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1999 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1999.

Events

  • March 6 — 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." The radio show would end ten years later.
  • 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).
  • September 22 - Alan Jackson sings the chorus of George Jones' "Choices" in the middle of his performance of "Pop a Top" on the Country Music Association Awards broadcast, after TV producers required that Jones perform an abridged version, in which he refused and boycotted the show. The performance has become one of the best and most memorable moments in CMA history.
  • September 28 - Garth Brooks releases In the Life of Chris Gaines, a compilation album of Brooks' alter ego, fictional Australian rock star Chris Gaines. The album was intended to be the soundtrack to a film called The Lamb, however the film was never filmed, due to financial and management problems. The album received disappointing sales in comparison to Brooks' other albums.

Top hits of the year

Singles released by American artists

Singles released by Canadian artists

Top new album releases

Other top albums

Births

Deaths

  • February 8 – Lulu Belle (born Myrtle Eleanor Cooper), 85, one-half of the 1930s–1940s husband-and-wife duo Lulu Belle and Scotty, later a state Representative in the North Carolina Legislature.
  • July 29- Anita Carter, 66, member of the Carter family
  • September 30 — Connie Eaton, 49, singer of the 1970s (cancer)
  • October 2 — Danny Mayo, 49, writer of hit singles by Alabama, Confederate Railroad, Pirates of the Mississippi, and Tracy Byrd, father of songwriter Aimee Mayo (heart attack)
  • December 17 — Rex Allen, 78, "The Arizona Cowboy" and traveling rodeo performer.
  • December 20 — Hank Snow, 85, "The Singing Ranger," best known for "I'm Movin' On."

Hall of Fame inductees

Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductees

Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

Major awards

Grammy Awards

Juno Awards

Academy of Country Music

ARIA Awards

(presented in Sydney on October 12, 1999)

Canadian Country Music Association

  • CMT Maple Leaf Foods Fans' Choice Award — Shania Twain
  • Male Artist of the Year — Paul Brandt
  • Female Artist of the Year — Shania Twain
  • Group or Duo of the Year — The Wilkinsons
  • SOCAN Song of the Year — "26 Cents", Steve Wilkinson, William Wallace
  • Single of the Year — "26 Cents", The Wilkinsons
  • Album of the Year — Nothing but Love, The Wilkinsons
  • Top Selling Album — Wide Open Spaces, Dixie Chicks
  • Video of the Year — "That Don't Impress Me Much", Shania Twain
  • Wrangler Rising Star Award — The Wilkinsons
  • Vocal/Instrumental Collaboration of the Year — "From This Moment On", Shania Twain and Bryan White

Country Music Association

RPM Big Country Awards

Hollywood Walk of Fame

Stars who were honored in 1999

Patsy Cline, Freddy Fender, and Charley Pride

Further reading

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

Other links

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