See also: 1991 in country music, 1992 in music, other events of 1992, 1993 in country music, 1990s in music and the List of years in Country Music

Events

• January - After 23 years of its tried-and-true formula, the producers of Hee Haw unveil an extensively revamped show in time for the start of its belated 24th season. The show's new urban setting, along with more pop-oriented country guests, is a resounding failure and lasts only through the end of the season. That fall, viewers will be greeted with Hee Haw Silver - a collection of classic shows, with new introductions by longtime host Roy Clark; "Silver" will fill out the show's 25th (and final) season.

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.
• ^A - First Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist.
• ^B - Only Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist to date.

Other major hits

• "Aces" — Suzy Bogguss (#9)
• "After the Lights Go Out" — Ricky Van Shelton (#13)
• "All is Fair in Love and War" — Ronnie Milsap (#11)
• "Baby, I'm Missing You" — Highway 101 (#22)
• "Backroads" — Ricky Van Shelton (#2)
• "Better Class of Losers" — Randy Travis (#2)
• "Billy the Kid" — Billy Dean (#4)
• "Blue Rose Is" — Pam Tillis (#21)
• "Born Country" — Alabama (#2)
• "Broken Promise Land" — Mark Chesnutt (#10)
• "Bubba Shot the Jukebox" — Mark Chesnutt (#4)
• "Burn Me Down" — Marty Stuart (#7)
• "Burn One Down" — Clint Black (#4)
• "Cadillac Style" — Sammy Kershaw (#3)
• "Café on the Corner" — Sawyer Brown (#5)
• "Come in Out of the Pain" — Doug Stone (#3)
• "Could've Been Me" — Billy Ray Cyrus (#2)
• "Cowboy Beat" — The Bellamy Brothers (#23)
• "The Dirt Road" — Sawyer Brown (#3)
• "Don't Go Near the Water" — Sammy Kershaw (#12)
• "Even the Man in the Moon is Cryin'" — Mark Collie (#5)
• "Every Second" — Collin Raye (#2)
• "Except for Monday" — Lorrie Morgan (#4)
• "First Time for Everything" — Little Texas (#13)
• "Five O'Clock World" — Hal Ketchum (#16)
• "Going Out of My Mind" — McBride & the Ride (#5)
• "Going Out Tonight" — Mary Chapin Carpenter (#14)
• "Gone as a Girl Can Get" — George Strait (#5)
• "The Greatest Man I Never Knew" — Reba McEntire (#3)
• "The Heart That You Own" — Dwight Yoakam (#18)
• "I Feel Lucky" — Mary Chapin Carpenter (#4)
• "I Know Where Love Lives" — Hal Ketchum (#13)
• "I Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way" — Aaron Tippin (#5)
• "I'd Surrender All" — Randy Travis (#20)
• "I'll Start with You" — Paulette Carlson (#21)
• "I'll Stop Loving You" — Mike Reid (#23)
• "If There Hadn't Been You" — Billy Dean (#3)
• "If You Want to Find Love" — Kenny Rogers (#11)
• "If Your Heart Ain't Busy Tonight" — Tanya Tucker (#4)
• "Is It Cold In Here" — Joe Diffie (#5)
• "It Only Hurts When I Cry" — Dwight Yoakam (#7)
• "Jealous Bone" — Patty Loveless (#13)
• "Jesus and Mama" — Confederate Railroad (#4)
• "Just Call Me Lonesome" — Radney Foster (#10)
• "Leave Him Out of This" — Steve Wariner (#6)
• "Letting Go" — Suzy Bogguss (#6)
• "Lonesome Standard Time" — Kathy Mattea (#11)
• "A Long Time Ago" — The Remingtons (#10)
• "Look at Us" — Vince Gill (#4)
• "Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man" — Travis Tritt (featuring Brooks & Dunn, T. Graham Brown, George Jones, Little Texas, Tanya Tucker, and Porter Wagoner) (#5)
• "Lost and Found" — Brooks & Dunn (#6)
• "Lovesick Blues" — George Strait (#24)
• "Lovin' All Night" — Rodney Crowell (#10)
• "Mama Don't Forget to Pray For Me" — Diamond Rio (#9)
• "Maybe It Was Memphis" — Pam Tillis (#3)
• "Me and My Baby" — Paul Overstreet (#22)
• "Midnight in Montgomery" — Alan Jackson (#3)
• "Next Thing Smokin'" — Joe Diffie (#16)
• "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" — Reba McEntire (#12)
• "Norma Jean Riley" — Diamond Rio (#2)
• "Not Too Much to Ask" — Mary Chapin Carpenter with Joe Diffie (#15)
• "Nothing Short of Dying" — Travis Tritt (#4)
• "Now That's Country" — Marty Stuart (#18)
• "Nowhere Bound" — Diamond Rio (#7)
• "Old Flames Have New Names" — Mark Chesnutt (#5)
• "Only the Wind" — Billy Dean (#4)
• "Outbound Plane" — Suzy Bogguss (#9)
• "Papa Loved Mama" — Garth Brooks (#3)
• "Past the Point of Rescue" — Hal Ketchum (#2)
• "Play, Ruby, Play" — Clinton Gregory (#25)
• "Rock My Baby" — Shenandoah (#2)
• "Runnin' Behind" — Tracy Lawrence (#4)
• "Sacred Ground" — McBride & the Ride (#2)
• "Same Ol' Love" — Ricky Skaggs (#12)
• "Seminole Wind" — John Anderson (#2)
• "Shake the Sugar Tree" — Pam Tillis (#3)
• "Ships That Don't Come In" — Joe Diffie (#5)
• "So Much Like My Dad" — George Strait (#3)
• "Some Kind of Trouble" — Tanya Tucker (#3)
• "Somebody's Doin' Me Right" — Keith Whitley (#15)
• "Something in Red" — Lorrie Morgan (#14)
• "Take a Little Trip" — Alabama (#2)
• "Take It Like a Man" — Michelle Wright (#10)
• "Take Your Memory With You" — Vince Gill (#2)
• "That's What I Like About You" — Trisha Yearwood (#8)
• "This One's Gonna Hurt You (For a Long, Long Time)" — Marty Stuart with Travis Tritt (#7)
• "Till I'm Holding You Again" — Pirates of the Mississippi (#22)
• "The Time Has Come" — Martina McBride (#23)
• "The Tips of My Fingers" — Steve Wariner (#3)
• "Today's Lonely Fool" — Tracy Lawrence (#3)
• "Turn That Radio On" — Ronnie Milsap (#4)
• "Two Sparrows in a Hurricane" — Tanya Tucker (#2)
• "Two Timin' Me" — The Remingtons (#18)
• "Warning Labels" — Doug Stone (#4)
• "Watch Me" — Lorrie Morgan (#2)
• "We Shall Be Free" — Garth Brooks (#12)
• "We Tell Ourselves" — Clint Black (#2)
• "What Kind of Fool" — Lionel Cartwright (#24)
• "What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am?" — Lee Roy Parnell (#2)
• "What Kind of Love" — Rodney Crowell (#11)
• "What Were You Thinkin' - Little Texas (#17)
• "Whatcha Gonna Do With a Cowboy?" — Chris LeDoux with Garth Brooks (#7)
• "When It Comes to You" — John Anderson (#3)
• "When She Cries" — Restless Heart (#9)
• "Where'm I Gonna Live?" — Billy Ray Cyrus (#23)
• "The Whiskey Ain't Workin'" — Travis Tritt with Marty Stuart (#2)
• "(Without You) What Do I Do With Me" — Tanya Tucker (#2)
• "The Woman Before Me" — Trisha Yearwood (#4)
• "A Woman Loves" — Steve Wariner (#9)
• "Wrong Side of Memphis" — Trisha Yearwood (#5)
• "Yard Sale" — Sammy Kershaw (#17)
• "You and Forever and Me" — Little Texas (#5)
• "You Can Depend on Me" — Restless Heart (#3)

Top new album releases

• American Pride — Alabama (RCA)
• Beyond the Season — Garth Brooks (Capitol Nashville)
• Big Iron Horses — Restless Heart (RCA)
• Cafe on the Corner — Sawyer Brown (Curb)
• Can't Run from Yourself — Tanya Tucker (Liberty)
• The Chase — Garth Brooks (Capitol Nashville)
• Close to the Edge — Diamond Rio (Arista Nashville)
• Come On Come On — Mary Chapin Carpenter (Columbia)
• Confederate Railroad — Confederate Railroad (Atlantic)
• The Dirt Road — Sawyer Brown (Curb)
• First Time for Everything — Little Texas (Warner Bros.)
• From the Heart — Doug Stone (Epic)
• Greatest Hits Plus — Ricky Van Shelton (Columbia)
• Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 — Randy Travis (Warner Bros.)
• Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 — Randy Travis (Warner Bros.)
• The Hard Way — Clint Black (RCA)
• Hearts in Armor — Trisha Yearwood (MCA Nashville)
• Holding My Own — George Strait (MCA Nashville)
• Homeward Looking Angel — Pam Tillis (Arista Nashville)
• Honeymoon in Vegas Soundtrack — Various Artists (Epic)
• I Still Believe in You — Vince Gill (MCA Nashville)
• In This Life — Collin Raye (Epic)
• It's Your Call — Reba McEntire (MCA Nashville)
• Life's a Dance — John Michael Montgomery (Atlantic)
• Life is Messy — Rodney Crowell (Columbia)
• Longnecks & Short Stories — Mark Chesnutt (MCA Nashville)
• A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'Bout Love) — Alan Jackson (Arista Nashville)
• Maverick — Hank Williams, Jr. (Curb/Warner Bros.)
• Now and Then — Michelle Wright (Arista Nashville)
• Pure Country (Soundtrack) — George Strait (MCA Nashville)
• Read Between the Lines — Aaron Tippin (RCA)
• Regular Joe — Joe Diffie (Epic)
• Sacred Ground — McBride & the Ride (MCA Nashville)
• Seminole Wind — John Anderson (BNA)
• Some Gave All — Billy Ray Cyrus (Mercury Nashville)
• Straight Talk Soundtrack — Dolly Parton (Hollywood)
• This One's Gonna Hurt You — Marty Stuart (MCA Nashville)
• T-R-O-U-B-L-E — Travis Tritt (Warner Bros.)
• Voices in the Wind — Suzy Bogguss (Liberty)
• Walls Can Fall — George Jones (MCA Nashville)
• Watch Me — Lorrie Morgan (BNA)
• Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy — Chris LeDoux (Liberty)
• Wynonna — Wynonna (Curb/MCA Nashville)

Other top albums

• American Patriot — Lee Greenwood (Liberty)
• At the Ryman — Emmylou Harris (Reprise)
• The Best of Hank Williams Jr. Volume One: Roots and Branches — Hank Williams, Jr. (Curb)
• Blue Frontier — The Remingtons (BNA)
• Chipmunks in Low Places — Alvin & the Chipmunks (Epic)
• Christmas Memories — Steve Wariner (MCA Nashville)
• Del Rio, TX 1959 — Radney Foster (Arista Nashville)
• The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983 — Johnny Cash (Columbia/Legacy)
• The Essential Marty Robbins 1951-1982 — Marty Robbins (Columbia/Legacy)
• Every Time You Say Goodbye — Alison Krauss (Rounder)
• Fifteen of the Best — Anne Murray (Liberty)
• The First Christmas — Doug Stone (Epic)
• Greatest Hits — Shenandoah (Columbia)
• Greatest Hits Vol. 3 — Ronnie Milsap (RCA)
• The Latest and the Greatest — The Bellamy Brothers (Intersound)
• Lonesome Standard Time — Kathy Mattea (Mercury Nashville)
• Long Time Comin' — Shenandoah (RCA)
• Love is Strong — Paul Overstreet (RCA)
• Love Without Mercy — Lee Roy Parnell (Arista Nashville)
• The More I Learn — Ronna Reeves (Mercury Nashville)
• No Sir — Darryl & Don Ellis (Epic)
• Sneakin' Around — Chet Atkins & Jerry Reed (Columbia)
• A Street Man Named Desire — Pirates of the Mississippi (Liberty)
• Sure Love — Hal Ketchum (Curb)
• The Time Has Come — Martina McBride (RCA)
• Too Dumb for New York City, Too Ugly for L.A. — Waylon Jennings (Epic)
• Tourist in Paradise — Cleve Francis (Liberty)
• A Travis Tritt Christmas: Loving Time of the Year — Travis Tritt (Warner Bros.)
• Twilight Town — Mike Reid (Columbia)
• Where Forever Begins — Neal McCoy (Atlantic)

On television

Regular series

• Hee Haw (1969-1993, syndicated)

Specials

Deaths

• October 25 - Roger Miller, 56, singer-songwriter best known for Grammy Award winner "King of the Road" (throat cancer).
• November 23 - Roy Acuff, 89, country music pioneer from the 1930s onward, and Grand Ole Opry institution.

Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

• George Jones (born 1931)
• Frances Preston (born 1934)

Major Awards

Grammy awards

• Best Female Country Vocal Performance -- "I Feel Lucky," Mary Chapin Carpenter
• Best Male Country Vocal Performance -- I Still Believe in You, Vince Gill
• Best Country Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal -- At the Ryman, Emmylou Harris and the Nash Ramblers
• Best Country Collaboration With Vocals -- "The Whiskey Ain't Workin'," Marty Stuart and Travis Tritt
• Best Country Instrumental Performance -- "Sneakin' Around," Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed
• Best Country Song -- "I Still Believe in You," Vince Gill and John Barlow Jarvis (Performer: Vince Gill)
• Best Bluegrass Album -- Every Time You Say Goodbye, Alison Krauss & Union Station

Academy of Country Music

• Entertainer Of The Year -- Garth Brooks
• Song Of The Year -- "I Still Believe in You," Vince Gill and John Barlow Jarvis (Performer: Vince Gill)
• Single Of The Year -- "Boot Scootin' Boogie," Brooks & Dunn
• Album Of The Year -- Brand New Man, Brooks & Dunn
• Top Male Vocalist -- Vince Gill
• Top Female Vocalist -- Mary Chapin Carpenter
• Top Vocal Duo -- Brooks & Dunn
• Top Vocal Group -- Diamond Rio
• Top New Male Vocalist -- Tracy Lawrence
• Top New Female Vocalist -- Michelle Wright
• Top New Vocal Duo Or Group -- Confederate Railroad
• Video Of The Year -- "Two Sparrows in a Hurricane," Tanya Tucker (Director: Joanne Gardner)

Country Music Association

• Entertainer of the Year -- Garth Brooks
• Song of the Year -- "Look at Us," Vince Gill and Max D. Barnes (Performer: Vince Gill)
• Single of the Year -- "Achy Breaky Heart," Billy Ray Cyrus
• Album of the Year -- Ropin' the Wind, Garth Brooks
• Male Vocalist of the Year -- Vince Gill
• Female Vocalist of the Year -- Mary Chapin Carpenter
• Vocal Duo of the Year -- Brooks & Dunn
• Vocal Group of the Year -- Diamond Rio
• Horizon Award -- Suzy Bogguss
• Music Video of the Year -- "Midnight in Montgomery," Alan Jackson (Director: Jim Shea)
• Vocal Event of the Year -- Marty Stuart and Travis Tritt
• Musician of the Year -- Mark O'Connor

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