# Country-Musik 2004

Die Liste bietet eine Übersicht über das Jahr 2004 im Genre Country-Musik.

## Top Hits des Jahres
### Year-End-Charts

Dies ist die Top 10 der Year-End-Charts, die vom Billboard-Magazin erhoben wurde.
* Live Like You Were Dying – Tim McGraw
* Remember When – Alan Jackson
* You’ll Think of Me – Keith Urban
* When the Sun Goes Down – Kenny Chesney with Uncle Kracker
* Letters from Home – John Michael Montgomery
* American Soldier – Toby Keith
* Mayberry – Rascal Flatts
* Suds in the Bucket – Sara Evans
* Watch the Wind Blows By – Tim McGraw
* Days Go By – Keith Urban

### Nummer-1-Hits

Die folgende Liste umfasst die Nummer-eins-Hits der Hot Country Singles & Tracks (heute Billboard Hot Country Songs) des US-amerikanischen Musikmagazines Billboard chronologisch nach Wochenplatzierung.
* 3. Januar – There Goes My Life – Kenny Chesney (seit 20. Dezember des Vorjahres)
* 7. Februar – Remember When – Alan Jackson
* 21. Februar – American Soldier – Toby Keith
* 20. März – Watch the Wind Blow By – Tim McGraw
* 3. April – When the Sun Goes Down – Kenny Chesney with Uncle Kracker
* 8. Mai – You'll Think of Me – Keith Urban
* 22. Mai – Mayberry – Rascal Flatts
* 29. Mai – Redneck Woman – Gretchen Wilson
* 3. Juli – If You Ever Stop Lovin' Me – Montgomery Gentry
* 10. Juli – Whiskey Girl – Toby Keith
* 17. Juli – Live Like You Were Dying – Tim McGraw
* 7. August – Somebody – Reba McEntire
* 11. September – Girls Lie Too – Terri Clark
* 18. September – Days Go By – Keith Urban
* 16. Oktober – Suds in the Bucket – Sara Evans
* 23. Oktober – I Hate Everything – George Strait
* 6. November – In a Real Love – Phil Vassar
* 20. November – Mr. Mom – Lonestar
* 4. Dezember – Nothin' On But the Radio – Gary Allan
* 18. Dezember – Back When – Tim McGraw
* 25. Dezember – Some Beach – Blake Shelton

### Weitere Hits

Diese Hits waren mindestens in der Top 20 vertreten.
* Break Down Here – Julie Roberts
* Cool To Be A Fool – Joe Nichols
* Desperately – George Strait
* Drinkin' Bone – Tracy Byrd
* Good Little Girls – Blue County
* Here For the Party – Gretchen Wilson
* Hey Good Lookin‘ – Jimmy Buffett and friends
* Honesty (Write Me A List) – Rodney Atkins
* Hot Mama – Trace Adkins
* I Got A Feelin‘ – Billy Currington
* I Wanna Do it All – Terri Clark
* I Want To Live – Josh Gracin
* If Nobody Believed In You – Joe Nichols
* In My Daughter's Eyes – Martina McBride
* Let's Be Us Again – Lonestar
* Letters From Home – John Michael Montgomery
* Little Moments – Brad Paisley
* Loco – David Lee Murphy
* Long Black Train – Josh Turner
* Me And Emily – Rachel Proctor
* Paint Me A Birmingham – Tracy Lawrence
* Perfect – Sara Evans
* Rough & Ready – Trace Adkins
* Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy – Big & Rich
* She Thinks She Needs Me – Andy Griggs
* Simple Life – Carolyn Dawn Johnson
* Spend My Time – Clint Black
* Songs About Rain – Gary Allan
* Stays in Mexico – Toby Keith
* Sweet Southern Comfort – Buddy Jewell
* That's What It's All About – Brooks & Dunn
* That's What She Gets For Loving Me – Brooks & Dunn
* Too Much of a Good Thing – Alan Jackson
* Whiskey Lullaby – Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss
* The Woman With You – Kenny Chesney
* You Can't Take the Honky-Tonk Out of the Girl – Brooks & Dunn

## Alben
### Year-End-Charts

Dies ist die Top 10 der Year-End-Charts, die vom Billboard-Magazin erhoben wurde.
* Shock’n Y’All – Toby Keith
* When the Sun Goes Down – Kenny Chesney
* Here for the Party – Gretchen Wilson
* Live Like You Were Dying – Tim McGraw
* Horse of a Different Color – Big & Rich
* Greatest Hits Volume II and Some Other Stuff – Alan Jackson
* Golden Road – Keith Urban
* License to Chill – Jimmy Buffett
* Mud on the Tires – Brad Paisley
* Greatest Hits Volume II – Alan Jackson

### Nummer-1-Alben

Die folgende Liste umfasst die Nummer-eins-Hits der Billboard Top Country Albums des US-amerikanischen Musikmagazines Billboard chronologisch nach Wochenplatzierung.
* 3. Januar – Shock’n Y’All – Toby Keith (seit 22. November des Vorjahres)
* 21. Februar – When the Sun Goes Down – Kenny Chesney
* 29. Mai – Here for the Party – Gretchen Wilson
* 29. Mai – Watch the Wind Blow By – Tim McGraw
* 31. Juli – License to Chill – Jimmy Buffett
* 4. September – Horse of a Different Color – Big & Rich
* 11. September – Live Like You Were Dying – Tim McGraw
* 25. September – What I Do – Alan Jackson
* 2. Oktober – Live Like You Were Dying – Tim McGraw
* 9. Oktober – Be Here – Keith Urban
* 16. Oktober – Feels Like Today – Rascal Flatts
* 23. Oktober – 50 Number Ones – George Strait
* 27. November – Greatest Hits – Shania Twain

### Weitere Alben aus den Top 10

* 42 Ultimate Hits – Kenny Rogers (Capitol Nashville)
* Between Here and Gone – Mary Chapin Carpenter (Columbia)
* Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill – Blake Shelton (Warner Bros.)
* Blue Collar Comedy Tour Rides Again Soundtrack – Various Artists (Warner Bros)
* Darryl Worley – Darryl Worley (DreamWorks Nashville)
* Definitive All-Time Greatest Hits – John Denver (RCA)
* Greatest Hits – Lee Ann Womack (MCA Nashville)
* The Greatest Hits 1994–2004 – Terri Clark (Mercury)
* Greatest Hits 2 – Toby Keith (Dreamworks Nashville)
* Greatest Hits Collection II – Brooks & Dunn (Arista Nashville/BMG)
* Have Your Loved Ones Spayed or Neutered – Jeff Foxworthy (Warner Bros)
* Josh Garcin – Josh Garcin (Lyric Sheet)
* Julie Roberts – Julie Roberts (Mercury Nashville)
* Let’s Be Us Again – Lonestar (BNA)
* Letters from Home – John Michael Montgomery (Warner Bros)
* Lonely Runs Both Ways – Alison Krauss & Union Station (Rounder)
* Lucky Ones – Pat Green (Republic)
* My Honky Tonk History – Travis Tritt (Columbia)
* Outlaws and Angels – Willie Nelson (Lost Highway)
* Patient Man – Brad Cotter (Epic)
* Patriotic Country – Various Artists (BMG Heritage)
* Revelation – Joe Nichols (Universal South)
* Shaken Not Stirred – Phil Vassar
* Songs Inspired by the Passion of Christ – Various Artists (Universal South)
* Soul Gravy – Cross Canadian Ragweed (Universal South)
* Spend My Time – Clint Black (Equity)
* Sweet Right Here – SHeDaisy (Lyric Street)
* This I Gotta See – Andy Griggs (RCA Nashville)
* Twice the Speed of Life – Sugarland (Mercury)
* The Ultimate Alabama – Alabama (RCA Nashville)
* Van Lear Rose – Loretta Lynn (Interscope)
* The Very Best Of – Dwight Yoakam (Rhino)
* The Very Best Of – Randy Travis (Rhino)
* A Very Larry Christmas – Larry the Cable Guy (Warner Bros)
* When the Sun Goes Down – Kenny Chesney (BNA)
* Where I Belong – Rachel Procter (BNA)
* You Do Your Thing – Montgomery Gentry (Columbia)

## Gestorben

* 2. Mai – Curtis Gordon, 75, Country- und Rockabilly-Sänger
* 10. Juni – Ray Charles , 73, musikalisches Multitalent mit wichtigen Beiträgen zur Country-Musik
* 9. August – Sam Hogin, 52 oder 53, Songwriter, bekanntester Song: A Broken Wing für Martina McBride
* 19. September – Skeeter Davis, 72, bekanntester Song: The End of the World.
* 11. Oktober – Max D. Barnes. 68, Songwriter und Musikproduzent
* 23. September – Roy Drusky , 74, Grand Ole Opry -Star der 1960er Jahre
* 27. Dezember – Hank Garland, 74, Country- und Jazz-Gitarrist

## Neue Mitglieder der Hall of Fames
### International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame

* John Ray „Curley“ Seckler
* Bill Vernon

### Country Music Hall of Fame

* Jim Foglesong (1922–2013)
* Kris Kristofferson (1936–2024)

### Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame

* The Good Brothers
* „Weird“ Harold Kendall

### Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame

* John Anderson
* Paul Craft
* Tom Douglas
* Gretchen Peters

## Die wichtigsten Auszeichnungen
### Grammys

* Best Female Country Vocal Performance – Keep on the Sunny Side, June Carter Cash.
* Best Male Country Vocal Performance – Next Big Thing, Vince Gill.
* Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group – A Simple Life, Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder.
* Best Country Collaboration With Vocals – How's the World Treating You, Alison Krauss and James Taylor.
* Best Country Instrumental Performance – Cluck Old Hen, Alison Krauss & Union Station.
* Best Country Song – It's Five O'Clock Somewhere, Jim ''Moose'' Brown and Don Rollins.
* Best Country Album – Livin', Lovin', Losin' – Songs of the Louvin Brothers, Various Artists (Carl Jackson, producer).
* Best Bluegrass Album – Live, Alison Krauss & Union Station.

### ARIA Awards

* Best Country Album – Wayward Angel – Kasey Chambers

### Academy of Country Music

* Entertainer of the Year – Toby Keith
* Song of the Year – Three Wooden Crosses – Randy Travis
* Single of the Year – It’s Five O’ Clock Somewhere – Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett
* Album of the Year – Shock’n Y’All – Toby Keith
* Top Male Vocalist – Toby Keith
* Top Female Vocalist – Martina McBride
* Top Vocal Duo – Brooks & Dunn
* Top Vocal Group – Rascal Flatts
* Top New Artist – Dierks Bentley
* Vocal Event of the Year – It’s Five O’ Clock Somewhere – Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett
* ACM/Home Depot Humanitarian of the Year – Martina McBride

### Country Music Association Awards

* Entertainer of the Year – Kenny Chesney
* Song of the Year – Live Like You Were Dying – Tim McGraw
* Single of the Year – Live Like You Were Dying – Tim McGraw
* Album of the Year – When the Sun Goes Down – Kenny Chesney
* Male Vocalist of the Year – Keith Urban
* Female Vocalist of the Year – Martina McBride
* Vocal Duo of the Year – Brooks & Dunn
* Vocal Group of the Year – Rascal Flatts
* Musician of the Year – Dann Huff
* Horizon Award – Gretchen Wilson
* Musical Event of the Year – Brad Paisley und Alison Krauss – Whiskey Lullaby
* Music Video of the Year – Whiskey Lullaby – Brad Paisley und Alison Krauss

### American Music Awards

* Favorite Country Male Artist – Toby Keith
* Favorite Country Female Artist – Reba McEntire
* Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group – Brooks & Dunn
* Favorite Country Album – Shock’n Y’all – Toby Keith