Country Music 2004

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Top hits of the year

Number 1 hits

• February 7th - "Remember When" - Alan Jackson
• February 21 - "American Soldier" - Toby Keith
• March 20 - "Watch the Wind Blow By" - Tim McGraw
• April 3rd - "When the Sun Goes Down" - Kenny Chesney with Uncle Kracker
• May 8 - "You'll Think of Me" - Keith Urban
• May 22nd - "Mayberry" - Rascal Flatts
• May 29 - "Redneck Woman" - Gretchen Wilson
• July 3rd - "If You Ever Stop Lovin 'Me" - Montgomery Gentry
• July 10th - "Whiskey Girl" - Toby Keith
• July 17th - "Live Like You Were Dying" - Tim McGraw
• August 7th - "Somebody" - Reba McEntire
• September 11th - "Girls Lie Too" - Terri Clark
• September 18th - "Days Go By" - Keith Urban
• October 16 - "Suds in the Bucket" - Sara Evans
• October 23 - "I Hate Everything" - George Strait
• November 6th - "In a Real Love" - Phil Vassar
• November 20th - "Mr. Mom" ​​- Lonestar
• December 4th - "Nothin 'On But the Radio" - Gary Allan
• December 18th - "Back When" - Tim McGraw
• December 25th - "Some Beach" - Blake Shelton

More hits

• "Break Down Here" - Julie Roberts
• "Cool To Be A Fool" - Joe Nichols
• "Desperately" - George Strait
• "Drinkin 'Bone" - Tracy Byrd
• "Good Little Girls" - Blue County
• "Here For the Party" - Gretchen Wilson
• "Hey Good Lookin '" - Jimmy Buffett and friends
• "Honesty (Write Me A List)" - Rodney Atkins
• "Hot Mama" - Trace Adkins
• "I Got A Feelin '" - Billy Currington
• "I Wanna Do It All" - Terri Clark
• "I Want To Live" - Josh Gracin
• "If Nobody Believed In You" - Joe Nichols
• "In My Daughter's Eyes" - Martina McBride
• "Let's Be Us Again" - Lonestar
• "Letters From Home" - John Michael Montgomery
• "Little Moments" - Brad Paisley
• "Loco" - David Lee Murphy
• "Long Black Train" - Josh Turner
• "Me And Emily" - Rachel Proctor
• "Paint Me A Birmingham" - Tracy Lawrence
• "Perfect" - Sara Evans
• "Rough & Ready" - Trace Adkins
• "Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy" - Big & Rich
• "She Thinks She Needs Me" - Andy Griggs
• "Simple Life" - Carolyn Dawn Johnson
• "Spend My Time" - Clint Black
• "Songs About Rain" - Gary Allan
• "Stays in Mexico" - Toby Keith
• "Sweet Southern Comfort" - Buddy Jewell
• "That's What It's All About" - Brooks & Dunn
• "That's What She Gets For Loving Me" - Brooks & Dunn
• "Too Much of a Good Thing" - Alan Jackson
• "Whiskey Lullaby" - Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss
• "The Woman With You" - Kenny Chesney
• "You Can't Take the Honky-Tonk Out of the Girl" - Brooks & Dunn

Albums (selection)

• 50 Number Ones - George Strait (MCA Nashville)
• Be Here - Keith Urban (Capitol)
• Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill - Blake Shelton (Warner Bros.)
• Darryl Worley - Darryl Worley (DreamWorks Nashville)
• Feels Like Today - Rascal Flatts (Lyric Street)
• Greatest Hits - Shania Twain (Mercury)
• The Greatest Hits 1994-2004 - Terri Clark (Mercury)
• Greatest Hits Collection II - Brooks & Dunn (Arista Nashville / BMG)
• Here For the Party - Gretchen Wilson (Epic / Sony)
• Horse of a Different Color - Big & Rich (Warner Bros.)
• Live Like You Were Dying - Tim McGraw (Curb)
• Passing Through - Randy Travis (World Entertainment)
• Sweet Right Here - SHeDaisy (Lyric Street)
• Twice the Speed ​​of Life - Sugarland (Mercury)
• Van Lear Rose - Loretta Lynn (Interscope)
• When the Sun Goes Down - Kenny Chesney (BNA)

Died

• June 10 - Ray Charles , 73, musical all-rounder with important contributions to country music
• September 19 - Skeeter Davis , 72, best known song: "The End of the World."
• September 23 - Roy Drusky , 74, 1960s Grand Ole Opry Star
• December 27th - Hank Garland, 74, country and jazz guitarist

New members of the Country Music Hall of Fame

• Jim Foglesong (* 1922)
• Kris Kristofferson (* 1936)

The most important awards

Grammys

• Best Female Country Vocal Performance - "Keep on the Sunny Side," June Carter Cash .
• Best Male Country Vocal Performance - "Next Big Thing," Vince Gill .
• Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal - "A Simple Life", Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder.
• Best Country Collaboration with Vocals - "How's the World Treating You," Alison Krauss and James Taylor .
• Best Country Instrumental Performance - "Cluck Old Hen", Alison Krauss & Union Station .
• Best Country Song - "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere," Jim "Moose" Brown and Don Rollins .
• Best Country Album - Livin ', Lovin', Losin '- Songs of the Louvin Brothers , Various Artists (Carl Jackson, producer).
• Best Bluegrass Album - Live , Alison Krauss & Union Station .

Country Music Association

• Entertainer of the Year - Kenny Chesney
• Song Of The Year - "Live Like You Were Dying" - Tim McGraw
• Single Of The Year - "Live Like You Were Dying" - Tim McGraw
• Album Of The Year - "When the Sun Goes Down" - Kenny Chesney
• Male Vocalist Of The Year - Keith Urban
• Female Vocalist Of The Year - Martina McBride
• Vocal Duo Of The Year - Brooks & Dunn
• Vocal Group Of The Year - Rascal Flatts
• Musician Of The Year - Then Huff
• Horizon Award - Gretchen Wilson
• Musical Event Of The Year - Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss - "Whiskey Lullaby"
• Music Video Of The Year - "Whiskey Lullaby" - Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss