Die Liste bietet eine Übersicht über das Jahr 1995 im Genre Country-Musik.

Ereignisse 31. Dezember: Der Pay-TV-Sender Great American Country wird von Jones Radio Network gestartet. Dabei handelt es sich um die erste ernsthafte Konkurrenz zu CMT.

Top Hits des Jahres Jahres-End-Charts Dies ist die Top 10 der Year-End-Charts, die vom Billboard-Magazin erhoben wurde.

That’s As Close as I’ll Get to Loving You – Aaron Tippin Tall Tall Trees – Alan Jackson The Car – Jeff Carson Can't Be Really Gone – Tim McGraw Rebecca Lynn – Bryan White Life Gets Away – Clint Black Check Yes or No – George Strait Deep Down – Pam Tillis It Matters to Me – Faith Hill In Pictures – Alabama

Nummer-1-Hits 14. Januar – Not a Moment Too Soon – Tim McGraw 28. Januar – Gone Country – Alan Jackson 4. Februar – Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life) – Pam Tillis 18. Februar – My Kind of Girl – Collin Raye 25. Februar – Old Enough to Know Better – Wade Hayes 11. März – You Can't Make a Heart Love Somebody – George Strait 18. März – This Woman and This Man – Clay Walker 1. April – Thinkin' About You – Trisha Yearwood 15. April – The Heart is a Lonely Hunter – Reba McEntire 22. April – I Can Love You Like That – John Michael Montgomery 29. April – Little Miss Honky Tonk – Brooks & Dunn 6. Mai – I Can Love You Like That – John Michael Montgomery' 20. Mai – Gonna Get a Life – Mark Chesnutt 27. Mai – What Mattered Most – Ty Herndon 3. Juni – Summer's Comin‘ – Clint Black 24. Juni – Texas Tornado – Tracy Lawrence 1. Juli – Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident) – John Michael Montgomery 22. Juli – Any Man of Mine – Shania Twain 5. August – I Don't Even Know Your Name – Alan Jackson 12. August – I Didn't Know My Own Strength – Lorrie Morgan 19. August – You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone – Brooks & Dunn 2. September – Not on Your Love – Jeff Carson 9. September – Someone Else's Star – Bryan White 16. September – I Like It, I Love It – Tim McGraw 21. Oktober – She's Every Woman – Garth Brooks 28. Oktober – Dust on the Bottle – David Lee Murphy 11. November – Check Yes or No – George Strait 9. Dezember – Tall, Tall Trees – Alan Jackson 23. Dezember – That's as Close as I'll Get to Loving You – Aaron Tippin

Weitere Hits Die Auswahl beschränkt sich auf Songs, die in den Country-Billboard-Charts in die Top 20 gekommen sind. USSingleInterpret3AdalidaGeorge Strait8All I Need to KnowKenny Chesney4Amy's Back in AustinLittle Texas2And StillReba McEntire2As Any Fool Can SeeTracy Lawrence4Back in Your Arms AgainLorrie Morgan3Bend It Until It BreaksJohn Anderson11Between an Old Memory and MeTravis Tritt15Big Ol' TruckToby Keith6Bobbie Ann MasonRick Trevino7The BoxRandy Travis16Bubba HydeDiamond Rio2Can't Be Really GoneTim McGraw3The CarJeff Carson20Clown in Your RodeoKathy Mattea4Darned If I Don't (Danged If I Do)Shenandoah5Doctor TimeRick Trevino10Don't StopWade Hayes10Down in FlamesBlackHawk13Faith in Me, Faith in YouDoug Stone6Fall in LoveKenny Chesney19Finish What We StartedDiamond Rio5The First StepTracy Byrd3For a ChangeNeal McCoy3Give Me One More ShotAlabama14Go Rest High on That MountainVince Gill2Goin' Through the Big DMark Chesnutt6Halfway DownPatty Loveless13Hard Lovin' WomanMark Collie4Here I AmPatty Loveless4I Don't Believe in GoodbyeSawyer Brown15I Got It HonestAaron Tippin2I Let Her LieDaryle Singletary4I Think About It All the TimeJohn Berry9I Wanna Go Too FarTrisha Yearwood7I Want My Goodbye BackTy Herndon16I Was Blown AwayPam Tillis15I Will Always Love YouDolly Parton & Vince Gill7I'll Never Forgive My HeartBrooks & Dunn2I'm Not Strong Enough to Say NoBlackHawk5I'm Still Dancin' with YouWade Hayes16If I Was a Drinkin' ManNeal McCoy4If I Were YouCollin Raye2If the World Had a Front PorchTracy Lawrence18If You're Gonna Walk, I'm Gonna CrawlSammy Kershaw3In Between DancesPam Tillis4In PicturesAlabama2The Keeper of the StarsTracy Byrd7Lead OnGeorge Strait5Let's Go to VegasFaith Hill4Life Gets AwayClint Black5Life Goes OnLittle Texas9Lipstick PromisesGeorge Ducas2A Little Bit of YouLee Roy Parnell7Little HousesDoug Stone11Look What Followed Me HomeDavid Ball9Love LessonsTracy Byrd15Mississippi MoonJohn Anderson16My Heart Will Never KnowClay Walker9Night Is Fallin' in My HeartDiamond Rio3No Man's LandJohn Michael Montgomery20NothingDwight Yoakam20On My OwnReba McEntire2One Boy, One GirlCollin Raye2One EmotionClint Black6Party CrowdDavid Lee Murphy5Refried DreamsTim McGraw4Safe in the Arms of LoveMartina McBride2She Ain't Your Ordinary GirlAlabama3Should've Asked Her FasterTy England2So Help Me GirlJoe Diffie7Sometimes She ForgetsTravis Tritt7Somewhere in the Vicinity of the HeartShenandoah & Alison Krauss6Song for the LifeAlan Jackson2Standing on the Edge of GoodbyeJohn Berry8Stay ForeverHal Ketchum2Tell Me I Was DreamingTravis Tritt6Tender When I Want to BeMary Chapin Carpenter8Tequila Talkin‘Lonestar3That Ain't My TruckRhett Akins10That's How You Know (When You're in Love)Lari White7That's Just About RightBlackHawk3They're Playin' Our SongNeal McCoy5This Is MeRandy Travis6This Is Me Missing YouJames House11(This Thing Called) Wantin' and Havin' It AllSawyer Brown2This TimeSawyer Brown2Till You Love MeReba McEntire18TroubleMark Chesnutt10Upstairs DowntownToby Keith15Walking to JerusalemTracy Byrd16What'll You Do About MeDoug Supernaw3When You Say Nothing at AllAlison Krauss & Union Station3Wherever You GoClint Black4Which Bridge to Cross (Which Bridge to Burn)Vince Gill5Whiskey Under the BridgeBrooks & Dunn2Who Needs You BabyClay Walker2You Ain't Much FunToby Keith4You and Only YouJohn Berry2You Better Think TwiceVince Gill5You Don't Even Know Who I AmPatty Loveless4You Have the Right to Remain SilentPerfect Stranger

Alben

Jahres-End-Charts Dies ist die Top 10 der Year-End-Charts, die vom Billboard-Magazin erhoben wurde.

Fresh Horses – Garth Brooks The Greatest Hits Collection – Alan Jackson The Woman in Me – Shania Twain Souvenirs – Vince Gill Starting Over – Reba McEntire All I Want – Tim McGraw The Hits – Garth Brooks Games Rednecks Play – Jeff Foxworthy Strait Out of the Box – George Strait It Matters to Me – Faith Hill

Nummer-1-Alben

7. Januar – The Hits – Garth Brooks 15. April – John Michael Montgomery – John Michael Montgomery 15. Juli – The Hits – Garth Brooks 22. Juli – The Woman in Me – Shania Twain 7. Oktober – All I Want – Tim McGraw 21. Oktober – Starting Over – Reba McEntire 4. November – All I Want – Tim McGraw 11. November – The Greatest Hits Collection – Alan Jackson 9. Dezember – Fresh Horses – Garth Brooks

Weitere Alben Die Auswahl beschränkt sich auf Alben, die in den Country-Billboard-Charts in die Top 20 gekommen sind. USAlbumArtistRecord Label25All of This LovePam TillisArista Nashville13Come Together: America Salutes The BeatlesVarious ArtistsLiberty8Dwight LiveDwight YoakamReprise5GoneDwight YoakamReprise17Greatest HitsLittle TexasWarner Bros.5Greatest HitsLorrie MorganBNA5Greatest Hits 1990–1995Sawyer BrownCurb3Greatest Hits: From the BeginningTravis TrittWarner Bros.1The Greatest Hits CollectionAlan JacksonArista Nashville12Have Yourself a Tractors ChristmasThe TractorsArista Nashville19The Hits Chapter 1Sammy KershawMercury/PolyGram14Hog WildHank Williams, Jr.Curb/Warner Bros.10Hypnotize the MoonClay WalkerGiant5I Think About YouCollin RayeEpic12In PicturesAlabamaRCA Nashville13Life Is GoodEmilio NavairaCapitol Nashville11LonestarLonestarBNA17Looking for the LightRick TrevinoColumbia6Love LessonsTracy ByrdMCA Nashville9Music for All OccasionsThe MavericksMCA Nashville13NASCAR: Runnin' Wide OpenVarious ArtistsColumbia2Now That I've Found You: A CollectionAlison KraussRounder19Old Enough to Know BetterWade HayesColumbia12OneGeorge Jones & Tammy WynetteMCA Nashville10Out with a BangDavid Lee MurphyMCA Nashville19The Redneck Test Volume 43Jeff FoxworthyLaughing Hyena42The Road Goes on ForeverThe HighwaymenColumbia10Something SpecialDolly PartonColumbia12Standing on the EdgeJohn BerryPatriot/Liberty4Strong EnoughBlackHawkArista Nashville13Terri ClarkTerri ClarkMercury/PolyGram3Thinkin' About YouTrisha YearwoodMCA Nashville10This Thing Called Wantin' and Havin' It AllSawyer BrownCurb12Tool BoxAaron TippinRCA Nashville13Ty EnglandTy EnglandRCA Nashville9What Mattered MostTy HerndonEpic17Wild AngelsMartina McBrideRCA Nashville10You Gotta Love ThatNeal McCoyAtlantic7You Have the Right to Remain SilentPerfect StrangerCurb

Geboren

27. Juni: Colter Wall 7. Juli: Taylor Kerr, Mitglied von Maddie & Tae 18. September: Maddie Font, Mitglied von Maddie & Tae

Gestorben 15. Januar: John Victor Willis. 67, Mitglied der Willis Brothers 25. Mai: Dick Curless. 63, Country-Sänger (A Tombstone Every Mile) 25. Juli: Charlie Rich, 62, Grammy-Award-Preisträger 20. November: Curly Fox. 85, Teil des Comedy-Duos Curly Fox and Texas Ruby

Neue Mitglieder der Hall of Fames

International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame Jimmy Martin (1927–2005)

Country Music Hall of Fame Roger Miller (1936–1992) Jo Walker-Meador (* 1924)

Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame Gene MacLellan (1938–1995) Stan Klees

Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Waylon Jennings (1937–2002) Dickey Lee (* 1936) Dave Loggins

Bedeutende Auszeichnungen

Grammys Best Female Country Vocal Performance – Mary Chapin Carpenter – Shut Up And Kiss Me Best Male Country Vocal Performance – Vince Gill – When Love Finds You Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group – Asleep At The Wheel – Blues For Dixie Best Country Collaboration With Vocals – Aaron Neville & Trisha Yearwood – I Fall To Pieces Best Country Instrumental Performance – Chet Atkins – Young Thing Best Country Song – Frank J. Myers & Gary Baker – I Swear Best Country Album – Mary Chapin Carpenter – Stones In The Road Best Bluegrass Album – Jerry Douglas – The Great Dobro Sessions

Academy of Country Music Awards Entertainer Of The Year – Reba McEntire Song Of The Year – I Swear – John Michael Montgomery – Gary Baker, Frank Myers Single Of The Year – I Swear – John Michael Montgomery Album Of The Year – Not A Moment Too Soon – Tim McGraw Top Male Vocalist – Alan Jackson Top Female Vocalist – Reba McEntire Top Vocal Duo – Brooks & Dunn Top Vocal Group – The Mavericks Top New Male Vocalist – Tim McGraw Top New Female Vocalist – Chely Wright Top New Vocal Duo Or Group – The Mavericks Video Of The Year – The Red Strokes – Garth Brooks

ARIA Awards Best Country Album – Beyond the Dancing – Troy Cassar-Daley

Canadian Country Music Association Bud Country Fans' Choice Award – Michelle Wright Male Artist of the Year – Charlie Major Female Artist of the Year – Shania Twain Group or Duo of the Year – Prairie Oyster SOCAN Song of the Year – Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?, Shania Twain Single of the Year – Any Man of Mine, Shania Twain Album of the Year – The Woman in Me, Shania Twain Top Selling Album – The Hits, Garth Brooks Video of the Year – Any Man of Mine, Shania Twain Vista Rising Star Award – Farmer's Daughter Vocal Collaboration of the Year – Jim Witter and Cassandra Vasik

Country Music Association Awards Entertainer of the Year – Alan Jackson Song Of The Year – Independence Day – Gretchen Peters Single Of The Year – When You Say Nothing At All – Alison Krauss & Union Station Album Of The Year – When Fallen Angels Fly – Patty Loveless Male Vocalist Of The Year – Vince Gill Female Vocalist Of The Year – Alison Krauss Vocal Duo Of The Year – Brooks & Dunn Vocal Group Of The Year – The Mavericks Musician Of The Year – Mark O’Connor Horizon Award – Alison Krauss Vocal Event Of The Year – Shenandoah mit Alison Krauss – Somewhere In The Vicinity Of The Heart Music Video Of The Year – Baby Likes To Rock It – The Tractors

Juno Awards Country Male Vocalist of the Year – Charlie Major Country Female Vocalist of the Year – Shania Twain Country Group or Duo of the Year – Prairie Oyster

Billboard Music Awards