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2000 in country music 

See also: 1999 in country music, 2000 in music, other events of 2000, 2001 in country 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
February 5 Cowboy Take Me Away Dixie Chicks 3
February 26 My Best Friend Tim McGraw 2
March 11 Smile Lonestar 1
March 18 How Do You Like Me Now?! Toby Keith 5 1
April 22 The Best Day George Strait 3 Became Strait's 36th solo No. 1 hit,
a Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks
record for most solo No. 1 hits
(breaking a tie held by Conway Twitty and Merle Haggard).
May 13 Buy Me a Rose Kenny Rogers
(featuring Billy Dean
and Alison Krauss)		 1 B - Kenny Rogers
C - Billy Dean
A - Alison Krauss
  • Rogers became the oldest singer to have a No. 1 hit
    on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart,
    at 61 years, eight months and 22 days old breaking
    a 26-year record held by Hank Snow
    (who was 59 years and 11 months old
    when he scored with 1974's "Hello Love").
    Rogers held the record for three years.
May 20 The Way You Love Me Faith Hill 4
June 17 Yes! Chad Brock 3 C
July 8 I Hope You Dance Lee Ann Womack
(featuring Sons of the Desert)		 5 C - Lee Ann Womack
C - Sons of the Desert
  • Womack's breakthrough pop smash,
    which was also a major pop and adult contemporary hit
    for the artist who had usually released neo-traditional country.
August 12 What About Now Lonestar 4
September 9 It Must Be Love Alan Jackson 1 Cover of the 1979 Don Williams song,
which also was a No. 1 hit.
September 16 That's the Way Jo Dee Messina 4
October 14 Kiss This Aaron Tippin 2 B
October 28 The Little Girl John Michael Montgomery 3 B
November 18 Best of Intentions Travis Tritt 1 B
  • This song marked Tritt's return to Number One in six years, as his last chart-topping single was "Foolish Pride", which reached Number One in July 1994.
November 25 Just Another Day in Paradise Phil Vassar 1 A
December 2 We Danced Brad Paisley 2
December 16 My Next Thirty Years Tim McGraw 5
  • 1 - No. 1 song of the year, as determined by Billboard magazine
  • 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
18 Almost Doesn't Count Mark Wills
  • Cover of Brandy's 1998 pop single.
15 Another Nine Minutes Yankee Grey
2 Back at One Mark Wills
8 Because You Love Me Jo Dee Messina
5 Been There Clint Black with Steve Wariner
19 Beer Thirty Brooks & Dunn
6 Big Deal LeAnn Rimes
24 Blue Moon Steve Holy
5 Carlene Phil Vassar
  • Prior to releasing this, his debut single as a recording artist, Vassar had written Number One hits for Alan Jackson, Jo Dee Messina, and Tim McGraw.
3 The Chain of Love Clay Walker
10 Cold Day in July Dixie Chicks
3 Couldn't Last a Moment Collin Raye
4 Country Comes to Town Toby Keith
17 Daddy Won't Sell the Farm Montgomery Gentry
13 Do What You Gotta Do Garth Brooks
6 Feels Like Love Vince Gill
6 Flowers on the Wall Eric Heatherly
2 Go On George Strait A
13 Goodbye Earl Dixie Chicks
3 I Lost It Kenny Chesney
8 I Need You LeAnn Rimes
2 I Will… But SHeDAISY
4 I'll Be Reba McEntire
17 I'm Holdin' on to Love (to Save My Life) Shania Twain
11 It Was Chely Wright
18 It's a Love Thing keith urban
5 It's Always Somethin' Joe Diffie
22 Katie Wants a Fast One Steve Wariner with Garth Brooks
3 Lessons Learned Tracy Lawrence
  • Lawrence's first Top 40 country hit since "The Coast Is Clear" in late 1997.
6 Let's Make Love Faith Hill with Tim McGraw
20 Let's Make Sure We Kiss Goodbye Vince Gill
13 A Little Gasoline Terri Clark
11 Live, Laugh, Love Clay Walker
18 Lonely Tracy Lawrence
3 Love's the Only House Martina McBride
18 Me Neither Brad Paisley
18 Meanwhile Back at the Ranch The Clark Family Experience
10 More Trace Adkins
38 Murder on Music Row George Strait with Alan Jackson
  • Although not released as a single, this song gained media attention for its criticism of then-current country pop trends.
15 My Love Goes On and On Chris Cagle
20 One Voice Billy Gilman
  • This song made Gilman, who was 12 at the time of its release, the youngest male artist to chart a Top 40 country hit.
3 Prayin' for Daylight Rascal Flatts
11 Put Your Hand in Mine Tracy Byrd
  • Co-written by Jimmy Wayne, who had not yet begun his recording career.
21 The Quittin' Kind Joe Diffie
16 Real Live Woman Trisha Yearwood
11 She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy Kenny Chesney
2 She's More Andy Griggs
24 Small Stuff Alabama
12 Smoke Rings in the Dark Gary Allan
7 Some Things Never Change Tim McGraw
22 That's the Beat of a Heart The Warren Brothers with Sara Evans
13 That's the Kind of Mood I'm In Patty Loveless
10 There You Are Martina McBride
9 This Woman Needs SHeDAISY
24 Unbreakable Heart Jessica Andrews
3 Unconditional Clay Davidson
21 The Visit Chad Brock
20 We're So Good Together Reba McEntire
3 What Do You Say Reba McEntire
8 What I Need to Do Kenny Chesney
21 When You Come Back to Me Again Garth Brooks
15 When You Need My Love Darryl Worley
26 Where Are You, Christmas? Faith Hill
6 www.memory Alan Jackson
17 You Won't Be Lonely Now Billy Ray Cyrus
5 You'll Always Be Loved by Me Brooks & Dunn
4 Your Everything keith urban
  • A Reached #1 on U.S. Gavin Report country singles charts.

Top new album releases

Other top albums

Births

Deaths

Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

Major Awards

Grammy awards

Academy of Country Music

Country Music Association

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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