1999 in country music

  • 6.1 Grammys
  • 6.2 Academy of Country Music
  • 6.3 Country Music Association

Events

  • Country legend George Jones launched a successful comeback in 1999. Following the release of his album Cold Hard Truth took place on March 6, to a serious incident. The 67- year-old singer was seriously injured when he crashed his car under the influence of alcohol against a bridge.
  • Eddy Arnold, one of the most successful country artist of all time, declared in May its final withdrawal from show business
  • Johnny Rodriguez is acquitted by a Texas jury. He had accidentally shot at his home a friend whom he thought was a burglar.

Top Hits of the Year

No. 1 Hits

More 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
  • "Everytime 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
  • "Hold On to Me" - John Michael Montgomery
  • "Home To You" - John Michael Montgomery
  • " 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 Is not 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
  • " Now You See Me ( Now You Do not) " - 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 Do not 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 Will not Ever Be Lonely " - Andy Griggs
  • " You're Beginning to Get to Me" - Clay Walker
  • "You've Got a Way" - Shania Twain

Albums ( selection)

  • Breathe - Faith Hill ( Warner Bros. )
  • D' Lectrified - Clint Black (RCA)
  • Everywhere We Go - Kenny Chesney (BNA )
  • Fly - Dixie Chicks ( Monument )
  • I Do not 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

Died

New members of the Country Music Hall of Fame

Major Awards

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 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
  • 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 with 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
  • 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 and Beth Nielsen Chapman Roboff
  • Album of the Year - A Place in the Sun, Tim McGraw
  • Music Video of the Year - " Wide Open Spaces ," Dixie Chicks ( Director: Thom Oliphant )

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