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1995 in country music

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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1995.

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Events

  • December 31: Great American Country is launched by the Jones Radio Network. With a heavy emphasis on country music videos, the network is the first major rival to CMT.

    • Births

  • July 7 — Taylor Dye, member of Maddie & Tae.
  • September 18 — Maddie Marlow, member of Maddie & Tae.

    • Deaths

  • July 25 — Charlie Rich, 62, Grammy Award winning singer and songwriter ("Behind Closed Doors", The Most Beautiful Girl") (pulmonary embolism)
  • November 10 — Curly Fox, 85, fiddler and one half of country-comedy duo Curly Fox and Texas Ruby.

    • Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

  • Roger Miller (1936–1992)
  • Jo Walker-Meador (born 1924)

    • Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

  • Gene MacLellan
  • Stan Klees

    • Grammy Awards

  • Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "Baby, Now That I've Found You," Alison Krauss
  • Best Male Country Vocal Performance — "Go Rest High on That Mountain," Vince Gill
  • Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — "Here Comes the Rain," The Mavericks
  • Best Country Collaboration with Vocals — "Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart," Shenandoah and Alison Krauss
  • Best Country Instrumental Performance — "Hightower," Asleep at the Wheel, Béla Fleck and Johnny Gimble
  • Best Country Song — "Go Rest High on That Mountain," Vince Gill
  • Best Country Album — The Woman in Me, Shania Twain (Producer: Robert John "Mutt" Lange)
  • Best Bluegrass Album — Unleashed, The Nashville Bluegrass Band

    • Juno Awards

  • Country Male Vocalist of the Year — Charlie Major
  • Country Female Vocalist of the Year — Shania Twain
  • Country Group or Duo of the Year — Prairie Oyster

    • Academy of Country Music

  • Entertainer of the Year — Brooks & Dunn
  • Song of the Year — "The Keeper of the Stars," Dickey Lee, Karen Staley, Danny Mayo (Performer: Tracy Byrd)
  • Single of the Year — "Check Yes or No," George Strait
  • Album of the Year — The Woman in Me, Shania Twain
  • Top Male Vocalist — Alan Jackson
  • Top Female Vocalist — Patty Loveless
  • Top Vocal Duo — Brooks & Dunn
  • Top Vocal Group — The Mavericks
  • Top New Male Vocalist — Bryan White
  • Top New Female Vocalist — Shania Twain
  • Top New Vocal Duo or Group — Lonestar
  • Video of the Year — "The Car" - Jeff Carson (Director: Michael Salomon)

    • Canadian Country Music Association

  • Bud Country Fans' Choice Award — Michelle Wright
  • Male Artist of the Year — Charlie Major
  • Female Artist of the Year — Shania Twain
  • Group or Duo of the Year — Prairie Oyster
  • SOCAN Song of the Year — "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?," Shania Twain
  • Single of the Year — "Any Man of Mine," Shania Twain
  • Album of the Year — The Woman in Me, Shania Twain
  • Top Selling Album — The Hits, Garth Brooks
  • Video of the Year — "Any Man of Mine," Shania Twain
  • Vista Rising Star Award — Farmer's Daughter
  • Vocal Collaboration of the Year — Jim Witter and Cassandra Vasik

    • Country Music Association

  • Entertainer of the Year — Alan Jackson
  • Song of the Year — "Independence Day," Gretchen Peters (Performer: Martina McBride)
  • Single of the Year — "When You Say Nothing at All," Alison Krauss & Union Station
  • Album of the Year — When Fallen Angels Fly, Patty Loveless
  • Male Vocalist of the Year — Vince Gill
  • Female Vocalist of the Year — Alison Krauss
  • Vocal Duo of the Year — Brooks & Dunn
  • Vocal Group of the Year — The Mavericks
  • Horizon Award — Alison Krauss
  • Music Video of the Year — "Baby Likes to Rock It," The Tractors (Director: Michael Salomon)
  • Vocal Event of the Year — "Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart," Shenandoah and Alison Krauss
  • Musician of the Year — Mark O'Connor

    • RPM Big Country Awards

  • Canadian Country Artist of the Year — Charlie Major
  • Best Country Album — Only One Moon, Prairie Oyster
  • Best Country Single — "Such a Lonely One", Prairie Oyster
  • Male Artist of the Year — Charlie Major
  • Female Artist of the Year — Michelle Wright
  • Group of the Year — Prairie Oyster
  • Outstanding New Artist — Shania Twain
  • Top Country Composer(s) — Jim Witter and Johnny Douglas
  • Country Music Association
  • Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame

    • References

    1995 in country music Wikipedia
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