1993 in country music

none April 2015 April 2015 This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1993. 1993 1993 country music Events December 28 – Newcomer Shania Twain and record producer and songwriter Robert John "Mutt" Lange are married. Twain had just released her first album, produced by Norro Wilson earlier in the year, and although it gained largely positive critical reviews, the album was not a big seller. Twain, hiring Lange as her producer, will quickly begin work to improve her fortunes exponentially. Top hits of the year List of number-one country hits of 1993 (U.S.) List of number-one country hits of 1993 (Canada) Singles released by American artists USCANSingleArtistReference11Ain't Goin' Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)Garth Brooks21Ain't That Lonely YetDwight Yoakam11AlibisTracy Lawrence32All These YearsSawyer Brown12Almost GoodbyeMark Chesnutt54Alright AlreadyLarry Stewart12American Honky-Tonk Bar AssociationGarth Brooks1017Anywhere but HereSammy Kershaw21A Bad GoodbyeClint Black with Wynonna Judd2113Beer and BonesJohn Michael Montgomery12Blame It on Your HeartPatty Loveless1939Boom! It Was OverRobert Ellis Orrall65Born to Love YouMark Collie1624The BugMary Chapin Carpenter1816Cadillac RanchChris LeDoux11Can I Trust You with My HeartTravis Tritt12Can't Break It to My HeartTracy Lawrence11ChattahoocheeAlan Jackson1128Cleopatra, Queen of DenialPam Tillis4610Cowboy BoogieRandy Travis1216A Cowboy's Born with a Broken HeartBoy Howdy1619Do You Know Where Your Man IsPam Tillis11Does He Love YouReba McEntire with Linda Davis1921Down on My KneesTrisha Yearwood24Drive SouthSuzy Bogguss2028Easier Said Than DoneRadney Foster 11Easy Come, Easy GoGeorge Strait33Every Little ThingCarlene Carter4—God Blessed TexasLittle Texas814Half EnoughLorrie Morgan1111The Hard WayMary Chapin Carpenter41Hard Workin' ManBrooks & Dunn910Haunted HeartSammy Kershaw511He Ain't Worth MissingToby Keith11The Heart Won't LieReba McEntire & Vince Gill11HeartlandGeorge Strait26Hearts Are Gonna RollHal Ketchum2018High Rollin'Gibson/Miller Band13Holdin' HeavenTracy Byrd31Hometown HoneymoonAlabama511Honky Tonk AttitudeJoe Diffie178Hurry SundownMcBride & the Ride127I Don't Call Him DaddyDoug Supernaw1322I Fell in the WaterJohn Anderson1414I Guess You Had to Be ThereLorrie Morgan11I Love the Way You Love MeJohn Michael Montgomery229I Wanna Take Care of YouBilly Dean714I Want You Bad (And That Ain't Good)Collin Raye1613I'd Rather Miss YouLittle Texas3418I'm Not Built That WayBilly Dean88If I Didn't Love YouSteve Wariner23In a Week or TwoDiamond Rio31In the Heart of a WomanBilly Ray Cyrus11It Sure Is MondayMark Chesnutt23It's a Little Too LateTanya Tucker55It's Your CallReba McEntire157Janie Baker's Love SlaveShenandoah55Just Like the WeatherSuzy Bogguss56Just One NightMcBride & the Ride25Learning to Live AgainGarth Brooks1524Leavin's Been a Long Time Comin'Shenandoah68Let GoBrother Phelps711Let Go of the StoneJohn Anderson47Let That Pony RunPam Tillis43Life's a DanceJohn Michael Montgomery3012Like a River to the SeaSteve Wariner11Look Heart, No HandsRandy Travis114Looking Out for Number OneTravis Tritt38Love on the Loose, Heart on the RunMcBride & the Ride810Love Without MercyLee Roy Parnell615Made for Lovin' YouDoug Stone814Mama Knows the HighwayHal Ketchum133Mending FencesRestless Heart22Mercury BluesAlan Jackson11Money in the BankJohn Anderson21My Baby Loves MeMartina McBride716My Blue AngelAaron Tippin16My Second HomeTracy Lawrence44My Strongest WeaknessWynonna Judd32No Future in the PastVince Gill32No Time to KillClint Black27Nobody WinsRadney Foster2023Nothin' but the WheelPatty Loveless58Oh Me, Oh My, Sweet BabyDiamond Rio42Ol' CountryMark Chesnutt612On the RoadLee Roy Parnell32Once Upon a LifetimeAlabama11One More Last ChanceVince Gill33Only LoveWynonna45Passionate KissesMary Chapin Carpenter32Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox (If I Die)Joe Diffie23Queen of MemphisConfederate Railroad73Queen of My Double-Wide TrailerSammy Kershaw11RecklessAlabama412RenoDoug Supernaw11She Don't Know She's BeautifulSammy Kershaw11She Used to Be MineBrooks & Dunn63She's Not Cryin' AnymoreBilly Ray Cyrus11Should've Been a CowboyToby Keith511Somebody Else's MoonCollin Raye914Somebody NewBilly Ray Cyrus819Somebody Paints the WallTracy Lawrence246Someplace Far Away (Careful What You're Dreaming)Hal Ketchum11Somewhere Other Than the NightGarth Brooks24The Song Remembers WhenTrisha Yearwood215SoonTanya Tucker1924Standing Knee Deep in a River (Dying of Thirst)Kathy Mattea36Sure LoveHal Ketchum51Take It BackReba McEntire43Tell Me About ItTanya Tucker with Delbert McClinton31Tell Me WhyWynonna Judd210Tender MomentLee Roy Parnell11Thank God for YouSawyer Brown11That SummerGarth Brooks415That Was a RiverCollin Raye135This Romeo Ain't Got Julie YetDiamond Rio23A Thousand Miles from NowhereDwight Yoakam44Tonight I Climbed the WallAlan Jackson11Too Busy Being in LoveDoug Stone1012Trashy WomenConfederate Railroad1317T-R-O-U-B-L-ETravis Tritt57Trouble on the LineSawyer Brown61Tryin' to Hide a Fire in the DarkBilly Dean22Walkaway JoeTrisha Yearwood1125We Got the LoveRestless Heart21We'll Burn That BridgeBrooks & Dunn211What Might Have BeenLittle Texas11What Part of NoLorrie Morgan1721What Were You Thinkin'Little Texas11What's It to YouClay Walker66When Did You Stop Loving MeGeorge Strait11When My Ship Comes InClint Black1418When You Leave That Way You Can Never Go BackConfederate Railroad16Why Didn't I Think of ThatDoug Stone54Wild ManRicky Van Shelton76Workin' Man's Ph.DAaron Tippin1224You Say You WillTrisha Yearwood Singles released by Canadian artists USCANSingleArtistReference—14Already GoneBlue Rodeo—7Blank PagesPatricia Conroy—5Breakfast AloneGeorge Fox—9Breakin' All Over TownJoan Kennedy5514The ChangeMichelle Wright—16Country GirlLisa Brokop—18Cryer's ParadiseRon Hynes—19Dealers in HeartachesMorris P. Rainville—4Distant DrumJim Witter—9Dream OnJoan Kennedy—5Everything and MoreJim Witter—9Fare Thee Well LoveThe Rankin Family—17Fortunate HomeTim Thorney—11Fortune Smiled on MeCassandra Vasik with Russell deCarle—4Gillis MountainThe Rankin Family313He Would Be SixteenMichelle Wright—9I Need to Hear It from YouJoan Kennedy—1I'm Gonna Drive You Out of My MindCharlie Major—1I'm SomebodyCharlie Major—17If Only You KnewTracey Prescott & Lonesome Daddy—10It Might as Well Be MeAnita Perras—6Make Love to MeAnne Murray—5Mustang HeartGeorge Fox—9Roll Like a WheelCassandra Vasik—7Sadly MistakenCassandra Vasik—19A Song for BrentCindy Church—7Starting All Over AgainOne Horse Blue—7Talk to My HeartJoan Kennedy—8What Do You CarePatricia Conroy—9You're My HometownDon Neilson Top new album releases List of number-one country albums of 1993 (U.S.) List of number-one country albums of 1993 (Canada) US CAN Album Artist Record label 15 5 Across the Borderline Willie Nelson Columbia 5 5 Alibis Tracy Lawrence Atlantic 6 7 Almost Goodbye Mark Chesnutt MCA Nashville 6 8 Big Time Little Texas Warner Bros. 17 A Bridge I Didn't Burn Ricky Van Shelton Columbia 6 12 Call of the Wild Aaron Tippin RCA Nashville 16 4 Cheap Seats Alabama RCA Nashville 8 1 Clay Walker Clay Walker Giant 10 Closer to Paradise Barra MacNeils Mercury/PolyGram 1 1 Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles Various Artists Giant 1 Country Heat 3 Various Artists RCA 34 19 Cowgirl's Prayer Emmylou Harris Asylum 54 1 Croonin' Anne Murray SBK/Capitol 51 19 Drive Steve Wariner Arista Nashville 2 2 Easy Come, Easy Go George Strait MCA Nashville 6 Even Cowgirls Get the Blues Soundtrack k.d. lang Sire 20 Feels Like Home Cassandra Vasik Epic 14 4 Fire in the Dark Billy Dean Liberty 3 Five Days in July Blue Rodeo Warner 2 For Our Fans Alabama RCA Nashville 16 Girls Will Be Girls Farmer's Daughter Stubble Jumper 15 Greatest Hits 1990–1992 Tanya Tucker Liberty 1 9 Greatest Hits Volume Two Reba McEntire MCA Nashville 2 1 Hard Workin' Man Brooks & Dunn Arista Nashville 11 10 Haunted Heart Sammy Kershaw Mercury/PolyGram 6 6 Honky Tonk Angels Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn& Tammy Wynette Columbia 10 Honky Tonk Attitude Joe Diffie Epic 7 Honky Tonk Christmas Alan Jackson Arista Nashville 1 1 In Pieces Garth Brooks Liberty 1 1 It Won't Be the Last Billy Ray Cyrus Mercury/PolyGram 13 1 John Berry John Berry Liberty 2 Kickin' Country Various Artists Sony 3 26 Let There Be Peace on Earth Vince Gill MCA Nashville 35 2 Little Love Letters Carlene Carter Giant 38 8 Mark Collie Mark Collie MCA Nashville 26 19 Merry Christmas from London Lorrie Morgan BNA 20 5 More Love Doug Stone Epic 7 Mustang Heart George Fox Warner 2 3 No Time to Kill Clint Black RCA Nashville 1 North Country The Rankin Family EMI 59 17 On the Road Lee Roy Parnell Arista Nashville 4 One Horse Blue One Horse Blue Savannah 9 Only What I Feel Patty Loveless Epic 1 The Other Side Charlie Major Arista 25 Out of Left Field Hank Williams, Jr. Curb/Warner Bros. 13 2 Outskirts of Town Sawyer Brown Curb 22 Rave On!! The Kentucky Headhunters Mercury/PolyGram 27 18 Red and Rio Grande Doug Supernaw BNA 4 15 Slow Dancing with the Moon Dolly Parton Columbia 12 13 Solid Ground John Anderson BNA 6 18 The Song Remembers When Trisha Yearwood MCA Nashville 18 11 Soon Tanya Tucker Liberty 7 2 Take Me as I Am Faith Hill Warner Bros. 1 Tell Me Why Wynonna Judd Curb/MCA Nashville 4 1 This Time Dwight Yoakam Reprise 17 Toby Keith Toby Keith Mercury/PolyGram 2 Today's Country Gold '93 Various Artists Quality 24 Today's Hit Country Various Artists K-Tel 24 Tracy Byrd Tracy Byrd MCA Nashville 35 17 Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills Asleep at the Wheel Liberty 38 8 Under the Kudzu Shenandoah RCA Nashville 21 Under This Old Hat Chris LeDoux Liberty 14 8 The Way That I Am Martina McBride RCA Nashville 24 5 Wind in the Wire Randy Travis Warner Bros. 3 You Might Be a Redneck If... Jeff Foxworthy Warner Bros. Other top albums US CAN Album Artist Record label 75 America, I Believe in You Charlie Daniels Liberty 51 The Beverly Hillbillies Soundtrack Various Artists Fox 27 Country Dance Mixes Various Artists Atlantic 55 Delta Dreamland Deborah Allen Giant 28 Dr. Stompin' Tom...Eh? Stompin' Tom Connors EMI 29 Final Touches Conway Twitty MCA Nashville 51 Good News Kathy Mattea Mercury/PolyGram 60 Greatest Hits Patty Loveless MCA Nashville 31 27 Greatest Hits: Songsfrom an Aging Sex Bomb K. T. Oslin RCA Nashville 46 Heroes Mark O'Connor Warner Bros. 30 High-Tech Redneck George Jones MCA Nashville 53 Hurry Sundown McBride & the Ride MCA Nashville 28 Jingle Bell Rock Brenda Lee MCA 26 Kick Along with Stompin' Tom Stompin' Tom Connors EMI 56 Let Go Brother Phelps Asylum 37 Ricky Lynn Gregg Ricky Lynn Gregg Liberty 67 28 Shania Twain Shania Twain Mercury/PolyGram 61 Shawn Camp Shawn Camp Reprise 27 Something Up My Sleeve Suzy Bogguss Liberty 62 Spinning Around the Sun Jimmie Dale Gilmore Elektra 53 Steppin' Country Various Artists K-Tel 55 Temptation Shelby Lynne Morgan Creek 37 Today's Top Country Various Artists K-Tel 26 Way Beyond the Blue Anita Perras Savannah 37 The Wheel Rosanne Cash Columbia 65 Where There's Smoke Gibson/Miller Band Epic On television Regular series Hee Haw (1969–1993, syndicated) Specials Births March 24 – Mo Pitney, country singer who released his first radio hit, "Country". May 13 – William Michael Morgan, young country singer who released his first radio hit, "I Met a Girl". May 13 – Morgan Wallen, performer of the 2010s ("Whiskey Glasses"). September 12 – Kelsea Ballerini, country pop singer-songwriter known for her 2014 debut hit "Love Me Like You Mean It". October 9 – Scotty McCreery, winner of the 10th season of American Idol, with follow-up successes including "I Love You This Big" and his first No. 1 hit, "Five More Minutes". October 21 – Kane Brown, country music singer and songwriter who released his radio hit, "Used to Love You Sober". Deaths June 5 — Conway Twitty, 59, giant music star since the 1950s who set records for most No. 1 country hits until 2006 (abdominal aneurysm). November 30 — David Houston, 57, top country singer of the 1960s and early 1970s, best known for "Almost Persuaded" (brain aneurysm). Hall of Fame inductees Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductees Mac Wiseman Jim & Jesse Jim McReynolds Jesse McReynolds Country Music Hall of Fame inductees Willie Nelson (born 1933) Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees Ward Allen Stu Phillips Bob Nolan Stu Davis Ted Daigle Frank Jones Major awards Grammy Awards Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "Passionate Kisses", Mary Chapin Carpenter Best Male Country Vocal Performance — "Ain't That Lonely Yet", Dwight Yoakam Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — "Hard Workin' Man", Brooks & Dunn Best Country Collaboration with Vocals — "Does He Love You", Reba McEntire and Linda Davis Best Country Instrumental Performance — "Red Wing", Asleep at the Wheel, Chet Atkins, Eldon Shamblin, Johnny Gimble, Marty Stuart, Reuben "Lucky Oceans" Gosfield & Vince Gill Best Country Song — "Passionate Kisses", Lucinda Williams (Performer: Mary Chapin Carpenter) Best Bluegrass Album — Waitin' for the Hard Times to Go, The Nashville Bluegrass Band Juno Awards Country Male Vocalist of the Year — Charlie Major Country Female Vocalist of the Year — Cassandra Vasik Country Group or Duo of the Year — The Rankin Family Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year — Garth Brooks Song of the Year — "I Love the Way You Love Me", Victoria Shaw and Chuck Cannon (Performer: John Michael Montgomery) Single of the Year — "Chattahoochee", Alan Jackson Album of the Year — A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'Bout Love), Alan Jackson Top Male Vocalist — Vince Gill Top Female Vocalist — Wynonna Top Vocal Duo — Brooks & Dunn Top Vocal Group — Little Texas Top New Male Vocalist — John Michael Montgomery Top New Female Vocalist — Faith Hill Top New Vocal Duo or Group — Gibson/Miller Band Video of the Year — "We Shall Be Free," Garth Brooks (Directors: Garth Brooks and Tim Miller) ARIA Awards (presented in Sydney on April 14, 1993) Best Country Album – The Outback Club (Lee Kernaghan) Canadian Country Music Association Bud Country Fans' Choice Award — Michelle Wright Male Artist of the Year — George Fox Female Artist of the Year — Michelle Wright Group or Duo of the Year — The Rankin Family SOCAN Song of the Year — "Backroads", Charlie Major Single of the Year — "He Would Be Sixteen", Michelle Wright Album of the Year — Bad Day for Trains, Patricia Conroy Top Selling Album — Some Gave All, Billy Ray Cyrus Video of the Year — "He Would Be Sixteen", Michelle Wright Vista Rising Star Award — The Rankin Family Vocal Collaboration of the Year — Cassandra Vasik and Russell deCarle Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year — Vince Gill Song of the Year — "I Still Believe in You", Vince Gill and John Barlow Jarvis (Performer: Vince Gill) Single of the Year — "Chattahoochee", Alan Jackson Album of the Year — I Still Believe in You, Vince Gill Male Vocalist of the Year — Vince Gill Female Vocalist of the Year — Mary Chapin Carpenter Vocal Duo of the Year — Brooks & Dunn Vocal Group of the Year — Diamond Rio Horizon Award — Mark Chesnutt Music Video of the Year — "Chattahoochee", Alan Jackson (Director: Martin Kahan) Vocal Event of the Year — "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair", George Jones (featuring Clint Black, Garth Brooks, T. Graham Brown, Mark Chesnutt, Joe Diffie, Vince Gill, Alan Jackson, Patty Loveless, Pam Tillis and Travis Tritt) Musician of the Year — Mark O'Connor 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