2002 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 2002.

Events

• November — Shania Twain returned with her fourth album, Up!. It opened at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with 874,000 copies; the album remained atop the chart until the new year.

Top hits of the year

The following songs placed within the Top 20 on the Hot Country Songs charts in 2002:

Top new album releases

The following albums placed within the Top 50 on the Top Country Albums charts in 2002:

Other top albums

Deaths

• February 13 — Waylon Jennings, 64, singer and guitarist (diabetic complications)
• March 3 — Harlan Howard, 74, songwriter
• May 26 — Orville Couch, 67, singer-songwriter (acute limphoblastic leukemia)

Hall of Fame inductees

Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

• Bill Carlisle (1908-2003)
• Porter Wagoner (1927-2007)

Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

• Anne Murray
• Art Snider
• Bev Munro
• D'Arcy Scott
• Elmer Tippe

Major awards

Grammy Awards

• Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "Cry," Faith Hill
• Best Male Country Vocal Performance — "Give My Love to Rose," Johnny Cash
• Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — "Long Time Gone," Dixie Chicks
• Best Country Collaboration with Vocals — "Mendocino County Line," Willie Nelson and Lee Ann Womack
• Best Country Instrumental Performance — "Lil' Jack Slade," Dixie Chicks
• Best Country Song — "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)," Alan Jackson
• Best Country Album — Home, Dixie Chicks
• Best Bluegrass Album — Lost in the Lonesome Pines, Jim Lauderdale, Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys

Juno Awards

• Country Recording of the Year — "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!," Shania Twain

CMT Flameworthy Video Music Awards

• Video of the Year — "Young," Kenny Chesney
• Male Video of the Year — "Young," Kenny Chesney
• Female Video of the Year — "Blessed," Martina McBride
• Group / Duo Video of the Year — "Only in America," Brooks & Dunn
• Breakthrough Video of the Year — "I Breathe In, I Breathe Out," Chris Cagle
• Video Collaboration of the Year — "Mendocino County Line," Willie Nelson Featuring Lee Ann Womack
• Hottest Video of the Year — "The Cowboy in Me," Tim McGraw
• Concept Video of the Year — "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)," Brad Paisley
• Fashion Plate Video of the Year — "Jezebel," Chely Wright
• "LOL" (Laugh Out Loud) Video of the Year — "I Wanna Talk About Me," Toby Keith
• Love Your Country Video of the Year — "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)," Alan Jackson
• Video Director of the Year — "I Wanna Talk About Me," Toby Keith (Director: Michael Salomon)
• Video Visionary Award — Dixie Chicks

Academy of Country Music

• Entertainer of the Year — Toby Keith
• Song of the Year — "I'm Movin' On," Rascal Flatts
• Single of the Year — "The Good Stuff," Kenny Chesney
• Album of the Year — Drive, Alan Jackson
• Top Male Vocalist — Kenny Chesney
• Top Female Vocalist — Martina McBride
• Top Vocal Duo — Brooks & Dunn
• Top Vocal Group — Rascal Flatts
• Top New Male Vocaliast — Joe Nichols
• Top New Female Vocaliast — Kellie Coffey
• Top New Vocal Duo or Group — Emerson Drive
• Video of the Year — "Drive (For Daddy Gene)," Alan Jackson (Director: Steven Goldmann)
• Vocal Event of the Year — "Mendocino County Line," Willie Nelson and Lee Ann Womack

Canadian Country Music Association

• Fans' Choice Award — Terri Clark
• Male Artist of the Year — Paul Brandt
• Female Artist of the Year — Carolyn Dawn Johnson
• Group or Duo of the Year — Emerson Drive
• SOCAN Song of the Year — "Ten Million Teardrops," Jason McCoy, Tim Taylor
• Single of the Year — "I Don't Want You to Go," Carolyn Dawn Johnson
• Album of the Year — Small Towns and Big Dreams, Paul Brandt
• Top Selling Album — Scarecrow, Garth Brooks
• CMT Video of the Year — "I Don't Want You to Go," Carolyn Dawn Johnson
• Chevy Trucks Rising Star Award — Emerson Drive
• Roots Artist or Group of the Year — Jimmy Rankin

Country Music Association

• Entertainer of the Year — Alan Jackson
• Song of the Year — "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)," Alan Jackson
• Single of the Year — "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)," Alan Jackson
• Album of the Year — Drive, Alan Jackson
• Male Vocalist of the Year — Alan Jackson
• Female Vocalist of the Year — Martina McBride
• Vocal Duo of the Year — Brooks & Dunn
• Vocal Group of the Year — Dixie Chicks
• Musician of the Year — Jerry Douglas
• Horizon Award — Rascal Flatts
• Music Video of the Year — "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)," Brad Paisley (Director: Peter Zavadil)
• Vocal Event of the Year — "Mendocino County Line," Willie Nelson and Lee Ann Womack
• Musician of the Year — Jerry Douglas

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