2006 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 2006.

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During that same 12-month time span, chart veteran George Strait extended his No. 1 string to a Billboard-best 41, beating Conway Twitty's record of 40 No. 1's, while Dolly Parton scored her 25th No. 1 (as part of a duet with Brad Paisley) and Kenny Chesney extended his string of No. 1's to 10.

Top hits of the year

The following songs placed within the Top 20 on the Hot Country Songs charts in 2006:

US Single Artist Reference
18 8th of November Big & Rich
1 Before He Cheats Carrie Underwood
8 Believe Brooks & Dunn
9 Boondocks Little Big Town
1 Brand New Girlfriend Steve Holy
4 Bring It On Home Little Big Town
4 Building Bridges Brooks & Dunn with
Sheryl Crow and Vince Gill
9 Cheatin' Sara Evans
15 Crash Here Tonight Toby Keith
14 The Dollar Jamey Johnson
2 Don't Forget to Remember Me Carrie Underwood
17 Down in Mississippi (Up to No Good) Sugarland
19 Drunker Than Me Trent Tomlinson
1 Every Mile a Memory Dierks Bentley
7 Every Time I Hear Your Name Keith Anderson
19 Favorite State of Mind Josh Gracin
13 Feels Just Like It Should Pat Green
16 Findin' a Good Man Danielle Peck
3 Get Drunk and Be Somebody Toby Keith
1 Give It Away George Strait
17 A Good Man Emerson Drive
2 Honky Tonk Badonkadonk Trace Adkins
14 How 'Bout You Eric Church
17 I Can't Unlove You Kenny Rogers
12 I Got You Craig Morgan
1 I Loved Her First Heartland
1 If You're Going Through Hell
(Before the Devil Even Knows)
Rodney Atkins
1 Jesus, Take the Wheel Carrie Underwood
7 Just Might (Make Me Believe) Sugarland
15 Kerosene Miranda Lambert
2 Last Day of My Life Phil Vassar
1 Leave the Pieces The Wreckers
4 Life Ain't Always Beautiful Gary Allan
18 Life Is a Highway Rascal Flatts
15 Like Red on a Rose Alan Jackson
5 Like We Never Loved at All Faith Hill
2 A Little Too Late Toby Keith
1 Living in Fast Forward Kenny Chesney
12 Love You Jack Ingram
5 The Lucky One Faith Hill
6 Me and My Gang Rascal Flatts
10 Mountains Lonestar
3 My Little Girl Tim McGraw
6 My Old Friend Tim McGraw
1 My Wish Rascal Flatts
4 Nobody but Me Blake Shelton
16 Nobody Gonna Tell Me What to Do Van Zant
6 Once in a Lifetime Keith Urban
11 The Seashores of Old Mexico George Strait
1 Settle for a Slowdown Dierks Bentley
5 She Don't Tell Me To Montgomery Gentry
1 She Let Herself Go George Strait
9 Size Matters (Someday) Joe Nichols
7 Some People Change Montgomery Gentry
2 Something's Gotta Give LeAnn Rimes
1 Summertime Kenny Chesney
7 Sunshine and Summertime Faith Hill
20 Swing Trace Adkins
2 Tonight I Wanna Cry Keith Urban
19 Two Pink Lines Eric Church
1 Want To Sugarland
1 What Hurts the Most Rascal Flatts
1 When I Get Where I'm Going Brad Paisley
with Dolly Parton
4 When the Stars Go Blue Tim McGraw
1 Wherever You Are Jack Ingram
1 Who Says You Can't Go Home Bon Jovi
with Jennifer Nettles
1 Why Jason Aldean
13 Why, Why, Why Billy Currington
1 The World Brad Paisley
1 Would You Go with Me Josh Turner
16 Yee Haw Jake Owen
3 You Save Me Kenny Chesney
1 Your Man Josh Turner

Top new album releases

The following albums placed within the Top 50 on the Top Country Albums charts in 2006:

US Album Artist Record Label Reference
6 21 Number Ones Kenny Rogers Capitol Nashville
1 American V: A Hundred Highways Johnny Cash American Recordings
4 Blue Collar Comedy Tour: One for the Road Various Artists Jack
2 Brand New Girlfriend Steve Holy Curb
8 Brad Paisley Christmas Brad Paisley Arista Nashville
4 Broken Bridges Soundtrack Various Artists Show Dog Nashville
2 Cannonball Pat Green BNA
3 Chris Young Chris Young RCA Nashville
10 A Classic Christmas Wynonna Judd Curb
1 Dangerous Man Trace Adkins Capitol Nashville
2 Enjoy the Ride Sugarland Mercury Nashville
6 Fortuneteller's Melody SHeDAISY Lyric Street
2 Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 Phil Vassar Arista Nashville
3 I Loved Her First Heartland Lofton Creek
1 If You're Going Through Hell Rodney Atkins Curb
1 It Just Comes Natural George Strait MCA Nashville
8 Just a Matter of Time Randy Rogers Band Mercury Nashville
4 Last Man Standing: The Duets Jerry Lee Lewis Artists First
1 Like Red on a Rose Alan Jackson Arista Nashville
10 The Little Willies The Little Willies Milking Bull
1 Live: Live Those Songs Again Kenny Chesney BNA
1 Long Trip Alone Dierks Bentley Capitol Nashville
1 Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing Keith Urban Capitol Nashville
1 Me and My Gang Rascal Flatts Lyric Street
4 Men & Mascara Julie Roberts Mercury Nashville
10 Mountains Lonestar BNA
7 Pay the Devil Van Morrison Lost Highway
1 Precious Memories Alan Jackson Arista Nashville
1 Reflected: Greatest Hits Vol. 2 Tim McGraw Curb
7 Sinners Like Me Eric Church Capitol Nashville
1 Small Town Girl Kellie Pickler BNA
5 Some People Change Montgomery Gentry Columbia Nashville
1 Songs of Inspiration Alabama RCA Nashville
4 Stand Still, Look Pretty The Wreckers Maverick/Warner Bros. Nashville
8 Startin' with Me Jake Owen RCA Nashville
1 Take the Weather with You Jimmy Buffett Mailboat
1 Taking the Long Way Dixie Chicks Columbia Nashville
1 Taylor Swift Taylor Swift Big Machine
3 That's How They Do It in Dixie: The Essential Collection Hank Williams, Jr. Curb
4 These Days Vince Gill MCA Nashville
4 Totally Country Vol. 5 Various Artists Sony BMG
5 Water & Bridges Kenny Rogers Capitol Nashville
2 White Trash with Money Toby Keith Show Dog Nashville
2 You Can't Fix Stupid Ron White Jack
1 Your Man Josh Turner MCA Nashville

Other top albums

US Album Artist Record Label Reference
26 16 Biggest Hits Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash Legacy/Columbia Nashville
43 All American Bluegrass Girl Rhonda Vincent Rounder
27 Back to Tulsa - Live and Loud at Cain's Ballroom Cross Canadian Ragweed Universal South
29 Believe: Songs of Faith from Today's Top Country & Christian Artists Various Artists Arista Nashville
27 Big Iron World Old Crow Medicine Show Nettwerk
34 Billboard #1s: Classic Country Various Artists Rhino
31 Black & Blue Roy D. Mercer Capitol Nashville
18 Black Cadillac Rosanne Cash Capitol Nashville
38 A Blue Collar Christmas: Redneck Style Various Artists Madacy
34 Corn Fed Shannon Brown Warner Bros.
30 Countrified Emerson Drive Midas
20 Country Is My Rock Trent Tomlinson Lyric Street
44 Country Legends: I Walk the Line Johnny Cash BCI
23 Danielle Peck Danielle Peck Big Machine
36 Different Things Tracy Byrd Blind Mule
20 The Dollar Jamey Johnson BNA
12 Electric Rodeo Shooter Jennings Universal South
14 Elvis Christmas Elvis Presley RCA
27 Flicka Soundtrack Various Artists StyleSonic
12 Greatest Hits, Volume 2 Diamond Rio Arista Nashville
35 Here and Now Darryl Worley 903 Music
46 How to Grow a Woman from the Ground Chris Thile Sugar Hill
26 JC: Johnny Cash Johnny Cash Sun
45 John Corbett John Corbett Funbone
25 Kicking out the Footlights... Again George Jones and Merle Haggard Bandit
32 Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector Soundtrack Various Artists Jack
12 Leave the Light On Jeff Bates RCA Nashville
28 The Legend of Johnny Cash Vol. II Johnny Cash Island
13 Little Bit of Life Craig Morgan Broken Bow
19 A Little More Livin' Trent Willmon Columbia Nashville
33 Live: Wherever You Are Jack Ingram Big Machine
28 Livin' Lovin' Rockin' Rollin': The 25th Anniversary Collection Alabama Legacy/Sony BMG
46 The Lost Trailers The Lost Trailers BNA
46 My Life Ronnie Milsap RCA Nashville
34 Now & Then Aaron Tippin Nippit/Rust
61 Out of the Ashes Jessi Colter Shout! Factory
22 Personal File Johnny Cash Legacy/Columbia Nashville
31 Povertyneck Hillbillies Povertyneck Hillbillies Rust
35 A Prairie Home Companion Soundtrack Various Artists New Line
41 Reasons Why: The Very Best Nickel Creek Sugar Hill
49 Redneck Christmas Various Artists Time Life
29 Rockie Lynne Rockie Lynne Universal South
23 Rockin' You Tonight Blaine Larsen BNA
25 She Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool:
A Tribute to Barbara Mandrell
Various Artists BNA
19 Songbird Willie Nelson Lost Highway
17 Straight to Hell Hank Williams III Curb
36 This Old Road Kris Kristofferson New West
12 Three Wooden Crosses Various Artists Word
47 Today's Country Christmas Various Artists Sony BMG
33 The Ultimate Collection Chris LeDoux Capitol Nashville
24 Wanna Be Your Joe Billy Ray Cyrus New Door
24 You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker Willie Nelson Lost Highway

Deaths

Hall of Fame inductees

Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

Major awards

Grammy Awards

(presented February 11, 2007 in Los Angeles)[9]

Juno Awards

(presented April 1, 2007 in Saskatoon)[10]

CMT Music Awards

(presented April 10 in Nashville)[11]

Academy of Country Music

(presented May 15, 2007 in Las Vegas)[12]

Canadian Country Music Association

(presented September 11 in Saint John)[13]

Country Music Association

(presented November 6 in Nashville, Tennessee)[14]

Further reading

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