What is 2007 In Country Music?

Information about 2007 In Country Music

See also: 2006 in country music, 2007 in music, other events of 2007, 2008 in country music and the List of years in Country Music

Events

Both Underwood and the Dixie Chicks were winners in country-specific categories. The Dixie Chicks won for Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal (for "Not Ready to Make Nice") and Best Country Album ("Taking the Long Way"). Underwood won for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for "Jesus, Take the Wheel"; the song also earned a Best Country Song award for songwriters Brett James, Hillary Lindsey and Gordie Sampson.
Also, country music pioneer Bob Wills - the longtime leader of the Texas Playboys - was a posthumous recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award. Wills was recognized 32 years after his death.

Top hits of the year

Number one hits

(As certified by Billboard magazine)
Date Song Name Artist Wks. No. 1 Spec.
Note
January 6She's EverythingBrad Paisley3
January 27Watching YouRodney Atkins4
February 24It Just Comes NaturalGeorge Strait2
March 10Ladies Love Country BoysTrace Adkins2Adkins' first #1 since "(This Ain't) No Thinkin' Thing" in 1997.
March 24Beer In MexicoKenny Chesney3Chesney's first #1 single that he wrote himself.
April 14Last Dollar (Fly Away)Tim McGraw1
April 21WastedCarrie Underwood3
May 12StandRascal Flatts1
May 19Settlin'Sugarland1
May 26Good DirectionsBilly Currington3
June 16MomentsEmerson Drive1A
  • With this song, Emerson Drive became the first Canadian-based group to reach the top of the Billboard country charts, as well as the fifth Canadian-based country music act to do so.
June 23Find Out Who Your Friends AreTracy Lawrence1Tracy's first No. 1 single since "Time Marches On" in 1996. It has also set a new record for the slowest climb to No. 1 on the country charts, taking 41 weeks to reach the top.
  • The song's chart success was greatly aided by stations playing an album cut featuring Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney.
June 30TicksBrad Paisley1
July 7Lucky ManMontgomery Gentry2
July 21Lost In This MomentBig & Rich2A
August 4Never Wanted Nothing MoreKenny Chesney5Chesney's fastest-climbing Number One single to date, reaching Number One in its eighth chart week.
September 8These Are My PeopleRodney Atkins1
September 15More Than a MemoryGarth Brooks1Became the first song in the history of the Billboard country charts to debut at No. 1.
September 22Take Me ThereRascal Flatts3
October 13OnlineBrad Paisley1
October 20Love Me If You CanToby Keith1
  • This is the first Billboard Number One for Toby's label, Show Dog Nashville.
October 27Don't BlinkKenny Chesney1
  • Current No. 1 song.
  • Also reached No. 1 in its eighth chart week, tying Chesney's record for fastest climb to the top.
  • A - First Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist.

Other major hits

Top new album releases

Announced

Other top albums

Deaths

Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

  • Ralph Emery (born 1933), disc jockey and television host from the 1960s onward.
  • Vince Gill (born 1957), singer-songwriter and musician who rose to prominence in the 1980s.
  • Mel Tillis (born 1932), singer and songwriter who rose to fame in the 1950s.

Major Awards

Grammy awards

(Presented February 11 in Los Angeles) [1]

CMT Music Awards

(Presented April 16 in Nashville) [2]

Academy of Country Music

(Presented May 15 in Las Vegas) [3]

Country Music Association

(To be presented November 7 in Nashville)

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.

References

1. ^ Fire destroys Johnny Cash home. Retrieved on 2007-04-10.
2. ^ Associated Press], "Country singer Sammy Kershaw enters Louisiana lieutenant governor race," September 5, 2007]

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External links

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    Events

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    49th Grammy Awards

    Date February 11, 2007
    Venue Staples Center, Los Angeles, California
    Host None
    Network: CBS

    The 49th Annual Grammy Awards
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    The Dixie Chicks are a country/rock music trio from the United States comprising Emily Robison, Martie Maguire and Natalie Maines. They are the highest-selling female band in any musical genre, having sold 36 million albums as of June 2006.
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    Released March 16, 2006
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    Radio airplay
    CD single
    Genre Country–pop
    Length 3:55
    Label Columbia Records
    Writer(s) Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, Emily Robison, Dan Wilson
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    Taking the Long Way is the multiple Grammy Award-winning seventh studio album by the American country/rock female band Dixie Chicks. It was released on May 23, 2006 in the U.S. and on June 12, 2006 worldwide.
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    Carrie Marie Underwood (born March 10, 1983) is an American pop country music singer who won the fourth season of American Idol. She has since become a multi-platinum selling recording artist.
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    Released October 2005 (U.S.)
    Format Digital download
    Genre Country, pop, Christian
    Length 3:46
    Label Arista
    Writer(s) Hillary Lindsey, Gordie Sampson, Brett James
    Producer(s) Mark Bright
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    James Robert (Bob) Wills (March 6, 1905 – May 13, 1975) was an American country musician, songwriter, and big band leader.

    New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma

    He was born near Kosse, Texas to Emma Lee Foley and John Tompkins Wills.
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    Julie Roberts (b. February 1, 1979 in Lancaster, South Carolina) is an American Country Music Singer. In 2004, she scored a Top 20 hit with the song "Break Down Here", which brought Roberts into Country Music stardom. In 2006, she did a remake of Saving Jane's "Girl Next Door".
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    Hank Williams, Jr. (born May 26, 1949) is an American country and southern rock artist, son of country music pioneer Hank Williams and father of Hank III and Holly Williams. A multi-instrumentalist, Williams, Jr.
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    BNA Records is a label group that shares ties with Arista Nashville and RCA Nashville from parent company RCA Records, which itself is a subsidiary of Sony BMG. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, BNA focuses mainly on modern country music.
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    Johnny Cash, born J. R. Cash, (February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American, multi-Grammy Award-winning influential country/rock and roll singer-songwriter. Cash was the husband of country singer and songwriter June Carter Cash.
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    Samuel Paul "Sammy" Kershaw (born February 24, 1958, in Kaplan in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana) is an American Country music singer and songwriter.

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    Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American country music singer-songwriter. Successfully integrating pop and rock elements into his recordings and live performances, Brooks soon began to dominate the country singles and country album charts and
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