2007 in country music

2007 in country music
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Events

February 11 - It was a big night for country music artists at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, as they swept the awards in four top categories. The Dixie Chicks won three of those awards: Record of the Year and Song of the Year (both for "Not Ready to Make Nice," the latter shared with songwriter Dan Wilson) and Album of the Year (Taking the Long Way). Carrie Underwood took the Best New Artist Award.

Both Underwood and the Dixie Chicks were winners in country-specific categories. The Dixie Chicks won for Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal (for "Not Ready to Make Nice") and Best Country Album ("Taking the Long Way"). Underwood won for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for "Jesus, Take the Wheel"; the song also earned a Best Country Song award for songwriters Brett James, Hillary Lindsey and Gordie Sampson.

Also, country music pioneer Bob Wills - the longtime leader of the Texas Playboys - was a posthumous recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award. Wills was recognized 32 years after his death.

Week of February 12 — Country music stars team with celebrities during a special celebrity week of Wheel of Fortune, which was taped in Charleston, South Carolina. During the game aired February 13, Julie Roberts and contestant partner Peter Buccellato won $124,250 after Buccallato solved the bonus round puzzle for the show's grand prize of $100,000. Roberts donated a matching amount to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital.
February 17 - Hank Williams, Jr. filed for divorce from his fourth wife, Mary Jane, whom he married in 1990.
March 19 – Days after an announcement that Lonestar had parted ways with longtime record label BNA Records, lead singer Richie McDonald announces plans to depart the group at the end of the year, in search of a solo career. [3]
April 10 – The house where the music video for Johnny Cash's "Hurt" was shot is destroyed by fire. ^[1]
May 10 - Country music superstar Trisha Yearwood announces she is leaving MCA Records where she had been for 16 years with over 12 million albums sold and 5 number 1 singles. She announced she was signing with Big Machine Records. Yearwood and Big Machine CEO Scott Borchetta met in her intern days at MTM records. Trisha's last top 5 with MCA was "I Would've Loved You Anyway" in 2001.
September 4 – Sammy Kershaw enters the Louisiana lieutenant governor's race, running as a Republican.^[2]
September 15 – Garth Brooks' song, "More Than a Memory" becomes the first song to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Songs chart, since the start of the magazine's all-encompassing country chart in 1958.
October 21 - Country music legend Porter Wagoner's publicist Darlene Bieber confirms that Wagoner had been diagnosed with lung cancer. Wagoner dies seven days later.
October 30 - The Eagles release their studio album Long Road Out of Eden, their first compilation of all-new material in 28 years. The album sells over a million copies in its first two weeks.

Top hits of the year

Number one hits

(As certified by Billboard magazine)

Date	Song Name	Artist	Wks. No. 1	Spec. Note
January 6	She's Everything	Brad Paisley	3
January 27	Watching You	Rodney Atkins	4	¹
February 24	It Just Comes Natural	George Strait	2
March 10	Ladies Love Country Boys	Trace Adkins	2	Adkins' first Billboard Number One since "(This Ain't) No Thinkin' Thing" in April 1997.
March 24	Beer in Mexico	Kenny Chesney	3
April 14	Last Dollar (Fly Away)	Tim McGraw	1	Written by Big Kenny of Big & Rich.
April 21	Wasted	Carrie Underwood	3
May 12	Stand	Rascal Flatts	1
May 19	Settlin'	Sugarland	1
May 26	Good Directions	Billy Currington	3	Co-written by Luke Bryan.
June 16	Moments	Emerson Drive	1	^A With this song, Emerson Drive became the first Canadian-based group to reach the top of the U.S. Billboard country charts, as well as the fifth Canadian-based recording act overall to do so.
June 23	Find out Who Your Friends Are	Tracy Lawrence	1	Lawrence's first Billboard Number One since "Time Marches On" in June 1996. Reached #1 in its forty-first chart week, setting a new record for the slowest climb to #1 on the country charts. The song's chart success was greatly aided by stations playing an alternate version featuring Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney.
June 30	Ticks	Brad Paisley	1
July 7	Lucky Man	Montgomery Gentry	2
July 21	Lost in This Moment	Big & Rich	2	^A
August 4	Never Wanted Nothing More	Kenny Chesney	5
September 8	These Are My People	Rodney Atkins	1
September 15	More Than a Memory	Garth Brooks	1	Became the first song in the history of the Billboard country charts to debut at #1. Brooks' first Billboard #1 since "To Make You Feel My Love" in August 1998.
September 22	Take Me There	Rascal Flatts	3	Co-written by Kenny Chesney.
October 13	Online	Brad Paisley	1
October 20	Love Me If You Can	Toby Keith	1	First Billboard Number One for Keith's label, Show Dog Nashville.
October 27	Don't Blink	Kenny Chesney	4	This song debuted at #16 on the chart week of September 8, setting a record for the highest debut on the Billboard country charts. This record was beaten only one week later by "More Than a Memory" (see above), which debuted at #1.
November 24	Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go)	Dierks Bentley	1
December 1	So Small	Carrie Underwood	3	Debuted at #20, setting a new record for the highest country chart debut ever made by a female artist. Fell from #1 to #10, tying a record for the third-biggest fall from #1 since the inception of Nielsen SoundScan in 1990, and the biggest since Shania Twain's "You Win My Love", which fell to #11 in mid-1996.
December 22	Our Song	Taylor Swift	6	^A With this song, Swift became the youngest country artist to reach #1 with a self-written song. Having moved up from #6 to #1, this song also made the biggest jump to Number One since January 1998, when Tim McGraw's "Just to See You Smile" also jumped from #6 to #1.

^A - First Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist.
¹ - No. 1 song of the year, as determined by Billboard magazine.

Other major hits

United States

Peak	Single	Artist	Notes
5	All My Friends Say	Luke Bryan
5	Alyssa Lies	Jason Michael Carroll
4	Amarillo Sky	Jason Aldean
17	Another Side of You	Joe Nichols
5	Anyway	Martina McBride	McBride's first Top 10 country hit since 2004's "In My Daughter's Eyes."
11	As If	Sara Evans
2	Because of You	Reba McEntire with Kelly Clarkson	Clarkson's first Top 40 country hit.
6	A Different World	Bucky Covington
24	Dixie Lullaby	Pat Green
12	Don't Make Me	Blake Shelton
9	Everyday America	Sugarland
5	Fall	Clay Walker	Walker's first chart entry since 2004's "Jesus Was a Country Boy", and his first Top 5 hit since 2000's "The Chain of Love". Was later covered by pop/R&B artist Kimberley Locke, whose version released as a single to AC radio.
14	Famous in a Small Town	Miranda Lambert
12	A Feelin' Like That	Gary Allan	Co-written by Ira Dean, then a member of Trick Pony.
2	Firecracker	Josh Turner
21	'Fore She Was Mama	Clay Walker
18	Good as Gone	Little Big Town
17	Guys Like Me	Eric Church
19	Heaven, Heartache, and the Power of Love	Trisha Yearwood
3	High Maintenance Woman	Toby Keith	Although Keith wrote this song himself, he gave co-writers' credits to singer/comedian Tim Wilson and Wilson's frequent writing partner, Danny Simpson.
16	Hillbilly Deluxe	Brooks & Dunn
3	How 'bout Them Cowgirls	George Strait
15	How I Feel	Martina McBride
23	How Long	Eagles	The first Top 40 country hit for the Eagles since 1975's "Lyin' Eyes".
25	I Got More	Cole Deggs & The Lonesome
18	I Just Came Back from a War	Darryl Worley
8	I Need You	Tim McGraw with Faith Hill
2	I Told You So	Keith Urban
25	I Wanna Feel Something	Trace Adkins
14	I Wonder	Kellie Pickler
3	If You're Reading This	Tim McGraw	This song first charted due to unsolicited airplay for a live recording of McGraw's performance at the Academy of Country Music awards. It was officially released as a single one month after its chart debut.
7	I'll Wait for You	Joe Nichols
6	Johnny Cash	Jason Aldean
21	Just Might Have Her Radio On	Trent Tomlinson
16	Lips of an Angel	Jack Ingram	A cover of rock band Hinder's hit single from 2005.
7	Little Bit of Life	Craig Morgan
20	A Little More You	Little Big Town
6	Livin' Our Love Song	Jason Michael Carroll
10	Long Trip Alone	Dierks Bentley
32	Lost	Faith Hill
16	Me and God	Josh Turner	This song was recorded as a duet with Ralph Stanley, who was not credited on the charts.
18	Measure of a Man	Jack Ingram
34	Missing You	John Waite with Alison Krauss	Cover of Waite's #1 pop hit from from 1984.
19	The More I Drink	Blake Shelton
9	My, Oh My	The Wreckers
14	Nothin' Better to Do	LeAnn Rimes
11	One Wing in the Fire	Trent Tomlinson
4	Proud of the House We Built	Brooks & Dunn
15	Red High Heels	Kellie Pickler
6	Startin' with Me	Jake Owen
3	Stupid Boy	Keith Urban	Co-written by Sarah Buxton.
2	Teardrops on My Guitar	Taylor Swift
6	Tim McGraw	Taylor Swift
11	Tough	Craig Morgan
5	A Woman's Love	Alan Jackson	Re-recording of a song previously found on Jackson's 1998 album High Mileage.
2	Wrapped	George Strait	^A
35	(You Want to) Make a Memory	Bon Jovi
13	You'll Always Be My Baby	Sara Evans

^AReached #1 on Mediabase 24/7 charts.

Top new album releases

US	Album	Artist	Record Label
1	5th Gear	Brad Paisley	Arista Nashville
16	15° Off Cool	Bill Engvall	Jack
22	16 Biggest Hits	Alan Jackson	Arista Nashville
4	22 More Hits	George Strait	MCA Nashville
3	American Man: Greatest Hits Volume II	Trace Adkins	Capitol Nashville
1	Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace	Big & Rich	Warner Bros. Nashville
1	Big Dog Daddy	Toby Keith	Show Dog Nashville
14	Bring It On	Kevin Fowler	Equity
1	Bucky Covington	Bucky Covington	Lyric Street
10	The Calling	Mary Chapin Carpenter	Zoë
1	Carnival Ride	Carrie Underwood	Arista Nashville
12	Christmastime in Larryland	Larry the Cable Guy	Jack/Warner Bros.
8	A Classic Christmas	Toby Keith	Show Dog Nashville
4	Cowboy Town	Brooks & Dunn	Arista Nashville
1	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend	Miranda Lambert	Columbia Nashville
11	Dwight Sings Buck	Dwight Yoakam	New West
3	Everything Is Fine	Josh Turner	MCA Nashville
5	Fall	Clay Walker	Asylum-Curb
2	Family	LeAnn Rimes	Asylum-Curb
6	For the Love	Tracy Lawrence	Rocky Comfort/CO5
1	Greatest Hits	Gary Allan	MCA Nashville
3	Greatest Hits	Sara Evans	RCA Nashville
2	Greatest Hits	Trisha Yearwood	MCA Nashville
4	Greatest Hits: 18 Kids	Keith Urban	Capitol Nashville
14	Halfway to Hazard	Halfway to Hazard	Mercury Nashville
18	Hear Something Country: Christmas	Various Artists	BNA
10	Heaven, Heartache, and the Power of Love	Trisha Yearwood	Big Machine
3	The Hits	Faith Hill	Warner Bros. Nashville
3	Home At Last	Billy Ray Cyrus	Walt Disney Records
3	A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection	Alison Krauss	Rounder
2	I'll Stay Me	Luke Bryan	Capitol Nashville
2	It's Not Big It's Large	Lyle Lovett	Lost Highway
1	Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates	Kenny Chesney	BNA
15	King of the Mountains	Rodney Carrington	Capitol Nashville
7	Last of the Breed	Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard & Ray Price	Lost Highway
1	Let It Go	Tim McGraw	Curb
4	Live at Texas Stadium	Alan Jackson, George Strait & Jimmy Buffett	MCA Nashville
3	Living Hard	Gary Allan	MCA Nashville
1	Long Road Out of Eden	Eagles	ERC/Lost Highway
6	Mission California	Cross Canadian Ragweed	Universal South
5	Morning Constitutions	Larry the Cable Guy	Warner Bros. Nashville
10	My Kind of Country	Van Zant	Columbia Nashville
1	One of the Boys	Gretchen Wilson	Columbia Nashville
10	A Place to Land	Little Big Town	Equity
2	Pure BS	Blake Shelton	Warner Bros. Nashville
2	Raising Sand	Alison Krauss & Robert Plant	Rounder
2	Real Things	Joe Nichols	Universal South
1	Reba: Duets	Reba McEntire	MCA Nashville
1	Relentless	Jason Aldean	Broken Bow
11	Songs 4 Worship: Country	Various Artists	Time Life
3	Songs of Inspiration II	Alabama	RCA Nashville
14	Sounds of the Season: The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection	Taylor Swift	Big Machine
1	Still Feels Good	Rascal Flatts	Lyric Street
3	The Storm	Travis Tritt	Category 5
4	This Is It	Jack Ingram	Big Machine
1	Totally Country Vol. 6	Various Artists	Sony BMG
1	The Ultimate Hits	Garth Brooks	Pearl
19	Unglamorous	Lori McKenna	Warner Bros. Nashville
21	The Very Best of Travis Tritt	Travis Tritt	Rhino
1	Waitin' in the Country	Jason Michael Carroll	Arista Nashville
2	Waking Up Laughing	Martina McBride	RCA Nashville
10	Washington Square Serenade	Steve Earle	New West
25	Whiskey Falls	Whiskey Falls	Midas
12	The Wolf	Shooter Jennings	Universal South

Other top albums

US	Album	Artist	Record Label
74	16 Biggest Hits	Alabama	RCA Nashville
63	16 Biggest Hits	Diamond Rio	Arista Nashville
67	16 Biggest Hits	Ronnie Milsap	RCA Nashville
32	16 Biggest Hits	Dolly Parton	RCA Nashville
70	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection	Vince Gill	MCA Nashville
65	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection	Reba McEntire	MCA Nashville
59	100% Cowboy	Jason Meadows	Baccerstick
43	After Hours	Raul Malo	Sanctuary
74	Anchored in Love: A Tribute to June Carter Cash	Various Artists	Dualtone
72	Balls	Elizabeth Cook	31 Tigers
61	Best of Bluegrass Gospel	Steve Ivey	Madacy
67	Best of Country	Various Artists	Madacy
30	Beverley Mitchell	Beverley Mitchell	Daywind
31	Big Love in a Small Town	Sarah Johns	BNA
48	Big Sky	The Isaacs	Gaither
28	Black in the Saddle	Cowboy Troy	RAYBAW
75	Blind Man Walking	Cadillac Sky	Skaggs Family
47	A Blue Collar Christmas	Slidawg and the Redneck Ramblers	Madacy
58	Blue Collar Comedy Tour: Truckload Sale	Various Artists	Jack/Warner Bros.
43	The Bluegrass Sessions	Merle Haggard	McCoury
47	Boogity, Boogity - A Tribute to the Comedic Genius of Ray Stevens	Cledus T. Judd	Curb
61	But I Could Be Wrong	Tim Wilson	Capitol Nashville
34	Cash: Ultimate Gospel	Johnny Cash	Columbia Records
60	The Chain	Deana Carter	Vanguard
42	Cole Deggs & The Lonesome	Cole Deggs & The Lonesome	Columbia Records
50	Country's Got More Heart	Various Artists	Sony BMG
67	Deuces	Charlie Daniels	Blue Hat
56	A Diamond Rio Christmas: The Star Still Shines	Diamond Rio	Word/Curb
75	DJ's Choice: Blue Collar Christmas	Various Artists	Turn Up the Music
73	Double Wide: Vol. 3	Roy D. Mercer	Capitol Nashville
36	Easy Money	John Anderson	RAYBAW
56	The Essential John Denver	John Denver	Madacy
49	Flynnville Train	Flynnville Train	Show Dog
65	Greatest Hits	Crystal Gayle	Capitol Nashville
61	Greatest Kids' Country Hits	Various Artists	Capitol Nashville
38	Kenny Rogers	Kenny Rogers	Madacy
43	Life's a Dance	Various Artists	Word/Curb
45	Live at the Avalon Ballroom 1969	Gram Parsons	Amoeba
60	The Great Lost Performance	Johnny Cash	Mercury Nashville
72	Live from Iraq	Charlie Daniels	Blue Hat
37	The Love Songs	Clint Black	Equity Music Group
36	Mary Did You Know	Various Artists	Word/Curb
54	Mix Style: Country Christmas	Various Artists	Universal
67	Never Say Die: The Final Concert Film	Waylon Jennings	Columbia Records
62	Original American Classics: Country Greats	Various Artists	Direct Source
73	Patsy Cline	Patsy Cline	Madacy
48	A Redneck Christmas	Slidawg and the Redneck Ramblers	Madacy
37	Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby	Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby	Legacy
41	Right About Now	Ty Herndon	Titan Pyramid
56	Rissi Palmer	Rissi Palmer	1720 Entertainment
45	Salt of the Earth	Ricky Skaggs & The Whites	Skaggs Family
49	Songbird: Rare Tracks and Forgotten Gems	Emmylou Harris	Rhino
26	Songs of the Season	Randy Travis	Word/Curb
74	Straight from the Heart	Daryle Singletary	Shanachie
68	The Trailer Tapes	Chris Knight	Drifter's Church
46	Translated from Love	Kelly Willis	Rykodisc
49	Upfront & Down Low	Teddy Thompson	Verve Forecast
29	The Very Best of Tracy Lawrence	Tracy Lawrence	Rhino
63	Wagonmaster	Porter Wagoner	Anti
63	What I Love About Sunday	Various Artists	Word/Curb

Deaths

January 1 – Del Reeves, 74, best known for his "girl-watching" novelty-type songs (e.g., "Girl on the Billboard"). (emphysema)
January 6 – Sneaky Pete Kleinow, 72, pedal steel guitarist for the Flying Burrito Brothers. (complications from Alzheimer's disease)
January 13 – Doyle Holly, 70, member of Buck Owens' Buckaroos; he also had a string of minor hits in the early- to mid-1970s. (prostate cancer)
February 2 – Terry McMillan, 53, veteran Nashville session harmonica player and percussionist. (natural causes)
March 24 – Henson Cargill, 66, country performer best known for 1968 smash "Skip A Rope." (surgical complications)
April 17 – Glenn Sutton, 69, songwriter and producer best known for the hit "(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden"; a chief architect of the countrypolitan sound of the late 1960s/early 1970s. (heart attack)
July 3 – Boots Randolph, 80, member of Nashville's famed "A-Team" of musicians; he was the saxophonist (subdural hematoma) [4]
September 25 – Patrick Bourque, 29, bass guitarist for Emerson Drive. (suicide)
October 28 – Porter Wagoner, 80, rhinestone-suited country music icon, television program host of the 1960s and 1970s, duet partner of Dolly Parton. (lung cancer)^[3]
November 6 – Hank Thompson, 82, Western-swing styled artist best known for "The Wild Side of Life," 1960's "A Six Pack to Go," and others. (lung cancer)^[4]
November 29 – Jim Nesbitt, 75, best known for the hits "Please Mr. Kennedy," "A Tiger in My Tank" and "Runnin' Bare." (Extended battle with a heart condition)
November 30 – Ralph Ezell, 54, bass guitarist for Shenandoah. (heart attack)
December 16 – Dan Fogelberg, 56, Many pop hits with a few minor country hits, including "Same Old Lang Syne" (Prostate Cancer)

Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

Ralph Emery (born 1933), disc jockey and television host from the 1960s onward.
Vince Gill (born 1957), singer-songwriter and musician who rose to prominence in the 1980s.
Mel Tillis (born 1932), singer and songwriter who rose to fame in the 1950s.

Major Awards

United States

Grammy awards

(Presented February 11 in Los Angeles) [5]

Best Female Country Vocal Performance -- "Jesus, Take the Wheel," Carrie Underwood
Best Male Country Vocal Performance -- "The Reason Why," Vince Gill
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal -- "Not Ready to Make Nice," Dixie Chicks
Best Country Collaboration with Vocals -- "Who Says You Can't Go Home," Bon Jovi with Jennifer Nettles
Best Country Instrumental Performance -- "Whiskey Before Breakfast," Bryan Sutton and Doc Watson
Best Country Song -- "Jesus, Take the Wheel," Brett James, Hillary Lindsey and Gordie Sampson
Best Country Album -- Taking the Long Way, Dixie Chicks
Best Bluegrass Album -- Instrumentals, Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder

CMT Music Awards

(Presented April 16 in Nashville) [6]

Video of the Year -- "Before He Cheats," Carrie Underwood
Group Video of the Year -- "What Hurts the Most," Rascal Flatts
Male Video of the Year -- "You Save Me," Kenny Chesney
Wide Open Country Video of the Year -- "Love You," Jack Ingram
Johnny Cash Visionary Award -- Kris Kristofferson
Female Video of the Year -- "Before He Cheats," Carrie Underwood
Video Director of the Year -- "Before He Cheats," Carrie Underwood (Director: Roman White)
Duo Video of the Year -- "Want To," Sugarland
Breakthrough Video of the Year -- "Tim McGraw," Taylor Swift

Academy of Country Music

(Presented May 15 in Las Vegas) [7]

Entertainer of the Year -- Kenny Chesney
Song of the Year -- "Give It Away," Bill Anderson, Buddy Cannon and Jamey Johnson
Single of the Year -- "Give It Away," George Strait
Album of the Year -- Some Hearts, Carrie Underwood
Top Male Vocalist -- Brad Paisley
Top Female Vocalist -- Carrie Underwood
Top Vocal Duo -- Brooks & Dunn
Top Vocal Group -- Rascal Flatts
Top New Male Vocalist -- Rodney Atkins
Top New Female Vocalist -- Miranda Lambert
Top New Duo or Group -- Little Big Town
Video of the Year -- "Before He Cheats," Carrie Underwood (Director: Roman White)
Vocal Event of the Year -- "Building Bridges," Brooks & Dunn, Vince Gill and Sheryl Crow
ACM/Home Depot Humanitarian of the Year -- Brooks & Dunn
Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award -- Dolly Parton, Don Williams and the late Harlan Howard and Waylon Jennings
Jim Reeves International Award -- Buck Owens
Mae Boren Axton Award -- Jack Lameier

Country Music Association

(Presented November 7 in Nashville)

Entertainer of the Year -- Kenny Chesney
Song of the Year -- "Give It Away", written by Bill Anderson, Jamey Johnson and Buddy Cannon
Single of the Year -- "Before He Cheats", performed by Carrie Underwood
Album of the Year -- It Just Comes Natural, George Strait
Male Vocalist of the Year -- Brad Paisley
Female Vocalist of the Year -- Carrie Underwood
Vocal Duo of the Year -- Sugarland
Vocal Group of the Year -- Rascal Flatts
Horizon Award -- Taylor Swift
Video of the Year -- "Online", Brad Paisley (Director: Jason Alexander)
Vocal Event of the Year -- "Find Out Who Your Friends Are", Tracy Lawrence with Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney
Musician of the Year -- Jerry Douglas

Canada

Canadian Country Music Association

(Presented September 10 in Regina)

Kraft Cheez Whiz Fans' Choice Award -- Terri Clark
Male Artist of the Year -- Brad Johner
Female Vocalist of the Year -- Carolyn Dawn Johnson
Group or Duo of the Year -- Emerson Drive
SOCAN Song of The Year -- "Hold My Beer", written by Mitch Merrett, Aaron Pritchett, and Deric Ruttan
Single of The Year -- "Moments", performed by Emerson Drive
Album of the Year -- Doc Walker, Doc Walker
Top Selling Album -- Taking the Long Way, Dixie Chicks
CMT Video of the Year -- "Moments", Emerson Drive
Chevy Trucks Rising Star Award -- Shane Yellowbird
Roots Artist or Group of the Year -- Corb Lund

References

^ "Fire destroys Johnny Cash home". Retrieved on 2007-04-10.
^ Associated Press, "Country singer Sammy Kershaw enters Louisiana lieutenant governor race," September 5, 2007
^ [1] Gerome, John, "Country star Porter Wagoner dies at 80", via Associated Press
^ [2] Curry, Matt, "Hank Thompson dies of lung cancer at 82," via Associated Press

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Contents

Events

Top hits of the year

Number one hits

Other major hits

United States

Top new album releases

Other top albums

Deaths

Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

Major Awards

United States

Grammy awards

CMT Music Awards

Academy of Country Music

Country Music Association

Canada

Canadian Country Music Association

Further reading

References

Other links

External links