Country-Musik 1998

Events

• Nach über zehn Jahren erhält Johnny Cash mit dem Grammy für sein Album "Unchained" wieder eine bedeutende Auszeichnung. Gemeinsam mit seinem Label bedankt er sich voller Sarkasmus dafür, von Musikindustrie und Radiosendern jahrelang ignoriert worden zu sein.
• Garth Brooks stellt mit seinem Album "Double Live" einen neuen Verkaufsrekord auf. Noch nie in der amerikanischen Musikgeschichte hat sich ein Album innerhalb der ersten Woche so oft verkauft.

Top Hits des Jahres

Nummer-1-Hits

• 10. Januar – "A Broken Wing" – Martina McBride
• 17. Januar – "Just To See You Smile" – Tim McGraw
• 28. Februar – "What If I Said" – Anita Cochran and Steve Wariner
• 7. März – "Round About Way" – George Strait
• 21. März – "Nothin' But the Taillights" – Clint Black
• 4. April – "A Perfect Love" – Trisha Yearwood
• 18. April – "Bye-Bye" – Jo Dee Messina
• 2. Mai – "You're Still the One" – Shania Twain
• 9. Mai – "Two Piña Coladas" – Garth Brooks
• 16. Mai – "This Kiss" – Faith Hill
• 6. Juni – "I Just Want to Dance With You" – George Strait
• 27. Juni – "If You See Him/If You See Her" – Reba McEntire and Brooks & Dunn
• 11. Juli – "The Shoes You're Wearing" – Clint Black
• 18. Juli – "I Can Still Feel You" – Collin Raye
• 1. August – "To Make You Feel My Love" – Garth Brooks
• 8. August – "There's Your Trouble" – Dixie Chicks
• 22. August – "I'm Alright" – Jo Dee Messina
• 12. September – "How Long Gone" – Brooks & Dunn
• 3. Oktober – "Where the Green Grass Grows" – Tim McGraw
• 31. Oktober – "Honey I'm Home" – Shania Twain
• 7. November – "Wide Open Spaces" – Dixie Chicks
• 5. Dezember – "It Must Be Love" – Ty Herndon
• 12. Dezember – "Let Me Let Go" – Faith Hill
• 19. Dezember – "Husbands and Wives" – Brooks & Dunn
• 26. Dezember – "You're Easy on the Eyes" – Terri Clark

Weitere Hits

• "26 Cents" – The Wilkinsons
• "Absence of the Heart" – Deana Carter
• "Angel in My Eyes" – John Michael Montgomery
• "A Chance" – Kenny Chesney
• "Between the Devil and Me" – Alan Jackson
• "Come Some Rainy Day" – Wynonna Judd
• "Commitment" – LeAnn Rimes
• "Cover You in Kisses" – John Michael Montgomery
• "The Day She Left Tulsa (in a Chevy)" – Wade Hayes
• "Don't Be Stupid" – Shania Twain
• "Dream Walkin'" – Toby Keith
• "Everything's Changed" – Lonestar
• "Forever Love" – Reba McEntire
• "From This Moment On" – Shania Twain with Bryan White
• "Getcha Some" – Toby Keith
• "Happy Girl" – Martina McBride
• "He's Got You" – Brooks & Dunn
• "High On Love" – Patty Loveless
• "The Hole" – Randy Travis
• "Holes in the Floor of Heaven" – Steve Wariner
• "How Do You Fall in Love" – Alabama
• "I Can Love You Better" – Dixie Chicks
• "I Might Even Quit Lovin' You" – Mark Chesnutt
• "I Said a Prayer" – Pam Tillis
• "I Wanna Feel That Way Again" – Tracy Byrd
• "I Want to Fall in Love" – Lila McCann
• "I'll Go On Lovin' You" – Alan Jackson
• "I'm From the Country" – Tracy Byrd
• "If You Can't Be Good (Be Good At It)" – Neal McCoy
• "If You Have Forever in Mind" – Vince Gill
• "Imagine That" – Diamond Rio
• "It Would Be You" – Gary Allan
• "It's Not Over" – Mark Chesnutt
• "It's Your Song" – Garth Brooks
• "Just Between You and Me" – The Kinleys
• "Just to Hear You Say That You Love Me" – Faith Hill (featuring Tim McGraw)
• "A Little Past Little Rock" – Lee Ann Womack
• "Little Red Rodeo" – Collin Raye
• "Lonely Won't Leave Me Alone" – Trace Adkins
• "Love of My Life" – Sammy Kershaw
• "Love Working On You" – John Michael Montgomery
• "A Man Holdin' On (To a Woman Letting Go)" – Ty Herndon
• "The Note" – Daryle Singletary
• "Nothing New Under the Moon" – LeAnn Rimes
• "Now That I Found You" – Terri Clark
• "One of These Days" – Tim McGraw
• "One of Those Nights" – Lorrie Morgan
• "Out of My Bones" – Randy Travis
• "Say When" – Lonestar
• "She's Gonna Make It" – Garth Brooks
• "She's Got That Look in Her Eyes" – Alabama
• "Texas Sized Heartache" – Joe Diffie
• "Then What" – Clay Walker
• "To Have You Back Again" – Patty Loveless
• "Too Good to Be True" – Michael Peterson
• "Valentine" – Martina McBride (featuring Jim Brinkman)
• "We Really Shouldn't Be Doing This" – George Strait
• "What If" – Reba McEntire
• "You Move Me" – Garth Brooks
• "You Walked In" – Lonestar
• "You'll Never Know" – Mindy McCready
• "You're Gone" – Diamond Rio
• "You've Got to Talk to Me" – Lee Ann Womack

Alben (Auswahl)

• VH-1 Storytellers, Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson
• The Very Best of Slim Dusty, Slim Dusty

Gestorben

• 7. Januar – Owen Bradley (82), Produzent und Mitbegründer des Nashville Sound
• 19. Januar – Carl Perkins (65), bedeutender Rockabilly Musiker
• 24. Januar – Justin Tubb (62), Singer-Songwriter, Sohn von Ernest Tubb
• 19. Februar – Grandpa Jones (84), Banjo-Spieler, beliebter Grand Ole Opry Star
• 6. April – Tammy Wynette (55), erfolgreiche Sängerin der 1960er Jahre ("Stand By Your Man"), Ehefrau von George Jones
• 7. Mai – Eddie Rabbitt (56), Songwriter und erfolgreicher Sänger
• 10. Juni – Steve Sanders (45), Mitglied der Oak Ridge Boys von 1987 bis 1996
• 6. Juli – Roy Rogers (86), Western-Darsteller, Singing Cowboy, Mitglied der Sons of the Pioneers

Neue Mitglieder der Country Music Hall of Fame

• George Morgan (1924–1975)
• Elvis Presley (1935–1977)
• E.W. „Bud“ Wendell (* 1927)
• Tammy Wynette (1942–1998)

Die wichtigsten Auszeichnungen

Grammys

• Best Female Country Vocal Performance – Shania Twain – You're Still The One
• Best Male Country Vocal Performance – Vince Gill – If You Ever Have Forever In Mind
• Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group – Dixie Chicks – There's Your Trouble
• Best Country Collaboration With Vocals – diverse Interpreten – Same Old Train
• Best Country Instrumental Performance – Randy Scruggs & Vince Gill – A Soldier's Joy
• Best Country Song – Robert John "Mutt" Lange & Shania Twain – You're Still The One
• Best Country Album – Dixie Chicks – Wide Open Spaces
• Best Bluegrass Album – Ricky Skaggs And Kentucky Thunder – Bluegrass Rules!

Academy of Country Music

• Entertainer Of The Year – Garth Brooks
• Song Of The Year – "Holes in the Floor of Heaven" – Steve Wariner, 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 – Dixie Chicks
• Top Vocal 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
• Vocal Event Of The Year – "Just to Hear You Say That You Love Me" – Faith Hill mit Tim McGraw

Country Music Association

• Entertainer of the Year – Garth Brooks.
• Male Vocalist of the Year – George Strait.
• Female Vocalist of the Year – Trisha Yearwood.
• Vocal Group of the Year – Dixie Chicks.
• Vocal Duo of the Year – Brooks & Dunn.
• Horizon Award – Dixie Chicks.
• Musician of the Year – Brett Mason.
• Vocal Event of the Year – "You Don't Seem to Miss Me", Patty Loveless mit George Jones.
• Single of the Year – "Holes in the Floor of Heaven", Steve Wariner.
• Song of the Year – "Holes in the Floor of Heaven", Steve Wariner und Billy Kirsch.
• Album of the Year – Everywhere, Tim McGraw.
• Music Video of the Year – "This Kiss", Faith Hill.