Country-Musik 1997

Events

• Am 26. Februar erhält LeAnn Rimes im Alter von vierzehn Jahren als bislang jüngste Person einen Grammy (für das Jahr 1996)
• Im Oktober gibt Barbara Mandrell ihr letztes Konzert

Top Hits des Jahres

Nummer-1-Hits

• 11. Januar – "Nobody Knows" – Kevin Sharp
• 8. Februar – "It's a Little Too Late" – Mark Chesnutt
• 22. Februar – "A Man This Lonely" – Brooks & Dunn
• 1. März – "Running Out of Reasons to Run" – Rick Trevino
• 8. März – "Me Too" – Toby Keith
• 15. März – "We Danced Anyway" – Deana Carter
• 29. März – "How Was I to Know" – Reba McEntire
• 5. April – "This Ain't No Thinkin' Thing" – Trace Adkins
• 12. April – "Rumor Has It" – Clay Walker
• 26. April – "One Night at a Time" – George Strait
• 31. Mai – "Sittin' on Go" – Bryan White
• 7. Juni – "It's Your Love" – Tim McGraw (featuring Faith Hill)
• 19. Juli – "Carrying Your Love With Me" – George Strait
• 16. August – "Come Cryin' to Me" – Lonestar
• 30. August – "She's Got It All – Kenny Chesney
• 20. September – "There Goes" – Alan Jackson
• 27. September – "How Your Love Makes Me Feel" – Diamond Rio
• 18. Oktober – "How Do I Get There" – Deana Carter
• 25. Oktober – "Everywhere" – Tim McGraw
• 8. November – "Love Gets Me Every Time" – Shania Twain
• 13. Dezember – "From Here to Eternity" – Michael Peterson
• 20. Dezember – "Longneck Bottle" – Garth Brooks

Weitere Hits

• "455 Rocket" – Kathy Mattea
• "All The Good Ones Are Gone" – Pam Tillis
• "Amen Kind of Love" – Daryle Singletary
• "Another You" – David Kersh
• "Better Man Better Off" – Tracy Lawrence
• "Big Love" – Tracy Byrd
• "Count Me In" – Deana Carter
• "Dancin' Shaggin' On The Boulevard" – Alabama
• "Day in, Day Out" – David Kersh
• "Did I Shave My Legs For This" – Deana Carter
• "(Don't Take Her) She's All I Got" – Tracy Byrd
• "Drink, Swear, Steal and Lie" – Michael Peterson
• "Emotional Girl" – Terri Clark
• "Everybody Knows" – Trisha Yearwood
• "Everything I Love" – Alan Jackson
• "The Fool" – Lee Ann Womack
• "Friends" – John Michael Montgomery
• "A Girl's Gotta Do (What A Girl's Gotta Do)" – Mindy McCready
• "Go Away" – Lorrie Morgan
• "Good as I Was to You" – Lorrie Morgan
• "Halfway Up" – Clint Black
• "He Left A Lot To Be Desired" – Ricochet
• "Her Man" – Gary Allan
• "Holdin'" – Diamond Rio
• "Honky Tonk Truth" – Brooks & Dunn
• "How a Cowgirl Says Goodbye" – Tracy Lawrence
• "How Do I Live" – LeAnn Rimes
• "How Do I Live" – Trisha Yearwood
• "How Was I To Know" – John Michael Montgomery
• "I Left Something Turned On at Home" – Trace Adkins
• "I Miss You A Little" – John Michael Montgomery
• "I Only Get This Way With You" – Rick Trevino
• "I'd Rather Ride Around With You" – Reba McEntire
• "If She Don't Love You" – Buffalo Club
• "In Another's Eyes" – Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood
• "Is That a Tear" – Tracy Lawrence
• "Land of the Living" – Pam Tillis
• "Let It Rain" – Mark Chesnutt
• "Let Me Into Your Heart" – Mary Chapin Carpenter
• "The Light in Your Eyes" – LeAnn Rimes
• "A Little More Love" – Vince Gill
• "Little Things" – Tanya Tucker
• "Love Is The Right Place" – Bryan White
• "Loved Too Much" – Ty Herndon
• "Maybe We Should Just Sleep On It" – Tim McGraw
• "Never Again, Again" – Lee Ann Womack
• "Places I've Never Been" – Mark Wills
• "Please" – The Kinleys
• "Pretty Little Adriana" – Vince Gill
• "Sad Lookin' Moon" – Alabama
• "The Shake" – Neal McCoy
• "She Drew A Broken Heart" – Patty Loveless
• "She's Sure Taking it Well" – Kevin Sharp
• "She's Taken a Shine" – John Berry
• "Shut Up and Drive" – Chely Wright
• "Six Days on the Road" – Sawyer Brown
• "Thank God For Believers" – Mark Chesnutt
• "This Night Won't Last Forever" – Sawyer Brown
• "Today My World Slipped Away" – George Strait
• "Unchained Melody" – LeAnn Rimes
• "We Were In Love" – Toby Keith
• "What If It's You" – Reba McEntire
• "What the Heart Wants" – Collin Raye
• "Whatever Comes First" – Sons of the Desert
• "When I Close My Eyes" – Kenny Chesney
• "When Love Starts Talkin'" – Wynonna Judd
• "When You Love Somebody" – Kevin Sharp
• "Where Corn Don't Grow" – Travis Tritt
• "Who's Cheatin' Who" – Alan Jackson
• "Why Would I Say Goodbye" – Brooks & Dunn
• "You And You Alone" – Vince Gill
• "You Don't Seem to Miss Me" – Patty Loveless und George Jones
• "You Light Up My Life" – LeAnn Rimes

Alben (Auswahl)

Shania Twain – Come On Over

Gestorben

• 12. Oktober – John Denver, 53, Country-Sänger (“Take Me Home Country Roads”)
• 31. Dezember – Floyd Cramer, 64, bedeutender Sessionmusiker, Mitbegründer des Nashville Sound

Neue Mitglieder der Country Music Hall of Fame

• Harlan Howard (1927–2002)
• Brenda Lee (* 1944)
• Cindy Walker (1915–2006)

Die wichtigsten Auszeichnungen

Grammys

• Best Female Country Vocal Performance – Trisha Yearwood – How Do I Live
• Best Male Country Vocal Performance – Vince Gill – Pretty Little Adriana
• Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group – Alison Krauss & Union Station – Looking In The Eyes Of Love
• Best Country Collaboration With Vocals – Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood – In Another's Eyes
• Best Country Instrumental Performance – Alison Krauss & Union Station – Little Liza Jane
• Best Country Song – Bob Carlisle & Randy Thomas – Butterfly Kisses
• Best Country Album – Johnny Cash – Unchained
• Best Bluegrass Album – Alison Krauss & Union Station – So Long So Wrong

Academy of Country Music

• Entertainer Of The Year – Garth Brooks
• Song Of The Year – "It's Your Love" – Tim McGraw & Faith Hill – Stephony Smith
• Single Of The Year – "It's Your Love" – Tim McGraw & Faith Hill
• Album Of The Year – Carrying Your Love With Me – George Strait
• Top Male Vocalist – George Strait
• Top Female Vocalist – Trisha Yearwood
• Top Vocal Duo – Brooks & Dunn
• Top Vocal Group – Brooks & Dunn
• Top New Male Vocalist – Kenny Chesney
• Top New Female Vocalist – Lee Ann Womack
• Top New Vocal Duo Or Group – The Kinleys
• Video Of The Year – "It's Your Love" Tim McGraw und Faith Hill
• Vocal Event Of The Year – "It's Your Love" – Tim McGraw mit Faith Hill

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 – Diamond Rio
• Vocal Duo of the Year – Brooks & Dunn
• Horizon Award – LeAnn Rimes
• Musician of the Year – Brent Mason
• Vocal Event of the Year – "It's Your Love", Tim McGraw (featuring Faith Hill)
• Single of the Year – "Strawberry Wine", Deanna Carter
• Song of the Year – "Strawberry Wine", Matraca Berg und Gary Harrison
• Album of the Year – Carrying Your Love With Me, George Strait
• Music Video of the Year – "455 Rocket", Kathy Mattea (Regie: Steve Goldmann)

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