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1998 in country music

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See also: 1997 in country music, 1998 in music, other events of 1998, 1999 in country music, 1990s in music and the List of years in Country Music

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[edit] Events

  • January 10 – "Retro Country USA," a weekly two-hour syndicated radio program spotlighting major country hits of the 1980s (along with some from the 1970s and early 1990s), premieres. The show is hosted by Tampa radio personality Ken Cooper.
  • February 25 – Johnny Cash's album, Unchained, wins a Grammy Award for Best Country Album. The album had been a critical success but was largely ignored by mainstream country radio, a fact Cash and producer Rick Rubin pick up on when they purchase a full-page advertisement in Billboard magazine. The ad, which appeared in March, featured a young Cash displaying his middle finger and sarcastically "thanking" radio for supporting the album.

[edit] Top hits of the year

[edit] Number one hits

(As certified by Billboard magazine)

Date Song Name Artist Wks. No. 1 Spec.
Note
January 10 A Broken Wing Martina McBride 1
January 17 Just To See You Smile Tim McGraw 6 1
February 28 What If I Said Anita Cochran with Steve Wariner 1 The song became Wariner's first No. 1 hit in more than eight years.
March 7 Round About Way George Strait 2
March 21 Nothin' But the Taillights Clint Black 2
April 4 A Perfect Love Trisha Yearwood 2
April 18 Bye-Bye Jo Dee Messina 2
May 2 You're Still the One Shania Twain 1 Reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, the highest peak in 15 years for a song that reached No. 1 on the magazine's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.
May 9 Two Piña Coladas Garth Brooks 1
May 16 This Kiss Faith Hill 3 Became Hill's breakthrough pop hit, and established her as a major crossover artist.
June 6 I Just Want to Dance With You George Strait 3
June 27 If You See Him/If You See Her Reba McEntire with Brooks & Dunn 2
July 11 The Shoes You're Wearing Clint Black 1
July 18 I Can Still Feel You Collin Raye 2
August 1 To Make You Feel My Love Garth Brooks 1 Became the first Bob Dylan-penned song to reach the top position.
August 8 There's Your Trouble Dixie Chicks 2
August 22 I'm Alright Jo Dee Messina 3
September 12 How Long Gone Brooks & Dunn 3
October 3 Where the Green Grass Grows Tim McGraw 4
October 31 Honey, I'm Home Shania Twain 1
November 7 Wide Open Spaces Dixie Chicks 4
December 5 It Must Be Love Ty Herndon 1
December 12 Let Me Let Go Faith Hill 1
December 19 Husbands and Wives Brooks & Dunn 1
December 26 You're Easy on the Eyes Terri Clark 2 With this, her first No. 1, Clark became just the fourth Canadian-based country act to have a No. 1 hit (Hank Snow, Anne Murray and Shania Twain were the others).

[edit] Other major hits

[edit] Top new album releases

[edit] Deaths

[edit] Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

[edit] Major Awards

[edit] Grammy awards

[edit] Academy of Country Music

  • Entertainer Of The Year -- Garth Brooks
  • Song Of The Year -- "Holes in the Floor of Heaven" - Steve Wariner, Billy Kirsch
  • Single Of The Year -- "This Kiss" - Faith Hill
  • Album Of The Year -- Wide Open Spaces - Dixie Chicks
  • Top Male Vocalist -- Tim McGraw
  • Top Female Vocalist -- Faith Hill
  • Top Vocal Duo -- Dixie Chicks
  • Top Vocal Group -- Dixie Chicks
  • Top New Male Vocalist -- Mark Wills
  • Top New Female Vocalist -- Jo Dee Messina
  • Top New Vocal Duo Or Group -- Dixie Chicks
  • Video Of The Year -- "This Kiss" - Faith Hill (Director: Steven Goldmann)
  • Vocal Event Of The Year -- "Just to Hear You Say That You Love Me" - Faith Hill with Tim McGraw


[edit] Country Music Association

[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.

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