Die Liste bietet eine Übersicht über das Jahr 1994 im Genre Country-Musik.
Ereignisse
8. Januar: Faith Hill veröffentlicht mit Wild One ihre erste Single. Sie wurde die erfolgreichste Single eines weiblichen Newcomers in den Hot Country Singles & Tracks. 30. Januar: Clint Black, Wynonna Judd, Travis Tritt und Tanya Tucker spielen die Halftime Show beim Super Bowl XXVIII. März: Tim McGraws Song Indian Outlaw sorgt wegen seines stereotypen Textes über Indianer für eine Kontroverse und wird vielfach von den Radiostationen boykottiert. Dafür erreicht es die Popcharts. 12. April: Die erste Ausgabe des Magazons Country Weekly erscheint. 26. April: Johnny Cash veröffentlicht mit American Recordings sein vielfach prämiertes Comeback-Album mit Unterstützung von Rick Rubin. 9. Mai: Newcomer John Berry kippt während eines Konzertes auf der Bühne um. Ihm wird anschließend eine Zyste aus dem Gehirn entfernt. Es ist der Beginn eines jahrelangen Kampfes gegen Krebs.
Top Hits des Jahres
Jahres-End-Charts Dies ist die Top 10 der Year-End-Charts, die vom Billboard-Magazin erhoben wurde.
Pickup Man – Joe Diffie Take Me As I Am – Faith Hill When Love Finds You – Vince Gill Not a Moment Too Soon – Tim McGraw Now I Know – Lari White This Is Me – Randy Travis Goin’ Through the Big D – Mark Chesnutt Untanglin’ My Mind – Clint Black When the Thought of You Catches Up With Me – David Ball Till You Love Me – Reba McEntire
Nummer-1-Hits 1. Januar – Wild One – Faith Hill 29. Januar – Live Until I Die – Clay Walker 5. Februar – I Swear – John Michael Montgomery 5. März – I Just Wanted You to Know – Mark Chesnutt 12. März – Tryin' to Get Over You – Vince Gill 19. März – No Doubt About It – Neal McCoy 2. April – My Love – Little Texas 16. April – If the Good Die Young – Tracy Lawrence 30. April – Piece of My Heart – Faith Hill 7. Mai – A Good Run of Bad Luck – Clint Black 14. Mai – If Bubba Can Dance (I Can Too) – Shenandoah 21. Mai – Your Love Amazes Me – John Berry 28. Mai – Don't Take the Girl – Tim McGraw 11. Juni – That Ain't No Way to Go – Brooks & Dunn 18. Juni – Wink – Neal McCoy 16. Juli – Foolish Pride – Travis Tritt 23. Juli – Summertime Blues – Alan Jackson 13. August – Be My Baby Tonight – John Michael Montgomery 27. August – Dreaming With My Eyes Wide Open – Clay Walker 3. September – Whisper My Name – Randy Travis 10. September – XXX's and OOO's (An American Girl) – Trisha Yearwood 24. September – Third Rock From the Sun – Joe Diffie 8. Oktober – Who's That Man – Toby Keith 15. Oktober – She's Not the Cheatin' Kind – Brooks & Dunn 29. Oktober – Livin' On Love – Alan Jackson 19. November – Shut Up and Kiss Me – Mary Chapin Carpenter 26. November – If I Could Make a Living – Clay Walker 3. Dezember – The Big One – George Strait 10. Dezember – If You've Got Love – John Michael Montgomery 17. Dezember – Pickup Man – Joe Diffie
Weitere Hits Die Auswahl beschränkt sich auf Songs, die in den Country-Billboard-Charts in die Top 20 gekommen sind. USSingleInterpret4Addicted to a DollarDoug Stone11Baby Likes to Rock ItThe Tractors2Before You Kill Us AllRandy Travis4The Boys and MeSawyer Brown17The Call of the WildAaron Tippin2Callin' Baton RougeGarth Brooks13The Cheap SeatsAlabama5The City Put the Country Back in MeNeal McCoy9Daddy Never Was the Cadillac KindConfederate Railroad2Down on the FarmTim McGraw20Elvis and AndyConfederate Railroad2Every Once in a WhileBlackHawk2Fast as YouDwight Yoakam10Girls with GuitarsWynonna11Goodbye Says It AllBlackHawk4Half the ManClint Black4Hangin' InTanya Tucker5Hard to SaySawyer Brown2He Thinks He'll Keep HerMary Chapin Carpenter5Hey CinderellaSuzy Bogguss3How Can I Help You Say GoodbyePatty Loveless3I Can't Reach Her AnymoreSammy Kershaw2I Never Knew LoveDoug Stone2I See It NowTracy Lawrence9I Sure Can Smell the RainBlackHawk2I Take My ChancesMary Chapin Carpenter3I Try to Think About ElvisPatty Loveless3I Want to Be Loved Like ThatShenandoah4I Wish I Could Have Been ThereJohn Anderson3I'd Like to Have That One BackGeorge Strait3I'm Holding My OwnLee Roy Parnell3I've Got It MadeJohn Anderson19In My Own BackyardJoe Diffie12Independence DayMartina McBride8Indian OutlawTim McGraw6Is It Over YetWynonna18It Won't Be Over YouSteve Wariner5John Deere GreenJoe Diffie8Jukebox JunkieKen Mellons5Kick a LittleLittle Texas6Life #9Martina McBride4Lifestyles of the Not So Rich and FamousTracy Byrd2A Little Less Talk and a Lot More ActionToby Keith2Little RockCollin Raye2Love a Little StrongerDiamond Rio8LovebugGeorge Strait4The Man in Love with YouGeorge Strait8Man of My WordCollin Raye6More LoveDoug Stone2National Working Woman's HolidaySammy Kershaw1No Doubt About ItNeal McCoy13Nobody's Gonna Rain on Our ParadeKathy Mattea5Now I KnowLari White18O What a ThrillThe Mavericks7One Night a DayGarth Brooks7Renegades, Rebels and RoguesTracy Lawrence2Rock BottomWynonna2Rock My World (Little Country Girl)Brooks & Dunn4Rope the MoonJohn Michael Montgomery3She Can't Say I Didn't CryRick Trevino6She DreamsMark Chesnutt15She Thinks His Name Was JohnReba McEntire4She'd Give AnythingBoy Howdy5Spilled PerfumePam Tillis3Standing Outside the FireGarth Brooks2State of MindClint Black14Stop on a DimeLittle Texas7T.L.C. A.S.A.P.Alabama2Take Me as I AmFaith Hill17Take These Chains from My HeartLee Roy Parnell10That's My BabyLari White6That's My StoryCollin Raye20There Goes My HeartThe Mavericks7They Asked About YouReba McEntire2They Don't Make 'Em Like That AnymoreBoy Howdy2Thinkin' ProblemDavid Ball2Third Rate RomanceSammy Kershaw20(Tonight We Just Might) Fall in Love AgainHal Ketchum14Try Not to Look So PrettyDwight Yoakam4Untanglin' My MindClint Black3Walking Away a WinnerKathy Mattea4Watermelon CrawlTracy Byrd6We Can't Love Like This AnymoreAlabama11We Don't Have to Do ThisTanya Tucker9We Just DisagreeBilly Dean2What the Cowgirls DoVince Gill5What's in It for MeJohn Berry3When Love Finds YouVince Gill7When the Thought of You Catches Up with MeDavid Ball2When You Walk in the RoomPam Tillis2Whenever You Come AroundVince Gill11Where Do I Fit in the PictureClay Walker20Where Was IRicky Van Shelton4(Who Says) You Can't Have It AllAlan Jackson5Why Haven't I Heard from YouReba McEntire2Wish I Didn't Know NowToby Keith12Words by HeartBilly Ray Cyrus20You Just Watch MeTanya Tucker6You WillPatty Loveless
Alben
Jahres-End-Charts Dies ist die Top 10 der Year-End-Charts, die vom Billboard-Magazin erhoben wurde.
Not a Moment Too Soon – Tim McGraw The Tractors – The Tractors Stones in the Road – Mary Chapin Carpenter Who I Am – Alan Jackson Waitin’ on Sundown – Brooks & Dunn Lead On – George Strait Read My Mind – Reba McEntire Third Rock from the Sun – Joe Diffie When Love Finds You – Vince Gill You Might Be a Redneck If … – Jeff Foxworthy
Nummer-1-Alben
1. Januar – Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles – Various Artists 22. Januar – Greatest Hits Volume II – Reba McEntire 29. Januar – Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles – Various Artists 12. Februar – Kickin’ It Up – John Michael Montgomery 26. März – Rhythm, Country & Blues – Various Artists 9. April – Not a Moment Too Soon – Tim McGraw 23. Juli – Who I Am – Alan Jackson 30. Juli – Not a Moment Too Soon – Tim McGraw 15. Oktober – Waitin’ on Sundown – Brooks & Dunn 22. Oktober – Stones in the Road – Mary Chapin Carpenter 26. November – Lead On – George Strait 10. Dezember – Not a Moment Too Soon – Tim McGraw
Weitere Alben Die Auswahl beschränkt sich auf Alben, die in den Country-Billboard-Charts in die Top 20 gekommen sind. USAlbumInterpretRecord Label38 SecondsVarious ArtistsMCA Nashville15BlackHawkBlackHawkArista Nashville8BoomtownToby KeithMercury/PolyGram13Bryan WhiteBryan WhiteAsylum12ExtremesCollin RayeEpic9Feelin' Good TrainSammy KershawMercury/PolyGram8Greatest Hits Vol. IIIAlabamaRCA Nashville17HaywireChris LeDouxLiberty17Healing Hands of TimeWillie NelsonLiberty16Heartsongs: Live from HomeDolly PartonColumbia3I See It NowTracy LawrenceAtlantic4If I Could Make a LivingClay WalkerGiant10Kick a LittleLittle TexasWarner Bros.19Lookin' Back at MyselfAaron TippinRCA Nashville13Love a Little StrongerDiamond RioArista Nashville4Maverick (Soundtrack)Various ArtistsAtlantic13No Doubt About ItNeal McCoyAtlantic3No Ordinary ManTracy ByrdMCA Nashville6NotoriousConfederate RailroadAtlantic8One EmotionClint BlackRCA Nashville19She'd Give AnythingBoy HowdyCurb8Skynyrd FryndsVarious ArtistsMCA Nashville11Storm in the HeartlandBilly Ray CyrusMercury/PolyGram17The Sweetest GiftTrisha YearwoodMCA Nashville6Sweetheart's DancePam TillisArista Nashville3Ten Feet Tall and BulletproofTravis TrittWarner Bros.6Thinkin' ProblemDavid BallWarner Bros.10This Is MeRandy TravisWarner Bros.12Walking Away a WinnerKathy MatteaMercury/PolyGram7War PaintLorrie MorganBNA6What a Crying ShameThe MavericksMCA Nashville15What a Way to LiveMark ChesnuttDecca Nashville8When Fallen Angels FlyPatty LovelessEpic
Geboren
4. Mai: RaeLynn, Countrysängerin (God Made Girls) 8. November: Lauren Alaina, Teilnehmerin an der 10. Staffel von American Idol und anschließend erfolgreiche Solokünstlerin
Gestorben
18. Januar: Eddie Hill (72), Vater des Country Boogies 4. Mai: Lloyd Ellis (74), Jazz- und Countrymusiker 4. Juni: Zeke Clements (83), hatte eine der längsten und ausgedehntesten Karrieren in der Geschichte der Country-Musiker 13. Juni: Johnnie Strickland (58), Rockabilly- und Countrymusiker 29. Oktober: Jimmy Swan (82), Country-Sänger (The Last Letter) 6. November: Skeeter Bonn (71), Country-Musiker Unbekanntes Datum: Roy Duke, Country- und Rockabilly-Sänger (Behave, Be Qiet or Begone)
Neue Mitglieder der Hall of Fames
International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame Osborne Brothers Bobby Osborne Sonny Osborne
Country Music Hall of Fame Merle Haggard (1937–2016)
Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame Dick Damron Hank Smith
Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Jerry Foster & Bill Rice Buddy Holly Richard Leigh Bobby Russell
Bedeutende Auszeichnungen
Grammys Best Female Country Vocal Performance – Mary Chapin Carpenter – Passionate Kisses Best Male Country Vocal Performance – Dwight Yoakam – Ain't That Lonely Yet Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group – Brooks & Dunn – Hard Workin' Man Best Country Collaboration With Vocals – Linda Davis & Reba McEntire – Does He Love You Best Country Instrumental Performance – Asleep At The Wheel – Red Wing Best Country Song – Lucinda Williams – Passionate Kisses Best Bluegrass Album – Nashville Bluegrass Band – Waitin' For The Hard Times To Go
Academy of Country Music Awards Entertainer Of The Year – Garth Brooks Song Of The Year – I Love The Way You Love Me – John Michael Montgomery – Victoria Shaw, Chuck Cannon Single Of The Year – Chattahoochee – Alan Jackson Album Of The Year – A Lot About Livin' – Alan Jackson Top Male Vocalist – Vince Gill Top Female Vocalist – Wynonna Top Vocal Duo – Brooks & Dunn Top Vocal Group – Little Texas Top New Male Vocalist – John Michael Montgomery Top New Female Vocalist – Faith Hill Top New Vocal Duo Or Group – Gibson Miller Band Video Of The Year – We Shall Be Free – Garth Brooks
ARIA Awards Best Country Album – Three Chain Road – Lee Kernaghan
Canadian Country Music Association Bud Country Fans' Choice Award – Prairie Oyster Male Artist of the Year – Charlie Major Female Artist of the Year – Patricia Conroy Group or Duo of the Year – Prairie Oyster SOCAN Song of the Year – I'm Gonna Drive You Out of My Mind, Charlie Major, Barry Brown Single of the Year – I'm Gonna Drive You Out of My Mind, Charlie Major Album of the Year – The Other Side, Charlie Major Top Selling Album – In Pieces, Garth Brooks Video of the Year – Stolen Moments, Jim Witter Vista Rising Star Award – Susan Aglukark Vocal Collaboration of the Year – Quartette
Country Music Association Awards Entertainer of the Year – Vince Gill