2001 in country music

See also: 2000 in country music, 2001 in music, other events of 2001, 2002 in country music and the List of years in Country Music

Contents 1 Events 2 Top hits of the year 2.1 Number one hits 2.2 Other major hits 3 Top new album releases 3.1 Other top albums 4 Births 5 Deaths 6 Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees 7 Major Awards 7.1 Grammy awards 7.2 Academy of Country Music 7.3 Country Music Association 8 Further reading 9 Other links 10 External links

Events

Top hits of the year

Number one hits

(As certified by Billboard magazine)

Date	Song Name	Artist	Wks. No. 1	Spec. Note
January 20	Born to Fly	Sara Evans	1
January 27	Without You	Dixie Chicks	1
February 3	Tell Her	Lonestar	2
February 17	There Is No Arizona	Jamie O'Neal	1	A
February 24	But for the Grace of God	keith urban	1	A This marked the first time two back-to-back No. 1 songs had been performed by Australian artists. Co-written by Charlotte Caffey and Jane Wiedlin of the rock band The Go-Go's.
March 3	You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This	Toby Keith	3	2 Song fell to #2 on March 10 and returned to #1 on March 17, also holding the #1 spot on March 24.
March 10	One More Day	Diamond Rio	2	2 Gained popularity after death of NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt. Song fell to #2 on March 17, stayed at #2 on March 24, and returned to #1 on March 31.
April 7	Who I Am	Jessica Andrews	3	C
April 28	Ain't Nothing 'bout You	Brooks & Dunn	6	1
June 9	Don't Happen Twice	Kenny Chesney	1
June 16	Grown Men Don't Cry	Tim McGraw	1
June 23	I'm Already There	Lonestar	6
August 4	When I Think About Angels	Jamie O'Neal	1	B
August 11	Austin	Blake Shelton	5	A
September 15	I'm Just Talkin' About Tonight	Toby Keith	1
September 22	What I Really Meant to Say	Cyndi Thomson	3	C
October 13	Where I Come From	Alan Jackson	3	2 Fell to #2 on October 27 and reclaimed #1 spot on November 3.
October 27	Only in America	Brooks & Dunn	1
November 10	Angry All the Time	Tim McGraw	2
November 24	I Wanna Talk About Me	Toby Keith	5
December 29	Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)	Alan Jackson	5	Written and recorded in response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Reached #1 in its sixth chart week.

• ¹ - No. 1 song of the year, as determined by Billboard magazine.
• ² - Song dropped from No. 1 and later returned to top spot.
• ^A - First Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist.
• ^B - Last Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist to date.
• ^C - Only Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist to date.

Other major hits

Peak	Single	Artist	Notes
9	Angels in Waiting	Tammy Cochran
4	Ashes by Now	Lee Ann Womack	Cover of Rodney Crowell's 1980 pop hit.
24	Beer Run (B Double E Double Are You In?)	George Jones with Garth Brooks	Co-written by Keith Anderson, who had not yet begun his recording career.
2	Burn	Jo Dee Messina
18	But I Do Love You	LeAnn Rimes
5	Complicated	Carolyn Dawn Johnson
17	Don't Make Me Come Over There and Love You	George Strait
5	Downtime	Jo Dee Messina
25	Georgia	Carolyn Dawn Johnson
16	God Bless the USA	Lee Greenwood	A newly recorded version of Greenwood's signature song, this was released shortly after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
12	A Good Day to Run	Darryl Worley
21	A Good Way to Get on My Bad Side	Tracy Byrd with Mark Chesnutt
23	Heartbreak Town	Dixie Chicks
22	How Cool Is That	Andy Griggs
24	The Hunger	Steve Holy
2	I Could Not Ask for More	Sara Evans	Cover of Edwin McCain's pop single from 1999.
4	I Would've Loved You Anyway	Trisha Yearwood
3	I'm a Survivor	Reba McEntire
6	I'm Tryin'	Trace Adkins
3	If I Fall You're Going Down with Me	Dixie Chicks
3	If My Heart Had Wings	Faith Hill
5	If You Can Do Anything Else	George Strait
2	It's a Great Day to Be Alive	Travis Tritt
11	It's My Time	Martina McBride
8	Laredo	Chris Cagle
20	The Last Thing on My Mind	Patty Loveless
2	Love of a Woman	Travis Tritt
18	Lovin' Every Minute	Mark Wills
11	Lucky 4 You (Tonight I'm Just Me)	SHeDAISY
18	Man of Me	Gary Allan
17	Move On	The Warren Brothers
6	Mrs. Steven Rudy	Mark McGuinn
4	On a Night Like This	Trick Pony
17	People Like Us	Aaron Tippin
22	Please	Pam Tillis
12	Pour Me	Trick Pony
14	Real Life (I Never Was the Same Again)	Jeff Carson	Carson's first Top 40 country hit since "Holdin' On to Something" in 1996.
2	Riding with Private Malone	David Ball	Ball's first Top 40 country hit since "Look What Followed Me Home" in 1995.
5	Right Where I Need to Be	Gary Allan
16	Rose Bouquet	Phil Vassar
2	Run	George Strait
20	Second Wind	Darryl Worley
2	She Couldn't Change Me	Montgomery Gentry
8	She Misses Him	Tim Rushlow	The only Top 40 country hit for Tim Rushlow, who was initially one of the lead singers in the band Little Texas. Rushlow later went on to chart two singles in the band Rushlow, and two more in the duo Rushlow Harris.
21	Shiver	Jamie O'Neal
9	Six-Pack Summer	Phil Vassar
21	Sometimes	Clay Davidson
18	Sweet Summer	Diamond Rio
25	That's a Plan	Mark McGuinn
11	There You'll Be	Faith Hill
9	This Everyday Love	Rascal Flatts
19	The Tin Man	Kenny Chesney	This is a re-recording of a song that Chesney previously released in 1994. The original version peaked at #70 on the country charts that year.
4	Two People Fell in Love	Brad Paisley
22	What I Did Right	Sons of the Desert	Sons of the Desert's first solo Top 40 hit since "Leaving October" in 1998.
8	When God-Fearin' Women Get the Blues	Martina McBride
15	When It All Goes South	Alabama
5	When Somebody Loves You	Alan Jackson
3	Where the Blacktop Ends	keith urban	Co-written by Steve Wariner.
7	While You Loved Me	Rascal Flatts
13	Why They Call It Falling	Lee Ann Womack
7	Wild Horses	Garth Brooks	The original recording of this song, found on Brooks's 1990 album No Fences, was released as a single.
10	With Me	Lonestar
19	You Made Me That Way	Andy Griggs

Top new album releases

US	Album	Artist	Record Label
4	Alright Guy	Gary Allan	MCA Nashville
11	Amigo	David Ball	Dualtone
13	Barricades & Brickwalls	Kasey Chambers	Sugar Hill
3	Blake Shelton	Blake Shelton	Warner Bros.
6	Carrying On	Montgomery Gentry	Columbia
4	Chrome	Trace Adkins	Capitol Nashville
18	Complete	Lila McCann	Asylum
6	Dare to Dream	Billy Gilman	Epic
10	Down from the Mountain Soundtrack	Various Artists	Lost Highway
16	Driven Soundtrack	Various Artists	Curb
20	God Bless America	LeAnn Rimes	Curb
10	Gravitational Forces	Robert Earl Keen	Lost Highway
1	Greatest Hits	Martina McBride	RCA Nashville
8	Greatest Hits II	Clint Black	RCA Nashville
1	Greatest Hits Vol. 3: I'm a Survivor	Reba McEntire	MCA Nashville
22	Hank Williams: Timeless	Various Artists	Lost Highway
13	I Finally Found Someone	Lorrie Morgan & Sammy Kershaw	RCA Nashville
1	I Need You	LeAnn Rimes	Curb
1	I'm Already There	Lonestar	BNA
1	Inside Out	Trisha Yearwood	MCA Nashville
12	Little Sparrow	Dolly Parton	Blue Eye
10	Loving Every Minute	Mark Wills	Mercury Nashville
18	Mark McGuinn	Mark McGuinn	VFR
19	Mountain Soul	Patty Loveless	Epic
7	My World	Cyndi Thomson	Capitol Nashville
4	Never Love You Enough	Chely Wright	MCA Nashville
3	New Favorite	Alison Krauss & Union Station	Rounder
20	Nothing Personal	Delbert McClinton	New West
5	One More Day	Diamond Rio	Arista Nashville
3	Part II	Brad Paisley	Arista Nashville
1	Pull My Chain	Toby Keith	DreamWorks Nashville
19	RCA Country Legends	Waylon Jennings	RCA Nashville
24	Reach	Meredith Edwards	Mercury Nashville
1	The Road Less Traveled	George Strait	MCA Nashville
5	The Rock: Stone Cold Country 2001	George Jones	Bandit
8	Room with a View	Carolyn Dawn Johnson	Arista Nashville
24	Roy D. Mercer vs. Yankees	Roy D. Mercer	Capitol Nashville
14	Say No More	Clay Walker	Giant
1	Scarecrow	Garth Brooks	Capitol Nashville
1	Set This Circus Down	Tim McGraw	Curb
8	Songs from Call Me Claus	Garth Brooks	Capitol Nashville
1	Steers & Stripes	Brooks & Dunn	Arista Nashville
12	Ten Rounds	Tracy Byrd	RCA Nashville
7	Three Days	Pat Green	Republic
24	Thunder & Roses	Pam Tillis	Arista Nashville
6	Time* Sex* Love*	Mary Chapin Carpenter	Columbia
13	Tracy Lawrence	Tracy Lawrence	Warner Bros.
12	Trick Pony	Trick Pony	Warner Bros.
6	What a Wonderful Christmas	Anne Murray	StraightWay
4	When It All Goes South	Alabama	RCA Nashville
2	Who I Am	Jessica Andrews	DreamWorks Nashville

Other top albums

US	Album	Artist	Record Label
45	3 of Hearts	3 of Hearts	RCA Nashville
65	All the Way to There	John Berry	Ark 21
53	Anthology: The Warner/Reprise Years	Emmylou Harris	Rhino
26	Anthology Volume One: Cowboy Man	Lyle Lovett	MCA Nashville
75	Blue Trail of Sorrow – 16 Top Bluegrass Gems	Various Artists	Rounder
49	The Captain	Kasey Chambers	Warner Bros.
65	Change	Sons of the Desert	Epic
63	Christmas – 16 Biggest Hits	Various Artists	Columbia
73	Christmas Cookies	Various Artists	MCA Nashville
60	Christmas in Concert	John Denver	RCA
43	The Complete Limelight Sessions	Shania Twain	Limelight
63	Cool Country Hits, Volume 3	Various Artists	Curb
62	Country Christmas 2001	Various Artists	BMG
51	The Country Side of Elvis	Elvis Presley	RCA
47	A Country Superstar Christmas 4	Various Artists	Hip-O
32	Dancin' with Thunder: The Official Music of the PBR	Various Artists	Epic
42	A December to Remember	Aaron Tippin	Lyric Street
50	Del and the Boys	Del McCoury Band	Ceili
63	Dream Large	South 65	Atlantic
39	Earl Scruggs and Friends	Earl Scruggs	MCA Nashville
65	Fast Girl	The Tractors	Audium
43	Followin' a Feelin'	Sherrié Austin	WE
49	From the Heart	The Oak Ridge Boys	Spring Hill
35	Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas	Lee Greenwood	Freefalls
50	Here Come the Derailers	The Derailers	Lucky Dog
47	A Hillbilly Tribute to AC/DC	Hayseed Dixie	Dualtone
35	History of the Future	Ricky Skaggs	Skaggs Family
32	The Houston Kid	Rodney Crowell	Sugar Hill
64	I Should've Married My Father-in-Law	Tim Wilson	Capitol Nashville
44	III	Chad Brock	Warner Bros.
56	In Another World	Joe Diffie	Monument
61	It Was Just a Matter of Time	Randy Travis	Image
72	Kenny Rogers	Kenny Rogers	Laserlight
68	Live by Request	Kenny Rogers	Dreamcatcher
35	Live Close By, Visit Often	K. T. Oslin	BNA
38	Live!	Charlie Daniels	Blue Hat
72	Lucky Man	Hal Ketchum	Curb
52	Mixed Bag	Junior Brown	Curb
73	More Country Fun	Various Artists	Warner Bros.
64	Nobody's Got It All	John Anderson	Columbia
61	Number One Country Love Songs	Various Artists	Razor & Tie
35	O Sister! The Women's Bluegrass Collection	Various Artists	Rounder
52	Rainbow Connection	Willie Nelson	Island
38	Real Life	Jeff Carson	Curb
47	Roots: Volume 1	Merle Haggard	Anti
42	Songcatcher Soundtrack	Various Artists	Vanguard
74	Songs of Love	Kenny Rogers	onQ
26	Songs We Wish We'd Written	Pat Green & Cory Morrow	Write On
59	South of Heaven, West of Hell	Dwight Yoakam	Reprise
27	Step Right Up	Charlie Robison	Lucky Dog
59	The Storm Still Rages	Rhonda Vincent	Rounder
27	Tammy Cochran	Tammy Cochran	Epic
54	This Is BR549	BR549	Lucky Dog
27	This Is Your Country	Various Artists	UTV
28	Tim Rushlow	Tim Rushlow	Atlantic
63	Unleashed	Confederate Railroad	Audium
30	The Whole SHeBANG: All Mixed Up	SHeDAISY	Lyric Street

Births

Deaths

• February 7 - Dale Evans, 88, writer, actress, singer-songwriter, and wife of singing cowboy Roy Rogers
• April 16 - Van Stephenson, 47, guitarist and vocalist for 1990s country group Blackhawk (skin cancer)
• June 4 - John Hartford, 63, bluegrass singer (non-Hodgkin Lymphomia)
• June 30 - Chet Atkins, 77, guitarist and record producer (colon cancer)
• July 3 - Johnny Russell, 71, singer-songwriter best known for writing the Buck Owens classic "Act Naturally" (diabetes)
• September 11 - Carolyn Mayer Beug, 48, filmmaker and music video director who directed several music videos for country singer Dwight Yoakam (killed when American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into World Trade Center)

Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

• Bill Anderson (born 1937)
• The Delmore Brothers (Alton Delmore 1908–1964 and Rabon Delmore 1916–1952)
• The Everly Brothers (Don Everly born 1937 and Phil Everly born 1939)
• Don Gibson (1928-2003)
• Homer and Jethro (Homer Haynes 1920–1971 and Jethro Burns 1920–1989)
• Waylon Jennings (1937–2002)
• The Jordanaires (Gordon Stoker born 1924, Neal Matthews, Jr. 1929–2000, Hoyt Hawkins 1927–1982 and Ray Walker born 1934)
• Don Law (1902–1982)
• The Louvin Brothers (Ira Louvin 1924–1965 and Charlie Louvin born 1927)
• Ken Nelson (born 1911)
• Sam Phillips (1923–2003)
• Webb Pierce (1921–1991)

Major Awards

Grammy awards

• Best Female Country Vocal Performance -- "Shine," Dolly Parton
• Best Male Country Vocal Performance -- "O Death," Ralph Stanley
• Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal -- "The Lucky One," Alison Krauss & Union Station
• Best Country Collaboration with Vocals -- "I am a Man of Constant Sorrow," Harley Allen, Pat Enright and Dan Tyminski
• Best Country Instrumental Performance -- "Foggy Mountain Breakdown," Jerry Douglas, Gen Duncan, Vince Gill, Albert Lee, Steve Martin, Leon Russell, Earl Scruggs, Gary Scruggs, Randy Scruggs, Paul Shaffer & Marty Stuart
• Best Country Song -- "The Lucky One," Alison Krauss & Union Station
• Best Country Album -- Hank Williams Tribute, Various Artists (Producers: Bonnie Garner, Luke Lewis and Mary Martin)
• Best Bluegrass Album -- New Favorite, Alison Krauss & Union Station

Academy of Country Music

• Entertainer Of The Year -- Brooks & Dunn
• Song Of The Year -- "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)," Alan Jackson
• Single Of The Year -- "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)," Alan Jackson
• Album Of The Year -- O Brother, Where Art Thou?
• Top Male Vocalist -- Alan Jackson
• Top Female Vocalist -- Martina McBride
• Top Vocal Duo -- Brooks & Dunn
• Top Vocal Group -- Lonestar
• Top New Male Vocalist -- Phil Vassar
• Top New Female Vocalist -- Carolyn Dawn Johnson
• Top New Vocal Duo Or Group -- Trick Pony
• Video Of The Year -- "Only in America," Brooks & Dunn (Director: Michael Merriman)
• Vocal Event Of The Year -- "I am a Man of Constant Sorrow," Various Artists

Country Music Association

• Entertainer Of The Year -- Tim McGraw
• Song Of The Year -- "Murder on Music Row," Larry Cordle, Larry Shell
• Single Of The Year -- "I am a Man of Constant Sorrow," The Soggy Bottom Boys
• Album Of The Year -- O Brother, Where Art Thou?
• Male Vocalist Of The Year -- Toby Keith
• Female Vocalist Of The Year -- Lee Ann Womack
• Vocal Duo Of The Year -- Brooks & Dunn
• Vocal Group Of The Year -- Lonestar
• Horizon Award -- Keith Urban
• Music Video Of The Year -- "Born to Fly," Sara Evans (Director: Peter Zavadil)
• Vocal Event Of The Year -- "Too Country," Brad Paisley (with George Jones, Bill Anderson and Buck Owens)
• Musician Of The Year -- Dann Huff

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.

Other links

• Country Music Association
• Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame

External links

• Country Music Hall of Fame

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