2005 in country music

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See also: 2004 in country music, 2005 in music, other events of 2005, 2006 in country music, 2000s 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 7 External links

Events

Top Hits of the Year

No. 1 Hits

(As certified by Billboard magazine)

• January 22 -- "Awful, Beautiful Life" -- Darryl Worley
• February 5 -- "Mud on the Tires" -- Brad Paisley
• February 12 -- "Bless the Broken Road" -- Rascal Flatts
• March 19 -- "Nothin' to Lose" -- Josh Gracin
• March 26 -- "That's What I Love About Sunday" -- Craig Morgan
• April 23 -- "Anything But Mine" -- Kenny Chesney
• May 7 -- "It's Getting Better All the Time" -- Brooks & Dunn
• May 14 -- "My Give a Damn's Busted" -- Jo Dee Messina
• May 28 -- "Making Memories of Us" -- Keith Urban
• July 2 -- "Fast Cars and Freedom" -- Rascal Flatts
• July 23 -- "As Good as I Once Was" -- Toby Keith
• September 3 -- "Mississippi Girl" – Faith Hill
• September 17 -- "Play Something Country – Brooks & Dunn
• September 24 -- "A Real Fine Place to Start" – Sara Evans
• October 8 -- "Something to be Proud Of" - Montgomery Gentry
• October 22 -- "Better Life" - Keith Urban

Other Major Hits

• "Alberta Bound" – Paul Brandt
• "Alcohol" - Brad Paisley
• "All Jacked Up" – Gretchen Wilson
• "Arlington" – Trace Adkins
• "Baby Girl" -- Sugarland
• "Best I Ever Had" – Gary Allan
• "Big Blue Note" – Toby Keith
• "Big Time" -- Big & Rich
• "Billy's Got His Beer Goggles On" – Neal McCoy
• "Come A Little Closer" -- Dierks Bentley
• "Do You Want Fries With That" –- Tim McGraw
• "Don't Ask Me How I Know" –- Bobby Pinson
• "Don't Worry 'Bout a Thing" - SHeDaisy
• "Drugs or Jesus" -- Tim McGraw
• "Georgia Rain" -- Trisha Yearwood
• "Gone" -- Montgomery Gentry
• "Good Ride Cowboy" – Garth Brooks
• "Goodbye Time" - Blake Shelton
• "He Gets That From Me" -- Reba McEntire
• "Help Somebody" -- Van Zant
• "Hicktown" – Jason Aldean
• "Homewrecker" -- Gretchen Wilson
• "Honky Tonk U" -- Toby Keith
• "I May Hate Myself in the Morning" -- Lee Ann Womack
• "I'll Take That as a Yes (The Hot Tub Song)" -- Phil Vassar
• "If Heaven" -- Andy Griggs
• "If Something Should Happen" -- Darryl Worley
• "Keg in the Closet" -- Kenny Chesney
• "Leaving" – Paul Brandt
• "Let Them Be Little" -- Billy Dean
• "Like We Never Loved at All" – Faith Hill with Tim McGraw
• "Long, Slow Kisses" -- Jeff Bates
• "Lot of Leavin' Left to Do" -- Dierks Bentley
• "Monday Morning Church" -- Alan Jackson
• "My Sister" -- Reba McEntire
• "Nothing 'Bout Love Makes Sense" -- LeAnn Rimes
• "Pickin' Wildflowers" -- Keith Anderson
• "Probably Wouldn't Be This Way" -- LeAnn Rimes
• "Redneck Yacht Club" – Craig Morgan
• "She Let Herself Go" – George Strait
• "Skin (Sarabeth)" – Rascal Flatts
• "Somebody's Hero" – Jamie O'Neal
• "Something More" -- Sugarland
• "Songs About Me" -- Trace Adkins
• "Stay With Me (Brass Bed)" – Josh Gracin
• "Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off" -- Joe Nichols
• "What's a Guy Gotta Do" -- Joe Nichols
• "When I Think About Cheatin'" -- Gretchen Wilson
• "Who You'd Be Today" –- Kenny Chesney
• "You'll Be There" -- George Strait
• "You're Like Comin' Home" – Lonestar
• "You're My Better Half" -- Keith Urban

Top New Album Releases

• Be As You Are: Songs From An Old Blue Chair -- Kenny Chesney (BNA)
• Delicious Surprise -- Jo Dee Messina (Curb)
• Get Right With The Man -- Van Zant (Columbia/Sony)
• Honkytonk University –- Toby Keith (DreamWorks)
• Modern Day Drifter -- Dierks Bentley (Capitol)
• Songs About Me -- Trace Adkins (Capitol)
• Totally Country Vol. 4 -- Various Artists (Sony/BMG/WEA/Universal)

Deaths

• February 5 — Merle Kilgore, 70, prolific songwriter ("Wolverton Mountain," "Ring of Fire") and manager of Hank Williams Jr.
• February 12 — Sammi Smith, 61, best known for "Help Me Make it Through the Night."
• March 2 — Joe Carter, 78, son of A.P. and Sara Carter.
• March 9 — Chris LeDoux, 56, world champion bareback rider who sang about the rodeo circuit and cowboy life.
• May 14 — Jimmy Martin, 77, the "King of Bluegrass."
• August 16 – Vassar Clements, 77, legendary fiddle player. (cancer)

Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

• Alabama (Randy Owen (born 1949); Teddy Gentry (born 1952); Jeff Cook (born 1949); and Mark Herndon (born 1955)).
• DeFord Bailey (1899-1982)
• Glen Campbell (born 1936)

Major Awards

Grammy Awards

• Best Female Country Vocal Performance -- "Redneck Woman," Gretchen Wilson.
• Best Male Country Vocal Peformance -- "Live Like You Were Dying," Tim McGraw.
• Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal -- "Top of the World" (live recording), Dixie Chicks.
• Best Country Collaboration with Vocals -- "Portland, Oregon," Loretta Lynn and Jack White.
• Best Country Instrumental Performance -- "Earl's Breakdown," Nitty Gritty Dirt Band featuring Earl Scruggs, Randy Scruggs, Vassar Clements and Jerry Douglas.
• Best Country Song -- "Live Like You Were Dying," Tim Nichols and Craig Wiseman.
• Best Country Album -- Van Lear Rose, Loretta Lynn.
• Best Bluegrass Album -- Brand New Strings, Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder.

Academy of Country Music

(presented May 17 in Las Vegas)

• Entertainer of the Year -- Kenny Chesney
• Top Male Vocalist -- Keith Urban
• Top Female Vocalist -- Gretchen Wilson
• Top New Artist -- Gretchen Wilson
• Top Vocal Group -- Rascal Flatts
• Top Vocal Duo -- Brooks & Dunn
• Vocal Event of the Year -- "Whiskey Lullaby", Brad Paisley and Allison Krauss
• Single of the Year -- "Live Like You Were Dying", Tim McGraw
• Song of the Year -- "Live Like You Were Dying", Tim Nichols and Craig Wiseman
• Album of the Year -- Be Here, Keith Urban
• Video of the Year -- "Whiskey Lullaby", Brad Paisley and Allison Krauss (director: Rick Schroder).
• ACM/Home Depot Humanitarian of the Year -- Neal McCoy

Country Music Association

External links

Announcement of 2005 Country Music Association Hall of Fame inductees