Country-Musik 1991

Die Liste bietet eine Übersicht über das Jahr 1991 im Genre Country-Musik.

Ereignisse

• 16. März: Bei einem Flugzeugabsturz in Kalifornien kommen sieben Mitglieder der Band von Reba McEntire sowie ihr Roadmanager ums Leben. McEntire flog von der Band getrennt und widmete ihren verstorbenen Musikern das Album For My Broken Heart.^[1]
• 16. August: Holly Dunns Song Maybe I Mean Yes erntete Kritik, weil die Lyrics auf sogenanntes Date Rape hinweisen könnten. Dunn bat die Radiostationen daher ihren Song aus dem Programm zu nehmen.^[2]
• 30. August: Dottie West wird bei einem Unfall auf dem Weg zur Grand Ole Opry schwer verletzt. Sie erliegt am 4. September ihren Verletzungen.^[3][4]
• 28. September: Garth Brooks’ Album Ropin’ the Wind erreicht gleichzeitig Platz 1 der Billboard 200 und der Billboard Top Country Albums. Es wurde damit nach Mariah Careys Debütalbum Mariah Carey das zweiterfolgreichste Album des Musikjahres in den Vereinigten Staaten.
• 24. November: Die Fernsehsendung Hot Country Nights startet auf NBC.

Top Hits des Jahres

Jahresendcharts

Dies ist die Top 10 der Year-End-Charts, die vom Billboard-Magazin erhoben wurde.^[5]

1. I’ve Come to Expect It from You – George Strait
2. Forever's as Far as I'll Go – Alabama
3. The Thunder Rolls – Garth Brooks
4. In a Different Light – Doug Stone
5. Brother Jukebox – Mark Chesnutt
6. You Know Me Better Than That – George Strait
7. Down Home – Alabama
8. Unanswered Prayers – Garth Brooks
9. If I Know Me – George Strait

Nummer-1-Hits

• 12. Januar – Unanswered Prayers – Garth Brooks
• 26. Januar – Forever's as Far as I'll Go – Alabama
• 2. Februar – Daddy's Come Around – Paul Overstreet
• 9. Februar – Brother Jukebox – Mark Chesnutt
• 23. Februar – Walk on Faith – Mike Reid
• 9. März – I'd Love You All Over Again – Alan Jackson
• 23. März – Loving Blind – Clint Black
• 6. April – Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House – Garth Brooks
• 13. April – Down Home – Alabama
• 4. Mai – Rockin' Years – Dolly Parton und Ricky Van Shelton
• 11. Mai – If I Know Me – George Strait
• 25. Mai – In a Different Light – Doug Stone
• 1. Juni – Meet in the Middle – Diamond Rio
• 15. Juni – If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets) – Joe Diffie
• 22. Juni – The Thunder Rolls – Garth Brooks
• 6. Juli – Don't Rock the Jukebox – Alan Jackson
• 27. Juli – I Am a Simple Man – Ricky Van Shelton
• 3. August – She's In Love With the Boy – Trisha Yearwood
• 17. August – You Know Me Better Than That – George Strait
• 7. September – Brand New Man – Brooks & Dunn
• 21. September – Leap of Faith – Lionel Cartwright
• 28. September – Where Are You Now – Clint Black
• 12. Oktober – Keep it Between the Lines – Ricky Van Shelton
• 26. Oktober – Anymore – Travis Tritt
• 9. November – Someday – Alan Jackson
• 16. November – Shameless – Garth Brooks
• 30. November – Forever Together – Randy Travis
• 7. Dezember – For My Broken Heart – Reba McEntire
• 21. Dezember – My Next Broken Heart – Brooks & Dunn

Weitere Hits

Die Auswahl beschränkt sich auf Songs, die in den Country-Billboard-Charts in die Top 20 gekommen sind.^[6]

US	Single	Artist
3	Are You Lovin' Me Like I'm Lovin' You	Ronnie Milsap
14	As Simple as That	Mike Reid
5	Ball and Chain	Paul Overstreet
14	Bing Bang Boom	Highway 101
5	Blame It on Texas	Mark Chesnutt
2	Brotherly Love	Keith Whitley & Earl Thomas Conley
15	Can I Count On You	McBride & the Ride
3	The Chill of an Early Fall	George Strait
3	Come On Back	Carlene Carter
5	Don't Tell Me What to Do	Pam Tillis
2	Down at the Twist and Shout	Mary Chapin Carpenter
2	Down to My Last Teardrop	Tanya Tucker
3	Drift Off to Dream	Travis Tritt
16	Even Now	Exile
2	Fallin' Out of Love	Reba McEntire
8	Fancy	Reba McEntire
15	Feed Jake	Pirates of the Mississippi
9	A Few Good Things Remain	Kathy Mattea
13	For Crying Out Loud	Davis Daniel
19	Heart of Full Love	Holly Dunn
2	Here We Are	Alabama
2	Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)	Travis Tritt
4	Heroes	Paul Overstreet
3	Heroes and Friends	Randy Travis
12	Hopelessly Yours	Lee Greenwood & Suzy Bogguss
3	Hurt Me Bad (In a Real Good Way)	Patty Loveless
3	I Couldn't See You Leavin‘	Conway Twitty
7	I Got You	Shenandoah
4	I Thought It Was You	Doug Stone
5	I'm That Kind of Girl	Patty Loveless
2	If You Want Me To	Joe Diffie
10	Is It Raining at Your House	Vern Gosdin
6	It Won't Be Me	Tanya Tucker
18	Let Her Go	Mark Collie
4	Life's Little Ups and Downs	Ricky Van Shelton
4	Like We Never Had a Broken Heart	Trisha Yearwood
8	Little Things	Marty Stuart
7	Liza Jane	Vince Gill
16	Long Lost Friend	Restless Heart
7	Lord Have Mercy on a Country Boy	Don Williams
5	Love Can Build a Bridge	The Judds
12	Love Will Bring Her Around	Rob Crosby
6	Lucky Moon	The Oak Ridge Boys
8	Men	The Forester Sisters
3	Mirror, Mirror	Diamond Rio
9	The Moon Over Georgia	Shenandoah
2	New Way (To Light Up an Old Flame)	Joe Diffie
15	Nothing's Changed Here	Dwight Yoakam
17	Now That We're Alone	Rodney Crowell
12	Oh What It Did to Me	Tanya Tucker
6	One Hundred and Two	The Judds
7	One More Payment	Clint Black
6	One of Those Things	Pam Tillis
3	Only Here for a Little While	Billy Dean
9	A Picture of Me (Without You)	Lorrie Morgan
7	Pocket Full of Gold	Vince Gill
3	Point of Light	Randy Travis
11	Put Yourself in My Place	Pam Tillis
15	Right Now	Mary Chapin Carpenter
3	Rodeo	Garth Brooks
3	Rumor Has It	Reba McEntire
8	Shadow of a Doubt	Earl Thomas Conley
15	She's a Natural	Rob Crosby
15	Silver and Gold	Dolly Parton
6	Since I Don't Have You	Ronnie Milsap
2	Small Town Saturday Night	Hal Ketchum
8	Some Guys Have All the Love	Little Texas
12	Someday Soon	Suzy Bogguss
3	Somewhere in My Broken Heart	Billy Dean
20	Still Burnin' for You	Rob Crosby
5	Tempted	Marty Stuart
4	Then Again	Alabama
17	There for Awhile	Steve Wariner
5	These Lips Don't Know How to Say Goodbye	Doug Stone
12	Till I Found You	Marty Stuart
17	Till You Were Gone	Mike Reid
7	Time Passes By	Kathy Mattea
18	Treat Me Like a Stranger	Baillie & the Boys
4	True Love	Don Williams
11	Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose	Dwight Yoakam
2	The Walk	Sawyer Brown
3	We Both Walk	Lorrie Morgan
14	We've Got It Made	Lee Greenwood
10	What a Way to Go	Ray Kennedy
18	Whole Lotta Holes	Kathy Mattea
4	You Don't Count the Cost	Billy Dean
16	You Win Again	Mary Chapin Carpenter
5	You're the One	Dwight Yoakam
6	You've Got to Stand for Something	Aaron Tippin
3	Your Love Is a Miracle	Mark Chesnutt

Deutschsprachige Singleveröffentlichungen

• Country Christmas – Jonny Hill
• Oh Winnetou, Oh Winnetou – Truck Stop
• Winterzeit – Country Rose^[7]

Alben

Jahres-End-Charts

Dies ist die Top 10 der Year-End-Charts, die vom Billboard-Magazin erhoben wurde.^[8]

1. No Fences – Garth Brooks
2. Garth Brooks – Garth Brooks
3. Put Yourself in My Shoes – Clint Black
4. Rumor Has It: 30th Anniversary Edition – Reba McEntire
5. Here in the Real World – Alan Jackson
6. Killin’ Time – Clint Black
8. Love Can Build a Bridge – The Judds
9. When I CallYour Name – Vince Gill
10. Country Club – Travis Tritt

Nummer-1-Alben

→ Hauptartikel: Liste der Nummer-eins-Country-Alben in den USA (1991)

• 29. Dezember 1990 – Put Yourself in My Shoes – Clint Black
• 9. Februar – No Fences – Garth Brooks
• 18. Mai – Eagle When She Flies – Dolly Parton
• 25. Mai – No Fences – Garth Brooks
• 28. September – Ropin’the Wind – Garth Brooks

Weitere Alben

Die Auswahl beschränkt sich auf Alben, die in den Country-Billboard-Charts in die Top 20 gekommen sind.

US	Album	Artist	Record Label
15	Aces	Suzy Bogguss	Liberty
7	All I Can Be	Collin Raye	Epic
3	Backroads	Ricky Van Shelton	Columbia
3	Brand New Man	Brooks & Dunn	Arista Nashville
4	Chill of an Early Fall	George Strait	MCA Nashville
13	Diamond Rio	Diamond Rio	Arista Nashville
17	Don't Go Near the Water	Sammy Kershaw	Mercury/PolyGram
2	Don't Rock the Jukebox	Alan Jackson	Arista Nashville
3	Electric Barnyard	The Kentucky Headhunters	Mercury/PolyGram
3	For My Broken Heart	Reba McEntire	MCA Nashville
10	Greatest Hits Vol. II	Alabama	RCA Nashville
7	Greatest Hits Volume Two	The Judds	RCA/Curb
17	Heroes	Paul Overstreet	RCA Nashville
3	High Lonesome	Randy Travis	Warner Bros.
12	I Thought It Was You	Doug Stone	Epic
2	It's All About to Change	Travis Tritt	Warner Bros.
25	Milestones: Greatest Hits	Holly Dunn	Warner Bros.
6	Past the Point of Rescue	Hal Ketchum	Curb
5	Pocket Full of Gold	Vince Gill	MCA Nashville
8	Pure Hank	Hank Williams, Jr.	Curb/Warner Bros.
10	Put Yourself in My Place	Pam Tillis	Arista Nashville
8	Something in Red	Lorrie Morgan	RCA Nashville
10	Sticks and Stones	Tracy Lawrence	Atlantic
16	Talkin' 'Bout Men	The Forester Sisters	Warner Bros.
20	Tempted	Marty Stuart	MCA Nashville
7	Ten Strait Hits	George Strait	MCA Nashville
9	Time Passes By	Kathy Mattea	Mercury/PolyGram
17	Tribute	Roy Rogers	RCA Nashville
2	Trisha Yearwood	Trisha Yearwood	MCA Nashville
6	What Do I Do with Me	Tanya Tucker	Capitol Nashville

Deutschsprachige Albumveröffentlichungen

• Alles Bingo – Truck Stop
• Aus'm Leben – Tennessee^[9]
• Endloser Sommer – Western Union
• Die Goldene 1 Country-Hits Made In Germany – Various Artists
• Guten Morgen Deutschland – Tom Astor (Kompilation)
• Ich bin für die Liebe – Jonny Hill
• Die Ranchers – Die Ranchers^[10]
• Sammy's Saloon – Sammy's Saloon^[11]
• Voll aus dem Leben – Tom Astor
• Weihnachten im Wilden Westen – Truck Stop
• Wieder mal auf Tournee – Jonny Hill (Kompilation)

Geboren

• 9. September: Hunter Hayes
• 21. September: Ingrid Andress
• 27. Dezember: Shay Mooney

Gestorben

• 24. Februar: Webb Pierce (69)
• 16. März: Reba McEntires Band: Chris Austin (27), Paula Evans, Terry Jackson, Kirk Cappelo, Michael Thomas, Anthony Saputo und Joey Cigianero sowie ihr Tourmanager Jim Hammon^[12]
• 4. September – Dottie West (58)
• 17. Oktober – Tennessee Ernie Ford (72)

Neue Mitglieder der Hall of Fames

International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame

• Flatt and Scruggs
  • Lester Flatt
  • Earl Scruggs
• Bill Monroe

Country Music Hall of Fame

• Boudleaux & Felice Bryant
  • Boudleaux Bryant
  • Felice Scaduto Bryant

Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame

• Rhythm Pals
• A. Hugh Joseph

Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame

• Charlie Black
• Sonny Curtis

Die bedeutendsten Auszeichnungen

Grammy Awards

• Best Female Country Vocal Performance – Kathy Mattea – Where've You Been
• Best Male Country Vocal Performance – Vince Gill – When I Call Your Name
• Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group – Kentucky Headhunters – Pickin' On Nashville
• Best Country Collaboration With Vocals – Chet Atkins & Mark Knopfler – Poor Boy Blues
• Best Country Instrumental Performance – Chet Atkins & Mark Knopfler – So Soft, Your Goodbye
• Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Recording – Alison Krauss – I've Got That Old Feeling
• Best Country Song – Don Henry & Jon Vesner – Where've You Been, Kathy Mattea^[13]

Juno Awards

• Country Male Vocalist of the Year – George Fox
• Country Female Vocalist of the Year – Cassandra Vasik
• Country Group or Duo of the Year – Prairie Oyster

Academy of Country Music Awards

• Entertainer Of The Year – Garth Brooks
• Song Of The Year – The Dance – Garth Brooks – Tony Arata
• Single Of The Year – Friends In Low Places – Garth Brooks
• Album Of The Year – No Fences – Garth Brooks
• Top Male Vocalist – Garth Brooks
• Top Female Vocalist – Reba McEntire
• Top Vocal Duo – The Judds
• Top Vocal Group – Shenandoah
• Top New Male Vocalist – Alan Jackson
• Top New Female Vocalist – Shelby Lynne
• Top New Vocal Duo Or Group – Pirates of the Mississippi
• Video Of The Year – The Dance – Garth Brooks

Country Music Association Awards

• Entertainer of the Year – Garth Brooks
• Song Of The Year – When I Call Your Name – Vince Gill / Tim DuBois
• Single Of The Year – Friends In Low Places – Garth Brooks
• Album Of The Year – No Fences – Garth Brooks
• Male Vocalist Of The Year – Vince Gill
• Female Vocalist Of The Year – Tanya Tucker
• Vocal Duo Of The Year – The Judds
• Vocal Group Of The Year – Kentucky HeadHunters
• Musician Of The Year – Mark O’Connor
• Horizon Award – Travis Tritt
• Vocal Event Of The Year – Mark O’Connor & The New Nashville Cats
• Music Video Of The Year – The Thunder Rolls – Garth Brooks

American Music Awards

• Favorite Country Male Artist – George Strait
• Favorite Country Female Artist – Reba McEntire
• Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group – Alabama
• Favorite Country Album – Reba Live – Reba McEntire
• Favorite Country Song – If Tomorrow Never Comes – Garth Brooks
• Favorite Country New Artist – Kentucky Headhunters

ARIA Awards

• Best Country Album – Hand It Down (James Blundell)

Billboard Music Awards

• Top Country Artist – Garth Brooks
• Top Country Album – No Fences – Garth Brooks