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2012 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in 2012.

Events

  • February 29 – Branson, Missouri, a city famous for its country music-oriented tourist attractions, sustained damage from the Leap Day tornadoes. Three of Branson's 50-plus theaters are extensively damaged.
  • May 11 – ABC picks up Malibu Country, starring Reba McEntire, to series. The new series debuts in November but is later cancelled in May 2013 after 18 episodes.
  • May 21 – Scott Borchetta announces the signing of Tim McGraw to Big Machine Records.
  • June 4 – Sony Music Nashville closes its BNA Records division after 21 years of operation; all its artists and staff are transferred to Columbia Nashville.
  • June 18 – Gail Gellman, manager for Sugarland, confirms that member Jennifer Nettles is expecting a baby in November with husband Justin Miller.
  • August – Randy Travis is involved in a number of legal incidents, including a drunk driving incident where he was found sitting nude outside his wrecked vehicle and – as police officers were trying to take him into custody – making verbal threats to injure and kill the officers, and a domestic disturbance approximately two weeks later.
  • August 14 – George Jones announces plans for a 60-date farewell tour, titled The Grand Tour, for 2013.
  • August 18 – Wynonna Judd's husband Scott "Cactus" Moser, who plays drums in both her road band and Highway 101, is involved in a motorcycle crash in South Dakota which results in the amputation of a leg.
  • September 25 – Country legend Loretta Lynn celebrates her 50th Anniversary as a member of the Grand Ole Opry.
  • September 26 – George Strait announces plans for a farewell tour, titled The Cowboy Rides Away, for 2013 and 2014. Strait revealed he will continue recording and will perform on special occasions.
  • October 11 – Billboard changes its Hot Country Songs from an airplay-only chart to one that reflects both airplay and music downloads, similarly to the Hot 100. The airplay-only methodology is transferred to a new chart called Country Airplay. As a result of the new methodology, Taylor Swift's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" – which had previously peaked at No. 13 – rebounds back up the chart and becomes the first No. 1 single under the new methodology. In the process, the song becomes the first to top both the country and Billboard Hot 100 charts since "Amazed" by Lonestar in March 2000 and – with nine weeks at No. 1 – is the longest running chart-topper on the country chart since "Almost Persuaded" by David Houston in 1966. The song also is the longest-running No. 1 country song ever by a female artist, topping Connie Smith's "Once a Day" (which logged eight weeks at No. 1 in 1964–1965).
  • October 27- Sonny James Celebrates his 50th Grand Ole Opry anniversary
  • November 1 – Luken Communications and Jim Owens Entertainment relaunch The Nashville Network (TNN) as a digital broadcast television network.

Top hits of the year

The following songs placed within the Top 20 on the Hot Country Songs, Country Airplay or Canada Country charts in 2012:

Top new album releases

The following albums placed within the Top 50 on the Top Country Albums charts in 2012:

Other top albums

Deaths

Hall of Fame Inductees

Bluegrass Hall of Fame Inductees

Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

Major awards

American Country Awards

(presented December 10 in Las Vegas, Nevada)

Academy of Country Music

(presented April 7, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada)

ACM Honors

Americana Music Honors & Awards

  • Album of the Year – This One's For Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark (Various Artists)
  • Artist of the Year – Gillian Welch
  • Duo/Group of the Year – The Civil Wars
  • Song of the Year – "Alabama Pines" (Jason Isbell)
  • Emerging Artist of the Year – Alabama Shakes
  • Instrumentalist of the Year – David Rawlings
  • Lifetime Achievement: Songwriting – Richard Thompson
  • Lifetime Achievement: Performance – Bonnie Raitt
  • Lifetime Achievement: Instrumentalist – Booker T. Jones
  • Lifetime Achievement: Executive – Dennis Lord

American Music Awards

(presented November 18 in Los Angeles)

ARIA Awards

(presented in Sydney on November 29, 2012)

Canadian Country Music Association

(presented September 9 in Saskatoon)

Country Music Association

(presented November 1 in Nashville)

CMT Music Awards

(presented June 6 in Nashville)

CMT Artists of the Year <br /> (presented December 9 in Nashville)

Grammy Awards

(presented February 10, 2013)

Juno Awards

(presented April 21, 2013 in Regina)

Hollywood Walk of Fame

Stars who were honored in 2012

Rascal Flatts and Vince Gill

See also

References

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