1995 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1995.

Events

• February - Western Flyer releases "Cherokee Highway", a song against interracial violence. While the song does not chart, Martin Luther King Jr.'s widow Coretta Scott King invites the band to perform at his birthday celebration in Atlanta, Georgia.
• June - Ty Herndon is arrested for indecent exposure in Fort Worth, Texas, by an undercover police officer.
• December 31: Great American Country is launched by the Jones Radio Network. With a heavy emphasis on country music videos, the network is the first major rival to CMT.

Top hits of the year

Singles released by American artists

Singles released by Canadian artists

Top new album releases

Other top albums

Births

• July 7 — Taylor Kerr, member of Maddie & Tae.
• August 11 – Priscilla Block, 2020s country singer-songwriter ("Just About Over You").
• September 18 — Maddie Font, member of Maddie & Tae.

Deaths

• May 25 – Dick Curless, 63, best known for his hit "A Tombstone Every Mile" (stomach cancer)
• July 25 — Charlie Rich, 62, Grammy Award winning singer and songwriter ("Behind Closed Doors", The Most Beautiful Girl") (pulmonary embolism)
• November 10 — Curly Fox, 85, fiddler and one half of country-comedy duo Curly Fox and Texas Ruby.

Hall of Fame inductees

Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductees

• Jimmy Martin

Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

• Roger Miller (1936–1992)
• Jo Walker-Meador (born 1924)

Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

• Gene MacLellan
• Stan Klees

Major awards

Grammy Awards

• Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "Baby, Now That I've Found You", Alison Krauss
• Best Male Country Vocal Performance — "Go Rest High on That Mountain", Vince Gill
• Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — "Here Comes the Rain", The Mavericks
• Best Country Collaboration with Vocals — "Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart", Shenandoah and Alison Krauss
• Best Country Instrumental Performance — "Hightower," Asleep at the Wheel, Béla Fleck and Johnny Gimble
• Best Country Song — "Go Rest High on That Mountain", Vince Gill
• Best Country Album — The Woman in Me, Shania Twain (Producer: Robert John "Mutt" Lange)
• Best Bluegrass Album — Unleashed, The Nashville Bluegrass Band

Juno Awards

• Country Male Vocalist of the Year — Charlie Major
• Country Female Vocalist of the Year — Shania Twain
• Country Group or Duo of the Year — Prairie Oyster

Academy of Country Music

• Entertainer of the Year — Brooks & Dunn
• Song of the Year — "The Keeper of the Stars", Dickey Lee, Karen Staley, Danny Mayo (Performer: Tracy Byrd)
• Single of the Year — "Check Yes or No", George Strait
• Album of the Year — The Woman in Me (Shania Twain)
• Top Male Vocalist — Alan Jackson
• Top Female Vocalist — Patty Loveless
• Top Vocal Duo — Brooks & Dunn
• Top Vocal Group — The Mavericks
• Top New Male Vocalist — Bryan White
• Top New Female Vocalist — Shania Twain
• Top New Vocal Duo or Group — Lonestar
• Video of the Year — "The Car" – Jeff Carson (Director: Michael Salomon)

ARIA Awards

(presented in Sydney on October 20, 1995)

• Best Country Album - Beyond the Dancing (Troy Cassar-Daley)

Canadian Country Music Association

• Bud Country Fans' Choice Award — Michelle Wright
• Male Artist of the Year — Charlie Major
• Female Artist of the Year — Shania Twain
• Group or Duo of the Year — Prairie Oyster
• SOCAN Song of the Year — "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?", Shania Twain
• Single of the Year — "Any Man of Mine", Shania Twain
• Album of the Year — The Woman in Me, Shania Twain
• Top Selling Album — The Hits, Garth Brooks
• Video of the Year — "Any Man of Mine", Shania Twain
• Vista Rising Star Award — Farmer's Daughter
• Vocal Collaboration of the Year — Jim Witter and Cassandra Vasik

Country Music Association

• Entertainer of the Year — Alan Jackson
• Song of the Year — "Independence Day", Gretchen Peters (Performer: Martina McBride)
• Single of the Year — "When You Say Nothing at All", Alison Krauss & Union Station
• Album of the Year — When Fallen Angels Fly, Patty Loveless
• Male Vocalist of the Year — Vince Gill
• Female Vocalist of the Year — Alison Krauss
• Vocal Duo of the Year — Brooks & Dunn
• Vocal Group of the Year — The Mavericks
• Horizon Award — Alison Krauss
• Music Video of the Year — "Baby Likes to Rock It", The Tractors (Director: Michael Salomon)
• Vocal Event of the Year — "Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart", Shenandoah and Alison Krauss
• Musician of the Year — Mark O'Connor

RPM Big Country Awards

• Canadian Country Artist of the Year — Charlie Major
• Best Country Album — Only One Moon, Prairie Oyster
• Best Country Single — "Such a Lonely One", Prairie Oyster
• Male Artist of the Year — Charlie Major
• Female Artist of the Year — Michelle Wright
• Group of the Year — Prairie Oyster
• Outstanding New Artist — Shania Twain
• Top Country Composer(s) — Jim Witter and Johnny Douglas

Hollywood Walk of Fame

Stars who were honored in 1995

Garth Brooks

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
• Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs 1944–2005 – 6th Edition." 2005.

References

Other links

• Country Music Association
• Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame

External links

• Country Music Hall of Fame