1996 in country music

See also: 1995 in country music, 1996 in music, other events of 1996, 1997 in country music, 1990s in music and the List of years in Country Music

Events

• June 28 - First annual Country Stampede Music Festival begins

Top hits of the year

Number one hits

(as certified by Billboard magazine)

^{1 - No. 1 song of the year, as determined by Billboard magazine.}

Other major hits

• "4 to 1 in Atlanta" - Tracy Byrd
• "A Woman's Touch" - Toby Keith
• "Ain't Got Nothin' on Us" - John Michael Montgomery
• "All I Want is a Life" - Tim McGraw
• "All You Ever Do is Bring Me Down" - The Mavericks
• "Are We in Trouble Now" - Randy Travis
• "Blue" - LeAnn Rimes
• "Born in the Dark" - Doug Stone
• "Bury the Shovel" - Clay Walker
• "The Change" - Garth Brooks
• "Change My Mind" - John Berry
• "C-O-U-N-T-R-Y" - Joe Diffie
• "Cowboy Love" - John Michael Montgomery
• "Deep Down" - Pam Tillis
• "Does That Blue Moon Ever Shine on You" - Toby Keith
• "Every Light in the House" - Trace Adkins
• "Every Time I Get Around You" - David Lee Murphy
• "Every Time My Heart Calls Your Name" - John Berry
• "The Fear of Being Alone" - Reba McEntire
• "Giving Water to a Drowing Man" - Lee Roy Parnell
• "Goodnight Sweetheart" – David Kersh
• "God Bless the Child" - Shania Twain
• "Heads Carolina, Tails California" - Jo Dee Messina
• "Heart's Desire" - Lee Roy Parnell
• "Heaven Help My Heart" - Wynonna
• "High, Low, and in Between" - Mark Wills
• "Holdin' on to Something" - Jeff Carson
• "Home" - Alan Jackson
• "Home Ain't Where His Heart Is (Anymore)" - Shania Twain
• "Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best" - Marty Stuart with Travis Tritt
• "Hypnotize the Moon" - Clay Walker
• "I am That Man" - Brooks & Dunn
• "I Can Still Make Cheyenne" - George Strait
• "I Do" - Paul Brandt
• "I Don't Think I Will" - James Bonamy
• "I Know She Still Loves Me" - George Strait
• "I Think About You" - Collin Raye
• "I'm Not Supposed to Love You Anymore" - Bryan White
• "I've Been Everywhere" – Johnny Cash
• "If I Were You" - Terri Clark
• "If You Loved Me" - Tracy Lawrence
• "It Works" - Alabama
• "It Wouldn't Hurt to Have Wings" - Mark Chesnutt
• "It's All in Your Head" - Diamond Rio
• "It's Midnight Cinderella" - Garth Brooks
• "It's What I Do" - Billy Dean
• "Jacob's Ladder" - Mark Wills
• "Learning as You Go" - Rick Trevino
• "Like There Ain't No Yesterday" - Blackhawk
• "Long as I Live" - John Michael Montgomery
• "Love is Stronger Than Pride" - Ricochet
• "Love Remains" - Collin Raye
• "Love You Back" - Rhett Akins
• "The Maker Said Take Her" - Alabama
• "Mama Don't Get Dressed Up For Nothin'" - Brooks & Dunn
• "Me and You" - Kenny Chesney
• "Meant to Be" - Sammy Kershaw
• "More Than You'll Ever Know" - Travis Tritt
• "My Heart Has a History" - Paul Brandt
• "Not Enough Hours in the Night" - Doug Supernaw
• "Not That Different" - Collin Raye
• "On a Good Night" - Wade Hayes
• "Only on Days That End in Y" - Clay Walker
• "Only You (And You Alone)" - Travis Tritt
• "Poor, Poor Pittiful Me" - Terri Clark
• "Ring on Her Finger (Time on Her Hands)" - Reba McEntire
• "Runnin' Away With My Heart" - Lonestar
• "The River and the Highway" - Pam Tillis
• "The Road You Leave Behind" - David Lee Murphy
• "Say I" - Alabama
• "Someone Else's Dream" - Faith Hill
• "Stars Over Texas" - Tracy Lawrence
• "Starting Over Again" - Reba McEntire
• "Suddenly Single" - Terri Clark
• "Swingin' Doors" - Martina McBride
• "Ten Thousand Angels" - Mindy McCready
• "That Girl's Been Spying on Me" - Billy Dean
• "That Ol' Wind" - Garth Brooks
• "That's Enough of That" - Mila Mason
• "That's What I Get For Lovin' You" - Diamond Rio
• "The Road You Leave Behind" - David Lee Murphy
• "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" - Neal McCoy
• "There's a Girl in Texas" - Trace Adkins
• "Too Much Fun" - Daryle Singletary
• "Treat Her Right" - Sawyer Brown
• "Vidalia" - Sammy Kershaw
• "Walkin' Away" - Diamond Rio
• "What Do I Know" - Ricochet
• "What I Meant to Say" - Wade Hayes
• "When Boy Meets Girl" - Terri Clark
• "Whole Lotta Gone" - Joe Diffie
• "Worlds Apart" - Vince Gill
• "Wrong Place, Wrong Time" - Mark Chesnutt
• "You Can't Lose Me" - Faith Hill
• "You Gotta Love That" - Neal McCoy
• "You're Not in Kansas Anymore" - Jo Dee Messina

Top new album releases

• IV - Diamond Rio (Arista Nashville)
• Blue - LeAnn Rimes (Curb)
• Blue Clear Sky – George Strait (MCA Nashville)
• Blue Moon - Toby Keith (Mercury Nashville)
• Borderline – Brooks & Dunn (Arista Nashville)
• Calm Before The Storm – Paul Brandt (Reprise)
• Dreaming Out Loud - Trace Adkins (Capitol Nashville)
• Did I Shave My Legs for This – Deana Carter (Capitol Nashville)
• Everything I Love - Alan Jackson (Arista Nashville)
• High Lonesome Sound – Vince Gill (MCA Nashville)
• It's What I Do - Billy Dean (Capitol Nashville/SBK)
• Jo Dee Messina - Jo Dee Messina (Curb)
• Just the Same - Terri Clark (Mercury Nashville)
• Politics, Religion and Her - Sammy Kershaw (Mercury Nashville)
• Revelations - Wynonna Judd (Curb)
• The Restless Kind - Travis Tritt (Warner Bros.)
• Ten Thousand Angels - Mindy McCready (BNA)
• Time Marches On - Tracy Lawrence (Atlantic)
• Treasures – Dolly Parton (Rising Tide/Blue Eye)
• The Trouble With the Truth - Patty Loveless (Epic/Sony)
• Unchained – Johnny Cash (American)
• What I Do Best - John Michael Montgomery (Atlantic)
• What If It's You - Reba McEntire (MCA Nashville)

Deaths

• March 4 – Minnie Pearl, 83, legendary comedienne known for her trademark greeting, "How-dee!" and her straw hat with price tag; a regular on Hee Haw (stroke).
• May 3 – Patsy Montana, 87, first female country singer to have a major solo country hit ("I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart").
• December 10 - Faron Young, 64, Nicknamed "The Hillbilly Heartthrob", and "The Singing Sheriff" he had many hits including "Hello, Walls" and "Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young" (suicide).

Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

• Patsy Montana (1908-1996)
• Buck Owens (1929-2006)
• Ray Price (born 1925)

Major Awards

Grammy awards

Academy of Country Music

• Entertainer Of The Year -- Brooks & Dunn
• Song Of The Year -- "Blue" - LeAnn Rimes - Bill Mack
• Single Of The Year -- "Blue" - LeAnn Rimes
• Album Of The Year -- Blue Clear Sky - George Strait
• Top Male Vocalist -- George Strait
• Top Female Vocalist -- Patty Loveless
• Top Vocal Duo -- Brooks & Dunn
• Top Vocal Group -- Sawyer Brown
• Top New Male Vocalist -- Trace Adkins
• Top New Female Vocalist -- LeAnn Rimes
• Top New Vocal Duo Or Group -- Ricochet (Band)
• Video Of The Year -- "I Think About You" -- Collin Raye (Director: Steven Goldmann)

Country Music Association

• Entertainer of the Year -- Brooks & Dunn
• Male Vocalist of the Year -- George Strait
• Female Vocalist of the Year -- Patty Loveless
• Vocal Group of the Year -- The Mavericks
• Vocal Duo of the Year -- Brooks & Dunn
• Horizon Award -- Bryan White
• Musician of the Year -- Mark O'Connor
• Vocal Event of the Year -- "I Will Always Love You," Dolly Parton and Vince Gill
• Single of the Year -- "Check Yes or No," George Strait
• Song of the Year -- "Go Rest High on That Mountain," Vince Gill
• Album of the Year -- Blue Clear Sky, George Strait
• Music Video of the Year -- "My Wife Thinks You're Dead," Junior Brown (director: Michael McNamara)

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

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