2005 in country music

none April 2015 April 2015 This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 2005. 2005 2005 country music Events January 1 – Earl Scruggs celebrates his 50th Grand Ole Opry anniversary February 26 – Charlie Louvin of The Louvin Brothers celebrates his 50th Grand Ole Opry Anniversary April 30 – Billboard magazine renames the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart "Hot Country Songs." The chart's renaming is part of a major redesign of the 110-year-old magazine. May 25 – Oklahoma-born Carrie Underwood becomes the fourth-season winner of "American Idol". Although her first single, "Inside Your Heaven," tops the Billboard Hot 100 chart, the 22-year-old Underwood's influences and music are predominantly country. Late in the year, she entered the top 10 of the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the first time with "Jesus, Take the Wheel". Her debut album, Some Hearts, rockets to No. 1 on the album charts. May 25 – Garth Brooks proposes to longtime girlfriend and fellow country music star Trisha Yearwood in Bakersfield, California, ending long-standing speculation about their relationship. May 27 – Gretchen Wilson guest Miranda Lambert at the Schottenstein Center in Columbus, Ohio. September – Country music acts participate in benefit concerts to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina. On September 9, Dixie Chicks, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood are among the artists participating in "Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast", which airs live on cable and broadcast television stations in the United States and worldwide. "ReAct Now: Music & Relief" is held September 10. Country performers at the 4½-hour concert — which airs live on CMT – include Alan Jackson and Gretchen Wilson. October – Koch Records Nashville folds when its parent company goes out of business. October 29 – Slim Whitman celebrates his 50th Grand Ole Opry Anniversary November 9 – After 27 years as host of "American Country Countdown", radio personality Bob Kingsley steps down, after his production company and ABC Radio Networks (which distributes the show) fail to come to terms in renegotiating a distribution agreement. Kix Brooks, one half of the superstar duo Brooks & Dunn, is named the new host and was slated to take over January 21, 2006. Kingsley's last shows with "ACC" are the December 24 countdown program and "Christmas in America". November 14 – Country music superstars Trisha Yearwood, Martina McBride, Barbara Mandrell, Carrie Underwood and Jo Dee Messina at the CNN's Larry King Live. November 15 – Gretchen Wilson and Kenny Chesney at the 2005 CMA Awards. November 18 – The Johnny Cash biopic, Walk the Line, opens nationwide. The movie stars Joaquin Phoenix as "The Man in Black" and Reese Witherspoon as his girlfriend (and wife-to-be) June Carter. The movie is widely praised by critics and a major box office hit, culminating in Reese winning the Best Actress Oscar the following year. November 21 – Jean Shepard Celebrates her 50th Grand Ole Opry Anniversary November 25 – Garth Brooks releases The Limited Series, his second box set to be sold exclusively at Wal-Mart and Sam's Club stores. The set contains his previous two studio albums, Sevens and Scarecrow; plus his Double Live album; The Lost Sessions, a new album of previously unreleased material; and an All Access DVD containing behind-the-scenes footage of his concerts. The Limited Series is Brooks' first box set to be released under his label, Pearl Records; he had left his longtime label, Capitol Records, earlier in the year. December 9 – Garth Brooks and Carrie Underwood are tough acts to follow. December 10 – Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood marry at their home in Oklahoma. It is Brooks' second marriage, Yearwood's third. December 31 – Bob Kingsley's new countdown program, "Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40", premieres with the annual year-end countdown. The new four-hour show, which aired on many of the same stations that aired "ACC", is distributed by the Jones Radio Network. No dates Mindy McCready endures a rough year, with stories about her personal and legal problems making headlines. They include violent run-ins with her ex-boyfriend, Billy McKnight; various crimes she had been charged with (including fraud, prescription drug crimes, driving under the influence and probation violation) and at least two suicide attempts. Late in the year, Mindy spoke about her problems on The Oprah Winfrey Show and Larry King Live. Toby Keith, the flagship artist for DreamWorks Nashville, departs to form his own label, Show Dog Nashville. DreamWorks – which had never really lived up to its expectations – is shut down shortly thereafter by its parent company, Universal Music Group. Kellie Pickler and Aaron Tippin in a state in Carolina. The Country Music Association announces a new TV deal to move the CMA Awards to ABC, after years of being broadcast on CBS. Tammy Genovese becomes the head of the Country Music Association, succeeding Ed Benson. Country music icon George Jones marks his 50th year in country music. Top hits of the year The following songs placed within the Top 20 on the Hot Country Songs or Canada Country charts in 2005: List of Hot Country Songs number ones of 2005 List of number-one country singles of 2005 (Canada) USCANSingleArtist46AlcoholBrad Paisley82All Jacked UpGretchen Wilson12Anything but MineKenny Chesney16—ArlingtonTrace Adkins12As Good as I Once WasToby Keith18Awful, Beautiful LifeDarryl Worley21Baby GirlSugarland713Best I Ever HadGary Allan11Better LifeKeith Urban51Big Blue NoteToby Keith2019Big TimeBig & Rich1011Billy's Got His Beer Goggles OnNeal McCoy11Bless the Broken RoadRascal Flatts1628Class Reunion (That Used to Be Us)Lonestar13Come a Little CloserDierks Bentley53Do You Want Fries with ThatTim McGraw244Don't!Shania Twain16—Don't Ask Me How I KnowBobby Pinson713Don't Worry 'bout a ThingSHeDAISY146Drugs or JesusTim McGraw12Fast Cars and FreedomRascal Flatts1522Georgia RainTrisha Yearwood1619God's WillMartina McBride34GoneMontgomery Gentry32Good Ride CowboyGarth Brooks1018Goodbye TimeBlake Shelton712He Gets That from MeReba McEntire829Help SomebodyVan Zant1027HicktownJason Aldean159Holy WaterBig & Rich22HomewreckerGretchen Wilson86Honkytonk UToby Keith420How Am I Doin'Dierks Bentley1825How Do You Get That LonelyBlaine Larsen458I Ain't No QuitterShania Twain106I May Hate Myself in the MorningLee Ann Womack1819(I Never Promised You A) Rose GardenMartina McBride17—I'll Take That as a Yes (The Hot Tub Song)Phil Vassar523If HeavenAndy Griggs926If Something Should HappenDarryl Worley14It's Getting Better All the TimeBrooks & Dunn65Keg in the ClosetKenny Chesney814Let Them Be LittleBilly Dean17—Long, Slow KissesJeff Bates31Lot of Leavin' Left to DoDierks Bentley11Making Memories of UsKeith Urban1229Miss Me BabyChris Cagle11Mississippi GirlFaith Hill54Monday Morning ChurchAlan Jackson11Mud on the TiresBrad Paisley14Must Be Doin' Somethin' RightBilly Currington11My Give a Damn's BustedJo Dee Messina444My NameGeorge Canyon1617My SisterReba McEntire51Nothin' 'bout Love Makes SenseLeAnn Rimes11Nothin' to LoseJosh Gracin18—Paper AngelsJimmy Wayne814Pickin' WildflowersKeith Anderson11Play Something CountryBrooks & Dunn319Probably Wouldn't Be This WayLeAnn Rimes11A Real Fine Place to StartSara Evans29Redneck Yacht ClubCraig Morgan2515She Didn't Have TimeTerri Clark22Skin (Sarabeth)Rascal Flatts36Somebody's HeroJamie O'Neal21Something MoreSugarland15Something to Be Proud OfMontgomery Gentry215Songs About MeTrace Adkins56Stay with Me (Brass Bed)Josh Gracin1815The Talkin' Song Repair BluesAlan Jackson11Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall OffJoe Nichols13That's What I Love About SundayCraig Morgan1824Trying to Find AtlantisJamie O'Neal18—USA TodayAlan Jackson365Waitin' on the WonderfulAaron Lines411What's a Guy Gotta DoJoe Nichols42When I Think About Cheatin'Gretchen Wilson21Who You'd Be TodayKenny Chesney45You'll Be ThereGeorge Strait87You're Like Comin' HomeLonestar21You're My Better HalfKeith Urban Top new album releases The following albums placed within the Top 50 on the Top Country Albums charts in 2005: List of Top Country Albums number ones of 2005 US Album Artist Record label 1 All Jacked Up Gretchen Wilson Epic 4 Anywhere but Here Chris Cagle Capitol Nashville 1 Be as You Are (Songs from an Old Blue Chair) Kenny Chesney BNA 8 Blame the Vain Dwight Yoakam New West 6 Brave Jamie O'Neal Capitol Nashville 3 Coming Home Lonestar BNA 3 Comin' to Your City Big & Rich Warner Bros. 6 Countryman Willie Nelson Lost Highway 1 Delicious Surprise Jo Dee Messina Curb 2 Doin' Somethin' Right Billy Currington Mercury Nashville 5 Erika Jo Erika Jo Universal South 1 Fireflies Faith Hill Warner Bros. 6 Garage Cross Canadian Ragweed Universal South 2 Get Right with the Man Van Zant Columbia 2 Her Story: Scenes from a Lifetime Wynonna Asylum-Curb 1 Hillbilly Deluxe Brooks & Dunn Arista Nashville 1 Honkytonk University Toby Keith DreamWorks Nashville 6 Hot Apple Pie Hot Apple Pie DreamWorks Nashville 2 III Joe Nichols Universal South 6 Jason Aldean Jason Aldean Broken Bow 1 Jasper County Trisha Yearwood MCA Nashville 1 Kerosene Miranda Lambert Epic 2 The Legend of Johnny Cash Johnny Cash Island 8 Let Them Be Little Billy Dean Asylum-Curb 4 Life Goes On Terri Clark Mercury Nashville 2 Loco Motive Cowboy Troy RAYBAW 1 Modern Day Drifter Dierks Bentley Capitol Nashville 7 My Kind of Livin' Craig Morgan Broken Bow 1 Real Fine Place Sara Evans RCA Nashville 3 Reba #1's Reba McEntire MCA Nashville 4 R.I.D.E. Trick Pony Asylum-Curb 1 The Right to Bare Arms Larry the Cable Guy Warner Bros. 1 The Road and the Radio Kenny Chesney BNA 1 Some Hearts Carrie Underwood Arista Nashville 2 Something to Be Proud Of: The Best of 1999-2005 Montgomery Gentry Columbia 1 Somewhere Down in Texas George Strait MCA Nashville 1 Songs About Me Trace Adkins Capitol Nashville 8 That's Life Neal McCoy 903 8 Then & Now: The Hits Collection Tracy Lawrence Mercury Nashville 3 There's More Where That Came From Lee Ann Womack MCA Nashville 9 Those Were the Days Dolly Parton Blue Eye 2 This Woman LeAnn Rimes Asylum-Curb 1 Time Well Wasted Brad Paisley Arista Nashville 1 Timeless Martina McBride RCA Nashville 5 Times Like These Buddy Jewell Columbia 1 Totally Country Vol. 4 Various Artists Sony BMG 1 Tough All Over Gary Allan MCA Nashville 3 Walk the Line Soundtrack Various Artists Wind-Up Other top albums US Album Artist Record label 42 16 Biggest Hits Waylon Jennings RCA Nashville 13 All of Me Anne Murray StraightWay 20 Anthology, Volume 1 Chris LeDoux Capitol Nashville 35 Barely Famous Hits The Warren Brothers BNA 47 Childish Things James McMurtry Compadre 14 Cost of Living Delbert McClinton New West 39 Country's Got Heart Various Artists Time Life 13 Dream Big Ryan Shupe & the RubberBand Capitol Nashville 29 Dreamin' My Dreams Patty Loveless Epic 36 Drinkin' Songs and Other Logic Clint Black Equity 39 Everything and More Billy Gilman Image 28 Glory Train: Songs of Faith, Worship, and Praise Randy Travis Word/Curb 43 Gold Patsy Cline MCA Nashville 14 Greatest Hits Tracy Byrd BNA 42 Hanna-McEuen Hanna-McEuen DreamWorks Nashville 13 Hits I Missed...And One I Didn't George Jones Bandit 47 Hitstory Elvis Presley RCA 31 The Legend Johnny Cash Legacy 23 Man Like Me Bobby Pinson RCA Nashville 18 The Metropolitan Hotel Chely Wright Dualtone 47 Mission Temple Fireworks Stand Sawyer Brown Curb 39 My Kind of Music Ray Scott Warner Bros. 40 Nashville Star 2005 Finalists Various Artists Universal South 42 Nothing Left to Hide Cory Morrow Write On 14 Off to Join the World Blaine Larsen BNA 37 The Outsider Rodney Crowell Columbia 22 Patriotic Country 2 Various Artists BMG Heritage 22 Put the "O" Back in Country Shooter Jennings Universal South 31 Ride Shelly Fairchild Columbia 73 Right Out of Nowhere Kathy Mattea Narada 12 The Road to Here Little Big Town Equity 13 Songs Willie Nelson Lost Highway 26 The Story of My Life Deana Carter Vanguard 12 Three Chord Country and American Rock & Roll Keith Anderson Arista Nashville 23 The Very Best of Emmylou Harris:Heartaches & Highways Emmylou Harris Rhino 21 What I Really Mean Robert Earl Keen Koch Deaths February 6 – Merle Kilgore, 70, prolific songwriter ("Wolverton Mountain," "Ring of Fire") and manager of Hank Williams Jr. (cancer) February 12 – Sammi Smith, 61, best known for "Help Me Make it Through the Night." February 25 – Goldie Hill, 72, best known for "I Let the Stars Get in My Eyes" and wife of Carl Smith. March 2 – Joe Carter, 78, son of A.P. and Sara Carter. March 9 – Chris LeDoux, 56, world champion bareback rider who sang about the rodeo circuit and cowboy life. May 14 – Jimmy Martin, 77, the "King of Bluegrass." June 27 – Robert Byrne, 50, songwriter (unknown causes)http://www.alamhof.org/robertbyrne.html Robert Byrne Alabama Music Hall of Fame January 8, 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120224214945/http://www.alamhof.org/robertbyrne.html February 24, 2012 August 16 – Vassar Clements, 77, legendary fiddle player. (cancer) Hall of Fame inductees Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductees Red Allen Benny Martin Country Music Hall of Fame inductees Alabama (Randy Owen (born 1949); Teddy Gentry (born 1952); Jeff Cook (1949–2022); and Mark Herndon (born 1955)). DeFord Bailey (1899–1982) Glen Campbell (1936–2017) Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees Gary Fjellgaard R. Harlan Smith Paul Kennedy Major awards Grammy Awards (presented February 8, 2006 in Los Angeles) Best Female Country Vocal Performance – "The Connection", Emmylou Harris Best Male Country Vocal Performance – "You'll Think of Me", Keith Urban Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal – "Restless", Alison Krauss & Union Station Best Country Collaboration with Vocals – "Like We Never Loved At All", Faith Hill and Tim McGraw Best Country Instrumental Performance – "Unionhouse Branch", Alison Krauss & Union Station Best Country Song – "Bless the Broken Road", Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hanna & Marcus Hummon Best Country Album – Lonely Runs Both Ways, Alison Krauss & Union Station Best Bluegrass Album – The Company We Keep, Del McCoury Band Juno Awards (presented April 2, 2006 in Halifax) Country Recording of the Year – The Road Hammers, The Road Hammers CMT Music Awards (presented April 11 in Nashville) Video of the Year – "Days Go By", Keith Urban Male Video of the Year – "I Go Back", Kenny Chesney Female Video of the Year – "When I Think About Cheatin'", Gretchen Wilson Group/Duo Video of the Year – "Feels Like Today", Rascal Flatts Breakthrough Video of the Year – "Redneck Woman", Gretchen Wilson Collaborative Video of the Year – "Whiskey Lullaby", Brad Paisley Featuring Alison Krauss Hottest Video of the Year – "Whiskey Girl", Toby Keith Most Inspiring Video of the Year – "Live Like You Were Dying", Tim McGraw Video Director of the Year – "Whiskey Lullaby", Brad Paisley Featuring Alison Krauss (Director: Rick Schroder) Johnny Cash Visionary Award – Loretta Lynn Americana Music Honors & Awards Album of the Year – Universal United House of Prayer (Buddy Miller) Artist of the Year – John Prine Song of the Year – "Worry Too Much" (Mark Heard) Emerging Artist of the Year – Mary Gauthier Instrumentalist of the Year – Sonny Landreth Spirit of Americana/Free Speech Award – Judy Collins Lifetime Achievement: Songwriting – Guy Clark Lifetime Achievement: Performance – Marty Stuart Lifetime Achievement: Executive – The Rounder Founders (Ken Irwin, Marian Leighton, Bill Nowlin) Academy of Country Music (presented May 23, 2006 in Las Vegas) Entertainer of the Year – Kenny Chesney Song of the Year – "Believe", Ronnie Dunn and Craig Wiseman Single of the Year – "Jesus, Take the Wheel", Carrie Underwood Album of the Year – Time Well Wasted, Brad Paisley Top Male Vocalist – Keith Urban Top Female Vocalist – Sara Evans Top Vocal Duo – Brooks & Dunn Top Vocal Group – Rascal Flatts Top New Male Vocalist – Jason Aldean Top New Female Vocalist – Carrie Underwood Top New Duo or Group – Sugarland Video of the Year – "When I Get Where I'm Going", Brad Paisley and Dolly Parton (Director: Jim Shea) Vocal Event of the Year – "When I Get Where I'm Going", Brad Paisley and Dolly Parton ACM/Home Depot Humanitarian of the Year – Vince Gill Pioneer Awards – Little Jimmy Dickens, Kris Kristofferson, Bill Monroe and Earl Scruggs ARIA Awards (presented in Sydney on October 23, 2005) Best Country Album – Be Here (Keith Urban) ARIA Hall of Fame – Smoky Dawson Canadian Country Music Association (presented September 12 in Calgary) Kraft Cheez Whiz Fans' Choice Award – George Canyon Male Artist of the Year – George Canyon Female Artist of the Year – Terri Clark Group or Duo of the Year – The Road Hammers SOCAN Song of the Year – "My Name", George Canyon, Gordie Sampson Single of the Year – "My Name", George Canyon Album of the Year – This Time Around, Paul Brandt Top Selling Album – Greatest Hits, Shania Twain CMT Video of the Year – "Convoy," Paul Brandt Chevy Trucks Rising Star Award – Amanda Wilkinson Roots Artist or Group of the Year – Corb Lund Country Music Association (presented November 15 in New York City) Entertainer of the Year – Keith Urban Song of the Year – "Whiskey Lullaby", Bill Anderson and Jon Randall Single of the Year – "I May Hate Myself in the Morning", Lee Ann Womack Album of the Year – There's More Where That Came From, Lee Ann Womack Male Vocalist of the Year – Keith Urban Female Vocalist of the Year – Gretchen Wilson Vocal Duo of the Year – Brooks & Dunn Vocal Group of the Year – Rascal Flatts Horizon Award – Dierks Bentley Video of the Year – "As Good As I Once Was", Toby Keith (Director: Michael Salomon) Vocal Event of the Year – "Good News, Bad News", George Strait and Lee Ann Womack Musician of the Year – Jerry Douglas Further reading Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs 1944–2005 – 6th Edition." 2005. References Stark, Phyllis, "Toby Keith topped country charts, shook up Music Row," Billboard magazine, December 24, 2005, p. YE-18. Notes Other links Country Music Association Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame 2005 in Swiss music External links Country Music Hall of Fame Country Category:Country music by year