2001 in country music

none April 2015 This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 2001. 2001 2001 country music Events May 9 – Toby Keith and Aaron Tippin at the 36th ACM Awards. Ray Price celebrates his 50th Grand Ole Opry anniversary Top hits of the year The following songs placed within the Top 20 on the Hot Country Songs charts in 2001: List of Hot Country Singles & Tracks number ones of 2001 USSingleArtistReference1Ain't Nothing 'bout YouBrooks & Dunn9Angels in WaitingTammy Cochran1Angry All the TimeTim McGraw4Ashes by NowLee Ann Womack1AustinBlake Shelton1Born to FlySara Evans2BurnJo Dee Messina1But for the Grace of GodKeith Urban18But I Do Love YouLeAnn Rimes5ComplicatedCarolyn Dawn Johnson1Don't Happen TwiceKenny Chesney17Don't Make Me Come Over There and Love YouGeorge Strait5DowntimeJo Dee Messina16God Bless the USALee Greenwood12A Good Day to RunDarryl Worley1Grown Men Don't CryTim McGraw2I Could Not Ask for MoreSara Evans1I Wanna Talk About MeToby Keith4I Would've Loved You AnywayTrisha Yearwood3I'm a SurvivorReba McEntire1I'm Already ThereLonestar1I'm Just Talkin' About TonightToby Keith6I'm Tryin'Trace Adkins3If I Fall You're Going Down with MeDixie Chicks3If My Heart Had WingsFaith Hill5If You Can Do Anything ElseGeorge Strait2It's a Great Day to Be AliveTravis Tritt11It's My TimeMartina McBride8LaredoChris Cagle20The Last Thing on My MindPatty Loveless2Love of a WomanTravis Tritt18Loving Every MinuteMark Wills11Lucky 4 You (Tonight I'm Just Me)SHeDAISY18Man of MeGary Allan17Move OnThe Warren Brothers6Mrs. Steven RudyMark McGuinn4On a Night Like ThisTrick Pony1One More DayDiamond Rio1Only in AmericaBrooks & Dunn17People Like UsAaron Tippin12Pour MeTrick Pony14Real Life (I Never Was the Same Again)Jeff Carson2Riding with Private MaloneDavid Ball5Right Where I Need to BeGary Allan16Rose BouquetPhil Vassar2RunGeorge Strait20Second WindDarryl Worley2She Couldn't Change MeMontgomery Gentry8She Misses HimTim Rushlow9Six-Pack SummerPhil Vassar18Sweet SummerDiamond Rio1Tell HerLonestar1There Is No ArizonaJamie O'Neal11There You'll BeFaith Hill9This Everyday LoveRascal Flatts19The Tin ManKenny Chesney4Two People Fell in LoveBrad Paisley1What I Really Meant to SayCyndi Thomson8When God-Fearin' Women Get the BluesMartina McBride1When I Think About AngelsJamie O'Neal15When It All Goes SouthAlabama5When Somebody Loves YouAlan Jackson1Where I Come FromAlan Jackson3Where the Blacktop EndsKeith Urban1Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)Alan Jackson7While You Loved MeRascal Flatts1Who I AmJessica Andrews13Why They Call It FallingLee Ann Womack7Wild HorsesGarth Brooks10With MeLonestar1Without YouDixie Chicks19You Made Me That WayAndy Griggs1You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like ThisToby Keith Top new album releases The following albums placed within the Top 50 on the Top Country Albums charts in 2001: List of Top Country Albums number ones of 2001 US Album Artist Record label 4 Alright Guy Gary Allan MCA Nashville 3 Blake Shelton Blake Shelton Warner Bros. 6 Carrying On Montgomery Gentry Columbia 4 Chrome Trace Adkins Capitol Nashville 6 Dare to Dream Billy Gilman Epic 10 Down from the Mountain Soundtrack Various Artists Lost Highway 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 1 I Need You LeAnn Rimes Curb 1 I'm Already There Lonestar BNA 1 Inside Out Trisha Yearwood MCA Nashville 10 Loving Every Minute Mark Wills Mercury Nashville 7 My World Cyndi Thomson Capitol Nashville 4 Never Love You Enough Chely Wright MCA Nashville 3 New Favorite Alison Krauss & Union Station Rounder 5 One More Day Diamond Rio Arista Nashville 3 Part II Brad Paisley Arista Nashville 1 Pull My Chain Toby Keith DreamWorks 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 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 7 Three Days Pat Green Republic 6 Time* Sex* Love* Mary Chapin Carpenter Columbia 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 11 Amigo David Ball Dualtone 26 Anthology, Vol. 1: Cowboy Man Lyle Lovett MCA Nashville 49 The Captain Kasey Chambers Warner Bros. 18 Complete Lila McCann Asylum 43 The Complete Limelight Sessions Shania Twain Limelight 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 16 Driven Soundtrack Various Artists Curb 39 Earl Scruggs and Friends Earl Scruggs MCA Nashville 43 Followin' a Feelin' Sherrié Austin WE 49 From the Heart The Oak Ridge Boys Spring Hill 20 God Bless America LeAnn Rimes Curb 22 Hank Williams: Timeless Various Artists Lost Highway 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 13 I Finally Found Someone Lorrie Morgan & Sammy Kershaw RCA Nashville 44 III Chad Brock Warner Bros. 12 Little Sparrow Dolly Parton Blue Eye 35 Live Close By, Visit Often K. T. Oslin BNA 38 Live! Charlie Daniels Blue Hat 18 Mark McGuinn Mark McGuinn VFR 19 Mountain Soul Patty Loveless Epic 20 Nothing Personal Delbert McClinton New West 35 O Sister! The Women's Bluegrass Collection Various Artists Rounder 19 RCA Country Legends Waylon Jennings RCA Nashville 24 Reach Meredith Edwards Mercury Nashville 38 Real Life Jeff Carson Curb 47 Roots, Volume 1 Merle Haggard Anti 24 Roy D. Mercer vs. Yankees Roy D. Mercer Capitol Nashville 14 Say No More Clay Walker Giant 42 Songcatcher Soundtrack Various Artists Vanguard 26 Songs We Wish We'd Written Pat Green & Cory Morrow Write On 27 Step Right Up Charlie Robison Lucky Dog 27 Tammy Cochran Tammy Cochran Epic 12 Ten Rounds Tracy Byrd RCA Nashville 27 This Is Your Country Various Artists UTV 24 Thunder & Roses Pam Tillis Arista Nashville 28 Tim Rushlow Tim Rushlow Atlantic 13 Tracy Lawrence Tracy Lawrence Warner Bros. 12 Trick Pony Trick Pony Warner Bros. 30 The Whole SHeBANG: All Mixed Up SHeDAISY Lyric Street Deaths February 1 — John Jarrard, 47, songwriter (respiratory failure)Price Deborah Evans February 17, 2001 John Jarrard dies at 47 Billboard 113 7 3 https://books.google.com/books?id=KBQEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22john+jarrard%22+%22diabetes%22&pg=PA7-IA2 February 7 — Dale Evans, 88, writer, actress, singer-songwriter, and wife of singing cowboy Roy Rogers April 8 — Van Stephenson, 47, guitarist, vocalist and co-founding member of the 1990s group Blackhawk (skin cancer) June 4 — John Hartford, 63, singer-songwriter and bluegrass musician (non-Hodgkin Lymphoma) June 30 — Chet Atkins, 77, guitarist and record producer (colon cancer) July 3 — Johnny Russell, 61, singer-songwriter best known for writing the Buck Owens classic "Act Naturally" (diabetes) July 22 – Bob Ferguson, 73, record producer and songwriter, best known for work with Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton (cancer). September 11 — Carolyn Mayer Beug, 48, filmmaker and music video director who directed three music videos for Dwight Yoakam (killed when American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into World Trade Center) December 3 – Grady Martin, 72, session guitarist and member of Nashville's "A Team" (heart attack) Hall of Fame inductees Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductees The Carter Family A. P. Carter Sara Carter Maybelle Carter 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) Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees Gordon Lightfoot Gary Buck 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 Juno Awards Best Country Artist/Group — Carolyn Dawn Johnson Best New Country Artist/Group — The Ennis Sisters 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 ARIA Awards (presented in Sydney on October 30, 2001) Best Country Album - Looking Forward Looking Back (Slim Dusty) Canadian Country Music Association Telus Mobility Fans' Choice Award — Terri Clark Male Artist of the Year — Jason McCoy Female Artist of the Year — Carolyn Dawn Johnson Group or Duo of the Year — The Wilkinsons SOCAN Song of the Year — "Complicated", Carolyn Dawn Johnson Single of the Year — "Complicated", Carolyn Dawn Johnson Album of the Year — Room with a View, Carolyn Dawn Johnson Top Selling Album — Breathe, Faith Hill Video of the Year — "No Fear", Terri Clark Chevy Trucks Rising Star Award — Carolyn Dawn Johnson Roots Artist or Group of the Year — Natalie MacMaster 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 References Further reading 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 Country Category:Country music by year