Country Music 1993

Top hits of the year

Number 1 hits

January 16 - "Somewhere Other Than the Night" - Garth Brooks
January 23rd - "Look Heart, No Hands" - Randy Travis
February 6 - Too Busy Being in Love - Doug Stone
February 13 - "Can I Trust You With My Heart" - Travis Tritt
February 27th - "What Part of No" - Lorrie Morgan
March 20 - "Heartland" - George Strait
March 27th - "When My Ship Comes In" - Clint Black
April 10 - "The Heart Won't Lie" - Reba McEntire and Vince Gill
April 24th - "She Don't Know She's Beautiful" - Sammy Kershaw
May 1st - "Alibis" - Tracy Lawrence
May 15 - "I Love the Way You Love Me" - John Michael Montgomery
June 5th - "Should've Been a Cowboy" - Toby Keith
June 19th - "Blame it On Your Heart" - Patty Loveless
July 3rd - "That Summer" - Garth Brooks
July 10 - "Money in the Bank" - John Anderson
July 17th - "Chattahoochee" - Alan Jackson
August 14th - "It Sure is Monday" - Mark Chesnutt
August 21 - "Why Didn't I Think of That" - Doug Stone
August 28 - "Can't Break it to My Heart" - Tracy Lawrence
September 4th - "Thank God For You" - Sawyer Brown
September 18 - "Ain't Going Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)" - Garth Brooks
September 25th - "Holdin 'Heaven" - Tracy Byrd
October 2nd - "Ain't Going Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)" - Garth Brooks
October 9th - "One More Last Chance" - Vince Gill
October 15th - "What's it to You" - Clay Walker
October 22nd - "Easy Come, Easy Go" - George Strait
November 6 - "Does He Love You" - Reba McEntire and Linda Davis
November 13th - "She Used to Be Mine" - Brooks & Dunn
November 20th - "Almost Goodbye" - Mark Chesnutt
Nov. 27 - "Reckless" - Alabama
December 4th - American Honky-Tonk Bar Association - Garth Brooks
December 11th - "My Second Home" - Tracy Lawrence
December 18th - "I Don't Call Him Daddy" - Doug Supernaw

Albums (selection)

Almost Goodbye - Mark Chesnutt (MCA)
Close to the Edge - Diamond Rio (Arista)
Greatest Hits Vol. 2 - Reba McEntire (MCA)
Hard Working Man - Brooks & Dunn (Arista)
In Pieces - Garth Brooks (Capitol)
No Ordinary Man - Tracy Byrd (MCA)
No Time to Kill - Clint Black (RCA)
Shania Twain - Shania Twain (Mercury / Polygram)

Died

June 5 - Conway Twitty (59)
November 30 - David Houston (54)

New members of the Country Music Hall of Fame

Willie Nelson

Significant awards

Grammys

Best Female Country Vocal Performance - Mary Chapin Carpenter - Passionate Kisses
Best Male Country Vocal Performance - Dwight Yoakam - Ain't That Lonely Yet
Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group - Brooks & Dunn - Hard Workin 'Man
Best Country Vocal Collaboration - Linda Davis & Reba McEntire - Does He Love You
Best Country Instrumental Performance - Asleep At The Wheel - Red Wing
Best Bluegrass Album - Nashville Bluegrass Band - Waitin 'For The Hard Times To Go
Best Country Song - Lucinda Williams - Passionate Kisses

Academy of Country Music

Entertainer Of The Year - Garth Brooks
Song Of The Year - "I Love The Way You Love Me" - John Michael Montgomery - Victoria Shaw, Chuck Cannon
Single Of The Year - "Chattahoochee" - Alan Jackson
Album Of The Year - A Lot About Livin '- Alan Jackson
Top Male Vocalist - Vince Gill
Top Female Vocalist - Wynonna
Top Vocal Duo - Brooks & Dunn
Top Vocal Group - Little Texas
Top New Male Vocalist - John Michael Montgomery
Top New Female Vocalist - Faith Hill
Top New Vocal Duo Or Group - Gibson Miller Band
Video Of The Year - "We Shall Be Free" - Garth Brooks

Country Music Association

Entertainer of the Year - Vince Gill
Song Of The Year - I Still Believe In You - Vince Gill / J.Jarvis
Single Of The Year - Chattahoochee - Alan Jackson
Album Of The Year - I Still Believe In You - Vince Gill
Male Vocalist Of The Year - Vince Gill
Female Vocalist Of The Year - Mary Chapin Carpenter
Vocal Duo Of The Year - Brooks & Dunn
Vocal Group Of The Year - Diamond Rio
Musician Of The Year - Mark O'Connor
Horizon Award - Mark Chesnutt
Vocal Event Of The Year - various performers with I Don't Need Your Rockin 'Chair
Music Video Of The Year - Chattahoochee - Alan Jackson