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1999 in country music

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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1999.

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Events

  • March 6 — Legendary performer George Jones, in the midst of a comeback this year, is seriously injured when he crashed his Lexus into a bridge. It is later revealed that alcohol was a factor in the accident, and he pleaded guilty to drunk driving charges.
  • June — Comedian Jeff Foxworthy debuts his syndicated radio countdown show, "The Foxworthy Countdown." The radio show would end ten years later.
  • September 4 — Lonestar's hit, "Amazed," spends its eighth week at No. 1 on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, becoming the first song to do so since Jack Greene's 1966 hit, "There Goes My Everything." In several other trade magazines, including Radio & Records, "Amazed" reigns for nine weeks, which made it the longest-lasting Number One single since 1966's "Almost Persuaded" by David Houston. By year's end, "Amazed" is gaining popularity on CHR and adult contemporary stations (in re-mixed versions, which excised the steel guitar).

    • Deaths

  • February 8 - Lulu Belle (born Myrtle Eleanor Cooper), 85, one-half of the 1930s-1940s husband-and-wife duo Lulu Belle and Scotty, later a state Representative in the North Carolina Legislature.
  • October 2 — Danny Mayo, 49, writer of hit singles by Alabama, Confederate Railroad, Pirates of the Mississippi, and Tracy Byrd, father of songwriter Aimee Mayo (heart attack)
  • December 17 — Rex Allen, 78, "The Arizona Cowboy" and traveling rodeo performer.
  • December 20 — Hank Snow, 85, "The Singing Ranger," best known for "I'm Movin' On."

    • Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

  • Johnny Bond (1915-1978)
  • Dolly Parton (born 1946)
  • Conway Twitty (1933-1993)

    • Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

  • Ronnie Prophet
  • Walt Grealis

    • Grammy Awards

  • Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!," Shania Twain
  • Best Male Country Vocal Performance — "Choices," George Jones
  • Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — "Ready to Run," Dixie Chicks
  • Best Country Collaboration with Vocals — "After the Gold Rush," Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt
  • Best Country Instrumental Performance — "Bob's Breakdowns," Tommy Allsup, Asleep at the Wheel, Floyd Domino, Larry Franklin, Vince Gill and Steve Wariner
  • Best Country Song — "Come on Over," Shania Twain and Robert John "Mutt" Lange
  • Best Country Album — Fly, Dixie Chicks
  • Best Bluegrass Album — Ancient Tones, Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder

    • Juno Awards

  • Best Country Male Artist — Paul Brandt
  • Best Country Female Artist — Shania Twain
  • Best Country Group or Duo — The Rankins

    • Academy of Country Music

  • Entertainer of the Year — Shania Twain
  • Song of the Year — "Amazed," Marv Green, Aimee Mayo
  • Single of the Year — "Amazed," Lonestar
  • Album of the Year — Fly, Dixie Chicks
  • Top Male Vocalist — Tim McGraw
  • Top Female Vocalist — Faith Hill
  • Top Vocal Duo or Group — Dixie Chicks
  • Top New Male Vocalist — Brad Paisley
  • Top New Female Vocalist — Jessica Andrews
  • Top New Vocal Duo or Group — Montgomery Gentry
  • Video of the Year — "Breathe," Faith Hill (Director: Lili Fini Zanuck)
  • Vocal Event of the Year — "When I Said I Do," Clint Black with Lisa Hartman Black

    • Canadian Country Music Association

  • CMT Maple Leaf Foods Fans' Choice Award — Shania Twain
  • Male Artist of the Year — Paul Brandt
  • Female Artist of the Year — Shania Twain
  • Group or Duo of the Year — The Wilkinsons
  • SOCAN Song of the Year — "26 Cents," Steve Wilkinson, William Wallace
  • Single of the Year — "26 Cents," The Wilkinsons
  • Album of the Year — Nothing but Love, The Wilkinsons
  • Top Selling Album — Wide Open Spaces, Dixie Chicks
  • Video of the Year — "That Don't Impress Me Much," Shania Twain
  • Wrangler Rising Star Award — The Wilkinsons
  • Vocal/Instrumental Collaboration of the Year — "From This Moment On," Shania Twain and Bryan White

    • Country Music Association

  • Entertainer of the Year — Shania Twain
  • Song of the Year — "This Kiss," Robin Lerner, Annie Roboff and Beth Nielsen Chapman
  • Single of the Year — "Wide Open Spaces," Dixie Chicks
  • Album of the Year — A Place in the Sun, Tim McGraw
  • Male Vocalist of the Year — Tim McGraw
  • Female Vocalist of the Year — Martina McBride
  • Vocal Duo of the Year — Brooks & Dunn
  • Vocal Group of the Year — Dixie Chicks
  • Horizon Award — Jo Dee Messina
  • Music Video of the Year — "Wide Open Spaces," Dixie Chicks (Director: Thom Oliphant)
  • Vocal Event of the Year — "My Kind of Woman, My Kind of Man," Vince Gill and Patty Loveless
  • Musician of the Year — Randy Scruggs

    • RPM Big Country Awards

  • Canadian Country Artist of the Year — Shania Twain
  • Best Country Album — Nothing but Love, The Wilkinsons
  • Best Country Single — "26 Cents", The Wilkinsons
  • Male Artist of the Year — Paul Brandt
  • Female Artist of the Year — Shania Twain
  • Group of the Year — The Wilkinsons
  • Outstanding New Male Artist — Gil Grand
  • Outstanding New Female Artist — Stephanie Beaumont
  • Outstanding New Group or Duo — The Johner Brothers
  • Canadian Country Video — "26 Cents", The Wilkinsons
  • Top Country Composer(s) — Bruce Guthro
  • Country Music Association
  • Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame

    • References

    1999 in country music Wikipedia
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