1994 in country music

none April 2015 This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1994. 1994 1994 country music Events January 8 — Star, Mississippi, native Faith Hill hits paydirt with her first single release, "Wild One". The song spends four weeks atop the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, the longest for a debut release by a female artist since Connie Smith's debut "Once a Day" in 1964. January 30 — Clint Black, Wynonna Judd, Travis Tritt and Tanya Tucker perform the halftime show (billed as "Rockin' Country Sunday") at Super Bowl XXVIII. The finale featured a special appearance by Naomi Judd, who joined Wynonna in performing The Judds' single "Love Can Build a Bridge" (their first major appearance together since their "Farewell Tour" of 1991), to which everyone eventually joined in. March – Tim McGraw's first major hit, "Indian Outlaw," causes considerable controversy due to lyrics about Native Americans, and the single is boycotted at a handful of stations. Nevertheless, the song's notoriety helps spur its popularity and allows it to become just the second major crossover hit in 10 years, reaching No. 15 on the Billboard magazine Hot 100 singles chart (in addition to its No. 8 peak on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart); the song will also jumpstart McGraw's fledgling career, which had gotten off to a less-than-stellar start a year earlier. Incidentally, McGraw's first taste of success comes at approximately the same time as that of his future wife — Faith Hill. April 12 — The premiere issue of Country Weekly magazine hits the store shelves. Garth Brooks graces the cover of the first issue. May 9 — Newcomer artist John Berry falls unconscious during a performance and is rushed to a hospital in Atlanta, where an operation is performed to remove a cyst found in the third ventricle of his brain.http://www.journal-news.net/page/content.detail/id/511265.html?nav=5094 Country singer John Berry headlines benefit concert – journal-news.net News, sports, jobs, community information for Martinsburg – The Journal The Journal 2008-10-16 2014-05-01 2016-01-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20160117084319/http://www.journal-news.net/page/content.detail/id/511265.html?nav=5094 dead October 1 — CMT adds six new music video programs to its schedule: Big Ticket, Signature Series, Jammin' Country, Saturday Nite Dance Ranch, Delivery Room and Top 12 Countdown; all six programs would be cancelled by 2001. Top hits of the year List of number-one country hits of 1994 (U.S.) List of number-one country hits of 1994 (Canada) Singles released by American artists USCANSingleArtistReference41Addicted to a DollarDoug Stone118Baby Likes to Rock ItThe Tractors11Be My Baby TonightJohn Michael Montgomery22Before You Kill Us AllRandy Travis14The Big OneGeorge Strait42The Boys and MeSawyer Brown1725The Call of the WildAaron Tippin21Callin' Baton RougeGarth Brooks136The Cheap SeatsAlabama511The City Put the Country Back in MeNeal McCoy97Daddy Never Was the Cadillac KindConfederate Railroad11Don't Take the GirlTim McGraw23Down on the Farm Tim McGraw11Dreaming with My Eyes OpenClay Walker208Elvis and AndyConfederate Railroad23Every Once in a WhileBlackHawk25Fast as YouDwight Yoakam11Foolish PrideTravis Tritt109Girls with GuitarsWynonna Judd11A Good Run of Bad LuckClint Black1129Goodbye Says It AllBlackHawk45Half the ManClint Black417Hangin' InTanya Tucker520Hard to SaySawyer Brown26He Thinks He'll Keep HerMary Chapin Carpenter52Hey CinderellaSuzy Bogguss319How Can I Help You Say GoodbyePatty Loveless39I Can't Reach Her AnymoreSammy Kershaw11I Just Wanted You to KnowMark Chesnutt5020I Love You 'Cause I Want ToCarlene Carter23I Never Knew LoveDoug Stone25I See It NowTracy Lawrence98I Sure Can Smell the RainBlackHawk11I SwearJohn Michael Montgomery22I Take My ChancesMary Chapin Carpenter312I Try to Think About ElvisPatty Loveless34I Want to Be Loved Like ThatShenandoah421I Wish I Could Have Been ThereJohn Anderson33I'd Like to Have That One BackGeorge Strait32I'm Holding My OwnLee Roy Parnell319I've Got It MadeJohn Anderson11If Bubba Can Dance (I Can Too)Shenandoah11If I Could Make a LivingClay Walker2612If It Wasn't for Her I Wouldn't Have YouDaron Norwood11If the Good Die YoungTracy Lawrence12If You've Got LoveJohn Michael Montgomery1910In My Own BackyardJoe Diffie1214Independence DayMartina McBride824Indian OutlawTim McGraw68Is It Over YetWynonna Judd18—It Won't Be Over YouSteve Wariner56John Deere GreenJoe Diffie86Jukebox JunkieKen Mellons54Kick a LittleLittle Texas68Life #9Martina McBride44Lifestyles of the Not So Rich and FamousTracy Byrd225A Little Less Talk and a Lot More ActionToby Keith27Little RockCollin Raye11Live Until I DieClay Walker11Livin' on LoveAlan Jackson26Love a Little StrongerDiamond Rio89LovebugGeorge Strait42The Man in Love with YouGeorge Strait85Man of My WordCollin Raye64More LoveDoug Stone12My LoveLittle Texas23National Working Woman's HolidaySammy Kershaw11No Doubt About ItNeal McCoy138Nobody's Gonna Rain on Our ParadeKathy Mattea522Now I KnowLari White1816O What a ThrillThe Mavericks714One Night a DayGarth Brooks19Pickup ManJoe Diffie11Piece of My HeartFaith Hill224Pocket of a ClownDwight Yoakam75Renegades, Rebels and RoguesTracy Lawrence25Rock BottomWynonna Judd21Rock My World (Little Country Girl)Brooks & Dunn42Rope the MoonJohn Michael Montgomery2120Sawmill RoadDiamond Rio311She Can't Say I Didn't CryRick Trevino67She DreamsMark Chesnutt1511She Thinks His Name Was JohnReba McEntire44She'd Give AnythingBoy Howdy11She's Not the Cheatin' KindBrooks & Dunn15Shut Up and Kiss MeMary Chapin Carpenter59Spilled PerfumePam Tillis33Standing Outside the FireGarth Brooks22State of MindClint Black1413Stop on a DimeLittle Texas11Summertime BluesAlan Jackson73T.L.C. A.S.A.P.Alabama2112Take It EasyTravis Tritt212Take Me as I AmFaith Hill1721Take These Chains from My HeartLee Roy Parnell2217Ten Feet Tall and BulletproofTravis Tritt13That Ain't No Way to GoBrooks & Dunn1023That's My BabyLari White618That's My StoryCollin Raye2018There Goes My HeartThe Mavericks715They Asked About YouReba McEntire23They Don't Make 'Em Like That AnymoreBoy Howdy21Thinkin' ProblemDavid Ball210Third Rate RomanceSammy Kershaw11Third Rock from the SunJoe Diffie2017(Tonight We Just Might) Fall in Love AgainHal Ketchum144Try Not to Look So PrettyDwight Yoakam11Tryin' to Get Over YouVince Gill43Untanglin' My MindClint Black316Walking Away a WinnerKathy Mattea48Watermelon CrawlTracy Byrd67We Can't Love Like This AnymoreAlabama1116We Don't Have to Do ThisTanya Tucker96We Just DisagreeBilly Dean256What a Crying ShameThe Mavericks21What the Cowgirls DoVince Gill52What's in It for MeJohn Berry35When Love Finds YouVince Gill76When the Thought of You Catches Up with MeDavid Ball213When You Walk in the RoomPam Tillis22Whenever You Come AroundVince Gill116Where Do I Fit in the PictureClay Walker209Where Was IRicky Van Shelton11Whisper My NameRandy Travis411(Who Says) You Can't Have It AllAlan Jackson11Who's That ManToby Keith54Why Haven't I Heard from YouReba McEntire11Wild OneFaith Hill11WinkNeal McCoy217Wish I Didn't Know NowToby Keith2114Woman, Sensuous WomanMark Chesnutt1214Words by HeartBilly Ray Cyrus11XXX's and OOO's (An American Girl)Trisha Yearwood2014You Just Watch MeTanya Tucker643You WillPatty Loveless11Your Love Amazes MeJohn Berry Singles released by Canadian artists USCANSingleArtistReference—185 Days in MayBlue Rodeo—9Alcohol in the BloodstreamIan Tyson—18Almost Like You CaredCassandra Vasik—6Baby Don't CryOne Horse Blue—13By HeartJoel Feeney—18Circle of LoveJoan Kennedy—10Country in the CityDon Neilson—10DynamiteDesert Dolphins—14Everything Money Can BuyOne Horse Blue—11Everything to MeJoel Feeney5212Give Me a Ring SometimeLisa Brokop—1Guitar TalkMichelle Wright—12Here We Go AgainPatricia Conroy—15Hillbilly JaneStraight Clean & Simple—5Honest ManGeorge Fox—17If I'm Only Good for One ThingLarry Mercey—1It Can't Happen to MeCharlie Major—4LouisiettePrairie Oyster—10Love's Looking for MeOne Horse Blue—13Man of a Thousand SongsRon Hynes—5No Hasta La Vista TonightGeorge Fox—10No KathleenRon Hynes—1Nobody Gets Too Much LoveCharlie Major—4North CountryThe Rankin Family—9Now and ThenMichelle Wright571One Good ManMichelle Wright—1The Other SideCharlie Major—9Red Hot BluesQuartette—8River of No ReturnTerry Kelly—19Rockabilly HeartCindy Church—5Say the WordJoel Feeney—5Stolen MomentsJim Witter—1Such a Lonely OnePrairie Oyster—1Somebody's Leavin'Patricia Conroy—6Sweet Sweet PoisonJim Witter—15Tell Me the LieDon Neilson—10That's What Highways Are ForThe Goods—10There You GoPrescott-Brown—10Train of DreamsGary Fjellgaard—17Way Beyond the BlueAnita Perras—7The Wayward WindAnne Murray—4Wear and Tear on My HeartGeorge Fox Top new album releases List of number-one country albums of 1994 (U.S.) List of number-one country albums of 1994 (Canada) US CAN Album Artist Record label378 Seconds (soundtrack)Various ArtistsMCA Nashville10Already RestlessPrescott-BrownEpic239American RecordingsJohnny CashAmerican2The Best...So FarAnne MurraySBK/Capitol15BlackHawkBlackHawkArista Nashville85BoomtownToby KeithMercury/PolyGram2311The Bradley Barn SessionsGeorge JonesMCA Nashville13Bryan WhiteBryan WhiteAsylum1Country Heat 4Various ArtistsRCA9Eighteen Inches of RainIan TysonStony Plain12ExtremesCollin RayeEpic92Feelin' Good TrainSammy KershawMercury/PolyGram2920Greatest Hits, Vol. 1Doug StoneEpic8Greatest Hits Vol. IIIAlabamaRCA Nashville17HaywireChris LeDouxLiberty1715Healing Hands of TimeWillie NelsonLiberty5Heart of the Country '94Various ArtistsQuality167Heartsongs: Live from HomeDolly PartonColumbia11The HitsGarth BrooksLiberty3I See It NowTracy LawrenceAtlantic41If I Could Make a LivingClay WalkerGiant2919Keith Whitley: A Tribute AlbumVarious ArtistsBNA108Kick a LittleLittle TexasWarner Bros.7Kickin' Country 2Various ArtistsSony11Kickin' It UpJohn Michael MontgomeryAtlantic13Lead OnGeorge StraitMCA Nashville19Lookin' Back at MyselfAaron TippinRCA Nashville137Love a Little StrongerDiamond RioArista Nashville286Love and LuckMarty StuartMCA Nashville5222Mama's Hungry Eyes:A Tribute to Merle HaggardVarious ArtistsArista Nashville41Maverick (soundtrack)Various ArtistsAtlantic3714Moonlight Becomes YouWillie NelsonJustice1New CountryVarious ArtistsWarner131No Doubt About ItNeal McCoy Atlantic311No Ordinary ManTracy ByrdMCA Nashville11Not a Moment Too SoonTim McGrawCurb613NotoriousConfederate RailroadAtlantic8One EmotionClint BlackRCA Nashville2Only One MoonPrairie OysterArista7Outlaws & HeroesVarious ArtistsSony21Read My MindReba McEntireMCA Nashville3The Reasons Why Michelle WrightArista Nashville302Red Hot + CountryVarious ArtistsMercury/PolyGram11Rhythm, Country and BluesVarious ArtistsMCA Nashville23Rick TrevinoRick TrevinoColumbia19She'd Give AnythingBoy HowdyCurb8Skynyrd FryndsVarious ArtistsMCA Nashville11Stones in the RoadMary Chapin CarpenterColumbia116Storm in the HeartlandBilly Ray CyrusMercury/PolyGram346Super HitsWillie NelsonColumbia17The Sweetest GiftTrisha YearwoodMCA Nashville6Sweetheart's DancePam TillisArista Nashville33Ten Feet Tall and BulletproofTravis TrittWarner Bros.63Thinkin' ProblemDavid BallWarner Bros.69Third Rock from the SunJoe DiffieEpic105This Is MeRandy TravisWarner Bros.6Today's Biggest CountryVarious ArtistsK-Tel21The TractorsThe TractorsArista Nashville3Untamed and TrueVarious ArtistsMCA11Waitin' on SundownBrooks & DunnArista Nashville 12 Walking Away a Winner Kathy Mattea Mercury/PolyGram15Wanted ManJohnny CashMercury/PolyGram7War PaintLorrie MorganBNA64What a Crying ShameThe MavericksMCA Nashville15What a Way to LiveMark ChesnuttDecca Nashville8When Fallen Angels FlyPatty LovelessEpic22When Love Finds YouVince GillMCA Nashville11Who I AmAlan JacksonArista Nashville24WishesLari WhiteRCA Nashville3You Can't ResistPatricia ConroyWarner Other top albums US CAN Album Artist Record label601994Merle HaggardCurb51The Best of Chris LeDouxChris LeDouxLiberty52Christmas Time's A-Comin'Sammy KershawMercury/PolyGram61Christmas with The Judds and AlabamaThe Judds & AlabamaRCA Nashville43Country 'Til I DieJohn AndersonBNA56The Cowboy Way (soundtrack)Various ArtistsEpic48Deep Thoughts from a Shallow MindDoug SupernawBNA31Every Little WordHal KetchumCurb29Greatest HitsBilly DeanLiberty38Greatest HitsSuzy BoggussLiberty31In the Vicinity of the HeartShenandoahCapitol Nashville42Ken MellonsKen MellonsEpic62Love and HonorRicky Van SheltonColumbia51Men'll Be BoysBilly DeanLiberty39Number One HitsThe JuddsRCA/Curb66ReflectionsThe JuddsRCA/Curb28Shoot for the MoonLinda DavisArista Nashville55SimpaticoSuzy Bogguss & Chet AtkinsLiberty35Super HitsCharlie DanielsEpic65Super HitsShenandoahColumbia71Super HitsConway TwittyEpic50Today's Greatest CountryVarious ArtistsK-Tel52Today's New CountryVarious ArtistsK-Tel56Today's Number One CountryVarious ArtistsK-Tel63Waymore's Blues (Part II)Waylon JenningsRCA Nashville Births May 4 – RaeLynn, country music star of the 2010s, best known for "God Made Girls." November 8 – Lauren Alaina, runner-up of the 10th season of American Idol, with follow-up successes including "Like My Mother Does." Hall of Fame inductees Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductees Osborne Brothers Bobby Osborne Sonny Osborne Country Music Hall of Fame inductees Merle Haggard (1937–2016) Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees Dick Damron Hank Smith Major awards Grammy Awards Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "Shut Up and Kiss Me", Mary Chapin Carpenter Best Male Country Vocal Performance — "When Love Finds You", Vince Gill Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — "Blues for Dixie", Asleep at the Wheel and Lyle Lovett Best Country Collaboration with Vocals — "I Fall to Pieces", Aaron Neville and Trisha Yearwood Best Country Instrumental Performance — "Young Thing", Chet Atkins Best Country Song — "I Swear", Gary Baker (songwriter), Frank J. Myers (Performer: John Michael Montgomery) Best Country Album — Stones in the Road, Mary Chapin Carpenter Best Bluegrass Album — The Great Dobro Sessions, Various Artists (Producers: Jerry Douglas and Tut Taylor) Juno Awards Country Male Vocalist of the Year — Charlie Major Country Female Vocalist of the Year — Michelle Wright Country Group or Duo of the Year — Prairie Oyster Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year — Reba McEntire Song of the Year — "I Swear", Gary Baker, Frank J. Myers (Performer: John Michael Montgomery) 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 (Director: Jon Small) ARIA Awards (presented in Sydney on March 30, 1994) Best Country Album - Three Chain Road (Lee Kernaghan) Canadian Country Music Association Bud Country Fans' Choice Award — Prairie Oyster Male Artist of the Year — Charlie Major Female Artist of the Year — Patricia Conroy Group or Duo of the Year — Prairie Oyster SOCAN Song of the Year — "I'm Gonna Drive You Out of My Mind", Charlie Major, Barry Brown Single of the Year — "I'm Gonna Drive You Out of My Mind", Charlie Major Album of the Year — The Other Side, Charlie Major Top Selling Album — In Pieces, Garth Brooks Video of the Year — "Stolen Moments", Jim Witter Vista Rising Star Award — Susan Aglukark Vocal Collaboration of the Year — Quartette Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year — Vince Gill Song of the Year — "Chattahoochee", Alan Jackson and Jim McBride (Performer: Alan Jackson) Single of the Year — "I Swear", John Michael Montgomery Album of the Year — Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles, Various Artists Male Vocalist of the Year — Vince Gill Female Vocalist of the Year — Pam Tillis Vocal Duo of the Year — Brooks & Dunn Vocal Group of the Year — Diamond Rio Horizon Award — John Michael Montgomery Music Video of the Year — "Independence Day", Martina McBride (Directors: Robert Deaton and George J. Flanigen IV) Vocal Event of the Year — "Does He Love You", Reba McEntire and Linda Davis Musician of the Year — Mark O'Connor 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 Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs 1944–2005 – 6th Edition." 2005. References Other links Country Music Association Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame External links Country Music Hall of Fame Country Category:Country music by year