2003 in country music
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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 2003.
charts in 2003:
Events
- March 10 — During a concert in London, England, Dixie ChicksDixie ChicksThe Dixie Chicks are an American country band which has also successfully crossed over into other genres. The band is composed of founding members Martie Erwin Maguire and Emily Erwin Robison, and lead singer Natalie Maines...
lead singer Natalie MainesNatalie MainesNatalie Louise Maines Pasdar is an American singer-songwriter who achieved success as the lead vocalist for the female alternative country band, the Dixie Chicks...
said that the band was "ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas" (referring to Maines' hometown of LubbockLubbock, TexasLubbock is a city in and the county seat of Lubbock County, Texas, United States. The city is located in the northwestern part of the state, a region known historically as the Llano Estacado, and the home of Texas Tech University and Lubbock Christian University...
and President BushGeorge W. BushGeorge Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
hailing from the same state). The comment sparked intense controversy and outrage among Americans, including a large share of country music fans.
- Those who took offense to Maines' comments based their feelings on a number of grounds, including that the country was then on the verge of declaring war on IraqIraqIraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
(which happened less than two weeks later) and that Maines made the comments on foreign soil. Chicks' supporters, meanwhile, cited their right to free speech. Radio stations – perhaps riding the wave of fan sentiment – refuse to play their music on the air, including their then-current hit, "Travelin' Soldier" (which ironically was about a soldier who is about to go to war); some even sponsor anti-Dixie Chicks promotional events, such as disposing and destroying Chicks' compact discCompact DiscThe Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
s and other merchandise. Maines, meanwhile, defended her stance during a televised interview with Diane SawyerDiane SawyerLila Diane Sawyer is the current anchor of ABC News' flagship program, ABC World News. Previously, Sawyer had been co-anchor of ABC Newss morning news program, Good Morning America ....
. - Maines and her bandmates – Emily RobisonEmily ErwinEmily Robison is an American songwriter, singer, multi-instrumentalist, and a founding member of the female country band the Dixie Chicks. Robison plays banjo, dobro, guitar, bass, mandolin, accordion, and sitar...
and Martie MaguireMartie ErwinMartie Maguire is a Grammy Award-winning American songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and a founding member of the female alternative country band, the Dixie Chicks. She won awards in national fiddle championships while still a teenager...
– appeared nude (with private parts strategically covered) on the May 2 cover of Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment WeeklyEntertainment Weekly is an American magazine, published by the Time division of Time Warner, that covers film, television, music, broadway theatre, books and popular culture...
. Their bodies were covered with words such as "Saddam's Angels" and "Traitor."- July — The Rascal FlattsRascal FlattsRascal Flatts is an American country music band that originated in Columbus, Ohio, United States of America. Since its inception, Rascal Flatts has been composed of three members: Gary LeVox , Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney...
video, "I MeltI Melt"I Melt" is a single by American country music group Rascal Flatts. It peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. It was released in July 2003 as the third single from their 2002 album Melt, and the group's seventh entry on that chart.-Content:Gary LeVox said of the song,...
," comes under fire by conservative groups because it contains brief scenes of nudity. The video stars band member Joe Don Rooney and model Christina Auria. Groups called for the video to be banned from airplay on CMTCountry Music TelevisionCountry Music Television, or CMT, is an American country music-oriented cable television network. Programming includes music videos, taped concerts, movies, biographies of country music stars, game shows, and reality programs...
and Great American CountryGreat American CountryGreat American Country , is a Nashville, Tennessee-based country music cable television network.-History:The station launched December 31, 1995 and Garth Brooks' video "The Thunder Rolls" was the first video to air on GAC....
. Eventually, Rascal Flatts released an edited version of the video, which aired during daytime hours on the two country music-oriented networks. - December — The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing ArtsJohn F. Kennedy Center for the Performing ArtsThe John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is a performing arts center located on the Potomac River, adjacent to the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C...
honors Loretta LynnLoretta LynnLoretta Lynn is an American country music singer-songwriter, author and philanthropist. Born in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky to a coal miner father, Lynn married at 13 years old, was a mother soon after, and moved to Washington with her husband, Oliver Lynn. Their marriage was sometimes tumultuous; he...
for her lifetime contributions to the arts.
- July — The Rascal Flatts
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- Throughout the year, country music was beset by the deaths of notable figures, including Johnny CashJohnny CashJohn 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...
, whose vastly influential musicianship transcended genres. His wife of 35 years (and longtime singing partner), June Carter CashJune Carter CashValerie June Carter Cash was an American singer, dancer, songwriter, actress, comedienne and author who was a member of the Carter Family and the second wife of singer Johnny Cash...
, had died four months earlier. Both had appeared in a CMTCMT- Medicine :* California mastitis test* Certified Massage Therapist* Cervical motion tenderness, a sign of pelvic inflammatory disease* Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease* Chemically modified tetracyclines* Circus Movement Tachycardia...
-aired interview, discussing their lives and careers; it was taped earlier in the year.
- Other notables that died during the year: Johnny PaycheckJohnny PaycheckJohnny Paycheck was the legal name of Donald Eugene Lytle , a country music singer and Grand Ole Opry member most famous for recording the David Allan Coe song "Take This Job and Shove It"...
, Felice Bryant, Floyd TillmanFloyd TillmanFloyd Tillman was an American country musician who, in the 1930s and 1940s, helped create the Western swing and honky tonk genres. Tillman was inducted into the Songwriters’ Hall of Fame in 1970 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1984.-Early life:Tillman grew up in the cotton-mill town of Post,...
, Wilma BurgessWilma BurgessWilma Burgess was an American country music singer. She rose to fame in the mid 1960s and charted fifteen singles on the Billboard C&W charts between 1965 and 1975.-Background:...
, Don GibsonDon GibsonDonald Eugene "Don" Gibson was an American songwriter and country musician. A Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, Gibson penned such country standards as "Sweet Dreams" and "I Can't Stop Loving You", and enjoyed a string of country hits from 1957 into the early 1970s.-Biography:Don Gibson was...
, Dave DudleyDave DudleyDave Dudley , born David Darwin Pedruska, was an American country music singer best-known for his truck-driving country anthems of the 1960s and 1970s and his semi-slurred baritone. His signature song was "Six Days on the Road," and he is also remembered for "Vietnam Blues," "Truck Drivin'...
and Gary StewartGary Stewart (singer)Gary Stewart was a country musician and songwriter known for his distinctive vibrato voice and his southern rock influenced, outlaw country sound...
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Top hits of the year
The following songs placed within the Top 20 on the Hot Country SongsHot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
charts in 2003:
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| 1 | 19 Somethin' 19 Somethin' "19 Somethin'" is a song written by David Lee and Chris DuBois, and recorded by American country music singer Mark Wills. The song was released in September 2002, and spent six weeks at number one on the Hot Country Songs chart in early 2003. It also reached number 23 on the Hot 100 chart and was... |
Mark Wills Mark Wills Daryl Mark Williams is an American country music artist, best known professionally as Mark Wills. Signed to Mercury Records between 1996 and 2003, he released five studio albums for the label — Mark Wills, Wish You Were Here, Permanently, Loving Every Minute and And the Crowd Goes Wild — as well... |
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| 10 | 99.9% Sure (I've Never Been Here Before) | Brian McComas Brian McComas Brian McComas is an American country music artist. Originally signed to Mercury Nashville Records in 2001, McComas charted two minor singles in 2001 and 2002. A year later, he switched to Lyric Street Records, charting the Top Ten single "99.9% Sure " on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks... |
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| 6 | Almost Home Almost Home (Craig Morgan song) "Almost Home" is the name of a song by country music singer Craig Morgan. It was the second single from his 2003 album I Love It. The song was Morgan's first Top 10 hit on the U.S. country music charts... |
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| 18 | At the End of the Day | Kellie Coffey Kellie Coffey Kellie Coffey is an American country music artist. She made her debut in 2002 with the release of her single "When You Lie Next to Me", a Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts... |
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| 1 | The Baby The Baby "The Baby" is a song sung by country music singer-songwriter Blake Shelton. The song became Blake's second number-one hit, where it remained for three weeks in early 2003. It was the lead-off single to his second album, 2003's The Dreamer.-Content:... |
Blake Shelton Blake Shelton Blake Tollison Shelton is an American country music artist. In 2001, he made his debut with the single "Austin". Released as the lead-off single from his self-titled debut album, "Austin" went on to spend five weeks at Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts... |
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| 16 | Backseat of a Greyhound Bus Backseat of a Greyhound Bus "Backseat of a Greyhound Bus" is the title of a song written by Chris Lindsey, Hillary Lindsey, Aimee Mayo, Troy Verges, and recorded by American country artist Sara Evans. It was released as the lead-off single for her fourth studio album, Restless... |
Sara Evans Sara Evans Sara Lynn Evans is an American country singer and songwriter.Evans was one of the few traditional-styled singers to emerge from Nashville in the late 1990s, according to Allmusic. Since emerging in the late 1990s, Evans has made five No. 1 Country hits and Gold and Platinum-certified albums by... |
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| 16 | Beautiful Goodbye | Jennifer Hanson Jennifer Hanson Jennifer Kathleen Hanson is an American country music artist, as well as a former Miss California. Married to songwriter Mark Nesler since 1997, Hanson began her own musical career in 2002 with a self-titled debut album being issued on Capitol Records... |
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| 1 | Beer for My Horses Beer for My Horses "Beer for My Horses" is the title of a song recorded by American country music artists Toby Keith and Willie Nelson. It was released in April 2003 as the fourth and final single from Keith's 2002 album Unleashed. The song spent six weeks at Number One on the U.S... |
Toby Keith Toby Keith Toby Keith Covel , best known as Toby Keith, is an American country music singer-songwriter, record producer and actor. Keith released his first four studio albums — 1993's Toby Keith, 1994's Boomtown, 1996's Blue Moon and 1997's Dream Walkin, plus a Greatest Hits package for various divisions of... with 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... |
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| 2 | Big Star Big Star (Kenny Chesney song) "Big Star" is a single by American country music singer Kenny Chesney. It peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in 2003.-Content:... |
Kenny Chesney Kenny Chesney Kenneth "Kenny" Arnold Chesney is an American country music singer and songwriter. Chesney has recorded 15 albums, 14 of which have been certified gold or higher by the RIAA. He has also produced more than 30 Top Ten singles on the U.S... |
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| 1 | Brokenheartsville Brokenheartsville "Brokenheartsville" is the title of a song written by Donny Kees, Blake Mevis, Randy Boudreaux, and Clint Daniels. It was recorded by American country music singer Joe Nichols. It was released in November 2002 as the second single from his 2002 album, Man with a Memory... |
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| 3 | Celebrity Celebrity (Brad Paisley song) "Celebrity" is a song written and recorded by American country music singer Brad Paisley. It was released in March 2003 as the lead single from his album, Mud on the Tires. The song reached the top five of the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, peaking at number three. It also peaked at number 31... |
Brad Paisley Brad Paisley Brad Douglas Paisley is an American singer-songwriter and musician. His style crosses between traditional country music and Southern rock, and his songs are frequently laced with humor and pop culture references.... |
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| 5 | Chicks Dig It Chicks Dig It "Chicks Dig It" is a single co-written and recorded by American country music singer Chris Cagle. It was the second single released from his self-titled album. It peaked at #5 on the U.S. country charts and at #53 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was written by Cagle and Charlie Crowe... |
Chris Cagle Chris Cagle Chris Cagle is an American country music artist. Signed with Virgin Records Nashville in 2000, Cagle made his debut on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts with the single "My Love Goes On and On", the first single from his debut album Play It Loud... |
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| 10 | Chrome Chrome (Trace Adkins song) "Chrome" is the title of a song written by Anthony Smith and Jeffrey Steele, and recorded by American country music artist Trace Adkins. It was released in September 2002 as the third and final single from his 2001 album of the same name... |
Trace Adkins Trace Adkins Tracy Darrell "Trace" Adkins is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1996 with the album Dreamin' Out Loud, released on Capitol Records Nashville. Since then, Adkins has released seven more studio albums and two Greatest Hits compilations... |
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| 5 | Concrete Angel Concrete Angel "Concrete Angel" is the title of a song recorded by American country music artist Martina McBride and co-produced by McBride and Paul Worley. Composed by Rob Crosby and Stephanie Bentley, the song was released in 2002, as the last single from McBride's 2001 Greatest Hits album... |
Martina McBride Martina McBride Martina McBride is an American country music singer and songwriter. McBride has been called the "Céline Dion of Country Music" for her big-voiced ballads and soprano range.... |
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| 2 | Cowboys Like Us Cowboys Like Us "Cowboys Like Us" is the title of a song written by Bob DiPiero and Anthony Smith. It was recorded in 2003 by George Strait for his album Honkytonkville, from which it was released in August 2003 as that album's second single... |
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 | Fall into Me Fall into Me "Fall into Me" is the title of a country music song written by Danny Orton and Jeremy Stover. It was recorded by the Canadian band Emerson Drive on their 2001 self-titled album. Released in July 2002 as the album's second single, it peaked at #3 on the Billboard country charts in January 2003. The... |
Emerson Drive Emerson Drive Emerson Drive is a country music band founded in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada in 1995. The band is Brad Mates , Danick Dupelle , Mike Melancon , Dale Wallace , and David Pichette .Early on, the band found minor success in Canada, releasing two albums under the name of 12 Gauge, the first Open... |
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| 9 | A Few Questions A Few Questions (song) "A Few Questions" is a song written by Ray Scott, Phillip Moore, and Adam Wheeler, and recorded by American country music singer Clay Walker. It was released in April 2003 as the lead-off single and title track to his 2003 album, A Few Questions... |
Clay Walker Clay Walker Ernest Clayton "Clay" Walker Jr. is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1993 with the single "What's It to You," which reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, as did its follow-up, 1994's "Live Until I Die." Both singles were included on... |
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| 4 | Forever and for Always Forever and for Always "Forever and For Always" is a song released by Canadian singer Shania Twain from her 2002 album Up!. The song was written by Mutt Lange and Twain. It was the third single on her album Up!. The single was released in the United States radio on April 7, 2003. The video debuted on Country Music... |
Shania Twain Shania Twain Shania Twain, OC is a Canadian country pop singer-songwriter. Her album The Woman in Me , brought her fame and her 1997 album Come On Over, became the best-selling album of all time by a female musician in any genre, and the best-selling country album of all time. It has sold over 40 million... |
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| 1 | Have You Forgotten? | Darryl Worley Darryl Worley Darryl Wade Worley is an American country music artist. Signed to DreamWorks Records Nashville in 2000, Worley released four albums for the label: Hard Rain Don't Last , I Miss My Friend , Have You Forgotten? , and Darryl Worley in 2004... |
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| 4 | Hell Yeah | Montgomery Gentry Montgomery Gentry Montgomery Gentry is an American country music duo composed of vocalists Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry. The two began performing in the 1990s as part of a band which also included Eddie Montgomery's brother John Michael Montgomery, and founded the existing duo in 1999.Signed to Columbia Records,... |
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| 3 | Help Pour Out the Rain (Lacey's Song) Help Pour Out the Rain (Lacey's Song) "Help Pour Out the Rain " is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music artist Buddy Jewell. It was released in May 2003 as the lead-off single from his 2003 self-titled third album Buddy Jewell. It peaked at number 3 on the United States Billboard Hot Country Singles &... |
Buddy Jewell Buddy Jewell Buddy Jewell Jr. is an American country music artist who was the first winner on the USA Network talent show Nashville Star. Signed to Columbia Records in 2003, Jewell made his debut on the American country music scene with the release of his self-titled album, which produced the singles "Help... |
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| 1 | I Believe I Believe (Diamond Rio song) "I Believe" is the title of a country music song written by Skip Ewing and Donny Kees. It was recorded by the band Diamond Rio on their 2002 album Completely, from which it was released as that album's second single... |
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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| 16 | I Can't Be Your Friend | Rushlow Rushlow Rushlow was an American country music band founded in 2003 by Tim Rushlow, who was originally the lead vocalist of the country music band Little Texas until 1997, when he left for a solo career... |
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| 2 | I Just Wanna Be Mad I Just Wanna Be Mad "I Just Wanna Be Mad" is a song written by Kelley Lovelace and Lee Thomas Miller and recorded by Canadian country music artist Terri Clark. It was released in August 2002 as the first single released from Clark's 2003 album, Pain to Kill. It peaked at #2 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart and... |
Terri Clark Terri Clark Terri Lynn Sauson , known professionally as Terri Clark, is a Canadian country music artist who has had success in both Canada and the United States. Signed to Mercury Records in 1995, she released her self-titled debut that year... |
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| 1 | I Love This Bar I Love This Bar "I Love This Bar" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Toby Keith. It was released in August 2003 as the lead off single from his 2003 album, Shock'n Y'all. It became a Number One hit on the Billboard U.S. Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, keeping the... |
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| 2 | I Melt I Melt "I Melt" is a single by American country music group Rascal Flatts. It peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. It was released in July 2003 as the third single from their 2002 album Melt, and the group's seventh entry on that chart.-Content:Gary LeVox said of the song,... |
Rascal Flatts Rascal Flatts Rascal Flatts is an American country music band that originated in Columbus, Ohio, United States of America. Since its inception, Rascal Flatts has been composed of three members: Gary LeVox , Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney... |
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| 15 | I Wish | Jo Dee Messina Jo Dee Messina Jo Dee Marie Messina , known professionally as Jo Dee Messina, is an American country music artist. She has charted nine Number One singles on the Billboard country music charts. She has been honored by the Country Music Association, the Academy of Country Music and has been nominated for two... |
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| 7 | I Wish You'd Stay I Wish You'd Stay "I Wish You'd Stay" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Brad Paisley. It was released in August 2002 as the fourth and final single from Paisley's album Part II and reached a peak of number 7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in early 2003... |
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| 14 | I'm Gonna Take That Mountain | Reba McEntire Reba McEntire Reba Nell McEntire is an American country music artist and actress. She began her career in the music industry as a high school student singing in the Kiowa High School band , on local radio shows with her siblings, and at rodeos. As a solo act, she was invited to perform at a rodeo in Oklahoma... |
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| 1 | It's Five O'Clock Somewhere | 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... and Jimmy Buffett Jimmy Buffett James William "Jimmy" Buffett is a singer-songwriter, author, entrepreneur, and film producer. He is best known for his music, which often portrays an "island escapism" lifestyle. Together with his Coral Reefer Band, Buffett's musical hits include "Margaritaville" , and "Come Monday"... |
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| 6 | A Lot of Things Different A Lot of Things Different "A Lot of Things Different" is a single by American country music artist Kenny Chesney. It peaked at #6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in 2003. Before the release of Chesney's version, Bill Anderson recorded the song on his 2001 album of the same name... |
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| 8 | The Love Song | Jeff Bates Jeff Bates Jeffery Wayne "Jeff" Bates is an American country music artist. Signed to RCA Records in 2003, Bates released his debut album Rainbow Man that year. A second album, Leave the Light On, was released in 2005 on RCA. He left RCA in 2006. This album was followed by Jeff Bates in 2008 on the... |
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| 3 | Love You Out Loud Love You Out Loud "Love You Out Loud" is a single recorded by country music group Rascal Flatts. It is the second single released from their 2002 album Melt. It peaked at number 3 in 2003.-Content:... |
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| 18 | Lovin' All Night Lovin' All Night "Lovin' All Night" is a song written and performed by Rodney Crowell. Crowell recorded the song for his 1992 album, Life Is Messy. It was released as the first single from the album and peaked at #10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles and Tracks chart.... |
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 | Man to Man Man to Man (song) "Man to Man" is the title of a song written by Jamie O'Hara and recorded by American country music singer Gary Allan. It was released in September 2002 as the third and final single from Allan's 2001 album Alright Guy and Gary's first single to reach number one... |
Gary Allan Gary Allan Gary Allan Herzberg is an American country music artist, known professionally as Gary Allan.Signed to Decca Records in 1996, Allan made his debut on the United States country music scene with the release of his single "Her Man", the lead-off to his gold-certified debut album Used Heart for Sale,... |
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| 1 | My Front Porch Looking In My Front Porch Looking In "My Front Porch Looking In" is the title of a song written by Richie McDonald, Frank J. Myers and Don Pfrimmer, and recorded by American country music group Lonestar. It was released in March 2003 as the first single from the band's album From There to Here: Greatest Hits... |
Lonestar Lonestar Lonestar is an American country music group consisting of Richie McDonald , Michael Britt , Keech Rainwater , Dean Sams , and Michael Hill . McDonald left the band in November 2007 for a solo career before returning in 2011... |
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| 17 | Next Big Thing | 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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| 2 | No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems (song) "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems" is a song written by Casey Beathard and recorded by American country music singer Kenny Chesney. It was released as the fifth and final single from his 2002 album of the same name... |
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| 19 | On a Mission | Trick Pony Trick Pony Trick Pony was an American country music group. It was formed in 1996 by Keith Burns , Ira Dean , and Heidi Newfield . The group recorded three studio albums: Trick Pony, On a Mission and R.I.D.E., released in 2001, 2002 and 2005, respectively... |
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| 3 | Raining on Sunday Raining on Sunday "Raining on Sunday" is the name of a song co-written by country music artist Radney Foster and Darrell Brown. It was initially recorded on Foster's 1998 Arista Records album See What You Want to See. Foster's version of the song features a backing vocal from Darius Rucker of the rock band Hootie &... |
Keith Urban Keith Urban Keith Lionel Urban is a New Zealand-born Australian, country music singer, songwriter and guitarist whose commercial success has been mainly in the United States and Australia. Urban was born in New Zealand and began his career in Australia at an early age... |
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| 1 | Real Good Man Real Good Man "Real Good Man" is a single by American country music singer Tim McGraw that reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. It was the third single from McGraw's 2002 album Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors.-Content:... |
Tim McGraw Tim McGraw Samuel Timothy "Tim" McGraw is an American country singer and actor. Many of McGraw's albums and singles have topped the country music charts with total album sales in excess of 40 million units in the US, making him the eighth best-selling artist, and the third best-selling country singer, in the... |
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| 1 | Red Dirt Road Red Dirt Road (song) "Red Dirt Road" is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music group Brooks & Dunn. It was released in April 2003 as the first single from the band's album Red Dirt Road. The song reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and peaked at number 25 on the... |
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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| 13 | Rock You Baby Rock You Baby "Rock You Baby" is a song recorded by country music artist Toby Keith. It was released in January 2003 as the third single released from his 2002 album Unleashed. It peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart in March 2003.... |
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| 17 | She Only Smokes When She Drinks She Only Smokes When She Drinks "She Only Smokes When She Drinks" is the title of a song written by Connie Harrington, Tim Nichols and Tony Martin, and recorded by American country music singer Joe Nichols. It was released in April 2003 as the third single from his 2002 album, Man with a Memory. The song peaked at number... |
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| 2 | She's My Kind of Rain She's My Kind of Rain "She's My Kind of Rain" is the title of a song written by Tommy Lee Jones and Robin Lerner, and recorded by American country music artist Tim McGraw. It was released in January 2003 as the third single from his 2002 album Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors. It peaked at number 2 on the U.S.... |
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| 5 | Speed Speed (Montgomery Gentry song) "Speed" is a single by American country music duo Montgomery Gentry. It was the second single from their 2002 album My Town. The title from the cover of this single borrows its font from Speed Racer."She Couldn't Change Me" was included as a B-side.... |
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| 3 | Stay Gone Stay Gone "Stay Gone" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Jimmy Wayne. The song was released in January 2003 as his debut single, as well as the lead-off single to his self-titled debut album on DreamWorks Records Nashville. It became his first Top 5 single on Hot... |
Jimmy Wayne Jimmy Wayne Jimmy Wayne Barber is an American country music singer and songwriter. He released his self-titled debut album in 2003 on the DreamWorks Records label. Four singles were released from it, including "Stay Gone" and "I Love You This Much", which both reached Top Ten on the Billboard country charts... |
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| 18 | Streets of Heaven | Sherrié Austin Sherrié Austin Sherrie Veronica Krenn is an Australian actress and singer, known professionally as Sherrié Austin. Active as a singer since her teenage years, Sherrié initially recorded as one half of the duo Colorhaus, which also featured Phil Radford... |
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| 11 | Tell Me Something Bad About Tulsa Tell Me Something Bad About Tulsa "Tell Me Something Bad About Tulsa" is the title of a song written by Red Lane. It was first recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard on his 1986 album, Out Among the Stars. Haggard's son, Noel Haggard, covered the song on his 1997 debut album, One Lifetime, and released it as his... |
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| 2 | That'd Be Alright That'd Be Alright "That'd Be Alright" is the title of a song written by Tia Sillers, Tim Nichols and Mark D. Sanders, and recorded by American country music artist Alan Jackson. It was released in December 2002 as the fourth and final single his album Drive. The song reached the Top 5 on the U.S... |
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| 9 | Then They Do Then They Do "Then They Do" is the title of a song written by Jim Collins and Sunny Russ, and recorded by American country music artist Trace Adkins. It was released in March 2003 as the first and only single from his album Greatest Hits Collection, Vol. 1.... |
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| 1 | There Goes My Life There Goes My Life "There Goes My Life" is the name of a song by country music singer Kenny Chesney. It is the first single released from his 2004 album When the Sun Goes Down. The song spent seven consecutive weeks at number one in late December 2003 and January 2004.... |
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| 17 | There's More to Me Than You | Jessica Andrews Jessica Andrews Jessica Danielle Andrews is an American country music singer. At age 15 in mid-1999, she made her debut on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts with the single "I Will Be There for You", from her debut album Heart Shaped World, released in 1999 on DreamWorks Records Nashville.Andrews... |
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| 14 | There's No Limit There's No Limit "There's No Limit" is the title of a song recorded by American country artist Deana Carter. It was released as the lead-off single for her fourth studio album, I'm Just a Girl... |
Deana Carter Deana Carter Deana Carter is a country music artist who broke through in 1996 with the release of debut album Did I Shave My Legs for This?, which was certified 5× Multi-Platinum in the United States for sales of over five million... |
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| 17 | This Is God This Is God "This Is God" is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music artist Phil Vassar. It was released in January 2003 as the second single to the album, American Child. It peaked at #17 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, and #9 on the U.S... |
Phil Vassar Phil Vassar Phil Vassar is an American country music artist. Vassar made his debut on the country music scene in the late 1990s, co-writing singles for several country artists, including Tim McGraw , Jo Dee Messina , Collin Raye , and Alan Jackson Phil Vassar (born May 28, 1964 in Lynchburg, Virginia) is an... |
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| 3 | This One's for the Girls This One's for the Girls "This One's for the Girls" is the title of a song written by Chris Lindsey, Hillary Lindsey and Aimee Mayo, and recorded by American country music singer Martina McBride. It is the first single from her 2003 album Martina, and it was released in June 2003... |
Martina McBride | |
| 1 | Three Wooden Crosses Three Wooden Crosses "Three Wooden Crosses" the title of a song written by Kim Williams and Doug Johnson, and recorded by American country music singer-songwriter Randy Travis. The first single released in November 2002 from his 2002 album, Rise and Shine, it became Travis' sixteenth Number One single, and his first... |
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 | Tough Little Boys Tough Little Boys "Tough Little Boys" is the first single released from Gary Allan's 2003 album See If I Care. The song reached Number One on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in October of 2003, becoming Allan's second straight No. 1 single.-Content:... |
Gary Allan | |
| 1 | Travelin' Soldier Travelin' Soldier "Travelin' Soldier" is a song written and originally recorded by American country music artist Bruce Robison in 1996 and again, in rewritten form, in 1999. It was later recorded by Ty England on his 1999 album Highways & Dance Halls. The first rendition to be issued as a single was by the Dixie... |
Dixie Chicks Dixie Chicks The Dixie Chicks are an American country band which has also successfully crossed over into other genres. The band is composed of founding members Martie Erwin Maguire and Emily Erwin Robison, and lead singer Natalie Maines... |
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| 13 | The Truth About Men The Truth About Men (song) "The Truth About Men" is the title of a song written by Paul Overstreet, Rory Lee Feek and Tim Johnson, and recorded by American country music singer Tracy Byrd. It is the title track to, and first single from, his 2003 album The Truth About Men. The song peaked at number thirteen on the Hot... |
Tracy Byrd | |
| 12 | Unusually Unusual Unusually Unusual "Unusually Unusual" is the title of a song written by Mark McGuinn and recorded by American country music group Lonestar. It was released in August 2002 as the fourth and final single from the album I'm Already There. It peaked at number 12 on the U.S... |
Lonestar | |
| 12 | Up! Up! (song) "Up!" is a song by Canadian singer Shania Twain. It is the title track and second country single from her 2002 album Up!. The song was written by Twain and her then-husband, Mutt Lange. "Up!" was originally released to North American country radio on January 6, 2003. "I'm Not in the Mood !" was to... |
Shania Twain | |
| 8 | Walk a Little Straighter Walk a Little Straighter "Walk a Little Straighter" is the debut single of country music artist Billy Currington that reached the Top Ten on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks, peaking at #8.-Content:The song tells a story of a boy whose father has alcoholism... |
Billy Currington Billy Currington William Matthew "Billy" Currington is an American country music artist. Signed to Mercury Nashville Records in 2003, he has released four studio albums for the label: 2003's Billy Currington, 2005's Doin' Somethin' Right, 2008's Little Bit of Everything, and 2010's Enjoy Yourself... |
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| 8 | Walking in Memphis Walking in Memphis -Cher version:"Walking in Memphis" is the first European single by American singer-actress Cher from her twenty-second studio album, It's a Man's World. It was released in the end of 1995 by WEA. The song was performed in some shows in Europe, and in her tours since the Do You Believe? Tour.-Song... |
Lonestar | |
| 3 | Wave on Wave Wave on Wave (song) "Wave on Wave" is a single by American country music artist Pat Green. It was the first single released from his 2003 album, Wave on Wave. It reached #3 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart in the United States, and peaked at #39 on the Billboard Hot 100. It became his first and, to date, only... |
Pat Green Pat Green Patrick Craven "Pat" Green is an American Texas Country artist. Active since 1995, he has recorded a total of ten studio albums, including several independent works, three for Republic Records and two for BNA... |
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| 3 | What a Beautiful Day What a Beautiful Day "What a Beautiful Day" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Chris Cagle. It was released in November 2002 as the lead single to his self-titled CD... |
Chris Cagle | |
| 14 | What the World Needs | Wynonna | |
| 1 | What Was I Thinkin' What Was I Thinkin' "What Was I Thinkin" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Dierks Bentley. Released in April 2003 as the first single from his self-titled debut album, the song became his first Number One hit on the U.S... |
Dierks Bentley Dierks Bentley Dierks Bentley is an American country music artist who has been signed to Capitol Records Nashville since 2003. That year, he released his self-titled debut album. Both it and its follow-up, 2005's Modern Day Drifter, are certified platinum in the United States. A third album, 2006's Long Trip... |
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| 1 | Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me "Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by Australian country music singer-songwriter Keith Urban. It was released in July 2003 as the third single from his 2002 album Golden Road. The song became his third number-one hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles &... |
Keith Urban | |
| 16 | Wrinkles | Diamond Rio | |
| 4 | You Can't Hide Beautiful You Can't Hide Beautiful "You Can't Hide Beautiful" is the title of a song written by Michael Dulaney and Jason Sellers, and recorded by Canadian country music artist Aaron Lines. It was released in August 2002 as the first single from Lines' album, Living Out Loud. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles... |
Aaron Lines Aaron Lines Anthony Aaron Lines is a Canadian country musician. Active since 2001, he has recorded for RCA, BNA and On Ramp Records, and has charted three singles on the Hot Country Songs charts in the United States.-Love Changes Everything:... |
Top new album releases
The following albums placed within the Top 50 on the Top Country Albums charts in 2003:| US | Album | Artist | Record Label | Reference |
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| 5 | 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection 20th Century Masters (Toby Keith album) 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Toby Keith is a compilation album of American country music artist Toby Keith's greatest hits... |
Toby Keith Toby Keith Toby Keith Covel , best known as Toby Keith, is an American country music singer-songwriter, record producer and actor. Keith released his first four studio albums — 1993's Toby Keith, 1994's Boomtown, 1996's Blue Moon and 1997's Dream Walkin, plus a Greatest Hits package for various divisions of... |
Mercury Nashville | |
| 4 | All I Want for Christmas Is a Real Good Tan All I Want for Christmas Is a Real Good Tan All I Want For Christmas Is A Real Good Tan is the eighth album of country music singer Kenny Chesney. It was released on October 7, 2003. His first album of Christmas music, it was certified gold in the U.S.... |
Kenny Chesney Kenny Chesney Kenneth "Kenny" Arnold Chesney is an American country music singer and songwriter. Chesney has recorded 15 albums, 14 of which have been certified gold or higher by the RIAA. He has also produced more than 30 Top Ten singles on the U.S... |
BNA | |
| 6 | The American Farewell Tour The American Farewell Tour -Chart performance:... |
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 | |
| 5 | And the Crowd Goes Wild And the Crowd Goes Wild And the Crowd Goes Wild is the fifth studio album, and sixth album overall, by American country music artist Mark Wills. Released in 2003 as his last album for Mercury Nashville Records, the album produced two top 40 hit singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts: the title track... |
Mark Wills Mark Wills Daryl Mark Williams is an American country music artist, best known professionally as Mark Wills. Signed to Mercury Records between 1996 and 2003, he released five studio albums for the label — Mark Wills, Wish You Were Here, Permanently, Loving Every Minute and And the Crowd Goes Wild — as well... |
Mercury Nashville | |
| 10 | Best of Jeff Foxworthy: Double Wide, Single Minded Best of Jeff Foxworthy: Double Wide, Single Minded Best of Jeff Foxworthy: Double Wide, Single Minded is a compilation album by American comedian Jeff Foxworthy. It was released by Rhino Entertainment on September 2, 2003... |
Jeff Foxworthy Jeff Foxworthy Jeffrey Marshall "Jeff" Foxworthy is an American comedian, television and radio personality and author. He is a member of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, a comedy troupe which also comprises Larry the Cable Guy, Bill Engvall and Ron White. Known for his "you might be a redneck" one-liners, Foxworthy... |
Warner Bros. | |
| 1 | Buddy Jewell Buddy Jewell (album) Buddy Jewell is the third studio album by American country music singer Buddy Jewell. The album was Jewell's major-label debut and his first album since winning season one of Nashville Star. As part of the Nashville Star prize, the album was produced by Clint Black and recorded entirely in ten... |
Buddy Jewell Buddy Jewell Buddy Jewell Jr. is an American country music artist who was the first winner on the USA Network talent show Nashville Star. Signed to Columbia Records in 2003, Jewell made his debut on the American country music scene with the release of his self-titled album, which produced the singles "Help... |
Columbia | |
| 1 | Chris Cagle Chris Cagle (album) - Musicians :*John Carroll – electric guitar*Shannon Forrest – percussion, drums*Chris McHugh – percussion, drums, Loop Programming*Michael Noble – acoustic guitar*Gary Smith – piano, Hammond B-3 organ, Strings, String Arrangements... |
Chris Cagle Chris Cagle Chris Cagle is an American country music artist. Signed with Virgin Records Nashville in 2000, Cagle made his debut on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts with the single "My Love Goes On and On", the first single from his debut album Play It Loud... |
Capitol Nashville | |
| 3 | Comin' On Strong Comin' on Strong -Personnel:As listed in liner notes.*Mike Brignardello – bass guitar*Trey Bruce – percussion, programming*Pat Buchanan – electric guitar, harmonica*Lisa Cochran – background vocals*J.T... |
Trace Adkins Trace Adkins Tracy Darrell "Trace" Adkins is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1996 with the album Dreamin' Out Loud, released on Capitol Records Nashville. Since then, Adkins has released seven more studio albums and two Greatest Hits compilations... |
Capitol Nashville | |
| 4 | Dierks Bentley Dierks Bentley (album) Dierks Bentley is the first major-label album of country music singer Dierks Bentley. It was released August 19, 2003... |
Dierks Bentley Dierks Bentley Dierks Bentley is an American country music artist who has been signed to Capitol Records Nashville since 2003. That year, he released his self-titled debut album. Both it and its follow-up, 2005's Modern Day Drifter, are certified platinum in the United States. A third album, 2006's Long Trip... |
Capitol Nashville | |
| 2 | The Dreamer The Dreamer (Blake Shelton album) -Album:-Singles:-Certifications:... |
Blake Shelton Blake Shelton Blake Tollison Shelton is an American country music artist. In 2001, he made his debut with the single "Austin". Released as the lead-off single from his self-titled debut album, "Austin" went on to spend five weeks at Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts... |
Warner Bros. | |
| 3 | A Few Questions A Few Questions -Critical reception:Ralph Novak of People Magazine gave the album 2 and a half stars and wrote "The singer ponders a bit too much for his own good."... |
Clay Walker Clay Walker Ernest Clayton "Clay" Walker Jr. is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1993 with the single "What's It to You," which reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, as did its follow-up, 1994's "Live Until I Die." Both singles were included on... |
RCA Nashville | |
| 2 | For the Last Time: Live from the Astrodome For the Last Time: Live From the Astrodome For the Last Time: Live From the Astrodome is a live album released by George Strait in 2003. The title refers to the fact that this concert was the final event that took place at the Houston Astrodome.... |
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 | |
| 1 | From There to Here: Greatest Hits From There to Here: Greatest Hits From There to Here: Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits compilation released by American country music group Lonestar. In addition to chronicling the greatest hits from their first four studio albums, the album includes the newly recorded tracks "My Front Porch Looking In", "Walking in... |
Lonestar Lonestar Lonestar is an American country music group consisting of Richie McDonald , Michael Britt , Keech Rainwater , Dean Sams , and Michael Hill . McDonald left the band in November 2007 for a solo career before returning in 2011... |
BNA | |
| 1 | Greatest Hits Greatest Hits (Jo Dee Messina album) Greatest Hits is the name of a compilation album released by country singer Jo Dee Messina in 2003.This album featured Messina's biggest hits from her first three studio albums . Also included are four new studio tracks: "Was That My Life", "Wishing Well", "You Belong in the Sun", and "I Wish"... |
Jo Dee Messina Jo Dee Messina Jo Dee Marie Messina , known professionally as Jo Dee Messina, is an American country music artist. She has charted nine Number One singles on the Billboard country music charts. She has been honored by the Country Music Association, the Academy of Country Music and has been nominated for two... |
Curb | |
| 3 | Greatest Hits Greatest Hits (LeAnn Rimes album) Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits album by American country singer LeAnn Rimes, released in the United States on November 8, 2003 by Curb Records.... |
LeAnn Rimes LeAnn Rimes LeAnn Rimes is an American country/pop singer. She is known for her rich vocals and her rise to fame as an eight-year-old champion on the original Ed McMahon version of Star Search, followed by the release of the Patsy Cline-intended single "Blue" when Rimes was only age 13, resulting in her... |
Asylum-Curb | |
| 1 | Greatest Hits Collection, Vol. 1 Greatest Hits Collection, Vol. 1 (Trace Adkins album) -Album:-Singles:-Certifications:-References:... |
Trace Adkins Trace Adkins Tracy Darrell "Trace" Adkins is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1996 with the album Dreamin' Out Loud, released on Capitol Records Nashville. Since then, Adkins has released seven more studio albums and two Greatest Hits compilations... |
Capitol Nashville | |
| 2 | Greatest Hits Volume II Greatest Hits Volume II (Alan Jackson album) Greatest Hits Volume II, also known as Greatest Hits Volume II... and Some Other Stuff, is the second compilation album by American country music artist Alan Jackson. The original version of this album was only available through December, 2003 and contained two discs: the first disc has 16 hits and... |
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 | Greatest Hits Volume II (And Some Other Stuff) Greatest Hits Volume II (Alan Jackson album) Greatest Hits Volume II, also known as Greatest Hits Volume II... and Some Other Stuff, is the second compilation album by American country music artist Alan Jackson. The original version of this album was only available through December, 2003 and contained two discs: the first disc has 16 hits and... |
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 | Have You Forgotten? Have You Forgotten? (album) Have You Forgotten? is the third album by American country music singer Darryl Worley. It was released on April 15, 2003 via DreamWorks Records Nashville. Except for four new songs — the title track, "I Will Hold My Ground", "I Need a Breather" and "Shiloh" — it contains previously released... |
Darryl Worley Darryl Worley Darryl Wade Worley is an American country music artist. Signed to DreamWorks Records Nashville in 2000, Worley released four albums for the label: Hard Rain Don't Last , I Miss My Friend , Have You Forgotten? , and Darryl Worley in 2004... |
DreamWorks Nashville | |
| 1 | Honkytonkville Honkytonkville Honkytonkville is the 27th album by American country singer George Strait, released in 2003 by MCA Nashville. One of only a few albums of his career not to produce a Number One single, the album was certified platinum by the RIAA. It produced the singles "Tell Me Something Bad About Tulsa",... |
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 | |
| 6 | I'm Just a Girl I'm Just a Girl I'm Just a Girl is the fourth studio album released by American country singer/songwriter Deana Carter. The album peaked at #6 on the U.S. Top Country Albums chart and #58 on the Billboard 200, and produced two singles. "There's No Limit" was released in late 2002 as the lead single... |
Deana Carter Deana Carter Deana Carter is a country music artist who broke through in 1996 with the release of debut album Did I Shave My Legs for This?, which was certified 5× Multi-Platinum in the United States for sales of over five million... |
Arista Nashville | |
| 4 | In the Mood: The Love Songs In the Mood: The Love Songs In the Mood: The Love Songs is a compilation album from the group Alabama. It was released in 2003, and includes the track "I'm In the Mood" which was released as a single, and all of the love songs from their career... |
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 | Jimmy Wayne Jimmy Wayne (album) -Album:-Singles:... |
Jimmy Wayne Jimmy Wayne Jimmy Wayne Barber is an American country music singer and songwriter. He released his self-titled debut album in 2003 on the DreamWorks Records label. Four singles were released from it, including "Stay Gone" and "I Love You This Much", which both reached Top Ten on the Billboard country charts... |
DreamWorks Nashville | |
| 6 | Just Because I'm a Woman: Songs of Dolly Parton | Various Artists | Sugar Hill | |
| 4 | Live and Kickin' Live and Kickin' Live and Kickin' is a 2003 live album by country singer Willie Nelson, featuring music stars of diverse genres like Eric Clapton, Shania Twain, Elvis Costello, Diana Krall, Norah Jones, Ray Charles and Steven Tyler.- Track listing :... |
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... |
Lost Highway | |
| 9 | Living Out Loud Living Out Loud (album) Living Out Loud is the second studio album by Canadian country music singer Aaron Lines. The album was released by RCA Records, and was Lines' first album to be released in the United States. It was nominated for Country Recording of the Year at the 2004 Juno Awards. In the U.S., the album produced... |
Aaron Lines Aaron Lines Anthony Aaron Lines is a Canadian country musician. Active since 2001, he has recorded for RCA, BNA and On Ramp Records, and has charted three singles on the Hot Country Songs charts in the United States.-Love Changes Everything:... |
RCA Nashville | |
| 3 | Long Black Train Long Black Train Long Black Train is the debut album from American country music artist Josh Turner, released on October 14, 2003. It peaked at No. 29 on the U.S. Billboard 200, and peaked at No. 4 on the Top Country Albums. Overall, the album produced three chart singles for Turner on the Hot Country Songs charts:... |
Josh Turner Josh Turner Joshua Otis "Josh" Turner is a country music singer and actor signed to MCA Nashville Records in 2003, Turner has released four studio albums for the label. The first of these was 2003's Long Black Train, whose title track was his breakthrough single release... |
MCA Nashville | |
| 1 | Martina Martina (album) - Personnel :As listed in liner notes.All strings performed by the Nashville String Machine, conducted and arranged by Chris McDonald.- Album :- Singles :... |
Martina McBride Martina McBride Martina McBride is an American country music singer and songwriter. McBride has been called the "Céline Dion of Country Music" for her big-voiced ballads and soprano range.... |
RCA Nashville | |
| 1 | Mud on the Tires Mud on the Tires -Musicians:*Ron Block - banjo*Jim "Moose" Brown - B3 organ on "Famous People"*Randel Currie - steel guitar, pedabro on "Ain't Nothin Like"*Eric Darken - percussion*Jerry Douglas - Dobro*Kevin "Swine" Grantt - bass guitar, upright bass, fretless bass... |
Brad Paisley Brad Paisley Brad Douglas Paisley is an American singer-songwriter and musician. His style crosses between traditional country music and Southern rock, and his songs are frequently laced with humor and pop culture references.... |
Arista Nashville | |
| 7 | My Baby Don't Tolerate My Baby Don't Tolerate My Baby Don't Tolerate is the name of an album recorded by Lyle Lovett and released in 2003.On Tolerate, Lovett favors his country side a bit more than his many other facets. While long-time fans were reportedly disappointed with the album's pop-flavored opening track Cute as a Bug, many of the... |
Lyle Lovett Lyle Lovett Lyle Pearce Lovett is an American singer-songwriter and actor. Active since 1980, he has recorded thirteen albums and released 21 singles to date, including his highest entry, the number 10 chart hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, "Cowboy Man"... |
Lost Highway | |
| 4 | Next Big Thing Next Big Thing Next Big Thing is a studio album from American country music artist Vince Gill. It was released in 2003 on MCA Nashville Records, and it features four singles: the title track, "Someday", "Young Man's Town", and "In These Last Few Days"... |
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 | |
| 4 | Now Now (Jessica Andrews album) Now is the third album of country music singer Jessica Andrews. It was released on April 15, 2003. The single "There's More to Me Than You" served as its lead-off single, reaching Top 20 on the country charts... |
Jessica Andrews Jessica Andrews Jessica Danielle Andrews is an American country music singer. At age 15 in mid-1999, she made her debut on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts with the single "I Will Be There for You", from her debut album Heart Shaped World, released in 1999 on DreamWorks Records Nashville.Andrews... |
DreamWorks Nashville | |
| 7 | On Your Way Home On Your Way Home On Your Way Home is the thirteenth album of original recordings by Patty Loveless. Released in 2003 on Epic Records, the album produced only one Top 20 country single: the track "Lovin' All Night", a cover of a Rodney Crowell song from 1990 hit #18... |
Patty Loveless Patty Loveless Patty Loveless , is an American country music singer.Since her emergence on the country music scene in late 1986 with her first album, Loveless has been one of the most popular female singers of the Neotraditional country movement, although she has also recorded albums in the Country pop and... |
Epic | |
| 5 | Pain to Kill Pain to Kill Pain to Kill is the fifth studio album by Canadian country music artist Terri Clark. Released in the U.S. on Mercury Nashville in 2003, the album produced the singles "I Just Wanna Be Mad", "Three Mississippi" and "I Wanna Do It All"... |
Terri Clark Terri Clark Terri Lynn Sauson , known professionally as Terri Clark, is a Canadian country music artist who has had success in both Canada and the United States. Signed to Mercury Records in 1995, she released her self-titled debut that year... |
Mercury Nashville | |
| 8 | Population Me Population Me Population Me is an album by Dwight Yoakam. It was released in June 2003. The album spawned two singles, "The Back Of Your Hand" and "The Late Great Golden State". Another featured song is "If Teardrops Were Diamonds," a duet with country music legend Willie Nelson. "The Back of Your Hand" was... |
Dwight Yoakam Dwight Yoakam Dwight David Yoakam is an American singer-songwriter, actor and film director, most famous for his pioneering country music... |
Audium | |
| 1 | Red Dirt Road Red Dirt Road Red Dirt Road is the eighth studio album for country duo Brooks & Dunn, released in 2003 on Arista Nashville. Certified platinum for sales of one million copies in the U.S., the album produced three top ten singles: "Red Dirt Road" , "You Can't Take the Honky-Tonk out of the Girl" and "That's What... |
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 | |
| 8 | Remembering Patsy Cline Remembering Patsy Cline -Chart performance:... |
Various Artists | MCA Nashville | |
| 3 | Restless Restless (Sara Evans album) Restless is a Country music album by Sara Evans, released August 19, 2003 on RCA Records Nashville. It has been certified platinum by the RIAA.... |
Sara Evans Sara Evans Sara Lynn Evans is an American country singer and songwriter.Evans was one of the few traditional-styled singers to emerge from Nashville in the late 1990s, according to Allmusic. Since emerging in the late 1990s, Evans has made five No. 1 Country hits and Gold and Platinum-certified albums by... |
RCA Nashville | |
| 4 | Room to Breathe Room to Breathe (Reba McEntire album) -Personnel:Musicians* Bob Bailey – background vocals* Lisa Cochran – harmony vocals* J.T. Corenflos – electric guitar* Chip Davis – background vocals, harmony* Linda Davis – background vocals, harmony... |
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 | |
| 2 | See If I Care See If I Care -Album:-Singles:-Certifications:-Personnel:*Richard Bennett – electric guitar*Lisa Cochran – background vocals*Chad Cromwell – drums*Eric Darken – percussion*Dan Dugmore – steel guitar*Stuart Duncan – fiddle*Mike Henderson – electric guitar... |
Gary Allan Gary Allan Gary Allan Herzberg is an American country music artist, known professionally as Gary Allan.Signed to Decca Records in 1996, Allan made his debut on the United States country music scene with the release of his single "Her Man", the lead-off to his gold-certified debut album Used Heart for Sale,... |
MCA Nashville | |
| 1 | Shock'n Y'all Shock'n Y'all -References:... |
Toby Keith Toby Keith Toby Keith Covel , best known as Toby Keith, is an American country music singer-songwriter, record producer and actor. Keith released his first four studio albums — 1993's Toby Keith, 1994's Boomtown, 1996's Blue Moon and 1997's Dream Walkin, plus a Greatest Hits package for various divisions of... |
DreamWorks Nashville | |
| 6 | Stumble into Grace Stumble into Grace Stumble into Grace is the 20th major label studio album from Emmylou Harris, which peaked at #6 on the Billboard country albums chart.-Track listing:All tracks composed by Emmylou Harris; except where indicated#"Here I Am" – 3:47... |
Emmylou Harris Emmylou Harris Emmylou Harris is an American singer-songwriter and musician. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, both as an interpreter of other composers' works and as a singer-songwriter, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous other artists including... |
Nonesuch | |
| 3 | Top of the World Tour: Live Top of the World Tour: Live Top of the World Tour: Live is the first live album by American country band Dixie Chicks, released in 2003.It records their successful Top of the World Tour. A DVD Top of the World Tour: Live was also released with the material of the tour... |
Dixie Chicks Dixie Chicks The Dixie Chicks are an American country band which has also successfully crossed over into other genres. The band is composed of founding members Martie Erwin Maguire and Emily Erwin Robison, and lead singer Natalie Maines... |
Open Wide | |
| 2 | Totally Country Vol. 3 Totally Country Vol. 3 -Track listing:# "Unbroken" - Tim McGraw # "Cry" - Faith Hill # "Speed" - Montgomery Gentry # "Three Wooden Crosses" - Randy Travis # "Blessed" - Martina McBride # "Love You Out Loud" - Rascal Flatts... |
Various Artists | Warner Bros. | |
| 5 | The Truth About Men The Truth About Men The Truth About Men is the eighth studio album released by American country music artist Tracy Byrd and written by Paul Overstreet, Rory Lee Feek and Tim Johnson. Released in 2003 as his final album for RCA Records, it features the singles "The Truth About Men", "Drinkin' Bone", and "How'd I Wind... |
Tracy Byrd | RCA Nashville | |
| 2 | Wave on Wave Wave on Wave Wave on Wave is the seventh studio album released by American country music artist Pat Green. Released in 2003 on Universal/Republic Records in association with Mercury Records, it produced two singles for Green on the Billboard country charts. The title track, the first of these two singles,... |
Pat Green Pat Green Patrick Craven "Pat" Green is an American Texas Country artist. Active since 1995, he has recorded a total of ten studio albums, including several independent works, three for Republic Records and two for BNA... |
Republic | |
| 1 | What the World Needs Now Is Love What the World Needs Now Is Love (album) What the World Needs Now Is Love is the title of American country music artist Wynonna Judd's sixth studio album. Released in 2003 as her first album for Asylum-Curb Records, the album produced four chart singles. The first of these, which was the title track, reached #14 on the Billboard country... |
Wynonna Wynonna Judd Wynonna 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... |
Asylum-Curb | |
| 9 | Worship & Faith Worship & Faith Worship & Faith is the title of an album released in 2003 by American country music artist Randy Travis. It is the third gospel music album of his career, as well as his third release on Word Records. The album is composed of twenty covers of traditional gospel tunes... |
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... |
Word/Curb |
Other top albums
| US | Album | Artist | Record Label | Reference |
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| 12 | All the Best All the Best (Glen Campbell album) All the Best contains the majority of Glen Campbell's recordings that reached the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100. It was his best charting album since Southern Nights .-Track listing:# "Rhinestone Cowboy" — - 3:15... |
Glen Campbell Glen Campbell Glen Travis Campbell is an American country music singer, guitarist, television host and occasional actor. He is best known for a series of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as for hosting a variety show called The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS television.During his 50 years in show... |
Capitol Nashville | |
| 17 | Bering Strait Bering Strait (album) Bering Strait is the self-titled debut album from the country music band Bering Strait.Early versions of the album did not have "When Going Home," but instead had two additional tracks... |
Bering Strait Bering Strait (band) Bering Strait was a country music band made up of musicians from Russia, that mixed country music with traditional Russian song making. Their style was sometimes called "redgrass"... |
Universal South | |
| 33 | Bill Gaither Presents: A Gospel Bluegrass Homecoming Volume One |
Various Artists | Gaither | |
| 34 | Bill Gaither Presents: A Gospel Bluegrass Homecoming Volume Two |
Various Artists | Gaither | |
| 17 | Billy Currington Billy Currington (album) -Personnel:*Eddie Bayers - drums*Stuart Duncan - fiddle*Paul Franklin - steel guitar*Brent Mason - electric guitar*Gordon Mote - keyboards on "Off My Rocker"*Gary Prim - keyboards*John Wesley Ryles - background vocals*W. David Smith - bass guitar... |
Billy Currington Billy Currington William Matthew "Billy" Currington is an American country music artist. Signed to Mercury Nashville Records in 2003, he has released four studio albums for the label: 2003's Billy Currington, 2005's Doin' Somethin' Right, 2008's Little Bit of Everything, and 2010's Enjoy Yourself... |
Mercury Nashville | |
| 15 | Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie Soundtrack | Various Artists | Warner Bros. | |
| 48 | Bluegrass Today | Various Artists | Time Life | |
| 21 | Brian McComas Brian McComas (album) Brian McComas is the self-titled debut album by American country music singer Brian McComas. It was released on July 22, 2003 via Lyric Street Records... |
Brian McComas Brian McComas Brian McComas is an American country music artist. Originally signed to Mercury Nashville Records in 2001, McComas charted two minor singles in 2001 and 2002. A year later, he switched to Lyric Street Records, charting the Top Ten single "99.9% Sure " on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks... |
Lyric Street | |
| 21 | The Christmas Guest: Songs and Stories of Christmas | Andy Griffith Andy Griffith Andy Samuel Griffith is an American actor, director, producer, Grammy Award-winning Southern-gospel singer, and writer. He gained prominence in the starring role in director Elia Kazan's epic film A Face in the Crowd before he became better known for his television roles, playing the lead... |
Sparrow | |
| 20 | Classic Country: Christmas | Various Artists | Time Life | |
| 45 | Classic Country: The '80s | Various Artists | Time Life | |
| 11 | CMT Most Wanted Volume 1 CMT Most Wanted Volume 1 -Chart performance:... |
Various Artists | Capitol Nashville | |
| 40 | Country Music Country Music (Marty Stuart album) Country Music is the twelfth studio album of American country singer Marty Stuart. With his previous album The Pilgrim, Stuart had established himself as a serious recording artist and an accomplished musician. For this album, he formed a new backing band, called the Fabulous Superlatives... |
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... |
Columbia | |
| 32 | Crazy: The Demo Sessions Crazy: The Demo Sessions Crazy: The Demo Sessions is an album by American country musician Willie Nelson. It was released on February 11, 2003, on the Sugar Hill label... |
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... |
Sugar Hill | |
| 44 | Delbert McClinton Live | Delbert McClinton Delbert McClinton Delbert McClinton is an American blues rock and electric blues singer-songwriter, guitarist, harmonica player, and pianist.... |
New West | |
| 11 | Drunk in Public Drunk in Public Drunk in Public is the first CD released by American comedian Ron White. It was released on November 3, 2003 on the Hip-O Records label. The album has been certified gold by the RIAA.-Track listing:All tracks written by White.# "Sunglasses" - 2:05... |
Ron White Ron White Ronald "Ron" White is an American stand up comedian and satirist who has had two Grammy Award-nominations, and is RIAA certified 10x Platinum for CD and DVD sales of over 10 million units... |
Hip-O | |
| 30 | Dusty Drake Dusty Drake (album) Dusty Drake is the self-titled debut album of American country music artist Dusty Drake. Released in 2003 , it is also his only studio album to be released. The tracks "And Then", "One Last Time", and "Smaller Pieces" were all released as singles, peaking at #57, #26, and #50, respectively, on the... |
Dusty Drake Dusty Drake Dean Buffalini is an American country music artist, known professionally as Dusty Drake. Drake played various venues in his native Pennsylvania for several years before moving to Nashville, Tennessee, co-writing a 1996 single for Joe Diffie. By 2003, Drake was signed to Warner Bros. Records as a... |
Warner Bros. | |
| 30 | Elvis: Christmas Peace | Elvis Presley Elvis Presley Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King".... |
RCA | |
| 41 | Elvis: Close Up | Elvis Presley Elvis Presley Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King".... |
RCA | |
| 24 | The Essential Willie Nelson The Essential Willie Nelson The Essential Willie Nelson is a two-disc compilation of Willie Nelson songs. This digitally-remastered compilation covers five decades of Nelson's recording career, and is part of Sony's Essential series of compilation albums.-Disc one:#"Night Life"... |
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... |
Legacy | |
| 29 | Fate's Right Hand Fate's Right Hand Fate's Right Hand is the eleventh studio album by American country music singer Rodney Crowell. It was released on July 29, 2003 via Epic Records. The album includes Crowell's last charting single, "Earthbound", which spent one week at the number 60 position on Hot Country Songs.-Critical... |
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.... |
Epic | |
| 24 | Farm Fresh Onions Farm Fresh Onions Farm Fresh Onions is an album by Texas-based Folk singer-songwriter Robert Earl Keen, first released in the United States on October 7, 2003 .-Track listing:*All tracks written by Robert Earl Keen, except where noted.... |
Robert Earl Keen Robert Earl Keen Robert Earl Keen, Junior is an American Texas Country singer-songwriter. He is popular with fans of traditional country music, folk music, college radio, and alt-country. Keen currently resides in Kerrville, Texas and maintains a ranch in Medina, Texas.-Early life:Growing up in Houston, Texas,... |
Koch | |
| 23 | For God and Country | Dolly Parton Dolly Parton Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music. Dolly Parton has appeared in movies like 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Steel Magnolias and Straight Talk... |
Blue Eye | |
| 40 | Full Exposure | Cory Morrow Cory Morrow Cory Morrow is a Texas Country singer/songwriter who has gained popularity throughout the Southwest. Morrow started playing guitar at Memorial High School in Houston. He continued to develop as a musician while attending Texas Tech University, where he was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity... |
Write On | |
| 28 | Further Down the Old Plank Road Further Down the Old Plank Road Further Down the Old Plank Road is a 2003 album by The Chieftains. It is a collaboration between the Irish band and many top country music musicians including Rosanne Cash, Chet Atkins, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Ricky Skaggs, and Patty Loveless.... |
The Chieftains The Chieftains The Chieftains are a Grammy-winning Irish musical group founded in 1962, best known for being one of the first bands to make Irish traditional music popular around the world.-Name:... |
RCA | |
| 44 | Genuine | The Derailers The Derailers The Derailers are an American country music band based in Austin, Texas. They were founded by Portland, Oregon natives Tony Villanueva and Brian Hofeldt in 1994.-History:... |
Lucky Dog | |
| 19 | The Gospel Collection The Gospel Collection The Gospel Collection is an album by American country music singer George Jones. This 2 disc album was released on April 4, 2003 on the Bandit 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.... |
Bandit | |
| 40 | Haggard Like Never Before | Merle Haggard Merle Haggard Merle Ronald Haggard is an American country music singer, guitarist, fiddler, instrumentalist, and songwriter. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster guitars, vocal harmonies,... |
Capitol Nashville | |
| 46 | Heart Full of Country | Various Artists | Capitol Nashville | |
| 37 | Here's Your Sign Reloaded Here's Your Sign Reloaded Here's Your Sign Reloaded is a stand up comedy album by Bill Engvall. The album title and cover are references to The Matrix Reloaded.-Track listing:#"Introduction"#"I've Been Married For Twenty Years"#"The Differences In Years"... |
Bill Engvall Bill Engvall William Ray "Bill" Engvall, Jr. is an American comedian and actor best known for his work as a stand-up comic and as a member of the Blue Collar Comedy group.-Early life:Bill Engvall was born in Galveston, Texas... |
Warner Bros. | |
| 50 | Honesty Honesty (Rodney Atkins album) Honesty is the first album released by American country music artist Rodney Atkins, released in 2003 on Curb Records. It is the second album that he recorded, as a self-titled album in 1997 was recorded for Curb but never issued.... |
Rodney Atkins Rodney Atkins Rodney Allan Atkins is an American country music artist. Signed to Curb Records in 1996, he charted his first single on the Billboard country chart that year, but did not release an album until 2003's Honesty, which included the number 4 hit "Honesty ".If You're Going Through Hell, his second... |
Curb | |
| 24 | Horsepower | 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... |
Capitol Nashville | |
| 16 | I Love It I Love It -Tracks 1-10:*Larry Beard – acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin*Mike Brignardello – bass guitar*Glen Duncan – fiddle*Rob Hajacos – fiddle*Mike Johnson – steel guitar, Dobro*Jeff King – electric guitar*Paul Leim – drums*Chris McHugh – drums... |
Craig Morgan | Broken Bow | |
| 39 | I Want My Money Back I Want My Money Back I Want My Money Back is the title of an album released in 2003 by American country music artist Sammy Kershaw. His first album for Audium/Koch Entertainment, it produced two singles on the Billboard country charts: the title track at #33 and "I've Never Been Anywhere" at #58.Two songs on this album... |
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... |
Audium | |
| 24 | I'm One of You I'm One of You I'm One of You is an album by American country music singer and songwriter Hank Williams, Jr. This album was released on November 18, 2003 on the Curb Records label... |
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... |
Asylum-Curb | |
| 19 | I've Always Been Crazy: A Tribute to Waylon Jennings | Various Artists | RCA Nashville | |
| 37 | It'll Come to You… The Songs of John Hiatt | Various Artists | Vanguard | |
| 47 | It's Just the Night | Del McCoury Band Del McCoury Band The Del McCoury Band is a bluegrass band. Originally Del McCoury and the Dixie Pals with Del on guitar and his brother Jerry on bass, the band went through a number of changes until the 1980s when the band solidified its line-up, adding McCoury's sons, Ronnie and Robbie on mandolin and banjo,... |
McCoury | |
| 20 | Jennifer Hanson Jennifer Hanson (album) Jennifer Hanson is the self-titled debut album of American country music artist Jennifer Hanson. Released in 2003 on Capitol Records Nashville, it produced three singles for Hanson on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts: "Beautiful Goodbye" at #16, " This Far Gone" at #42, and "Half a Heart... |
Jennifer Hanson Jennifer Hanson Jennifer Kathleen Hanson is an American country music artist, as well as a former Miss California. Married to songwriter Mark Nesler since 1997, Hanson began her own musical career in 2002 with a self-titled debut album being issued on Capitol Records... |
Capitol Nashville | |
| 43 | Just an American Boy Just an American Boy Just An American Boy is a live album by Steve Earle. The album was released in 2003.-Track listing:All songs written by Steve Earle unless otherwise noted.#"Audience Intro" - 0:28#"Amerika V... |
Steve Earle Steve Earle Stephen Fain "Steve" Earle is an American singer-songwriter known for his rock and Texas Country as well as his political views. He is also a producer, author, a political activist, and an actor, and has written and directed a play.... |
E-Squared | |
| 32 | Live at the Charleston Music Hall | 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:... & Kentucky Thunder Kentucky Thunder Kentucky Thunder, or Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, is the band that plays with Ricky Skaggs. Many members of the band have won numerous awards. Bandleader Ricky Skaggs plays mandolin and is the lead vocalist... |
Skaggs Family | |
| 44 | Livin', Lovin', Losin': Songs of the Louvin Brothers Livin', Lovin', Losin': Songs of the Louvin Brothers At the Grammy Awards of 2004, Livin', Lovin', Losin won the Grammy Award for Best Country Album and James Taylor and Alison Krauss won the Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals for their duet on "How's the World Treating You"... |
Various Artists | Universal South | |
| 47 | Lonesome, On'ry and Mean: A Tribute to Waylon Jennings |
Various Artists | Razor & Tie | |
| 32 | The Mavericks The Mavericks (2003 album) The Mavericks is the self-titled sixth studio album by the American country music band The Mavericks. It was their only release for Sanctuary Records, and their first studio album since 1998's Trampoline. The album produced three singles in "I Want to Know", "Would You Believe", and a cover of "The... |
The Mavericks The Mavericks The Mavericks is a country music band founded in 1989 in Miami, Florida, United States. Between 1991 and 2003 they recorded six studio albums, in addition to charting 14 singles on the Billboard country charts... |
Sanctuary | |
| 15 | Music Through Heartsongs: Songs Based on the Poems of Mattie J.T. Stepanek Music Through Heartsongs: Songs Based on the Poems of Mattie J.T. Stepanek Music Through Heartsongs: Songs Based on the Poems of Mattie J.T. Stepanek is the fourth studio album by American country music singer Billy Gilman. It was released April 15, 2003 on Epic Records Nashville, and was his final album for that label... |
Billy Gilman Billy Gilman William Wendell "Billy" Gilman III is an American country music artist. In 2000, at the age of 12, he debuted with the single "One Voice," a Top 20 hit on the Billboard country music charts and became the youngest singer to a Top 40 hit on the country music charts... |
Epic | |
| 25 | Nashville Star: The Finalists | Various Artists | Columbia | |
| 14 | Nut Sack | Rodney Carrington Rodney Carrington Rodney Scott Carrington is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and country music artist. He has released six major-label studio albums and a greatest-hits package, on Mercury Records and Capitol Records. His comedy act typically combines stand-up comedy and original songs... |
Capitol Nashville | |
| 30 | One Step Ahead | Rhonda Vincent Rhonda Vincent Rhonda Lea Vincent is a bluegrass singer, songwriter, mandolin player, guitarist, and fiddle player.Her musical career started as a child in her family's band, The Sally Mountain Show, and has spanned almost four decades... |
Rounder | |
| 18 | The Other Side The Other Side (Billy Ray Cyrus album) The Other Side is a Country/Gospel/Christian album by country singer Billy Ray Cyrus. It is also the only album he recorded for the Word Records label. Three singles were released from the album, "Always Sixteen", "Face of God", and the title track... |
Billy Ray Cyrus Billy Ray Cyrus William "Billy" Ray Cyrus is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor and philanthropist, who helped make country music a worldwide phenomenon... |
Word/Curb | |
| 37 | Pure Country Classics: The #1 Hits | Various Artists | UTV | |
| 14 | Rainbow Man Rainbow Man Rainbow Man is the debut album of American country music artist Jeff Bates. It was released in 2003 on RCA Nashville. The album includes eleven songs, all co-written by Bates, of which three were singles: "The Love Song", the title track, and "I Wanna Make You Cry". Respectively, these peaked at... |
Jeff Bates Jeff Bates Jeffery Wayne "Jeff" Bates is an American country music artist. Signed to RCA Records in 2003, Bates released his debut album Rainbow Man that year. A second album, Leave the Light On, was released in 2005 on RCA. He left RCA in 2006. This album was followed by Jeff Bates in 2008 on the... |
RCA Nashville | |
| 31 | Roy D. Mercer Hits the Road | Roy D. Mercer Roy D. Mercer Roy D. Mercer is a fictional character created by disc jockeys Brent Douglas and Phil Stone on radio station KMOD-FM in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Douglas, who performs Mercer's voice, uses the character as a vehicle for comedy sketches in which he performs prank calls. Seventeen Roy D... |
Capitol Nashville | |
| 16 | Rules of Travel Rules of Travel -Track listing:#"Beautiful Pain" – 2:50#"44 Stories" – 3:19#"I'll Change for You" – 3:50#"Rules of Travel" – 3:54... |
Rosanne Cash Rosanne Cash Rosanne Cash is an American singer-songwriter and author. She is the eldest daughter of the late country music singer Johnny Cash and his first wife, Vivian Liberto Cash Distin.... |
Capitol Nashville | |
| 49 | Show | Allison Moorer Allison Moorer Allison Moorer is an American alternative country singer and the younger sister of Shelby Lynne. She signed to MCA Nashville in 1998 and made her debut on the U.S... |
Universal South | |
| 19 | A Six Pack of Judd A Six Pack of Judd A Six Pack of Judd is a six-song EP compact disc recorded by country music parodist Cledus T. Judd. It was released in 2003 on Monument Records Nashville.... |
Cledus T. Judd Cledus T. Judd Barry Poole is an American country music artist who records under the name Cledus T. Judd. Known primarily for his parodies of popular country music songs, he has been called the "Weird Al" Yankovic of country music, and his albums are usually an equal mix of original comedy songs and parodies... |
Koch | |
| 37 | The Songs of Hank Williams, Jr. | Various Artists | Warner Bros. | |
| 31 | Steal Another Day | 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... |
Selectone | |
| 22 | Streets of Heaven Streets of Heaven Streets of Heaven is the fourth studio album by Australian country music artist Sherrié Austin. It was released in 2003 by Broken Bow Records and peaked at #22 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart... |
Sherrié Austin Sherrié Austin Sherrie Veronica Krenn is an Australian actress and singer, known professionally as Sherrié Austin. Active as a singer since her teenage years, Sherrié initially recorded as one half of the duo Colorhaus, which also featured Phil Radford... |
Broken Bow | |
| 24 | Three Pickers | Earl Scruggs Earl Scruggs Earl Eugene Scruggs is an American musician noted for perfecting and popularizing a 3-finger banjo-picking style that is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music... , Doc Watson Doc Watson Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson is an American guitar player, songwriter and singer of bluegrass, folk, country, blues and gospel music. He has won seven Grammy awards as well as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Watson's flatpicking skills and knowledge of traditional American music are highly regarded... & 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:... |
Rounder | |
| 27 | The Time-Life Treasury of Bluegrass | Various Artists | Time Life | |
| 39 | Ultimate Clint Black | Clint Black Clint Black Clint Patrick Black is an American country music singer-songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist and occasional actor. Signed to RCA Records in 1989, Black made his debut with his Killin' Time album, which produced four straight Number One singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country... |
RCA Nashville | |
| 20 | Ultimate Dolly Parton Ultimate Dolly Parton -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... |
RCA Nashville | |
| 33 | Unearthed | 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... |
Lost Highway | |
| 11 | The Very Best of John Michael Montgomery The Very Best of John Michael Montgomery The Very Best of John Michael Montgomery is a compilation album released in 2003 by American country music artist John Michael Montgomery. It features eighteen songs from his first studio albums, ranging from his 1993 debut "Life's a Dance" to 2002's "'Til Nothing Comes Between Us". The tracks... |
John Michael Montgomery John Michael Montgomery John Michael Montgomery is an American country music artist. He has produced more than thirty singles on the Billboard country charts, including two of Billboard’s Number One country singles of the year: "I Swear" and "Sold "... |
Warner Bros. | |
| 24 | A Very Special Acoustic Christmas A Very Special Acoustic Christmas A Very Special Acoustic Christmas is the sixth in a series of Christmas music-themed compilation albums produced to benefit the Special Olympics. The album was released in 2003 by Lost Highway Records... |
Various Artists | Lost Highway | |
| 33 | Wildwood Flower Wildwood Flower (album) Wildwood Flower is the last album from June Carter Cash. It was released in 2003 on the Dualtone record label. It was produced by John Carter Cash.- Track listing :#"Keep on the Sunny Side" Wildwood Flower is the last album from June Carter Cash. It was released in 2003 on the Dualtone record... |
June Carter Cash June Carter Cash Valerie June Carter Cash was an American singer, dancer, songwriter, actress, comedienne and author who was a member of the Carter Family and the second wife of singer Johnny Cash... |
Dualtone | |
| 48 | You, Me and the Windshield | Marcel Marcel (singer) Marcel Francois Chagnon is an American country music singer and songwriter known by the singular name Marcel. Signed to Mercury Nashville Records in 2003, he released his debut album You, Me, and the Windshield that year and charted on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts with the single "Country... |
Lyric Street |
Deaths
- February 19 — Johnny PaycheckJohnny PaycheckJohnny Paycheck was the legal name of Donald Eugene Lytle , a country music singer and Grand Ole Opry member most famous for recording the David Allan Coe song "Take This Job and Shove It"...
, legendary singer and songwriter, best known for "Take This Job and Shove It." (complications from asthmaAsthmaAsthma is the common chronic inflammatory disease of the airways characterized by variable and recurring symptoms, reversible airflow obstruction, and bronchospasm. Symptoms include wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, and shortness of breath...
and emphysemaEmphysemaEmphysema is a long-term, progressive disease of the lungs that primarily causes shortness of breath. In people with emphysema, the tissues necessary to support the physical shape and function of the lungs are destroyed. It is included in a group of diseases called chronic obstructive pulmonary...
) - March 17 - Bill CarlisleBill CarlisleWilliam Toliver Carlisle was an American country music singer, songwriter, comedian and guitarist popular in the late 1940s and 1950s but who influenced the genre for more than 50 years. He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame.-Biography:Bill Carlisle was born in Wakefield, Kentucky...
, 94, singer-songwriter and comedian, lead singer of the Carlisles and stalwart of the Grand Ole Opry. - April 22 — Felice BryantFelice and Boudleaux BryantFelice Bryant and Boudleaux Bryant were an American husband-and-wife country music and pop songwriting team best known for songs such as "Rocky Top," "Love Hurts" and numerous Everly Brothers hits, including "All I Have to Do Is Dream" and "Bye Bye Love".-Beginnings:Boudleaux was born Diadorius...
, 77, songwriter and husband of collaborator Boudleaux Bryant. - May 15 — June Carter CashJune Carter CashValerie June Carter Cash was an American singer, dancer, songwriter, actress, comedienne and author who was a member of the Carter Family and the second wife of singer Johnny Cash...
, 73, member of the Carter FamilyCarter FamilyThe Carter Family was a traditional American folk music group that recorded between 1927 and 1956. Their music had a profound impact on bluegrass, country, Southern Gospel, pop and rock musicians as well as on the U.S. folk revival of the 1960s. They were the first vocal group to become country...
and wife of Johnny Cash (complications from heart surgery). - June 30 - Sam PhillipsSam PhillipsSamuel Cornelius Phillips , better known as Sam Phillips, was an American businessman, record executive, record producer and DJ who played an important role in the emergence of rock and roll as the major form of popular music in the 1950s...
, 80, founder of Sun RecordsSun RecordsSun Records is a record label founded in Memphis, Tennessee, starting operations on March 27, 1952.Founded by Sam Phillips, Sun Records was known for giving notable musicians such as Elvis Presley , Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison, and Johnny Cash...
and major player in emergence of rock and roll and its cross-genre popularity. - August 22 — Floyd TillmanFloyd TillmanFloyd Tillman was an American country musician who, in the 1930s and 1940s, helped create the Western swing and honky tonk genres. Tillman was inducted into the Songwriters’ Hall of Fame in 1970 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1984.-Early life:Tillman grew up in the cotton-mill town of Post,...
, 88, 1930s and 1940s singer instrumental in creating the genre's western swingWestern swingWestern swing music is a subgenre of American country music that originated in the late 1920s in the West and South among the region's Western string bands...
and honky-tonk styles. - August 26 — Wilma BurgessWilma BurgessWilma Burgess was an American country music singer. She rose to fame in the mid 1960s and charted fifteen singles on the Billboard C&W charts between 1965 and 1975.-Background:...
, 64, country vocalist of the 1960s best known for "Misty BlueMisty Blue"Misty Blue" is a song written by Bob Montgomery in 1966 which has become a hit in the pop, C&W and soul fields through various versions, the most successful being the 1976 pop/soul hit by Dorothy Moore.-C&W hit versions:...
." - September 12 — Johnny CashJohnny CashJohn 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...
, 71, vastly influential singer/songwriter/guitarist whose music transcended musical boundaries; best known for hits like "Ring of Fire," "I Walk the Line," "Hurt," and "A Boy Named Sue" (diabetic complications). - November 17 — Don GibsonDon GibsonDonald Eugene "Don" Gibson was an American songwriter and country musician. A Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, Gibson penned such country standards as "Sweet Dreams" and "I Can't Stop Loving You", and enjoyed a string of country hits from 1957 into the early 1970s.-Biography:Don Gibson was...
, 75, influential songwriter (best known for "I Can't Stop Loving You") and singer who helped introduce the Nashville Sound (natural causesDeath by natural causesA death by natural causes, as recorded by coroners and on death certificates and associated documents, is one that is primarily attributed to natural agents: usually an illness or an internal malfunction of the body. For example, a person dying from complications from influenza or a heart attack ...
). - December 16 — Gary StewartGary Stewart (singer)Gary Stewart was a country musician and songwriter known for his distinctive vibrato voice and his southern rock influenced, outlaw country sound...
, 58, rough, outlaw-styled country singer known for his drinking songs ("She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles)") (suicideSuicideSuicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse...
). - December 22 — Dave DudleyDave DudleyDave Dudley , born David Darwin Pedruska, was an American country music singer best-known for his truck-driving country anthems of the 1960s and 1970s and his semi-slurred baritone. His signature song was "Six Days on the Road," and he is also remembered for "Vietnam Blues," "Truck Drivin'...
, 75, best known for his 1960s-era truck driving songs, such as "Six Days on the Road" (heart attackMyocardial infarctionMyocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...
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Country Music Hall of Fame inductees
- Floyd CramerFloyd CramerFloyd Cramer was an American Hall of Fame pianist who was one of the architects of the "Nashville sound." He popularized the "slip note" piano style where an out-of-tune note slides effortlessly into the correct note...
(1933-1997) - Carl SmithCarl Smith (country musician)Carl Milton Smith was an American country music singer. Known as "Mister Country," Smith was the husband of June Carter and Goldie Hill, the drinking companion of Johnny Cash, and the father of Carlene Carter...
(1927-2010)
Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees
- Sylvia TysonSylvia TysonSylvia Tyson, CM , is a musician, performer, singer-songwriter and broadcaster. From 1959 to 1974, she was half of the popular folk duo Ian & Sylvia with Ian Tyson....
- J. Edward Preston
- Fred KingFred KingFred James King was a professional football player who played in the National Football League during the 1937 season. That season he joined the NFL's Brooklyn Dodgers. The Dodgers were a team based in Brooklyn, New York....
- Charlie RussellCharlie Russell (DJ)Charles Edward "Charlie" Russell born is a country music DJ for CJCJ in Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada best known for his 1975 album The Bricklin and Other Sound Investments, a novelty record in which he pokes fun at the Bricklin SV-1, the Canadian Postal Service and the Canadian Parliament...
- Art Wallman
Grammy Awards
- Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "Keep on the Sunny Side," June Carter CashJune Carter CashValerie June Carter Cash was an American singer, dancer, songwriter, actress, comedienne and author who was a member of the Carter Family and the second wife of singer Johnny Cash...
- Best Male Country Vocal Performance — "Next Big Thing," 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 Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — "A Simple Life," Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky ThunderRicky 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:...
- Best Country Collaboration with Vocals — "How's the World Treating You," Alison KraussAlison KraussAlison Maria Krauss is an American bluegrass-country singer, songwriter and fiddler. She entered the music industry at an early age, winning local contests by the age of ten and recording for the first time at fourteen. She signed with Rounder Records in 1985 and released her first solo album in...
and James TaylorJames TaylorJames Vernon Taylor is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A five-time Grammy Award winner, Taylor was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2000.... - Best Country Instrumental Performance — "Cluck Old Hen," Alison Krauss & Union StationAlison KraussAlison Maria Krauss is an American bluegrass-country singer, songwriter and fiddler. She entered the music industry at an early age, winning local contests by the age of ten and recording for the first time at fourteen. She signed with Rounder Records in 1985 and released her first solo album in...
- Best Country Song — "It's Five O'Clock SomewhereIt's Five O'Clock Somewhere (song)"It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" is a song performed by Alan Jackson with Jimmy Buffett, and written by Jim "Moose" Brown and Don Rollins. It was released in June 2003 as the lead single from Jackson's 2003 compilation album Greatest Hits Volume II. It spent eight non-consecutive weeks at Number One...
," Jim "Moose" Brown and Don Rollins - Best Country Album — Livin', Lovin', Losin' – Songs of the Louvin Brothers, Various Artists (Producer: Carl Jackson)
- Best Bluegrass Album — LiveLive (Alison Krauss album)Live is the eleventh album, and first all-live album, by Alison Krauss and Union Station. All of the songs except "Down to the River to Pray" were recorded at The Louisville Palace April 29–30, 2002...
, Alison Krauss & Union Station
CMT Flameworthy Video Music Awards
- Video of the Year — "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)," Toby KeithToby KeithToby Keith Covel , best known as Toby Keith, is an American country music singer-songwriter, record producer and actor. Keith released his first four studio albums — 1993's Toby Keith, 1994's Boomtown, 1996's Blue Moon and 1997's Dream Walkin, plus a Greatest Hits package for various divisions of...
- Male Video of the Year — "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)," Toby Keith
- Female Video of the Year — "Concrete AngelConcrete Angel"Concrete Angel" is the title of a song recorded by American country music artist Martina McBride and co-produced by McBride and Paul Worley. Composed by Rob Crosby and Stephanie Bentley, the song was released in 2002, as the last single from McBride's 2001 Greatest Hits album...
," Martina McBrideMartina McBrideMartina McBride is an American country music singer and songwriter. McBride has been called the "Céline Dion of Country Music" for her big-voiced ballads and soprano range.... - Group/Duo Video of the Year — "These DaysThese Days (Rascal Flatts song)"These Days" is the title of a song written by Jeffrey Steele, Steve Robson, and Danny Wells, and recorded by American country music group Rascal Flatts on their 2002 album Melt...
," Rascal FlattsRascal FlattsRascal Flatts is an American country music band that originated in Columbus, Ohio, United States of America. Since its inception, Rascal Flatts has been composed of three members: Gary LeVox , Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney... - Breakthrough Video of the Year — "BrokenheartsvilleBrokenheartsville"Brokenheartsville" is the title of a song written by Donny Kees, Blake Mevis, Randy Boudreaux, and Clint Daniels. It was recorded by American country music singer Joe Nichols. It was released in November 2002 as the second single from his 2002 album, Man with a Memory...
," Joe Nichols - Hottest Male Video of the Year — "She's My Kind of Rain," Tim McGrawTim McGrawSamuel Timothy "Tim" McGraw is an American country singer and actor. Many of McGraw's albums and singles have topped the country music charts with total album sales in excess of 40 million units in the US, making him the eighth best-selling artist, and the third best-selling country singer, in the...
- Hottest Female Video of the Year — "When the Lights Go Down," Faith HillFaith HillFaith Hill is an American country singer. She is known both for her commercial success and her marriage to fellow country star Tim McGraw. Hill has sold more than 40 million records worldwide and accumulated eight number-one singles and three number-one albums on the U.S...
- Cocky Video of the Year — "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)," Toby Keith
- Concept Video of the Year — "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!I'm Gonna Getcha Good!"I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" is a song by Canadian singer Shania Twain. It was the first single released from her 2002 album Up!. The song was written by Mutt Lange and Shania Twain. "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" was originally released to American radio on September 23, 2002...
," Shania TwainShania TwainShania Twain, OC is a Canadian country pop singer-songwriter. Her album The Woman in Me , brought her fame and her 1997 album Come On Over, became the best-selling album of all time by a female musician in any genre, and the best-selling country album of all time. It has sold over 40 million... - Fashion Plate Video of the Year — "She's My Kind of Rain," Tim McGraw
- Video Director of the Year — "Concrete Angel," Martina McBride (Director: Deaton Flanigen)
- Special Achievement Award — Johnny CashJohnny CashJohn 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...
Academy of Country Music
- Entertainer of the Year — Toby KeithToby KeithToby Keith Covel , best known as Toby Keith, is an American country music singer-songwriter, record producer and actor. Keith released his first four studio albums — 1993's Toby Keith, 1994's Boomtown, 1996's Blue Moon and 1997's Dream Walkin, plus a Greatest Hits package for various divisions of...
- Song of the Year — "Three Wooden CrossesThree Wooden Crosses"Three Wooden Crosses" the title of a song written by Kim Williams and Doug Johnson, and recorded by American country music singer-songwriter Randy Travis. The first single released in November 2002 from his 2002 album, Rise and Shine, it became Travis' sixteenth Number One single, and his first...
," Douglas Johnson, Kim Williams - Single of the Year — "It's Five O'Clock SomewhereIt's Five O'Clock Somewhere (song)"It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" is a song performed by Alan Jackson with Jimmy Buffett, and written by Jim "Moose" Brown and Don Rollins. It was released in June 2003 as the lead single from Jackson's 2003 compilation album Greatest Hits Volume II. It spent eight non-consecutive weeks at Number One...
," 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...
and Jimmy BuffettJimmy BuffettJames William "Jimmy" Buffett is a singer-songwriter, author, entrepreneur, and film producer. He is best known for his music, which often portrays an "island escapism" lifestyle. Together with his Coral Reefer Band, Buffett's musical hits include "Margaritaville" , and "Come Monday"... - Album of the Year — Shock'n Y'allShock'n Y'all-References:...
, Toby Keith - Top Male Vocalist — Toby Keith
- Top Female Vocalist — Martina McBrideMartina McBrideMartina McBride is an American country music singer and songwriter. McBride has been called the "Céline Dion of Country Music" for her big-voiced ballads and soprano range....
- Top Vocal Duo — Brooks & 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 — Rascal FlattsRascal FlattsRascal Flatts is an American country music band that originated in Columbus, Ohio, United States of America. Since its inception, Rascal Flatts has been composed of three members: Gary LeVox , Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney...
- Top New Artist — Dierks BentleyDierks BentleyDierks Bentley is an American country music artist who has been signed to Capitol Records Nashville since 2003. That year, he released his self-titled debut album. Both it and its follow-up, 2005's Modern Day Drifter, are certified platinum in the United States. A third album, 2006's Long Trip...
- Video of the Year — "Beer for My HorsesBeer for My Horses"Beer for My Horses" is the title of a song recorded by American country music artists Toby Keith and Willie Nelson. It was released in April 2003 as the fourth and final single from Keith's 2002 album Unleashed. The song spent six weeks at Number One on the U.S...
," Toby Keith and Willie NelsonWillie NelsonWillie 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...
(Director: Michael Salomon) - Vocal Event of the Year — "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere," Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett
Canadian Country Music Association
- Kraft Cheez Whiz Fans' Choice Award — Terri ClarkTerri ClarkTerri Lynn Sauson , known professionally as Terri Clark, is a Canadian country music artist who has had success in both Canada and the United States. Signed to Mercury Records in 1995, she released her self-titled debut that year...
- Male Artist of the Year — Aaron LinesAaron LinesAnthony Aaron Lines is a Canadian country musician. Active since 2001, he has recorded for RCA, BNA and On Ramp Records, and has charted three singles on the Hot Country Songs charts in the United States.-Love Changes Everything:...
- Female Artist of the Year — Shania TwainShania TwainShania Twain, OC is a Canadian country pop singer-songwriter. Her album The Woman in Me , brought her fame and her 1997 album Come On Over, became the best-selling album of all time by a female musician in any genre, and the best-selling country album of all time. It has sold over 40 million...
- Group or Duo of the Year — Emerson DriveEmerson DriveEmerson Drive is a country music band founded in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada in 1995. The band is Brad Mates , Danick Dupelle , Mike Melancon , Dale Wallace , and David Pichette .Early on, the band found minor success in Canada, releasing two albums under the name of 12 Gauge, the first Open...
- SOCAN Song of the Year — "Rocket Girl," Jason McCoyJason McCoyJason McCoy is a Canadian singer/songwriter who performs country music.He was born in Barrie, Ontario and was raised for a time in Camrose, Alberta before his family settled in Anten Mills, Ontario.He has won many awards including the 2001 Male Vocalist of the Year at the Canadian Country Music...
, Denny Carr - Single of the Year — "I Just Wanna Be MadI Just Wanna Be Mad"I Just Wanna Be Mad" is a song written by Kelley Lovelace and Lee Thomas Miller and recorded by Canadian country music artist Terri Clark. It was released in August 2002 as the first single released from Clark's 2003 album, Pain to Kill. It peaked at #2 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart and...
," Terri Clark - Album of the Year — Up!Up! (album)-Critical reception:Upon its release, the album received very positive reviews from most music critics, based on an aggregate score of 72/100 from Metacritic...
, Shania Twain - Top Selling Album — Up!, Shania Twain
- CMT Video of the Year — "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!I'm Gonna Getcha Good!"I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" is a song by Canadian singer Shania Twain. It was the first single released from her 2002 album Up!. The song was written by Mutt Lange and Shania Twain. "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" was originally released to American radio on September 23, 2002...
," Shania Twain - Chevy Trucks Rising Star Award — Aaron LinesAaron LinesAnthony Aaron Lines is a Canadian country musician. Active since 2001, he has recorded for RCA, BNA and On Ramp Records, and has charted three singles on the Hot Country Songs charts in the United States.-Love Changes Everything:...
- Roots Artist or Group of the Year — Sean HoganSean HoganSean Hogan is a Canadian country music singer-songwriter.-Biography:Born in Sarnia, Ontario, Hogan attended Fanshawe College in London, Ontario, studying music. In 2003 he won the Roots Artist of the Year at the Canadian Country Music Awards and he has also won the Independent Male Artist of the...
Country Music Association
- Entertainer of the Year — 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...
- Song of the Year — "Three Wooden CrossesThree Wooden Crosses"Three Wooden Crosses" the title of a song written by Kim Williams and Doug Johnson, and recorded by American country music singer-songwriter Randy Travis. The first single released in November 2002 from his 2002 album, Rise and Shine, it became Travis' sixteenth Number One single, and his first...
," Doug Johnson, Kim Williams - Single of the Year — "Hurt," Johnny CashJohnny CashJohn 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...
- Album of the Year — American IV: The Man Comes AroundAmerican IV: The Man Comes AroundAmerican IV: The Man Comes Around is the fourth album in the American series by Johnny Cash, released in 2002. The majority of songs are covers which Cash performs in his own spare style, with help from producer Rick Rubin...
, Johnny Cash - Male Vocalist of the Year — Alan Jackson
- Female Vocalist of the Year — Martina McBrideMartina McBrideMartina McBride is an American country music singer and songwriter. McBride has been called the "Céline Dion of Country Music" for her big-voiced ballads and soprano range....
- Vocal Duo of the Year — Brooks & DunnBrooks & DunnBrooks & Dunn was an American country music duo consisting of Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn, who were both vocalists and songwriters. They were paired by record producer Tim DuBois in 1990. Before the duo's foundation, both members of the duo were solo recording artists...
- Vocal Group of the Year — Rascal FlattsRascal FlattsRascal Flatts is an American country music band that originated in Columbus, Ohio, United States of America. Since its inception, Rascal Flatts has been composed of three members: Gary LeVox , Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney...
- Horizon Award — Joe Nichols
- Video of the Year — "Hurt," Johnny Cash (Director: Mark RomanekMark RomanekMark Romanek is an American filmmaker, whose directing work includes feature films, music videos and commercials.He wrote and directed the critically acclaimed 2002 film One Hour Photo starring Robin Williams...
) - Vocal Event of the Year — "It's Five O'Clock SomewhereIt's Five O'Clock Somewhere (song)"It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" is a song performed by Alan Jackson with Jimmy Buffett, and written by Jim "Moose" Brown and Don Rollins. It was released in June 2003 as the lead single from Jackson's 2003 compilation album Greatest Hits Volume II. It spent eight non-consecutive weeks at Number One...
," Alan Jackson and Jimmy BuffettJimmy BuffettJames William "Jimmy" Buffett is a singer-songwriter, author, entrepreneur, and film producer. He is best known for his music, which often portrays an "island escapism" lifestyle. Together with his Coral Reefer Band, Buffett's musical hits include "Margaritaville" , and "Come Monday"... - Musician of the Year — Randy ScruggsRandy ScruggsRandy Scruggs is a music producer, songwriter and guitarist. He had his first recording at the age of 13...
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.