1991 in country music
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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1991.
Events
- March 16 — The country music world is stunned when seven members of Reba McEntireReba McEntireReba 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...
's band and her road manager are killed in a plane crash in California. McEntire - who traveled separately - recorded her album, For My Broken HeartFor My Broken HeartFor My Broken Heart is the eighteenth album, released in 1991 by American country music singer Reba McEntire. It was the first album recorded after an airplane crash which killed most of the members of her touring band...
in their memory. - August 30 — Country music pioneer, Dottie WestDottie WestDottie West was an American country music singer and songwriter. Along with her friends and co-recording artists Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn, she is considered one of the genre's most influential and groundbreaking female artists...
is seriously injured while en route to a Grand Ole OpryGrand Ole OpryThe Grand Ole Opry is a weekly country music stage concert in Nashville, Tennessee, that has presented the biggest stars of that genre since 1925. It is also among the longest-running broadcasts in history since its beginnings as a one-hour radio "barn dance" on WSM-AM...
performance in Nashville, TennesseeNashville, TennesseeNashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
. Her fans and contemporaries are deeply saddened when she dies of her injuries September 4 at a Nashville hospital. President George H. W. BushGeorge H. W. BushGeorge Herbert Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States . He had previously served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States , a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to...
sends his condolences to the country music world during the CMA AwardsCountry Music Association AwardsThe Country Music Association Awards, also known as the CMA Awards, or the CMAs, and not to be confused with the ACM Awards, are voted on by business members of the Country Music Association. The first CMA awards were presented at an untelevised ceremony in Nashville's Municipal Auditorium in 1967...
later that year. - September — Ropin' the WindRopin' the WindRopin' the Wind is the third studio album by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on September 10, 1991 and was his first studio album to debut at #1 the Billboard 200 chart and the Top Country Albums chart...
by Garth BrooksGarth BrooksTroyal 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...
becomes the first album to debut at No. 1 on Billboard magazines Top Country Albums and Hot 200 AlbumsBillboard 200The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
charts. The album, Brooks' third, vaults the 29-year-old singer into superstardom and goes on to sell 16 million copies worldwide. The album became the second best selling album of all genres in 1991, coming in second to Mariah CareyMariah CareyMariah Carey is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. She made her recording debut with the release of her eponymous studio album in 1990, under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, whom she later married in 1993...
's debut album. - November 24 — Hot Country NightsHot Country NightsHot Country Nights was an American television series which presented country music acts performing their biggest hits. The series aired on NBC from November 1991 to March 1992....
begins a one-season run on NBCNBCThe National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
. The series was created to cash in on the exploding popularity of country music, and showcased several acts on each episode; featured on the premiere were AlabamaAlabama (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...
, Clint BlackClint BlackClint 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...
, K.T. Oslin, Kenny RogersKenny RogersKenneth Donald "Kenny" Rogers is an American singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur...
and Pam TillisPam TillisPamela Yvonne "Pam" Tillis is an American country music singer-songwriter and actress. She is the daughter of country music singer Mel Tillis....
. The series did not catch on in the ratings and is canceled at the end of the season.
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- Naomi JuddNaomi JuddNaomi Judd is an American country music singer, songwriter, and activist.-Personal life:She was born Diana Ellen Judd to Charles Glen Judd and his wife Pauline Judd on January 11, 1946, in Ashland, Kentucky. Her father owned a gas station; her mother started out as a homemaker but later became a...
announces she had been diagnosed with Hepatitis CHepatitis CHepatitis C is an infectious disease primarily affecting the liver, caused by the hepatitis C virus . The infection is often asymptomatic, but chronic infection can lead to scarring of the liver and ultimately to cirrhosis, which is generally apparent after many years...
, a potentially fatal chronic liver disease, and would be retiring from touring with daughter WynonnaWynonna JuddWynonna Ellen Judd is an American country music singer. Her solo albums and singles are all credited to the singular name Wynonna. Wynonna first rose to fame in the 1980s alongside her mother, Naomi, in the country music duo The Judds...
at the end of the year. The resulting "Farewell" tour becomes the year's top-grossing act in country music and ends with a New Year's Eve pay-per-viewPay-per-viewPay-per-view provides a service by which a television audience can purchase events to view via private telecast. The broadcaster shows the event at the same time to everyone ordering it...
concert. - "SoundScan"Nielsen SoundScanNielsen SoundScan is an information and sales tracking system created by Mike Fine and Mike Shalett. Soundscan is the official method of tracking sales of music and music video products throughout the United States and Canada...
is introduced, providing more accurate Billboard magazine chart ratings that are based on actual sales. Immediate evidence proved country music had a much bigger audience than previously thought. - Eight acts have their first Billboard No. 1 songs, including Mark ChesnuttMark ChesnuttMark Nelson Chesnutt is an American country music singer. Chesnutt recorded and released his first album, Doing My Country Thing, in the late-1980s on private independent record label, Axbar Records, with the vinyl album version now a collector's item...
, Mike Reid, 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...
, Doug Stone, Diamond RioDiamond RioDiamond 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...
, Trisha YearwoodTrisha YearwoodPatricia 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...
, 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...
and Lionel CartwrightLionel CartwrightLionel Cartwright is an American country music artist. Between 1988 and 1992, Cartwright charted twelve singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, including a Number One single in 1991's "Leap of Faith"...
. Three of those - Diamond Rio, Yearwood and Brooks & Dunn - turn the trick with their first national release; Reid's first solo release also hit the top of the chart, but he had hit the Top 5 as part of a duet with Ronnie MilsapRonnie MilsapRonnie Lee Milsap is an American country music singer and pianist. He was one of country’s most popular and influential performers of the 1970s and 1980s...
(1988's "Old Folks") three years earlier.
Top hits of the year
Singles released by American artists
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| 1 | 1 | Anymore Anymore "Anymore" is a song recorded by country music artist Travis Tritt. It was released in September 1991 as the second single released from his 1991 album It's All About To Change... |
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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| 3 | 3 | Are You Lovin' Me Like I'm Lovin' You Are You Lovin' Me Like I'm Lovin' You "Are You Lovin' Me Like I'm Lovin' You" is a single by American country music artist Ronnie Milsap. Released in 1991, it was the first single from the album Back to the Grindstone. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
Ronnie Milsap Ronnie Milsap Ronnie Lee Milsap is an American country music singer and pianist. He was one of country’s most popular and influential performers of the 1970s and 1980s... |
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| 14 | 11 | As Simple as That | Mike Reid | |
| 5 | 5 | Ball and Chain Ball and Chain (Paul Overstreet song) "Ball and Chain" is a single by American country music artist Paul Overstreet. Released in June 1991, it was the second third from his album Heroes. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in October 1991.... |
Paul Overstreet Paul Overstreet Paul Lester Overstreet is an American country music singer and songwriter. He recorded 10 studio albums between 1982 and 2005, and charted 16 singles on the Billboard country charts, including two #1 hits... |
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| 14 | 27 | Bing Bang Boom | Highway 101 Highway 101 Highway 101 is an American country music band founded by Paulette Carlson , Jack Daniels , Curtis Stone and Scott "Cactus" Moser . With Carlson as lead vocalist, the band recorded three albums for Warner Bros. Records Nashville and charted ten consecutive Top Ten hits on the Hot Country Songs... |
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| 5 | 4 | Blame It on Texas Blame It on Texas "Blame It on Texas" is a song co-written by Ronnie Rogers and producer Mark Wright and recorded by country music singer Mark Chesnutt. It was released in March 1991 as his third single for MCA Records and the third from his debut album Too Cold at Home. It peaked at #5 in the United States, and #4... |
Mark Chesnutt Mark Chesnutt Mark Nelson Chesnutt is an American country music singer. Chesnutt recorded and released his first album, Doing My Country Thing, in the late-1980s on private independent record label, Axbar Records, with the vinyl album version now a collector's item... |
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| 22 | 20 | Blue Memories | 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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| 1 | 1 | Brand New Man Brand New Man (song) "Brand New Man" is the debut single by American country music duo Brooks & Dunn. It is also the first single off their album, Brand New Man, and their first Number One single on the country charts.-Music video:... |
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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| 1 | 1 | Brother Jukebox Brother Jukebox "Brother Jukebox" is the title of a song written by Paul Craft. It was originally recorded by Don Everly, one-half of The Everly Brothers, in 1977 and reached #96 on the country singles charts. It was later covered by Keith Whitley on I Wonder Do You Think of Me and by Mark Chesnutt on his 1990... |
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| 2 | 6 | Brotherly Love Brotherly Love (Moe Bandy song) "Brotherly Love" is the title of a song written by Jimmy Stewart and Tim Nichols, which has been recorded by Moe Bandy, as well as a duet between Keith Whitley and Earl Thomas Conley.... |
Keith Whitley Keith Whitley Jackie Keith Whitley , known professionally as Keith Whitley, was an American country music singer. Whitley's brief career in mainstream country music lasted from 1984 until his death in 1989, but he continues to influence an entire generation of singers and songwriters... with Earl Thomas Conley Earl Thomas Conley Earl Thomas Conley is an American country music singer-songwriter. Between 1980 and 2003, he recorded ten studio albums, including seven for the RCA Records label. In the 1980s and into the 1990s, Conley also charted more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, of which... |
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| 31 | 19 | Calloused Hands | Mark Collie Mark Collie George Mark Collie is an American country music artist and occasional actor. He has released eight albums, and has charted 16 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. His highest peaking singles are "Even the Man in the Moon Is Cryin'" at #5, and "Born to Love You" at #6, from 1992 and... |
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| 15 | 9 | Can I Count on You Can I Count on You "Can I Count on You" is the title of a song recorded by American country music group McBride & the Ride. It was released in 1991 as the third single from the album Burnin' Up the Road. The song reached number 15 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and peaked at number 9 on the... |
McBride & the Ride McBride & the Ride McBride & the Ride was an American country music band initially composed of Terry McBride , Ray Herndon and Billy Thomas . The group was founded in 1989 through the assistance of record producer Tony Brown... |
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| 3 | 2 | The Chill of an Early Fall The Chill of an Early Fall "The Chill of an Early Fall" is the title of a song written by Green Daniel and Gretchen Peters and recorded by American country music artist George Strait. It was released in September 1991 as the third single from his album Chill of an Early Fall... |
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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| 3 | 2 | Come On Back Come On Back "Come On Back" is a single by American country music artist Carlene Carter. Released in September 1990, it was the second single from her album I Fell in Love. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in January 1991.... |
Carlene Carter Carlene Carter Carlene Carter is an American country singer and songwriter. She is the daughter of June Carter and her first husband, Carl Smith.... |
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| 1 | 2 | Daddy's Come Around Daddy's Come Around "Daddy's Come Around" is a 1990 track from Paul Overstreet's third album, Heroes. "Daddy's Come Around" was written by Paul Overstreet along with Don Schlitz and was Paul Overstreet's only number one country hit as a solo artist. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of... |
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| 1 | 1 | Don't Rock the Jukebox Don't Rock the Jukebox (song) "Don't Rock the Jukebox" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Alan Jackson. It was released in April 1991 as the lead single from the album of the same name, Don't Rock the Jukebox. It was his second consecutive Number One single on the U.S... |
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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| 5 | 18 | Don't Tell Me What to Do Don't Tell Me What to Do "Don't Tell Me What to Do" is a single by American country music artist Pam Tillis. Released in 1991, it was the first single from the album Put Yourself in My Place. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart... |
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.... |
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| 2 | 7 | Down at the Twist and Shout Down at the Twist and Shout "Down at the Twist and Shout" is a single written and recorded by American country music artist Mary Chapin Carpenter. Released in June 1991, it was the third single from the album Shooting Straight in the Dark... |
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... |
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| 1 | 1 | Down Home Down Home (song) "Down Home" is the title of a song written by Rick Bowles and Josh Leo and recorded by American country music band, Alabama. It was released in February 1991 as the fourth single from their album Pass It On Down... |
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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| 2 | 1 | Down to My Last Teardrop Down to My Last Teardrop "Down to My Last Teardrop" is a single by American country music artist Tanya Tucker. Released in 1991, it was the first single from Tucker's album What Do I Do with Me. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in September 1991 and #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart... |
Tanya Tucker Tanya Tucker Tanya Denise Tucker is a female American country music artist who had her first hit, "Delta Dawn", in 1972 at the age of 13... |
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| 3 | 1 | Drift Off to Dream Drift Off to Dream Drift Off to Dream is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Travis Tritt, released as the fifth and final single from his 1990 debut album, Country Club. It peaked at #3 in the United States, while it became his third number-one hit in Canada.-Content:"Drift... |
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| 22 | 20 | The Eagle | 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... |
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| 33 | 9 | Eagle When She Flies Eagle When She Flies (song) "Eagle When She Flies" is a single written and recorded by American country music artist Dolly Parton. Released in 1991, it was the third single and title track from the album Eagle When She Flies. The song reached #33 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
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... |
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| 16 | 10 | Even Now Even Now (Exile song) "Even Now" is a single by American country music group Exile. Released in 1991, it was the first single from the album Justice. The song reached #16 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
Exile Exile (American band) Exile, originally known as The Exiles, is an American band founded in Richmond, Kentucky by J.P. Pennington. They started by playing local clubs which led to touring with Dick Clark’s Caravan of Stars opening shows and providing backup for major rock artists of the period.Their name was shortened... |
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| 2 | 1 | Fallin' Out of Love Fallin' Out of Love "Fallin' Out of Love" is a single by American country music artist Reba McEntire. Released in May 1991, it was the fourth and final single from her album, Rumor Has It. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in August 1991.-Chart performance:... |
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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| 8 | 8 | Fancy | Reba McEntire | |
| 15 | 12 | Feed Jake Feed Jake "Feed Jake" is the title of a song written by Danny "Bear" Mayo and recorded by the American country music band Pirates of the Mississippi. It was released in February 1991 as the third single from the band's 1990 self-titled debut album... |
Pirates of the Mississippi Pirates of the Mississippi Pirates of the Mississippi was an American country music group. It was founded in 1987 by Rich Alves , Bill McCorvey Jimmy Lowe , Pat Severs , and Dean Townson... |
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| 9 | 7 | A Few Good Things Remain A Few Good Things Remain "A Few Good Things Remain" is a single by American country music artist Kathy Mattea. Released in 1990, it was the second new single from her album A Collection of Hits. The song reached #9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
Kathy Mattea Kathy Mattea Kathleen Alice "Kathy" Mattea is an American country music and bluegrass performer who often brings folk, Celtic and traditional country sounds to her music. Active since 1983 as a recording artist, she has recorded seventeen albums and has charted more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot... |
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| 13 | 21 | For Crying Out Loud | Davis Daniel Davis Daniel Robert Andrykowski is an American country music artist who records under the name Davis Daniel. Between 1991 and 1996, he recorded three studio albums on various divisions of Mercury Records: 1991's Fighting Fire with Fire, 1994's Davis Daniel, and 1995's I Know a Place... |
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| 1 | 1 | For My Broken Heart For My Broken Heart (song) "For My Broken Heart" is the title of a country music song written by Keith Palmer and Liz Hengber. It was recorded by American singer Reba McEntire on her 1991 studio album For My Broken Heart, from which it was released in September as the album's lead-off single. The song was a Number One hit... |
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| 1 | 1 | Forever Together Forever Together "Forever Together" is the title of a single released by American country music artist Randy Travis. It was the second single released from his album, High Lonesome. It peaked at #1 on both the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks and the Canadian RPM country Tracks chart... |
Randy Travis Randy Travis Randy Travis is an American country music singer and actor. Since 1985, he has recorded 20 studio albums and charted more than 30 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, 22 of which were number one hits... |
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| 1 | 3 | Forever's as Far as I'll Go Forever's as Far as I'll Go "Forever's as Far as I'll Go" is a 1990 single by Alabama. "Forever's as Far as I'll Go" was written by Mike Reid and was Alabama's twenty-ninth number one country hit. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of twenty weeks on the country chart.-Chart performance:... |
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| 27 | 18 | Get Rhythm Get Rhythm "Get Rhythm" is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music singer-songwriter Johnny Cash. It was released in September 1969 as a single.-Content:... |
Martin Delray Martin Delray Michael Ray Martin is an American country music artist, known professionally as Martin Delray. He worked as a songwriter in the 1980s, with his writing credits including "Old Fashioned Love" by The Kendalls... |
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| 19 | 12 | Heart Full of Love | Holly Dunn Holly Dunn Holly Dunn is a country music artist who first found fame with her 1986 Top-10 hit "Daddy's Hands" from her self-titled début album. Dunn has charted more than a dozen country singles, two of which reaching the #1 spot.Dunn is the daughter of a minister father... |
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| 2 | 3 | Here We Are Here We Are (Alabama song) "Here We Are" is a single by American country music group Alabama. Released in June 1991, it was the fifth and final single from their 1990 album, Pass It On Down. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in August 1991.... |
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| 2 | 2 | Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares) Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares) "Here's a Quarter " is the title of a song written and recorded by country music artist Travis Tritt. It was released in May 1991 as the lead-off single to his 1991 album It's All About To Change. It peaked at #2 in both the United States and Canada. This is one of his most popular songs... |
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| 4 | 6 | Heroes Heroes (Paul Overstreet song) "Heroes" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Paul Overstreet. Released in February 1991, it was the second single from his album Heroes. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in May 1991.-Chart performance:... |
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| 3 | 1 | Heroes and Friends Heroes and Friends "Heroes and Friends" is the title of a song co-written by recorded by American country music artist Randy Travis. It was written with Don Schlitz. It was the second and final single released from his album of duets, Heroes & Friends and his only song on the album that was not a duet. The song opens... |
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| 12 | 10 | Hopelessly Yours Hopelessly Yours "Hopelessly Yours" is a single by American country music artists Lee Greenwood and Suzy Bogguss. Released in 1991, it was the first single from the album A Perfect 10. The song reached #12 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
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.... with Suzy Bogguss Suzy Bogguss Susan Kay "Suzy" Bogguss is an American country music singer. In the 1980s and 90s she released one platinum and three gold albums and charted six top ten singles, winning the Academy of Country Music's award for Top New Female Vocalist and the Country Music Association's Horizon Award.After... |
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| 3 | 6 | Hurt Me Bad (In a Real Good Way) Hurt Me Bad (In a Real Good Way) "Hurt Me Bad " is a single release by Patty Loveless, recorded at MCA/Nashville in the late spring/early summer of 1991. It was included on her fifth album with MCA Records, Up Against My Heart, with the single being released in September 1991. It was the first single released from the... |
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| 1 | 1 | I Am a Simple Man I Am a Simple Man "I Am a Simple Man" is a song written by Walt Aldridge and recorded by American Country Music artist Ricky Van Shelton. It was released as the second single in 1991 from his album, Backroads... |
Ricky Van Shelton Ricky Van Shelton Ricky Van Shelton is a currently retired American country music artist. Active between 1986 and 2006, he has charted more than twenty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts... |
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| 3 | 3 | I Couldn't See You Leavin' I Couldn't See You Leavin' "I Couldn't See You Leavin" is a single by American country music artist Conway Twitty. Released in December 1990, it was the second single from his album Crazy in Love. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in 1991.... |
Conway Twitty Conway Twitty Conway Twitty , born Harold Lloyd Jenkins, was an American country music artist. He also had success in early rock and roll, R&B, and pop music. He held the record for the most number one singles of any act with 55 No. 1 Billboard country hits until George Strait broke the record in 2006... |
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| 7 | 4 | I Got You I Got You (Shenandoah song) "I Got You" is the title of a song recorded by American country music group Shenandoah. It was released in January 1991 as the third single from their album Extra Mile. The song reached #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in March 1991. It also peaked at #4 on the Canadian RPM... |
Shenandoah Shenandoah (band) Shenandoah is an American country music group founded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama in 1984 by Marty Raybon , Ralph Ezell , Stan Thorn , Jim Seales , and Mike McGuire... |
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| 4 | 1 | I Thought It Was You I Thought It Was You (song) "I Thought It Was You" is the title of a country music song written by Tim Mensy and Gary Harrison. It was recorded by American singer Doug Stone on his 1991 album of the same name... |
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| 40 | 14 | I Wonder How Far It Is Over You | 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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| 1 | 1 | I'd Love You All Over Again I'd Love You All Over Again "I'd Love You All Over Again is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music singer-songwriter Alan Jackson. It was released in January 1991 as the last single from his first album, Here in the Real World, the song was Jackson's first number 1 single on the Billboard Hot... |
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| 5 | 48 | I'm That Kind of Girl I'm That Kind of Girl "I'm That Kind of Girl" is a single release by Patty Loveless, recorded at MCA/Nashville in the spring of 1990. It was included on her fourth album with MCA Records, On Down the Line, with the single being released in January 1991... |
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| 48 | 18 | If I Built You a Fire | Neal McCoy Neal McCoy Hubert Neal McGaughey, Jr. is an American country music singer of mixed Irish and Filipino descent. Known professionally as Neal McCoy, he has released ten studio albums on various labels, and has released 34 singles to country radio... |
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| 1 | 1 | If I Know Me If I Know Me "If I Know Me" is the title of a song written by Pam Belford and Dean Dillon, and recorded by American country music artist George Strait. It was released in March 1991 as the lead-off single to his 1991 album Chill of an Early Fall. It peaked at #1 on both the U.S... |
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| 1 | 4 | If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets) If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets) "If the Devil Danced " is the title of a song written by Ken Spooner and Kim Williams and recorded by American country music singer Joe Diffie. The song reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart... |
Joe Diffie Joe Diffie Joe Logan Diffie is an American country music singer known for his ballads and novelty songs. Between 1990 and 2004, Diffie charted 35 cuts on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, including five number one singles: his debut release "Home", "If the Devil Danced ", "Third Rock from the Sun",... |
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| 2 | 1 | If You Want Me To If You Want Me To "If You Want Me To" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Joe Diffie. It was released in December 1990 as the second single from his debut album, A Thousand Winding Roads... |
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| 1 | 1 | In a Different Light In a Different Light (song) "In a Different Light" is a song recorded by country music artist Doug Stone. It was released in February 1991 as the fourth and final single from his 1990 debut album... |
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| 10 | 8 | Is It Raining at Your House Is It Raining at Your House "Is It Raining at Your House" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Vern Gosdin. Released in December 1990, it was the second single from the album 10 Years of Greatest Hits. The song reached #10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart... |
Vern Gosdin Vern Gosdin Vern Gosdin was an American country music singer. He idolized The Louvin Brothers and The Blue Sky Boys as a young man and sang in a gospel quartet called The Gosdin Brothers. An inheritor of the soulful honky tonk style of Lefty Frizzell and Merle Haggard, Gosdin was nicknamed "The Voice" by his... |
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| 6 | 6 | It Won't Be Me It Won't Be Me "It Won't Be Me" is a single by American country music artist Tanya Tucker. Released in 1990, it was the third single from the album Tennessee Woman. The song reached #6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
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| 1 | 1 | Keep It Between the Lines Keep It Between the Lines "Keep It Between the Lines" is the title of a song written by Russell Smith and Cathy Louvin, and recorded by American country music singer Ricky Van Shelton... |
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| 1 | 3 | Leap of Faith Leap of Faith (Lionel Cartwright song) "Leap of Faith" is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music singer Lionel Cartwright. Released in June 1991 as the first single from his third studio album , the song became his only Number One country hit in September of that year.-Critical reception:A Miami Herald review... |
Lionel Cartwright Lionel Cartwright Lionel Cartwright is an American country music artist. Between 1988 and 1992, Cartwright charted twelve singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, including a Number One single in 1991's "Leap of Faith"... |
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| 4 | 9 | Life's Little Ups and Downs Life's Little Ups and Downs "Life's Little Ups and Downs" is the title of a song originally recorded by Charlie Rich. Written by his then-wife, Margaret Ann Rich, the song appears on his second album, 1969's The Fabulous Charlie Rich... |
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| 37 | 15 | Life's Too Long (To Live Like This) | 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:... |
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| 4 | 7 | Like We Never Had a Broken Heart Like We Never Had a Broken Heart "Like We Never Had a Broken Heart" is a single by American country music artist Trisha Yearwood. Released in 1991, it was the second single from the album Trisha Yearwood. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. In Canada, Garth Brooks received a secondary credit... |
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... with 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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| 8 | 3 | Little Things Little Things (Marty Stuart song) "Little Things" is single by American country music artist Marty Stuart. Released in January 1991, it was the first single from the album Tempted. The song reached #8 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
Marty Stuart Marty Stuart John 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... |
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| 7 | 3 | Liza Jane Liza Jane (Vince Gill song) "Liza Jane" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Vince Gill. Released in June 1991, it was the second single from the album Pocket Full of Gold. The song reached #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
Vince Gill Vince Gill Vincent 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... |
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| 16 | 6 | Long Lost Friend Long Lost Friend (song) "Long Lost Friend" is the title of a song recorded by American country music group Restless Heart. It was released in January 1991 as the fourth and final single from the 1990 album Fast Movin' Train. The song reached #16 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart... |
Restless Heart Restless Heart Restless Heart is an American country music band established in 1984. The band's original members were John Dittrich , Paul Gregg , Dave Innis , Greg Jennings , and Verlon Thompson... |
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| 7 | 17 | Lord Have Mercy on a Country Boy Lord Have Mercy on a Country Boy "Lord Have Mercy on a Country Boy" is a 1991 hit single by Don Williams from his album True Love. The single, released by RCA Records, was Williams' last top ten single, peaking at no. 7 on Hot Country Songs and no. 17 on Canadian RPM Country Tracks.... |
Don Williams Don Williams Don Williams , is an American country singer, songwriter and a 2010 inductee to the Country Music Hall of Fame. He grew up in Portland, Texas, and graduated in 1958 from Gregory-Portland High School. After seven years with the folk-pop group Pozo-Seco Singers, he began his solo career in 1971,... |
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| 5 | 6 | Love Can Build a Bridge Love Can Build a Bridge "Love Can Build a Bridge" is the title of a song recorded by American country music mother-daughter duo The Judds from their 1990 album of the same name. It was a Top 5 country hit in mid-1991.... |
The Judds The Judds The Judds were an American country music duo composed of Naomi Judd and her daughter, Wynonna Judd. Signed to RCA Records in 1983, the duo released six studio albums between then and 1991. One of the most successful acts in country music history, The Judds won five Grammy Awards for Best Country... |
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| 12 | 10 | Love Will Bring Her Around Love Will Bring Her Around "Love Will Bring Her Around" is the debut single by American country music artist Rob Crosby. Released in 1990, it was the first single from the album Solid Ground. The song reached #12 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
Rob Crosby Rob Crosby Robert Crosby Hoar , is an American country music artist, known professionally as Rob Crosby. Between 1990 and 1996, Rob charted eight singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. He has also recorded six studio albums, with his most recent, Catfish Baby, being released in 2007... |
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| 1 | 1 | Loving Blind Loving Blind "Loving Blind" is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music artist Clint Black. It was released in January 1991 as the second single from his album, Put Yourself in My Shoes... |
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... |
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| 6 | 2 | Lucky Moon Lucky Moon "Lucky Moon" is a single by American country music group The Oak Ridge Boys. Released in 1991, it was the first single from the album Unstoppable. The song reached #6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. It was the group's last Top 10 hit.-Chart performance:... |
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... |
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| 28 | 20 | Mary and Willie | 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:... |
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| 1 | 1 | Meet in the Middle Meet in the Middle "Meet in the Middle" is the debut single of the American country music band Diamond Rio. Released in 1991, the single reached Number One on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, making Diamond Rio the first country music band in history to have its debut single reach Number One... |
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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| 8 | 14 | Men Men (song) "Men" is a single by American country music group The Forester Sisters. Released in 1991, it was the first single from the album Talkin' 'Bout Men. The song reached #8 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
The Forester Sisters The Forester Sisters The Forester Sisters are an American country music vocal group consisting of sisters Kathy, June, Kim and Christy Forester. The quartet had commercial success in the 1980s, charting fifteen Top Tens on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, including the Number Ones "I Fell in Love Again Last... |
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| 3 | 4 | Mirror, Mirror Mirror, Mirror (Diamond Rio song) "Mirror, Mirror" is the title of a song recorded by American country music group Diamond Rio. It was the second single released from their self-titled debut album. It peaked at #3 in the United States, and #4 in Canada.-Music video:... |
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| 9 | 11 | The Moon Over Georgia The Moon Over Georgia "The Moon Over Georgia" is the title of a song written by Mark Narmore and recorded by American country music group Shenandoah. It was released in April 1991 as the fourth single from their album Extra Mile. The song reached #9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in July 1991.-Chart... |
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| 1 | 3 | My Next Broken Heart My Next Broken Heart "My Next Broken Heart" is the second single by American country music duo Brooks & Dunn. Also released as the second single from their debut album, Brand New Man, it was their second straight Number One single on the country charts.-Music video:... |
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| 2 | 2 | New Way (To Light Up an Old Flame) New Way (To Light Up an Old Flame) "New Way " is a single by American country music artist Joe Diffie. The fourth and final single released in June 1991 from his debut album, A Thousand Winding Roads, it peaked at #2 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart positions:... |
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| 15 | 2 | Nothing's Changed Here Nothing's Changed Here "Nothing's Changed Here" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by country music artist Dwight Yoakam. It was co-written with the well known country songwriter Kostas. It was released in July 1991 as the third single from his album If There Was a Way... |
Dwight Yoakam Dwight Yoakam Dwight David Yoakam is an American singer-songwriter, actor and film director, most famous for his pioneering country music... |
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| 17 | 13 | Now That We're Alone | 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.... |
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| 12 | 21 | Oh What It Did to Me | Tanya Tucker | |
| 6 | 5 | One Hundred and Two One Hundred and Two "One Hundred and Two" is the title of a song recorded by American country music duo The Judds. It was released in April 1991 as was the third single from the album Love Can Build a Bridge. The song reached #6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:"One Hundred and... |
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| 33 | 17 | One Love | Carlene Carter | |
| 7 | 7 | One More Payment One More Payment "One More Payment" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Clint Black. It was released in April 1991 as the third of four single releases from his 1990 album Put Yourself in My Shoes. The song peaked at both number 7 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles... |
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| 6 | 5 | One of Those Things One of Those Things "One of Those Things" is a single by American country music artist Pam Tillis. Released in 1991, it was the second single from the album Put Yourself in My Place. The song reached #6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
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| 3 | 2 | Only Here for a Little While Only Here for a Little While "Only Here for a Little While" is a song written by Wayland Holyfield and Richard Leigh. It was recorded by Billy Dean on his debut album Young Man, from which it was released in December 1990 as the first single. The song spent 22 weeks on the Hot Country Songs charts, peaking at number three in... |
Billy Dean Billy Dean William Harold "Billy" Dean, Jr. is an American country music singer and songwriter. Billy Dean first gained national attention after appearing on the television talent competition Star Search... |
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| 9 | 6 | A Picture of Me (Without You) A Picture of Me (Without You) (song) "A Picture of Me " is a country music song written by Norro Wilson and George Richey. It was originally recorded by George Jones, whose version peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1972. The song was covered by Lorrie Morgan on her 1991 album Something in Red... |
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.... |
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| 7 | 11 | Pocket Full of Gold Pocket Full of Gold (song) "Pocket Full of Gold" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Vince Gill. Released in January 1991, it was the first single and title track from the album Pocket Full of Gold. The song reached #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart... |
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| 3 | 1 | Point of Light Point of Light "Point of Light" is the title of a song co-written by Don Schlitz and Thom Schuyler and recorded by American country music artist Randy Travis. It was the lead-off single released from his album, High Lonesome. It was his twenty-first single overall... |
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| 11 | 8 | Put Yourself in My Place Put Yourself in My Place (Pam Tillis song) "Put Yourself in My Place" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Pam Tillis. It was released in 1991 as the third single and title track from the album Put Yourself in My Place... |
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| 25 | 19 | Restless | Mark O'Connor Mark O'Connor Mark O'Connor is an American bluegrass, jazz, country and classical violinist fiddler, composer and music teacher. O'Connor's music is wide-ranging, critically acclaimed, and he has received numerous awards for both his playing and his composition... with Vince Gill, Steve Wariner Steve Wariner Steven Noel "Steve" Wariner is an American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist. He has released eighteen studio albums, including six on MCA Records, and three each on RCA Records, Arista Records and Capitol Records... and Ricky Skaggs |
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| 15 | 14 | Right Now | Mary Chapin Carpenter | |
| 1 | 1 | Rockin' Years Rockin' Years "Rockin' Years" is a song written by Floyd Parton and released as a single in 1991 by American country music artists Dolly Parton and Ricky Van Shelton... |
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| 3 | 1 | Rodeo Rodeo (song) "Rodeo" is the title of a song written by Larry Bastian and recorded by Garth Brooks from his album Ropin' the Wind. It was released as the first single from the 1991 album. It peaked at number three on the U.S... |
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| 3 | 1 | Rumor Has It Rumor Has It (Reba McEntire song) "Rumor Has It" is the title of a song written by Bruce Burch, Vern Dant and Larry Shell, and recorded by American country music artist Reba McEntire. Released in November 1990, it was the second single from her album, Rumor Has It... |
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| 28 | 16 | Same Old Star | McBride & the Ride | |
| 8 | 4 | Shadow of a Doubt Shadow of a Doubt (song) "Shadow of a Doubt" is the title of a song written by Tom Wopat and Robert Byrne, and recorded by American country music artist Earl Thomas Conley. It was released in May 1991 as the first single from the album Yours Truly. The song reached #8 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks... |
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| 1 | 1 | Shameless Shameless (song) "Shameless" is the title of a song written by American singer Billy Joel and recorded on his 1989 album Storm Front. His version was a #40 single on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts. Two years later, the song was covered by country music artist Garth Brooks on his third studio album, 1991's... |
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| 15 | 10 | She's a Natural She's a Natural "She's a Natural" is a single by American country music artist Rob Crosby. Released in 1991, it was the second single from the album Solid Ground. The song reached #15 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
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| 1 | 1 | She's in Love with the Boy She's in Love with the Boy "She's in Love with the Boy" is the 1991 debut single of American country music artist Trisha Yearwood. "She's in Love with the Boy" reached number one on the Billboard U.S. Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and was the first of five number ones on the country chart for Trisha... |
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| 15 | 7 | Silver and Gold Silver and Gold (Dolly Parton song) "Silver and Gold" is a single by American country music artist Dolly Parton. Released in 1991 as Columbia 45 73826 backed with "Runaway Feelin'", it was the second single from the album Eagle When She Flies. The song reached #15 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart... |
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| 6 | 7 | Since I Don't Have You Since I Don't Have You "Since I Don't Have You" is a song by the doo-wop group The Skyliners. Released in 1958, the single reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and also the top five of the R&B chart... |
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| 2 | — | Small Town Saturday Night Small Town Saturday Night (song) "Small Town Saturday Night" is the title of a song written by Pat Alger and Hank DeVito, and recorded by American country music artist Hal Ketchum. It was released in April 1991 as the first single from his album Past the Point of Rescue... |
Hal Ketchum Hal Ketchum Hal Michael Ketchum is an American country music artist. He has released ten studio albums since 1986, including nine for the Curb and Asylum-Curb labels. Ketchum's 1991 album Past the Point of Rescue is his most commercially successful, having been certified gold by the Recording Industry... |
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| 8 | 11 | Some Guys Have All the Love Some Guys Have All the Love "Some Guys Have All the Love" was the debut single of country music group Little Texas. It was released in September 1991 as the lead single from their debut album, First Time for Everything. It was co-written by the band's lead guitarist Porter Howell and rhythm guitarist Dwayne O'Brien... |
Little Texas Little Texas Little Texas is an American country music band founded in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1988 by Tim Rushlow , Brady Seals , Del Gray , Porter Howell , Dwayne O'Brien , and Duane Propes . Signed to Warner Bros... |
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| 1 | 2 | Someday Someday (Alan Jackson song) "Someday" is the title of a song written by American country music singer-songwriter Alan Jackson and Jim McBride, and recorded by Jackson. It was released in August 1991 as the second single from Jackson's second album, Don't Rock The Jukebox, the song peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Hot... |
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| 12 | 16 | Someday Soon Someday Soon (Ian Tyson song) "Someday Soon" is the title of a song composed by Canadian singer Ian Tyson. He recorded the song with his wife, Sylvia Tyson, as the duo Ian & Sylvia in 1964. Although this version was not released as a single, the song has been covered by Judy Collins, Moe Bandy and Suzy Bogguss, all of whom had... |
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| 3 | 2 | Somewhere in My Broken Heart Somewhere in My Broken Heart "Somewhere in My Broken Heart" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Billy Dean. Released in 1991, it was the second single from the album Young Man. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart... |
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| 29 | 20 | Speak of the Devil | Pirates of the Mississippi | |
| 20 | 25 | Still Burnin' for You | Rob Crosby | |
| 25 | 8 | The Sweetest Thing The Sweetest Thing (song) "Sweetest Thing" is a song by U2. It was originally released in 1987 as a B-side on the "Where the Streets Have No Name" single.The song was later re-recorded and re-released, as a single for the U2 compilation album, The Best of 1980-1990, in 1998.... |
Carlene Carter | |
| 5 | 4 | Tempted Tempted (Marty Stuart song) "Tempted" is a single by American country music artist Marty Stuart. Released in August 1991, it was the third single and title track from the album Tempted. The reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
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| 4 | 6 | Then Again Then Again (song) "Then Again" is a single by American country music group Alabama. Released in September 1991, it was the first single from their compilation, Greatest Hits Vol. II. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in December 1991.-Chart performance:"Then Again" debuted at... |
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| 17 | 16 | There for Awhile | Steve Wariner | |
| 5 | 2 | These Lips Don't Know How to Say Goodbye These Lips Don't Know How to Say Goodbye "These Lips Don't Know How to Say Goodbye" is the title of a song written by Harlan Howard and recorded by American country music artist Doug Stone. Released in October 1990, it was the third single from the album Doug Stone. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks... |
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| 23 | 19 | Things Are Tough All Over | Shelby Lynne Shelby Lynne Shelby Lynne is an American singer, songwriter and actress. The success of the 1999 album I Am Shelby Lynne led to her winning the Grammy Award for Best New Artist, even though she had been active in the music industry for some time... |
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| 1 | 1 | The Thunder Rolls | Garth Brooks | |
| 12 | 11 | Till I Found You | Marty Stuart | |
| 17 | 8 | Till You Were Gone Till You Were Gone "Till You Were Gone" is the title of song co-written and recorded by former American football player Mike Reid. It was released in March 1991 as the second single from his album Turning for Home. It peaked at #17 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and at #8 on the Canadian RPM... |
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| 7 | 7 | Time Passes By Time Passes By (song) "Time Passes By" is a single by American country music artist Kathy Mattea. Released in 1991, it was the first single and title track from the album Time Passes By. The song reached #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
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| 18 | 16 | Treat Me Like a Stranger | Baillie & the Boys Baillie & the Boys Baillie & the Boys is an American country music group that gained prominence in the late 1980s. The band's original lineup consisted of Kathie Baillie , her husband, Michael Bonagura , and Alan LeBoeuf . Baillie & the Boys has recorded five studio albums and charted ten Top-40 singles on the U.S... |
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| 4 | 5 | True Love True Love (Don Williams song) "True Love" is a single by American country music artist Don Williams. Released in January 1991, it was the second single from Williams' album True Love. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in April 1991.... |
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| 11 | 5 | Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose "Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose" is a song recorded by country music artist Dwight Yoakam. It is the lead-off single to his 1990 album If There Was a Way... |
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| 1 | 1 | Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House "Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House" is the title of a country music song co-written by Dennis Robbins, Bobby Boyd, and Warren Dale Haynes. Robbins himself originally recorded the song and charted at #71 with it on the Billboard country charts in 1987... |
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| 1 | 1 | Unanswered Prayers Unanswered Prayers "Unanswered Prayers" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American Country Music artist Garth Brooks which hit #1 on the country billboard charts in 1990. It debuted on his second album No Fences and also appears on The Hits, The Limited Series, and Double Live... |
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| 2 | 5 | The Walk The Walk (Sawyer Brown song) "The Walk" is a song recorded by country music band Sawyer Brown. It was released in June 1991 as the third and final single from their album Buick. It peaked at #2 in the United States, and #5 in Canada. It is also included on their 1992 album The Dirt Road.-Content:The song is a ballad in which... |
Sawyer Brown Sawyer Brown Sawyer Brown is an American country music band founded in 1981 in Apopka, Florida, by five members of country pop singer Don King's road band: Bobby Randall and Jim Scholten , both from Midland, Michigan; Joe Smyth , Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard , and Mark Miller... |
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| 1 | 1 | Walk on Faith Walk on Faith "Walk on Faith" is the title of a country music song co-written and recorded by former American football player Mike Reid. His first solo single release, it was also the first single from his Columbia Records album Turning for Home... |
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| 3 | 3 | We Both Walk We Both Walk "We Both Walk" is a single by American country music artist Lorrie Morgan. Released in March 1991, it was the first single from her album Something in Red. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in June 1991.... |
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| 14 | 15 | We've Got It Made | Lee Greenwood | |
| 10 | 8 | What a Way to Go What a Way to Go (song) "What a Way to Go" is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music artist Ray Kennedy. It was released in 1991 as the first single from his debut album, What a Way to Go... |
Ray Kennedy Ray Kennedy (country singer) Ray Kennedy is an American country music artist. He has recorded three studio albums: one on Columbia Records and two on Atlantic Records... |
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| 1 | 1 | Where Are You Now Where Are You Now "Where Are You Now" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Clint Black. It was released in July 1991 as the fourth and final single from his 1990 album Put Yourself in My Shoes. The song reached number-one on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks... |
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| 18 | 12 | Whole Lotta Holes | Kathy Mattea | |
| 4 | 3 | You Don't Count the Cost You Don't Count the Cost "You Don't Count the Cost" is the title of a song written by Tom Shapiro and Chris Waters, and recorded by American country music artist Billy Dean. Released in September 1991, it was the first single from the album Billy Dean. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks... |
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| 1 | 1 | You Know Me Better Than That You Know Me Better Than That "You Know Me Better Than That" is the title of a song written by Anna Lisa Graham and Tony Haselden, and recorded American country music artist George Strait. It was released in June 1991 as the second single from his 1991 album Chill of an Early Fall. It peaked at #1 on both the U.S... |
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| 16 | 6 | You Win Again You Win Again (Mary Chapin Carpenter song) "You Win Again" is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music artist Mary Chapin Carpenter. It was released in 1990 as the first single from the album Shooting Straight in the Dark. The song reached number 16 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and number 6... |
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| 5 | 4 | You're the One You're the One (Dwight Yoakam song) "You're the One" is a song written and recorded by country music artist Dwight Yoakam. It is the second single released from his 1990 album If There Was a Way... |
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| 6 | 13 | You've Got to Stand for Something You've Got to Stand for Something (song) "You've Got to Stand for Something" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Aaron Tippin. Released in late 1990 as his debut single, it is also the title track to his 1991 debut album You've Got to Stand for Something... |
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| 3 | 2 | Your Love Is a Miracle Your Love Is a Miracle "Your Love Is a Miracle" is a song co-written by Bill Kenner and producer Mark Wright and recorded by country music singer Mark Chesnutt. It was released in July 1991 as his fourth single for MCA Records and the fourth from his debut album Too Cold at Home... |
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| 73 | 9 | All You Really Wanna Do | Michelle Wright Michelle Wright Michelle Wright is a Canadian country music artist. She is one of the country's most widely recognized and awarded female country singers of the 1990s, winning the Canadian Country Music Association's Fans' Choice Award twice... |
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| 39 | 3 | Bluebird | 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.... |
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| — | 15 | Cry in the Wilderness | Gary Fjellgaard Gary Fjellgaard Gary Fjellgaard is a Canadian country music singer-songwriter. Fjellgaard has released fifteen albums and charted thirty-five songs on the RPM Country Tracks chart between 1977 and 1996, including the Top 10 singles "Walk in the Rain Tonight" , "The Moon Is Out to Get Me" , "Cowboy in Your... |
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| — | 13 | Dance with This Old Cowboy | Gary Fjellgaard | |
| — | 7 | Did You Fall in Love with Me | Prairie Oyster Prairie Oyster Prairie Oyster is an award-winning Canadian country music group from Ontario. They were named Country Group or Duo of the year six times by both the Canadian Country Music Association and the Juno Awards. The band also won the Bud Country Fans' Choice Award from the CCMA in 1994... |
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| — | 10 | Fell in Love and I Can't Get Out | George Fox George Fox (musician) George Fox is a country/western music singer/songwriter raised in Cochrane, Alberta, the son of cattle ranchers Bert and Gert Fox.His debut single “Angelina” reached #8 on Canadian country music charts... |
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| — | 19 | A Fishing Day | Roch Voisine Roch Voisine Joseph Armand Roch Voisine, OC better known as Roch Voisine, is a Canadian Acadian singer-songwriter, actor, and radio and television host... |
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| — | 16 | For Crying Out Loud | Kelita | |
| — | 20 | I Know Where You Go | George Fox | |
| — | 9 | I Never Met a Liar (I Didn't Like) | Joan Kennedy Joan Kennedy (musician) Joan Kennedy is a female country music singer. She came to fame after winning the Canadian National Talent Contest in 1983 and issued her first album, I'm a Big Girl Now, the following year in 1984... |
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| — | 16 | I Should Have Put a Hold on Love | Carroll Baker Carroll Baker (singer) Carroll Baker, CM , , is a Juno Award winning Canadian country music singer and songwriter.-Biography:Carroll Baker was born in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia... |
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| — | 10 | Leah | J. K. Gulley | |
| — | 20 | The Little Old House Out Back | Michael Peters | |
| — | 15 | Lonely You, Lonely Me | Prairie Oyster | |
| — | 14 | No Pain, No Gain | Colleen Peterson Colleen Peterson Colleen Susan Peterson was a Canadian country and folk singer, who performed both as a solo artist and as a member of the band Quartette.-Career:... |
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| — | 20 | Not Enough Love to Go 'Round | Michelle Wright | |
| — | 5 | Something to Remember You By | Prairie Oyster | |
| — | 9 | Springtime in Alberta | Ian Tyson Ian Tyson Ian Tyson CM, AOE is a Canadian singer-songwriter, best known for his song "Four Strong Winds". He was also one half of the duo Ian & Sylvia.-Career:Tyson was born to British immigrants in Victoria in 1933, and grew up in Duncan B.C... |
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| — | 8 | Take Me with You | Patricia Conroy Patricia Conroy Patricia Conroy is a Canadian country music singer. In her career, she has released five studio albums and a one compilation album. Several of her singles have charted on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart, most notably her number one hits "Somebody's Leavin'" and "What Else Can I Do" from 1994... |
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| — | 1 | Til I Am Myself Again Til I Am Myself Again "Til I Am Myself Again" is the title of a song written and recorded by Canadian country rock group Blue Rodeo. Released in November 1990, it was the first single from their album Casino. The song reached #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in March 1991.... |
Blue Rodeo Blue Rodeo Blue Rodeo is a Canadian pop and country rock band, which was formed in 1984 in Toronto, Ontario. They have been signed with Warner Music Group since their debut album Outskirts in March 1987... |
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| — | 9 | Watch Love Grow Strong | Rita MacNeil Rita MacNeil Rita MacNeil, CM, ONS is a Canadian country and folk singer from the community of Big Pond on Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island. Her biggest hit, "Flying On Your Own", was a crossover Top 40 hit in 1987 and was covered by Anne Murray the following year, although she has had hits on the country... |
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| — | 10 | We Don't Always See Eye to Eye | The Good Brothers The Good Brothers The Good Brothers are a Canadian country, bluegrass and folk music group originating from Richmond Hill, Ontario. The band's core members are Brian Good , his twin brother Bruce Good and younger brother Larry Good .... |
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| — | 19 | While You Just Pretend | Tim Taylor | |
| — | 20 | Why Baby Why Why Baby Why "Why Baby Why" is the title of a country music song co-written and originally recorded by George Jones. Released in late 1955 on Starday Records, and produced by Starday co-founder and Jones manager Pappy Daily, it peaked at #4 on the Billboard country charts that year... |
The Good Brothers | |
| — | 14 | Wild Horses | Dick Damron Dick Damron Dick Damron, is a Canadian country music singer, songwriter. Guitar,Banjo,Violin and Blues Harp. Damron experimented with many musical styles in the country genre including: ‘Outlaw’, ‘Honkey tonk’ and Gospel... |
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| — | 5 | With All My Might | George Fox | |
Top new album releases
| US | Album | Artist | Record Label |
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| 15 | Aces | Suzy Bogguss Suzy Bogguss Susan Kay "Suzy" Bogguss is an American country music singer. In the 1980s and 90s she released one platinum and three gold albums and charted six top ten singles, winning the Academy of Country Music's award for Top New Female Vocalist and the Country Music Association's Horizon Award.After... |
Liberty |
| 7 | All I Can Be All I Can Be All I Can Be is the debut album of American country music artist Collin Raye. It features the hit singles "All I Can Be ", "Love, Me" , and "Every Second". The final track, "If I Were You", is a different song than the song of the same name recorded on Raye's 1994 album Extremes... |
Collin Raye Collin Raye Floyd Collin Wray Floyd Collin Wray Floyd Collin Wray (born August 22, 1959 or 1960,Although multiple online sources all indicate Raye's date of birth as 1959, Raye's MySpace lists his date of birth as 1960. Furthermore, the 2004 Deseret News article cited in this article indicates the singer as... |
Epic |
| 22 | And Along Came Jones And Along Came Jones And Along Came Jones is an album by American country music singer George Jones. This album was released in 1991 on the MCA Nashville Records label... |
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.... |
MCA Nashville |
| 24 | Back to the Grindstone Back to the Grindstone Back to the Grindstone was the twentieth studio album of Country music artist Ronnie Milsap. It was released in 1991 under the RCA Records label, his last album to do so before My Life in 2006... |
Ronnie Milsap Ronnie Milsap Ronnie Lee Milsap is an American country music singer and pianist. He was one of country’s most popular and influential performers of the 1970s and 1980s... |
RCA Nashville |
| 3 | Backroads Backroads (Ricky Van Shelton album) Backroads is the fifth Studio Album by Country Music artist Ricky Van Shelton. The first three singles released from the album, "Rockin' Years" , "I Am a Simple Man", and "Keep It Between the Lines" all were number 1 hits. "After the Lights Go Out" and "Backroads" charted at #13 and #2, respectively... |
Ricky Van Shelton Ricky Van Shelton Ricky Van Shelton is a currently retired American country music artist. Active between 1986 and 2006, he has charted more than twenty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts... |
Columbia |
| 25 | The Best of Restless Heart The Best of Restless Heart The Best of Restless Heart is a compilation album by American country music group Restless Heart. It was released by RCA Records in 1991. "You Can Depend on Me" and "Familiar Pain" were released as singles... |
Restless Heart Restless Heart Restless Heart is an American country music band established in 1984. The band's original members were John Dittrich , Paul Gregg , Dave Innis , Greg Jennings , and Verlon Thompson... |
RCA Nashville |
| 22 | Billy Dean Billy Dean (album) Billy Dean is the title of the second studio album recorded by American country music artist Billy Dean. It was released in 1991 on Capitol Records and, like his debut album Young Man, it was certified gold by the RIAA. "You Don't Count the Cost", "Only the Wind", "Billy the Kid" and "If There... |
Billy Dean Billy Dean William Harold "Billy" Dean, Jr. is an American country music singer and songwriter. Billy Dean first gained national attention after appearing on the television talent competition Star Search... |
SBK/Liberty |
| 3 | Brand New Man Brand New Man Brand New Man is the debut album by country duo Brooks & Dunn. The album produced four consecutive Number One singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts in "Brand New Man", "Boot Scootin' Boogie", "My Next Broken Heart", and "Neon Moon"; in addition, "Lost and Found" was a #6... |
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 |
| 23 | Buick Buick (album) Buick is the seventh studio album by American country music band Sawyer Brown. Released in 1991 on Capitol Records, it features the singles "One Less Pony", "Mama's Little Baby Loves Me" and "The Walk"... |
Sawyer Brown Sawyer Brown Sawyer Brown is an American country music band founded in 1981 in Apopka, Florida, by five members of country pop singer Don King's road band: Bobby Randall and Jim Scholten , both from Midland, Michigan; Joe Smyth , Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard , and Mark Miller... |
Capitol/Curb |
| 4 | Chill of an Early Fall Chill Of An Early Fall Chill of an Early Fall is a 1991 album by American country music singer George Strait. It was released by MCA Records. The album produced the singles "If I Know Me" and "You Know Me Better Than That", both of which reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts in 1991... |
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 |
| 13 | Diamond Rio Diamond Rio (album) Diamond Rio is the eponymous first album of the country music band Diamond Rio. Released in 1991 on Arista Records, it produced five chart singles on the Billboard country music charts: the Number One hit "Meet in the Middle", as well as the Top Ten hits "Mirror, Mirror", "Mama Don't Forget to Pray... |
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 |
| 17 | Don't Go Near the Water Don't Go Near the Water (album) Don't Go Near the Water is the debut album of American country music artist Sammy Kershaw. Released in 1991 on Mercury Records, the album produced four singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts: "Cadillac Style", the title track, "Yard Sale", and "Anywhere but Here", which... |
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... |
Mercury/PolyGram |
| 2 | Don't Rock the Jukebox Don't Rock The Jukebox -Track listing:# "Don't Rock the Jukebox" – 2:52# "That's All I Need to Know" – 3:47# "Dallas" – 2:45# "Midnight in Montgomery" – 3:46... |
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... |
Arista Nashville |
| 1 | Eagle When She Flies Eagle When She Flies - Personnel :*Sam Bacco – percussion*Lea Jane Berinati – backing vocals*Joe Bogan – engineer*Steve Buckingham – producer*Ray Bunch – string arrangements*"Romantic" Roy Huskey – upright bass*Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar, mandolin... |
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... |
Columbia |
| 3 | Electric Barnyard Electric Barnyard -Personnel:*Greg Martin – electric guitar, slide guitar*Doug Phelps – bass guitar, background vocals*Ricky Lee Phelps – lead vocals, harmonica, percussion*Fred Young – drums, percussion*Richard Young – rhythm guitar-Chart performance:... |
The Kentucky Headhunters The Kentucky Headhunters The Kentucky Headhunters are an American country rock band. They were founded in 1968 as Itchy Brother, which comprised brothers Richard Young and Fred Young along with Greg Martin and Anthony Kenney... |
Mercury/PolyGram |
| 3 | For My Broken Heart For My Broken Heart For My Broken Heart is the eighteenth album, released in 1991 by American country music singer Reba McEntire. It was the first album recorded after an airplane crash which killed most of the members of her touring band... |
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 |
| 10 | Greatest Hits Vol. II Greatest Hits Vol. II (Alabama album) Greatest Hits Vol. II is the second greatest hits package released by the American country music band Alabama. The album was released on RCA Records in 1991, and has since been certified platinum for sales of 1 million units by the Recording Industry Association of America.As with Alabama's first... |
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 |
| 7 | Greatest Hits Volume Two Greatest Hits Volume Two (The Judds album) Greatest Hits Volume Two is the second greatest hits collection released in 1991 by the American country music duo The Judds. It features ten tracks from their previous studio albums. No new material was recorded for this album... |
The Judds The Judds The Judds were an American country music duo composed of Naomi Judd and her daughter, Wynonna Judd. Signed to RCA Records in 1983, the duo released six studio albums between then and 1991. One of the most successful acts in country music history, The Judds won five Grammy Awards for Best Country... |
RCA/Curb |
| 17 | Heroes Heroes (Paul Overstreet album) Heroes is the third album released by American country music artist Paul Overstreet. The album was released by RCA Records in 1991 . The album reached #17 on Billboards Top Country Albums chart and charted at #21 on the Top Christian Albums chart... |
Paul Overstreet Paul Overstreet Paul Lester Overstreet is an American country music singer and songwriter. He recorded 10 studio albums between 1982 and 2005, and charted 16 singles on the Billboard country charts, including two #1 hits... |
RCA Nashville |
| 3 | High Lonesome High Lonesome (Randy Travis album) High Lonesome is the title of an album released in 1991 by American country music artist Randy Travis. It was released on August 27, 1991. Four singles were released from the album. "Forever Together" , "Better Class of Losers" , "Point of Light" , and "I'd Surrender All" reached number 20... |
Randy Travis Randy Travis Randy Travis is an American country music singer and actor. Since 1985, he has recorded 20 studio albums and charted more than 30 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, 22 of which were number one hits... |
Warner Bros. |
| 12 | I Thought It Was You I Thought It Was You I Thought It Was You is the second studio album released by American country music singer Doug Stone, released in 1991. Certified platinum in the United States, this album produced Top Five singles on the Hot Country Songs charts in its title track and "Come in out of the Pain", as well as a Number... |
Doug Stone | Epic |
| 2 | It's All About to Change It's All About To Change It's All About To Change is the American artist Travis Tritt's second album, released on Warner Bros. Records in 1991. The tracks "The Whiskey Ain't Workin'", "Nothing Short of Dying", "Anymore", and "Here's a Quarter " were released as singles; "Bible Belt" also charted from unsolicited airplay... |
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... |
Warner Bros. |
| 25 | Milestones: Greatest Hits Milestones: Greatest Hits Milestones: Greatest Hits is a compilation album by American country music artist Holly Dunn. It was released by Warner Bros. Records in July 1991. Two singles were released from the album, "Maybe I Mean Yes" and "No One Takes the Train Anymore". The former peaked at #48 on the Billboard Hot... |
Holly Dunn Holly Dunn Holly Dunn is a country music artist who first found fame with her 1986 Top-10 hit "Daddy's Hands" from her self-titled début album. Dunn has charted more than a dozen country singles, two of which reaching the #1 spot.Dunn is the daughter of a minister father... |
Warner Bros. |
| 6 | Past the Point of Rescue Past the Point of Rescue Past the Point of Rescue is the title of an album released by American country music artist Hal Ketchum. His first major-label album, it was released in 1991 on Curb Records and has been certified gold by the RIAA. The album produced four singles for him on the Billboard Hot Country Singles &... |
Hal Ketchum Hal Ketchum Hal Michael Ketchum is an American country music artist. He has released ten studio albums since 1986, including nine for the Curb and Asylum-Curb labels. Ketchum's 1991 album Past the Point of Rescue is his most commercially successful, having been certified gold by the Recording Industry... |
Curb |
| 5 | Pocket Full of Gold Pocket Full of Gold Pocket Full of Gold is the fifth studio album from American country music artist, Vince Gill. It was released in 1991 on MCA Nashville Records. It features the singles "Pocket Full of Gold," "Liza Jane," "Look at Us" and "Take Your Memory with You."... |
Vince Gill Vince Gill Vincent 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... |
MCA Nashville |
| 8 | Pure Hank Pure Hank Pure Hank is a studio album by American country music artist Hank Williams, Jr. It was released by Warner Bros./Curb Records in April 1991. "If It Will, It Will" and "Angels Are Hard to Find" were released as singles... |
Hank Williams, Jr. Hank Williams, Jr. Randall Hank Williams , better known as Hank Williams, Jr. and Bocephus, is an American country singer-songwriter and musician. His musical style is often considered a blend of Southern rock, blues, and traditional country... |
Curb/Warner Bros. |
| 10 | Put Yourself in My Place Put Yourself in My Place (album) Put Yourself In My Place is an album from American country music artist Pam Tillis. It was also her first album for Arista Records, following 1983's Above and Beyond the Doll of Cutey, released on Warner Bros. Records. Put Yourself in My Place reached #10 on the Top Country Albums charts... |
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 |
| 25 | Renegade Renegade (Charlie Daniels album) Renegade is a studio album by American country music artist Charlie Daniels. It was released in 1991 via Epic Records. The album peaked at number 25 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.-Track listing:... |
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... |
Epic |
| 1 | Ropin' the Wind Ropin' the Wind Ropin' the Wind is the third studio album by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on September 10, 1991 and was his first studio album to debut at #1 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... |
Liberty |
| 8 | Something in Red Something in Red Something in Red is an album by Lorrie Morgan. It reached #8 on the Billboard country albums chart, including the #3 "We Both Walk," the #9 "A Picture of Me " , the #4 "Except for Monday," and the #14 title song... |
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.... |
RCA Nashville |
| 10 | Sticks and Stones | 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... |
Atlantic |
| 16 | Talkin' 'Bout Men Talkin' 'Bout Men Talkin' 'Bout Men is a studio album by American country music group The Forester Sisters. It was released in 1991 via Warner Bros. Records... |
The Forester Sisters The Forester Sisters The Forester Sisters are an American country music vocal group consisting of sisters Kathy, June, Kim and Christy Forester. The quartet had commercial success in the 1980s, charting fifteen Top Tens on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, including the Number Ones "I Fell in Love Again Last... |
Warner Bros. |
| 20 | Tempted Tempted (album) -Personnel:As listed in liner notes.*Sam Bacco - percussion, timpani*Amanda Bennett - tambourine, vocoder*Richard Bennett - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, 6 string bass, mandolin-guitarophone*Bill Cuomo - Hammond organ*Stuart Duncan - fiddle... |
Marty Stuart Marty Stuart John 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... |
MCA Nashville |
| 7 | Ten Strait Hits Ten Strait Hits Ten Strait Hits is a compilation album by George Strait, released in 1991 on MCA Records. It Includes ten of his hit singles from 1988 to 1991.- Track listing :#"Famous Last Words of a Fool" - 3:37... |
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 |
| 9 | Time Passes By Time Passes By Time Passes By is the sixth studio album released by American country music artist Kathy Mattea. It was released in 1991 on Mercury Records. The album, like her last two studio albums before it, was certified gold by the RIAA. Singles released from it include the title track at #7, "Whole Lotta... |
Kathy Mattea Kathy Mattea Kathleen Alice "Kathy" Mattea is an American country music and bluegrass performer who often brings folk, Celtic and traditional country sounds to her music. Active since 1983 as a recording artist, she has recorded seventeen albums and has charted more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot... |
Mercury/PolyGram |
| 17 | Tribute Tribute (Roy Rogers album) -Chart performance:... |
Roy Rogers Roy Rogers Roy 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... |
RCA Nashville |
| 2 | Trisha Yearwood Trisha Yearwood (album) Trisha Yearwood is the eponymous debut album by future country music superstar Trisha Yearwood. It features her first Billboard Hot Country Songs hit "She's in Love with the Boy", which reached the top of the country charts in June of 1991... |
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 |
| 22 | Turning for Home Turning for Home Turning for Home is the 1991 debut album by country music artist and American football player Mike Reid. It was released in February 1991 by Columbia Records. It produced the number-one single "Walk on Faith", as well as four more singles which all fell outside the country Top Ten... |
Mike Reid | Columbia |
| 6 | What Do I Do with Me What Do I Do with Me What Do I Do with Me is a 1991 album by American country music singer Tanya Tucker. It was her highest-placing on the Billboard charts reaching #6 in the Country albums and #48 on the Pop albums categories... |
Tanya Tucker Tanya Tucker Tanya Denise Tucker is a female American country music artist who had her first hit, "Delta Dawn", in 1972 at the age of 13... |
Capitol Nashville |
| 23 | You've Got to Stand for Something You've Got to Stand for Something You've Got to Stand for Something is the debut album of American country music artist Aaron Tippin. The title track was Tippin's first chart entry, peaking at #6 on the Billboard country charts in 1991. Also released from this album were "I Wonder How Far It Is over You" and "She Made a Memory out... |
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... |
RCA Nashville |
Other top albums
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| 60 | #1 with a Bullet Number 1 with a Bullet -Personnel:Compiled from liner notes.* Mark Casstevens — acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin* Steve Gibson — electric guitar, bass guitar* Wendy Johnson — background vocals* Stuart Keathley — bass guitar* Jana King — background vocals* Gary Prim — keyboards... |
Ray Stevens Ray Stevens Ray Stevens is an American country music, pop singer-songwriter who has become known for his novelty songs.-Early career:... |
Capitol/Curb |
| 67 | All American Country | The Statler Brothers | Mercury/PolyGram |
| 74 | At Last | Gene Watson Gene Watson Gary Gene Watson is an American country singer. He is most famous for his 1975 hit "Love in the Hot Afternoon," his 1982 hit "Fourteen Carat Mind," and his signature song "Farewell Party." Watson's long career has notched six number ones, 23 top tens and over 75 charted singles.-Biography:Watson... |
Warner Bros. |
| 42 | Back Home Again Back Home Again (Kenny Rogers album) Back Home Again is a 1991 album by country music superstar Kenny Rogers.- Overview :Back Home Again marks the last of Rogers' albums with Reprise, and marks the beginning of Rogers' movement between various labels, including his own future upcoming label, Dreamcatcher Records, in years to come.Of... |
Kenny Rogers Kenny Rogers Kenneth Donald "Kenny" Rogers is an American singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur... |
Reprise |
| 64 | Best of Bill Anderson | Bill Anderson Bill Anderson (country music) James William Anderson III , better known as Bill Anderson, is an American country music singer, songwriter and television personality. He has released more than 40 studio albums and has reached No... |
Curb |
| 36 | Bing Bang Boom Bing Bang Boom Bing Bang Boom is a 1991 album by the American country music band Highway 101. It was the band's first release following the departure of original lead singer Paulette Carlson, with Nikki Nelson on lead vocals. The album's title track was its first single, reaching #14 on the Hot Country Singles &... |
Highway 101 Highway 101 (band) Highway 101 is an American country music band founded by Paulette Carlson , Jack Daniels , Curtis Stone and Scott "Cactus" Moser . With Carlson as lead vocalist, the band recorded three albums for Warner Bros. Records Nashville and charted ten consecutive Top Ten hits on the Hot Country Songs... |
Warner Bros. |
| 67 | Brenda Lee | Brenda Lee Brenda Lee Brenda Mae Tarpley , known as Brenda Lee, is an American performer who sang rockabilly, pop and country music, and had 37 US chart hits during the 1960s, a number surpassed only by Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Ray Charles and Connie Francis... |
Warner Bros. |
| 27 | Burnin' Up the Road Burnin' Up the Road Burnin' Up the Road is the debut album of American country music band McBride & the Ride. Released in 1991 on MCA Records, it was produced by Tony Brown and Steve Fishell. The lead-off single, "Felicia", peaked at #74 on the RPM country charts in Canada but did not chart in the US. Following this... |
McBride & the Ride McBride & the Ride McBride & the Ride was an American country music band initially composed of Terry McBride , Ray Herndon and Billy Thomas . The group was founded in 1989 through the assistance of record producer Tony Brown... |
MCA Nashville |
| 27 | Chasin' the Sun Chasin' the Sun Chasin' The Sun is the third studio album released by country music singer and songwriter Lionel Cartwright on the MCA label. It contains his only #1 single, "Leap of Faith". Two other singles released from the album, "What Kind of Fool" and "Family Tree", charted at #24 and #62 respectively... |
Lionel Cartwright Lionel Cartwright Lionel Cartwright is an American country music artist. Between 1988 and 1992, Cartwright charted twelve singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, including a Number One single in 1991's "Leap of Faith"... |
MCA Nashville |
| 28 | Clean Shirt Clean Shirt Clean Shirt is a split album by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson, released on Epic Records in 1991. The two singers' last collaboration, after Waylon and Willie , WWII and Take It to the Limit , it was released at a time which coincided with both artists' commercial decline. All but the final two... |
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... & Willie Nelson Willie Nelson Willie Hugh Nelson is an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie , combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger and Stardust , made Nelson one of the most recognized... |
Epic |
| 44 | A Dozen Roses – Greatest Hits A Dozen Roses – Greatest Hits A Dozen Roses – Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits album by American country music group The Desert Rose Band. It was released January 4, 1991 via MCA/Curb... |
Desert Rose Band Desert Rose Band The Desert Rose Band is a US country music band from California founded by Chris Hillman along with Herb Pedersen and John Jorgenson in 1985. Rounding out the original lineup were Bill Bryson on bass guitar, Jay Dee Maness on pedal steel guitar, and Steve Duncan on drums... |
Curb/MCA Nashville |
| 54 | Fighting Fire with Fire Fighting Fire with Fire Fighting Fire with Fire is the debut album of American country music artist Davis Daniel. Its title track was one of the album's four singles, along with "Picture Me", "For Crying Out Loud" and "Still Got a Crush on You"... |
Davis Daniel Davis Daniel Robert Andrykowski is an American country music artist who records under the name Davis Daniel. Between 1991 and 1996, he recorded three studio albums on various divisions of Mercury Records: 1991's Fighting Fire with Fire, 1994's Davis Daniel, and 1995's I Know a Place... |
Mercury/PolyGram |
| 72 | Friends in High Places Friends in High Places (George Jones album) Friends in High Places is an album by American country music artist George Jones. This album was released in 1991 on Epic Records. This would be Jones' final album with Epic Records. The album contained duets that were mostly recorded in 1988 and 1991...the one with Emmylou Harris, for example, was... |
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.... |
Epic |
| 57 | Get Rhythm | Martin Delray Martin Delray Michael Ray Martin is an American country music artist, known professionally as Martin Delray. He worked as a songwriter in the 1980s, with his writing credits including "Old Fashioned Love" by The Kendalls... |
Atlantic |
| 32 | Greatest Hits Greatest Hits (Billy Joe Royal album) Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits album by American country music artist Billy Joe Royal. It was released on February 12, 1991 via Atlantic Records... |
Billy Joe Royal Billy Joe Royal Billy Joe Royal is an American singer.-Biography:Born in Valdosta and raised in Marietta in 1942, Royal became a local star at Savannah, Georgia's Bamboo Ranch in the 1950s and 1960s... |
Atlantic |
| 44 | High & Dry High & Dry (Marty Brown album) "High & Dry" is the debut album by country music singer-songwriter Marty Brown. It was produced by Tony Brown and released in 1991 on MCA Records. It featured 2 singles , neither of which charted... |
Marty Brown Marty Brown (singer) Dennis Marty Brown is an American country music artist. Active between 1991 and 1996, he has released four studio albums and has charted one single on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts.... |
MCA Nashville |
| 28 | I Am Ready I Am Ready I Am Ready is American country music artist Steve Wariner's tenth full-length album. It was released in 1991 on Arista Records as his first for the label, following his departure from MCA Records... |
Steve Wariner Steve Wariner Steven Noel "Steve" Wariner is an American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist. He has released eighteen studio albums, including six on MCA Records, and three each on RCA Records, Arista Records and Capitol Records... |
Arista Nashville |
| 61 | I've Got That Old Feeling I've Got That Old Feeling I've Got That Old Feeling is an album by American violinist/singer Alison Krauss, released in 1990. It reached number 61 on the Billboard Country Albums chart.... |
Alison Krauss 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 |
| 66 | Justice | Exile Exile (American band) Exile, originally known as The Exiles, is an American band founded in Richmond, Kentucky by J.P. Pennington. They started by playing local clubs which led to touring with Dick Clark’s Caravan of Stars opening shows and providing backup for major rock artists of the period.Their name was shortened... |
Arista Nashville |
| 45 | Kentucky Bluebird Kentucky Bluebird Kentucky Bluebird is the fifth studio album by American country music singer Keith Whitley. His first posthumous album, it was released via RCA Records Nashville in September 1991... |
Keith Whitley Keith Whitley Jackie Keith Whitley , known professionally as Keith Whitley, was an American country music singer. Whitley's brief career in mainstream country music lasted from 1984 until his death in 1989, but he continues to influence an entire generation of singers and songwriters... |
RCA Nashville |
| 62 | Key's in the Mailbox Key's in the Mailbox Key's in the Mailbox is the twenty fourth studio album released by American country artist Barbara Mandrell. The album was released September 24, 1991 on Capitol Records and was produced by Jerry Crutchfield... |
Barbara Mandrell Barbara Mandrell Barbara Ann Mandrell is an American country music singer best known for a 1970s–1980s series of Top 10 hits and TV shows that helped her become one of country's most successful female vocalists of the 1970s and 1980s... |
Capitol Nashville |
| 50 | Live Two Five Live Two Five Live Two Five is a 1991 live album from The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Most of the songs on this collection are live versions of songs that charted.-Track listing:#"High Horse" - 2:53... |
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Nitty Gritty Dirt Band The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is an American country-folk-rock band that has existed in various forms since its founding in Long Beach, California in 1966. The group's membership has had at least a dozen changes over the years, including a period from 1976 to 1981 when the band performed and recorded... |
Liberty |
| 68 | My Father's Son | 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:... |
Epic |
| 66 | My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys Soundtrack |
Various Artists | RCA |
| 70 | The Mystery of Life The Mystery of Life The Mystery of Life is an album by country singer Johnny Cash, released in 1991 . It was his last for Mercury. Included on the album are new recordings of two songs already associated with Cash from his Sun and Columbia days, "Hey Porter" and "Wanted Man." "I'll Go Somewhere and Sing My Songs... |
Johnny Cash Johnny Cash John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century... |
Mercury/PolyGram |
| 59 | Navajo Rug | Jerry Jeff Walker Jerry Jeff Walker Jerry Jeff Walker is an American country music singer and songwriter. He is probably most famous for writing the song "Mr. Bojangles.-Biography:... |
Rykodisc |
| 44 | The New Nashville Cats The New Nashville Cats The New Nashville Cats is a country album by Mark O'Connor, in conjunction with a variety of other musical artists. O'Connor selected a group of over fifty Nashville musicians, many of who had worked with him as session musicians. The album was intended to "showcase the instrumental side of the... |
Mark O'Connor Mark O'Connor Mark O'Connor is an American bluegrass, jazz, country and classical violinist fiddler, composer and music teacher. O'Connor's music is wide-ranging, critically acclaimed, and he has received numerous awards for both his playing and his composition... |
Warner Bros. |
| 41 | Out of My Heart | Vern Gosdin Vern Gosdin Vern Gosdin was an American country music singer. He idolized The Louvin Brothers and The Blue Sky Boys as a young man and sang in a gospel quartet called The Gosdin Brothers. An inheritor of the soulful honky tonk style of Lefty Frizzell and Merle Haggard, Gosdin was nicknamed "The Voice" by his... |
Columbia |
| 58 | Out of Your Ever Lovin' Mind | Dean Dillon Dean Dillon Dean Dillon is an American country music artist. Between 1982 and 1993, Dillon recorded six studio albums on various labels, and charted several singles on the Billboard country charts. Although he has not charted since 1993, Dillon has continued to write several hit songs for other artists, most... |
Atlantic |
| 67 | Patriot | Johnny Cash Johnny Cash John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century... |
Columbia |
| 29 | The Patsy Cline Collection | Patsy Cline Patsy Cline Patsy Cline , born Virginia Patterson Hensley in Gore, Virginia, was an American country music singer who enjoyed pop music crossover success during the era of the Nashville sound in the early 1960s... |
MCA Nashville |
| 38 | A Perfect 10 | 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.... |
Liberty |
| 55 | Soft Talk Soft Talk Soft Talk is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Shelby Lynne. It was released in 1991 on the Epic label. Two tracks on the album, "The Very First Lasting Love" and "Stop Me" were performed with Les Taylor. The album reached No. 55 on the Billboard Country Albums chart... |
Shelby Lynne Shelby Lynne Shelby Lynne is an American singer, songwriter and actress. The success of the 1999 album I Am Shelby Lynne led to her winning the Grammy Award for Best New Artist, even though she had been active in the music industry for some time... |
Epic |
| 74 | Solid Ground | Rob Crosby Rob Crosby Robert Crosby Hoar , is an American country music artist, known professionally as Rob Crosby. Between 1990 and 1996, Rob charted eight singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. He has also recorded six studio albums, with his most recent, Catfish Baby, being released in 2007... |
Arista Nashville |
| 32 | Unchained Melody | Ronnie McDowell Ronnie McDowell Ronald Dean "Ronnie" McDowell is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1977 with the song "The King Is Gone", a tribute to Elvis Presley, who had died not long before the single's release. From that single onward, McDowell has charted more than thirty Top 40 hits on the Billboard... |
Curb |
| 41 | Unstoppable | 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... |
RCA Nashville |
| 27 | Up Against My Heart Up Against My Heart Up Against My Heart was the fifth and final album that country music artist Patty Loveless would record for MCA Records.The album produced the singles "Jealous Bone"#13, "Hurt Me Bad "#3 and "Can't Stop Myself from Loving You"#27.... |
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... |
MCA Nashville |
| 39 | Walk the Plank Walk the Plank (Pirates of the Mississippi album) Walk the Plank is the second studio album from the American country music band Pirates of the Mississippi. Released in 1991 on Capitol Records Nashville, it features the singles "Fighting for You", "Till I'm Holding You Again", and "Too Much", which was co-written by Lee Roy Parnell and Guy Clark... |
Pirates of the Mississippi Pirates of the Mississippi Pirates of the Mississippi was an American country music group. It was founded in 1987 by Rich Alves , Bill McCorvey Jimmy Lowe , Pat Severs , and Dean Townson... |
Capitol Nashville |
| 59 | Wanted Recorded or Alive | Jimmy Collins Jim Collins (singer) Jim Collins is an American country music singer-songwriter. Between 1985 and 1998, Collins released three studio albums. He also charted seven singles on Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart... |
Platinum Edge |
| 36 | Western Underground Western Underground Western Underground is the title of the major label debut album released by American country music artist Chris LeDoux for Liberty Records. Overall, it is his 23rd album. "This Cowboy's Hat" and "Workin' Man's Dollar" and "Riding for a Fall" were released as singles but didn't make the top 40... |
Chris LeDoux Chris LeDoux Chris Ledoux was an American country music singer-songwriter, bronze sculptor and rodeo champion.During his career LeDoux recorded 36 albums which have sold more than six million units in the United States as of January 2007... |
Liberty |
| 72 | Your Precious Love | Ronnie McDowell Ronnie McDowell Ronald Dean "Ronnie" McDowell is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1977 with the song "The King Is Gone", a tribute to Elvis Presley, who had died not long before the single's release. From that single onward, McDowell has charted more than thirty Top 40 hits on the Billboard... |
Curb |
| 53 | Yours Truly | Earl Thomas Conley Earl Thomas Conley Earl Thomas Conley is an American country music singer-songwriter. Between 1980 and 2003, he recorded ten studio albums, including seven for the RCA Records label. In the 1980s and into the 1990s, Conley also charted more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, of which... |
RCA Nashville |
| 50 | Zone of Our Own | Texas Tornados Texas Tornados Texas Tornados is a Tejano band. Its music is a fusion of rock, country and various Mexican styles.-History:The initial combination of musicians of the Texas Tornados happened almost by chance at a concert performance of a mutual acquaintance... |
Reprise |
Regular series
- Hee HawHee HawHee Haw is an American television variety show featuring country music and humor with fictional rural Kornfield Kounty as a backdrop. It aired on CBS-TV from 1969–1971 before a 20-year run in local syndication. The show was inspired by Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, the major difference being...
(1969-1993, syndicated) - Hot Country NightsHot Country NightsHot Country Nights was an American television series which presented country music acts performing their biggest hits. The series aired on NBC from November 1991 to March 1992....
(1991-1992, NBC)
Deaths
- February 24 — 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...
, 69, honky tonk stylist and pioneer (congestive heart failure). - March 16 — Chris AustinChris Austin (singer)Chris Austin was a male country music singer. Austin was signed to Warner Bros. Records in 1988 and charted three singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart...
, 27, member of Reba McEntireReba McEntireReba 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...
's road band (plane crash). - September 4 — Dottie WestDottie WestDottie West was an American country music singer and songwriter. Along with her friends and co-recording artists Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn, she is considered one of the genre's most influential and groundbreaking female artists...
, 58, legendary and pioneering female vocalist for over three decades (auto accident). - October 17 — Tennessee Ernie FordTennessee Ernie FordErnest Jennings Ford , better known as Tennessee Ernie Ford, was an American recording artist and television host who enjoyed success in the country and Western, pop, and gospel musical genres...
, 72, "The Old Pea Picker;" pop-country singer and TV host best known for "Sixteen Tons" (liver failure).
Country Music Hall of Fame inductees
- Boudleaux & Felice Bryant (Boudleaux Bryant 1920-1987 and Felice (Scaduto) Bryant 1925-2003)
Grammy Awards
- Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "Down at the Twist and ShoutDown at the Twist and Shout"Down at the Twist and Shout" is a single written and recorded by American country music artist Mary Chapin Carpenter. Released in June 1991, it was the third single from the album Shooting Straight in the Dark...
," Mary Chapin CarpenterMary Chapin CarpenterMary 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... - Best Male Country Vocal Performance — Ropin' the WindRopin' the WindRopin' the Wind is the third studio album by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on September 10, 1991 and was his first studio album to debut at #1 the Billboard 200 chart and the Top Country Albums chart...
, Garth BrooksGarth BrooksTroyal 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... - Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — "Love Can Build a BridgeLove Can Build a Bridge"Love Can Build a Bridge" is the title of a song recorded by American country music mother-daughter duo The Judds from their 1990 album of the same name. It was a Top 5 country hit in mid-1991....
," The JuddsThe JuddsThe Judds were an American country music duo composed of Naomi Judd and her daughter, Wynonna Judd. Signed to RCA Records in 1983, the duo released six studio albums between then and 1991. One of the most successful acts in country music history, The Judds won five Grammy Awards for Best Country... - Best Country Collaboration with Vocals — "Restless," Ricky SkaggsRicky SkaggsRickie 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:...
, Steve WarinerSteve WarinerSteven Noel "Steve" Wariner is an American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist. He has released eighteen studio albums, including six on MCA Records, and three each on RCA Records, Arista Records and Capitol Records...
and 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... - Best Country Instrumental Performance — The New Nashville CatsThe New Nashville CatsThe New Nashville Cats is a country album by Mark O'Connor, in conjunction with a variety of other musical artists. O'Connor selected a group of over fifty Nashville musicians, many of who had worked with him as session musicians. The album was intended to "showcase the instrumental side of the...
, Mark O'ConnorMark O'ConnorMark O'Connor is an American bluegrass, jazz, country and classical violinist fiddler, composer and music teacher. O'Connor's music is wide-ranging, critically acclaimed, and he has received numerous awards for both his playing and his composition... - Best Country Song — "Love Can Build a Bridge," John Jarvis, Naomi JuddNaomi JuddNaomi Judd is an American country music singer, songwriter, and activist.-Personal life:She was born Diana Ellen Judd to Charles Glen Judd and his wife Pauline Judd on January 11, 1946, in Ashland, Kentucky. Her father owned a gas station; her mother started out as a homemaker but later became a...
and Paul OverstreetPaul OverstreetPaul Lester Overstreet is an American country music singer and songwriter. He recorded 10 studio albums between 1982 and 2005, and charted 16 singles on the Billboard country charts, including two #1 hits... - Best Bluegrass Album — "Spring Training," Carl JacksonCarl JacksonCarl Jackson is an American country and bluegrass musician. Jackson's first Grammy was awarded in 1992 for his duet album with John Starling titled "Spring Training." In 2003 Jackson produced the Grammy Award-winning CD titled Livin', Lovin', Losin': Songs of the Louvin Brothers - a tribute to Ira...
and John Starling
Juno Awards
- Country Male Vocalist of the Year — George FoxGeorge Fox (musician)George Fox is a country/western music singer/songwriter raised in Cochrane, Alberta, the son of cattle ranchers Bert and Gert Fox.His debut single “Angelina” reached #8 on Canadian country music charts...
- Country Female Vocalist of the Year — Cassandra VasikCassandra VasikCassandra Vasik is a Canadian country singer/songwriter from Blenheim, Ontario. Vasik won the 1992 Canadian Country Music Association "Rising Star" award as well as the 1992 Juno Award for Best Country Female Vocalist.-Albums:- Singles :...
- Country Group or Duo of the Year — Prairie OysterPrairie OysterPrairie Oyster is an award-winning Canadian country music group from Ontario. They were named Country Group or Duo of the year six times by both the Canadian Country Music Association and the Juno Awards. The band also won the Bud Country Fans' Choice Award from the CCMA in 1994...
Academy of Country Music
- Entertainer of the Year — Garth BrooksGarth BrooksTroyal 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...
- Song of the Year — "Somewhere in My Broken Heart" Billy DeanBilly DeanWilliam Harold "Billy" Dean, Jr. is an American country music singer and songwriter. Billy Dean first gained national attention after appearing on the television talent competition Star Search...
and Richard LeighRichard Leigh (songwriter)Richard Leigh is an American country music songwriter and singer. He is best known for penning "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" . In 1978 he received a Grammy Award for "Best Country Song" for the popular song...
(Performer: Billy Dean) - Single of the Year — "Don't Rock the JukeboxDon't Rock the Jukebox (song)"Don't Rock the Jukebox" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Alan Jackson. It was released in April 1991 as the lead single from the album of the same name, Don't Rock the Jukebox. It was his second consecutive Number One single on the U.S...
," 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... - Album of the Year — Don't Rock the JukeboxDon't Rock The Jukebox-Track listing:# "Don't Rock the Jukebox" – 2:52# "That's All I Need to Know" – 3:47# "Dallas" – 2:45# "Midnight in Montgomery" – 3:46...
, Alan Jackson - Top Male Vocalist — Garth Brooks
- Top Female Vocalist — Reba McEntireReba McEntireReba 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...
- Top Vocal Duo — 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...
- Top Vocal Group — Diamond RioDiamond RioDiamond 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...
- Top New Male Vocalist — Billy Dean
- Top New Female Vocalist — Trisha YearwoodTrisha YearwoodPatricia 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...
- Top New Vocal Duo or Group — Brooks & Dunn
- Video of the Year — "Is There Life Out ThereIs There Life Out There"Is There Life Out There" is the title of a country music song written by Susan Longacre and Rick Giles. It was recorded by American singer Reba McEntire on her 1991 album For My Broken Heart, from which it was released in early 1992 as the album's second single...
," Reba McEntire (Director: Jack Cole)
Canadian Country Music Association
- Bud Country Fans' Choice Award — Rita MacNeilRita MacNeilRita MacNeil, CM, ONS is a Canadian country and folk singer from the community of Big Pond on Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island. Her biggest hit, "Flying On Your Own", was a crossover Top 40 hit in 1987 and was covered by Anne Murray the following year, although she has had hits on the country...
- Male Artist of the Year — George FoxGeorge Fox (musician)George Fox is a country/western music singer/songwriter raised in Cochrane, Alberta, the son of cattle ranchers Bert and Gert Fox.His debut single “Angelina” reached #8 on Canadian country music charts...
- Female Artist of the Year — Michelle WrightMichelle WrightMichelle Wright is a Canadian country music artist. She is one of the country's most widely recognized and awarded female country singers of the 1990s, winning the Canadian Country Music Association's Fans' Choice Award twice...
- Group of the Year — Prairie OysterPrairie OysterPrairie Oyster is an award-winning Canadian country music group from Ontario. They were named Country Group or Duo of the year six times by both the Canadian Country Music Association and the Juno Awards. The band also won the Bud Country Fans' Choice Award from the CCMA in 1994...
- SOCAN Song of the Year — "Lonely You, Lonely Me," Joan Besen
- Single of the Year — "New Kind of Love," Michelle Wright
- Album of the Year — Michelle WrightMichelle Wright (album)Michelle Wright is the second studio album by Canadian country music artist Michelle Wright, and was released on July 17, 1990 on Savannah Records...
, Michelle Wright - Top Selling Album — Home I'll Be, Rita MacNeil
- Video of the Year — "Springtime in Alberta," Ian TysonIan TysonIan Tyson CM, AOE is a Canadian singer-songwriter, best known for his song "Four Strong Winds". He was also one half of the duo Ian & Sylvia.-Career:Tyson was born to British immigrants in Victoria in 1933, and grew up in Duncan B.C...
- Vista Rising Star Award — South MountainSouth Mountain (band)South Mountain is a Canadian country music group. They received the 1991 Canadian Country Music Association Vista Rising Star Award. Their 1995 single "Radioland" reached the Top 20 of the RPM Country Tracks chart.-Albums:-Singles:...
- Duo of the Year — The Johner BrothersThe Johner BrothersThe Johner Brothers are a Canadian country music duo from Saskatchewan. They have won more than 40 awards from the Saskatchewan Country Music Association, including Entertainer of the Decade in 1999.-Biography:...
Country Music Association
- Entertainer of the Year — Garth BrooksGarth BrooksTroyal 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...
- Song of the Year — "When I Call Your Name," Tim DuBois and 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...
(Performer: Vince Gill) - Single of the Year — "Friends in Low PlacesFriends in Low Places"Friends in Low Places" is a song released by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was the first single from his second album, No Fences. The song spent four weeks at #1 on the U.S...
," Garth Brooks - Album of the Year — No FencesNo FencesNo Fences is the second studio album by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on August 27, 1990 and reached #3 on the Billboard 200, and #1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart...
, Garth Brooks - Male Vocalist of the Year — Vince Gill
- Female Vocalist of the Year — Tanya TuckerTanya TuckerTanya Denise Tucker is a female American country music artist who had her first hit, "Delta Dawn", in 1972 at the age of 13...
- Horizon Award — Travis TrittTravis TrittJames 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...
- Vocal Duo of the Year — The JuddsThe JuddsThe Judds were an American country music duo composed of Naomi Judd and her daughter, Wynonna Judd. Signed to RCA Records in 1983, the duo released six studio albums between then and 1991. One of the most successful acts in country music history, The Judds won five Grammy Awards for Best Country...
- Vocal Group of the Year — The Kentucky HeadhuntersThe Kentucky HeadhuntersThe Kentucky Headhunters are an American country rock band. They were founded in 1968 as Itchy Brother, which comprised brothers Richard Young and Fred Young along with Greg Martin and Anthony Kenney...
- Vocal Event of the Year — "Restless," Vince Gill, Mark O'ConnorMark O'ConnorMark O'Connor is an American bluegrass, jazz, country and classical violinist fiddler, composer and music teacher. O'Connor's music is wide-ranging, critically acclaimed, and he has received numerous awards for both his playing and his composition...
, Ricky SkaggsRicky SkaggsRickie 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:...
and Steve WarinerSteve WarinerSteven Noel "Steve" Wariner is an American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist. He has released eighteen studio albums, including six on MCA Records, and three each on RCA Records, Arista Records and Capitol Records... - Music Video of the Year — "The Thunder Rolls," Garth Brooks (Director: Bud Schaetzle)
- Musician of the Year — Mark O'Connor
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.