1990 in country music

none April 2015 April 2015 This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1990. 1990 1990 country music Events January 20 — Billboard magazine begins basing the Hot Country Singles chart entirely on radio airplay through Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems (BDS), which uses a computerized system to detect actual radio spins. The number of chart positions is reduced from 100 to 75. The new system has an immediate effect on how long the year's biggest songs stay at No. 1: February 3 — "Nobody’s Home" by Clint Black becomes the first three-week No. 1 since Randy Travis' "Forever and Ever, Amen" in 1987. April 7 — Travis' "Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart" breaks the four-week barrier, the first since 1978's "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson. July 7 — "Love Without End, Amen" by George Strait is Billboards first five-week No. 1 song, matching 1977's "Here You Come Again" by Dolly Parton. Incidentally, "Love Without End, Amen" is Strait's first multi-week chart-topper, after his first 18 No. 1s had spent just one week on top. Just 23 songs would reach the chart's summit in 1990, 13 of them multi-weekers; this was fewer than half the number that reached the top of the chart a year earlier, and the fewest since 1972. November 30 Minnie Pearl celebrates her 50th Grand Ole Opry anniversary. No dates The Smithsonian Institution releases Classic Country Music: A Smithsonian Collection, a 100-track, four-volume set including the most important and notable songs in the genre's history, from 1924 to 1987. The set, which includes an 84-page booklet by historian Bill Malone, replaces the Smithsonian's eight-volume, 143-track set – titled The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Country Music – issued in 1981. The release of Classic Country Music: A Smithsonian Collection continues a trend towards chronicling the genre's history via compact disc during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Time-Life Music's Country USA series continued to issue new albums, while Columbia Records issues its five-volume Country Classics series during the summer. Rhino Records also releases ten volumes of Billboard Top Country Singles, each depicting the top 10 songs from the years 1959 through 1968. Top hits of the year List of number-one country hits of 1990 (U.S.) List of number-one country hits of 1990 (Canada) Singles released by American artists USCANSingleArtistReference1729Ain't Necessarily SoWillie Nelson1516Ain't Nobody's BusinessHank Williams Jr.11—American BoyEddie Rabbitt21Back in My Younger DaysDon Williams1418Back Where I Come FromMac McAnally910The Battle Hymn of LoveKathy Mattea & Tim O'Brien1519Black CoffeeLacy J. Dalton1221Black VelvetRobin Lee54Born to Be BlueThe Judds1111Bring Back Your Love to MeEarl Thomas Conley11ChainsPatty Loveless25Chasin' That Neon RainbowAlan Jackson11Come Next MondayK. T. Oslin24Crazy in LoveConway Twitty11The DanceGarth Brooks54Dancy's DreamRestless Heart73The Domino TheorySteve Wariner611Don't Go OutTanya Tucker with T. Graham Brown43Drinking ChampagneGeorge Strait1554Dumas WalkerThe Kentucky Headhunters43Fast Movin' TrainRestless Heart84A Few Ole Country BoysRandy Travis & George Jones19Five MinutesLorrie Morgan57Fool Such as IBaillie & the Boys65Fourteen Minutes OldDoug Stone11Friends in Low PlacesGarth Brooks52Ghost in This HouseShenandoah1016Good Friends, Good Whiskey, Good Lovin'Hank Williams Jr.11Good TimesDan Seals1616Guardian AngelsThe Judds 11Hard Rock Bottom of Your HeartRandy Travis47He Talks to MeLorrie Morgan21He Walked on WaterRandy Travis256He Was On to Somethin' (So He Made You)Ricky Skaggs135Heartbreak HurricaneRicky Skaggs11Help Me Hold OnTravis Tritt31Here in the Real WorldAlan Jackson86Hillbilly RockMarty Stuart22Holdin' a Good HandLee Greenwood11HomeJoe Diffie2612Honky Tonk BluesPirates of the Mississippi2015HummingbirdRicky Skaggs94I Can't Turn the TideBaillie & the Boys78I Could Be PersuadedThe Bellamy Brothers33I Fell in LoveCarlene Carter3117I Go to PiecesSouthern Pacific21I Meant Every Word He SaidRicky Van Shelton814I Watched It All (On My Radio)Lionel Cartwright45I'd Be Better Off (In a Pine Box)Doug Stone21I'm Gonna Be SomebodyTravis Tritt33I'm Over YouKeith Whitley11I've Come to Expect It from YouGeorge Strait11I've Cried My Last Tear for YouRicky Van Shelton64If Looks Could KillRodney Crowell65If You Could Only See Me NowT. Graham Brown2315If You Want to Be My WomanMerle Haggard1318In Another LifetimeThe Desert Rose Band126In My EyesLionel Cartwright106IslandEddy Raven11It Ain't Nothin'Keith Whitley59It's You AgainSkip Ewing11Jukebox in My MindAlabama411Just as Long as I Have YouDon Williams1719Keep It in the Middle of the RoadExile76Leave It AloneThe Forester Sisters77Little GirlReba McEntire2114Love Is StrangeKenny Rogers & Dolly Parton11Love on ArrivalDan Seals11Love Without End, AmenGeorge Strait31Many a Long & Lonesome HighwayRodney Crowell2517MaybeKenny Rogers (with Holly Dunn)189Moonshadow RoadT. Graham Brown22My Arms Stay Open All NightTanya Tucker76My Heart Is Set on YouLionel Cartwright2212My Past Is PresentRodney Crowell37Never Knew LonelyVince Gill11Next to You, Next to MeShenandoah204The Night's Too LongPatty Loveless11No Matter How HighThe Oak Ridge Boys11Nobody's HomeClint Black23Nobody's TalkingExile21Not Counting YouGarth Brooks31Nothing's NewsClint Black819Oh Lonesome MeThe Kentucky Headhunters137Oklahoma SwingVince Gill with Reba McEntire53On Down the LinePatty Loveless11On Second ThoughtEddie Rabbitt814One Man WomanThe Judds87Overnight SuccessGeorge Strait32Pass It On DownAlabama2316PerfectBaillie & the Boys813Precious ThingSteve Wariner43Put Yourself in My ShoesClint Black3319Puttin' the Dark Back into the NightSawyer Brown78Quittin' TimeMary Chapin Carpenter34Richest Man on EarthPaul Overstreet106Right in the Wrong DirectionVern Gosdin86Runnin' with the WindEddie Rabbitt1733Searchin' for Some Kind of ClueBilly Joe Royal65See If I CareShenandoah22Seein' My Father in MePaul Overstreet213She Came from Fort WorthKathy Mattea1215Simple ManCharlie Daniels Band1411Someone Else's Trouble NowHighway 101148Something of a DreamerMary Chapin Carpenter618Sooner or LaterEddy Raven11Southern StarAlabama63Start All Over AgainThe Desert Rose Band21Statue of a FoolRicky Van Shelton106Story of LoveThe Desert Rose Band21Stranger Things Have HappenedRonnie Milsap18—Tell Me WhyJann Browne43That Just About Does ItVern Gosdin84There You AreWillie Nelson1419This Ain't My First RodeoVern Gosdin119This Side of GoodbyeHighway 1011313'Til a Tear Becomes a RoseKeith Whitley & Lorrie Morgan23Till I Can't Take It AnymoreBilly Joe Royal3918Till I See You AgainKevin Welch2619Time's UpSouthern Pacific & Carlene Carter31Too Cold at HomeMark Chesnutt21Walk OnReba McEntire11Walkin' AwayClint Black45Walkin', Talkin', Cryin', Barely Beatin' Broken HeartHighway 10132Walking ShoesTanya Tucker33WantedAlan Jackson2016Western GirlsMarty Stuart25When I Call Your NameVince Gill510When I Could Come Home to YouSteve Wariner1011When It's GoneNitty Gritty Dirt Band4018When Love Comes Callin'Sawyer Brown2117When Somebody Loves YouRestless Heart1013Where've You BeenKathy Mattea11Who's Lonely NowHighway 10152WrongWaylon Jennings75YetExile11You LieReba McEntire11You Really Had Me GoingHolly Dunn Singles released by Canadian artists USCANSingleArtistReference—20After AllAnita Perras—20Ain't No Trains to NashvilleDick Damron—9Always Hum a Song in Your SoulMorris P. Rainville—4Bachelor GirlGeorge Fox—12The Colour of Your CollarGary Fjellgaard—19Couldn't See the GoldTommy Hunter with Janie Fricke—10Daddy, Sing to MeLisa Brokop—10Dreamin' Ain't Cheatin'Carroll Baker56Feed This FireAnne Murray623Goodbye, So Long, HelloPrairie Oyster—9Here Comes My BabyAnita Perras—3How Many TimesFamily Brown—17I Broke His HeartJenny Lee West705I Don't Hurt AnymorePrairie Oyster—9I Want to FlyErrol Ranville—9I'll Accept the RoseRita MacNeil—10In My HeartGary Fjellgaard with Linda Kidder—10Lime RickeyGeorge Fox—14Live Fast, Love Hard, Die YoungThe Good Brothers—10Luck in My Eyesk.d. lang—16Never Be SorryGreg Paul324New Kind of LoveMichelle Wright—10No TrespassingGeorge Fox—19Once the Magic's GoneCindi Cain—13PioneersFamily Brown—8Quittin' TimeMichael Dee—9RosanneAlbert Hall—17RumourDan Rogers—10She Told Me SoThe Good Brothers—17Since the RainIan Tyson—7Somewhere on the IslandGary Fjellgaard—6Start of Something NewTerry Carisse with Tracey Brown—10This TimePatricia Conroy559Three Daysk.d. lang—10Touch My HeartAnita Perras—17Why Do I Think of You TodayRita MacNeil7214Woman's IntuitionMichelle Wright Top new album releases List of number-one country albums of 1990 (U.S.) US Album Artist Record label 21 10 Years of Greatest Hits Vern Gosdin Columbia 11 America (The Way I See It) Hank Williams, Jr. Curb/Warner Bros. 23 Black Velvet Robin Lee Atlantic 8 A Collection of Hits Kathy Mattea Mercury/PolyGram 3 Country Club Travis Tritt Warner Bros. 25 Cowboy Songs Michael Martin Murphey Warner Bros. 12 Doug Stone Doug Stone Epic 24 Duets Emmylou Harris Warner Bros. 9 The Eagle Waylon Jennings Epic 11 Extra Mile Shenandoah Columbia 6 Fast Movin' Train Restless Heart RCA Nashville 5 Greatest Hits Keith Whitley RCA Nashville 4 Here in the Real World Alan Jackson Arista Nashville 1 Heroes & Friends Randy Travis Warner Bros. 4 Highwayman 2 The Highwaymen Columbia 19 I Fell in Love Carlene Carter Reprise 21 I Watched It on the Radio Lionel Cartwright MCA Nashville 7 If There Was a Way Dwight Yoakam Reprise 23 Interiors Rosanne Cash Columbia 20 Laredo Steve Wariner MCA Nashville 1 Livin' It Up George Strait MCA Nashville 2 Lone Wolf Hank Williams, Jr. Curb/Warner Bros. 5 Love Can Build a Bridge The Judds RCA/Curb 5 Love in a Small Town K. 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Oslin RCA Nashville 21 Love Is Strange Kenny Rogers Reprise 1 No Fences Garth Brooks Capitol Nashville 13 On Arrival Dan Seals Capitol Nashville 12 On Down the Line Patty Loveless MCA Nashville 24 Out of the Shadows Billy Joe Royal Atlantic 17 Pages of Life Desert Rose Band Curb/MCA Nashville 3 Pass It on Down Alabama RCA Nashville 12 Pirates of the Mississippi Pirates of the Mississippi Capitol Nashville 1 Put Yourself in My Shoes Clint Black RCA Nashville 2 Rumor Has It Reba McEntire MCA Nashville 1 RVS III Ricky Van Shelton Columbia 11 Shooting Straight in the Dark Mary Chapin Carpenter Columbia 18 Tennessee Woman Tanya Tucker Capitol Nashville 25 Texas Tornados Texas Tornados Reprise 23 A Thousand Winding Roads Joe Diffie Epic 12 Too Cold at Home Mark Chesnutt MCA Nashville 12 Young Man Billy Dean SBK/Liberty Other top albums US Album Artist Record label 47 Blue Jungle Merle Haggard Curb 31 Born for Trouble Willie Nelson Columbia 45 Brand New Dance Emmylou Harris Reprise 44 Breaking New Ground Wild Rose Capitol Nashville 41 Buffalo Zone Sweethearts of the Rodeo Columbia 33 Bumper to Bumper T. Graham Brown Capitol Nashville 71 Christmas Memories Steve Wariner MCA Nashville 54 Come Hold Me The Forester Sisters Warner Bros. 42 County Line Southern Pacific Warner Bros. 35 Crazy in Love Conway Twitty MCA Nashville 61 Different Kind of Fire Prairie Oyster RCA Nashville 63 Down That River Road Larry Boone Mercury/PolyGram 27 Greatest Hits Highway 101 Warner Bros. 26 Greatest Hits Sawyer Brown Capitol/Curb 35 Greatest Hits, Volume II Earl Thomas Conley RCA Nashville 54 Greatest Hits Volume III Conway Twitty MCA Nashville 57 Hardin County Line Mark Collie MCA Nashville 45 Have a Little Faith Jo-El Sonnier RCA Nashville 47 Heart Full of Love Holly Dunn Warner Bros. 64 Heart Over Mind Tammy Wynette Epic 69 Holdin' a Good Hand Lee Greenwood Capitol Nashville 74 Home for Christmas Dolly Parton Columbia 69 How 'bout Us Girls Next Door Atlantic 63 Imagine That The O'Kanes Columbia 34 Jersey Boy Eddie Rabbitt Capitol Nashville 73 Keepin' Me Up Nights Asleep at the Wheel Arista Nashville 69 Kevin Welch Kevin Welch Reprise 26 Lacy J. 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Dalton Capitol Nashville 35 The Lights of Home Baillie & the Boys RCA Nashville 57 Live at Liberty Lunch Joe Ely MCA Nashville 43 Lying to the Moon Matraca Berg RCA Nashville 49 Marsha Thornton Marsha Thornton MCA Nashville 75 Missing You The Marcy Brothers Warner Bros. 31 Music, Memories and You The Statler Brothers Mercury/PolyGram 27 Neck and Neck Chet Atkins & Mark Knopfler Columbia 72 No Nonsense Barbara Mandrell Capitol Nashville 71 Reality Check The Bellamy Brothers Curb/MCA Nashville 53 The Rest of the Dream Nitty Gritty Dirt Band MCA Nashville 63 Simple Life Mac McAnally Warner Bros. 42 Still Standing Exile Arista Nashville 72 Stone by Stone Tim Mensy Columbia 46 Tell Me Why Jann Browne Curb 62 Tim Ryan Tim Ryan Epic 31 Tough All Over Shelby Lynne Epic 56 True Love Don Williams RCA Nashville 40 Version of the Truth Foster & Lloyd RCA Nashville 64 Well Travelled Love Kelly Willis MCA Nashville 51 What a Way to Go Ray Kennedy Atlantic 65 When the Night Falls Black Tie Bench 66 Wood, Wind and Stone David Lynn Jones Mercury/PolyGram 35 You Oughta Be Here with Me George Jones Epic 47 You Will Anne Murray Capitol On television Regular series Hee Haw (1969–1993, syndicated) Births January 8 – Frank Ray, singer known for his 2022 hit "Country'd Look Good on You". March 2 — Luke Combs, singer-songwriter of the 2010s. March 30 — Thomas Rhett, singer-songwriter, son of singer-songwriter Rhett Akins. April 10 — Maren Morris, musician and singer-songwriter known for her 2016 hit "My Church". April 24 — Carly Pearce, singer-songwriter of the 2010s. May 17 — Kree Harrison, singer and musician, who was the runner-up on the twelfth season of American Idol. May 27 — Brett Kissel, Canadian country singer of the 2010s. July 23 — Neil Perry, member of The Band Perry. July 27 — Cheyenne Kimball, member of Gloriana from 2008–2011. October 22 — Dylan Scott, singer known for his hits "My Girl" and "Hooked". Deaths April 26 – Wesley Rose, 72, president of Acuff-Rose Music publishing. August 15 — Lew DeWitt, 52, tenor and founding member of the Statler Brothers (complications from Crohn's disease) October 31 — Carl Belew, 59, best known for writing the song "Am I That Easy to Forget" (cancer) Hall of Fame inductees Country Music Hall of Fame inductees Tennessee Ernie Ford (1919–1991) Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees Gordie Tapp Ron Sparling Major awards Grammy AwardsBest Female Country Vocal Performance — "Where've You Been", Kathy MatteaBest Male Country Vocal Performance — "When I Call Your Name", Vince GillBest Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — Pickin' on Nashville, The Kentucky HeadhuntersBest Country Collaboration with Vocals — "Poor Boy Blues", Chet Atkins and Mark KnopflerBest Country Instrumental Performance — "So Soft, Your Goodbye", Chet Atkins and Mark KnopflerBest Country Song — "Where've You Been", Don Henry and Jon VeznerBest Bluegrass Recording — "I've Got That Old Feeling", Alison Krauss Juno AwardsCountry Male Vocalist of the Year — George FoxCountry Female Vocalist of the Year — Rita MacNeilCountry Group or Duo of the Year — Prairie Oyster Academy of Country MusicEntertainer of the Year — Garth BrooksSong of the Year — "The Dance", Tony Arata (Performer: Garth Brooks)Single of the Year — "Friends in Low Places", Garth BrooksAlbum of the Year — No Fences, Garth BrooksTop Male Vocalist — Garth BrooksTop Female Vocalist — Reba McEntireTop Vocal Duo — The JuddsTop Vocal Group — ShenandoahTop New Male Vocalist — Alan JacksonTop New Female Vocalist — Shelby LynneTop New Vocal Duo or Group — Pirates of the MississippiVideo of the Year — "The Dance", Garth Brooks (Director: John Lloyd Miller) ARIA Awards (presented in Sydney on March 26, 1990)Best Country Album - Warragul (John Williamson) Canadian Country Music AssociationBud Country Fans' Choice Award — k.d. langMale Artist of the Year — George FoxFemale Artist of the Year — Michelle WrightGroup of the Year — Prairie OysterSOCAN Song of the Year — "Pioneers", Barry BrownSingle of the Year — "Goodbye, So Long, Hello", Prairie OysterAlbum of the Year — Absolute Torch and Twang, k.d. langTop Selling Album — Rita, Rita MacNeilVideo of the Year — "Pioneers", Family BrownVista Rising Star Award — Patricia ConroyDuo of the Year — Gary Fjellgaard and Linda Kidder Country Music AssociationEntertainer of the Year — George StraitSong of the Year — "Where've You Been", Don Henry and Jon Vezner (Performer: Kathy Mattea)Single of the Year — "When I Call Your Name", Vince GillAlbum of the Year — Pickin' on Nashville, The Kentucky HeadhuntersMale Vocalist of the Year — Clint BlackFemale Vocalist of the Year — Kathy MatteaVocal Duo of the Year — The JuddsVocal Group of the Year — The Kentucky HeadhuntersHorizon Award — Garth BrooksMusic Video of the Year — "The Dance", Garth Brooks (Director: John Lloyd Miller)Vocal Event of the Year — "'Til a Tear Becomes a Rose", Lorrie Morgan and Keith WhitleyMusician of the Year' — Johnny Gimble 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 Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 (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 Country Category:Country music by year