Die Liste bietet eine Übersicht über das Jahr 1991 im Genre Country-Musik.
Ereignisse 16. März: Bei einem Flugzeugabsturz in Kalifornien kommen sieben Mitglieder der Band von Reba McEntire sowie ihr Roadmanager ums Leben. McEntire flog von der Band getrennt und widmete ihren verstorbenen Musikern das Album For My Broken Heart. 16. August: Holly Dunns Song Maybe I Mean Yes erntete Kritik, weil die Lyrics auf sogenanntes Date Rape hinweisen könnten. Dunn bat die Radiostationen daher ihren Song aus dem Programm zu nehmen. 30. August: Dottie West wird bei einem Unfall auf dem Weg zur Grand Ole Opry schwer verletzt. Sie erliegt am 4. September ihren Verletzungen. 28. September: Garth Brooks’ Album Ropin’ the Wind erreicht gleichzeitig Platz 1 der Billboard 200 und der Billboard Top Country Albums. Es wurde damit nach Mariah Careys Debütalbum Mariah Carey das zweiterfolgreichste Album des Musikjahres in den Vereinigten Staaten. 24. November: Die Fernsehsendung Hot Country Nights startet auf NBC.
Top Hits des Jahres Jahresendcharts Dies ist die Top 10 der Year-End-Charts, die vom Billboard-Magazin erhoben wurde.
I’ve Come to Expect It from You – George Strait Forever's as Far as I'll Go – Alabama The Thunder Rolls – Garth Brooks In a Different Light – Doug Stone Brother Jukebox – Mark Chesnutt You Know Me Better Than That – George Strait Down Home – Alabama Unanswered Prayers – Garth Brooks If I Know Me – George Strait
Nummer-1-Hits 12. Januar – Unanswered Prayers – Garth Brooks 26. Januar – Forever's as Far as I'll Go – Alabama 2. Februar – Daddy's Come Around – Paul Overstreet 9. Februar – Brother Jukebox – Mark Chesnutt 23. Februar – Walk on Faith – Mike Reid 9. März – I'd Love You All Over Again – Alan Jackson 23. März – Loving Blind – Clint Black 6. April – Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House – Garth Brooks 13. April – Down Home – Alabama 4. Mai – Rockin' Years – Dolly Parton und Ricky Van Shelton 11. Mai – If I Know Me – George Strait 25. Mai – In a Different Light – Doug Stone 1. Juni – Meet in the Middle – Diamond Rio 15. Juni – If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets) – Joe Diffie 22. Juni – The Thunder Rolls – Garth Brooks 6. Juli – Don't Rock the Jukebox – Alan Jackson 27. Juli – I Am a Simple Man – Ricky Van Shelton 3. August – She's In Love With the Boy – Trisha Yearwood 17. August – You Know Me Better Than That – George Strait 7. September – Brand New Man – Brooks & Dunn 21. September – Leap of Faith – Lionel Cartwright 28. September – Where Are You Now – Clint Black 12. Oktober – Keep it Between the Lines – Ricky Van Shelton 26. Oktober – Anymore – Travis Tritt 9. November – Someday – Alan Jackson 16. November – Shameless – Garth Brooks 30. November – Forever Together – Randy Travis 7. Dezember – For My Broken Heart – Reba McEntire 21. Dezember – My Next Broken Heart – Brooks & Dunn
Weitere Hits Die Auswahl beschränkt sich auf Songs, die in den Country-Billboard-Charts in die Top 20 gekommen sind.
USSingleArtist3Are You Lovin' Me Like I'm Lovin' YouRonnie Milsap14As Simple as ThatMike Reid5Ball and ChainPaul Overstreet14Bing Bang BoomHighway 1015Blame It on TexasMark Chesnutt2Brotherly LoveKeith Whitley & Earl Thomas Conley15Can I Count On YouMcBride & the Ride3The Chill of an Early FallGeorge Strait3Come On BackCarlene Carter5Don't Tell Me What to DoPam Tillis2Down at the Twist and ShoutMary Chapin Carpenter2Down to My Last TeardropTanya Tucker3Drift Off to DreamTravis Tritt16Even NowExile2Fallin' Out of LoveReba McEntire8FancyReba McEntire15Feed JakePirates of the Mississippi9A Few Good Things RemainKathy Mattea13For Crying Out LoudDavis Daniel19Heart of Full LoveHolly Dunn2Here We AreAlabama2Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)Travis Tritt4HeroesPaul Overstreet3Heroes and FriendsRandy Travis12Hopelessly YoursLee Greenwood & Suzy Bogguss3Hurt Me Bad (In a Real Good Way)Patty Loveless3I Couldn't See You Leavin‘Conway Twitty7I Got YouShenandoah4I Thought It Was YouDoug Stone5I'm That Kind of GirlPatty Loveless2If You Want Me ToJoe Diffie10Is It Raining at Your HouseVern Gosdin6It Won't Be MeTanya Tucker18Let Her GoMark Collie4Life's Little Ups and DownsRicky Van Shelton4Like We Never Had a Broken HeartTrisha Yearwood8Little ThingsMarty Stuart7Liza JaneVince Gill16Long Lost FriendRestless Heart7Lord Have Mercy on a Country BoyDon Williams5Love Can Build a BridgeThe Judds12Love Will Bring Her AroundRob Crosby6Lucky MoonThe Oak Ridge Boys8MenThe Forester Sisters3Mirror, MirrorDiamond Rio9The Moon Over GeorgiaShenandoah2New Way (To Light Up an Old Flame)Joe Diffie15Nothing's Changed HereDwight Yoakam17Now That We're AloneRodney Crowell12Oh What It Did to MeTanya Tucker6One Hundred and TwoThe Judds7One More PaymentClint Black6One of Those ThingsPam Tillis3Only Here for a Little WhileBilly Dean9A Picture of Me (Without You)Lorrie Morgan7Pocket Full of GoldVince Gill3Point of LightRandy Travis11Put Yourself in My PlacePam Tillis15Right NowMary Chapin Carpenter3RodeoGarth Brooks3Rumor Has ItReba McEntire8Shadow of a DoubtEarl Thomas Conley15She's a NaturalRob Crosby15Silver and GoldDolly Parton6Since I Don't Have YouRonnie Milsap2Small Town Saturday NightHal Ketchum8Some Guys Have All the LoveLittle Texas12Someday SoonSuzy Bogguss3Somewhere in My Broken HeartBilly Dean20Still Burnin' for YouRob Crosby5TemptedMarty Stuart4Then AgainAlabama17There for AwhileSteve Wariner5These Lips Don't Know How to Say GoodbyeDoug Stone12Till I Found YouMarty Stuart17Till You Were GoneMike Reid7Time Passes ByKathy Mattea18Treat Me Like a StrangerBaillie & the Boys4True LoveDon Williams11Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me LooseDwight Yoakam2The WalkSawyer Brown3We Both WalkLorrie Morgan14We've Got It MadeLee Greenwood10What a Way to GoRay Kennedy18Whole Lotta HolesKathy Mattea4You Don't Count the CostBilly Dean16You Win AgainMary Chapin Carpenter5You're the OneDwight Yoakam6You've Got to Stand for SomethingAaron Tippin3Your Love Is a MiracleMark Chesnutt
Deutschsprachige Singleveröffentlichungen
Country Christmas – Jonny Hill Oh Winnetou, Oh Winnetou – Truck Stop Winterzeit – Country Rose
Alben Jahres-End-Charts Dies ist die Top 10 der Year-End-Charts, die vom Billboard-Magazin erhoben wurde.
No Fences – Garth Brooks Garth Brooks – Garth Brooks Put Yourself in My Shoes – Clint Black Rumor Has It: 30th Anniversary Edition – Reba McEntire Here in the Real World – Alan Jackson Killin’ Time – Clint Black
Love Can Build a Bridge – The Judds When I CallYour Name – Vince Gill Country Club – Travis Tritt Nummer-1-Alben
29. Dezember 1990 – Put Yourself in My Shoes – Clint Black 9. Februar – No Fences – Garth Brooks 18. Mai – Eagle When She Flies – Dolly Parton 25. Mai – No Fences – Garth Brooks 28. September – Ropin’the Wind – Garth Brooks
Weitere Alben Die Auswahl beschränkt sich auf Alben, die in den Country-Billboard-Charts in die Top 20 gekommen sind.
US Album Artist Record Label 15 Aces Suzy Bogguss Liberty 7 All I Can Be Collin Raye Epic 3 Backroads Ricky Van Shelton Columbia 3 Brand New Man Brooks & Dunn Arista Nashville 4 Chill of an Early Fall George Strait MCA Nashville 13 Diamond Rio Diamond Rio Arista Nashville 17 Don't Go Near the Water Sammy Kershaw Mercury/PolyGram 2 Don't Rock the Jukebox Alan Jackson Arista Nashville 3 Electric Barnyard The Kentucky Headhunters Mercury/PolyGram 3 For My Broken Heart Reba McEntire MCA Nashville 10 Greatest Hits Vol. II Alabama RCA Nashville 7 Greatest Hits Volume Two The Judds RCA/Curb 17 Heroes Paul Overstreet RCA Nashville 3 High Lonesome Randy Travis Warner Bros. 12 I Thought It Was You Doug Stone Epic 2 It's All About to Change Travis Tritt Warner Bros. 25 Milestones: Greatest Hits Holly Dunn Warner Bros. 6 Past the Point of Rescue Hal Ketchum Curb 5 Pocket Full of Gold Vince Gill MCA Nashville 8 Pure Hank Hank Williams, Jr. Curb/Warner Bros. 10 Put Yourself in My Place Pam Tillis Arista Nashville 8 Something in Red Lorrie Morgan RCA Nashville 10 Sticks and Stones Tracy Lawrence Atlantic 16 Talkin' 'Bout Men The Forester Sisters Warner Bros. 20 Tempted Marty Stuart MCA Nashville 7 Ten Strait Hits George Strait MCA Nashville 9 Time Passes By Kathy Mattea Mercury/PolyGram 17 Tribute Roy Rogers RCA Nashville 2 Trisha Yearwood Trisha Yearwood MCA Nashville 6 What Do I Do with Me Tanya Tucker Capitol Nashville
Deutschsprachige Albumveröffentlichungen
Alles Bingo – Truck Stop Aus'm Leben – Tennessee Endloser Sommer – Western Union Die Goldene 1 Country-Hits Made In Germany – Various Artists Guten Morgen Deutschland – Tom Astor (Kompilation) Ich bin für die Liebe – Jonny Hill Die Ranchers – Die Ranchers Sammy's Saloon – Sammy's Saloon Voll aus dem Leben – Tom Astor Weihnachten im Wilden Westen – Truck Stop Wieder mal auf Tournee – Jonny Hill (Kompilation)
Geboren
9. September: Hunter Hayes 21. September: Ingrid Andress 27. Dezember: Shay Mooney
Gestorben 24. Februar: Webb Pierce (69) 16. März: Reba McEntires Band: Chris Austin (27), Paula Evans, Terry Jackson, Kirk Cappelo, Michael Thomas, Anthony Saputo und Joey Cigianero sowie ihr Tourmanager Jim Hammon 4. September: Dottie West (58) 17. Oktober: Tennessee Ernie Ford (72)
Neue Mitglieder der Hall of Fames
International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame Flatt and Scruggs Lester Flatt Earl Scruggs Bill Monroe
Country Music Hall of Fame Boudleaux & Felice Bryant Boudleaux Bryant Felice Scaduto Bryant
Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame Rhythm Pals A. Hugh Joseph
Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Charlie Black Sonny Curtis
Die bedeutendsten Auszeichnungen Grammy Awards Best Female Country Vocal Performance – Kathy Mattea – Where've You Been Best Male Country Vocal Performance – Vince Gill – When I Call Your Name Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group – Kentucky Headhunters – Pickin' On Nashville Best Country Collaboration With Vocals – Chet Atkins & Mark Knopfler – Poor Boy Blues Best Country Instrumental Performance – Chet Atkins & Mark Knopfler – So Soft, Your Goodbye Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Recording – Alison Krauss – I've Got That Old Feeling Best Country Song – Don Henry & Jon Vesner – Where've You Been, Kathy Mattea
Juno Awards Country Male Vocalist of the Year – George Fox Country Female Vocalist of the Year – Cassandra Vasik Country Group or Duo of the Year – Prairie Oyster
Academy of Country Music Awards Entertainer Of The Year – Garth Brooks Song Of The Year – The Dance – Garth Brooks – Tony Arata Single Of The Year – Friends In Low Places – Garth Brooks Album Of The Year – No Fences – Garth Brooks Top Male Vocalist – Garth Brooks Top Female Vocalist – Reba McEntire Top Vocal Duo – The Judds Top Vocal Group – Shenandoah Top New Male Vocalist – Alan Jackson Top New Female Vocalist – Shelby Lynne Top New Vocal Duo Or Group – Pirates of the Mississippi Video Of The Year – The Dance – Garth Brooks
Country Music Association Awards Entertainer of the Year – Garth Brooks Song Of The Year – When I Call Your Name – Vince Gill / Tim DuBois Single Of The Year – Friends In Low Places – Garth Brooks Album Of The Year – No Fences – Garth Brooks Male Vocalist Of The Year – Vince Gill Female Vocalist Of The Year – Tanya Tucker Vocal Duo Of The Year – The Judds Vocal Group Of The Year – Kentucky HeadHunters Musician Of The Year – Mark O’Connor Horizon Award – Travis Tritt Vocal Event Of The Year – Mark O’Connor & The New Nashville Cats Music Video Of The Year – The Thunder Rolls – Garth Brooks
American Music Awards Favorite Country Male Artist – George Strait Favorite Country Female Artist – Reba McEntire Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group – Alabama Favorite Country Album – Reba Live – Reba McEntire Favorite Country Song – If Tomorrow Never Comes – Garth Brooks Favorite Country New Artist – Kentucky Headhunters
ARIA Awards Best Country Album – Hand It Down (James Blundell)