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1999 in country music

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See also: 1998 in country music, 1999 in music, other events of 1999, 2000 in country music, 1990s in music and the List of years in Country Music

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[edit] Events

  • March 6 – Legendary performer George Jones, in the midst of a comeback this year, is seriously injured when he crashed his Lexus into a bridge. It is later revealed that alcohol was a factor in the accident, and he pleaded guilty to drunk driving charges.
Also during the year, Jones releases the album, Cold Hard Truth (to critical acclaim), and releases his semi-autobiographical single, "Choices."
  • June – Comedian Jeff Foxworthy debuts his syndicated radio countdown show, "The Foxworthy Countdown."
  • September 4 – Lonestar's monster hit, "Amazed," spends its eighth week at No. 1 on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, becoming the first song to do so since Jack Greene's 1966 hit, "There Goes My Everything." In several other trade magazines, including Radio & Records, "Amazed" reigns for nine weeks, which made it the longest-reigning single since 1966's "Almost Persuaded" by David Houston. The song cements Lonestar's status as the top country band for pop-styled ballads, and further fueled the debate as to what is considered "real country." In fact, by year's end, "Amazed" is gaining popularity on CHR and adult contemporary stations (in re-mixed versions, which excised the steel guitar).
As of 2006, only one other song – 2003's "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" by Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett – had matched Lonestar's No. 1-reign feat.

[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 16 Right on the Money Alan Jackson 1
January 23 Wrong Again Martina McBride 1
January 30 Stand Beside Me Jo Dee Messina 3 With this No. 1 hit, Messina became the first female artist to score three multi-week No. 1 songs from the same album (1998's I'm Alright)
February 20 I Don't Want to Miss a Thing Mark Chesnutt 2 Cover of the Aerosmith song.
March 6 No Place That Far Sara Evans
(featuring Vince Gill) 		1
March 13 You Were Mine Dixie Chicks 2
March 27 How Forever Feels Kenny Chesney 6
May 8 Wish You Were Here Mark Wills 1
May 15 Please Remember Me Tim McGraw 5
June 19 Write This Down George Strait 4
July 17 Amazed Lonestar 8 1
September 11 Single White Female Chely Wright 1
September 18 You Had Me From Hello Kenny Chesney 1
September 25 Something Like That Tim McGraw 5
October 30 I Love You Martina McBride 5
December 4 When I Said I Do Clint Black
(featuring Lisa Hartman Black) 		2 2
December 11 He Didn't Have to Be Brad Paisley 1
December 25 Breathe Faith Hill 6 A major crossover hit, "Breathe" peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100; although never a No. 1 song there, it was the Hot 100 chart's No. 1 hit of the year for 2000. Coincidentally, it ranked only No. 13 on the 2000 year-end Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.
  • 1 - No. 1 song of the year, as determined by Billboard magazine
  • 2 - song dropped from No. 1 and later returned to top spot.

[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

[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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