1991 in country music

none April 2015This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1991. 1991 1991 country music Events March 16 — The country music world is stunned when seven members of Reba McEntire's band and her road manager are killed in a plane crash in California. McEntire – who traveled separately – recorded her album, For My Broken Heart in their memory. August 16 — Holly Dunn asks that radio stations withdraw her single "Maybe I Mean Yes" due to listener complaints that its lyrics condone date rape.http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,315174,00.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090421185001/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,315174,00.html dead April 21, 2009 Dunn's Deal Holly Dunn's controversial single – The country star asks stations to remove Maybe I Mean Yes from rotation Meyers Kate 16 August 1991 Entertainment Weekly 17 January 2015 August 30 — Country music pioneer, Dottie West is seriously injured while en route to a Grand Ole Opry performance in Nashville, Tennessee. Her fans and contemporaries are deeply saddened when she dies of her injuries September 4 at a Nashville hospital. President George H. W. Bush sends his condolences to the country music world during the CMA Awards later that year. September 28 — Ropin' the Wind by Garth Brooks becomes the first album to debut at No. 1 on Billboard magazines Top Country Albums and Billboard 200 Albums charts. The album, Brooks' third, vaults the 29-year-old singer into superstardom and goes on to sell 16 million copies worldwide. The album became the second best selling album of all genres in 1991, coming in second to Mariah Carey's debut album. November 24 — Hot Country Nights begins a one-season run on NBC. The series was created to cash in on the exploding popularity of country music, and showcased several acts on each episode; featured on the premiere were Alabama, Clint Black, K.T. Oslin, Kenny Rogers and Pam Tillis. The series did not catch on in the ratings and is canceled at the end of the season. No dates Naomi Judd announces she had been diagnosed with Hepatitis C, a potentially fatal chronic liver disease, and would be retiring from touring with daughter Wynonna at the end of the year. The resulting "Farewell" tour becomes the year's top-grossing act in country music and ends with a New Year's Eve pay-per-view concert. "SoundScan" is introduced, providing more accurate Billboard magazine chart ratings that are based on actual sales. Immediate evidence proved country music had a much bigger audience than previously thought. Eight acts have their first Billboard No. 1 songs, including Mark Chesnutt, Mike Reid, Alan Jackson, Doug Stone, Diamond Rio, Trisha Yearwood, Brooks & Dunn and Lionel Cartwright. Three of those – Diamond Rio, Yearwood and Brooks & Dunn – turn the trick with their first national release; Reid's first solo release also hit the top of the chart, but he had hit the Top 5 as part of a duet with Ronnie Milsap (1988's "Old Folks") three years earlier. Top hits of the year List of number-one country hits of 1991 (U.S.) List of number-one country hits of 1991 (Canada) Singles released by American artists USCANSingleArtistReference11AnymoreTravis Tritt33Are You Lovin' Me Like I'm Lovin' YouRonnie Milsap1411As Simple as ThatMike Reid55Ball and ChainPaul Overstreet1427Bing Bang BoomHighway 10154Blame It on TexasMark Chesnutt2220Blue MemoriesPatty Loveless11Brand New ManBrooks & Dunn11Brother JukeboxMark Chesnutt26Brotherly LoveKeith Whitley & Earl Thomas Conley3119Calloused HandsMark Collie159Can I Count On YouMcBride & the Ride32The Chill of an Early FallGeorge Strait32Come On BackCarlene Carter12Daddy's Come AroundPaul Overstreet11Don't Rock the JukeboxAlan Jackson518Don't Tell Me What to DoPam Tillis27Down at the Twist and ShoutMary Chapin Carpenter11Down HomeAlabama21Down to My Last TeardropTanya Tucker31Drift Off to DreamTravis Tritt2220The EagleWaylon Jennings339Eagle When She FliesDolly Parton1610Even NowExile21Fallin' Out of LoveReba McEntire88FancyReba McEntire1512Feed JakePirates of the Mississippi97A Few Good Things RemainKathy Mattea1321For Crying Out LoudDavis Daniel11For My Broken HeartReba McEntire11Forever TogetherRandy Travis13Forever's as Far as I'll GoAlabama2718Get RhythmMartin Delray1912Heart Full of LoveHolly Dunn23Here We AreAlabama22Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)Travis Tritt46HeroesPaul Overstreet31Heroes and FriendsRandy Travis1210Hopelessly YoursLee Greenwood & Suzy Bogguss36Hurt Me Bad (In a Real Good Way)Patty Loveless11I Am a Simple ManRicky Van Shelton33I Couldn't See You Leavin'Conway Twitty74I Got YouShenandoah41I Thought It Was YouDoug Stone4014I Wonder How Far It Is Over YouAaron Tippin11I'd Love You All Over AgainAlan Jackson548I'm That Kind of GirlPatty Loveless4818If I Built You a FireNeal McCoy11If I Know MeGeorge Strait14If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets)Joe Diffie21If You Want Me ToJoe Diffie11In a Different LightDoug Stone108Is It Raining at Your HouseVern Gosdin66It Won't Be MeTanya Tucker11Keep It Between the LinesRicky Van Shelton13Leap of FaithLionel Cartwright1815Let Her GoMark Collie49Life's Little Ups and DownsRicky Van Shelton3715Life's Too Long (To Live Like This)Ricky Skaggs47Like We Never Had a Broken HeartTrisha Yearwood83Little ThingsMarty Stuart73Liza JaneVince Gill166Long Lost FriendRestless Heart717Lord Have Mercy on a Country BoyDon Williams56Love Can Build a BridgeThe Judds1210Love Will Bring Her AroundRob Crosby11Loving BlindClint Black62Lucky MoonThe Oak Ridge Boys2820Mary and WillieK. 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Oslin11Meet in the MiddleDiamond Rio814MenThe Forester Sisters34Mirror, MirrorDiamond Rio911The Moon Over GeorgiaShenandoah13My Next Broken HeartBrooks & Dunn22New Way (To Light Up an Old Flame)Joe Diffie152Nothing's Changed HereDwight Yoakam1713Now That We're AloneRodney Crowell1221Oh What It Did to MeTanya Tucker65One Hundred and TwoThe Judds3317One LoveCarlene Carter77One More PaymentClint Black65One of Those ThingsPam Tillis32Only Here for a Little WhileBilly Dean96A Picture of Me (Without You)Lorrie Morgan711Pocket Full of GoldVince Gill31Point of LightRandy Travis118Put Yourself in My PlacePam Tillis2519RestlessMark O'Connor and the New Nashville Cats1514Right NowMary Chapin Carpenter11Rockin' YearsDolly Partonwith Ricky Van Shelton31RodeoGarth Brooks31Rumor Has ItReba McEntire2816Same Old StarMcBride & the Ride84Shadow of a DoubtEarl Thomas Conley11ShamelessGarth Brooks1510She's a NaturalRob Crosby11She's in Love with the BoyTrisha Yearwood157Silver and GoldDolly Parton67Since I Don't Have YouRonnie Milsap2—Small Town Saturday NightHal Ketchum811Some Guys Have All the LoveLittle Texas12SomedayAlan Jackson1216Someday SoonSuzy Bogguss32Somewhere in My Broken HeartBilly Dean2920Speak of the DevilPirates of the Mississippi2025Still Burnin' for YouRob Crosby258The Sweetest ThingCarlene Carter54TemptedMarty Stuart46Then AgainAlabama1716There for AwhileSteve Wariner52These Lips Don't Know How to Say GoodbyeDoug Stone2319Things Are Tough All OverShelby Lynne11The Thunder RollsGarth Brooks1211Till I Found YouMarty Stuart178Till You Were GoneMike Reid77Time Passes ByKathy Mattea1816Treat Me Like a StrangerBaillie & the Boys45True LoveDon Williams115Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me LooseDwight Yoakam11Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full HouseGarth Brooks11Unanswered PrayersGarth Brooks25The WalkSawyer Brown11Walk on FaithMike Reid33We Both WalkLorrie Morgan1415We've Got It MadeLee Greenwood108What a Way to GoRay Kennedy11Where Are You NowClint Black1812Whole Lotta HolesKathy Mattea43You Don't Count the CostBilly Dean11You Know Me Better Than ThatGeorge Strait166You Win AgainMary Chapin Carpenter54You're the OneDwight Yoakam613You've Got to Stand for SomethingAaron Tippin32Your Love Is a MiracleMark Chesnutt Singles released by Canadian artists USCANSingleArtistReference739All You Really Wanna DoMichelle Wright393BluebirdAnne Murray—15Cry in the WildernessGary Fjellgaard—13Dance with This Old CowboyGary Fjellgaard—7Did You Fall in Love with MePrairie Oyster—10Fell in Love and I Can't Get OutGeorge Fox—19A Fishing DayRoch Voisine—16For Crying Out LoudKelita—20I Know Where You GoGeorge Fox—9I Never Met a Liar (I Didn't Like)Joan Kennedy—16I Should Have Put a Hold on LoveCarroll Baker—10LeahJ. 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Gulley—20The Little Old House Out BackMichael Peters—15Lonely You, Lonely MePrairie Oyster—14No Pain, No GainColleen Peterson—20Not Enough Love to Go 'RoundMichelle Wright—5Something to Remember You ByPrairie Oyster—9Springtime in AlbertaIan Tyson—8Take Me with YouPatricia Conroy—1Til I Am Myself AgainBlue Rodeo—9Watch Love Grow StrongRita MacNeil—10We Don't Always See Eye to EyeThe Good Brothers—19While You Just PretendTim Taylor—20Why Baby WhyThe Good Brothers—14Wild HorsesDick Damron—5With All My MightGeorge Fox Top new album releases List of number-one country albums of 1991 (U.S.) US Album Artist Record label 15 Aces Suzy Bogguss Liberty 7 All I Can Be Collin Raye Epic 22 And Along Came Jones George Jones MCA Nashville 24 Back to the Grindstone Ronnie Milsap RCA Nashville 3 Backroads Ricky Van Shelton Columbia 25 The Best of Restless Heart Restless Heart RCA Nashville 22 Billy Dean Billy Dean SBK/Liberty 3 Brand New Man Brooks & Dunn Arista Nashville 23 Buick Sawyer Brown Capitol/Curb 4 Chill of an Early Fall George Strait MCA Nashville 13 Diamond Rio Diamond Rio Arista Nashville 17 Don't Go Near the Water Sammy Kershaw Mercury/PolyGram 2 Don't Rock the Jukebox Alan Jackson Arista Nashville 1 Eagle When She Flies Dolly Parton Columbia 3 Electric Barnyard The Kentucky Headhunters Mercury/PolyGram 3 For My Broken Heart Reba McEntire MCA Nashville 10 Greatest Hits Vol. II Alabama RCA Nashville 7 Greatest Hits Volume Two The Judds RCA/Curb 17 Heroes Paul Overstreet RCA Nashville 3 High Lonesome Randy Travis Warner Bros. 12 I Thought It Was You Doug Stone Epic 2 It's All About to Change Travis Tritt Warner Bros. 25 Milestones: Greatest Hits Holly Dunn Warner Bros. 6 Past the Point of Rescue Hal Ketchum Curb 5 Pocket Full of Gold Vince Gill MCA Nashville 8 Pure Hank Hank Williams, Jr. Curb/Warner Bros. 10 Put Yourself in My Place Pam Tillis Arista Nashville 25 Renegade Charlie Daniels Epic 1 Ropin' the Wind Garth Brooks Liberty 8 Something in Red Lorrie Morgan RCA Nashville 10 Sticks and Stones Tracy Lawrence Atlantic 16 Talkin' 'Bout Men The Forester Sisters Warner Bros. 20 Tempted Marty Stuart MCA Nashville 7 Ten Strait Hits George Strait MCA Nashville 9 Time Passes By Kathy Mattea Mercury/PolyGram 17 Tribute Roy Rogers RCA Nashville 2 Trisha Yearwood Trisha Yearwood MCA Nashville 22 Turning for Home Mike Reid Columbia 6 What Do I Do with Me Tanya Tucker Capitol Nashville 23 You've Got to Stand for Something Aaron Tippin RCA Nashville Other top albums US Album Artist Record label 60 #1 with a Bullet Ray Stevens Capitol/Curb 67 All American Country The Statler Brothers Mercury/PolyGram 74 At Last Gene Watson Warner Bros. 42 Back Home Again Kenny Rogers Reprise 64 Best of Bill Anderson Bill Anderson Curb 36 Bing Bang Boom Highway 101 Warner Bros. 67 Brenda Lee Brenda Lee Warner Bros. 27 Burnin' Up the Road McBride & the Ride MCA Nashville 27 Chasin' the Sun Lionel Cartwright MCA Nashville 28 Clean Shirt Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson Epic 44 A Dozen Roses – Greatest Hits Desert Rose Band Curb/MCA Nashville 54 Fighting Fire with Fire Davis Daniel Mercury/PolyGram 72 Friends in High Places George Jones Epic 57 Get Rhythm Martin Delray Atlantic 32 Greatest Hits Billy Joe Royal Atlantic 44 High & Dry Marty Brown MCA Nashville 28 I Am Ready Steve Wariner Arista Nashville 61 I've Got That Old Feeling Alison Krauss Rounder 66 Justice Exile Arista Nashville 45 Kentucky Bluebird Keith Whitley RCA Nashville 62 Key's in the Mailbox Barbara Mandrell Capitol Nashville 50 Live Two Five Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Liberty 68 My Father's Son Ricky Skaggs Epic 66 My Heroes Have AlwaysBeen Cowboys Soundtrack Various Artists RCA 70 The Mystery of Life Johnny Cash Mercury/PolyGram 59 Navajo Rug Jerry Jeff Walker Rykodisc 44 The New Nashville Cats Mark O'Connor Warner Bros. 41 Out of My Heart Vern Gosdin Columbia 58 Out of Your Ever Lovin' Mind Dean Dillon Atlantic 67 Patriot Johnny Cash Columbia 29 The Patsy Cline Collection Patsy Cline MCA Nashville 38 A Perfect 10 Lee Greenwood Liberty 55 Soft Talk Shelby Lynne Epic 74 Solid Ground Rob Crosby Arista Nashville 32 Unchained Melody Ronnie McDowell Curb 41 Unstoppable The Oak Ridge Boys RCA Nashville 27 Up Against My Heart Patty Loveless MCA Nashville 39 Walk the Plank Pirates of the Mississippi Capitol Nashville 59https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1991/BB-1991-05-11.pdf Top Country Albums May 11, 1991 Billboard Wanted Recorded or Live Jimmy Collins Platinum Edge 36 Western Underground Chris LeDoux Liberty 72 Your Precious Love Ronnie McDowell Curb 53 Yours Truly Earl Thomas Conley RCA Nashville 50 Zone of Our Own Texas Tornados Reprise On television Regular series Hee Haw (1969–1993, syndicated) Hot Country Nights (1991–1992, NBC) Specials Births September 9 – Hunter Hayes, country-pop singer/multi-instrumentalist of the early 2010s best known for his crossover hit "Wanted" September 21 – Ingrid Andress, known for her 2019-20 hit "More Hearts Than Mine". December 27 – Shay Mooney, member of Dan + Shay, a rising duo of the 2010s. September 27 – Sierra Hull, bluegrass singer-songwriter and musician. Deaths February 24 — Webb Pierce, 69, honky tonk stylist and pioneer (pancreatic cancer). March 16 — Chris Austin, 27, member of Reba McEntire's road band (plane crash). September 4 — Dottie West, 58, legendary and pioneering female vocalist for over three decades (injuries from a car accident). October 17 — Tennessee Ernie Ford, 72, "The Old Pea Picker;" pop-country singer and TV host best known for "Sixteen Tons" (liver failure). Hall of Fame inductees Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductees Flatt and Scruggs Lester Flatt Earl Scruggs Bill Monroe Country Music Hall of Fame inductees Boudleaux & Felice Bryant (Boudleaux Bryant 1920–1987 and Felice (Scaduto) Bryant 1925–2003) Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees Rhythm Pals A. Hugh Joseph Major awards Grammy AwardsBest Female Country Vocal Performance — "Down at the Twist and Shout", Mary Chapin CarpenterBest Male Country Vocal Performance — Ropin' the Wind, Garth BrooksBest Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — "Love Can Build a Bridge," The JuddsBest Country Collaboration with Vocals — "Restless", Ricky Skaggs, Steve Wariner and Vince GillBest Country Instrumental Performance — The New Nashville Cats, Mark O'ConnorBest Country Song — "Love Can Build a Bridge", John Barlow Jarvis, Naomi Judd and Paul OverstreetBest Bluegrass Album — "Spring Training", Carl Jackson and John Starling Juno AwardsCountry Male Vocalist of the Year — George FoxCountry Female Vocalist of the Year — Cassandra VasikCountry Group or Duo of the Year — Prairie Oyster Academy of Country MusicEntertainer of the Year — Garth BrooksSong of the Year — "Somewhere in My Broken Heart", Billy Dean and Richard Leigh (Performer: Billy Dean)Single of the Year — "Don't Rock the Jukebox", Alan JacksonAlbum of the Year — Don't Rock the Jukebox, Alan JacksonTop Male Vocalist — Garth BrooksTop Female Vocalist — Reba McEntireTop Vocal Duo — Brooks & DunnTop Vocal Group — Diamond RioTop New Male Vocalist — Billy DeanTop New Female Vocalist — Trisha YearwoodTop New Vocal Duo or Group — Brooks & DunnVideo of the Year — "Is There Life Out There", Reba McEntire (Director: Jack Cole) ARIA Awards (presented in Sydney on March 25, 1991)Best Country Album - Hand It Down (James Blundell) Canadian Country Music AssociationBud Country Fans' Choice Award — Rita MacNeilMale Artist of the Year — George FoxFemale Artist of the Year — Michelle WrightGroup of the Year — Prairie OysterSOCAN Song of the Year — "Lonely You, Lonely Me", Joan BesenSingle of the Year — "New Kind of Love", Michelle WrightAlbum of the Year — Michelle Wright, Michelle WrightTop Selling Album — Home I'll Be, Rita MacNeilVideo of the Year — "Springtime in Alberta", Ian TysonVista Rising Star Award — South MountainDuo of the Year — The Johner Brothers Country Music AssociationEntertainer of the Year — Garth BrooksSong of the Year — "When I Call a Your Name", Tim DuBois and Vince Gill (Performer: Vince Gill)Single of the Year — "Friends in Low Places", Garth BrooksAlbum of the Year — No Fences, Garth BrooksMale Vocalist of the Year — Vince GillFemale Vocalist of the Year — Tanya TuckerHorizon Award — Travis TrittVocal Duo of the Year — The JuddsVocal Group of the Year — The Kentucky HeadhuntersVocal Event of the Year — "Restless", Vince Gill, Mark O'Connor, Ricky Skaggs and Steve WarinerMusic Video of the Year — "The Thunder Rolls", Garth Brooks (Director: Bud Schaetzle)Musician of the Year' — Mark O'Connor Kennedy Center Honors Country stars who were Honored in 1991 Roy Acuff 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. References 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