2007 in country music

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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 2007.

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[edit] Events

February 11 - It was a big night for country music artists at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, as they swept the awards in four top categories. The Dixie Chicks won three of those awards: Record of the Year and Song of the Year (both for "Not Ready to Make Nice," the latter shared with songwriter Dan Wilson) and Album of the Year (Taking the Long Way). Carrie Underwood took the Best New Artist Award.

Both Underwood and the Dixie Chicks were winners in country-specific categories. The Dixie Chicks won for Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal (for "Not Ready to Make Nice") and Best Country Album ("Taking the Long Way"). Underwood won for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for "Jesus, Take the Wheel"; the song also earned a Best Country Song award for songwriters Brett James, Hillary Lindsey and Gordie Sampson.

Also, country music pioneer Bob Wills - the longtime leader of the Texas Playboys - was a posthumous recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award. Wills was recognized 32 years after his death.

Week of February 12 — Country music stars team with celebrities during a special celebrity week of Wheel of Fortune, which was taped in Charleston, South Carolina. During the game aired February 13, Julie Roberts and contestant partner Peter Buccellato won $124,250 after Buccallato solved the bonus round puzzle for the show's grand prize of $100,000. Roberts donated a matching amount to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital.
February 17 - Hank Williams, Jr. filed for divorce from his fourth wife, Mary Jane, whom he married in 1990.
March 19 – Days after an announcement that Lonestar had parted ways with longtime record label BNA Records, lead singer Richie McDonald announces plans to depart the group at the end of the year, in search of a solo career. [3]
March 19 – Professional dancer and country music star-to-be Julianne Hough makes her debut on Dancing with the Stars, a televised dance promotion. Teamed with Olympic gold medal-winning speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno, Hough will go on to win the championship for Season 4. Hough will return in the fall to win a second title, this time with two-time Indianapolis 500 champion Hélio Castroneves.
April 10 – The house where the music video for Johnny Cash's "Hurt" was shot is destroyed by fire. ^[1]
May 10 - Country music superstar Trisha Yearwood announces she is leaving MCA Records where she had been for 16 years with over 12 million albums sold and 5 number 1 singles. She announced she was signing with Big Machine Records. Yearwood and Big Machine CEO Scott Borchetta met in her intern days at MTM records. Trisha's last top 5 with MCA was "I Would've Loved You Anyway" in 2001.
September 4 – Sammy Kershaw enters the Louisiana lieutenant governor's race, running as a Republican.^[2]
September 15 – Garth Brooks' song, "More Than a Memory" becomes the first song to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Songs chart, since the start of the magazine's all-encompassing country chart in 1958.
September 21 — Rising star Taylor Swift, in partnership with Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen and the Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police, launches a campaign to protect children from online predators and sex crimes. The year-long campaign was aimed at distributing Internet safety information and materials to parents and students across the state.^[3]
October 21 - Country music legend Porter Wagoner's publicist Darlene Bieber confirms that Wagoner had been diagnosed with lung cancer. Wagoner dies seven days later.
October 30 - The Eagles release their studio album Long Road Out of Eden, their first compilation of all-new material in 28 years. The album sells over a million copies in its first two weeks.

[edit] Top hits of the year

[edit] Number one hits

[edit] United States

(As certified by Billboard)

Date	Single Name	Artist	Wks. No.1	CAN peak	Spec. Note
January 6	She's Everything	Brad Paisley	3
January 27	Watching You	Rodney Atkins	4	3	^[1]
February 24	It Just Comes Natural	George Strait	2
March 10	Ladies Love Country Boys	Trace Adkins	2	14	Adkins' first Billboard Number One since "(This Ain't) No Thinkin' Thing" in April 1997.
March 24	Beer in Mexico	Kenny Chesney	3
April 14	Last Dollar (Fly Away)	Tim McGraw	1		Written by Big Kenny of Big & Rich.
April 21	Wasted	Carrie Underwood	3
May 12	Stand	Rascal Flatts	1	3
May 19	Settlin'	Sugarland	1
May 26	Good Directions	Billy Currington	3	5	Co-written by Luke Bryan.
June 16	Moments	Emerson Drive	1	4	^[A] No. 1 song of the year in Canada. With this song, Emerson Drive became the first Canadian-based group to reach the top of the U.S. Billboard country charts, as well as the fifth Canadian-based recording act overall to do so. First Number One for Midas Records Nashville.
June 23	Find out Who Your Friends Are	Tracy Lawrence	1	6	Lawrence's first Billboard Number One since "Time Marches On" in June 1996. Reached #1 in its forty-first chart week, setting a new record for the slowest climb to #1 on the country charts. The song's chart success was greatly aided by stations playing an alternate version featuring Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney.
June 30	Ticks	Brad Paisley	1
July 7	Lucky Man	Montgomery Gentry	2	10
July 21	Lost in This Moment	Big & Rich	2	2	^[A]
August 4	Never Wanted Nothing More	Kenny Chesney	5
September 8	These Are My People	Rodney Atkins	1	11
September 15	More Than a Memory	Garth Brooks	1		Became the first song in the history of the Billboard country charts to debut at #1. Brooks' first Billboard #1 since "To Make You Feel My Love" in August 1998.
September 22	Take Me There	Rascal Flatts	3	3	Co-written by Kenny Chesney.
October 13	Online	Brad Paisley	1
October 20	Love Me If You Can	Toby Keith	1	14	First Billboard Number One for Keith's label, Show Dog Nashville.
October 27	Don't Blink	Kenny Chesney	4		This song debuted at #16 on the chart week of September 8, setting a record for the highest debut on the Billboard country charts. This record was beaten only one week later by "More Than a Memory" (see above), which debuted at #1.
November 24	Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go)	Dierks Bentley	1	2
December 1	So Small	Carrie Underwood	3	3	Debuted at #20, setting a new record for the highest country chart debut ever made by a female artist. Fell from #1 to #10, tying a record for the third-biggest fall from #1 since the inception of Nielsen SoundScan in 1990, and the biggest since Shania Twain's "You Win My Love", which fell to #11 in mid-1996.
December 22	Our Song	Taylor Swift	6		^[A] With this song, Swift became the youngest country artist to reach #1 with a self-written song. Having moved up from #6 to #1, this song also made the biggest jump to Number One since January 1998, when Tim McGraw's "Just to See You Smile" also jumped from #6 to #1.

[edit] Canada

(As certified by Radio & Records)

Date	Single Name	Artist	Wks. No.1	U.S. Peak	Spec. Note
January 12	She's Everything	Brad Paisley	1
January 19	It Just Comes Natural	George Strait	3		^[2] Stayed at No. 1 for 2 weeks in late 2006. Fell to #2 on the week of January 12.
February 9	Stupid Boy	Keith Urban	2	3	Co-written by Sarah Buxton.
February 23	Beer in Mexico	Kenny Chesney	3		^[2] Fell to #2 on the week of March 2 and returned to #1 from March 23 through March 30.
March 2	Last Dollar (Fly Away)	Tim McGraw	4		^[2] Fell to #2 on the week of March 23 and returned to #1 on April 6.
April 13	Wasted	Carrie Underwood	2
April 27	Settlin'	Sugarland	2
May 11	High Maintenance Woman	Toby Keith	1	3	Although Keith wrote this song himself, he gave co-writers' credits to singer/comedian Tim Wilson and Wilson's frequent writing partner, Danny Simpson.
May 18	Ticks	Brad Paisley	5
June 22	Wrapped	George Strait	1	2
June 29	I Told You So	Keith Urban	3	2	^[2] Fell to #4 on the week of July 13.
July 13	Cheaper to Keep Her	Aaron Lines	1	—	^[D]
July 27	Because of You	Reba McEntire with Kelly Clarkson	2	2	^[2] Fell to #2 on the week of August 3 and returned to #1 on August 24. Clarkson's first Top 40 country hit, and a re-recording of her Top Ten pop hit from 2005.
August 3	Never Wanted Nothing More	Kenny Chesney	4		^[2] Fell to #4 on the week of August 24.
September 7	Proud of the House We Built	Brooks & Dunn	1	4
September 14	Online	Brad Paisley	5
October 19	Don't Blink	Kenny Chesney	7
December 7	More Than a Memory	Garth Brooks	1
December 14	Our Song	Taylor Swift	4		^[2] Fell to #2 on the week of January 4, 2008.

Notes

1^ No. 1 song of the year, as determined by Billboard.
2^ Song dropped from No. 1 and later returned to top spot.
A^ First Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist.
D^ Did not chart in the US.

[edit] Other major hits

[edit] Singles released by American artists

US	CAN	Single	Artist	Notes
5	21	All My Friends Say	Luke Bryan
5	4	Alyssa Lies	Jason Michael Carroll
4	29	Amarillo Sky	Jason Aldean	Previously a non-charting single in 2002 for McBride & the Ride.
17	38	Another Side of You	Joe Nichols
5	9	Anyway	Martina McBride	McBride's first Top 10 country hit since "In My Daughter's Eyes" in 2004, this is also the first single of her career that she co-wrote.
11	18	As If	Sara Evans
6	39	A Different World	Bucky Covington
12	34	Don't Make Me	Blake Shelton
9	19	Everyday America	Sugarland
5	19	Fall	Clay Walker	Walker's first Top 5 hit since 2000's "The Chain of Love". Was later covered by pop/R&B artist Kimberley Locke, whose version released as a single to AC radio.
14	32	Famous in a Small Town	Miranda Lambert
12	15	A Feelin' Like That	Gary Allan	Co-written by Ira Dean, then a member of Trick Pony.
2	8	Firecracker	Josh Turner
18	48	Good as Gone	Little Big Town
17	39	Guys Like Me	Eric Church
19	31	Heaven, Heartache, and the Power of Love	Trisha Yearwood
16	20	Hillbilly Deluxe	Brooks & Dunn
3	3	How 'bout Them Cowgirls	George Strait
15	28	How I Feel	Martina McBride
23	18	How Long	Eagles	The first Top 40 country hit for the Eagles since "Lyin' Eyes" in 1975.
18		I Just Came Back from a War	Darryl Worley
8	4	I Need You	Tim McGraw with Faith Hill
14		I Wonder	Kellie Pickler
7	17	I'll Wait for You	Joe Nichols
3	12	If You're Reading This	Tim McGraw	This song first charted due to unsolicited airplay for a live recording of McGraw's performance at the Academy of Country Music awards. It was officially released as a single one month after its chart debut.
6	25	Johnny Cash	Jason Aldean
16	19	Lips of an Angel	Jack Ingram	A cover of rock band Hinder's hit single from 2005.
7	17	Little Bit of Life	Craig Morgan
20		A Little More You	Little Big Town
6	26	Livin' Our Love Song	Jason Michael Carroll
10	10	Long Trip Alone	Dierks Bentley
16	38	Me and God	Josh Turner	This song was recorded as a duet with Ralph Stanley, who was not credited on the charts.
18	32	Measure of a Man	Jack Ingram
19	48	The More I Drink	Blake Shelton
9	6	My, Oh My	The Wreckers
14	25	Nothin' Better to Do	LeAnn Rimes
11	42	One Wing in the Fire	Trent Tomlinson
15	31	Red High Heels	Kellie Pickler
6	28	Startin' with Me	Jake Owen
2	6	Teardrops on My Guitar	Taylor Swift
6	10	Tim McGraw	Taylor Swift
11		Tough	Craig Morgan
20		The Woman in My Life	Phil Vassar
5	11	A Woman's Love	Alan Jackson	Re-recording of a song previously found on Jackson's 1998 album High Mileage.
13	30	You'll Always Be My Baby	Sara Evans

[edit] Singles released by Canadian artists

US	CAN	Single	Artist
	6	Blame It on That Red Dress	Gord Bamford
	20	Built to Last	Damian Marshall
	5	Come On and Get Some	Paul Brandt
	3	Darlin'	Johnny Reid
	3	Didn't Even See the Dust	Paul Brandt
30	13	Dirty Girl	Terri Clark
	7	Done You Wrong	Aaron Pritchett
	5	Driving with the Brakes On	Doc Walker
	15	Fell Right Into You	Jessie Farrell
	19	For the Music	Chris Cummings
	16	Ghost Town	Duane Steele
	21	Gonna Get Me a Cadillac	Willie Mack
	11	Good Time	Deric Ruttan with Dierks Bentley
	20	Got to Leave Louisiana	Jimmy Rankin
	4	I Remember the Music	Shane Yellowbird
	7	I Want You to Live	George Canyon
	6	I'm Not Running Anymore	Jason McCoy
	10	Into You	Carolyn Dawn Johnson
	13	Kicking Stones	Johnny Reid
	9	Let's Talk About Love	Jessie Farrell
	11	Love Sweet Love	Johnny Reid
	16	One Breath from a Heartache	Adam Gregory
	5	Pickup Truck	Shane Yellowbird
	9	Rock in My Boot	Jason Blaine
	12	Somebody's Son	Aaron Lines
	6	Taking Back My Brave	Carolyn Dawn Johnson
	5	Testify	Emerson Drive
	4	Trying to Get Back to You	Doc Walker
	6	Warm Safe Place	Aaron Pritchett
	6	The Weight	Aaron Pritchett
	5	What Do You See	Doc Walker
	20	Your Love Is My Luck	Brad Johner

[edit] Top new album releases

US	Album	Artist	Record Label
1	5th Gear	Brad Paisley	Arista Nashville
4	22 More Hits	George Strait	MCA Nashville
3	American Man: Greatest Hits Volume II	Trace Adkins	Capitol Nashville
1	Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace	Big & Rich	Warner Bros. Nashville
1	Big Dog Daddy	Toby Keith	Show Dog Nashville
1	Bucky Covington	Bucky Covington	Lyric Street
10	The Calling	Mary Chapin Carpenter	Zoë
1	Carnival Ride	Carrie Underwood	Arista Nashville
8	A Classic Christmas	Toby Keith	Show Dog Nashville
4	Cowboy Town	Brooks & Dunn	Arista Nashville
1	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend	Miranda Lambert	Columbia Nashville
3	Everything Is Fine	Josh Turner	MCA Nashville
5	Fall	Clay Walker	Asylum-Curb
2	Family	LeAnn Rimes	Asylum-Curb
6	For the Love	Tracy Lawrence	Rocky Comfort/CO5
1	Greatest Hits	Gary Allan	MCA Nashville
3	Greatest Hits	Sara Evans	RCA Nashville
2	Greatest Hits	Trisha Yearwood	MCA Nashville
4	Greatest Hits: 18 Kids	Keith Urban	Capitol Nashville
10	Heaven, Heartache, and the Power of Love	Trisha Yearwood	Big Machine
3	The Hits	Faith Hill	Warner Bros. Nashville
3	Home At Last	Billy Ray Cyrus	Walt Disney Records
3	A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection	Alison Krauss	Rounder
2	I'll Stay Me	Luke Bryan	Capitol Nashville
2	It's Not Big It's Large	Lyle Lovett	Lost Highway
1	Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates	Kenny Chesney	BNA
7	Last of the Breed	Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard & Ray Price	Lost Highway
1	Let It Go	Tim McGraw	Curb
4	Live at Texas Stadium	Alan Jackson, George Strait & Jimmy Buffett	MCA Nashville
3	Living Hard	Gary Allan	MCA Nashville
1	Long Road Out of Eden	Eagles	ERC/Lost Highway
6	Mission California	Cross Canadian Ragweed	Universal South
5	Morning Constitutions	Larry the Cable Guy	Warner Bros. Nashville
10	My Kind of Country	Van Zant	Columbia Nashville
1	One of the Boys	Gretchen Wilson	Columbia Nashville
10	A Place to Land	Little Big Town	Equity
2	Pure BS	Blake Shelton	Warner Bros. Nashville
2	Raising Sand	Alison Krauss & Robert Plant	Rounder
2	Real Things	Joe Nichols	Universal South
1	Reba: Duets	Reba McEntire	MCA Nashville
1	Relentless	Jason Aldean	Broken Bow
3	Songs of Inspiration II	Alabama	RCA Nashville
1	Still Feels Good	Rascal Flatts	Lyric Street
3	The Storm	Travis Tritt	Category 5
4	This Is It	Jack Ingram	Big Machine
1	Totally Country Vol. 6	Various Artists	Sony BMG
1	The Ultimate Hits	Garth Brooks	Pearl
1	Waitin' in the Country	Jason Michael Carroll	Arista Nashville
2	Waking Up Laughing	Martina McBride	RCA Nashville
10	Washington Square Serenade	Steve Earle	New West

[edit] Other top albums

US	Album	Artist	Record Label
16	15° Off Cool	Bill Engvall	Jack
32	16 Biggest Hits	Dolly Parton	RCA Nashville
22	16 Biggest Hits	Alan Jackson	Arista Nashville
43	After Hours	Raul Malo	Sanctuary
30	Beverley Mitchell	Beverley Mitchell	Daywind
31	Big Love in a Small Town	Sarah Johns	BNA
48	Big Sky	The Isaacs	Gaither
28	Black in the Saddle	Cowboy Troy	RAYBAW
47	A Blue Collar Christmas	Slidawg and the Redneck Ramblers	Madacy
43	The Bluegrass Sessions	Merle Haggard	McCoury
47	Boogity, Boogity - A Tribute to the Comedic Genius of Ray Stevens	Cledus T. Judd	Curb
14	Bring It On	Kevin Fowler	Equity
34	Cash: Ultimate Gospel	Johnny Cash	Columbia Records
12	Christmastime in Larryland	Larry the Cable Guy	Jack/Warner Bros.
42	Cole Deggs & The Lonesome	Cole Deggs & The Lonesome	Columbia Records
50	Country's Got More Heart	Various Artists	Sony BMG
11	Dwight Sings Buck	Dwight Yoakam	New West
36	Easy Money	John Anderson	RAYBAW
49	Flynnville Train	Flynnville Train	Show Dog
14	Halfway to Hazard	Halfway to Hazard	Mercury Nashville
18	Hear Something Country: Christmas	Various Artists	BNA
38	Kenny Rogers	Kenny Rogers	Madacy
15	King of the Mountains	Rodney Carrington	Capitol Nashville
43	Life's a Dance	Various Artists	Word/Curb
45	Live at the Avalon Ballroom 1969	Gram Parsons	Amoeba
37	The Love Songs	Clint Black	Equity Music Group
36	Mary Did You Know	Various Artists	Word/Curb
48	A Redneck Christmas	Slidawg and the Redneck Ramblers	Madacy
37	Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby	Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby	Legacy
41	Right About Now	Ty Herndon	Titan Pyramid
45	Salt of the Earth	Ricky Skaggs & The Whites	Skaggs Family
49	Songbird: Rare Tracks and Forgotten Gems	Emmylou Harris	Rhino
11	Songs 4 Worship: Country	Various Artists	Time Life
26	Songs of the Season	Randy Travis	Word/Curb
14	Sounds of the Season: The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection	Taylor Swift	Big Machine
46	Translated from Love	Kelly Willis	Rykodisc
19	Unglamorous	Lori McKenna	Warner Bros. Nashville
49	Upfront & Down Low	Teddy Thompson	Verve Forecast
29	The Very Best of Tracy Lawrence	Tracy Lawrence	Rhino
21	The Very Best of Travis Tritt	Travis Tritt	Rhino
25	Whiskey Falls	Whiskey Falls	Midas
12	The Wolf	Shooter Jennings	Universal South

[edit] Deaths

January 1 – Del Reeves, 74, best known for his "girl-watching" novelty-type songs (e.g., "Girl on the Billboard"). (emphysema)
January 6 – Sneaky Pete Kleinow, 72, pedal steel guitarist for the Flying Burrito Brothers. (complications from Alzheimer's disease)
January 13 – Doyle Holly, 70, member of Buck Owens' Buckaroos; he also had a string of minor hits in the early- to mid-1970s. (prostate cancer)
February 2 – Terry McMillan, 53, veteran Nashville session harmonica player and percussionist. (natural causes)
March 24 – Henson Cargill, 66, country performer best known for 1968 smash "Skip A Rope." (surgical complications)
April 17 – Glenn Sutton, 69, songwriter and producer best known for the hit "(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden"; a chief architect of the countrypolitan sound of the late 1960s/early 1970s. (heart attack)
July 3 – Boots Randolph, 80, member of Nashville's famed "A-Team" of musicians; he was the saxophonist (subdural hematoma) [4]
September 25 – Patrick Bourque, 29, bass guitarist for Emerson Drive. (suicide)
October 28 – Porter Wagoner, 80, rhinestone-suited country music icon, television program host of the 1960s and 1970s, duet partner of Dolly Parton. (lung cancer)^[4]
November 6 – Hank Thompson, 82, Western-swing styled artist best known for "The Wild Side of Life," 1960's "A Six Pack to Go," and others. (lung cancer)^[5]
November 18 — John Hughey, 73, steel guitarist known for his "crying steel" style of playing (Heart complications)^[6]
November 29 – Jim Nesbitt, 75, best known for the hits "Please Mr. Kennedy," "A Tiger in My Tank" and "Runnin' Bare." (Extended battle with a heart condition)
November 30 – Ralph Ezell, 54, bass guitarist for Shenandoah. (heart attack)
December 16 – Dan Fogelberg, 56, Many pop hits with a few minor country hits, including "Same Old Lang Syne" (Prostate Cancer)

[edit] Hall of Fame inductees

[edit] Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

Ralph Emery (born 1933), disc jockey and television host from the 1960s onward.
Vince Gill (born 1957), singer-songwriter and musician who rose to prominence in the 1980s.
Mel Tillis (born 1932), singer and songwriter who rose to fame in the 1950s.

[edit] Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

[edit] Major awards

[edit] Grammy Awards

(presented February 10, 2008 in Los Angeles)

Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "Before He Cheats", Carrie Underwood
Best Male Country Vocal Performance — "Stupid Boy", Keith Urban
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — "How Long", Eagles
Best Country Collaboration with Vocals — "Lost Highway", Willie Nelson and Ray Price
Best Country Instrumental Performance — "Throttleneck", Brad Paisley
Best Country Song — "Before He Cheats", Josh Kear and Chris Tompkins
Best Country Album — These Days, Vince Gill
Best Bluegrass Album — The Bluegrass Diaries, Jim Lauderdale

[edit] Juno Awards

(presented April 6, 2008 in Calgary)

Country Recording of the Year — Risk, Paul Brandt

[edit] CMT Music Awards

(presented April 16 in Nashville)

Video of the Year — "Before He Cheats," Carrie Underwood
Male Video of the Year — "You Save Me," Kenny Chesney
Female Video of the Year — "Before He Cheats," Carrie Underwood
Group Video of the Year — "What Hurts the Most," Rascal Flatts
Duo Video of the Year — "Want To," Sugarland
Breakthrough Video of the Year — "Tim McGraw," Taylor Swift
Wide Open Country Video of the Year — "Love You," Jack Ingram
Video Director of the Year — "Before He Cheats," Carrie Underwood (Director: Roman White)
Johnny Cash Visionary Award — Kris Kristofferson

[edit] Academy of Country Music

(presented May 18, 2008 in Las Vegas)

Entertainer of the Year — Kenny Chesney
Song of the Year — "Stay", Sugarland
Single of the Year — "Stay", Sugarland
Album of the Year — Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Miranda Lambert
Top Male Vocalist — Brad Paisley
Top Female Vocalist — Carrie Underwood
Top Vocal Duo — Brooks & Dunn
Top Vocal Group — Rascal Flatts
Top New Male Vocalist — Jack Ingram
Top New Female Vocalist — Taylor Swift
Top New Duo or Group — Lady Antebellum
Video of the Year — "Online", Brad Paisley
Vocal Event of the Year — "Find out Who Your Friends Are", Tracy Lawrence, Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney
ACM/Home Depot Humanitarian Award — Rascal Flatts
Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award — Brenda Lee, The Oak Ridge Boys, Conway Twitty, Porter Wagoner
Crystal Milestone Award — Garth Brooks
Poets Award — Bill Anderson and Fred Rose

[edit] Canadian Country Music Association

(presented September 10 in Regina)

Kraft Cheez Whiz Fans' Choice Award — Terri Clark
Male Artist of the Year — Brad Johner
Female Artist of the Year — Carolyn Dawn Johnson
Group or Duo of the Year — Emerson Drive
SOCAN Song of the Year — "Hold My Beer", Mitch Merrett, Aaron Pritchett, and Deric Ruttan
Single of the Year — "Moments", Emerson Drive
Album of the Year — Doc Walker, Doc Walker
Top Selling Album — Taking the Long Way, Dixie Chicks
CMT Video of the Year — "Moments", Emerson Drive
Chevy Trucks Rising Star Award — Shane Yellowbird
Roots Artist or Group of the Year — Corb Lund

[edit] Country Music Association

(presented November 7 in Nashville)

Entertainer of the Year — Kenny Chesney
Song of the Year — "Give It Away", Bill Anderson, Jamey Johnson and Buddy Cannon
Single of the Year — "Before He Cheats", Carrie Underwood
Album of the Year — It Just Comes Natural, George Strait
Male Vocalist of the Year — Brad Paisley
Female Vocalist of the Year — Carrie Underwood
Vocal Duo of the Year — Sugarland
Vocal Group of the Year — Rascal Flatts
Horizon Award — Taylor Swift
Video of the Year — "Online", Brad Paisley (Director: Jason Alexander)
Vocal Event of the Year — "Find Out Who Your Friends Are", Tracy Lawrence with Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney
Musician of the Year — Jerry Douglas

[edit] Further reading

Kingsbury, Paul, "The Grand Ole Opry: History of Country Music. 70 Years of the Songs, the Stars and the Stories," Villard Books, Random House; Opryland USA, 1995
Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947-1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003 (ISBN 0-8118-3572-3)
Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 (ISBN 0-06-273244-7)
Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs 1944-2005 - 6th Edition." 2005.

[edit] References

^ "Fire destroys Johnny Cash home". Retrieved on 2007-04-10.
^ Associated Press, "Country singer Sammy Kershaw enters Louisiana lieutenant governor race," September 5, 2007
^ Taylor Swift Warns Kids About Internet Crime
^ [1] Gerome, John, "Country star Porter Wagoner dies at 80", via Associated Press
^ [2] Curry, Matt, "Hank Thompson dies of lung cancer at 82," via Associated Press
^ "PASSINGS - John Hughey, 73; member of Steel Guitar Hall of Fame toured with Conway Twitty". Los Angeles Times (2007-11-21). Retrieved on 2008-08-18.

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[edit] External links

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