1991 in country music

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Contents

1 Events

1.1 No dates

2 Top hits of the year

2.1 Number one hits
2.2 Other major hits

3 Top new album releases
4 On television

4.1 Regular series
4.2 Specials

5 Deaths
6 Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees
7 Major Awards

7.1 Grammy awards
7.2 Academy of Country Music
7.3 Country Music Association

8 Further reading
9 Other links
10 External links

Events

March 16 - The country music world is stunned when seven members of Reba McEntire's band and her road manager are killed in a plane crash in California. McEntire - who traveled separately - recorded her album, For My Broken Heart in their memory.

No dates

"SoundScan" is introduced, providing more accurate Billboard chart ratings that are based on actual sales. Immediate evidence proved country music had a much bigger audience than previously thought.

Top hits of the year

Number one hits

(as certified by Billboard magazine)

January 12 - "Unanswered Prayers" - Garth Brooks
January 26 - "Forever's as Far as I'll Go" - Alabama
February 2 - "Daddy's Come Around" - Paul Overstreet
February 9 - "Brother Jukebox" - Mark Chesnutt
February 23 - "Walk on Faith" - Mike Reid
March 9 - "I'd Love You All Over Again" - Alan Jackson
March 23 - "Loving Blind" - Clint Black
April 6 - "Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House" - Garth Brooks
April 13 - "Down Home" - Alabama
May 4 - "Rockin' Years" - Dolly Parton and Ricky Van Shelton
May 11 - "If I Know Me" - George Strait
May 25 - "In a Different Light" - Doug Stone
June 1 - "Meet in the Middle" - Diamond Rio
June 15 - "If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets)" - Joe Diffie
June 22 - "The Thunder Rolls" - Garth Brooks
July 6 - "Don't Rock the Jukebox" - Alan Jackson
July 27 - "I Am a Simple Man" - Ricky Van Shelton
August 3 - "She's in Love With the Boy" - Trisha Yearwood
August 17 - "You Know Me Better Than That" - George Strait
September 7 - "Brand New Man" - Brooks & Dunn
September 21 - "Leap of Faith" - Lionel Cartwright
September 28 - "Where Are You Now" - Clint Black
October 12 - "Keep it Between the Lines" - Ricky Van Shelton
October 26 - "Anymore" - Travis Tritt
November 9 - "Someday" - Alan Jackson
November 16 - "Shameless" - Garth Brooks
November 30 - "Forever Together" - Randy Travis
December 7 - "For My Broken Heart" - Reba McEntire
December 21 - "My Next Broken Heart" - Brooks & Dunn

Other major hits

"All I Can Be (Is a Sweet Memory)" — Collin Raye
"Are You Loving Me Like I'm Loving You" — Ronnie Milsap
"As Simple as That" — Mike Reid
"Ball and Chain" — Paul Overstreet
"Bing Bang Boom" — Highway 101 (feat. Nikki Nelson)
"Blame It On Texas" — Mark Chesnutt
"Brotherly Love" — Earl Thomas Conley and Keith Whitley
"Chill of an Early Fall" — George Strait
"Come On Back" — Carlene Carter
"Don't Tell Me What To Do" — Pam Tillis
"Down at the Twist and Shout" — Mary Chapin Carpenter
"Down to My Last Teardrop" — Tanya Tucker
"Drift Off To Dream" — Travis Tritt
"Eagle When She Flies" — Dolly Parton
"Even Now" — Exile
"Fancy" — Reba McEntire
"Falling Out of Love" — Reba McEntire
"Here We Are" — Alabama
"Here's A Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)" — Travis Tritt
"Heroes" — Paul Overstreet
"Heroes and Friends" — Randy Travis
"Hopelessly Yours" — Lee Greenwood with Suzy Boggus
"Hurt Me Bad (In a Real Good Way)" — Patty Loveless
"I Couldn't See You Leavin'" — Conway Twitty
"I Got You" — Shenandoah
"I Thought It Was You" — Doug Stone
"I'm That Kind Of Girl" — Patty Loveless
"If You Want Me To" — Joe Diffie
"Is It Raining At Your House" — Vern Gosdin
"It Won't Be Me" — Tanya Tucker
"John Deere Tractor" — The Judds
"Leave Him Out of This" — Steve Wariner
"Life's Little Ups and Downs" — Ricky Van Shelton
"Like We Never Had a Broken Heart" — Trisha Yearwood
"Little Things" — Marty Stuart
"Liza Jane" — Vince Gill
"Lord Have Mercy On A Country Boy" — Don Williams
"Love Can Build a Bridge" — The Judds
"Lucky Moon" — Oak Ridge Boys
"Men" — Forester Sisters
"Mirror Mirror" — Diamond Rio
"New Way (To Light Up An Old Flame)" — Joe Diffie
"Nothing's Changed Here" – Dwight Yoakam
"Oh What it Did to Me" — Tanya Tucker
"One Hundred and Two" — The Judds
"One More Payment" — Clint Black
"One of Those Things" — Pam Tillis
"Only Here For a Little While" — Billy Dean
"A Picture Of Me (Without You)" — Lorrie Morgan
"Pocket Full Of Gold" — Vince Gill
"Point of Light" — Randy Travis
"Rodeo" — Garth Brooks
"Rumor Has It" — Reba McEntire
"Shadow of a Doubt" — Earl Thomas Conley
"Silver and Gold" — Dolly Parton
"Since I Don't Have You" — Ronnie Milsap
"Small Town Saturday Night" — Hal Ketchum
"Someday Soon" — Suzy Boggus
"Somewhere in My Broken Heart" — Billy Dean
"Tempted" — Marty Stuart
"Then Again" — Alabama
"Til I Found You" — Marty Stuart
"Time Passes By" — Kathy Mattea
"True Love" — Don Williams
"The Walk" — Sawyer Brown
"We Both Walk" — Lorrie Morgan
"We've Got it Made" — Lee Greenwood
"What a Way to Go" — Ray Kennedy
"You're the One" — Dwight Yoakam
"You've Got To Stand For Something" — Aaron Tippin
"Your Love is a Miracle" — Mark Chesnutt

On television

Regular series

Hee Haw (1969-1993, syndicated)

Specials

Deaths

February 24 - Webb Pierce, 69, honky tonk stylist and pioneer (congestive heart failure).
September 4 - Dottie West, 58, whose theme song was "Country Sunshine" (auto accident).
October 17 - Tennessee Ernie Ford, 72, "The Old Pea Picker;" pop-country singer and TV host best known for "Sixteen Tons" (liver failure).

Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

Boudleaux & Felice Bryant (Boudleaux Bryant 1920–1987 and Felice (Scaduto) Bryant 1925–2003)

Major Awards

Grammy awards

Best Country Vocal Performance, Female -- "Down At The Twist And Shout" - Mary Chapin Carpenter
Best Country Vocal Performance, Male -- "Ropin' The Wind" - Garth Brooks
Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal -- "Love Can Build A Bridge" - The Judds
Best Country Vocal Collaboration -- "Restless" - Ricky Skaggs, Steve Wariner and Vince Gill
Best Country Instrumental Performance -- "The New Nashville Cats" - Mark O'Connor
Best Bluegrass Album -- "Spring Training" - Carl Jackson and John Starling
Best Country Song -- "Love Can Build A Bridge" - John Jarvis, Naomi Judd and Paul Overstreet

Academy of Country Music

Entertainer Of The Year -- Garth Brooks
Song Of The Year -- "Somewhere In My Broken Heart" - Billy Dean - Billy Dean, Richard Leigh
Single Of The Year -- "Don't Rock The Jukebox" - Alan Jackson
Album Of The Year -- Don't Rock The Jukebox - Alan Jackson
Top Male Vocalist -- Garth Brooks
Top Female Vocalist -- Reba McEntire
Top Vocal Duo -- Brooks & Dunn
Top Vocal Group -- Diamond Rio
Top New Male Vocalist -- Billy Dean
Top New Female Vocalist -- Trisha Yearwood
Top New Vocal Duo Or Group -- Brooks & Dunn
Video Of The Year -- "Is There Life Out There?" - Reba McEntire (Director: Jack Cole)

Country Music Association

Entertainer of the Year -- Garth Brooks
Male Vocalist of the Year -- Vince Gill
Female Vocalist of the Year -- Tanya Tucker
Horizon Award -- Travis Tritt
Vocal Group of the Year -- Kentucky Headhunters
Vocal Duo of the Year -- The Judds
Vocal Event of the Year -- Vince Gill, Mark O'Connor, Ricky Skaggs and Steve Wariner
Album of the Year -- Garth Brooks
Song of the Year -- Tim DuBois and Vince Gill
Single of the Year -- Garth Brooks
Musician of the Year -- Mark O'Connor
Music Video of the Year -- Garth Brooks

External links

[Country Music Hall of Fame]

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