2004 in country music

See also: 2003 in country music, 2004 in music, other events of 2004, 2005 in country music, 2000s in music and the List of years in Country Music

Contents 1 Events 2 Top Hits of the Year 2.1 No. 1 Hits 2.2 Other Major Hits 3 Top New Album Releases 4 Deaths 5 Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees 6 Major Awards 6.1 Grammy Awards 6.2 Academy of Country Music 6.3 Country Music Association 7 Further Reading 8 Other links 9 External links

Events

Top Hits of the Year

No. 1 Hits

(As certified by Billboard magazine)

• February 7 -- "Remember When" -- Alan Jackson
• February 21 -- "American Soldier" -- Toby Keith
• March 20 -- "Watch the Wind Blow By" -- Tim McGraw
• April 3 -- "When the Sun Goes Down" -- Kenny Chesney with Uncle Kracker
• May 8 -- "You'll Think of Me" -- Keith Urban
• May 22 -- "Mayberry" -- Rascal Flatts
• May 29 -- "Redneck Woman" -- Gretchen Wilson
• July 3 -- "If You Ever Stop Lovin' Me" -- Montgomery Gentry
• July 10 -- "Whiskey Girl" -- Toby Keith
• July 17 -- "Live Like You Were Dying" -- Tim McGraw
• August 7 -- "Somebody" -- Reba McEntire

("Live Like You Were Dying" by Tim McGraw reclaims top spot on August 14)

• September 11 -- "Girls Lie Too" -- Terri Clark
• September 18 -- "Days Go By" -- Keith Urban
• October 16 -- "Suds in the Bucket" -- Sara Evans
• October 23 -- "I Hate Everything" -- George Strait
• November 6 -- "In a Real Love" -- Phil Vassar
• November 20 -- "Mr. Mom" -- Lonestar
• December 4 -- "Nothin' on But the Radio" -- Gary Allan
• December 18 -- "Back When" -- Tim McGraw
• December 25 -- "Some Beach" -- Blake Shelton

Other Major Hits

• "Break Down Here" -- Julie Roberts
• "Cool to Be a Fool" -- Joe Nichols
• "Desperately" -- George Strait
• "Drinkin' Bone" -- Tracy Byrd
• "Good Little Girls" -- Blue County
• "Here For the Party" -- Gretchen Wilson
• "Hey Good Lookin'" -- Jimmy Buffett with George Strait, Alan Jackson, Clint Black, Kenny Chesney, & Toby Keith
• "Honesty (Write Me A List)" -- Rodney Atkins
• "Hot Mama" -- Trace Adkins
• "I Got a Feelin'" -- Billy Currington
• "I Wanna Do It All" -- Terri Clark
• "I Want to Live" -- Josh Gracin
• "If Nobody Believed in You" -- Joe Nichols
• "In My Daughter's Eyes" -- Martina McBride
• "Let's Be Us Again" -- Lonestar
• "Letters From Home" -- John Michael Montgomery
• "Little Moments" -- Brad Paisley
• "Loco" -- David Lee Murphy
• "Long Black Train" -- Josh Turner
• "Me and Emily" -- Rachel Proctor
• "Paint Me a Birmingham" -- Tracy Lawrence
• "Perfect" -- Sara Evans
• "Rough and Ready" -- Trace Adkins
• "Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy" -- Big & Rich
• "She Thinks She Needs Me" -- Andy Griggs
• "Simple Life" -- Carolyn Dawn Johnson
• "Spend My Time" -- Clint Black
• "Songs About Rain" -- Gary Allan
• "Stays in Mexico" -- Toby Keith
• "Sweet Southern Comfort" -- Buddy Jewell
• "That's What It's All About" -- Brooks & Dunn
• "That's What She Gets For Loving Me" -- Brooks & Dunn
• "Too Much of a Good Thing" -- Alan Jackson
• "Whiskey Lullaby" -- Brad Paisley and Allison Krauss
• "The Woman With You" -- Kenny Chesney
• "You Can't Take the Honky-Tonk Out of the Girl" -- Brooks & Dunn

Top New Album Releases

• 50 Number Ones -- George Strait (MCA Nashville)
• Be Here -- Keith Urban (Capitol)
• Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill -- Blake Shelton (Warner Bros.)
• Darryl Worley -- Darryl Worley (DreamWorks Nashville)
• Feels Like Today -- Rascal Flatts (Lyric Street)
• Greatest Hits -- Shania Twain (Mercury)
• The Greatest Hits 1994-2004 -- Terri Clark (Mercury)
• Greatest Hits Collection II -- Brooks & Dunn (Arista Nashville/BMG)
• Here For the Party -- Gretchen Wilson (Epic/Sony)
• Horse of a Different Color -- Big & Rich (Warner Bros.)
• Live Like You Were Dying -- Tim McGraw (Curb)
• Passing Through -- Randy Travis (World Entertainment)
• Sweet Right Here -- SHeDAISY (Lyric Street)
• Twice the Speed of Life -- Sugarland (Mercury)
• Van Lear Rose -- Loretta Lynn (Interscope)
• When the Sun Goes Down -- Kenny Chesney (BNA)

Deaths

• June 10 — Ray Charles, 74, multi-talented artist who combined elements of pop, rhythm and blues, soul and jazz with country music.
• September 19 — Skeeter Davis, 72, best known for "The End of the World."
• September 23 — Roy Drusky, 74, Grand Ole Opry star and smooth countrypolitan stylist of the 1960s.
• December 27 — Hank Garland, 74, country and jazz guitar pioneer.

Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

• Jim Foglesong (1922- )
• Kris Kristofferson (1936- )

Major Awards

Grammy Awards

• Best Female Country Vocal Performance -- "Keep on the Sunny Side," June Carter Cash.
• Best Male Country Vocal Performance -- "Next Big Thing," Vince Gill.
• Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal -- "A Simple Life," Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder.
• Best Country Collaboration with Vocals -- "How's the World Treating You," Alison Krauss and James Taylor.
• Best Country Instrumental Performance -- "Cluck Old Hen," Alison Krauss & Union Station.
• Best Country Song -- "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere," Jim "Moose" Brown and Don Rollins.
• Best Country Album -- Livin', Lovin', Losin' – Songs of the Louvin Brothers, Various Artists (Carl Jackson, producer).
• Best Bluegrass Album -- Live, Alison Krauss & Union Station.

Academy of Country Music

Country Music Association

• Entertainer of the Year -- Alan Jackson
• Male Vocalist of the Year -- Keith Urban
• Female Vocalist of the Year -- Martina McBride
• Horizon Award -- Gretchen Wilson
• Vocal Group of the Year -- Rascal Flatts
• Vocal Duo of the Year -- Brooks & Dunn
• Vocal Event of the Year -- "Whiskey Lullaby" Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss
• Single of the Year -- "Live Like You Were Dying", Tim McGraw
• Song of the Year -- "Live Like You Were Dying", Tim Nichols and Craig Wiseman
• Album of the Year -- When the Sun Goes Down, Kenny Chesney
• Video of the Year -- "Whiskey Lullaby" Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss (Director: Rick Schroder)
• Musician of the Year -- Dann Huff

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.

Other links

• Country Music Association
• Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame

External links

• Country Music Hall of Fame