Country Music 1999
Events
- Country legend George Jones made a successful comeback in 1999. After the release of his album Cold Hard Truth , a momentous incident occurred on March 6th. The 67-year-old singer was seriously injured when his car hit a bridge while under the influence of alcohol.
- Eddy Arnold , one of the most successful country musicians of all time, announced his final resignation from show business in May
- Johnny Rodriguez is acquitted by a Texas jury. He had accidentally shot a friend in his house whom he thought was a burglar.
Top hits of the year
Number 1 hits
- January 16 - "Right on the Money" - Alan Jackson
- January 23rd - "Wrong Again" - Martina McBride
- January 30th - "Stand Beside Me" - Jo Dee Messina
- February 20 - "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" - Mark Chesnutt
- March 6 - "No Place That Far" - Sara Evans
- March 13th - "You Were Mine" - Dixie Chicks
- March 27th - "How Forever Feels" - Kenny Chesney
- May 8 - "Wish You Were Here" - Mark Wills
- May 15 - "Please Remember Me" - Tim McGraw
- June 19th - "Write This Down" - George Strait
- July 17th - "Amazed" - Lonestar
- September 11th - "Single White Female" - Chely Wright
- September 18th - "You Had Me From Hello" - Kenny Chesney
- September 25th - "Something Like That" - Tim McGraw
- October 30th - "I Love You" - Martina McBride
- December 4th - "When I Said I Do" - Clint Black and Lisa Hartman Black
- December 11th - "He Didn't Have to Be" - Brad Paisley
- ("When I Said I Do" by Clint Black and Lisa Hartman will be # 1 again December 18)
- December 25th "Breathe" - Faith Hill
More hits
- "Anyone Else" - Collin Raye
- "Choices" - George Jones
- "Come On Over" - Shania Twain
- "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" - Dwight Yoakam
- "Drive Me Wild" - Sawyer Brown
- "Every Time I Cry" - Terri Clark
- "For You I Will" - Aaron Tippin
- "Fly (The Angel Song)" - The Wilkinsons
- "God Must Have Spent A Little More Time On You" - Alabama
- "Gone Crazy" - Alan Jackson
- "Hands of a Working Man" - Ty Herndon
- "Hillbilly Shoes" - Montgomery Gentry
- "How Do You Sleep at Night" - Wade Hayes
- "Hold On to Me" - John Michael Montgomery
- "Home To You" - John Michael Montgomery
- "I Can't Get Over You" - Brooks & Dunn
- "I'll Go Crazy" - Andy Griggs
- "I'll Think of a Reason Later" - Lee Ann Womack
- "I'm Already Taken" - Steve Wariner
- "I'm Leaving" - Aaron Tippin
- "Keepin 'Up" - Alabama
- "Lesson in Leavin '" - Jo Dee Messina
- "Lightnin 'Does the Work" - Chad Brock
- "Little Goodbyes" - SHeDaisy
- "Little Man" - Alan Jackson
- "Lonely and Gone" - Montgomery Gentry
- "Love Ain't Like That" - Faith Hill
- "Make Up in Love" - Doug Stone
- "Man! I Feel Like a Woman" - Shania Twain
- "Maybe Not Tonight" - Sammy Kershaw and Lorrie Morgan
- "Meanwhile" - George Strait
- "Missing You" - Brooks & Dunn
- "Now You See Me (Now You Don't)" - Lee Ann Womack
- "One Honest Heart" - Reba McEntire
- "Ordinary Life" - Chad Brock
- "Pop a Top" - Alan Jackson
- "Powerful Thing" - Trisha Yearwood
- "Ready to Run" - Dixie Chicks
- "The Secret of Life" - Faith Hill
- "She's Always Right" - Clay Walker
- "Somebody's Out There Watching" - The Kinleys
- "She's in Love" - Mark Wills
- "Stranger in My Mirror" - Randy Travis
- "That Don't Impress Me Much" - Shania Twain
- "There You Have It" - Blackhawk
- "This Heartache Never Sleeps" - Mark Chesnutt
- "Tonight the Heartache's On Me" - Dixie Chicks
- "Two Teardrops" - Steve Wariner
- "Unbelievable" - Diamond Rio
- "What Do You Say to That" - George Strait
- "Whatever You Say" - Martina McBride
- "Who Needs Pictures" - Brad Paisley
- "With You" - Lila McCann
- "Wrong Night" - Reba McEntire
- "You Won't Ever Be Lonely" - Andy Griggs
- "You're Beginning to Get to Me" - Clay Walker
- "You've Got a Way" - Shania Twain
Albums (selection)
- 20 Greatest Hits - Chris LeDoux (Capitol)
- Breathe - Faith Hill (Warner Bros.)
- D'Lectrified - Clint Black (RCA)
- Everywhere We Go - Kenny Chesney (BNA)
- Fly - Dixie Chicks (Monument)
- I Don't Want to Miss a Thing - Mark Chesnutt (MCA)
- I've Got a Right to Cry - Mandy Barnett (Sire)
- Keepers: Greatest Hits - Tracy Byrd (MCA)
- Last Chance for a Thousand Years: Greatest Hits from the 1990s - Dwight Yoakam (Reprise)
- LeAnn Rimes - LeAnn Rimes (Curb)
- Lonely Grill - Lonestar (BNA)
- Maybe Not Tonight - Sammy Kershaw and Lorrie Morgan
- Party Doll - Mary Chapin Carpenter (Columbia)
- A Place in the Sun - Tim McGraw (Curb)
- Risin 'Outlaw - Hank Williams III (Curb)
- Two Teardrops - Steve Wariner (Capitol)
- Under the Influence - Alan Jackson (Arista)
- '99 - Slim Dusty
Died
- December 17th - Rex Allen, 78, "The Arizona Cowboy".
- December 20 - Hank Snow (85), "The Singing Ranger"
New members of the Country Music Hall of Fame
- Johnny Bond (1915-1978)
- Dolly Parton (born 1946)
- Conway Twitty (1933-1993)
The most important awards
Grammys
- Best Female Country Vocal Performance - Shania Twain - Man! I feel like a woman!
- Best Male Country Vocal Performance - George Jones - Choices
- Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group - Dixie Chicks - Ready To Run
- Best Country Collaboration With Vocals - Dolly Parton , Emmylou Harris & Linda Ronstadt - After The Gold Rush
- Best Country Instrumental Performance - Asleep At The Wheel - Bob's Breakdowns
- Best Country Song - Robert John "Mutt" Lange & Shania Twain - Come On Over
- Best Country Album - Dixie Chicks - Fly
- Best Bluegrass Album - Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder - Ancient Tones
Academy of Country Music
- Entertainer Of The Year - Shania Twain
- Song Of The Year - "Amazed" - Lonestar - Marv Green, Aimee Mayo
- Single Of The Year - "Amazed" - Lonestar
- Album Of The Year - Fly - Dixie Chicks
- Top Male Vocalist - Tim McGraw
- Top Female Vocalist - Faith Hill
- Top Vocal Duo - Dixie Chicks
- Top Vocal Group - Dixie Chicks
- Top New Male Vocalist - Brad Paisley
- Top New Female Vocalist - Jessica Andrews
- Top New Vocal Duo Or Group - Montgomery Gentry
- Video Of The Year - "Breathe" - Faith Hill
- Vocal Event Of The Year - "When I Said I Do" - Clint Black with Lisa Hartman Black
Country Music Association
- Entertainer of the Year - Shania Twain
- Male Vocalist of the Year - Tim McGraw
- Female Vocalist of the Year - Martina McBride
- Vocal Group of the Year - Dixie Chicks
- Vocal Duo of the Year - Brooks & Dunn
- Horizon Award - Jo Dee Messina
- Musician of the Year - Randy Scruggs
- Vocal Event of the Year - "My Kind of Woman / My Kind of Man" - Vince Gill and Patty Loveless
- Single of the Year - "Wide Open Spaces", Dixie Chicks
- Song of the Year - "This Kiss" by Robin Lerner, Annie Roboff and Beth Nielsen Chapman
- Album of the Year - A Place in the Sun , Tim McGraw
- Music Video of the Year - "Wide Open Spaces", Dixie Chicks (Director: Thom Oliphant)