Grammy Flashback: Best Female Country Vocal Performance
Revised and Updated for 2009 While the Grammys have honored country music from the very first ceremony in 1959, they did not begin honoring by gender until 1965, when the country categories were...
View ArticleThe Best Singles of 1993, Part One: #40-#31
How strong a year for country music was 1993? Well, if our Best Albums list revealed how many great artists were overlooked, our Best Singles list reveals why there is so little room at the inn. Out of...
View ArticleThe Best Singles of 1991, Part Two: #20-#1
Our Best Singles of 1991 list concludes with our twenty favorites from a great year of country music. #20 “Don’t Rock the Jukebox” Alan Jackson Written by Alan Jackson, Roger Murrah, and Keith Stegall...
View ArticleCMA Flashback: Horizon Award and New Artist (2020 Edition)
Originally called the Horizon Award when introduced in 1981, the New Artist of the Year award is given to the developing artist that voters feel have demonstrated the most growth in their career during...
View ArticleEvery #1 Country Single of the Eighties: Janie Fricke, “Don’t Worry ’bout Me...
Janie Fricke earns her first solo No. 1 hit.
View ArticleEvery #1 Country Single of the Eighties: John Conlee, “I’m Only in it For the...
Kix Brooks scores his first No. 1 hit.
View ArticleEvery #1 Country Single of the Eighties: Janie Fricke, “Let’s Stop Talkin’...
Janie Fricke scores another uptempo hit.
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