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1999 in country music 

See also: 1998 in country music, 1999 in music, other events of 1999, 2000 in country music, 1990s in music and the List of years in Country Music

Contents

Events

  • March 6 – Legendary performer George Jones, in the midst of a comeback this year, is seriously injured when he crashed his Lexus into a bridge. It is later revealed that alcohol was a factor in the accident, and he pleaded guilty to drunk driving charges.
  • June – Comedian Jeff Foxworthy debuts his syndicated radio countdown show, "The Foxworthy Countdown."
  • September 4 – Lonestar's hit, "Amazed," spends its eighth week at No. 1 on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, becoming the first song to do so since Jack Greene's 1966 hit, "There Goes My Everything." In several other trade magazines, including Radio & Records, "Amazed" reigns for nine weeks, which made it the longest-lasting Number One single since 1966's "Almost Persuaded" by David Houston. By year's end, "Amazed" is gaining popularity on CHR and adult contemporary stations (in re-mixed versions, which excised the steel guitar).

Top hits of the year

Number one hits

(As certified by Billboard magazine)

Date Song Name Artist Wks. No. 1 Spec.
Note
January 16 Right on the Money Alan Jackson 1
January 23 Wrong Again Martina McBride 1
January 30 Stand Beside Me Jo Dee Messina 3 *With this No. 1 hit, Messina became the first female artist to score three multi-week No. 1 songs from the same album (1998's I'm Alright)
February 20 I Don't Want to Miss a Thing Mark Chesnutt 2 B
March 6 No Place That Far Sara Evans 1 A
March 13 You Were Mine Dixie Chicks 2
March 27 How Forever Feels Kenny Chesney 6
May 8 Wish You Were Here Mark Wills 1 A
May 15 Please Remember Me Tim McGraw 5
  • Originally a #69-peaking hit for its co-writer, Rodney Crowell, in 1995.
June 19 Write This Down George Strait 4
July 17 Amazed Lonestar 8 1
September 11 Single White Female Chely Wright 1 C
September 18 You Had Me from Hello Kenny Chesney 1
September 25 Something Like That Tim McGraw 5
October 30 I Love You Martina McBride 5
December 4 When I Said I Do Clint Black
(featuring Lisa Hartman Black)		 2 2
B - Clint Black
C - Lisa Hartman Black
  • Fell to #2 on December 11.
December 11 He Didn't Have to Be Brad Paisley 1 A
December 25 Breathe Faith Hill 6
  • Although a #2 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, this song was that chart's No. 1 song for the year 2000.
  • 1 - No. 1 song of the year, as determined by Billboard magazine
  • 2 - Song dropped from No. 1 and later returned to top spot.
  • A - First Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist.
  • B - Last Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist to date.
  • C - Only Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist to date.

Other major hits

Peak Single Artist Notes
8 All Things Considered Yankee Grey
22 Almost Home Mary Chapin Carpenter
4 Anyone Else Collin Raye
3 Busy Man Billy Ray Cyrus
  • Cyrus' first Top 10 hit since "Somebody New" in 1993.
19 By the Book Michael Peterson
21 Can't Get Enough Patty Loveless
6 Come on Over Shania Twain
30 A Country Boy Can Survive (Y2K version) Chad Brock with Hank Williams, Jr. and George Jones
  • A rewrite of Hank Williams, Jr.'s 1982 hit "A Country Boy Can Survive", in response to the Year 2000 problem.
  • Williams' first Top 40 country hit since "If It Will, It Will" in 1991.
12 Crazy Little Thing Called Love Dwight Yoakam
  • Cover of Queen's Number One pop single from 1980.
6 Drive Me Wild Sawyer Brown
12 Everytime I Cry Terri Clark
15 Fly (The Angel Song) The Wilkinsons
2 For a Little While Tim McGraw
6 For You I Will Aaron Tippin
  • Tippin's first Top 40 country hit since "Without Your Love" in early 1996.
3 God Must Have Spent a Little More Time on You Alabama with 'N Sync
  • 'N Sync's only entry on the country charts, and Alabama's last Top Ten country hit. A version featuring only 'N Sync was released to pop radio as well.
4 Gone Crazy Alan Jackson
5 Hands of a Working Man Ty Herndon
15 Hello L.O.V.E. John Michael Montgomery
13 Hillbilly Shoes Montgomery Gentry
4 Hold On to Me John Michael Montgomery
2 Home to You John Michael Montgomery
5 I Can't Get Over You Brooks & Dunn
10 I'll Go Crazy Andy Griggs
10 I'll Still Love You More Trisha Yearwood
2 I'll Think of a Reason Later Lee Ann Womack
3 I'm Already Taken Steve Wariner
  • This was a re-recording of a song that was previously a #63 country single for Wariner in 1978.
17 I'm Leaving Aaron Tippin
24 It Don't Matter to the Sun Chris Gaines
  • This was one of two singles that Garth Brooks made as Chris Gaines, a pseudonymous personality which he created for a side project.
14 Keepin' Up Alabama
2 Lesson in Leavin' Jo Dee Messina
  • Cover of Dottie West's 1980 single "A Lesson in Leaving".
  • Spent seven weeks at #2, the longest time spent at that position since the inception of Nielsen SoundScan in 1990.
19 Lightning Does the Work Chad Brock
3 Little Good-Byes SHeDAISY
3 Little Man Alan Jackson
5 Lonely and Gone Montgomery Gentry
12 Love Ain't Like That Faith Hill
19 Make Up in Love Doug Stone
  • Stone's first Top 40 country hit since 1995's "Born in the Dark".
16 A Man Ain't Made of Stone Randy Travis
4 Man! I Feel Like a Woman! Shania Twain
17 Maybe Not Tonight Sammy Kershaw with Lorrie Morgan
4 Meanwhile George Strait
15 Missing You Brooks & Dunn
  • Cover of John Waite's Number One pop hit from 1984.
27 My Kind of Woman/My Kind of Man Vince Gill with Patty Loveless
6 A Night to Remember Joe Diffie
12 (Now You See Me) Now You Don't Lee Ann Womack
7 One Honest Heart Reba McEntire
3 Ordinary Life Chad Brock
24 Ordinary Love Shane Minor
6 Pop a Top Alan Jackson
6 Powerful Thing Trisha Yearwood
2 Ready to Run Dixie Chicks
4 The Secret of Life Faith Hill
16 She's Always Right Clay Walker
7 She's in Love Mark Wills
20 Slave to the Habit Shane Minor
19 Somebody's out There Watching The Kinleys
2 Spirit of a Boy, Wisdom of a Man Randy Travis B
18 Steam Ty Herndon
16 Stranger in My Mirror Randy Travis
8 That Don't Impress Me Much Shania Twain
4 There You Have It BlackHawk
17 This Heartache Never Sleeps Mark Chesnutt
6 Tonight the Heartache's on Me Dixie Chicks
2 Two Teardrops Steve Wariner
2 Unbelievable Diamond Rio
4 What Do You Say to That George Strait
2 Whatever You Say Martina McBride
12 Who Needs Pictures Brad Paisley
9 With You Lila McCann
6 Wrong Night Reba McEntire
25 You Go First (Do You Wanna Kiss) Jessica Andrews
2 You Won't Ever Be Lonely Andy Griggs
2 You're Beginning to Get to Me Clay Walker
13 You've Got a Way Shania Twain

Top new album releases

Other top albums

Deaths

Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

Major Awards

Grammy awards

Academy of Country Music

Country Music Association

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.

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