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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 2001.
Events
- Ray Price celebrates his 50th Grand Ole Opry anniversary
Top hits of the year
The following songs placed within the Top 20 on the Hot Country Songs charts in 2001:
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|Ain't Nothing 'bout You
|Brooks & Dunn
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|align="center"|9
|Angels in Waiting
|Tammy Cochran
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|Angry All the Time
|Tim McGraw
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|align="center"|4
|Ashes by Now
|Lee Ann Womack
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|align="center"|1
|Austin
|Blake Shelton
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|align="center"|1
|Born to Fly
|Sara Evans
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|align="center"|2
|Burn
|Jo Dee Messina
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|align="center"|1
|But for the Grace of God
|Keith Urban
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|align="center"|18
|But I Do Love You
|LeAnn Rimes
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|align="center"|5
|Complicated
|Carolyn Dawn Johnson
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|align="center"|1
|Don't Happen Twice
|Kenny Chesney
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|align="center"|17
|Don't Make Me Come Over There and Love You
|George Strait
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|align="center"|5
|Downtime
|Jo Dee Messina
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|align="center"|16
|God Bless the USA
|Lee Greenwood
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|align="center"|12
|A Good Day to Run
|Darryl Worley
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|align="center"|1
|Grown Men Don't Cry
|Tim McGraw
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|align="center"|2
|I Could Not Ask for More
|Sara Evans
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|align="center"|1
|I Wanna Talk About Me
|Toby Keith
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|align="center"|4
|I Would've Loved You Anyway
|Trisha Yearwood
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|align="center"|3
|I'm a Survivor
|Reba McEntire
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|align="center"|1
|I'm Already There
|Lonestar
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|align="center"|1
|I'm Just Talkin' About Tonight
|Toby Keith
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|align="center"|6
|I'm Tryin'
|Trace Adkins
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|align="center"|3
|If I Fall You're Going Down with Me
|Dixie Chicks
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|align="center"|3
|If My Heart Had Wings
|Faith Hill
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|align="center"|5
|If You Can Do Anything Else
|George Strait
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|align="center"|2
|It's a Great Day to Be Alive
|Travis Tritt
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|align="center"|11
|It's My Time
|Martina McBride
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|align="center"|8
|Laredo
|Chris Cagle
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|align="center"|20
|The Last Thing on My Mind
|Patty Loveless
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|align="center"|2
|Love of a Woman
|Travis Tritt
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|align="center"|18
|Loving Every Minute
|Mark Wills
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|align="center"|11
|Lucky 4 You (Tonight I'm Just Me)
|SHeDAISY
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|align="center"|18
|Man of Me
|Gary Allan
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|align="center"|17
|Move On
|The Warren Brothers
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|align="center"|6
|Mrs. Steven Rudy
|Mark McGuinn
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|align="center"|4
|On a Night Like This
|Trick Pony
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|One More Day
|Diamond Rio
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|Only in America
|Brooks & Dunn
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|align="center"|17
|People Like Us
|Aaron Tippin
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|align="center"|12
|Pour Me
|Trick Pony
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|align="center"|14
|Real Life (I Never Was the Same Again)
|Jeff Carson
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|Riding with Private Malone
|David Ball
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|align="center"|5
|Right Where I Need to Be
|Gary Allan
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|align="center"|16
|Rose Bouquet
|Phil Vassar
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|align="center"|2
|Run
|George Strait
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|align="center"|20
|Second Wind
|Darryl Worley
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|align="center"|2
|She Couldn't Change Me
|Montgomery Gentry
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|align="center"|8
|She Misses Him
|Tim Rushlow
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|align="center"|9
|Six-Pack Summer
|Phil Vassar
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|align="center"|18
|Sweet Summer
|Diamond Rio
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|align="center"|1
|Tell Her
|Lonestar
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|There Is No Arizona
|Jamie O'Neal
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|align="center"|11
|There You'll Be
|Faith Hill
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|align="center"|9
|This Everyday Love
|Rascal Flatts
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|align="center"|19
|The Tin Man
|Kenny Chesney
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|align="center"|4
|Two People Fell in Love
|Brad Paisley
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|align="center"|1
|What I Really Meant to Say
|Cyndi Thomson
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|align="center"|8
|When God-Fearin' Women Get the Blues
|Martina McBride
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|When I Think About Angels
|Jamie O'Neal
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|When It All Goes South
|Alabama
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|align="center"|5
|When Somebody Loves You
|Alan Jackson
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|Where I Come From
|Alan Jackson
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|Where the Blacktop Ends
|Keith Urban
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|Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)
|Alan Jackson
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|While You Loved Me
|Rascal Flatts
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|Who I Am
|Jessica Andrews
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|Why They Call It Falling
|Lee Ann Womack
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|Wild Horses
|Garth Brooks
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|With Me
|Lonestar
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|Without You
|Dixie Chicks
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|align="center"|19
|You Made Me That Way
|Andy Griggs
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|You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This
|Toby Keith
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Top new album releases
The following albums placed within the Top 50 on the Top Country Albums charts in 2001:
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! Album
! Artist
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| Alright Guy
| Gary Allan
| MCA Nashville
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| Blake Shelton
| Blake Shelton
| Warner Bros.
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| Carrying On
| Montgomery Gentry
| Columbia
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| Chrome
| Trace Adkins
| Capitol Nashville
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| Dare to Dream
| Billy Gilman
| Epic
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| align="center"| 10
| Down from the Mountain Soundtrack
| Various Artists
| Lost Highway
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| Gravitational Forces
| Robert Earl Keen
| Lost Highway
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| Greatest Hits
| Martina McBride
| RCA Nashville
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| Greatest Hits II
| Clint Black
| RCA Nashville
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| Greatest Hits Vol. 3: I'm a Survivor
| Reba McEntire
| MCA Nashville
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| I Need You
| LeAnn Rimes
| Curb
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| I'm Already There
| Lonestar
| BNA
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| Inside Out
| Trisha Yearwood
| MCA Nashville
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| align="center"| 10
| Loving Every Minute
| Mark Wills
| Mercury Nashville
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| My World
| Cyndi Thomson
| Capitol Nashville
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| Never Love You Enough
| Chely Wright
| MCA Nashville
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| New Favorite
| Alison Krauss & Union Station
| Rounder
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| One More Day
| Diamond Rio
| Arista Nashville
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| Part II
| Brad Paisley
| Arista Nashville
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| Pull My Chain
| Toby Keith
| DreamWorks Nashville
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| The Road Less Traveled
| George Strait
| MCA Nashville
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| The Rock: Stone Cold Country 2001
| George Jones
| Bandit
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| Room with a View
| Carolyn Dawn Johnson
| Arista Nashville
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| Scarecrow
| Garth Brooks
| Capitol Nashville
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| Set This Circus Down
| Tim McGraw
| Curb
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| Songs from Call Me Claus
| Garth Brooks
| Capitol Nashville
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| Steers & Stripes
| Brooks & Dunn
| Arista Nashville
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| Three Days
| Pat Green
| Republic
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| Time* Sex* Love*
| Mary Chapin Carpenter
| Columbia
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| What a Wonderful Christmas
| Anne Murray
| StraightWay
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| When It All Goes South
| Alabama
| RCA Nashville
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| Who I Am
| Jessica Andrews
| DreamWorks Nashville
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Other top albums
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| 3 of Hearts
| 3 of Hearts
| RCA Nashville
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| Amigo
| David Ball
| Dualtone
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| Anthology, Vol. 1: Cowboy Man
| Lyle Lovett
| MCA Nashville
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| align="center"| 49
| The Captain
| Kasey Chambers
| Warner Bros.
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| Complete
| Lila McCann
| Asylum
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| align="center"| 43
| The Complete Limelight Sessions
| Shania Twain
| Limelight
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| A Country Superstar Christmas 4
| Various Artists
| Hip-O
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| Dancin' with Thunder:<br />The Official Music of the PBR
| Various Artists
| Epic
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| A December to Remember
| Aaron Tippin
| Lyric Street
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| Del and the Boys
| Del McCoury Band
| Ceili
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| Driven Soundtrack
| Various Artists
| Curb
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| Earl Scruggs and Friends
| Earl Scruggs
| MCA Nashville
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| Followin' a Feelin
| Sherrié Austin
| WE
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| align="center"| 49
| From the Heart
| The Oak Ridge Boys
| Spring Hill
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| God Bless America
| LeAnn Rimes
| Curb
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| Hank Williams: Timeless
| Various Artists
| Lost Highway
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| Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
| Lee Greenwood
| Freefalls
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| Here Come the Derailers
| The Derailers
| Lucky Dog
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| A Hillbilly Tribute to AC/DC
| Hayseed Dixie
| Dualtone
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| History of the Future
| Ricky Skaggs
| Skaggs Family
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| The Houston Kid
| Rodney Crowell
| Sugar Hill
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| I Finally Found Someone
| Lorrie Morgan & Sammy Kershaw
| RCA Nashville
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| III
| Chad Brock
| Warner Bros.
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| Little Sparrow
| Dolly Parton
| Blue Eye
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| Live Close By, Visit Often
| K. T. Oslin
| BNA
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| Live!
| Charlie Daniels
| Blue Hat
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| Mark McGuinn
| Mark McGuinn
| VFR
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| Mountain Soul
| Patty Loveless
| Epic
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| Nothing Personal
| Delbert McClinton
| New West
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| O Sister! The Women's Bluegrass Collection
| Various Artists
| Rounder
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| RCA Country Legends
| Waylon Jennings
| RCA Nashville
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| Reach
| Meredith Edwards
| Mercury Nashville
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| Real Life
| Jeff Carson
| Curb
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| Roots, Volume 1
| Merle Haggard
| Anti
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| Roy D. Mercer vs. Yankees
| Roy D. Mercer
| Capitol Nashville
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| Say No More
| Clay Walker
| Giant
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| Songcatcher Soundtrack
| Various Artists
| Vanguard
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| Songs We Wish We'd Written
| Pat Green & Cory Morrow
| Write On
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| Step Right Up
| Charlie Robison
| Lucky Dog
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| Tammy Cochran
| Tammy Cochran
| Epic
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| Ten Rounds
| Tracy Byrd
| RCA Nashville
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| This Is Your Country
| Various Artists
| UTV
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| Thunder & Roses
| Pam Tillis
| Arista Nashville
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| Tim Rushlow
| Tim Rushlow
| Atlantic
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| Tracy Lawrence
| Tracy Lawrence
| Warner Bros.
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| Trick Pony
| Trick Pony
| Warner Bros.
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| The Whole SHeBANG: All Mixed Up
| SHeDAISY
| Lyric Street
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Deaths
- February 1 — John Jarrard, 47, songwriter (respiratory failure)
- February 7 — Dale Evans, 88, writer, actress, singer-songwriter, and wife of singing cowboy Roy Rogers
- April 8 — Van Stephenson, 47, guitarist, vocalist and co-founding member of the 1990s group Blackhawk (skin cancer)
- June 4 — John Hartford, 63, singer-songwriter and bluegrass musician (non-Hodgkin Lymphoma)
- June 30 — Chet Atkins, 77, guitarist and record producer (colon cancer)
- July 3 — Johnny Russell, 61, singer-songwriter best known for writing the Buck Owens classic "Act Naturally" (diabetes)
- July 22 – Bob Ferguson, 73, record producer and songwriter, best known for work with Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton (cancer).
- September 11 — Carolyn Mayer Beug, 48, filmmaker and music video director who directed three music videos for Dwight Yoakam (killed when American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into World Trade Center)
- December 3 – Grady Martin, 72, session guitarist and member of Nashville's "A Team" (heart attack)
Hall of Fame inductees
Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductees
- The Carter Family
- A. P. Carter
- Sara Carter
- Maybelle Carter
Country Music Hall of Fame inductees
- Bill Anderson (born 1937)
- The Delmore Brothers (Alton Delmore 1908–1964 and Rabon Delmore 1916–1952)
- The Everly Brothers (Don Everly born 1937 and Phil Everly born 1939)
- Don Gibson (1928–2003)
- Homer and Jethro (Homer Haynes 1920–1971 and Jethro Burns 1920–1989)
- Waylon Jennings (1937–2002)
- The Jordanaires (Gordon Stoker born 1924, Neal Matthews, Jr. 1929–2000, Hoyt Hawkins 1927–1982 and Ray Walker born 1934)
- Don Law (1902–1982)
- The Louvin Brothers (Ira Louvin 1924–1965 and Charlie Louvin born 1927)
- Ken Nelson (born 1911)
- Sam Phillips (1923–2003)
- Webb Pierce (1921–1991)
Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees
- Gordon Lightfoot
- Gary Buck
Major awards
Grammy Awards
- Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "Shine", Dolly Parton
- Best Male Country Vocal Performance — "O Death", Ralph Stanley
- Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — "The Lucky One", Alison Krauss & Union Station
- Best Country Collaboration with Vocals — "I am a Man of Constant Sorrow", Harley Allen, Pat Enright and Dan Tyminski
- Best Country Instrumental Performance — "Foggy Mountain Breakdown", Jerry Douglas, Gen Duncan, Vince Gill, Albert Lee, Steve Martin, Leon Russell, Earl Scruggs, Gary Scruggs, Randy Scruggs, Paul Shaffer & Marty Stuart
- 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 Favorite, Alison Krauss & Union Station
Juno Awards
- Best Country Artist/Group — Carolyn Dawn Johnson
- Best New Country Artist/Group — The Ennis Sisters
Academy of Country Music
- Entertainer of the Year — Brooks & Dunn
- Song of the Year — "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)", Alan Jackson
- Single of the Year — "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)", Alan Jackson
- Album of the Year — O Brother, Where Art Thou?
- Top Male Vocalist — Alan Jackson
- Top Female Vocalist — Martina McBride
- Top Vocal Duo — Brooks & Dunn
- Top Vocal Group — Lonestar
- Top New Male Vocalist — Phil Vassar
- Top New Female Vocalist — Carolyn Dawn Johnson
- Top New Vocal Duo or Group — Trick Pony
- Video of the Year — "Only in America", Brooks & Dunn (Director: Michael Merriman)
- Vocal Event of the Year — "I am a Man of Constant Sorrow", Various Artists
ARIA Awards
(presented in Sydney on October 30, 2001)
- Best Country Album - Looking Forward Looking Back (Slim Dusty)
Canadian Country Music Association
- Telus Mobility Fans' Choice Award — Terri Clark
- Male Artist of the Year — Jason McCoy
- Female Artist of the Year — Carolyn Dawn Johnson
- Group or Duo of the Year — The Wilkinsons
- SOCAN Song of the Year — "Complicated", Carolyn Dawn Johnson
- Single of the Year — "Complicated", Carolyn Dawn Johnson
- Album of the Year — Room with a View, Carolyn Dawn Johnson
- Top Selling Album — Breathe, Faith Hill
- Video of the Year — "No Fear", Terri Clark
- Chevy Trucks Rising Star Award — Carolyn Dawn Johnson
- Roots Artist or Group of the Year — Natalie MacMaster
Country Music Association
- Entertainer of the Year — Tim McGraw
- Song of the Year — "Murder on Music Row", Larry Cordle, Larry Shell
- Single of the Year — "I am a Man of Constant Sorrow", The Soggy Bottom Boys
- Album of the Year — O Brother, Where Art Thou?
- Male Vocalist of the Year — Toby Keith
- Female Vocalist of the Year — Lee Ann Womack
- Vocal Duo of the Year — Brooks & Dunn
- Vocal Group of the Year — Lonestar
- Horizon Award — Keith Urban
- Music Video of the Year — "Born to Fly", Sara Evans (Director: Peter Zavadil)
- Vocal Event of the Year — "Too Country", Brad Paisley (with George Jones, Bill Anderson and Buck Owens)
- Musician of the Year — Dann Huff
References
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
External links
- Country Music Hall of Fame