1991 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1991.

Events March 16 — The country music world is stunned when seven members of Reba McEntire's band and her road manager are killed in a plane crash in California. McEntire – who traveled separately – recorded her album, For My Broken Heart in their memory. August 16 — Holly Dunn asks that radio stations withdraw her single "Maybe I Mean Yes" due to listener complaints that its lyrics condone date rape. August 30 — Country music pioneer, Dottie West is seriously injured while en route to a Grand Ole Opry performance in Nashville, Tennessee. Her fans and contemporaries are deeply saddened when she dies of her injuries September 4 at a Nashville hospital. President George H. W. Bush sends his condolences to the country music world during the CMA Awards later that year. September 28 — Ropin' the Wind by Garth Brooks becomes the first album to debut at No. 1 on Billboard magazines Top Country Albums and Billboard 200 Albums charts. The album, Brooks' third, vaults the 29-year-old singer into superstardom and goes on to sell 16 million copies worldwide. The album became the second best selling album of all genres in 1991, coming in second to Mariah Carey's debut album. November 24 — Hot Country Nights begins a one-season run on NBC. The series was created to cash in on the exploding popularity of country music, and showcased several acts on each episode; featured on the premiere were Alabama, Clint Black, K.T. Oslin, Kenny Rogers and Pam Tillis. The series did not catch on in the ratings and is canceled at the end of the season.

No dates Naomi Judd announces she had been diagnosed with Hepatitis C, a potentially fatal chronic liver disease, and would be retiring from touring with daughter Wynonna at the end of the year. The resulting "Farewell" tour becomes the year's top-grossing act in country music and ends with a New Year's Eve pay-per-view concert. "SoundScan" is introduced, providing more accurate Billboard magazine chart ratings that are based on actual sales. Immediate evidence proved country music had a much bigger audience than previously thought. Eight acts have their first Billboard No. 1 songs, including Mark Chesnutt, Mike Reid, Alan Jackson, Doug Stone, Diamond Rio, Trisha Yearwood, Brooks & Dunn and Lionel Cartwright. Three of those – Diamond Rio, Yearwood and Brooks & Dunn – turn the trick with their first national release; Reid's first solo release also hit the top of the chart, but he had hit the Top 5 as part of a duet with Ronnie Milsap (1988's "Old Folks") three years earlier.

Top hits of the year

Singles released by American artists USCANSingleArtistReference11AnymoreTravis Tritt33Are You Lovin' Me Like I'm Lovin' YouRonnie Milsap1411As Simple as ThatMike Reid55Ball and ChainPaul Overstreet1427Bing Bang BoomHighway 10154Blame It on TexasMark Chesnutt2220Blue MemoriesPatty Loveless11Brand New ManBrooks & Dunn11Brother JukeboxMark Chesnutt26Brotherly LoveKeith Whitley & Earl Thomas Conley3119Calloused HandsMark Collie159Can I Count On YouMcBride & the Ride32The Chill of an Early FallGeorge Strait32Come On BackCarlene Carter12Daddy's Come AroundPaul Overstreet11Don't Rock the JukeboxAlan Jackson518Don't Tell Me What to DoPam Tillis27Down at the Twist and ShoutMary Chapin Carpenter11Down HomeAlabama21Down to My Last TeardropTanya Tucker31Drift Off to DreamTravis Tritt2220The EagleWaylon Jennings339Eagle When She FliesDolly Parton1610Even NowExile21Fallin' Out of LoveReba McEntire88FancyReba McEntire1512Feed JakePirates of the Mississippi97A Few Good Things RemainKathy Mattea1321For Crying Out LoudDavis Daniel11For My Broken HeartReba McEntire11Forever TogetherRandy Travis13Forever's as Far as I'll GoAlabama2718Get RhythmMartin Delray1912Heart Full of LoveHolly Dunn23Here We AreAlabama22Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)Travis Tritt46HeroesPaul Overstreet31Heroes and FriendsRandy Travis1210Hopelessly YoursLee Greenwood & Suzy Bogguss36Hurt Me Bad (In a Real Good Way)Patty Loveless11I Am a Simple ManRicky Van Shelton33I Couldn't See You Leavin'Conway Twitty74I Got YouShenandoah41I Thought It Was YouDoug Stone4014I Wonder How Far It Is Over YouAaron Tippin11I'd Love You All Over AgainAlan Jackson548I'm That Kind of GirlPatty Loveless4818If I Built You a FireNeal McCoy11If I Know MeGeorge Strait14If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets)Joe Diffie21If You Want Me ToJoe Diffie11In a Different LightDoug Stone108Is It Raining at Your HouseVern Gosdin66It Won't Be MeTanya Tucker11Keep It Between the LinesRicky Van Shelton13Leap of FaithLionel Cartwright1815Let Her GoMark Collie49Life's Little Ups and DownsRicky Van Shelton3715Life's Too Long (To Live Like This)Ricky Skaggs47Like We Never Had a Broken HeartTrisha Yearwood83Little ThingsMarty Stuart73Liza JaneVince Gill166Long Lost FriendRestless Heart717Lord Have Mercy on a Country BoyDon Williams56Love Can Build a BridgeThe Judds1210Love Will Bring Her AroundRob Crosby11Loving BlindClint Black62Lucky MoonThe Oak Ridge Boys2820Mary and WillieK. T. Oslin11Meet in the MiddleDiamond Rio814MenThe Forester Sisters34Mirror, MirrorDiamond Rio911The Moon Over GeorgiaShenandoah13My Next Broken HeartBrooks & Dunn22New Way (To Light Up an Old Flame)Joe Diffie152Nothing's Changed HereDwight Yoakam1713Now That We're AloneRodney Crowell1221Oh What It Did to MeTanya Tucker65One Hundred and TwoThe Judds3317One LoveCarlene Carter77One More PaymentClint Black65One of Those ThingsPam Tillis32Only Here for a Little WhileBilly Dean96A Picture of Me (Without You)Lorrie Morgan711Pocket Full of GoldVince Gill31Point of LightRandy Travis118Put Yourself in My PlacePam Tillis2519RestlessMark O'Connor and the New Nashville Cats1514Right NowMary Chapin Carpenter11Rockin' YearsDolly Partonwith Ricky Van Shelton31RodeoGarth Brooks31Rumor Has ItReba McEntire2816Same Old StarMcBride & the Ride84Shadow of a DoubtEarl Thomas Conley11ShamelessGarth Brooks1510She's a NaturalRob Crosby11She's in Love with the BoyTrisha Yearwood157Silver and GoldDolly Parton67Since I Don't Have YouRonnie Milsap2—Small Town Saturday NightHal Ketchum811Some Guys Have All the LoveLittle Texas12SomedayAlan Jackson1216Someday SoonSuzy Bogguss32Somewhere in My Broken HeartBilly Dean2920Speak of the DevilPirates of the Mississippi2025Still Burnin' for YouRob Crosby258The Sweetest ThingCarlene Carter54TemptedMarty Stuart46Then AgainAlabama1716There for AwhileSteve Wariner52These Lips Don't Know How to Say GoodbyeDoug Stone2319Things Are Tough All OverShelby Lynne11The Thunder RollsGarth Brooks1211Till I Found YouMarty Stuart178Till You Were GoneMike Reid77Time Passes ByKathy Mattea1816Treat Me Like a StrangerBaillie & the Boys45True LoveDon Williams115Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me LooseDwight Yoakam11Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full HouseGarth Brooks11Unanswered PrayersGarth Brooks25The WalkSawyer Brown11Walk on FaithMike Reid33We Both WalkLorrie Morgan1415We've Got It MadeLee Greenwood108What a Way to GoRay Kennedy11Where Are You NowClint Black1812Whole Lotta HolesKathy Mattea43You Don't Count the CostBilly Dean11You Know Me Better Than ThatGeorge Strait166You Win AgainMary Chapin Carpenter54You're the OneDwight Yoakam613You've Got to Stand for SomethingAaron Tippin32Your Love Is a MiracleMark Chesnutt

Singles released by Canadian artists USCANSingleArtistReference739All You Really Wanna DoMichelle Wright393BluebirdAnne Murray—15Cry in the WildernessGary Fjellgaard—13Dance with This Old CowboyGary Fjellgaard—7Did You Fall in Love with MePrairie Oyster—10Fell in Love and I Can't Get OutGeorge Fox—19A Fishing DayRoch Voisine—16For Crying Out LoudKelita—20I Know Where You GoGeorge Fox—9I Never Met a Liar (I Didn't Like)Joan Kennedy—16I Should Have Put a Hold on LoveCarroll Baker—10LeahJ. K. Gulley—20The Little Old House Out BackMichael Peters—15Lonely You, Lonely MePrairie Oyster—14No Pain, No GainColleen Peterson—20Not Enough Love to Go 'RoundMichelle Wright—5Something to Remember You ByPrairie Oyster—9Springtime in AlbertaIan Tyson—8Take Me with YouPatricia Conroy—1Til I Am Myself AgainBlue Rodeo—9Watch Love Grow StrongRita MacNeil—10We Don't Always See Eye to EyeThe Good Brothers—19While You Just PretendTim Taylor—20Why Baby WhyThe Good Brothers—14Wild HorsesDick Damron—5With All My MightGeorge Fox

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