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2000 in country music

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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 2000.

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Events

  • March 4 — "Amazed" by Lonestar becomes the first country song to have topped both the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks and the Billboard Hot 100 chart since the Kenny Rogers-Dolly Parton duet, "Islands In The Stream" in October 1983. The country-leaning "Amazed" — which had a brief run in the Hot 100 during the summer of 1999 — had been remixed for Top 40 radio, launching it to its run of pop-radio success.
  • March 10 — Vince Gill and Christian singer Amy Grant are married.
  • December – RFD-TV, a cable network devoted to rural Americans culture, is launched. In addition to agriculture- and farming-centric shows, a large programming block is devoted to classic country music television shows.

    • Deaths

  • March 7 — Pee Wee King, 86, singer-songwriter (heart attack)
  • March 14 — Tommy Collins, 69, singer and songwriter who helped create the Bakersfield Sound
  • March 19 — Speck Rhodes, 84, comedian and musician best known for his work on The Porter Wagoner Show.
  • April 21 — Neal Matthews, Jr., 70, member of The Jordanaires (heart attack)
  • November 5 — Jimmie Davis, 101, the "Singing Governor", two-term governor of Louisiana from 1944–1948 and again from 1960-1964 (natural causes)

    • Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

  • Charley Pride (born 1938)
  • Faron Young (1932–1996)

    • Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

  • Colleen Peterson
  • Leonard Rambeau

    • Grammy Awards

  • Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "Breathe," Faith Hill
  • Best Male Country Vocal Performance — "Solitary Man," Johnny Cash
  • Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — "Cherokee Maiden," Asleep at the Wheel
  • Best Country Collaboration with Vocals — "Let's Make Love," Faith Hill and Tim McGraw
  • Best Country Instrumental Performance — "Leaving Cottondale," Alison Brown and Béla Fleck
  • Best Country Song — "I Hope You Dance," Mark D. Sanders and Tia Sillers
  • Best Country Album — Breathe, Faith Hill
  • Best Bluegrass Album — The Grass Is Blue, Dolly Parton

    • Juno Awards

  • Best Country Male Artist — Paul Brandt
  • Best Country Female Artist — Terri Clark
  • Best Country Group or Duo — The Wilkinsons

    • Academy of Country Music

  • Entertainer of the Year — Dixie Chicks
  • Song of the Year — "I Hope You Dance," Mark D. Sanders, Tia Sillers
  • Single of the Year — "I Hope You Dance," Lee Ann Womack
  • Album of the Year — How Do You Like Me Now?!, Toby Keith
  • Top Male Vocalist — Toby Keith
  • Top Female Vocalist — Faith Hill
  • Top Vocal Duo — Brooks & Dunn
  • Top Vocal Group — Dixie Chicks
  • Top New Male Vocalist — Keith Urban
  • Top New Female Vocalist — Jamie O'Neal
  • Top New Vocal Duo or Group — Rascal Flatts
  • Video of the Year — "Goodbye Earl," Dixie Chicks (Director: Evan Bernard)
  • Vocal Event of the Year — "I Hope You Dance," Lee Ann Womack and Sons Of The Desert

    • Canadian Country Music Association

  • Chevy Fans' Choice Award — The Wilkinsons
  • Male Artist of the Year — Paul Brandt
  • Female Artist of the Year — Michelle Wright
  • Group or Duo of the Year — The Wilkinsons
  • SOCAN Song of the Year — "Daddy Won't Sell the Farm," Steve Fox, Robin Branda
  • Single of the Year — "Jimmy's Got a Girlfriend," The Wilkinsons
  • Album of the Year — Here and Now, The Wilkinsons
  • Top Selling Album — Fly, Dixie Chicks
  • Video of the Year — "That's the Truth," Paul Brandt
  • FACTOR Rising Star Award — Tara Lyn Hart
  • Vocal/Instrumental Collaboration of the Year — "Get Me Through December," Natalie MacMaster and Alison Krauss

    • Country Music Association

  • Entertainer of the Year — Dixie Chicks
  • Song of the Year — "I Hope You Dance," Mark D. Sanders, Tia Sillers
  • Single of the Year — "I Hope You Dance," Lee Ann Womack
  • Album of the Year — Fly, Dixie Chicks
  • Male Vocalist of the Year — Tim McGraw
  • Female Vocalist of the Year — Faith Hill
  • Vocal Duo of the Year — Montgomery Gentry
  • Vocal Group of the Year — Dixie Chicks
  • Horizon Award — Brad Paisley
  • Music Video of the Year — "Goodbye Earl," Dixie Chicks (Director: Evan Bernard)
  • Vocal Event of the Year — "Murder on Music Row," George Strait and Alan Jackson
  • Musician of the Year — Hargus "Pig" Robbins
  • Country Music Association
  • Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame

    • References

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