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2000 in country music
Overview of the events of 2000 in country music From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 2000.
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Events
- February 28 -
- March 4 — "Amazed" by Lonestar becomes the first country song to have topped both the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks and the Billboard Hot 100 chart since the Kenny Rogers-Dolly Parton duet, "Islands In The Stream" in October 1983. The country-leaning "Amazed" — which had a brief run in the Hot 100 during the summer of 1999 — had been remixed for Top 40 radio, launching it to its run of pop-radio success.
- March 7 - George Strait and Alan Jackson release "Murder on Music Row". While the song is not officially released as a single, the song stirs up controversy for its lyrics of how country pop is taking over traditional country music.
- March 10 — Vince Gill and Christian singer Amy Grant are married.
- March 13 - Dixie Chicks' "Goodbye Earl" gained significant controversy for citing domestic violence, urging the song to be withdrawn from radio airwaves.[1]
- May 13 - Kenny Rogers makes chart history as "Buy Me a Rose" hits #1 on the Hot Country Songs chart, making it not only his first #1 since his 1987 duet with Ronnie Milsap, "Make No Mistake, She's Mine", but also the oldest singer to have a #1 single until 2003 (Rogers was 61 at the time). The song is also the only #1 for Alison Krauss and Billy Dean, who are credited as guest vocalists.
- October 26 - Garth Brooks announces his retirement from touring during a party to celebrate his certification for sales of 100 million albums, at Nashville's Gaylord Entertainment Center.
- December – RFD-TV, a cable network devoted to rural Americans culture, is launched. In addition to agriculture- and farming-centric shows, a large programming block is devoted to classic country music television shows.
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Top hits of the year
Singles released by American artists
Singles released by Canadian artists
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Top new album releases
Other top albums
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Births
- January 27 — Bailey Zimmerman, up-and-coming singer of the 2020s ("Fall in Love", "Rock and a Hard Place")
- March 5 — Gabby Barrett, rose to fame as third-place contestant in sixteenth season of American Idol, singer-songwriter of the 2020s ("I Hope", "The Good Ones")
- October 6 — Jackson Dean, up-and-coming country singer of the 2020s ("Don't Come Lookin'")
Deaths
- March 7 — Pee Wee King, 86, singer-songwriter (heart attack)
- March 14 — Tommy Collins, 69, singer and songwriter who helped create the Bakersfield Sound
- March 19 — Speck Rhodes, 84, comedian and musician best known for his work on The Porter Wagoner Show.
- April 21 — Neal Matthews, Jr., 70, member of The Jordanaires (heart attack)
- November 5 — Jimmie Davis, 101, the "Singing Governor", two-term governor of Louisiana from 1944 to 1948 and again from 1960 to 1964 (natural causes)
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Hall of Fame inductees
Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductees
- Lance LeRoy
- Doc Watson
Country Music Hall of Fame inductees
- Charley Pride (1934-2020)
- Faron Young (1932–1996)
Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees
- Colleen Peterson
- Leonard Rambeau
Major awards
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Grammy Awards
- Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "Breathe", Faith Hill
- Best Male Country Vocal Performance — "Solitary Man", Johnny Cash
- Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — "Cherokee Maiden", Asleep at the Wheel
- Best Country Collaboration with Vocals — "Let's Make Love", Faith Hill and Tim McGraw
- Best Country Instrumental Performance — "Leaving Cottondale", Alison Brown and Béla Fleck
- Best Country Song — "I Hope You Dance", Mark D. Sanders and Tia Sillers
- Best Country Album — Breathe, Faith Hill
- Best Bluegrass Album — The Grass Is Blue, Dolly Parton
Juno Awards
- Best Country Male Artist — Paul Brandt
- Best Country Female Artist — Terri Clark
- Best Country Group or Duo — The Wilkinsons
Academy of Country Music
- Entertainer of the Year — Dixie Chicks
- Song of the Year — "I Hope You Dance", Mark D. Sanders, Tia Sillers
- Single of the Year — "I Hope You Dance", Lee Ann Womack
- Album of the Year — How Do You Like Me Now?!, Toby Keith
- Top Male Vocalist — Toby Keith
- Top Female Vocalist — Faith Hill
- Top Vocal Duo — Brooks & Dunn
- Top Vocal Group — Dixie Chicks
- Top New Male Vocalist — Keith Urban
- Top New Female Vocalist — Jamie O'Neal
- Top New Vocal Duo or Group — Rascal Flatts
- Video of the Year — "Goodbye Earl", Dixie Chicks (Director: Evan Bernard)
- Vocal Event of the Year — "I Hope You Dance", Lee Ann Womack and Sons Of The Desert
ARIA Awards
(presented in Sydney on October 24, 2000)
Canadian Country Music Association
- Chevy Fans' Choice Award — The Wilkinsons
- Male Artist of the Year — Paul Brandt
- Female Artist of the Year — Michelle Wright
- Group or Duo of the Year — The Wilkinsons
- SOCAN Song of the Year — "Daddy Won't Sell the Farm", Steve Fox, Robin Branda
- Single of the Year — "Jimmy's Got a Girlfriend", The Wilkinsons
- Album of the Year — Here and Now, The Wilkinsons
- Top Selling Album — Fly, Dixie Chicks
- Video of the Year — "That's the Truth", Paul Brandt
- FACTOR Rising Star Award — Tara Lyn Hart
- Vocal/Instrumental Collaboration of the Year — "Get Me Through December", Natalie MacMaster and Alison Krauss
Country Music Association
- Entertainer of the Year — Dixie Chicks
- Song of the Year — "I Hope You Dance", Mark D. Sanders, Tia Sillers
- Single of the Year — "I Hope You Dance," Lee Ann Womack
- Album of the Year — Fly, Dixie Chicks
- Male Vocalist of the Year — Tim McGraw
- Female Vocalist of the Year — Faith Hill
- Vocal Duo of the Year — Montgomery Gentry
- Vocal Group of the Year — Dixie Chicks
- Horizon Award — Brad Paisley
- Music Video of the Year — "Goodbye Earl", Dixie Chicks (Director: Evan Bernard)
- Vocal Event of the Year — "Murder on Music Row", George Strait and Alan Jackson
- Musician of the Year — Hargus "Pig" Robbins
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Further reading
- Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs 1944–2005 – 6th Edition." 2005.
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