1999 in country music

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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

• Legendary performer George Jones was in the midst of a comeback during 1999. He had just released a critically acclaimed album, Cold Hard Truth, and was about to release the semi-biographical single, "Choices." Then, disaster struck. On March 6, the 67-year-old legendary singer was seriously injured when he crashed his Lexus into a bridge while driving home. It was later revealed that alcohol was a factor in the accident, and he pleaded guilty to drunk driving charges.
• Comedian Jeff Foxworthy debuts his syndicated radio countdown show, "The Foxworthy Countdown," in June.

Top Hits of the Year

No. 1 Hits

• January 16 - "Right on the Money" - Alan Jackson
• January 23 - "Wrong Again" - Martina McBride
• January 30 - "Stand Beside Me" - Jo Dee Messina
• February 20 - "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" - Mark Chesnutt
• March 6 - "No Place That Far" - Sara Evans
• March 13 - "You Were Mine" - Dixie Chicks
• March 27 - "How Forever Feels" - Kenny Chesney
• May 8 - "Wish You Were Here" - Mark Wills
• May 15 - "Please Remember Me" - Tim McGraw
• June 19 - "Write This Down" - George Strait
• July 17 - "Amazed" - Lonestar
• September 11 - "Single White Female" - Chely Wright
• September 18 - "You Had Me From Hello" - Kenny Chesney
• September 25 - "Something Like That" - Tim McGraw
• October 30 - "I Love You" - Martina McBride
• December 4 - "When I Said I Do" - Clint Black and Lisa Hartman Black
• December 11 - "He Didn't Have to Be" - Brad Paisley

("When I Said I Do" by Clint Black and Lisa Hartman Black returns to No. 1 December 18)

• December 25 "Breathe" - Faith Hill

Other Major Hits

• "Anyone Else" - Collin Raye
• "Choices" - George Jones
• "Come On Over" - Shania Twain
• "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" - Dwight Yoakam
• "Drive Me Wild" - Sawyer Brown
• "Every Time I Cry" - Terri Clark
• "For You I Will" - Aaron Tippin
• "Fly (The Angel Song)" - The Wilkinsons
• "God Must Have Spent A Little More Time On You" - Alabama
• "Gone Crazy" - Alan Jackson
• "Hands of a Working Man" - Ty Herndon
• "Hillbilly Shoes" - Montgomery Gentry
• "How Do You Sleep at Night" - Wade Hayes
• "Hold On to Me" - John Michael Montgomery
• "Home To You" - John Michael Montgomery
• "I Can't Get Over You" - Brooks & Dunn
• "I'll Go Crazy" - Andy Griggs
• "I'll Think of a Reason Later" - Lee Ann Womack
• "I'm Already Taken" - Steve Wariner
• "I'm Leaving" - Aaron Tippin
• "Keepin' Up" - Alabama
• "Lesson in Leavin'" - Jo Dee Messina
• "Lightnin' Does the Work" - Chad Brock
• "Little Goodbyes" - SHeDaisy
• "Little Man" - Alan Jackson
• "Lonely and Gone" - Montgomery Gentry
• "Love Ain't Like That" - Faith Hill
• "Make Up in Love" - Doug Stone
• "Man! I Feel Like a Woman" - Shania Twain
• "Maybe Not Tonight" - Sammy Kershaw and Lorrie Morgan
• "Meanwhile" - George Strait
• "Missing You" - Brooks & Dunn
• "Now You See Me (Now You Don't)" - Lee Ann Womack
• "One Honest Heart" – Reba McEntire
• "Ordinary Life" - Chad Brock
• "Pop a Top" - Alan Jackson
• "Powerful Thing" - Trisha Yearwood
• "Ready to Run" - Dixie Chicks
• "The Secret of Life" - Faith Hill
• "She's Always Right" - Clay Walker
• "Somebody's Out There Watching" - The Kinleys
• "She's in Love" - Mark Wills
• "Stranger in My Mirror" - Randy Travis
• "That Don't Impress Me Much" - Shania Twain
• "That's The Truth" – Paul Brandt
• "There You Have It" - Blackhawk
• "This Heartache Never Sleeps" - Mark Chesnutt
• "Tonight the Heartache's On Me" - Dixie Chicks
• "Two Teardrops" - Steve Wariner
• "Unbelievable" - Diamond Rio
• "What Do You Say to That" - George Strait
• "Whatever You Say" - Martina McBride
• "Who Needs Pictures" - Brad Paisley
• "With You" - Lila McCann
• "Wrong Night" - Reba McEntire
• "You Won't Ever Be Lonely" - Andy Griggs
• "You're Beginning to Get to Me" - Clay Walker
• "You've Got a Way" - Shania Twain

Top New Album Releases

• 20 Greatest Hits - Chris LeDoux (Capitol)
• Breathe - Faith Hill (Warner Bros.)
• D'Lectrified - Clint Black (RCA)
• Everywhere We Go – Kenny Chesney (BNA)
• Fly - Dixie Chicks (Monument)
• I Don't Want to Miss a Thing - Mark Chesnutt (MCA)
• I've Got a Right to Cry - Mandy Barnett (Sire)
• Keepers: Greatest Hits - Tracy Byrd (MCA)
• Last Chance for a Thousand Years: Greatest Hits from the 1990s - Dwight Yoakam (Reprise)
• LeAnn Rimes - LeAnn Rimes (Curb)
• Lonely Grill – Lonestar (BNA)
• Maybe Not Tonight - Sammy Kershaw and Lorrie Morgan * Party Doll - Mary Chapin Carpenter (Columbia)
• A Place in the Sun - Tim McGraw (Curb)
• Risin' Outlaw - Hank Williams III (Curb)
• Two Teardrops - Steve Wariner (Capitol)
• Under the Influence - Alan Jackson (Arista)

Deaths

• December 17 — Rex Allen, 78, "The Arizona Cowboy" and traveling rodeo performer.
• December 20 — Hank Snow, 85, "The Singing Ranger," best known for "I'm Movin' On."

Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

• Johnny Bond (1915-1978)
• Dolly Parton (born 1946)
• Conway Twitty (1933-1993)

Major Awards

Grammy Awards

Academy of Country Music

• Entertainer Of The Year -- Shania Twain
• Song Of The Year -- "Amazed" - Lonestar - Marv Green, Aimee Mayo
• Single Of The Year -- "Amazed" - Lonestar
• Album Of The Year -- Fly - 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 -- Brad Paisley
• Top New Female Vocalist -- Jessica Andrews
• Top New Vocal Duo Or Group -- Montgomery Gentry
• Video Of The Year -- "Breathe" - Faith Hill
• Vocal Event Of The Year -- When I Said I Do" - Clint Black with Lisa Hartman Black

Country Music Association

• Entertainer of the Year -- Shania Twain
• Male Vocalist of the Year -- Tim McGraw
• Female Vocalist of the Year -- Martina McBride
• Vocal Group of the Year -- Dixie Chicks
• Vocal Duo of the Year -- Brooks & Dunn
• Horizon Award -- Jo Dee Messina
• Musician of the Year -- Randy Scruggs
• Vocal Event of the Year -- "My Kind of Woman/My Kind of Man" -- Vince Gill and Patty Loveless
• Single of the Year -- "Wide Open Spaces", Dixie Chicks
• Song of the Year -- "This Kiss", Robin Lerner, Annie Roboff and Beth Nielsen Chapman
• Album of the Year -- A Place in the Sun, Tim McGraw
• Music Video of the Year -- "Wide Open Spaces", Dixie Chicks (director: Thom Oliphant)