1995 in country music
See also: 1994 in country music, 1995 in music, other events of 1995, 1996 in country music, 1990s in music and the List of years in Country Music
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Events
Top hits of the year
Number one hits
(as certified by Billboard magazine)
| Date | Song Name | Artist | Wks. No. 1 | Spec. Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 14 | Not a Moment Too Soon | Tim McGraw | 2 | |
| January 28 | Gone Country | Alan Jackson | 1 | |
| February 4 | Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life) | Pam Tillis | 2 | C |
| February 18 | My Kind of Girl | Collin Raye | 1 | |
| February 25 | Old Enough to Know Better | Wade Hayes | 2 | C |
| March 11 | You Can't Make a Heart Love Somebody | George Strait | 1 | |
| March 18 | This Woman and This Man | Clay Walker | 2 | |
| April 1 | Thinkin' About You | Trisha Yearwood | 2 | |
| April 15 | The Heart is a Lonely Hunter | Reba McEntire | 1 | |
| April 22 | I Can Love You Like That | John Michael Montgomery | 3 | 2 This was the second John Michael Montgomery song covered by R&B quartet All-4-One; like 1994's "I Swear," this cover version also became a major Billboard Hot 100 hit. |
| April 29 | Little Miss Honky Tonk | Brooks & Dunn | 1 | |
| May 20 | Gonna Get a Life | Mark Chesnutt | 1 | |
| May 27 | What Mattered Most | Ty Herndon | 1 | A |
| June 3 | Summer's Comin' | Clint Black | 3 | |
| June 24 | Texas Tornado | Tracy Lawrence | 1 | |
| July 1 | Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident) | John Michael Montgomery | 3 | 1 |
| July 22 | Any Man of Mine | Shania Twain | 2 | A |
| August 5 | I Don't Even Know Your Name | Alan Jackson | 1 | |
| August 12 | I Didn't Know My Own Strength | Lorrie Morgan | 1 | B |
| August 19 | You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone | Brooks & Dunn | 2 | |
| September 2 | Not on Your Love | Jeff Carson | 1 | C |
| September 9 | Someone Else's Star | Bryan White | 1 | A |
| September 16 | I Like It, I Love It | Tim McGraw | 5 | |
| October 21 | She's Every Woman | Garth Brooks | 1 | |
| October 28 | Dust on the Bottle | David Lee Murphy | 2 | C |
| November 11 | Check Yes or No | George Strait | 4 | |
| December 9 | Tall, Tall Trees | Alan Jackson | 2 | A cover of the 1950s-era George Jones hit, which he co-wrote with fellow country singer Roger Miller. |
| December 23 | That's as Close as I'll Get to Loving You | Aaron Tippin | 2 |
- 1 - No. 1 song of the year, as determined by Billboard magazine.
- 2 - Song dropped from No. 1 and later returned to top spot.
- A - First Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist.
- B - Last Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist to date.
- C - Only Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist to date.
Other major hits
- "A Little Bit of You" - Lee Roy Parnell
- "Adalida" - George Strait
- "All I Need to Know" - Kenny Chesney
- "Amy's Back in Austin" - Little Texas
- "And Still" - Reba McEntire
- "Angels Among Us" - Alabama
- "As Any Fool Can See" - Tracy Lawrence
- "Back in Your Arms Again" - Lorrie Morgan
- "Bend It Until It Breaks" - John Anderson
- "Better Things to Do" - Terri Clark
- "Between an Old Memory and Me" - Travis Tritt
- "Big Ol' Truck" - Toby Keith
- "Bobbie Ann Mason" - Rick Trevino
- "Born in the Dark" - Doug Stone
- "The Box" - Randy Travis
- "Bubba Hyde" - Diamond Rio
- "Can't Be Really Gone" - Tim McGraw
- "The Car" - Jeff Carson
- "Clown in Your Rodeo" - Kathy Mattea
- "Darned If I Don't (Danged If I Do)" - Shenandoah
- "Doctor Time" - Rick Trevino
- "Don't Stop - Wade Hayes
- "Down in Flames" - BlackHawk
- "Faith in Me, Faith in You" - Doug Stone
- "Fall in Love" - Kenny Chesney
- "Finish What We Started" - Diamond Rio
- "The First Step" - Tracy Byrd
- "For a Change" - Neal McCoy
- "Give Me One More Shot" - Alabama
- "Go Rest High on That Mountain" - Vince Gill
- "Goin' Through the Big 'D'" - Mark Chesnutt
- "Halfway Down" - Patty Loveless
- "Heart Trouble" - Martina McBride
- "Heaven Bound (I'm Ready)" - Shenandoah
- "Here I Am" - Patty Loveless
- "Here Comes the Rain" - The Mavericks
- "House of Cards" - Mary Chapin Carpenter
- "I Brake For Brunettes" - Rhett Akins
- "I Don't Believe in Goodbye" - Sawyer Brown
- "I Got It Honest" - Aaron Tippin
- "I Let Her Lie" - Daryle Singletary
- "I Should Have Been True" - The Mavericks
- "I Think About It All the Time" - John Berry
- "I Wanna Go Too Far" - Trisha Yearwood
- "I Want My Goodbye Back" - Ty Herndon
- "I Was Blown Away" - Pam Tillis
- "I Will Always Love You" - Dolly Parton with Vince Gill
- "If I Had Any Pride Left at All" - John Berry
- "If I Were You" - Collin Raye
- "If the World Had a Front Porch" - Tracy Lawrence
- "If You're Gonna Walk, I'm Gonna Crawl" - Sammy Kershaw
- "I'll Never Forgive My Heart" - Brooks & Dunn
- "I'm in Love With a Capital 'U'" - Joe Diffie
- "I'm Not Strong Enough to Say No" - BlackHawk
- "I'm Still Dancing With You" - Wade Hayes
- "In Between Dances" - Pam Tillis
- "In Pictures" - Alabama
- "It's Not the End of the World" - Emilio
- "The Keeper of the Stars" - Tracy Byrd
- "Lead On" - George Strait
- "Let's Go to Vegas" - Faith Hill
- "Life Gets Away" - Clint Black
- "Life Goes On" - Little Texas
- "Lipstick Promises" - George Ducas
- "Little By Little" - James House
- "Little Houses" - Doug Stone
- "Look What Followed Me Home" - David Ball
- "Love Lessons" - Tracy Byrd
- "Mississippi Moon" - John Anderson
- "My Heart Will Never Know" - Clay Walker
- "Night is Fallin' in My Heart" - Diamond Rio
- "No Man's Land" - John Michael Montgomery
- "Nothing" - Dwight Yoakam
- "On My Own" - Reba McEntire with Linda Davis, Martina McBride, & Trisha Yearwood
- "One Boy, One Girl" - Collin Raye
- "One Emotion" - Clint Black
- "Party Crowd" - David Lee Murphy
- "The Red Strokes" - Garth Brooks
- "Refried Dreams" - Tim McGraw
- "Safe in the Arms of Love" - Martina McBride
- "She Ain't Your Ordinary Girl" - Alabama
- "She Feels Like a Brand New Man Tonight" - Aaron Tippin
- "So Help Me Girl" - Joe Diffie
- "Sometimes She Forgets" - Travis Tritt
- "Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart" - Shenandoah with Alison Krauss
- "Song for the Life" - Alan Jackson
- "Southbound" - Sammy Kershaw
- "Southern Grace" - Little Texas
- "Standing on the Edge of Goodbye" - John Berry
- "Stay Forever" - Hal Ketchum
- "Tell Me I Was Dreaming" - Travis Tritt
- "Tender When I Want to Be" - Mary Chapin Carpenter
- "Tequila Talkin'" - Lonestar
- "That Ain't My Truck" - Rhett Akins
- "That's How You Know When You're in Love" - Lari White
- "That's Just About Right" - BlackHawk
- "They're Playin' Our Song" - Neal McCoy
- "This is Me Missing You" - James House
- "(This Thing Called) Wantin' and Havin' It All" - Sawyer Brown
- "This Time" - Sawyer Brown
- "Till You Love Me" - Reba McEntire
- "Trouble" - Mark Chesnutt
- "Upstairs Downtown" - Toby Keith
- "Walkin' to Jerusalem" - Tracy Byrd
- "When a Woman Loves a Man" - Lee Roy Parnell feat. Trisha Yearwood
- "When and Where" - Confederate Railroad
- "When You Say Nothing at All" - Alison Krauss and Union Station
- "Wherever You Go" - Clint Black
- "Which Bridge to Cross (Which Bridge to Burn)" - Vince Gill
- "Whiskey Under the Bridge" - Brooks & Dunn
- "Who Needs You Baby" - Clay Walker
- "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under" - Shania Twain
- "The Woman in Me (Needs the Man in You)" - Shania Twain
- "Workin' For the Weekend" - Ken Mellons
- "You Ain't Much Fun" - Toby Keith
- "You and Only You" - John Berry
- "You Can Sleep While I Drive" - Trisha Yearwood
- "You Don't Even Know Who I Am" - Patty Loveless
- "You Better Think Twice" - Vince Gill
- "You Have the Right to Remain Silent" - Perfect Stranger
Notable Christmas songs
- "Santa I'm Right Here" - Toby Keith
Top new album releases
- All I Want – Tim McGraw (Curb)
- Fresh Horses – Garth Brooks (Capitol)
- The Greatest Hits Collection – Alan Jackson (Arista)
- In Pictures – Alabama (RCA)
- It Matters to Me – Faith Hill (Warner Bros.)
- Starting Over – Reba McEntire (MCA)
- Strait Out of the Box - George Strait (MCA)
- The Woman in Me – Shania Twain (Mercury/Polygram)
Deaths
November 10: 0Curly Fox. Fiddler, Remaining Half Of Old Time Country/Comedy Duo Curly Fox and Texas Ruby (Texas Ruby died in 1963). Died One Day After His 85th Birthday.
Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees
- Roger Miller (1936–1992)
- Jo Walker-Meador (born 1924)
Major Awards
Grammy awards
Academy of Country Music
- Entertainer Of The Year -- Brooks & Dunn
- Song Of The Year -- "The Keeper of the Stars" - Tracy Byrd - Dickey Lee, Karen Staley, Danny Mayo
- Single Of The Year -- "Check Yes Or No" - George Strait
- Album Of The Year -- The Woman In Me - Shania Twain
- Top Male Vocalist -- Alan Jackson
- Top Female Vocalist -- Patty Loveless
- Top Vocal Duo -- Brooks & Dunn
- Top Vocal Group -- The Mavericks
- Top New Male Vocalist -- Bryan White
- Top New Female Vocalist -- Shania Twain
- Top New Vocal Duo Or Group -- Lonestar
- Video Of The Year -- "The Car" - Jeff Carson (Director: Michael Salomon)
Country Music Association
Further reading
- Kingsbury, Paul, "The Grand Ole Opry: History of Country Music. 70 Years of the Songs, the Stars and the Stories," Villard Books, Random House; Opryland USA, 1995
- Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947-1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003 (ISBN 0-8118-3572-3)
- Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 (ISBN 0-06-273244-7)
- Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs 1944-2005 - 6th Edition." 2005.
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