2004 in country music

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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

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[edit] Events

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[edit] Top hits of the year

[edit] Number one hits

(As certified by Billboard magazine)

Date Song Name Artist Wks. No. 1 Spec.
Note
February 7 Remember When Alan Jackson 2
February 21 American Soldier Toby Keith 4
March 20 Watch the Wind Blow By Tim McGraw 2
April 3 When the Sun Goes Down Kenny Chesney with Uncle Kracker 5
May 8 You'll Think of Me Keith Urban 2
May 22 Mayberry Rascal Flatts 1
May 29 Redneck Woman Gretchen Wilson 5
July 3 If You Ever Stop Loving Me Montgomery Gentry 1
July 10 Whiskey Girl Toby Keith 1
July 17 Live Like You Were Dying Tim McGraw 7 1, 2
August 7 Somebody Reba McEntire 1
September 11 Girls Lie Too Terri Clark 1
September 18 Days Go By Keith Urban 4
October 16 Suds in the Bucket Sara Evans 1
October 23 I Hate Everything George Strait 2
November 6 In a Real Love Phil Vassar 2
November 20 Mr. Mom Lonestar 2
December 4 Nothin' On But the Radio Gary Allan 2
December 18 Back When Tim McGraw 1
December 25 Some Beach Blake Shelton 4
  • 1 – No. 1 song of the year, as determined by Billboard magazine.
  • 2 – Song dropped from No. 1 and later returned to top spot.

[edit] Other major hits

[edit] Top new album releases

[edit] Deaths

[edit] Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

[edit] Major Awards

[edit] 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.

[edit] Academy of Country Music

  • Entertainer Of The Year -- Toby Keith
  • Song Of The Year -- "Three Wooden Crosses" - Randy Travis - Douglas Johnson, Kim Williams Williams
  • Single Of The Year -- "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" - Alan Jackson
  • Album Of The Year -- "Shock'n Y' All" - Toby Keith
  • Top Male Vocalist -- Toby Keith
  • Top Female Vocalist -- Martina McBride
  • Top Vocal Duo -- Brooks & Dunn
  • Top Vocal Group -- Rascal Flatts
  • Top New Artist -- Dierks Bentley
  • Video Of The Year -- "Beer For My Horses" - Toby Keith and Willie Nelson (Director: Michael Salomon)
  • Vocal Event Of The Year -- "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" - Alan Jackson

[edit] Country Music Association

[edit] 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.

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[edit] External links

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