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1995 in country music 

See also: 1994 in country music, 1995 in music, other events of 1995, 1996 in country music, 1990s in music and the List of years in Country Music

Contents

Events

Top hits of the year

Number one hits

(as certified by Billboard magazine)

Date Song Name Artist Wks. No. 1 Spec.
Note
January 14 Not a Moment Too Soon Tim McGraw 2
January 28 Gone Country Alan Jackson 1
February 4 Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life) Pam Tillis 2 C
  • Fell from #1 to #16, the biggest fall from #1 since the inception of Nielsen SoundScan in 1990.
February 18 My Kind of Girl Collin Raye 1
February 25 Old Enough to Know Better Wade Hayes 2 C
March 11 You Can't Make a Heart Love Somebody George Strait 1
March 18 This Woman and This Man Clay Walker 2
April 1 Thinkin' About You Trisha Yearwood 2
April 15 The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter Reba McEntire 1
April 22 I Can Love You Like That John Michael Montgomery 3 2
  • This was the second John Michael Montgomery song covered by R&B quartet All-4-One; like 1994's "I Swear," the cover version also became a major Billboard Hot 100 hit.
  • Fell to #2 on the chart week of April 29.
April 29 Little Miss Honky Tonk Brooks & Dunn 1
May 20 Gonna Get a Life Mark Chesnutt 1
May 27 What Mattered Most Ty Herndon 1 A
June 3 Summer's Comin' Clint Black 3
June 24 Texas Tornado Tracy Lawrence 1
July 1 Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident) John Michael Montgomery 3 1
July 22 Any Man of Mine Shania Twain 2 A
  • With this, her first No. 1, Twain became the first Canadian singer to reach No. 1 since Anne Murray reached No. 1 with "Now and Forever (You and Me)" in 1986.
August 5 I Don't Even Know Your Name Alan Jackson 1
August 12 I Didn't Know My Own Strength Lorrie Morgan 1 B
August 19 You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone Brooks & Dunn 2
  • Of Brooks & Dunn's 20 Billboard Number Ones, this was the only one to feature Kix Brooks on lead vocals. All others featured Ronnie Dunn.
September 2 Not on Your Love Jeff Carson 1 C
September 9 Someone Else's Star Bryan White 1 A
September 16 I Like It, I Love It Tim McGraw 5
October 21 She's Every Woman Garth Brooks 1
October 28 Dust on the Bottle David Lee Murphy 2 C
November 11 Check Yes or No George Strait 4
December 9 Tall, Tall Trees Alan Jackson 2
December 23 That's as Close as I'll Get to Loving You Aaron Tippin 2
  • 1 - No. 1 song of the year, as determined by Billboard.
  • 2 - Song dropped from No. 1 and later returned to top spot.
  • A - First Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist.
  • B - Last Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist to date.
  • C - Only Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist to date.

Other major hits

Peak Single Artist Notes
3 Adalida George Strait
8 All I Need to Know Kenny Chesney
4 Amy's Back in Austin Little Texas
2 And Still Reba McEntire B
2 As Any Fool Can See Tracy Lawrence
4 Back in Your Arms Again Lorrie Morgan
3 Better Things to Do Terri Clark
11 Between an Old Memory and Me Travis Tritt
15 Big Ol' Truck Toby Keith
6 Bobbie Ann Mason Rick Trevino
7 The Box Randy Travis
16 Bubba Hyde Diamond Rio
2 Can't Be Really Gone Tim McGraw B
3 The Car Jeff Carson
20 Clown in Your Rodeo Kathy Mattea
4 Darned If I Don't (Danged If I Do) Shenadoah
5 Doctor Time Rick Trevino A
10 Don't Stop Wade Hayes
10 Down in Flames BlackHawk
23 Down in Tennessee Mark Chesnutt
13 Faith in Me, Faith in You Doug Stone
6 Fall in Love Kenny Chesney
23 The Fever Garth Brooks
  • This is a re-written version of rock band Aerosmith's 1993 single "Fever".
19 Finish What We Started Diamond Rio
5 The First Step Tracy Byrd
3 For a Change Neal McCoy
3 Give Me One More Shot Alabama
14 Go Rest High on That Mountain Vince Gill
2 Goin' Through the Big D Mark Chesnutt
6 Halfway Down Patty Loveless
13 Hard Lovin' Woman Mark Collie
21 Heart Trouble Martina McBride
24 Heaven Bound (I'm Ready) Shenandoah
22 Here Comes the Rain The Mavericks
4 Here I Am Patty Loveless B
21 House of Cards Mary Chapin Carpenter
4 I Don't Believe in Goodbye Sawyer Brown
15 I Got It Honest Aaron Tippin
2 I Let Her Lie Daryle Singletary
4 I Think About It All the Time John Berry
9 I Wanna Go Too Far Trisha Yearwood
7 I Want My Goodbye Back Ty Herndon
16 I Was Blown Away Pam Tillis
15 I Will Always Love You Dolly Parton with Vince Gill
  • Cover of Parton's signature song, which was a Number One country hit for her twice.
7 I'll Never Forgive My Heart Brooks & Dunn
21 I'm in Love with a Capital "U" Joe Diffie
2 I'm Not Strong Enough to Say No BlackHawk
5 I'm Still Dancin' with You Wade Hayes
25 If I Had Any Pride Left at All John Berry
16 If I Was a Drinkin' Man Neal McCoy
4 If I Were You Collin Raye
2 If the World Had a Front Porch Tracy Lawrence
18 If You're Gonna Walk, I'm Gonna Crawl Sammy Kershaw
3 In Between Dances Pam Tillis
4 In Pictures Alabama B
2 The Keeper of the Stars Tracy Byrd
7 Lead On George Strait A
5 Let's Go to Vegas Faith Hill
4 Life Gets Away Clint Black
5 Life Goes On Little Texas
9 Lipstick Promises George Ducas
2 A Little Bit of You Lee Roy Parnell
25 Little by Little James House
  • House's first Top 40 chart single since "Don't Quit Me Now" in 1989.
7 Little Houses Doug Stone
24 Look at Me Now Bryan White
11 Look What Followed Me Home David Ball
9 Love Lessons Tracy Byrd
15 Mississippi Moon John Anderson
16 My Heart Will Never Know Clay Walker
9 Night Is Fallin' in My Heart Diamond Rio
3 No Man's Land John Michael Montgomery
20 Nothing Dwight Yoakam
20 On My Own Reba McEntire
2 One Boy, One Girl Collin Raye
2 One Emotion Clint Black
6 Party Crowd David Lee Murphy
5 Refried Dreams Tim McGraw
4 Safe in the Arms of Love Martina McBride
  • Canadian singer Michelle Wright concurrently released her own version of this same song.
2 She Ain't Your Ordinary Girl Alabama
3 Should've Asked Her Faster Ty England
  • Before the release of this, his debut single, England was a guitarist in Garth Brooks' road band.
2 So Help Me Girl Joe Diffie
7 Sometimes She Forgets Travis Tritt
7 Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart Shenandoah with Alison Krauss
6 Song for the Life Alan Jackson
2 Standing on the Edge of Goodbye John Berry
8 Stay Forever Hal Ketchum
2 Tell Me I Was Dreaming Travis Tritt
6 Tender When I Want to Be Mary Chapin Carpenter
8 Tequila Talkin' Lonestar
3 That Ain't My Truck Rhett Akins
10 That's How You Know (When You're in Love) Lari White
7 That's Just About Right BlackHawk
3 They're Playin' Our Song Neal McCoy
6 This Is Me Missing You James House
11 (This Thing Called) Wantin' and Havin' It All Sawyer Brown
2 This Time Sawyer Brown B
25 Three Words, Two Hearts, One Night Mark Collie
2 Till You Love Me Reba McEntire
18 Trouble Mark Chesnutt
23 True to His Word Boy Howdy
10 Upstairs Downtown Toby Keith
15 Walkin' to Jerusalem Tracy Byrd
16 What'll You Do About Me Doug Supernaw
24 When and Where Confederate Railroad
3 When You Say Nothing at All Alison Krauss & Union Station
3 Wherever You Go Clint Black
4 Which Bridge to Cross (Which Bridge to Burn) Vince Gill
5 Whiskey Under the Bridge Brooks & Dunn
2 Who Needs You Baby Clay Walker
11 Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under? Shania Twain
14 The Woman in Me (Needs the Man in You) Shania Twain
2 You Ain't Much Fun Toby Keith
4 You and Only You John Berry
2 You Better Think Twice Vince Gill
23 You Can Sleep While I Drive Trisha Yearwood
5 You Don't Even Know Who I Am Patty Loveless B
4 You Have the Right to Remain Silent Perfect Stranger

Top new album releases

Other top albums

Deaths

Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

Major Awards

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 Vocal 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

Academy of Country Music

Country Music Association

References

  1. ^ Sokol, David. "2000 Records to Die For". Stereophile. Retrieved on 2008-08-05.

Further reading

  • Kingsbury, Paul, "The Grand Ole Opry: History of Country Music. 70 Years of the Songs, the Stars and the Stories," Villard Books, Random House; Opryland USA, 1995
  • Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947-1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003 (ISBN 0-8118-3572-3)
  • Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 (ISBN 0-06-273244-7)
  • Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs 1944-2005 - 6th Edition." 2005.

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