2004_in_country

2004 in country music

1 Events
- 1.1 No Dates
2 Top hits of the year
- 2.1 Number one hits
- 2.2 Other major hits
3 Top new album releases
- 3.1 Other top albums
4 Deaths
5 Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees
6 Major Awards
7 Further reading
8 Other links
9 External links

Events

No Dates

Lynn Anderson arrested near her home in Taos, New Mexico after being charged with a DUI for drunk driving. A motorist called the local police after noticing Anderson's car weaving in and out of lanes, almost causing an accident. Anderson later pulled over to the side of the road after spotting the police, where the police conducted a field sobriety test. She was released on a $1000 bail the next day.

Top hits of the year

Number one hits

Date	Song Name	Artist	Wks. No. 1	Spec. Note
February 7	Remember When	Alan Jackson	2
February 21	American Soldier	Toby Keith	4
March 20	Watch the Wind Blow By	Tim McGraw	2
April 3	When the Sun Goes Down	Kenny Chesney with Uncle Kracker	5	^{C - Uncle Kracker}
May 8	You'll Think of Me	Keith Urban	2
May 22	Mayberry	Rascal Flatts	1
May 29	Redneck Woman	Gretchen Wilson	5	^C
July 3	If You Ever Stop Loving Me	Montgomery Gentry	1	^A
July 10	Whiskey Girl	Toby Keith	1
July 17	Live Like You Were Dying	Tim McGraw	7	^{1, 2}
August 7	Somebody	Reba McEntire	1	^B This song marks Reba's return to Number One in six years, as her last chart-topper was "If You See Him/If You See Her", a duet with Brooks & Dunn that reached the top of the country chart in mid-1998.
September 11	Girls Lie Too	Terri Clark	1	^B This song marks Clark's return to Number One in almost six years, as her last chart-topping single was "You're Easy on the Eyes", which reached Number One in December 1998.
September 18	Days Go By	Keith Urban	4
October 16	Suds in the Bucket	Sara Evans	1
October 23	I Hate Everything	George Strait	2
November 6	In a Real Love	Phil Vassar	2	^B
November 20	Mr. Mom	Lonestar	2	^B
December 4	Nothing On But The Radio	Gary Allan	2	^B
December 18	Back When	Tim McGraw	1
December 25	Some Beach	Blake Shelton	4

¹ – No. 1 song of the year, as determined by Billboard magazine.
² – Song dropped from No. 1 on August 7 and later returned to top spot on August 14.
^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
18	Break Down Here	Julie Roberts	Previously recorded by Trace Adkins on his 2003 album Comin' on Strong.
14	Come Home Soon	SHeDAISY
6	Desperately	George Strait
21	Don't Break My Heart Again	Pat Green
7	Drinkin' Bone	Tracy Byrd
25	Every Friday Afternoon	Craig Morgan
9	Feels Like Today	Rascal Flatts
35	The First Cut Is the Deepest	Sheryl Crow	Cover of a pop standard made famous by Cat Stevens.
11	Good Little Girls	Blue County
3	Here for the Party	Gretchen Wilson	Co-written by Big Kenny and John Rich of Big & Rich.
8	Hey Good Lookin'	Jimmy Buffett with Clint Black, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, George Strait, and Toby Keith	Cover of the Hank Williams song.
4	Honesty (Write Me a List)	Rodney Atkins
5	Hot Mama	Trace Adkins
12	How Far	Martina McBride
9	I Can't Sleep	Clay Walker	Co-written by Chely Wright, who also sang background vocals on it.
2	I Go Back	Kenny Chesney	Spent seven non-consecutive weeks at #2, tying a record previously set by Jo Dee Messina in 1999 for the longest time spent at that position since the inception of Nielsen SoundScan in 1990.
5	I Got a Feelin'	Billy Currington
6	I Love You This Much	Jimmy Wayne
3	I Wanna Do It All	Terri Clark
23	I Wanna Make You Cry	Jeff Bates
4	I Want to Live	Josh Gracin	This was the debut single for Gracin, the first country music artist to have been a contestant on American Idol.
10	If Nobody Believed in You	Joe Nichols
4	In My Daughter's Eyes	Martina McBride
18	It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing	Shania Twain
21	Last One Standing	Emerson Drive
4	Let's Be Us Again	Lonestar
2	Letters from Home	John Michael Montgomery	^A
2	Little Moments	Brad Paisley
5	Loco	David Lee Murphy	Murphy's first chart single since 1998's "Just Don't Wait Around 'Til She's Leavin'", and his first Top 5 since 1996's "The Road You Leave Behind".
13	Long Black Train	Josh Turner
18	Me and Emily	Rachel Proctor
23	Men Don't Change	Amy Dalley
17	My Last Name	Dierks Bentley
4	Paint Me a Birmingham	Tracy Lawrence	Lawrence's first Top 40 single since 2001's "Life Don't Have to Be So Hard" and his first Top 5 since "Lessons Learned" in late 1999-early 2000.
7	Party for Two	Shania Twain with Billy Currington	A pop version of this song was also released, featuring Mark McGrath as a duet partner.
12	Passenger Seat	SHeDAISY
2	Perfect	Sara Evans
13	Rough & Ready	Trace Adkins
11	Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)	Big & Rich
5	She Thinks She Needs Me	Andy Griggs
9	She's Not Just a Pretty Face	Shania Twain
13	Simple Life	Carolyn Dawn Johnson
12	Songs About Rain	Gary Allan
16	Spend My Time	Clint Black	Black's first single for his personal label, Equity Music Group.
3	Stays in Mexico	Toby Keith
3	Sweet Southern Comfort	Buddy Jewell
24	Texas Plates	Kellie Coffey
24	That's Cool	Blue County
2	That's What It's All About	Brooks & Dunn
5	Too Much of a Good Thing	Alan Jackson
19	Tougher Than Nails	Joe Diffie	Diffie's first Top 40 hit since 2001's "In Another World".
20	Trip Around the Sun	Jimmy Buffett with Martina McBride
21	What Say You	Travis Tritt with John Mellencamp	Mellencamp's first Top 40 country hit.
3	Whiskey Lullaby	Brad Paisley with Alison Krauss
21	Wild West Show	Big & Rich
2	The Woman with You	Kenny Chesney
24	The Wrong Girl	Lee Ann Womack
18	You Are	Jimmy Wayne
3	You Can't Take the Honky-Tonk out of the Girl	Brooks & Dunn
22	You Do Your Thing	Montgomery Gentry
21	You're in My Head	Brian McComas

^A Reached #1 on U.S. Radio & Records (now Mediabase 24/7) country singles charts.

Deaths

June 10 — Ray Charles, 74, multi-talented artist who combined elements of pop, rhythm and blues, soul and jazz with country music.
September 19 — Skeeter Davis, 72, best known for "The End of the World."
September 23 — Roy Drusky, 74, Grand Ole Opry star and smooth countrypolitan stylist of the 1960s.
December 27 — Hank Garland, 74, country and jazz guitar pioneer.

Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

Jim Foglesong (1922- )
Kris Kristofferson (1936- )

Major Awards

Grammy awards

(presented February 13, 2005 in Los Angeles)

Best Female Country Vocal Performance -- "Redneck Woman," Gretchen Wilson
Best Male Country Vocal Performance -- "Live Like You Were Dying," Tim McGraw.
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal -- "Top of the World (live recording)," Dixie Chicks
Best Country Collaboration with Vocals -- "Portland, Oregon," Loretta Lynn and Jack White
Best Country Instrumental Performance -- "Earl's Breakdown," Nitty Gritty Dirt Band featuring Earl Scruggs, Randy Scruggs, Vassar Clements and Jerry Douglas
Best Country Song -- "Live Like You Were Dying," Tim Nichols and Craig Wiseman
Best Country Album -- Van Lear Rose, Loretta Lynn
Best Bluegrass Album -- Brand New Strings, Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder

Academy of Country Music

(presented May 17, 2005 in Las Vegas)

Entertainer of the Year -- Kenny Chesney
Song of the Year -- "Live Like You Were Dying," Tim Nichols and Craig Wiseman
Single of the Year -- "Live Like You Were Dying," Tim McGraw
Album of the Year -- Be Here, Keith Urban
Top Male Vocalist -- Keith Urban
Top Female Vocalist -- Gretchen Wilson
Top Vocal Duo -- Brooks & Dunn
Top Vocal Group -- Rascal Flatts
Top New Artist -- Gretchen Wilson
Video of the Year -- "Whiskey Lullaby," Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss (Director: Rick Schroder)
Vocal Event of the Year -- "Whiskey Lullaby," Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss
ACM/Home Depot Humanitarian of the Year -- Neal McCoy

Country Music Association

(presented November 9 in Nashville)

Entertainer of the Year -- Kenny Chesney
Song of the Year -- "Live Like You Were Dying," Tim Nichols and Craig Wiseman
Single of the Year -- "Live Like You Were Dying," Tim McGraw
Album of the Year -- When the Sun Goes Down, Kenny Chesney
Male Vocalist of the Year -- Keith Urban
Female Vocalist of the Year -- Martina McBride
Vocal Duo of the Year -- Brooks & Dunn
Vocal Group of the Year -- Rascal Flatts
Horizon Award -- Gretchen Wilson
Video of the Year -- "Whiskey Lullaby," Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss (Director: Rick Schroder)
Vocal Event of the Year -- "Whiskey Lullaby," Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss
Musician of the Year -- Dann Huff

External links

Country Music Hall of Fame

Contents

Events

No Dates

Top hits of the year

Number one hits

Other major hits

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

Other links

External links