# 1995 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1995.

## Events

* February - Western Flyer releases "Cherokee Highway", a song against interracial violence. While the song does not chart, Martin Luther King Jr.'s widow Coretta Scott King invites the band to perform at his birthday celebration in Atlanta, Georgia.
* June - Ty Herndon is arrested for indecent exposure in Fort Worth, Texas, by an undercover police officer.
* December 31: Great American Country is launched by the Jones Radio Network. With a heavy emphasis on country music videos, the network is the first major rival to CMT.

## Top hits of the year
### Singles released by American artists

| US | CAN | Single | Artist |
| 3 | 2 | Adalida | George Strait |
| 8 | 8 | All I Need to Know | Kenny Chesney |
| 49 | 20 | All That Heaven Will Allow | The Mavericks |
| 4 | 6 | Amy's Back in Austin | Little Texas |
| 2 | 1 | And Still | Reba McEntire |
| 2 | 18 | As Any Fool Can See | Tracy Lawrence |
| 4 | 12 | Back in Your Arms Again | Lorrie Morgan |
| 3 | 28 | Bend It Until It Breaks | John Anderson |
| 11 | 3 | Between an Old Memory and Me | Travis Tritt |
| 15 | 10 | Big Ol' Truck | Toby Keith |
| 6 | 6 | Bobbie Ann Mason | Rick Trevino |
| 7 | 2 | The Box | Randy Travis |
| 16 | 12 | Bubba Hyde | Diamond Rio |
| 26 | 14 | Cain's Blood | 4 Runner |
| 2 | 4 | Can't Be Really Gone | Tim McGraw |
| 3 | 3 | The Car | Jeff Carson |
| 1 | 1 | Check Yes or No | George Strait |
| 20 | 37 | Clown in Your Rodeo | Kathy Mattea |
| 4 | 7 | Darned If I Don't (Danged If I Do) | Shenandoah |
| 5 | 3 | Doctor Time | Rick Trevino |
| 10 | 12 | Don't Stop | Wade Hayes |
| 10 | 10 | Down in Flames | BlackHawk |
| 23 | 7 | Down in Tennessee | Mark Chesnutt |
| 1 | 9 | Dust on the Bottle | David Lee Murphy |
| 13 | 20 | Faith in Me, Faith in You | Doug Stone |
| 6 | 6 | Fall in Love | Kenny Chesney |
| 23 | 2 | The Fever | Garth Brooks |
| 19 | 23 | Finish What We Started | Diamond Rio |
| 5 | 4 | The First Step | Tracy Byrd |
| 3 | 8 | For a Change | Neal McCoy |
| 3 | 3 | Give Me One More Shot | Alabama |
| 14 | 7 | Go Rest High on That Mountain | Vince Gill |
| 2 | 2 | Goin' Through the Big D | Mark Chesnutt |
| 1 | 2 | Gone Country | Alan Jackson |
| 1 | 2 | Gonna Get a Life | Mark Chesnutt |
| 6 | 16 | Halfway Down | Patty Loveless |
| 13 | 9 | Hard Lovin' Woman | Mark Collie |
| 1 | 1 | The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter | Reba McEntire |
| 51 | 18 | A Heart with 4 Wheel Drive | 4 Runner |
| 24 | 20 | Heaven Bound (I'm Ready) | Shenandoah |
| 22 | 4 | Here Comes the Rain | The Mavericks |
| 4 | 11 | Here I Am | Patty Loveless |
| 1 | 3 | I Can Love You Like That | John Michael Montgomery |
| 1 | 12 | I Didn't Know My Own Strength | Lorrie Morgan |
| 4 | 8 | I Don't Believe in Goodbye | Sawyer Brown |
| 1 | 4 | I Don't Even Know Your Name | Alan Jackson |
| 15 | 9 | I Got It Honest | Aaron Tippin |
| 2 | 2 | I Let Her Lie | Daryle Singletary |
| 1 | 1 | I Like It, I Love It | Tim McGraw |
| 4 | 4 | I Think About It All the Time | John Berry |
| 9 | 25 | I Wanna Go Too Far | Trisha Yearwood |
| 7 | 9 | I Want My Goodbye Back | Ty Herndon |
| 16 | 20 | I Was Blown Away | Pam Tillis |
| 15 | 22 | I Will Always Love You | Dolly Parton & Vince Gill |
| 7 | 3 | I'll Never Forgive My Heart | Brooks & Dunn |
| 2 | 1 | I'm Not Strong Enough to Say No | BlackHawk |
| 4 | 6 | I'm Still Dancin' with You | Wade Hayes |
| 25 | 11 | If I Had Any Pride Left at All | John Berry |
| 16 | 16 | If I Was a Drinkin' Man | Neal McCoy |
| 4 | 4 | If I Were You | Collin Raye |
| 2 | 7 | If the World Had a Front Porch | Tracy Lawrence |
| 18 | 15 | If You're Gonna Walk, I'm Gonna Crawl | Sammy Kershaw |
| 3 | 7 | In Between Dances | Pam Tillis |
| 4 | 3 | In Pictures | Alabama |
| 2 | 5 | The Keeper of the Stars | Tracy Byrd |
| 7 | 8 | Lead On | George Strait |
| 5 | 9 | Let's Go to Vegas | Faith Hill |
| 4 | 1 | Life Gets Away | Clint Black |
| 5 | 4 | Life Goes On | Little Texas |
| 9 | 6 | Lipstick Promises | George Ducas |
| 2 | 2 | A Little Bit of You | Lee Roy Parnell |
| 7 | 20 | Little Houses | Doug Stone |
| 1 | 1 | Little Miss Honky Tonk | Brooks & Dunn |
| 24 | 12 | Look at Me Now | Bryan White |
| 11 | 14 | Look What Followed Me Home | David Ball |
| 9 | 13 | Love Lessons | Tracy Byrd |
| 1 | 1 | Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life) | Pam Tillis |
| 15 | 11 | Mississippi Moon | John Anderson |
| 16 | 6 | My Heart Will Never Know | Clay Walker |
| 1 | 24 | My Kind of Girl | Collin Raye |
| 9 | 6 | Night Is Fallin' in My Heart | Diamond Rio |
| 3 | 2 | No Man's Land | John Michael Montgomery |
| 1 | 1 | Not a Moment Too Soon | Tim McGraw |
| 1 | 2 | Not on Your Love | Jeff Carson |
| 20 | 20 | Nothing | Dwight Yoakam |
| 1 | 1 | Old Enough to Know Better | Wade Hayes |
| 20 | 22 | On My Own | Reba McEntire |
| 2 | 4 | One Boy, One Girl | Collin Raye |
| 2 | 1 | One Emotion | Clint Black |
| 6 | 7 | Party Crowd | David Lee Murphy |
| 5 | 3 | Refried Dreams | Tim McGraw |
| 4 | 38 | Safe in the Arms of Love | Martina McBride |
| 2 | 1 | She Ain't Your Ordinary Girl | Alabama |
| 1 | 1 | She's Every Woman | Garth Brooks |
| 3 | 2 | Should've Asked Her Faster | Ty England |
| 2 | 1 | So Help Me Girl | Joe Diffie |
| 1 | 1 | Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident) | John Michael Montgomery |
| 1 | 5 | Someone Else's Star | Bryan White |
| 7 | 6 | Sometimes She Forgets | Travis Tritt |
| 7 | 7 | Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart | Shenandoah/Alison Krauss |
| 6 | 11 | Song for the Life | Alan Jackson |
| 27 | 17 | Southbound | Sammy Kershaw |
| 27 | 18 | Southern Grace | Little Texas |
| 2 | 6 | Standing on the Edge of Goodbye | John Berry |
| 8 | 10 | Stay Forever | Hal Ketchum |
| 33 | 16 | Storm in the Heartland | Billy Ray Cyrus |
| 1 | 1 | Summer's Comin' | Clint Black |
| 1 | 1 | Tall, Tall Trees | Alan Jackson |
| 2 | 3 | Tell Me I Was Dreaming | Travis Tritt |
| 6 | 2 | Tender When I Want to Be | Mary Chapin Carpenter |
| 8 | 11 | Tequila Talkin' | Lonestar |
| 1 | 1 | Texas Tornado | Tracy Lawrence |
| 3 | 7 | That Ain't My Truck | Rhett Akins |
| 1 | 10 | That's as Close as I'll Get to Loving You | Aaron Tippin |
| 10 | 18 | That's How You Know (When You're in Love) | Lari White |
| 7 | 9 | That's Just About Right | BlackHawk |
| 3 | 8 | They're Playin' Our Song | Neal McCoy |
| 1 | 4 | Thinkin' About You | Trisha Yearwood |
| 5 | 1 | This Is Me | Randy Travis |
| 6 | 10 | This Is Me Missing You | James House |
| 11 | 5 | (This Thing Called) Wantin' and Havin' It All | Sawyer Brown |
| 2 | 5 | This Time | Sawyer Brown |
| 1 | 2 | This Woman and This Man | Clay Walker |
| 2 | 6 | Till You Love Me | Reba McEntire |
| 18 | 19 | Trouble | Mark Chesnutt |
| 10 | 10 | Upstairs Downtown | Toby Keith |
| 15 | 11 | Walking to Jerusalem | Tracy Byrd |
| 1 | 1 | What Mattered Most | Ty Herndon |
| 16 | 26 | What'll You Do About Me | Doug Supernaw |
| 24 | 17 | When and Where | Confederate Railroad |
| 3 | 7 | When You Say Nothing at All | Alison Krauss & Union Station |
| 3 | 4 | Wherever You Go | Clint Black |
| 4 | 3 | Which Bridge to Cross (Which Bridge to Burn) | Vince Gill |
| 5 | 3 | Whiskey Under the Bridge | Brooks & Dunn |
| 2 | 2 | Who Needs You Baby | Clay Walker |
| 2 | 3 | You Ain't Much Fun | Toby Keith |
| 4 | 1 | You and Only You | John Berry |
| 2 | 2 | You Better Think Twice | Vince Gill |
| 1 | 2 | You Can't Make a Heart Love Somebody | George Strait |
| 5 | 17 | You Don't Even Know Who I Am | Patty Loveless |
| 4 | 8 | You Have the Right to Remain Silent | Perfect Stranger |
| 1 | 1 | You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone | Brooks & Dunn |

### Singles released by Canadian artists

| US | CAN | Single | Artist |
| 1 | 1 | Any Man of Mine | Shania Twain |
| — | 20 | Better Off Blue | Rena Gaile |
| 3 | 3 | Better Things to Do | Terri Clark |
| — | 7 | Black-Eyed Susan | Prairie Oyster |
| — | 1 | Bringing Back Your Love | One Horse Blue |
| — | 15 | Broken String of Pearls | Prescott-Brown |
| — | 6 | Chevy Coupe | Jim Witter |
| — | 1 | Don't Cry Little Angel | Prairie Oyster |
| — | 15 | Family Love | Farmer's Daughter |
| — | 1 | First Comes Love | George Fox |
| — | 10 | The Girl Is on a Roll Tonight | Terry Kelly |
| — | 4 | Head Over Heels | Blue Rodeo |
| — | 19 | Hina Na Ho (Celebration) | Susan Aglukark |
| — | 1 | Hopeless Love | One Horse Blue |
| — | 1 | (I Do It) For the Money | Charlie Major |
| — | 8 | I Don't Wanna Be the One | Patricia Conroy |
| — | 9 | I Really Dug Myself a Hole | The Goods |
| — | 1 | I'm Here | Charlie Major |
| — | 1 | Learning a Lot About Love | Jason McCoy |
| — | 9 | Life Is Just a Dream | Joel Feeney |
| — | 16 | Light in My Life | The Johner Brothers with Lisa Brokop |
| — | 20 | Listen to the Radio | Rebecca Miller |
| — | 18 | Missing You | Calvin Wiggett |
| — | 1 | O Siem | Susan Aglukark |
| — | 1 | Only One Moon | Prairie Oyster |
| — | 20 | Radioland | South Mountain |
| — | 18 | Roy Orbison Came On | Ron Hynes |
| — | 4 | Safe in the Arms of Love | Michelle Wright |
| — | 18 | Starting Right Now | The Johner Brothers |
| — | 18 | This Old Guitar | Jim Matt |
| — | 1 | This Used to Be Our Town | Jason McCoy |
| — | 10 | Time of My Life | George Fox |
| — | 16 | Two Broken Hearted Fools | Rick Tippe |
| — | 19 | Walkin' That Line | Tineta |
| — | 4 | The Wall | Michelle Wright |
| — | 1 | What Else Can I Do | Patricia Conroy |
| — | 1 | What's Holding Me | George Fox |
| — | 1 | What Kind of Man | Joel Feeney |
| 11 | 1 | Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under? | Shania Twain |
| 14 | 1 | The Woman in Me (Needs the Man in You) | Shania Twain |
| — | 5 | You Can't Resist It | Patricia Conroy |
| — | 14 | You Feel the Same Way Too | The Rankin Family |

## Top new album releases

| US | CAN | Album | Artist | Record Label |
| 27 | 7 | 4 Runner | 4 Runner | Polydor Nashville |
| 1 | 1 | All I Want | Tim McGraw | Curb |
| 25 | 21 | All of This Love | Pam Tillis | Arista Nashville |
| 13 | 5 | Come Together: America Salutes The Beatles | Various Artists | Liberty |
| | 3 | Country Heat 5 | Various Artists | RCA |
| 8 | 4 | Dwight Live | Dwight Yoakam | Reprise |
| | 6 | Endless Seasons | The Rankin Family | EMI |
| 1 | 1 | Fresh Horses | Garth Brooks | Liberty |
| 2 | 6 | Games Rednecks Play | Jeff Foxworthy | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | 5 | Gone | Dwight Yoakam | Reprise |
| 17 | | Greatest Hits | Little Texas | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | 6 | Greatest Hits | Lorrie Morgan | BNA |
| 5 | 7 | Greatest Hits 1990–1995 | Sawyer Brown | Curb |
| 3 | 17 | Greatest Hits: From the Beginning | Travis Tritt | Warner Bros. |
| 1 | 1 | The Greatest Hits Collection | Alan Jackson | Arista Nashville |
| | 22 | Gypsies & Lovers | The Irish Descendants | Warner |
| 12 | | Have Yourself a Tractors Christmas | The Tractors | Arista Nashville |
| 19 | | The Hits Chapter 1 | Sammy Kershaw | Mercury/PolyGram |
| 14 | | Hog Wild | Hank Williams, Jr. | Curb/Warner Bros. |
| 10 | | Hypnotize the Moon | Clay Walker | Giant |
| 5 | 13 | I Think About You | Collin Raye | Epic |
| 12 | 10 | In Pictures | Alabama | RCA Nashville |
| 4 | 2 | It Matters to Me | Faith Hill | Warner Bros. |
| | 2 | Jason McCoy | Jason McCoy | MCA |
| 22 | 4 | Jeff Carson | Jeff Carson | Curb |
| 1 | 1 | John Michael Montgomery | John Michael Montgomery | Atlantic |
| | 8 | Kickin' Country 3 | Various Artists | Sony |
| 13 | | Life Is Good | Emilio Navaira | Capitol Nashville |
| 28 | 14 | Life's So Funny | Joe Diffie | Epic |
| 65 | 18 | Little Acts of Treason | Carlene Carter | Giant |
| 11 | 2 | Lonestar | Lonestar | BNA |
| | 5 | Long Gone to the Yukon | Stompin' Tom Connors | EMI |
| 25 | | Looking for Christmas | Clint Black | RCA Nashville |
| 17 | | Looking for the Light | Rick Trevino | Columbia |
| 6 | 15 | Love Lessons | Tracy Byrd | MCA Nashville |
| | 4 | Lucky Man | Charlie Major | Arista |
| | 14 | Made for Each Other | Calvin Wiggett | Royalty |
| 24 | | Mr. Christmas | Joe Diffie | Epic |
| 9 | 3 | Music for All Occasions | The Mavericks | MCA Nashville |
| 13 | 12 | NASCAR: Runnin' Wide Open | Various Artists | Columbia |
| | 1 | New Country 2 | Various Artists | Warner |
| 2 | 1 | Now That I've Found You: A Collection | Alison Krauss | Rounder |
| | 18 | Nowhere to Here | Blue Rodeo | Warner |
| 21 | | O Holy Night | John Berry | Capitol Nashville |
| 19 | | Old Enough to Know Better | Wade Hayes | Columbia |
| 12 | 23 | One | George Jones & Tammy Wynette | MCA Nashville |
| 10 | 2 | Out with a Bang | David Lee Murphy | MCA Nashville |
| 19 | | The Redneck Test Volume 43 | Jeff Foxworthy | Laughing Hyena |
| 42 | 10 | The Road Goes on Forever | The Highwaymen | Columbia |
| 10 | 7 | Something Special | Dolly Parton | Columbia |
| 3 | 3 | Souvenirs | Vince Gill | MCA Nashville |
| 12 | 9 | Standing on the Edge | John Berry | Patriot/Liberty |
| 1 | 1 | Starting Over | Reba McEntire | MCA Nashville |
| 9 | 7 | Strait Out of the Box | George Strait | MCA Nashville |
| 4 | 5 | Strong Enough | BlackHawk | Arista Nashville |
| 13 | 2 | Terri Clark | Terri Clark | Mercury/PolyGram |
| 3 | 18 | Thinkin' About You | Trisha Yearwood | MCA Nashville |
| | 1 | This Child | Susan Aglukark | EMI |
| 10 | | This Thing Called Wantin' and Havin' It All | Sawyer Brown | Curb |
| 45 | 23 | A Thousand Memories | Rhett Akins | Decca Nashville |
| | 4 | Time of My Life | George Fox | Warner |
| 12 | | Tool Box | Aaron Tippin | RCA Nashville |
| 24 | 10 | Tracy Lawrence Live and Unplugged | Tracy Lawrence | Atlantic |
| 13 | 30 | Ty England | Ty England | RCA Nashville |
| | 4 | Untamed and True 2 | Various Artists | MCA |
| 9 | 3 | What Mattered Most | Ty Herndon | Epic |
| | 3 | The Wheel Keeps on Rollin' | Asleep at the Wheel | Capitol Nashville |
| 21 | | When and Where | Confederate Railroad | Atlantic |
| 17 | 4 | Wild Angels | Martina McBride | RCA Nashville |
| 24 | 11 | Wings | Mark Chesnutt | Decca Nashville |
| 1 | 1 | The Woman in Me | Shania Twain | Mercury/PolyGram |
| | 19 | Work of the Heart | Quartette | Denon |
| 10 | | You Gotta Love That | Neal McCoy | Atlantic |
| 7 | 13 | You Have the Right to Remain Silent | Perfect Stranger | Curb |

### Other top albums

| US | CAN | Album | Artist | Record Label |
| 39 | | All I Need to Know | Kenny Chesney | BNA |
| 41 | 27 | Amazing Grace: A Country Salute to Gospel | Various Artists | Sparrow |
| 43 | | Any Way the Wind Blows | Brother Phelps | Asylum |
| 73 | | Born That Way | Boy Howdy | Curb |
| 69 | | Country Dance Super Hits | Various Artists | K-Tel |
| 44 | | Daryle Singletary | Daryle Singletary | Giant |
| 48 | | Days Gone By | James House | Epic |
| 45 | | Faith in Me, Faith in You | Doug Stone | Epic |
| 28 | | Fire to Fire | Tanya Tucker | Liberty |
| | 36 | A Gene MacLellan Tribute | John Gracie | Atlantica |
| 57 | | George Ducas | George Ducas | Liberty |
| 61 | | Heart and Soul | Elvis Presley | RCA |
| 48 | | Junior High | Junior Brown | Curb |
| 72 | | Kim Richey | Kim Richey | Mercury/PolyGram |
| 61 | | Labor of Love | Radney Foster | Arista Nashville |
| 68 | | Letter to Laredo | Joe Ely | MCA Nashville |
| 37 | | The Marty Party Hit Pack | Marty Stuart | MCA Nashville |
| 44 | | The Moffatts | The Moffatts | Polydor Nashville |
| 27 | | The Original Volume 79 | Jeff Foxworthy | Laughing Hyena |
| 72 | | Restless | Shelby Lynne | Magnatone |
| 35 | | Sold Out Volume 80 | Jeff Foxworthy | Laughing Hyena |
| 54 | | Super Hits | Roy Orbison | Columbia |
| 64 | | Super Hits | Ricky Van Shelton | Columbia |
| | 26 | Ten More Miles | The Johner Brothers | Warner |
| 66 | | Today's Pure Country | Various Artists | K-Tel |
| 63 | | Today's Sizzlin' Country | Various Artists | K-Tel |
| | 37 | Under the Big Sky | Hemingway Corner | Epic |
| 26 | | We All Get Lucky Sometimes | Lee Roy Parnell | Career |

## Births

* July 7 — Taylor Kerr, member of Maddie & Tae.
* August 11 – Priscilla Block, 2020s country singer-songwriter ("Just About Over You").
* September 18 — Maddie Font, member of Maddie & Tae.

## Deaths

* May 25 – Dick Curless, 63, best known for his hit "A Tombstone Every Mile" (stomach cancer)
* July 25 — Charlie Rich, 62, Grammy Award winning singer and songwriter ("Behind Closed Doors", The Most Beautiful Girl") (pulmonary embolism)
* November 10 — Curly Fox, 85, fiddler and one half of country-comedy duo Curly Fox and Texas Ruby.

## Hall of Fame inductees
### Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductees

* Jimmy Martin

### Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

* Roger Miller (1936–1992)
* Jo Walker-Meador (born 1924)

### Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

* Gene MacLellan
* Stan Klees

## Major awards
### Grammy Awards

* Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "Baby, Now That I've Found You", Alison Krauss
* Best Male Country Vocal Performance — "Go Rest High on That Mountain", Vince Gill
* Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — "Here Comes the Rain", The Mavericks
* Best Country Collaboration with Vocals — "Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart", Shenandoah and Alison Krauss
* Best Country Instrumental Performance — "Hightower," Asleep at the Wheel, Béla Fleck and Johnny Gimble
* Best Country Song — "Go Rest High on That Mountain", Vince Gill
* Best Country Album — The Woman in Me, Shania Twain (Producer: Robert John "Mutt" Lange)
* Best Bluegrass Album — Unleashed, The Nashville Bluegrass Band

### Juno Awards

* Country Male Vocalist of the Year — Charlie Major
* Country Female Vocalist of the Year — Shania Twain
* Country Group or Duo of the Year — Prairie Oyster

### Academy of Country Music

* Entertainer of the Year — Brooks & Dunn
* Song of the Year — "The Keeper of the Stars", Dickey Lee, Karen Staley, Danny Mayo (Performer: Tracy Byrd)
* 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 (Director: Michael Salomon)

### ARIA Awards

(presented in Sydney on October 20, 1995)
* Best Country Album - Beyond the Dancing (Troy Cassar-Daley)

### Canadian Country Music Association

* Bud Country Fans' Choice Award — Michelle Wright
* Male Artist of the Year — Charlie Major
* Female Artist of the Year — Shania Twain
* Group or Duo of the Year — Prairie Oyster
* SOCAN Song of the Year — "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?", Shania Twain
* Single of the Year — "Any Man of Mine", Shania Twain
* Album of the Year — The Woman in Me, Shania Twain
* Top Selling Album — The Hits, Garth Brooks
* Video of the Year — "Any Man of Mine", Shania Twain
* Vista Rising Star Award — Farmer's Daughter
* Vocal Collaboration of the Year — Jim Witter and Cassandra Vasik

### Country Music Association

* Entertainer of the Year — Alan Jackson
* Song of the Year — "Independence Day", Gretchen Peters (Performer: Martina McBride)
* Single of the Year — "When You Say Nothing at All", Alison Krauss & Union Station
* Album of the Year — When Fallen Angels Fly, Patty Loveless
* Male Vocalist of the Year — Vince Gill
* Female Vocalist of the Year — Alison Krauss
* Vocal Duo of the Year — Brooks & Dunn
* Vocal Group of the Year — The Mavericks
* Horizon Award — Alison Krauss
* Music Video of the Year — "Baby Likes to Rock It", The Tractors (Director: Michael Salomon)
* Vocal Event of the Year — "Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart", Shenandoah and Alison Krauss
* Musician of the Year — Mark O'Connor

### RPM Big Country Awards

* Canadian Country Artist of the Year — Charlie Major
* Best Country Album — Only One Moon, Prairie Oyster
* Best Country Single — "Such a Lonely One", Prairie Oyster
* Male Artist of the Year — Charlie Major
* Female Artist of the Year — Michelle Wright
* Group of the Year — Prairie Oyster
* Outstanding New Artist — Shania Twain
* Top Country Composer(s) — Jim Witter and Johnny Douglas