List of years in country music

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This page indexes the individual year in country music pages. Each year is annotated with a significant event as a reference point.

2000s - 1990s - 1980s - 1970s - 1960s - 1950s - 1940s - 1930s - 1920s -Pre-1920s

2000s

• 2006 in country music, George Strait's 41st No. 1 on the Billboard charts (53 including other charts); new host for "American Country Countdown."
• 2005 in country music, Carrie Underwood wins "American Idol"; Walk the Line biopic released.
• 2004 in country music, Invasion of the MuzikMafia; death of Skeeter Davis.
• 2003 in country music, Rascal Flatts "I Melt" video and Dixie Chicks controversies; deaths of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash.
• 2002 in country music,
• 2001 in country music, Tributes to those killed in September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
• 2000 in country music,

1990s

• 1999 in country music, Lonestar's "Amazed" spends eight weeks at No. 1, becomes major pop hit.
• 1998 in country music, Deaths of Tammy Wynette, Eddie Rabbitt, Gene Autry.
• 1997 in country music, Six weeks at No. 1 for "It's Your Love"; Come On Over released.
• 1996 in country music,
• 1995 in country music, The rise of Shania Twain, death of Charlie Rich.
• 1994 in country music, The rise of Faith Hill, Tim McGraw. Johnny Cash makes a major comeback with the first of several albums with rock influences.
• 1993 in country music, Death of Conway Twitty.
• 1992 in country music, Hee Haw ends first-run production.
• 1991 in country music, Ropin' the Wind by Garth Brooks debuts at No. 1 on pop album chart.
• 1990 in country music,

1980s

• 1989 in country music, chart debuts of Garth Brooks, Clint Black, Alan Jackson; death of Keith Whitley.
• 1988 in country music,
• 1987 in country music, Reba McEntire wins unprecedented fourth Female Vocalist of the Year award from the Country Music Association; K. T. Oslin becomes a star in her late forties, a first for a country female vocalist.
• 1986 in country music, Debuts of Randy Travis, Dwight Yoakam and others reinvigorate country music.
• 1985 in country music, New York Times declares country music "dead."
• 1984 in country music, Willie Nelson, Julio Iglesias duet "To All the Girls I've Loved Before."
• 1983 in country music, CMT, The Nashville Network premiere on cable television.
• 1982 in country music, Alabama wins first CMA "Entertainer of the Year" award.
• 1981 in country music, chart debuts of George Strait, Ricky Skaggs.
• 1980 in country music, Urban Cowboy premieres, Dolly Parton becomes a major movie star with 9 to 5, two country songs nominated for best song Academy Award, Parton's "9 to 5" and Willie Nelson's On the Road Again.

1970s

• 1979 in country music, Kenny Rogers releases his second signature story song, "Coward Of The County."
• 1978 in country music, Barbara Mandrell's decade-old career hits new heights with her first number one record; Kenny Rogers releases "The Gambler."
• 1977 in country music, Death of Elvis Presley; six weeks at No. 1 for Waylon Jennings' "Lukenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love);" Kenny Rogers makes comeback as solo country singer; Dolly Parton begins recording pop-oriented music instead of merely country.
• 1976 in country music, The CB radio-song craze hits its peak; released; Loretta Lynn's autobiography becomes a New York Times best seller.
• 1975 in country music, Backlash over John Denver being named CMA Entertainer of the Year; Willie Nelson becomes a major star fifteen years after his first recordings with his albun Redheaded Stranger.
• 1974 in country music, Australian pop singer Olivia Newton-John racks up a string of country hits and stuns the industry by winning the Country Music Association Female Vocalist of the Year award. A group of veteran country performers form the short-lived Association of Country Entertainers in an attempt to keep country music "country."
• 1973 in country music, Grand Ole Opry moves from the Ryman Auditorium to its new house in Opryland, Murder of Stringbean; premiere of "American Country Countdown." Johnny Rodriguez becomes the first hispanic country star.
• 1972 in country music, Fan Fair debuts, Opryland USA opens, "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" album issued, 13-year-old Tanya Tucker becomes an overnight sensation.
• 1971 in country music, Television's rural purge. African-American singer Charley Pride named CMA Entertainer of the Year, Lynn Anderson tops pop charts around the world with her crossover music country hit "Rose Garden".
• 1970 in country music, Loretta Lynn records "Coal Miner's Daughter;" Conway Twitty "Hello Darlin';" together, their first duet, "After the Fire is Gone."

1960s

• 1969 in country music, Hee Haw premieres. Tammy Wynette's Stand By Your Man becomes an anthem of country music.
• 1968 in country music, Johnny Cash records at Folsom State Prison, Jeannie C. Riley socks it to the charts with Harper Valley PTA.
• 1967 in country music, First Country Music Association awards (non-televised this year only), chart debut of Dolly Parton, who later that year becomes a regular on The Porter Wagoner Show.
• 1966 in country music, Chart debuts of Lynn Anderson, Tammy Wynette.
• 1965 in country music,
• 1964 in country music, Plane crash kills Jim Reeves.
• 1963 in country music, Plane crash kills Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, Hawkshaw Hawkins.
• 1962 in country music,
• 1961 in country music, Country Music Association announces creation of Country Music Hall of Fame, Patsy Cline has her first #1 hit called "I Fall to Pieces".
• 1960 in country music, Only four songs reach No. 1 on Billboard magazine country chart during the entire year, chart debut of Loretta Lynn.

1950s

• 1959 in country music, The peak of the saga song ("The Battle of New Orleans," "El Paso," "The Long Black Veil").
• 1958 in country music, Billboard magazine consolidates best-sellers and disc jockeys' charts into one all-encompassing C&W chart.
• 1957 in country music, Rock-flavored acts – Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Everly Brothers – dominate charts. Patsy Cline debuts on the charts.
• 1956 in country music,
• 1955 in country music, Johnny Cash, George Jones, Elvis Presley have first national hits
• 1954 in country music, Elvis Presley makes first recordings, one and only appearance on Grand Ole Opry.
• 1953 in country music, Death of Hank Williams.
• 1952 in country music, The fall of Hank Williams; Kitty Wells has first solo female No. 1 song
• 1951 in country music,
• 1950 in country music, 21 weeks at No. 1 for Hank Snow's "I'm Moving On."

1940s

• 1949 in country music, Hank Williams first giant hit, "Lovesick Blues."
• 1948 in country music, Eddy Arnold has five of the year's six new No. 1 songs, with "Boquet of Roses" and "Anytime" the biggest of the lot.
• 1947 in country music, Hank Williams has first national hit; Eddy Arnold spends 21 weeks at No. 1.
• 1946 in country music,
• 1945 in country music,
• 1944 in country music, Billboard magazine creates first national chart to track popularity of country music records.
• 1943 in country music,
• 1942 in country music, Musicians' strike and ban on recording; Acuff-Rose Music forms.
• 1941 in country music, Ernest Tubb's "Walking the Floor Over You."
• 1940 in country music,

1930s

• The 1930s in country music,

1920s

• The 1920s in country music, the rise of country music: WSM signs on, "The Prisoner's Song," first WSM Barn Dance, Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family.

Pre-1920s

• Prior to 1920 in country music,

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