrender
|Michelle Wright
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|align="center"|—
|align="center"|14
|I Will Be Loving You
|Tara Lyn Hart
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|align="center"|17
|align="center"|4
|I'm Holdin' On to Love (To Save My Life)
|Shania Twain
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|align="center"|10
|I'm Missin' You
|Shirley Myers
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|align="center"|—
|align="center"|11
|In the Middle of Something
|Diane Chase
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|align="center"|34
|align="center"|11
|Jimmy's Got a Girlfriend
|The Wilkinsons
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|align="center"|3
|Kind of Like It's Love
|Jason McCoy
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|align="center"|—
|align="center"|6
|Kiss 'Em All
|Lace
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|align="center"|13
|align="center"|9
|A Little Gasoline
|Terri Clark
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|align="center"|16
|Long Gone and Forgotten
|John Landry
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|align="center"|—
|align="center"|14
|More Where That Came From
|Rick Tippe
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|align="center"|—
|align="center"|7
|No One Hurts Me More Than Me
|Chris Cummings
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|align="center"|—
|align="center"|7
|One Beat at a Time
|Jim Witter
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|align="center"|—
|align="center"|4
|Only Know I Do
|Adam Gregory
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|align="center"|8
|Right Here, Right Now
|Charlie Major
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|align="center"|30
|align="center"|3
|Rock This Country!
|Shania Twain
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|align="center"|14
|Same Things
|The Poverty Plainsmen
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|align="center"|—
|align="center"|5
|Save Me
|Tara Lyn Hart
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|align="center"|49
|align="center"|10
|Shame on Me
|The Wilkinsons
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|align="center"|—
|align="center"|12
|Somebody to Love
|Amanda Stott
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|align="center"|—
|align="center"|18
|Something Undeniable
|Lisa Brokop
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|align="center"|16
|Sunny Day in the Park
|Jamie Warren
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|align="center"|7
|The Sycamore Tree
|Paul Brandt
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|align="center"|4
|Take the Money and Run
|Julian Austin
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|align="center"|4
|That'll Teach Her
|Chris Cummings
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|align="center"|7
|Tough as a Pickup Truck
|Jim Witter
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|align="center"|15
|True Love (Never Goes Out of Style)
|Lace
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|align="center"|7
|Walkin' in the Sunshine
|Farmer's Daughter
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|align="center"|19
|Walking Away with You
|Diane Chase
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|align="center"|19
|What My Heart Don't Know
|Colin Amey
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|align="center"|5
|When I Found You
|Michelle Wright
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|When You Say Jump
|Rick Tippe
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|align="center"|11
|You and Only You
|Farmer's Daughter
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|align="center"|10
|You Better Be Sure
|Shirley Myers
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|align="center"|20
|You're the One
|J. R. Vautour
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Top new album releases
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! <small>CAN</small>
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! Artist
! Record label
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| align=center| 4
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| 20 Greatest Hits
| Glen Campbell
| Capitol Nashville
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| align=center| 10
| Back in Your Life
| Julian Austin
| ViK.
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| Blue Moon
| Steve Holy
| Curb
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| align=center| 6
| align=center| 12
| Born to Fly
| Sara Evans
| RCA Nashville
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| align=center| 4
| Brand New Me
| John Michael Montgomery
| Warner Bros.
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| align=center| 10
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| Brand New Year
| SHeDAISY
| Lyric Street
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| align=center| 1
| align=center| 1
| Burn
| Jo Dee Messina
| Curb
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| align=center| 4
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| Classic Christmas
| Billy Gilman
| Epic
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| align=center| 1
| align=center| 1
| Coyote Ugly Soundtrack
| Various Artists
| Curb
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| align=center| 5
| The Days in Between
| Blue Rodeo
| Warner
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| align=center| 8
| align=center| 18
| Down the Road I Go
| Travis Tritt
| Columbia
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| align=center| 24
| align=center| 6
| dwightyoakamacoustic.net
| Dwight Yoakam
| Reprise
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| align=center| 19
| align=center| 7
| Everlasting Love Songs
| Various Artists
| UTV
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| align=center| 8
| align=center| 4
| Fearless
| Terri Clark
| Mercury Nashville
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| align=center| 1
| align=center| 8
| George Strait
| George Strait
| MCA Nashville
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| align=center| 1
| align=center| 15
| Greatest Hits
| Kenny Chesney
| BNA
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| align=center| 1
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| Greatest Hits
| Tim McGraw
| Curb
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| align=center| 13
| align=center| 5
| Here and Now
| The Wilkinsons
| Giant
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| align=center| 9
| Honky Tonk Sonatas
| Jason McCoy
| Universal
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| align=center| 1
| align=center| 4
| I Hope You Dance
| Lee Ann Womack
| MCA Nashville
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| align=center| 1
| align=center| 5
| Latest Greatest Straitest Hits
| George Strait
| MCA Nashville
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| align=center| 9
| align=center| 37
| Lessons Learned
| Tracy Lawrence
| Atlantic
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| align=center| 4
| align=center| 6
| Let's Make Sure We Kiss Goodbye
| Vince Gill
| MCA Nashville
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| align=center| 9
| Milk Cow Blues
| Willie Nelson
| Island
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| align=center| 2
| New Country 7
| Various Artists
| Warner
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| align=center| 5
| align=center| 6
| New Day Dawning
| Wynonna Judd
| Mercury/Curb
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| align=center| 1
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| O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack
| Various Artists
| Lost Highway
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| align=center| 2
| align=center| 6
| One Voice
| Billy Gilman
| Epic
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| align=center| 5
| align=center| 16
| People Like Us
| Aaron Tippin
| Lyric Street
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| align=center| 3
| align=center| 8
| Permanently
| Mark Wills
| Mercury Nashville
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| align=center| 3
| align=center| 14
| Rascal Flatts
| Rascal Flatts
| Lyric Street
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| align=center| 4
| align=center| 6
| Real Live Woman
| Trisha Yearwood
| MCA Nashville
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| align=center| 5
| align=center| 3
| Red Dirt Girl
| Emmylou Harris
| Nonesuch
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| align=center| 17
| align=center| 6
| Swimming in Champagne
| Eric Heatherly
| Mercury Nashville
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| align=center| 7
| align=center| 28
| Tomorrow's Sounds Today
| Dwight Yoakam
| Reprise
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| align=center| 9
| align=center| 8
| Tracks
| Collin Raye
| Epic
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| align=center| 5
| align=center| 8
| Transcendental Blues
| Steve Earle
| E-Squared
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| align=center| 3
| Ultimate Classic Country
| Various Artists
| Warner
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| align=center| 10
| The Way I'm Made
| Adam Gregory
| Epic
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| align=center| 1
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| When Somebody Loves You
| Alan Jackson
| Arista Nashville
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Other top albums
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| align=center| 28
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| 24-7-365
| Neal McCoy
| Giant
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| align=center| 19
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| 40 #1 Hits
| Ronnie Milsap
| Virgin Nashville
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| align=center| 18
| Amanda Stott
| Amanda Stott
| Warner
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| align=center| 11
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| American III: Solitary Man
| Johnny Cash
| Lost Highway
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| align=center| 15
| align=center| 30
| Big Funny
| Jeff Foxworthy
| DreamWorks Nashville
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| align=center| 42
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| Big Mon: The Songs of Bill Monroe
| Ricky Skaggs
| Skaggs Family
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| align=center| 45
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| Buddy & Julie Miller
| Buddy & Julie Miller
| Hightone
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| align=center| 46
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| Coast to Coast
| BR5-49
| Arista Nashville
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| align=center| 22
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| A Country Superstar Christmas III
| Various Artists
| Hip-O
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| align=center| 17
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| Cowboy
| Chris LeDoux
| Capitol Nashville
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| align=center| 19
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| The Elvis Presley Collection – Country
| Elvis Presley
| RCA
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| align=center| 31
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| Faith in You
| Steve Wariner
| Capitol Nashville
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| align=center| 36
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| The Fun of Your Love
| Jennifer Day
| BNA
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| align=center| 27
| Furnace Room Lullaby
| Neko Case
| Mint
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| align=center| 26
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| Greatest Fits: The Best of How Big a Boy Are Ya?
| Roy D. Mercer
| Virgin Nashville
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| align=center| 18
| align=center| 18
| Greatest Hits
| BlackHawk
| Arista Nashville
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| align=center| 25
|
| Greatest Hits
| Bryan White
| Asylum
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| align=center| 43
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| Greatest Hits
| John Berry
| Capitol Nashville
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|
| align=center| 12
| Greatest Hits/Souvenirs
| Stompin' Tom Connors
| EMI
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| align=center| 42
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| Guitar Genius/Relaxin' with Chet/Nashville Gold
| Chet Atkins
| RCA Nashville
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| align=center| 33
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| Hard Rain Don't Last
| Darryl Worley
| DreamWorks Nashville
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| align=center| 26
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| The Hardest Part
| Allison Moorer
| MCA Nashville
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| align=center| 48
|
| Hillbilly Homebody: 27 Comedy Classics
| Tim Wilson
| Capitol Nashville
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| align=center| 35
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| The Hits Live
| Sawyer Brown
| Curb
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| align=center| 32
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| How Big a Boy Are Ya? Volume 7
| Roy D. Mercer
| Virgin Nashville
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| align=center| 18
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| I'm Diggin' It
| Alecia Elliott
| MCA Nashville
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| align=center| 26
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| If I Could Only Fly
| Merle Haggard
| Epitaph
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| align=center| 18
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| II
| The Kinleys
| Epic
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| align=center| 35
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| The Innocent Years
| Kathy Mattea
| MCA Nashville
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| align=center| 34
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| Inspirational Journey
| Randy Travis
| Warner Bros.
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| align=center| 25
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| Just Another Day in Parodies
| Cledus T. Judd
| Monument
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| align=center| 34
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| King of Nothing
| The Warren Brothers
| BNA
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|
| align=center| 17
| Lonesomeville
| Chris Cummings
| Warner
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| align=center| 43
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| Love Songs
| Collin Raye
| Epic
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| align=center| 18
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| Morning Wood
| Rodney Carrington
| Capitol Nashville
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| align=center| 13
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| Nickel Creek
| Nickel Creek
| Sugar Hill
|-
| align=center| 14
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| Now That's Awesome
| Bill Engvall
| BNA
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| align=center| 23
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| Phil Vassar
| Phil Vassar
| Arista Nashville
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| align=center| 19
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| Play It Loud
| Chris Cagle
| Virgin Nashville
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| align=center| 16
| align=center| 16
| The Judds Reunion Live
| The Judds
| Mercury/Curb
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| align=center| 14
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| Shiver
| Jamie O'Neal
| Mercury Nashville
|-
| align=center| 37
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| Still Country
| Loretta Lynn
| Audium
|-
| align=center| 13
| align=center| 24
| Southern Rain
| Billy Ray Cyrus
| Monument
|-
| align=center| 13
| align=center| 24
| Strong Heart
| Patty Loveless
| Epic
|-
|
| align=center| 15
| String of Pearls: A Greatest Hits Collection
| Prairie Oyster
| ViK.
|-
| align=center| 46
|
| Super Hits
| Mindy McCready
| BNA
|-
| align=center| 50
|
| Super Hits
| Travis Tritt
| Warner Bros.
|-
| align=center| 17
|
| There You Go Again
| Kenny Rogers
| Dreamcatcher
|-
| align=center| 11
|
| This Christmas Time
| Lonestar
| BNA
|-
| align=center| 38
|
| TJM Prime Country Hits
| Various Artists
| Foundation
|-
| align=center| 21
| align=center| 21
| To Get to You: Greatest Hits Collection
| Lorrie Morgan
| BNA
|-
| align=center| 49
|
| The Ultimate Collection
| Patsy Cline
| UTV
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Births
- January 27 — Bailey Zimmerman, up-and-coming singer of the 2020s ("Fall in Love", "Rock and a Hard Place")
- March 5 — Gabby Barrett, rose to fame as third-place contestant in sixteenth season of American Idol, singer-songwriter of the 2020s ("I Hope", "The Good Ones")
- October 6 — Jackson Dean, up-and-coming country singer of the 2020s ("Don't Come Lookin'")
Deaths
- March 7 — Pee Wee King, 86, singer-songwriter (heart attack)
- March 14 — Tommy Collins, 69, singer and songwriter who helped create the Bakersfield Sound
- March 19 — Speck Rhodes, 84, comedian and musician best known for his work on The Porter Wagoner Show.
- April 21 — Neal Matthews, Jr., 70, member of The Jordanaires (heart attack)
- November 5 — Jimmie Davis, 101, the "Singing Governor", two-term governor of Louisiana from 1944 to 1948 and again from 1960 to 1964 (natural causes)
Hall of Fame inductees
Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductees
- Lance LeRoy
- Doc Watson
Country Music Hall of Fame inductees
- Charley Pride (1934-2020)
- Faron Young (1932–1996)
Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees
- Colleen Peterson
- Leonard Rambeau
Major awards
Grammy Awards
- Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "Breathe", Faith Hill
- Best Male Country Vocal Performance — "Solitary Man", Johnny Cash
- Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — "Cherokee Maiden", Asleep at the Wheel
- Best Country Collaboration with Vocals — "Let's Make Love", Faith Hill and Tim McGraw
- Best Country Instrumental Performance — "Leaving Cottondale", Alison Brown and Béla Fleck
- Best Country Song — "I Hope You Dance", Mark D. Sanders and Tia Sillers
- Best Country Album — Breathe, Faith Hill
- Best Bluegrass Album — The Grass Is Blue, Dolly Parton
Juno Awards
- Best Country Male Artist — Paul Brandt
- Best Country Female Artist — Terri Clark
- Best Country Group or Duo — The Wilkinsons
Academy of Country Music
- Entertainer of the Year — Dixie Chicks
- Song of the Year — "I Hope You Dance", Mark D. Sanders, Tia Sillers
- Single of the Year — "I Hope You Dance", Lee Ann Womack
- Album of the Year — How Do You Like Me Now?!, Toby Keith
- Top Male Vocalist — Toby Keith
- Top Female Vocalist — Faith Hill
- Top Vocal Duo — Brooks & Dunn
- Top Vocal Group — Dixie Chicks
- Top New Male Vocalist — Keith Urban
- Top New Female Vocalist — Jamie O'Neal
- Top New Vocal Duo or Group — Rascal Flatts
- Video of the Year — "Goodbye Earl", Dixie Chicks (Director: Evan Bernard)
- Vocal Event of the Year — "I Hope You Dance", Lee Ann Womack and Sons Of The Desert
ARIA Awards
(presented in Sydney on October 24, 2000)
- Best Country Album - Big River (Troy Cassar-Daley)
Canadian Country Music Association
- Chevy Fans' Choice Award — The Wilkinsons
- Male Artist of the Year — Paul Brandt
- Female Artist of the Year — Michelle Wright
- Group or Duo of the Year — The Wilkinsons
- SOCAN Song of the Year — "Daddy Won't Sell the Farm", Steve Fox, Robin Branda
- Single of the Year — "Jimmy's Got a Girlfriend", The Wilkinsons
- Album of the Year — Here and Now, The Wilkinsons
- Top Selling Album — Fly, Dixie Chicks
- Video of the Year — "That's the Truth", Paul Brandt
- FACTOR Rising Star Award — Tara Lyn Hart
- Vocal/Instrumental Collaboration of the Year — "Get Me Through December", Natalie MacMaster and Alison Krauss
Country Music Association
- Entertainer of the Year — Dixie Chicks
- Song of the Year — "I Hope You Dance", Mark D. Sanders, Tia Sillers
- Single of the Year — "I Hope You Dance," Lee Ann Womack
- Album of the Year — Fly, Dixie Chicks
- Male Vocalist of the Year — Tim McGraw
- Female Vocalist of the Year — Faith Hill
- Vocal Duo of the Year — Montgomery Gentry
- Vocal Group of the Year — Dixie Chicks
- Horizon Award — Brad Paisley
- Music Video of the Year — "Goodbye Earl", Dixie Chicks (Director: Evan Bernard)
- Vocal Event of the Year — "Murder on Music Row", George Strait and Alan Jackson
- Musician of the Year — Hargus "Pig" Robbins
Further reading
- Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs 1944–2005 – 6th Edition." 2005.
Other links
- Country Music Association
- Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame
References
External links
- Country Music Hall of Fame