1998 in country music

none April 2015 April 2015 1998 This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1998. 1998 country music Events January 10 — "Retro Country USA," a weekly two-hour syndicated radio program spotlighting major country hits of the 1980s (along with some from the 1970s and early 1990s), premieres. The show is initially hosted by Tampa radio personality Ken Cooper, and later "Big" Steve Kelly. February 25 — Johnny Cash's album, Unchained, wins a Grammy Award for Best Country Album. The album had been a critical success but was largely ignored by mainstream country radio, a fact Cash and producer Rick Rubin pick up on when they purchase a full-page advertisement in Billboard magazine. The ad, which appeared in March, featured a young Cash displaying his middle finger and sarcastically "thanking" radio for supporting the album. June 30 — The divorce of Vince and Janis Gill (of Sweethearts of the Rodeo) is finalized.Pruett David B. Gill, Vince(nt Grant) 2015-01-13 Oxford University Press Oxford Music Online 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.a2275832 December — The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts honors Willie Nelson for his lifetime contributions to the arts. Nelson is the first primarily country performer so honored. Top hits of the year List of number-one country singles of 1998 (U.S.) List of RPM number-one country singles of 1998 Singles released by American artists USCANSingleArtistReference167Absence of the HeartDeana Carter46Angel in My EyesJohn Michael Montgomery23Between the Devil and MeAlan Jackson117A Broken WingMartina McBride2614Burnin' the Roadhouse DownSteve Wariner (duet with Garth Brooks)11Bye ByeJo Dee Messina1117A ChanceKenny Chesney1412Come Some Rainy DayWynonna44CommitmentLeAnn Rimes32Cover You in KissesJohn Michael Montgomery59The Day That She Left Tulsa (In a Chevy)Wade Hayes22Don't Laugh at MeMark Wills53Dream Walkin'Toby Keith23Everything's ChangedLonestar44Forever LoveReba McEntire1822Getcha SomeToby Keith24Happy GirlMartina McBride23He's Got YouBrooks & Dunn2020High on LovePatty Loveless94The HoleRandy Travis22Holes in the Floor of HeavenSteve Wariner11How Long GoneBrooks & Dunn1814A House with No CurtainsAlan Jackson29How Do You Fall in LoveAlabama1330How Do You Sleep at NightWade Hayes12Husbands and WivesBrooks & Dunn73I Can Love You BetterDixie Chicks12I Can Still Feel YouCollin Raye23I Do (Cherish You)Mark Wills11I Just Want to Dance with YouGeorge Strait188I Might Even Quit Lovin' YouMark Chesnutt127I Said a PrayerPam Tillis31I Wanna Fall in LoveLila McCann928I Wanna Feel That Way AgainTracy Byrd2031I Wanna Remember ThisLinda Davis32I'll Go On Loving YouAlan Jackson11I'm AlrightJo Dee Messina31I'm from the CountryTracy Byrd24I'm So Happy I Can't Stop CryingToby Keith with Sting310If I Never Stop Loving YouDavid Kersh2215If You Can't Be Good (Be Good at It)Neal McCoy51If You Ever Have Forever in MindVince Gill11If You See Him/If You See HerReba McEntire featuring Brooks & Dunn44Imagine ThatDiamond Rio110It Must Be LoveTy Herndon723It Would Be YouGary Allan95It's Your SongGarth Brooks129Just Between You and MeThe Kinleys34Just to Hear You Say That You Love MeFaith Hill (with Tim McGraw)11Just to See You SmileTim McGraw 11Let Me Let GoFaith Hill23A Little Past Little RockLee Ann Womack31Little Red RodeoCollin Raye1110Lonely Won't Leave Me AloneTrace Adkins126Loosen Up My StringsClint Black23Love of My LifeSammy Kershaw148Love Working on YouJohn Michael Montgomery514A Man Holdin' On (To a Woman Lettin' Go)Ty Herndon11Nothin' but the TaillightsClint Black105Nothin' New Under the MoonLeAnn Rimes49On the Side of AngelsLeAnn Rimes21One of These DaysTim McGraw1412One of Those Nights TonightLorrie Morgan1622One Small MiracleBryan White21Out of My BonesRandy Travis11Perfect LoveTrisha Yearwood11Round About WayGeorge Strait1323Say WhenLonestar21She's Gonna Make ItGarth Brooks2110She's Got That Look in Her EyesAlabama11The Shoes You're WearingClint Black3318Somebody to LoveSuzy Bogguss35Someone You Used to KnowCollin Raye1610Stepping StoneLari White2313Still in Love with YouTravis Tritt415Texas Size HeartacheJoe Diffie29That's Why I'm HereKenny Chesney24Then What?Clay Walker24There Goes My BabyTrisha Yearwood13There's Your TroubleDixie Chicks1723Things ChangeDwight Yoakam11This KissFaith Hill1217To Have You Back AgainPatty Loveless17To Make You Feel My LoveGarth Brooks85Too Good to Be TrueMichael Peterson21TrueGeorge Strait11Two Piña ColadasGarth Brooks914ValentineMartina McBride with special guest artist Jim Brickman42We Really Shouldn't Be Doing ThisGeorge Strait2319What If?Reba McEntire11What If I SaidAnita Cochran (duet with Steve Wariner)11Where the Green Grass GrowsTim McGraw1818Where Your Road LeadsTrisha Yearwood (duet with Garth Brooks)11Wide Open SpacesDixie Chicks31You Move MeGarth Brooks124You Walked InLonestar1912You'll Never KnowMindy McCready45You're GoneDiamond Rio22You've Got to Talk to MeLee Ann Womack Singles released by Canadian artists USCANSingleArtistReference3126 CentsThe Wilkinsons—5Canadian SunrisePrairie Oyster—20Chevy Blue EyesBrent McAthey—7Cried All the Way HomeJamie Warren—3DiamondJulian Austin—17Do the MathGeorge Fox61Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)Shania Twain—15FallingBruce Guthro736Famous First WordsGil Grand61From This Moment OnShania Twain (with Bryan White)—10Get Hot or Go HomeRick Tippe—13Hard Time Loving YouJulian Austin—10Has Anybody Seen My AngelDenise Murray—9Haven't You HeardShirley Myers11Honey, I'm HomeShania Twain5919How Do I Let GoLisa Brokop—12I Read LipsThomas Wade & Wayward—6I'm GoneGeorge Fox—15I'm Gonna Make Her MineJason McCoy—10If I Could Just Get to YouDuane Steele501The Kind of Heart That BreaksChris Cummings—17Let's Kiss and Make UpBeverley Mahood with Ken Munshaw5517Let's Start Livin'Gil Grand—3A Little Bit of YouJason McCoy—12A Little Bit of Your LoveJoel Feeney—9A Minute and a HalfChris Cummings—7Movin' OnThe Rankins—14Never Givin' UpRick Tippe22Now That I Found YouTerri Clark—9One Last StepShirley Myers—3Outside the FramePaul Brandt—17Radio 101Beverley Mahood—19The River SongMontgomery Steele—20She Made Me an OfferRick Tippe—4Some Days Are BetterCharlie Major—12There's a Song in There SomewhereThomas Wade & Wayward—20Two Out of Three Ain't BadJulian Austin—18Underneath the MoonMontana Sky—1Walk This RoadBruce Guthro—10The Way Love GoesJamie Warren—12What My Heart Already KnowsJulian Austin6810What's Come Over YouPaul Brandt—20What's Not to LoveLisa Brokop—19A Whole Lot of LoveMontana Sky—12Woman's WorkTracey Brown—5Yeah!Paul Brandt—10You Can Trust in My LoveCharlie Major11You're Easy on the EyesTerri Clark11You're Still the OneShania Twain7415Your LoveJim Brickman with Michelle Wright Top new album releases List of number-one country albums of 1998 (U.S.) List of number-one country albums of 1998 (Canada) US CAN Album Artist Record label 18 Ain't It the Truth Daryle Singletary Giant 21 The Apostle Soundtrack Various Artists Decca Nashville 9 14 Back with a Heart Olivia Newton-John MCA Nashville 13 12 The Best of Tracy Lawrence Tracy Lawrence Atlantic 22 31 Big Hopes Ty Herndon Epic 6 Breath of Heaven: A Christmas Collection Vince Gill MCA Nashville 6 15 Burnin' the Roadhouse Down Steve Wariner Capitol Nashville 14 Car Wheels on a Gravel Road Lucinda Williams Mercury 3 CMT Canada '99 Various Artists BMG 2 Country Heat 1998 Various Artists Ariola 22 A Country Superstar Christmas Various Artists Hip-O 16 Did I Shave My Back for This? Cledus T. Judd Razor & Tie 16 Dorkfish Bill Engvall Warner Bros. 1 1 Double Live Garth Brooks Capitol Nashville 6 11 Everything's Gonna Be Alright Deana Carter Capitol Nashville 2 1 Faith Faith Hill Warner Bros. 22 Famous First Words Gil Grand Monument 39 17 Farmers in a Changing World The Tractors Arista Nashville 2 4 For the Record Alabama RCA Nashville 21 Greatest Hits Joe Diffie Epic 9 18 Greatest Hits Clay Walker Giant 5 Greatest Hits Volume One Toby Keith Mercury Nashville 1 1 High Mileage Alan Jackson Arista Nashville 1 3 Hope Floats Soundtrack Various Artists Capitol Nashville 13 20 The Horse Whisperer Soundtrack Various Artists MCA Nashville 19 How Big a Boy Are Ya? Volume 4 Roy D. Mercer Capitol Nashville 10 4 How I Feel Terri Clark Mercury Nashville 23 Hungry Again Dolly Parton Decca Nashville 5 5 I'm Alright Jo Dee Messina Curb 8 9 I'm from the Country Tracy Byrd MCA Nashville 13 If I Never Stop Loving You David Kersh Curb 4 7 If You See Her Brooks & Dunn Arista Nashville 2 7 If You See Him Reba McEntire MCA Nashville 37 15 It Don't Get Any Better Than This George Jones MCA Nashville 21 It Would Be You Gary Allan Decca Nashville 3 It's Now! It's Live! The Mavericks MCA Nashville 1 2 The Key Vince Gill MCA Nashville 15 26 Leave a Mark John Michael Montgomery Atlantic 1 1 The Limited Series Garth Brooks Capitol Nashville 11 12 A Long Way Home Dwight Yoakam Reprise 3 Moments and Memories: The Best of Reba Reba McEntire MCA Nashville 2 New Country 5 Various Artists Warner 15 No More Looking over My Shoulder Travis Tritt Warner Bros. 11 4 No Place That Far Sara Evans RCA Nashville 16 4 Nothing but Love The Wilkinsons Giant 6 Of Your Son Bruce Guthro EMI 24 One Road Man Chris LeDoux Capitol Nashville 1 3 One Step at a Time George Strait MCA Nashville 8 6 The Prince of Egypt (Nashville) Various Artists DreamWorks Nashville 32 9 Shot Full of Love Billy Ray Cyrus Monument 2 2 Sittin' on Top of the World LeAnn Rimes Curb 25 11 The Sky's the Limit BlackHawk Arista Nashville 20 Some Things I Know Lee Ann Womack Decca Nashville 9 Step Inside This House Lyle Lovett MCA Nashville 18 1 Tammy Wynette Remembered Various Artists Asylum 17 15 Teatro Willie Nelson Island 3 4 Touched by an Angel: The Album Various Artists Epic 8 21 Totally Committed Jeff Foxworthy Warner Bros. 9 3 Trampoline The Mavericks MCA Nashville 36 18 A Tribute to Tradition Various Artists Columbia 12 Ultimate Country Party Various Artists Arista Nashville 9 2 Unbelievable Diamond Rio Arista Nashville 25 VH1 Storytellers Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson Columbia 8 13 The Walls Came Down Collin Raye Epic 11 What Is This Country? Prairie Oyster ViK. 23 What This Country Needs Aaron Tippin Lyric Street 9 22 When the Wrong One Loves You Right Wade Hayes Columbia 21 When You Get to Be You Lisa Brokop Columbia 3 2 Where Your Road Leads Trisha Yearwood MCA Nashville 9 White Christmas Martina McBride RCA Nashville 1 1 Wide Open Spaces Dixie Chicks Monument 47 19 Wine Into Water T. Graham Brown Intersound 8 Wish You Were Here Mark Wills Mercury Nashville 7 You and You Alone Randy Travis DreamWorks Nashville Other top albums US CAN Album Artist Record label 55 16 Biggest Hits Merle Haggard Epic 50 16 Biggest Hits George Jones Epic 29 16 Biggest Hits Willie Nelson Columbia 75 29 Nights Danni Leigh Decca Nashville 73 Beautiful Day in the Cold Cruel World The Warren Brothers BNA 38 The Best of John Denver John Denver Madacy 38 Big Backyard Beat Show BR5-49 Arista Nashville 30 Black Dog Soundtrack Various Artists Decca Nashville 69 Break in the Storm The Great Divide Atlantic 58 The Civil War: The Nashville Sessions Various Artists Atlantic 71 Closing in on the Fire Waylon Jennings Ark 21 50 Country Christmas Classics Various Artists RCA Nashville 63 The Essential Alabama Alabama RCA Nashville 73 The Essential Lorrie Morgan Lorrie Morgan BNA 26 Every Time Pam Tillis Arista Nashville 52 Fiddle Fire: 25 Years of the CDB Charlie Daniels Blue Hat 66 Greatest #1 Hits Randy Travis Warner Bros. 36 Greatest Country Hits John Denver RCA 47 Greatest Hits Restless Heart RCA Nashville 73 Hangin' with Rodney Rodney Carrington Mercury Nashville 37 I Saw the Light Hal Ketchum Curb 69 I Turn the Page Don Williams Giant 70 I'm Just That Way Mark Nesler Asylum 61 I'm Yours Linda Davis DreamWorks Nashville 57 Keep on Rockin' Confederate Railroad Atlantic 34 Long Walk Back Junior Brown Curb 38 Love Is Kevin Sharp Asylum 66 The Lynns The Lynns Reprise 42 Nobody Love, Nobody Gets Hurt Suzy Bogguss Capitol Nashville 27 A Paul Brandt Christmas: Shall I Play for You? Paul Brandt Reprise 41 Real Man Billy Dean Capitol Nashville 57 Rhythm and Country Elvis Presley RCA 36 Secret Love Lorrie Morgan BNA 27 Spyboy Emmylou Harris Eminent 50 Stepping Stone Lari White Lyric Street 38 The Strong One Mila Mason Atlantic 72 Super Hits John Anderson BNA 53 Super Hits Lorrie Morgan BNA 72 Super Hits Aaron Tippin RCA Nashville 59 Super Hits II Alabama RCA Nashville 55 Twistin' in the Wind Joe Ely MCA Nashville 33 What Livin's All About Rhett Akins Decca Nashville 56 Write It in Stone Keith Harling MCA Nashville Deaths January 7 — Owen Bradley, 82, legendary record producer for top artists. (respiratory illness) January 17 — Cliffie Stone, 80, music executive and bassist. January 19 — Carl Perkins, 65, top picker and rockabilly artist. (complications from multiple strokes) January 24 — Justin Tubb, 62, singer-songwriter who fused honky-tonk and rockabilly in the 1950s. February 19 — Grandpa Jones, 84, banjo player, old-time country/gospel singer, comedian and regular on "Hee Haw" (stroke) February 25 — Rockin' Sidney Simien, 59, rhythm and blues, Zydeco, and soul musician best known to country audiences for his 1985 hit, "My Toot Toot." (cancer) April 6 — Tammy Wynette, 55, top country female vocalist of the 1960s and 1970s, best known for hits "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" and "Stand By Your Man." (blood clot) April 16 — Rose Maddox, 71, female honky-tonk and rockabilly pioneer who fronted the Maddox Brothers and Rose (kidney failure) May 7 — Eddie Rabbitt, 56, prolific songwriter and pop-country vocalist who once had 35 Top 10 hits in as many releases. (lung cancer) May 22 – Royce Kendall, 62, sang alongside daughter, Jeannie Kendall, of The Kendalls. (stroke) June 2- Helen Carter- 70, member of the Carter family June 10 — Steve Sanders, 45, member of the Oak Ridge Boys from 1987 to 1995; replaced and succeeded by William Lee Golden. (suicide) July 6 — Roy Rogers, 86, actor, singer and "King of the Cowboys." (congestive heart failure) July 12- Jimmy Driftwood, 91, Singer and Musician August 24- Jerry Clower, 71, Comedian and member of the Grand Ole Opry October 2 — Gene Autry, 91, actor and "The Singing Cowboy" (lymphoma). Hall of Fame inductees Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductees Carlton Haney Chubby Wise Country Music Hall of Fame inductees George Morgan (1924–1975) Elvis Presley (1935–1977) E.W. “Bud” Wendell (born 1927) Tammy Wynette (1942–1998) Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees Ray Griff Bill Anderson Major awards Grammy Awards Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "You're Still the One," Shania Twain Best Male Country Vocal Performance — "If You Ever Have Forever in Mind", Vince Gill Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — "There's Your Trouble", Dixie Chicks Best Country Collaboration with Vocals — "Same Old Train", Clint Black, Joe Diffie, Merle Haggard, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Patty Loveless, Earl Scruggs, Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, Pam Tillis, Randy Travis, Travis Tritt and Dwight Yoakam Best Country Instrumental Performance — "A Soldier's Joy" Vince Gill and Randy Scruggs Best Country Song — "You're Still the One", Shania Twain and Robert John "Mutt" Lange Best Country Album — Wide Open Spaces, Dixie Chicks Best Bluegrass Album — Bluegrass Rules!, Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder Juno Awards Best Country Male Vocalist — Paul Brandt Best Country Female Vocalist — Shania Twain Best Country Group or Duo — Leahy Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year — Garth Brooks Song of the Year — "Holes in the Floor of Heaven", Steve Wariner and Billy Kirsch Single of the Year — "This Kiss", Faith Hill Album of the Year — Wide Open Spaces, Dixie Chicks Top Male Vocalist — Tim McGraw Top Female Vocalist — Faith Hill Top Vocal Duo or Group — Dixie Chicks Top New Male Vocalist — Mark Wills Top New Female Vocalist — Jo Dee Messina Top New Vocal Duo or Group — Dixie Chicks Video of the Year — "This Kiss", Faith Hill (Director: Steven Goldmann) Vocal Event of the Year — "Just To Hear You Say That You Love Me", Faith Hill with Tim McGraw ARIA Awards (presented in Sydney on October 20, 1998) Best Country Album - My Own Sweet Time (Shanley Del) Canadian Country Music Association CMT Maple Leaf Foods Fans' Choice Award — Shania Twain Male Artist of the Year — Paul Brandt Female Artist of the Year — Shania Twain Group or Duo of the Year — Leahy SOCAN Song of the Year — "Born Again in Dixieland," Jason McCoy, Naoise Sheridan, Denny Carr Single of the Year — "You're Still the One," Shania Twain Album of the Year — Come on Over, Shania Twain Top Selling Album — Come on Over, Shania Twain Video of the Year — "Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)", Shania Twain Wrangler Rising Star Award — Bruce Guthro Vocal Collaboration of the Year — "Your Love", Michelle Wright and Jim Brickman Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year — Garth Brooks Song of the Year — "Holes in the Floor of Heaven", Steve Wariner and Billy Kirsch Single of the Year — "Holes in the Floor of Heaven", Steve Wariner Album of the Year — Everywhere, Tim McGraw Male Vocalist of the Year — George Strait Female Vocalist of the Year — Trisha Yearwood Vocal Duo of the Year — Brooks & Dunn Vocal Group of the Year — Dixie Chicks Horizon Award — Dixie Chicks Music Video of the Year — "This Kiss", Faith Hill (Director: Steven Goldmann) Vocal Event of the Year — "You Don't Seem to Miss Me," Patty Loveless with George Jones Musician of the Year — Brett Mason RPM Big Country Awards Canadian Country Artist of the Year — Shania Twain Best Country Album — Come On Over, Shania Twain Best Country Single — "Little Ol' Kisses", Julian Austin Male Artist of the Year — Paul Brandt Female Artist of the Year — Terri Clark Group of the Year — Leahy Outstanding New Male Artist — Bruce Guthro Outstanding New Female Artist — Beverley Mahood Outstanding New Group or Duo — Montana Sky Canadian Country Video — "Little Ol' Kisses", Julian Austin Top Country Composer(s) — Julian Austin Hollywood Walk of Fame Stars who were honored in 1998 Alabama, Mac Davis, and Reba McEntire See also Country Music Association Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame References Further reading Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs 1944–2005 – 6th Edition." 2005. External links Country Music Hall of Fame Country Category:Country music by year