Country-Musik 2004

Top Hits des Jahres

Nummer-1-Hits

• 7. Februar – "Remember When" – Alan Jackson
• 21. Februar – "American Soldier" – Toby Keith
• 20. März – "Watch the Wind Blow By" – Tim McGraw
• 3. April – "When the Sun Goes Down" – Kenny Chesney with Uncle Kracker
• 8. Mai – "You'll Think of Me" – Keith Urban
• 22. Mai – "Mayberry" – Rascal Flatts
• 29. Mai – "Redneck Woman" – Gretchen Wilson
• 3. Juli – "If You Ever Stop Lovin' Me" – Montgomery Gentry
• 10. Juli – "Whiskey Girl" – Toby Keith
• 17. Juli – "Live Like You Were Dying" – Tim McGraw
• 7. August – "Somebody" – Reba McEntire
• 11. September – "Girls Lie Too" – Terri Clark
• 18. September – "Days Go By" – Keith Urban
• 16. Oktober – "Suds in the Bucket" – Sara Evans
• 23. Oktober – "I Hate Everything" – George Strait
• 6. November – "In a Real Love" – Phil Vassar
• 20. November – "Mr. Mom" – Lonestar
• 4. Dezember – "Nothin' On But the Radio" – Gary Allan
• 18. Dezember – "Back When" – Tim McGraw
• 25. Dezember – "Some Beach" – Blake Shelton

Weitere Hits

• "Break Down Here" – Julie Roberts
• "Cool To Be A Fool" – Joe Nichols
• "Desperately" – George Strait
• "Drinkin' Bone" – Tracy Byrd
• "Good Little Girls" – Blue County
• "Here For the Party" – Gretchen Wilson
• "Hey Good Lookin'" – Jimmy Buffett and friends
• "Honesty (Write Me A List)" – Rodney Atkins
• "Hot Mama" – Trace Adkins
• "I Got A Feelin'" – Billy Currington
• "I Wanna Do it All" – Terri Clark
• "I Want To Live" – Josh Gracin
• "If Nobody Believed In You" – Joe Nichols
• "In My Daughter's Eyes" – Martina McBride
• "Let's Be Us Again" – Lonestar
• "Letters From Home" – John Michael Montgomery
• "Little Moments" – Brad Paisley
• "Loco" – David Lee Murphy
• "Long Black Train" – Josh Turner
• "Me And Emily" – Rachel Proctor
• "Paint Me A Birmingham" – Tracy Lawrence
• "Perfect" – Sara Evans
• "Rough & Ready" – Trace Adkins
• "Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy" – Big & Rich
• "She Thinks She Needs Me" – Andy Griggs
• "Simple Life" – Carolyn Dawn Johnson
• "Spend My Time" – Clint Black
• "Songs About Rain" – Gary Allan
• "Stays in Mexico" – Toby Keith
• "Sweet Southern Comfort" – Buddy Jewell
• "That's What It's All About" – Brooks & Dunn
• "That's What She Gets For Loving Me" – Brooks & Dunn
• "Too Much of a Good Thing" – Alan Jackson
• "Whiskey Lullaby" – Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss
• "The Woman With You" – Kenny Chesney
• "You Can't Take the Honky-Tonk Out of the Girl" – Brooks & Dunn

Alben (Auswahl)

• 50 Number Ones – George Strait (MCA Nashville)
• Be Here – Keith Urban (Capitol)
• Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill – Blake Shelton (Warner Bros.)
• Darryl Worley – Darryl Worley (DreamWorks Nashville)
• Feels Like Today – Rascal Flatts (Lyric Street)
• Greatest Hits – Shania Twain (Mercury)
• The Greatest Hits 1994–2004 – Terri Clark (Mercury)
• Greatest Hits Collection II – Brooks & Dunn (Arista Nashville/BMG)
• Here For the Party – Gretchen Wilson (Epic/Sony)
• Horse of a Different Color – Big & Rich (Warner Bros.)
• Live Like You Were Dying – Tim McGraw (Curb)
• Passing Through – Randy Travis (World Entertainment)
• Sweet Right Here – SHeDaisy (Lyric Street)
• Twice the Speed of Life – Sugarland (Mercury)
• Van Lear Rose – Loretta Lynn (Interscope)
• When the Sun Goes Down – Kenny Chesney (BNA)

Gestorben

• 10. Juni – Ray Charles, 74, musikalisches Multitalent mit wichtigen Beiträgen zur Country-Musik
• 19. September – Skeeter Davis, 72, bekanntester Song: "The End of the World."
• 23. September – Roy Drusky, 74, Grand Ole Opry Star der 1960er Jahre
• 27. Dezember – Hank Garland, 74, Country- und Jazz Gitarrist

Neue Mitglieder der Country Music Hall of Fame

• Jim Foglesong (* 1922)
• Kris Kristofferson (* 1936)

Die wichtigsten Auszeichnungen

Grammys

• Best Female Country Vocal Performance – "Keep on the Sunny Side", June Carter Cash.
• Best Male Country Vocal Performance – "Next Big Thing", Vince Gill.
• Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal – "A Simple Life", Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder.
• Best Country Collaboration with Vocals – "How's the World Treating You", Alison Krauss and James Taylor.
• Best Country Instrumental Performance – "Cluck Old Hen", Alison Krauss & Union Station.
• Best Country Song – "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere", Jim "Moose" Brown and Don Rollins.
• Best Country Album – Livin', Lovin', Losin' – Songs of the Louvin Brothers, Various Artists (Carl Jackson, producer).
• Best Bluegrass Album – Live, Alison Krauss & Union Station.

Country Music Association

• Entertainer of the Year – Kenny Chesney
• Song Of The Year – "Live Like You Were Dying" – Tim McGraw
• Single Of The Year – "Live Like You Were Dying" – Tim McGraw
• Album Of The Year – "When the Sun Goes Down" – Kenny Chesney
• Male Vocalist Of The Year – Keith Urban
• Female Vocalist Of The Year – Martina McBride
• Vocal Duo Of The Year – Brooks & Dunn
• Vocal Group Of The Year – Rascal Flatts
• Musician Of The Year – Dann Huff
• Horizon Award – Gretchen Wilson
• Musical Event Of The Year – Brad Paisley und Alison Krauss – "Whiskey Lullaby"
• Music Video Of The Year – "Whiskey Lullaby" – Brad Paisley und Alison Krauss