2002 in country music

none April 2015 April 2015 This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 2002. 2002 2002 country music Events January 13 - CMT premieres CMT Crossroads, which features country music artists being paired with artists from other genres. The show has since become one of the channel's most successful programs; the first episode featured Lucinda Williams and Elvis Costello. May 27 - Toby Keith releases "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)"; written in response to the death of Keith's father and the September 11, 2001 attacks, the song stirs up controversy for the line "We'll put a boot in your ass/It's the American way". Canadian-born newsman Peter Jennings and Dixie Chicks frontwoman Natalie Maines both express criticism of the song, with a feud with the latter lasting for a year. October 7 - Toby Keith begins airing in television spots as the spokesman for Ford, with his original composition, "Ford Truck Man", during that night's broadcast of Monday Night Football. November 19 – Shania Twain returned with her fourth album, Up!. It opened at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with 874,000 copies; the album remained atop the chart until the new year. The Statler Brothers retire from touring and singing together at their Farewell Concert in Salem, Virginia. Jimmy Fortune continued his career as a solo artist. Kitty Wells celebrates her 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 2002: List of number-one country hits of 2002 (U.S.) USSingleArtistReference18All Over MeBlake Shelton5American ChildPhil Vassar1Beautiful MessDiamond Rio15Before I Knew BetterBrad Martin1BlessedMartina McBride1Bring On the RainJo Dee Messinawith Tim McGraw1Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue(The Angry American)Toby Keith1The Cowboy in MeTim McGraw12CryFaith Hill1Drive (For Daddy Gene)Alan Jackson12Every RiverBrooks & Dunn12ForgiveRebecca Lynn Howard1Good Morning BeautifulSteve Holy1The Good StuffKenny Chesney17Help Me UnderstandTrace Adkins1I Breathe In, I Breathe OutChris Cagle18I CryTammy Cochran2I Don't Have to Be Me ('til Monday)Steve Azar7I Don't Want You to GoCarolyn Dawn Johnson5I Keep LookingSara Evans1I Miss My FriendDarryl Worley4I Should Be SleepingEmerson Drive7I'm Gonna Getcha Good!Shania Twain1I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)Brad Paisley4I'm Movin' OnRascal Flatts3The ImpossibleJoe Nichols10In Another WorldJoe Diffie9Just Let Me Be in LoveTracy Byrd13Just What I DoTrick Pony2LandslideDixie Chicks20Life HappenedTammy Cochran1Living and Living WellGeorge Strait1The Long GoodbyeBrooks & Dunn2Long Time GoneDixie Chicks8Modern Day Bonnie and ClydeTravis Tritt5My Heart Is Lost to YouBrooks & Dunn1My ListToby Keith5My TownMontgomery Gentry3Not a Day Goes ByLonestar14Ol' RedBlake Shelton3The OneGary Allan5Red RagtopTim McGraw16Saints & AngelsSara Evans11She WasMark Chesnutt1She'll Leave You with a SmileGeorge Strait7Some Days You Gotta DanceDixie Chicks1Somebody Like YouKeith Urban20Something Worth Leaving BehindLee Ann Womack16Squeeze Me InGarth Brooksduet with Trisha Yearwood13Strong Enough to Be Your ManTravis Tritt1Ten Rounds with Jose CuervoTracy Byrd16That's Just JessieKevin Denney3That's When I Love YouPhil Vassar1These DaysRascal Flatts18Thicker Than BloodGarth Brooks19'Til Nothing Comes Between UsJohn Michael Montgomery7Tonight I Wanna Be Your ManAndy Griggs1UnbrokenTim McGraw2What If She's an AngelTommy Shane Steiner8When You Lie Next to MeKellie Coffey2Where the Stars and Stripes and the Eagle FlyAaron Tippin3Where Would You BeMartina McBride1Who's Your Daddy?Toby Keith3Work in ProgressAlan Jackson2Wrapped AroundBrad Paisley5Wrapped Up in YouGarth Brooks2YoungKenny Chesney Top new album releases The following albums placed within the Top 50 on the Top Country Albums charts in 2002: List of number-one country albums of 2002 (U.S.) US Album Artist Record label Reference 8 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection George Strait MCA Nashville 9 The Almeria Club Recordings Hank Williams, Jr. Curb 4 American Child Phil Vassar Arista Nashville 2 American IV: The Man Comes Around Johnny Cash Lost Highway 3 Completely Diamond Rio Arista Nashville 1 Cry Faith Hill Warner Bros. 1 Drive Alan Jackson Arista Nashville 1 Elv1s: 30 #1 Hits Elvis Presley RCA 5 Forgive Rebecca Lynn Howard MCA Nashville 7 Freedom Andy Griggs RCA Nashville 2 Golden Road Keith Urban Capitol Nashville 5 The Great Divide Willie Nelson Lost Highway 4 Halos & Horns Dolly Parton Blue Eye 1 Home Dixie Chicks Open Wide 1 I Miss My Friend Darryl Worley DreamWorks Nashville 7 Jerusalem Steve Earle E-Squared 3 Knock on the Sky SHeDAISY Lyric Street 6 Let It Be Christmas Alan Jackson Arista Nashville 9 Live Alison Krauss & Union Station Rounder 9 Man with a Memory Joe Nichols Universal South 1 Melt Rascal Flatts Lyric Street 3 My Town Montgomery Gentry Columbia 1 No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems Kenny Chesney BNA 8 Rise and Shine Randy Travis Word/Curb 7 Sharp Dressed Men: A Tribute to ZZ Top Various Artists RCA Nashville 9 Side Tracks Steve Earle E-Squared 2 Something Worth Leaving Behind Lee Ann Womack MCA Nashville 10 Stars & Stripes Aaron Tippin Lyric Street 4 Strong Enough Travis Tritt Columbia 6 Then Came the Night Tommy Shane Steiner RCA Nashville 2 This Side Nickel Creek Sugar Hill 2 Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors Tim McGraw Curb 2 Totally Country Various Artists BNA 5 Totally Country Vol. 2 Various Artists Epic 3 Twisted Angel LeAnn Rimes Curb 1 Unleashed Toby Keith DreamWorks Nashville 1 Up! Shania Twain Mercury Nashville 5 When You Lie Next to Me Kellie Coffey BNA Other top albums US Album Artist Record label 47 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection Johnny Cash Mercury Nashville 14 After the Storm Chris LeDoux Capitol Nashville 39 Another Way to Go Radney Foster Dualtone 13 Barricades & Brickwalls Kasey Chambers Warner Bros. 46 The Best of America Various Artists Curb 20 Bluegrass & White Snow: A Mountain Christmas Patty Loveless Epic 47 Bramble Rose Tift Merritt Lost Highway 39 Can You Hear Me Now Sawyer Brown Curb 39 Can't Back Down Collin Raye Epic 35 Chase the Sun Shannon Lawson MCA Nashville 37 Cheap Drunk: An Autobiography Bill Engvall Warner Bros. 28 Classic Country: Great Story Songs Various Artists Time Life 19 Cledus Envy Cledus T. Judd Monument 39 Cledus Navidad Cledus T. Judd Monument 37 The Color of Roses Lorrie Morgan Image 13 Country Croonin' Anne Murray StraightWay 46 The Dark Guy Clark Sugar Hill 21 Down the Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions The Chieftains RCA 29 Easy Kelly Willis Rykodisc 34 Electric Jack Ingram Columbia 13 Emerson Drive Emerson Drive DreamWorks Nashville 16 The Essential Johnny Cash Johnny Cash Legacy 35 The Family Album Roy D. Mercer Capitol Nashville 18 Forever Country Various Artists Razor & Tie 16 Greatest Hits Mark Wills Mercury Nashville 49 The Heart of a Legend Johnny Cash Madacy 39 A Hillbilly Tribute to Mountain Love Hayseed Dixie Dualtone 40 How Sweet the Sound: 25 Favorite Hymns and Gospel Greats Charlie Daniels Sparrow 26 If That Ain't Country Anthony Smith Mercury Nashville 48 Inside Traxx 2002 Various Artists Curb 12 It Won't Be Christmas Without You Brooks & Dunn Arista Nashville 39 Johnny Cash at Madison Square Garden Johnny Cash Legacy 18 A Joyful Noise Jo Dee Messina Curb 14 Kevin Denney Kevin Denney Lyric Street 17 Kindred Spirits: A Tribute to the Songs of Johnny Cash Various Artists Columbia 11 Life Happened Tammy Cochran Epic 40 Little Big Town Little Big Town Monument 27 Love Songs John Michael Montgomery Warner Bros. 17 Lovesick, Broke and Driftin' Hank Williams III Curb 48 The Lovin' Side Travis Tritt Rhino 23 Mark Chesnutt Mark Chesnutt Columbia 50 Midnight and Lonesome Buddy Miller Hightone 29 Mindy McCready Mindy McCready Capitol Nashville 35 Miss Fortune Allison Moorer Universal South 19 Now Again The Flatlanders New West 13 On a Mission Trick Pony Warner Bros. 29 Osama-Yo' Mama, The Album Ray Stevens Curb 28 Outside the Lines Cory Morrow Write On 17 Pinmonkey Pinmonkey BNA 13 Pictures John Michael Montgomery Warner Bros. 22 Ralph Stanley Ralph Stanley Columbia 40 Redneck Fiddlin' Man Charlie Daniels Blue Hat 36 Ricky Skaggs and Friends Sing the Songs of Bill Monroe Ricky Skaggs Lyric Street 12 Room to Breathe Delbert McClinton New West 38 Roses Kathy Mattea Narada 19 The Season for Romance Lee Ann Womack MCA Nashville 38 Sixwire Sixwire Warner Bros. 37 Spirit Dancer BlackHawk Columbia 18 Stars & Guitars Willie Nelson Lost Highway 39 Tanya Tanya Tucker Tuckertime 32 This Is Ty Herndon: Greatest Hits Ty Herndon Epic 27 Time-Life's Treasury of Bluegrass Various Artists Time Life 21 Today, Tomorrow & Forever Elvis Presley RCA 32 The Ultimate Collection Hank Williams Mercury Nashville 23 Up! (Country Mixes) Shania Twain Mercury Nashville 19 The Very Best of Linda Ronstadt Linda Ronstadt Elektra 29 Waitin' on Joe Steve Azar Mercury Nashville 14 We Were Soldiers Soundtrack Various Artists Columbia 42 White Trash Christmas Bob Rivers Atlantic 18 Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Volume III Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Capitol Nashville 34 Wings of a Honky-Tonk Angel Brad Martin Epic 45 Winter Marquee Nanci Griffith Rounder Births August 13 – Stella Lefty, singer-songwriter of the 2020s ("Boston"). Deaths February 13 – Waylon Jennings, 64, singer and guitarist (diabetic complications) March 3 – Harlan Howard, 74, songwriter May 26 – Orville Couch, 67, singer-songwriter (acute lymphoblastic leukemia) Hall of Fame inductees Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductees The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover David Freeman Country Music Hall of Fame inductees Bill Carlisle (1908–2003) Porter Wagoner (1927–2007) Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees Anne Murray Art Snider Bev Munro D'Arcy Scott Elmer Tippe Major awards ARIA Awards Best Country Album – Barricades & Brickwalls (Kasey Chambers) ARIA Hall of Fame – Olivia Newton-John Grammy Awards Best Female Country Vocal Performance – "Cry" (Faith Hill) Best Male Country Vocal Performance – "Give My Love to Rose" (Johnny Cash) Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal – "Long Time Gone" (Dixie Chicks) Best Country Collaboration with Vocals – "Mendocino County Line" (Willie Nelson featuring Lee Ann Womack) Best Country Instrumental Performance – "Lil' Jack Slade" (Dixie Chicks) Best Country Song – "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" (Alan Jackson) Best Country Album – Home (Dixie Chicks) Best Bluegrass Album – Lost in the Lonesome Pines (Jim Lauderdale, Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys) Juno Awards Country Recording of the Year – "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!", Shania Twain CMT Flameworthy Video Music Awards Video of the Year – "Young", Kenny Chesney Male Video of the Year – "Young", Kenny Chesney Female Video of the Year – "Blessed", Martina McBride Group / Duo Video of the Year – "Only in America", Brooks & Dunn Breakthrough Video of the Year – "I Breathe In, I Breathe Out", Chris Cagle Video Collaboration of the Year – "Mendocino County Line", Willie Nelson Featuring Lee Ann Womack Hottest Video of the Year – "The Cowboy in Me", Tim McGraw Concept Video of the Year – "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)", Brad Paisley Fashion Plate Video of the Year – "Jezebel", Chely Wright "LOL" (Laugh Out Loud) Video of the Year – "I Wanna Talk About Me", Toby Keith Love Your Country Video of the Year – "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)", Alan Jackson Video Director of the Year – "I Wanna Talk About Me", Toby Keith (Director: Michael Salomon) Video Visionary Award – Dixie Chicks Americana Music Honors & Awards Album of the Year – Buddy & Julie Miller Artist of the Year – Jim Lauderdale Song of the Year – "She's Looking At Me" (Jim Lauderdale) Instrumentalist of the Year – Jerry Douglas Spirit of Americana/Free Speech Award – Johnny Cash Lifetime Achievement: Songwriting – Billie Joe Shaver Lifetime Achievement: Performance – Emmylou Harris Lifetime Achievement: Executive – T Bone Burnett Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year – Toby Keith Song of the Year – "I'm Movin' On", Rascal Flatts Single of the Year – "The Good Stuff," Kenny Chesney Album of the Year – Drive, Alan Jackson Top Male Vocalist – Kenny Chesney Top Female Vocalist – Martina McBride Top Vocal Duo – Brooks & Dunn Top Vocal Group – Rascal Flatts Top New Male Vocalist – Joe Nichols Top New Female Vocalist – Kellie Coffey Top New Vocal Duo or Group – Emerson Drive Video of the Year – "Drive (For Daddy Gene)", Alan Jackson (Director: Steven Goldmann) Vocal Event of the Year – "Mendocino County Line", Willie Nelson and Lee Ann Womack Canadian Country Music Association Fans' Choice Award – Terri Clark Male Artist of the Year – Paul Brandt Female Artist of the Year – Carolyn Dawn Johnson Group or Duo of the Year – Emerson Drive SOCAN Song of the Year – "Ten Million Teardrops", Jason McCoy, Tim Taylor Single of the Year – "I Don't Want You to Go", Carolyn Dawn Johnson Album of the Year – Small Towns and Big Dreams, Paul Brandt Top Selling Album – Scarecrow, Garth Brooks CMT Video of the Year – "I Don't Want You to Go", Carolyn Dawn Johnson Chevy Trucks Rising Star Award – Emerson Drive Roots Artist or Group of the Year – Jimmy Rankin Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year – Alan Jackson 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 – Drive, Alan Jackson Male Vocalist of the Year – Alan Jackson Female Vocalist of the Year – Martina McBride Vocal Duo of the Year – Brooks & Dunn Vocal Group of the Year – Dixie Chicks Musician of the Year – Jerry Douglas Horizon Award – Rascal Flatts Music Video of the Year – "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)," Brad Paisley (Director: Peter Zavadil) Vocal Event of the Year – "Mendocino County Line", Willie Nelson and Lee Ann Womack Musician of the Year – Jerry Douglas 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