# Country-Musik 1994

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.
| US | Single | Interpret |
| 4 | Addicted to a Dollar | Doug Stone |
| 11 | Baby Likes to Rock It | The Tractors |
| 2 | Before You Kill Us All | Randy Travis |
| 4 | The Boys and Me | Sawyer Brown |
| 17 | The Call of the Wild | Aaron Tippin |
| 2 | Callin' Baton Rouge | Garth Brooks |
| 13 | The Cheap Seats | Alabama |
| 5 | The City Put the Country Back in Me | Neal McCoy |
| 9 | Daddy Never Was the Cadillac Kind | Confederate Railroad |
| 2 | Down on the Farm | Tim McGraw |
| 20 | Elvis and Andy | Confederate Railroad |
| 2 | Every Once in a While | BlackHawk |
| 2 | Fast as You | Dwight Yoakam |
| 10 | Girls with Guitars | Wynonna |
| 11 | Goodbye Says It All | BlackHawk |
| 4 | Half the Man | Clint Black |
| 4 | Hangin' In | Tanya Tucker |
| 5 | Hard to Say | Sawyer Brown |
| 2 | He Thinks He'll Keep Her | Mary Chapin Carpenter |
| 5 | Hey Cinderella | Suzy Bogguss |
| 3 | How Can I Help You Say Goodbye | Patty Loveless |
| 3 | I Can't Reach Her Anymore | Sammy Kershaw |
| 2 | I Never Knew Love | Doug Stone |
| 2 | I See It Now | Tracy Lawrence |
| 9 | I Sure Can Smell the Rain | BlackHawk |
| 2 | I Take My Chances | Mary Chapin Carpenter |
| 3 | I Try to Think About Elvis | Patty Loveless |
| 3 | I Want to Be Loved Like That | Shenandoah |
| 4 | I Wish I Could Have Been There | John Anderson |
| 3 | I'd Like to Have That One Back | George Strait |
| 3 | I'm Holding My Own | Lee Roy Parnell |
| 3 | I've Got It Made | John Anderson |
| 19 | In My Own Backyard | Joe Diffie |
| 12 | Independence Day | Martina McBride |
| 8 | Indian Outlaw | Tim McGraw |
| 6 | Is It Over Yet | Wynonna |
| 18 | It Won't Be Over You | Steve Wariner |
| 5 | John Deere Green | Joe Diffie |
| 8 | Jukebox Junkie | Ken Mellons |
| 5 | Kick a Little | Little Texas |
| 6 | Life #9 | Martina McBride |
| 4 | Lifestyles of the Not So Rich and Famous | Tracy Byrd |
| 2 | A Little Less Talk and a Lot More Action | Toby Keith |
| 2 | Little Rock | Collin Raye |
| 2 | Love a Little Stronger | Diamond Rio |
| 8 | Lovebug | George Strait |
| 4 | The Man in Love with You | George Strait |
| 8 | Man of My Word | Collin Raye |
| 6 | More Love | Doug Stone |
| 2 | National Working Woman's Holiday | Sammy Kershaw |
| 1 | No Doubt About It | Neal McCoy |
| 13 | Nobody's Gonna Rain on Our Parade | Kathy Mattea |
| 5 | Now I Know | Lari White |
| 18 | O What a Thrill | The Mavericks |
| 7 | One Night a Day | Garth Brooks |
| 7 | Renegades, Rebels and Rogues | Tracy Lawrence |
| 2 | Rock Bottom | Wynonna |
| 2 | Rock My World (Little Country Girl) | Brooks & Dunn |
| 4 | Rope the Moon | John Michael Montgomery |
| 3 | She Can't Say I Didn't Cry | Rick Trevino |
| 6 | She Dreams | Mark Chesnutt |
| 15 | She Thinks His Name Was John | Reba McEntire |
| 4 | She'd Give Anything | Boy Howdy |
| 5 | Spilled Perfume | Pam Tillis |
| 3 | Standing Outside the Fire | Garth Brooks |
| 2 | State of Mind | Clint Black |
| 14 | Stop on a Dime | Little Texas |
| 7 | T.L.C. A.S.A.P. | Alabama |
| 2 | Take Me as I Am | Faith Hill |
| 17 | Take These Chains from My Heart | Lee Roy Parnell |
| 10 | That's My Baby | Lari White |
| 6 | That's My Story | Collin Raye |
| 20 | There Goes My Heart | The Mavericks |
| 7 | They Asked About You | Reba McEntire |
| 2 | They Don't Make 'Em Like That Anymore | Boy Howdy |
| 2 | Thinkin' Problem | David Ball |
| 2 | Third Rate Romance | Sammy Kershaw |
| 20 | (Tonight We Just Might) Fall in Love Again | Hal Ketchum |
| 14 | Try Not to Look So Pretty | Dwight Yoakam |
| 4 | Untanglin' My Mind | Clint Black |
| 3 | Walking Away a Winner | Kathy Mattea |
| 4 | Watermelon Crawl | Tracy Byrd |
| 6 | We Can't Love Like This Anymore | Alabama |
| 11 | We Don't Have to Do This | Tanya Tucker |
| 9 | We Just Disagree | Billy Dean |
| 2 | What the Cowgirls Do | Vince Gill |
| 5 | What's in It for Me | John Berry |
| 3 | When Love Finds You | Vince Gill |
| 7 | When the Thought of You Catches Up with Me | David Ball |
| 2 | When You Walk in the Room | Pam Tillis |
| 2 | Whenever You Come Around | Vince Gill |
| 11 | Where Do I Fit in the Picture | Clay Walker |
| 20 | Where Was I | Ricky Van Shelton |
| 4 | (Who Says) You Can't Have It All | Alan Jackson |
| 5 | Why Haven't I Heard from You | Reba McEntire |
| 2 | Wish I Didn't Know Now | Toby Keith |
| 12 | Words by Heart | Billy Ray Cyrus |
| 20 | You Just Watch Me | Tanya Tucker |
| 6 | You Will | Patty 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.
| US | Album | Interpret | Record Label |
| 3 | 8 Seconds | Various Artists | MCA Nashville |
| 15 | BlackHawk | BlackHawk | Arista Nashville |
| 8 | Boomtown | Toby Keith | Mercury/PolyGram |
| 13 | Bryan White | Bryan White | Asylum |
| 12 | Extremes | Collin Raye | Epic |
| 9 | Feelin' Good Train | Sammy Kershaw | Mercury/PolyGram |
| 8 | Greatest Hits Vol. III | Alabama | RCA Nashville |
| 17 | Haywire | Chris LeDoux | Liberty |
| 17 | Healing Hands of Time | Willie Nelson | Liberty |
| 16 | Heartsongs: Live from Home | Dolly Parton | Columbia |
| 3 | I See It Now | Tracy Lawrence | Atlantic |
| 4 | If I Could Make a Living | Clay Walker | Giant |
| 10 | Kick a Little | Little Texas | Warner Bros. |
| 19 | Lookin' Back at Myself | Aaron Tippin | RCA Nashville |
| 13 | Love a Little Stronger | Diamond Rio | Arista Nashville |
| 4 | Maverick (Soundtrack) | Various Artists | Atlantic |
| 13 | No Doubt About It | Neal McCoy | Atlantic |
| 3 | No Ordinary Man | Tracy Byrd | MCA Nashville |
| 6 | Notorious | Confederate Railroad | Atlantic |
| 8 | One Emotion | Clint Black | RCA Nashville |
| 19 | She'd Give Anything | Boy Howdy | Curb |
| 8 | Skynyrd Frynds | Various Artists | MCA Nashville |
| 11 | Storm in the Heartland | Billy Ray Cyrus | Mercury/PolyGram |
| 17 | The Sweetest Gift | Trisha Yearwood | MCA Nashville |
| 6 | Sweetheart's Dance | Pam Tillis | Arista Nashville |
| 3 | Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof | Travis Tritt | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | Thinkin' Problem | David Ball | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | This Is Me | Randy Travis | Warner Bros. |
| 12 | Walking Away a Winner | Kathy Mattea | Mercury/PolyGram |
| 7 | War Paint | Lorrie Morgan | BNA |
| 6 | What a Crying Shame | The Mavericks | MCA Nashville |
| 15 | What a Way to Live | Mark Chesnutt | Decca Nashville |
| 8 | When Fallen Angels Fly | Patty Loveless | Epic |

## 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
* Song Of The Year – Chattahoochee – Alan Jackson / Jim McBride
* Single Of The Year – I Swear – John Michael Montgomery
* Album Of The Year – Common Thread: The Songs Of The Eagles – verschiedene Interpreten
* Male Vocalist Of The Year – Vince Gill
* Female Vocalist Of The Year – Pam Tillis
* Vocal Duo Of The Year – Brooks & Dunn
* Vocal Group Of The Year – Diamond Rio
* Musician Of The Year – Mark O’Connor
* Horizon Award – John Michael Montgomery
* Vocal Event Of The Year – Reba McEntire mit Linda Davis – Does He Love You
* Music Video Of The Year – Independence Day – Martina McBride

### Juno Awards

* Country Male Vocalist of the Year – Charlie Major
* Country Female Vocalist of the Year – Michelle Wright
* Country Group or Duo of the Year – Prairie Oyster

### American Music Awards

* Favorite Country Male Artist – Garth Brooks
* Favorite Country Female Artist – Reba McEntire
* Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group – Alabama
* Favorite Country Album – A Lot About Livin’ (And a Little ’Bout Love) – Alan Jackson
* Favorite Country Song – Chattahoochee – Alan Jackson
* Favorite Country New Artist – John Michael Montgomery