# Country-Musik 1996

Die Liste bietet eine Übersicht über das Jahr 1996 im Genre Country-Musik.

## Ereignisse

* Am 28. Juni fand die erste Ausgabe des Country Stampede Music Festivals (heute: Heartland Stampede Music Festival) statt.
* Im Mai veröffentlicht George Jones seine Autobiografie I Lived to Tell It All.
* Am 6. Oktober heirateten die beiden Country-Superstars Tim McGraw und Faith Hill.
* Am 23. November bittet Trace Adkins bei seinem Grand Ole Opry Debüt während der Show seine Freundin Rhonda Forlaw auf Knien um ihre Hand. Die Ehe, Adkins sechste, hielt 16 Jahre.
* Der deutschen Countryband Truck Stop wird die Goldene Stimmgabel verliehen.

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

Dies ist die Top 10 der Year-End-Charts, die vom Billboard-Magazin erhoben wurde.
* One Way Ticket (Because I Can) – LeAnn Rimes
* Little Bitty – Alan Jackson
* The Fear of Being Alone – Reba McEntire
* That Ol’ Wind – Garth Brooks
* Big Love – Tracy Byrd
* Nobody Knows – Kevin Sharp
* Every Light in the House – Trace Adkins
* Friends – John Michael Montgomery
* Maybe We Should Just Sleep on It – Tim McGraw
* Her Man – Gary Allan

### Nummer-1-Hits

* 6. Januar – Rebecca Lynn – Bryan White
* 13. Januar – It Matters to Me – Faith Hill
* 3. Februar – (If You're Not In It For Love) I'm Outta Here – Shania Twain
* 17. Februar – Bigger Than the Beatles – Joe Diffie
* 2. März – Wild Angels – Martina McBride
* 9. März – I'll Try – Alan Jackson
* 16. März – The Beaches of Cheyenne – Garth Brooks
* 23. März – You Can Feel Bad – Patty Loveless
* 6. April – To Be Loved by You – Wynonna Judd
* 13. April – No News – Lonestar
* 4. Mai – You Win My Love – Shania Twain
* 18. Mai – My Maria – Brooks & Dunn
* 8. Juni – Blue Clear Sky – George Strait
* 22. Juni – Time Marches On – Tracy Lawrence
* 13. Juli – No One Needs To Know – Shania Twain
* 20. Juli – Daddy's Money – Ricochet
* 3. August – Don't Get Me Started – Rhett Akins
* 10. August – Carried Away – George Strait
* 31. August – She Never Lets it Go to Her Heart – Tim McGraw
* 14. September – Guys Do it All the Time – Mindy McCready
* 21. September – So Much For Pretending – Bryan White
* 5. Oktober – Living in a Moment – Ty Herndon
* 12. Oktober – Believe Me Baby (I Lied) – Trisha Yearwood
* 26. Oktober – Like the Rain – Clint Black
* 16. November – Lonely Too Long – Patty Loveless
* 23. November – Strawberry Wine – Deana Carter
* 7. Dezember – Little Bitty – Alan Jackson
* 28. Dezember – One Way Ticket (Because I Can) – LeAnn Rimes

### Weitere Hits

Die Auswahl beschränkt sich auf Songs, die in den Country-Billboard-Charts in die Top 20 gekommen sind.
| US | Singles | Artists |
| 15 | Ain't Got Nothin' on Us | John Michael Montgomery |
| 5 | All I Want Is a Life | Tim McGraw |
| 13 | All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down | The Mavericks (feat. Flaco Jiménez) |
| 11 | Almost a Memory Now | BlackHawk |
| 17 | Big Guitar | BlackHawk |
| 10 | Blue | LeAnn Rimes |
| 12 | Born in the Dark | Doug Stone |
| 18 | Bury the Shovel | Clay Walker |
| 18 | By My Side | Lorrie Morgan & Jon Randall |
| 19 | The Change | Garth Brooks |
| 10 | Change My Mind | John Berry |
| 4 | Cowboy Love | John Michael Montgomery |
| 6 | Deep Down | Pam Tillis |
| 2 | Does That Blue Moon Ever Shine on You | Toby Keith |
| 2 | Every Time I Get Around You | David Lee Murphy |
| 2 | The Fear of Being Alone | Reba McEntire |
| 12 | Givin' Water to a Drowning Man | Lee Roy Parnell |
| 6 | Goodnight Sweetheart | David Kersh |
| 2 | Heads Carolina, Tails California | Jo Dee Messina |
| 3 | Heart's Desire | Lee Roy Parnell |
| 14 | Heaven Help My Heart | Wynonna |
| 14 | Heaven in My Woman's Eyes | Tracy Byrd |
| 12 | High Lonesome Sound | Vince Gill |
| 6 | Holdin‘ Onto Somethin‘ | Jeff Carson |
| 3 | Home | Alan Jackson |
| 2 | Hypnotize the Moon | Clay Walker |
| 2 | I Am That Man | Brooks & Dunn |
| 4 | I Can Still Make Cheyenne | George Strait |
| 2 | I Don't Think I Will | James Bonamy |
| 5 | I Know She Still Loves Me | George Strait |
| 3 | I Think About You | Collin Raye |
| 4 | I'm Not Supposed to Love You Anymore | Bryan White |
| 4 | If You Loved Me | Tracy Lawrence |
| 19 | It Works | Alabama |
| 7 | It Wouldn't Hurt to Have Wings | Mark Chesnutt |
| 15 | It's All in Your Head | Diamond Rio |
| 14 | It's Lonely Out There | Pam Tillis |
| 5 | It's Midnight Cinderella | Garth Brooks |
| 5 | It's What I Do | Billy Dean |
| 6 | Jacob's Ladder | Mark Wills |
| 2 | Learning as You Go | Rick Trevino |
| 3 | Like There Ain't No Yesterday | BlackHawk |
| 4 | Long as I Live | John Michael Montgomery |
| 9 | Love Is Stronger Than Pride | Ricochet |
| 12 | Love Remains | Collin Raye |
| 4 | The Maker Said Take Her | Alabama |
| 13 | Mama Don't Get Dressed Up for Nothing | Brooks & Dunn |
| 2 | Me and You | Kenny Chesney |
| 5 | Meant to Be | Sammy Kershaw |
| 3 | More Than You'll Ever Know | Travis Tritt |
| 3 | Not Enough Hours in the Night | Doug Supernaw |
| 3 | Not That Different | Collin Raye |
| 2 | On a Good Night | Wade Hayes |
| 5 | Only on Days That End in "Y" | Clay Walker |
| 13 | Out with a Bang | David Lee Murphy |
| 20 | Ready, Willing and Able | Lari White |
| 18 | Redneck 12 Days of Christmas | Jeff Foxworthy |
| 9 | Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands | Reba McEntire |
| 8 | The River and the Highway | Pam Tillis |
| 5 | The Road You Leave Behind | David Lee Murphy |
| 19 | ‘Round Here | Sawyer Brown |
| 8 | Runnin' Away with My Heart | Lonestar |
| 17 | She Said Yes | Rhett Akins |
| 13 | Some Things Are Meant to Be | Linda Davis |
| 3 | Someone Else's Dream | Faith Hill |
| 2 | Stars over Texas | Tracy Lawrence |
| 19 | Starting Over Again | Reba McEntire |
| 6 | Ten Thousand Angels | Mindy McCready |
| 4 | That Girl's Been Spyin' on Me | Billy Dean |
| 4 | That Ol' Wind | Garth Brooks |
| 18 | That's Enough of That | Mila Mason |
| 4 | That's What I Get for Lovin' You | Diamond Rio |
| 4 | Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye | Neal McCoy |
| 20 | There's a Girl in Texas | Trace Adkins |
| 13 | A Thousand Times a Day | Patty Loveless |
| 4 | Too Much Fun | Daryle Singletary |
| 3 | Treat Her Right | Sawyer Brown |
| 10 | Vidalia | Sammy Kershaw |
| 2 | Walkin' Away | Diamond Rio |
| 5 | What Do I Know | Ricochet |
| 5 | What I Meant to Say | Wade Hayes |
| 12 | When a Woman Loves a Man | Lee Roy Parnell |
| 6 | A Woman's Touch | Toby Keith |
| 5 | Worlds Apart | Vince Gill |
| 6 | You Can't Lose Me | Faith Hill |
| 3 | You Gotta Love That | Neal McCoy |
| 7 | You're Not in Kansas Anymore | Jo Dee Messina |

## Alben
### Year-End-Charts

Dies ist die Top 10 der Year-End-Charts, die vom Billboard-Magazin erhoben wurde.
* LeAnn Rimes – LeAnn Rimes
* Everything I Love – Alan Jackson
* Did I Shave My Legs for You? – Deana Carter
* What If It's You? – Reba McEntire
* The Greatest Hits – Clint Black
* The Woman in Me – Shania Twain
* Blue Clear Sky – George Strait
* Borderline – Brooks & Dunn
* What I Do the Best – John Michael Montgomery
* The Gift – Kenny Rogers

### Nummer-1-Alben

* 6. Januar – Fresh Horses – Garth Brooks
* 27. Januar – The Woman in Me – Shania Twain
* 4. Mai – Borderline – Brooks & Dunn
* 11. Mai – Blue Clear Sky – George Strait
* 18. Mai – Borderline – Brooks & Dunn
* 29. Juni – The Woman in Me – Shania Twain
* 27. Juli – Blue – LeAnn Rimes
* 16. November – Everything I Love – Alan Jackson
* 30. November – What if It’s You – Reba McEntire
* 7. Dezember – Everything I Love – Alan Jackson
* 14. Dezember – Blue – LeAnn Rimes

### Weitere Alben

Die Auswahl beschränkt sich auf Alben, die in den Country-Billboard-Charts in die Top 20 gekommen sind.
| US | Album | Künstler | Label |
| 17 | The Best of Country Sing the Best of Disney | Various Artists | Walt Disney |
| 7 | Between Now and Forever | Bryan White | Asylum |
| 12 | Big Love | Tracy Byrd | MCA Nashville |
| 6 | Blue Moon | Toby Keith | A&M |
| 14 | Calm Before the Storm | Paul Brandt | Reprise |
| 18 | Christmas Volume II | Alabama | RCA Nashville |
| 3 | Crank It Up: The Music Album | Jeff Foxworthy | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | Dreamin' Out Loud | Trace Adkins | Capitol Nashville |
| 6 | Everybody Knows | Trisha Yearwood | MCA Nashville |
| 9 | Faces | John Berry | Capitol Nashville |
| 9 | Full Circle | Randy Travis | Warner Bros. |
| 12 | Gettin' Out the Good Stuff | David Lee Murphy | MCA Nashville |
| 10 | The Gift | Kenny Rogers | Magnatone |
| 8 | Greater Need | Lorrie Morgan | BNA |
| 2 | Greatest Hits | Clint Black | RCA Nashville |
| 18 | Greatest Hits | Mark Chesnutt | Decca Nashville |
| 3 | High Lonesome Sound | Vince Gill | MCA Nashville |
| 18 | It's What I Do | Billy Dean | Capitol Nashville |
| 14 | IV | Diamond Rio | Arista Nashville |
| 10 | Just the Same | Terri Clark | Mercury/PolyGram |
| 17 | Learning as You Go | Rick Trevino | Columbia |
| 6 | Living in a Moment | Ty Herndon | Epic |
| 9 | Me and You | Kenny Chesney | BNA |
| 4 | Measure of a Man | Kevin Sharp | Asylum |
| 7 | Neal McCoy | Neal McCoy | Atlantic |
| 19 | Not Fade Away (Remembering Buddy Holly) | Various Artists | Decca Nashville |
| 11 | On a Good Night | Wade Hayes | Columbia |
| 3 | A Place in the World | Mary Chapin Carpenter | Columbia |
| 17 | Politics, Religion and Her | Sammy Kershaw | Mercury/PolyGram |
| 7 | The Restless Kind | Travis Tritt | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | Revelations | Wynonna | Curb/MCA Nashville |
| 14 | Ricochet | Ricochet | Columbia |
| 4 | The Road to Ensenada | Lyle Lovett | Curb |
| 19 | Shady Grove | Jerry Garcia & David Grisman | Acoustic Disc |
| 13 | Somebody New | Rhett Akins | Decca Nashville |
| 20 | Spirit | Willie Nelson | Island |
| 12 | Stars and Stripes Vol. 1 | The Beach Boys | River North |
| 5 | Ten Thousand Angels | Mindy McCready | BNA |
| 3 | Tennessee Moon | Neil Diamond | Columbia |
| 4 | Time Marches On | Tracy Lawrence | Atlantic |
| 20 | Trail of Tears | Billy Ray Cyrus | Mercury/PolyGram |
| 21 | Treasures | Dolly Parton | Rising Tide |
| 10 | The Trouble with the Truth | Patty Loveless | Epic |
| 20 | Used Heart for Sale | Gary Allan | Decca Nashville |
| 5 | What I Do the Best | John Michael Montgomery | Atlantic |
| 16 | What I Live to Do | James Bonamy | Epic |

## Geboren

* 02. April – Zach Bryan
* 23. Juli – Danielle Bradbery, Gewinnerin der vierten Staffel von The Voice USA

## Gestorben

* 17. Februar – Gus Hardlin (50), Sängerin, (All Tangled in Love mit Earl Thomas Conley)
* 4. März – Minnie Pearl, 83, Grand Ole Opry Star, Komödiantin.
* 3. Mai – Patsy Montana, 87, erste Country-Sängerin mit einem Millionenhit (I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart).
* 16. Juni – Anthony Armstrong-Jones, 47, Country-Sänger (Take a Letter Maria)
* 7. August – Buck Trail, 74, Rockabilly Musiker
* 22. August – Oliver Lynn, 69, Ehemann von Loretta Lynn
* 9. September – Bill Monroe, 84, „Father of Bluegrass“
* 10. Dezember – Faron Young, 64, bekannt als „The Hillbilly Heartthrob“ und „The Singing Sheriff“

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

* Peter V. Kuykendall
* The Country Gentlemen
** Charlie Waller
** John Duffey
** Eddie Adcock
** Tom Gray

### Country Music Hall of Fame

* Patsy Montana (1908–1996)
* Buck Owens (1929–2006)
* Ray Price (1926–2013)

### Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame

* Myrna Lorrie
* Larry Delaney

### Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame

* Jerry Chesnut
* Kenny O’Dell
* Buck Owens
* Norro Wilson

## Die wichtigsten Auszeichnungen
### Grammys

* Best Female Country Vocal Performance – Alison Krauss – Baby, Now That I've Found You
* Best Male Country Vocal Performance – Vince Gill – Go Rest High On That Mountain
* Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group – The Mavericks – Here Comes The Rain
* Best Country Collaboration With Vocals – Alison Krauss & Shenandoah – Somewhere In The Vicinity Of The Heart
* Best Country Instrumental Performance – Asleep At The Wheel – Hightower
* Best Country Song – Vince Gill – Go Rest High On That Mountain
* Best Country Album – Shania Twain – The Woman in Me
* Best Bluegrass Album – Nashville Bluegrass Band – Unleashed

### Academy of Country Music Awards

* Entertainer Of The Year – Brooks & Dunn
* Song Of The Year – The Keeper of the Stars – Tracy Byrd – Autoren: Dickey Lee, Karen Staley, Danny Mayo
* Single Of The Year – Check Yes Or No – George Strait
* Album Of The Year – The Woman in Me – Shania Twain
* Top Male Vocalist – Alan Jackson
* Top Female Vocalist – Patty Loveless
* Top Vocal Duo – Brooks & Dunn
* Top Vocal Group – The Mavericks
* Top New Male Vocalist – Bryan White
* Top New Female Vocalist – Shania Twain
* Top New Vocal Duo Or Group – Lonestar
* Video Of The Year – The Car – Jeff Carson

### ARIA Awards

* Best Country Album – Home Fires (The Dead Ringer Band)

### Country Music Association Awards

* Entertainer of the Year – Brooks & Dunn
* Male Vocalist of the Year – George Strait
* Female Vocalist of the Year – Patty Loveless
* Vocal Group of the Year – The Mavericks
* Vocal Duo of the Year – Brooks & Dunn
* Horizon Award – Bryan White
* Musician of the Year – Mark O’Connor
* Vocal Event of the Year – I Will Always Love You, Dolly Parton and Vince Gill
* Single of the Year – Check Yes or No, George Strait
* Song of the Year – Go Rest High on That Mountain, Vince Gill
* Album of the Year – Blue Clear Sky, George Strait
* Music Video of the Year – My Wife Thinks You're Dead, Junior Brown (director: Michael McNamara)

### Juno Awards

* Country Male Vocalist of the Year – Paul Brandt
* Country Female Vocalist of the Year – Shania Twain
* Country Group or Duo of the Year – The Rankin Family

### RPM Big Country Awards

* Canadian Country Artist of the Year – Shania Twain
* Best Country Album – The Woman in Me, Shania Twain
* Best Country Single – Any Man of Mine, Shania Twain
* Top Male Vocalist – Charlie Major
* Top Female Vocalist – Shania Twain
* Top Group – Prairie Oyster
* Outstanding New Artist – Jason McCoy
* Top Country Composer(s) – Shania Twain

### American Music Awards

* Favorite Country Male Artist – Garth Brooks
* Favorite Country Female Artist – Reba McEntire
* Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group – Alabama
* Favorite Country Album – The Hits – Garth Brooks
* Favorite Country New Artist – Shania Twain

### Billboard Music Awards

* Top Country Song – My Maria, Brooks & Dunn
* Top Country Artist – George Strait