Country-Musik 1999

Events

• Country-Legende George Jones startete 1999 ein erfolgreiches Comeback. Nach Veröffentlichung seines Albums Cold Hard Truth kam es am 6. März zu einem folgenschweren Zwischenfall. Der 67 Jahre alte Sänger wurde erheblich verletzt, als er unter Alkoholeinfluss mit seinem Auto gegen eine Brücke prallte.
• Eddy Arnold, einer der erfolgreichsten Country-Musiker aller Zeiten, erklärt im Mai seinen endgültigen Rücktritt vom Show-Business
• Johnny Rodriguez wird von einem texanischen Geschworenengericht freigesprochen. Er hatte in seinem Haus versehentlich einen Freund erschossen, den er für einen Einbrecher hielt.

Top Hits des Jahres

Nummer-1-Hits

• 16. Januar – "Right on the Money" – Alan Jackson
• 23. Januar – "Wrong Again" – Martina McBride
• 30. Januar – "Stand Beside Me" – Jo Dee Messina
• 20. Februar – "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" – Mark Chesnutt
• 6. März – "No Place That Far" – Sara Evans
• 13. März – "You Were Mine" – Dixie Chicks
• 27. März – "How Forever Feels" – Kenny Chesney
• 8. Mai – "Wish You Were Here" – Mark Wills
• 15. Mai – "Please Remember Me" – Tim McGraw
• 19. Juni – "Write This Down" – George Strait
• 17. Juli – "Amazed" – Lonestar
• 11. September – "Single White Female" – Chely Wright
• 18. September – "You Had Me From Hello" – Kenny Chesney
• 25. September – "Something Like That" – Tim McGraw
• 30. Oktober – "I Love You" – Martina McBride
• 4. Dezember – "When I Said I Do" – Clint Black und Lisa Hartman Black
• 11. Dezember – "He Didn't Have to Be" – Brad Paisley

("When I Said I Do" by Clint Black und Lisa Hartman wird wieder Nr. 1 18. Dezember)

• 25. Dezember "Breathe" – Faith Hill

Weitere Hits

• "Anyone Else" – Collin Raye
• "Choices" – George Jones
• "Come On Over" – Shania Twain
• "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" – Dwight Yoakam
• "Drive Me Wild" – Sawyer Brown
• "Every Time I Cry" – Terri Clark
• "For You I Will" – Aaron Tippin
• "Fly (The Angel Song)" – The Wilkinsons
• "God Must Have Spent A Little More Time On You" – Alabama
• "Gone Crazy" – Alan Jackson
• "Hands of a Working Man" – Ty Herndon
• "Hillbilly Shoes" – Montgomery Gentry
• "How Do You Sleep at Night" – Wade Hayes
• "Hold On to Me" – John Michael Montgomery
• "Home To You" – John Michael Montgomery
• "I Can't Get Over You" – Brooks & Dunn
• "I'll Go Crazy" – Andy Griggs
• "I'll Think of a Reason Later" – Lee Ann Womack
• "I'm Already Taken" – Steve Wariner
• "I'm Leaving" – Aaron Tippin
• "Keepin' Up" – Alabama
• "Lesson in Leavin'" – Jo Dee Messina
• "Lightnin' Does the Work" – Chad Brock
• "Little Goodbyes" – SHeDaisy
• "Little Man" – Alan Jackson
• "Lonely and Gone" – Montgomery Gentry
• "Love Ain't Like That" – Faith Hill
• "Make Up in Love" – Doug Stone
• "Man! I Feel Like a Woman" – Shania Twain
• "Maybe Not Tonight" – Sammy Kershaw and Lorrie Morgan
• "Meanwhile" – George Strait
• "Missing You" – Brooks & Dunn
• "Now You See Me (Now You Don't)" – Lee Ann Womack
• "One Honest Heart" – Reba McEntire
• "Ordinary Life" – Chad Brock
• "Pop a Top" – Alan Jackson
• "Powerful Thing" – Trisha Yearwood
• "Ready to Run" – Dixie Chicks
• "The Secret of Life" – Faith Hill
• "She's Always Right" – Clay Walker
• "Somebody's Out There Watching" – The Kinleys
• "She's in Love" – Mark Wills
• "Stranger in My Mirror" – Randy Travis
• "That Don't Impress Me Much" – Shania Twain
• "There You Have It" – Blackhawk
• "This Heartache Never Sleeps" – Mark Chesnutt
• "Tonight the Heartache's On Me" – Dixie Chicks
• "Two Teardrops" – Steve Wariner
• "Unbelievable" – Diamond Rio
• "What Do You Say to That" – George Strait
• "Whatever You Say" – Martina McBride
• "Who Needs Pictures" – Brad Paisley
• "With You" – Lila McCann
• "Wrong Night" – Reba McEntire
• "You Won't Ever Be Lonely" – Andy Griggs
• "You're Beginning to Get to Me" – Clay Walker
• "You've Got a Way" – Shania Twain

Alben (Auswahl)

• 20 Greatest Hits – Chris LeDoux (Capitol)
• Breathe – Faith Hill (Warner Bros.)
• D'Lectrified – Clint Black (RCA)
• Everywhere We Go – Kenny Chesney (BNA)
• Fly – Dixie Chicks (Monument)
• I Don't Want to Miss a Thing – Mark Chesnutt (MCA)
• I've Got a Right to Cry – Mandy Barnett (Sire)
• Keepers: Greatest Hits – Tracy Byrd (MCA)
• Last Chance for a Thousand Years: Greatest Hits from the 1990s – Dwight Yoakam (Reprise)
• LeAnn Rimes – LeAnn Rimes (Curb)
• Lonely Grill – Lonestar (BNA)
• Maybe Not Tonight – Sammy Kershaw and Lorrie Morgan
• Party Doll – Mary Chapin Carpenter (Columbia)
• A Place in the Sun – Tim McGraw (Curb)
• Risin' Outlaw – Hank Williams III (Curb)
• Two Teardrops – Steve Wariner (Capitol)
• Under the Influence – Alan Jackson (Arista)
• '99 - Slim Dusty

Gestorben

• 17. Dezember – Rex Allen (78), "The Arizona Cowboy".
• 20. Dezember – Hank Snow (85), "The Singing Ranger"

Neue Mitglieder der Country Music Hall of Fame

• Johnny Bond (1915–1978)
• Dolly Parton (* 1946)
• Conway Twitty (1933–1993)

Die wichtigsten Auszeichnungen

Grammys

• Best Female Country Vocal Performance – Shania Twain – Man! I Feel Like A Woman!
• Best Male Country Vocal Performance – George Jones – Choices
• Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group – Dixie Chicks – Ready To Run
• Best Country Collaboration With Vocals – Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris & Linda Ronstadt – After The Gold Rush
• Best Country Instrumental Performance – Asleep At The Wheel – Bob's Breakdowns
• Best Country Song – Robert John "Mutt" Lange & Shania Twain – Come On Over
• Best Country Album – Dixie Chicks – Fly
• Best Bluegrass Album – Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder – Ancient Tones

Academy of Country Music

• Entertainer Of The Year – Shania Twain
• Song Of The Year – "Amazed" – Lonestar – Marv Green, Aimee Mayo
• Single Of The Year – "Amazed" – Lonestar
• Album Of The Year – Fly – Dixie Chicks
• Top Male Vocalist – Tim McGraw
• Top Female Vocalist – Faith Hill
• Top Vocal Duo – Dixie Chicks
• Top Vocal Group – Dixie Chicks
• Top New Male Vocalist – Brad Paisley
• Top New Female Vocalist – Jessica Andrews
• Top New Vocal Duo Or Group – Montgomery Gentry
• Video Of The Year – "Breathe" – Faith Hill
• Vocal Event Of The Year – "When I Said I Do" – Clint Black mit Lisa Hartman Black

Country Music Association

• Entertainer of the Year – Shania Twain
• Male Vocalist of the Year – Tim McGraw
• Female Vocalist of the Year – Martina McBride
• Vocal Group of the Year – Dixie Chicks
• Vocal Duo of the Year – Brooks & Dunn
• Horizon Award – Jo Dee Messina
• Musician of the Year – Randy Scruggs
• Vocal Event of the Year – "My Kind of Woman/My Kind of Man" – Vince Gill and Patty Loveless
• Single of the Year – "Wide Open Spaces", Dixie Chicks
• Song of the Year – "This Kiss", Robin Lerner, Annie Roboff and Beth Nielsen Chapman
• Album of the Year – A Place in the Sun, Tim McGraw
• Music Video of the Year – "Wide Open Spaces", Dixie Chicks (Regisseur: Thom Oliphant)

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