Country-Musik 1995

Ereignisse

31. Dezember: Der Pay-TV-Sender Great American Country wird von Jones Radio Network gestartet. Dabei handelt es sich um die erste ernsthafte Konkurrenz zu CMT.^[1]

Top Hits des Jahres

Jahres-End-Charts

Dies ist die Top 10 der Year-End-Charts, die vom Billboard-Magazin erhoben wurde.^[2]

That’s As Close as I’ll Get to Loving You – Aaron Tippin
Tall Tall Trees – Alan Jackson
The Car – Jeff Carson
Can't Be Really Gone – Tim McGraw
Rebecca Lynn – Bryan White
Life Gets Away – Clint Black
Check Yes or No – George Strait
Deep Down – Pam Tillis
It Matters to Me – Faith Hill
In Pictures – Alabama

Nummer-1-Hits

14. Januar – Not a Moment Too Soon – Tim McGraw
28. Januar – Gone Country – Alan Jackson
4. Februar – Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life) – Pam Tillis
18. Februar – My Kind of Girl – Collin Raye
25. Februar – Old Enough to Know Better – Wade Hayes
11. März – You Can't Make a Heart Love Somebody – George Strait
18. März – This Woman and This Man – Clay Walker
1. April – Thinkin' About You – Trisha Yearwood
15. April – The Heart is a Lonely Hunter – Reba McEntire
22. April – I Can Love You Like That – John Michael Montgomery
29. April – Little Miss Honky Tonk – Brooks & Dunn
6. Mai – I Can Love You Like That – John Michael Montgomery'
20. Mai – Gonna Get a Life – Mark Chesnutt
27. Mai – What Mattered Most – Ty Herndon
3. Juni – Summer's Comin‘ – Clint Black
24. Juni – Texas Tornado – Tracy Lawrence
1. Juli – Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident) – John Michael Montgomery
22. Juli – Any Man of Mine – Shania Twain
5. August – I Don't Even Know Your Name – Alan Jackson
12. August – I Didn't Know My Own Strength – Lorrie Morgan
19. August – You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone – Brooks & Dunn
2. September – Not on Your Love – Jeff Carson
9. September – Someone Else's Star – Bryan White
16. September – I Like It, I Love It – Tim McGraw
21. Oktober – She's Every Woman – Garth Brooks
28. Oktober – Dust on the Bottle – David Lee Murphy
11. November – Check Yes or No – George Strait
9. Dezember – Tall, Tall Trees – Alan Jackson
23. Dezember – That's as Close as I'll Get to Loving You – Aaron Tippin

Weitere Hits

Die Auswahl beschränkt sich auf Songs, die in den Country-Billboard-Charts in die Top 20 gekommen sind.^[3]

US	Single	Interpret
3	Adalida	George Strait
8	All I Need to Know	Kenny Chesney
4	Amy's Back in Austin	Little Texas
2	And Still	Reba McEntire
2	As Any Fool Can See	Tracy Lawrence
4	Back in Your Arms Again	Lorrie Morgan
3	Bend It Until It Breaks	John Anderson
11	Between an Old Memory and Me	Travis Tritt
15	Big Ol' Truck	Toby Keith
6	Bobbie Ann Mason	Rick Trevino
7	The Box	Randy Travis
16	Bubba Hyde	Diamond Rio
2	Can't Be Really Gone	Tim McGraw
3	The Car	Jeff Carson
20	Clown in Your Rodeo	Kathy Mattea
4	Darned If I Don't (Danged If I Do)	Shenandoah
5	Doctor Time	Rick Trevino
10	Don't Stop	Wade Hayes
10	Down in Flames	BlackHawk
13	Faith in Me, Faith in You	Doug Stone
6	Fall in Love	Kenny Chesney
19	Finish What We Started	Diamond Rio
5	The First Step	Tracy Byrd
3	For a Change	Neal McCoy
3	Give Me One More Shot	Alabama
14	Go Rest High on That Mountain	Vince Gill
2	Goin' Through the Big D	Mark Chesnutt
6	Halfway Down	Patty Loveless
13	Hard Lovin' Woman	Mark Collie
4	Here I Am	Patty Loveless
4	I Don't Believe in Goodbye	Sawyer Brown
15	I Got It Honest	Aaron Tippin
2	I Let Her Lie	Daryle Singletary
4	I Think About It All the Time	John Berry
9	I Wanna Go Too Far	Trisha Yearwood
7	I Want My Goodbye Back	Ty Herndon
16	I Was Blown Away	Pam Tillis
15	I Will Always Love You	Dolly Parton & Vince Gill
7	I'll Never Forgive My Heart	Brooks & Dunn
2	I'm Not Strong Enough to Say No	BlackHawk
5	I'm Still Dancin' with You	Wade Hayes
16	If I Was a Drinkin' Man	Neal McCoy
4	If I Were You	Collin Raye
2	If the World Had a Front Porch	Tracy Lawrence
18	If You're Gonna Walk, I'm Gonna Crawl	Sammy Kershaw
3	In Between Dances	Pam Tillis
4	In Pictures	Alabama
2	The Keeper of the Stars	Tracy Byrd
7	Lead On	George Strait
5	Let's Go to Vegas	Faith Hill
4	Life Gets Away	Clint Black
5	Life Goes On	Little Texas
9	Lipstick Promises	George Ducas
2	A Little Bit of You	Lee Roy Parnell
7	Little Houses	Doug Stone
11	Look What Followed Me Home	David Ball
9	Love Lessons	Tracy Byrd
15	Mississippi Moon	John Anderson
16	My Heart Will Never Know	Clay Walker
9	Night Is Fallin' in My Heart	Diamond Rio
3	No Man's Land	John Michael Montgomery
20	Nothing	Dwight Yoakam
20	On My Own	Reba McEntire
2	One Boy, One Girl	Collin Raye
2	One Emotion	Clint Black
6	Party Crowd	David Lee Murphy
5	Refried Dreams	Tim McGraw
4	Safe in the Arms of Love	Martina McBride
2	She Ain't Your Ordinary Girl	Alabama
3	Should've Asked Her Faster	Ty England
2	So Help Me Girl	Joe Diffie
7	Sometimes She Forgets	Travis Tritt
7	Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart	Shenandoah & Alison Krauss
6	Song for the Life	Alan Jackson
2	Standing on the Edge of Goodbye	John Berry
8	Stay Forever	Hal Ketchum
2	Tell Me I Was Dreaming	Travis Tritt
6	Tender When I Want to Be	Mary Chapin Carpenter
8	Tequila Talkin‘	Lonestar
3	That Ain't My Truck	Rhett Akins
10	That's How You Know (When You're in Love)	Lari White
7	That's Just About Right	BlackHawk
3	They're Playin' Our Song	Neal McCoy
5	This Is Me	Randy Travis
6	This Is Me Missing You	James House
11	(This Thing Called) Wantin' and Havin' It All	Sawyer Brown
2	This Time	Sawyer Brown
2	Till You Love Me	Reba McEntire
18	Trouble	Mark Chesnutt
10	Upstairs Downtown	Toby Keith
15	Walking to Jerusalem	Tracy Byrd
16	What'll You Do About Me	Doug Supernaw
3	When You Say Nothing at All	Alison Krauss & Union Station
3	Wherever You Go	Clint Black
4	Which Bridge to Cross (Which Bridge to Burn)	Vince Gill
5	Whiskey Under the Bridge	Brooks & Dunn
2	Who Needs You Baby	Clay Walker
2	You Ain't Much Fun	Toby Keith
4	You and Only You	John Berry
2	You Better Think Twice	Vince Gill
5	You Don't Even Know Who I Am	Patty Loveless
4	You Have the Right to Remain Silent	Perfect Stranger

Alben

Jahres-End-Charts

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

Fresh Horses – Garth Brooks
The Greatest Hits Collection – Alan Jackson
The Woman in Me – Shania Twain
Souvenirs – Vince Gill
Starting Over – Reba McEntire
All I Want – Tim McGraw
The Hits – Garth Brooks
Games Rednecks Play – Jeff Foxworthy
Strait Out of the Box – George Strait
It Matters to Me – Faith Hill

Nummer-1-Alben

7. Januar – The Hits – Garth Brooks
15. April – John Michael Montgomery – John Michael Montgomery
15. Juli – The Hits – Garth Brooks
22. Juli – The Woman in Me – Shania Twain
7. Oktober – All I Want – Tim McGraw
21. Oktober – Starting Over – Reba McEntire
4. November – All I Want – Tim McGraw
11. November – The Greatest Hits Collection – Alan Jackson
9. Dezember – Fresh Horses – 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
25	All of This Love	Pam Tillis	Arista Nashville
13	Come Together: America Salutes The Beatles	Various Artists	Liberty
8	Dwight Live	Dwight Yoakam	Reprise
5	Gone	Dwight Yoakam	Reprise
17	Greatest Hits	Little Texas	Warner Bros.
5	Greatest Hits	Lorrie Morgan	BNA
5	Greatest Hits 1990–1995	Sawyer Brown	Curb
3	Greatest Hits: From the Beginning	Travis Tritt	Warner Bros.
1	The Greatest Hits Collection	Alan Jackson	Arista Nashville
12	Have Yourself a Tractors Christmas	The Tractors	Arista Nashville
19	The Hits Chapter 1	Sammy Kershaw	Mercury/PolyGram
14	Hog Wild	Hank Williams, Jr.	Curb/Warner Bros.
10	Hypnotize the Moon	Clay Walker	Giant
5	I Think About You	Collin Raye	Epic
12	In Pictures	Alabama	RCA Nashville
13	Life Is Good	Emilio Navaira	Capitol Nashville
11	Lonestar	Lonestar	BNA
17	Looking for the Light	Rick Trevino	Columbia
6	Love Lessons	Tracy Byrd	MCA Nashville
9	Music for All Occasions	The Mavericks	MCA Nashville
13	NASCAR: Runnin' Wide Open	Various Artists	Columbia
2	Now That I've Found You: A Collection	Alison Krauss	Rounder
19	Old Enough to Know Better	Wade Hayes	Columbia
12	One	George Jones & Tammy Wynette	MCA Nashville
10	Out with a Bang	David Lee Murphy	MCA Nashville
19	The Redneck Test Volume 43	Jeff Foxworthy	Laughing Hyena
42	The Road Goes on Forever	The Highwaymen	Columbia
10	Something Special	Dolly Parton	Columbia
12	Standing on the Edge	John Berry	Patriot/Liberty
4	Strong Enough	BlackHawk	Arista Nashville
13	Terri Clark	Terri Clark	Mercury/PolyGram
3	Thinkin' About You	Trisha Yearwood	MCA Nashville
10	This Thing Called Wantin' and Havin' It All	Sawyer Brown	Curb
12	Tool Box	Aaron Tippin	RCA Nashville
13	Ty England	Ty England	RCA Nashville
9	What Mattered Most	Ty Herndon	Epic
17	Wild Angels	Martina McBride	RCA Nashville
10	You Gotta Love That	Neal McCoy	Atlantic
7	You Have the Right to Remain Silent	Perfect Stranger	Curb

Geboren

27. Juni: Colter Wall
7. Juli: Taylor Kerr, Mitglied von Maddie & Tae^[4]
18. September: Maddie Font, Mitglied von Maddie & Tae^[4]

Gestorben

15. Januar: John Victor Willis. 67, Mitglied der Willis Brothers
25. Mai: Dick Curless. 63, Country-Sänger (A Tombstone Every Mile)
25. Juli: Charlie Rich, 62, Grammy-Award-Preisträger
20. November: Curly Fox. 85, Teil des Comedy-Duos Curly Fox and Texas Ruby^[5]

Neue Mitglieder der Hall of Fames

International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame

Jimmy Martin (1927–2005)

Bedeutende Auszeichnungen

Grammys

Best Female Country Vocal Performance – Mary Chapin Carpenter – Shut Up And Kiss Me
Best Male Country Vocal Performance – Vince Gill – When Love Finds You
Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group – Asleep At The Wheel – Blues For Dixie
Best Country Collaboration With Vocals – Aaron Neville & Trisha Yearwood – I Fall To Pieces
Best Country Instrumental Performance – Chet Atkins – Young Thing
Best Country Song – Frank J. Myers & Gary Baker – I Swear
Best Country Album – Mary Chapin Carpenter – Stones In The Road
Best Bluegrass Album – Jerry Douglas – The Great Dobro Sessions^[6]

Academy of Country Music Awards

Entertainer Of The Year – Reba McEntire
Song Of The Year – I Swear – John Michael Montgomery – Gary Baker, Frank Myers
Single Of The Year – I Swear – John Michael Montgomery
Album Of The Year – Not A Moment Too Soon – Tim McGraw
Top Male Vocalist – Alan Jackson
Top Female Vocalist – Reba McEntire
Top Vocal Duo – Brooks & Dunn
Top Vocal Group – The Mavericks
Top New Male Vocalist – Tim McGraw
Top New Female Vocalist – Chely Wright
Top New Vocal Duo Or Group – The Mavericks
Video Of The Year – The Red Strokes – Garth Brooks

ARIA Awards

Best Country Album – Beyond the Dancing – Troy Cassar-Daley

Canadian Country Music Association

Bud Country Fans' Choice Award – Michelle Wright
Male Artist of the Year – Charlie Major
Female Artist of the Year – Shania Twain
Group or Duo of the Year – Prairie Oyster
SOCAN Song of the Year – Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?, Shania Twain
Single of the Year – Any Man of Mine, Shania Twain
Album of the Year – The Woman in Me, Shania Twain
Top Selling Album – The Hits, Garth Brooks
Video of the Year – Any Man of Mine, Shania Twain
Vista Rising Star Award – Farmer's Daughter
Vocal Collaboration of the Year – Jim Witter and Cassandra Vasik

Country Music Association Awards

Entertainer of the Year – Alan Jackson
Song Of The Year – Independence Day – Gretchen Peters
Single Of The Year – When You Say Nothing At All – Alison Krauss & Union Station
Album Of The Year – When Fallen Angels Fly – Patty Loveless
Male Vocalist Of The Year – Vince Gill
Female Vocalist Of The Year – Alison Krauss
Vocal Duo Of The Year – Brooks & Dunn
Vocal Group Of The Year – The Mavericks
Musician Of The Year – Mark O’Connor
Horizon Award – Alison Krauss
Vocal Event Of The Year – Shenandoah mit Alison Krauss – Somewhere In The Vicinity Of The Heart
Music Video Of The Year – Baby Likes To Rock It – The Tractors

Juno Awards

Country Male Vocalist of the Year – Charlie Major
Country Female Vocalist of the Year – Shania Twain
Country Group or Duo of the Year – Prairie Oyster

Billboard Music Awards

Top Country Artist – John Michael Montgomery
Top Country Album – The Hits – Garth Brooks

RPM Big Country Awards

Canadian Country Artist of the Year – Charlie Major
Best Country Album – Only One Moon, Prairie Oyster
Best Country Single – Such a Lonely One, Prairie Oyster
Male Artist of the Year – Charlie Major
Female Artist of the Year – Michelle Wright
Group of the Year – Prairie Oyster
Outstanding New Artist – Shania Twain
Top Country Composer(s) – Jim Witter and Johnny Douglas

American Music Awards

Favorite Country Male Artist – Garth Brooks
Favorite Country Female Artist – Reba McEntire
Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group – Alabama
Favorite Country Album – Read My Mind – Reba McEntire
Favorite Country Song – Whenever You Come Around – Vince Gill
Favorite Country New Artist – Tim McGraw

Einzelnachweise

↑ DISH Network Satellite Television Adds Great American Country Network to Channel Line-Up | Dish. Abgerufen am 28. November 2020 (englisch).
↑ Nielsen Business Media Inc: Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc., 23. Dezember 1995, S. 49 (google.de [abgerufen am 28. November 2020]).
↑ Hot Country Songs Chart. In: Billboard.com. Abgerufen am 29. November 2020.
↑ ^a ^b Monica Piccinni: Country Music Trivia: 7 Fast and Fun Maddie & Tae Facts. In: Countryfancast. Abgerufen am 28. November 2020 (englisch).
↑ Obituary: Curly Fox. 2. Januar 1996, abgerufen am 28. November 2020 (englisch).
↑ 37st Grammy Awards - 1995. In: Rock On The Net. Abgerufen am 20. Juni 2022 (englisch).

[1] DISH Network Satellite Television Adds Great American Country Network to Channel Line-Up | Dish. Abgerufen am 28. November 2020 (englisch).

[2] Nielsen Business Media Inc: Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc., 23. Dezember 1995, S. 49 (google.de [abgerufen am 28. November 2020]).

[3] Hot Country Songs Chart. In: Billboard.com. Abgerufen am 29. November 2020.

[:0-4] Monica Piccinni: Country Music Trivia: 7 Fast and Fun Maddie & Tae Facts. In: Countryfancast. Abgerufen am 28. November 2020 (englisch).

[5] Obituary: Curly Fox. 2. Januar 1996, abgerufen am 28. November 2020 (englisch).

[6] 37st Grammy Awards - 1995. In: Rock On The Net. Abgerufen am 20. Juni 2022 (englisch).

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