1998 in country music

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See also: 1997 in country music, 1998 in music, other events of 1998, 1999 in country music, 1990s in music and the List of years in Country Music

Contents 1 Events 2 Top Hits of the Year 2.1 No. 1 Hits 2.2 Other Major Hits 3 Top New Album Releases 4 Deaths 5 Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees 6 Major Awards 6.1 Grammy Awards 6.2 Academy of Country Music 6.3 Country Music Association

Events

• "Retro Country USA," a weekly two-hour syndicated radio program spotlighting major country hits of the 1980s (along with some from the 1970s and early 1990s), premieres in January. The show is hosted by Tampa radio personality Ken Cooper.

Top Hits of the Year

No. 1 Hits

(As certified by Billboard magazine)

• January 10 - "A Broken Wing" -- Martina McBride
• January 17 - "Just To See You Smile" -- Tim McGraw
• February 28 - "What If I Said" -- Anita Cochran and Steve Wariner
• March 7 - "Round About Way" -- George Strait
• March 21 - "Nothin' But the Taillights" -- Clint Black
• April 4 - "A Perfect Love" -- Trisha Yearwood
• April 18 - "Bye-Bye" -- Jo Dee Messina
• May 2 - "You're Still the One" -- Shania Twain
• May 9 - "Two Piña Coladas" -- Garth Brooks
• May 16 - "This Kiss" -- Faith Hill
• June 6 - "I Just Want to Dance With You" -- George Strait
• June 27 - "If You See Him/If You See Her" -- Reba McEntire and Brooks & Dunn
• July 11 - "The Shoes You're Wearing" -- Clint Black
• July 18 - "I Can Still Feel You" -- Collin Raye
• August 1 - "To Make You Feel My Love" -- Garth Brooks
• August 8 - "There's Your Trouble" -- Dixie Chicks
• August 22 - "I'm Alright" - Jo Dee Messina
• September 12 - "How Long Gone" - Brooks & Dunn
• October 3 - "Where the Green Grass Grows" -- Tim McGraw
• October 31 - "Honey I'm Home" -- Shania Twain
• November 7 - "Wide Open Spaces" -- Dixie Chicks
• December 5 - "It Must Be Love" -- Ty Herndon
• December 12 - "Let Me Let Go" -- Faith Hill
• December 19 - "Husbands and Wives" -- Brooks & Dunn
• December 26 - "You're Easy on the Eyes" - Terri Clark

Other Major Hits

• "26 Cents" -- The Wilkinsons
• "Absence of the Heart" - Deana Carter
• "Angel in My Eyes" -- John Michael Montgomery
• "A Chance" -- Kenny Chesney
• "Between the Devil and Me" -- Alan Jackson
• "Come Some Rainy Day" -- Wynonna Judd
• "Commitment" -- LeAnn Rimes
• "Cover You in Kisses" -- John Michael Montgomery
• "The Day She Left Tulsa (in a Chevy)" -- Wade Hayes
• "Don't Be Stupid" -- Shania Twain
• "Dream Walkin'" -- Toby Keith
• "Everything's Changed" -- Lonestar
• "Forever Love" -- Reba McEntire
• "From This Moment On" -- Shania Twain with Bryan White
• "Getcha Some" -- Toby Keith
• "Happy Girl" -- Martina McBride
• "He's Got You" -- Brooks & Dunn
• "High On Love" -- Patty Loveless
• "The Hole" -- Randy Travis
• "Holes in the Floor of Heaven" -- Steve Wariner
• "How Do You Fall in Love" -- Alabama
• "I Can Love You Better" -- Dixie Chicks
• "I Might Even Quit Lovin' You" -- Mark Chesnutt
• "I Said a Prayer" -- Pam Tillis
• "I Wanna Feel That Way Again" -- Tracy Byrd
• "I Want to Fall in Love" -- Lila McCann
• "I'll Go On Lovin' You" -- Alan Jackson
• "I'm From the Country" -- Tracy Byrd
• "If You Can't Be Good (Be Good At It)" -- Neal McCoy
• "If You Have Forever in Mind" -- Vince Gill
• "Imagine That" -- Diamond Rio
• "It Would Be You" -- Gary Allan
• "It's Not Over" -- Mark Chesnutt
• "It's Your Song" -- Garth Brooks
• "Just Between You and Me" -- The Kinleys
• "Just to Hear You Say That You Love Me" -- Faith Hill (featuring Tim McGraw)
• "A Little Past Little Rock" -- Lee Ann Womack
• "Little Red Rodeo" -- Collin Raye
• "Lonely Won't Leave Me Alone" -- Trace Adkins
• "Love of My Life" -- Sammy Kershaw
• "Love Working On You" -- John Michael Montgomery
• "A Man Holdin' On (To a Woman Letting Go)" -- Ty Herndon
• "The Note" -- Daryle Singletary
• "Nothing New Under the Moon" -- LeAnn Rimes
• "Now That I Found You" -- Terri Clark
• "One of These Days" -- Tim McGraw
• "One of Those Nights" -- Lorrie Morgan
• "Out of My Bones" -- Randy Travis
• "Say When" -- Lonestar
• "She's Gonna Make It" -- Garth Brooks
• "She's Got That Look in Her Eyes" -- Alabama
• "Texas Sized Heartache" -- Joe Diffie
• "Then What" -- Clay Walker
• "To Have You Back Again" -- Patty Loveless
• "Too Good to Be True" -- Michael Peterson
• "Valentine" -- Martina McBride (featuring Jim Brickman)
• "We Really Shouldn't Be Doing This" -- George Strait
• "What If" -- Reba McEntire
• "What's Come Over You" – Paul Brandt
• "Yeah!" – Paul Brandt
• "You Move Me" -- Garth Brooks
• "You Walked In" -- Lonestar
• "You'll Never Know" -- Mindy McCready
• "You're Gone" -- Diamond Rio
• "You've Got to Talk to Me" -- Lee Ann Womack

Top New Album Releases

Deaths

• January 7 — Owen Bradley, 82, legendary record producer for top artists. (respiratory illness)
• January 19 — Carl Perkins, 65, top picker and rockabilly artist. (complications from multiple strokes)
• January 24 - Justin Tubb, 62, singer-songwriter who fused honky-tonk and rockabilly in the 1950s.
• February 19 - Grandpa Jones, 84, banjo player, old-time country/gospel singer, comedian and regular on "Hee Haw" (stroke)
• April 6 — Tammy Wynette, 55, top country female vocalist of the 1960s and 1970s, best known for hits "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" and "Stand By Your Man." (blood clot)
• April 16 — Rose Maddox, 71, female honky-tonk and rockabilly pioneer who fronted the Maddox Brothers and Rose (kidney failure)
• May 7 — Eddie Rabbitt, 56, prolific songwriter and pop-country vocalist who once had 35 Top 10 hits in as many releases. (lung cancer)
• June 10 — Steve Sanders, 45, member of the Oak Ridge Boys from 1987 to 1996; replaced and succeeded by William Lee Golden. (suicide)
• July 6 — Roy Rogers, 86, actor, singer and "King of the Cowboys." (congestive heart failure)
• October 2 - Gene Autry, 91, actor and "The Singing Cowboy" (lymphoma).

Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

• George Morgan (1924-1975)
• Elvis Presley (1935-1977)
• E.W. “Bud” Wendell (born 1927)
• Tammy Wynette (1942-1998)

Major Awards

Grammy Awards

Academy of Country Music

• Entertainer Of The Year -- Garth Brooks
• Song Of The Year -- "Holes in the Floor of Heaven" - Steve Wariner, Billy Kirsch
• Single Of The Year -- "This Kiss" - Faith Hill
• Album Of The Year -- Wide Open Spaces - Dixie Chicks
• Top Male Vocalist -- Tim McGraw
• Top Female Vocalist -- Faith Hill
• Top Vocal Duo -- Dixie Chicks
• Top Vocal Group -- Dixie Chicks
• Top New Male Vocalist -- Mark Wills
• Top New Female Vocalist -- Jo Dee Messina
• Top New Vocal Duo Or Group -- Dixie Chicks
• Video Of The Year -- "This Kiss" - Faith Hill
• Vocal Event Of The Year -- "Just to Hear You Say That You Love Me" - Faith Hill with Tim McGraw

Country Music Association

• Entertainer of the Year -- Garth Brooks.
• Male Vocalist of the Year -- George Strait.
• Female Vocalist of the Year -- Trisha Yearwood.
• Vocal Group of the Year -- Dixie Chicks.
• Vocal Duo of the Year -- Brooks & Dunn.
• Horizon Award -- Dixie Chicks.
• Musician of the Year -- Brett Mason.
• Vocal Event of the Year -- "You Don't Seem to Miss Me," Patty Loveless with George Jones.
• Single of the Year -- "Holes in the Floor of Heaven," Steve Wariner.
• Song of the Year -- "Holes in the Floor of Heaven," Steve Wariner and Billy Kirsch.
• Album of the Year -- Everywhere, Tim McGraw.
• Music Video of the Year -- "This Kiss," Faith Hill.