1989 in country music
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See also: 1988 in country music, 1989 in music, other events of 1989, 1990 in country music, 1980s in music and the List of years in Country Music
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Events
Top Hits of the Year
No. 1 Hits
(As certified by Billboard magazine)
- January 7 - "Hold Me" - K.T. Oslin
- January 14 - "Change of Heart" - The Judds
- January 21 - "She's Crazy For Leavin'" - Rodney Crowell
- January 28 - "Deeper Than the Holler" - Randy Travis
- February 4 - "What I'd Say" - Earl Thomas Conley
- February 11 - "Song of the South" - Alabama
- February 18 - "Big Wheels in the Moonlight" - Dan Seals
- February 25 - "I Sang Dixie" - Dwight Yoakam
- March 4 - "I Still Believe in You" - Desert Rose Band
- March 11 - "Don't You Ever Get Tired of Hurting Me" - Ronnie Milsap
- March 18 - "From a Jack to a King" - Ricky Van Shelton
- March 25 - "New Fool at an Old Game" - Reba McEntire
- April 1 - "Baby's Gotten Good at Goodbye" - George Strait
- April 8 - "I'm No Stranger to the Rain" - Keith Whitley
- April 22 - "The Church on Cumberland Road" - Shenandoah
- May 6 - "Young Love (Strong Love)" - The Judds
- May 13 - "Is It Still Over" - Randy Travis
- May 20 - "If I Had You" - Alabama
- May 27 - "After All This Time" - Rodney Crowell
- June 3 - "Where Did I Go Wrong" - Steve Wariner
- June 10 - "A Better Man" - Clint Black
- June 17 - "Love Out Loud" - Earl Thomas Conley
- June 24 - "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" - Rosanne Cash
- July 1 - "Come From the Heart" - Kathy Mattea
- July 8 - "Lovin' Only Me" - Ricky Skaggs
- July 15 - "In a Letter to You" - Eddy Raven
- July 22 - "What's Going On In Your World" - George Strait
- July 29 - "Cathy's Clown" - Reba McEntire
- August 5 - "Why'd You Come In Here Looking Like That" - Dolly Parton
- August 12 - "Timber, I'm Falling In Love" - Patty Loveless
- August 19 - "Sunday In the South" - Shenandoah
- August 26 - "Are You Ever Gonna Love Me" - Holly Dunn
- September 2 - "I'm Still Crazy" - Vern Gosdin
- September 9 - "I Wonder Do You Think of Me" - Keith Whitley
- September 16 - "Nothing I Can Do About It Now" - Willie Nelson
- September 23 - "Above and Beyond" - Rodney Crowell
- September 30 - "Let Me Tell You About Love" - The Judds
- October 7 - "I Got Dreams" - Steve Wariner
- October 14 - "Killin' Time" - Clint Black
- October 21 - "Living Proof" - Ricky Van Shelton
- October 28 - "High Cotton" - Alabama
- November 4 - "Ace In the Hole" - George Strait
- November 11 - "Burnin' Old Memories" - Kathy Mattea
- November 18 - "Bayou Boys" - Eddy Raven
- November 25 - "Yellow Roses" - Dolly Parton
- December 2 - "It's Just a Matter of Time" - Randy Travis
- December 9 - "If Tomorrow Never Comes" - Garth Brooks
- December 16 - "Two Dozen Roses" - Shenandoah
- December 23 - "A Woman In Love" - Ronnie Milsap
Other Major Hits
- "All the Fun" - Paul Overstreet
- "All the Reasons Why" - Highway 101
- "An American Family" - Oak Ridge Boys
- "And So it Goes" - John Denver and Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
- "Any Way the Wind Blows" - Southern Pacific
- "A Better Love Next Time" - Merle Haggard
- "Beyond Those Years" - Oak Ridge Boys
- "Big Dreams in a Small Town" - Restless Heart
- "Big Love" - Bellamy Brothers
- "Blue Blooded Woman" - Alan Jackson
- "Blue Side of Town" - Patty Loveless
- "Bridges and Walls" - Oak Ridge Boys
- "Burnin' a Hole In My Heart" - Skip Ewing
- "Call On Me" - Tanya Tucker
- "Come As You Were" - T. Graham Brown
- "Country Club" - Travis Tritt
- "Cross My Broken Heart" - Suzy Bogguss
- "Dear Me" - Lorrie Morgan
- "Don't Toss Us Away" - Patty Loveless
- "Don't Waste it on the Blues" - Gene Watson
- "Down That Road Tonight" - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
- "Fair Shake" - Foster & Lloyd
- "Finders Are Keepers" - Hank Williams Jr.
- "From the Word Go" - Michael Martin Murphey
- "Give Me His Last Chance" - Lionel Cartwright
- "The Gospel According to Luke" - Skip Ewing
- "The Heart" - Lacy J. Dalton
- "Heartbreak Hill" - Emmylou Harris
- "Hey Bobby" - K.T. Oslin
- "Hold On (A Little Longer)" - Steve Wariner
- "Hole In My Pocket" - Ricky Van Shelton
- "Honey I Dare You" - Southern Pacific
- "Honky Tonk Heart" - Highway 101
- "I Got You" - Dwight Yoakam
- "(I Wish I Had a) Heart of Stone" - Baillie and the Boys
- "I Wish I Was Still In Your Dreams" - Conway Twitty
- "(I'm a) One Woman Man" - George Jones
- "I've Been Loved By the Best" - Don Williams
- "(It's Always Gonna Be) Someday" - Holly Dunn
- "Let it Be You" - Ricky Skaggs
- "Lonely Side of Love" - Patty Loveless
- "Long Shot" - Baillie and the Boys
- "Love Has No Right" - Billy Joe Royal
- "More Than a Name On a Wall" - Statler Brothers
- "Much Too Young (to Feel This Damn Old)" - Garth Brooks
- "Never Givin' Up On Love" - Michael Martin Murphey
- "Never Had it So Good" - Mary Chapin Carpenter
- "Old Coyote Town" - Don Williams
- "One Good Well" - Don Williams
- "Out of Your Shoes" - Lorrie Morgan
- "Planet Texas" - Kenny Rogers
- "The Race is On" - Sawyer Brown
- "Say What's In Your Heart" - Restless Heart
- "Setting Me Up" - Highway 101
- "She Deserves You" - Baillie and the Boys
- "She Don't Love Nobody" - Desert Rose Band
- "She's Gone, Gone, Gone" - Glen Campbell
- "She's Got a Single Thing in Mind" - Conway Twitty
- "Sowin' Love" - Paul Overstreet
- "Tell it Like it Is" - Billy Joe Royal
- "There Goes My Heart Again" - Holly Dunn
- "There's a Tear In My Beer" - Hank Williams Jr. and Hank Williams Sr.
- "They Rage On" - Dan Seals
- "This Woman" - K.T. Oslin
- "'Til You Cry" - Eddy Raven
- "Till Love Comes Again" - Reba McEntire
- "Trainwreck of Emotion" - Lorrie Morgan
- "The Vows Go Unbroken (Always True to You)" - Kenny Rogers
- "Who You Gonna Blame it On This Time" - Vern Gosdin
- "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" - Chris Hillman and Roger McGuinn
- "You'll Never Be Sorry" - Bellamy Brothers
Top New Album Releases
Births
Deaths
May 9 - Keith Whitley, honky tonk-styled singer who rose to fame in the mid-1980s (alcohol poisoning)
Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees
- Jack Stapp (1912–1980)
- Cliffie Stone (1917–1998)
- Hank Thompson (born 1925)
Major Awards
Grammy Awards
Academy of Country Music
- Entertainer Of The Year -- George Strait
- Song Of The Year -- "Where've You Been" - Kathy Mattea - Jon Vezner, Don Henry
- Single Of The Year -- "A Better Man" - Clint Black
- Album Of The Year -- Killin' Time - Clint Black
- Top Male Vocalist -- Clint Black
- Top Female Vocalist -- Kathy Mattea
- Top Vocal Duo -- The Judds
- Top Vocal Group -- Restless Heart
- Top New Male Vocalist -- Clint Black
- Top New Female Vocalist -- Mary Chapin Carpenter
- Top New Vocal Duo Or Group -- Kentucky HeadHunters
- Video Of The Year -- "There's A Tear In My Beer" - Hank Williams Jr.
