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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1993.

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Contents

Events

Top hits of the year

Number one hits

United States

(as certified by Billboard)

Date Single Name Artist Wks. No.1 CAN peak Spec. Note
January 16 Somewhere Other Than the Night Garth Brooks 1
January 23 Look Heart, No Hands Randy Travis 2
February 6 Too Busy Being in Love Doug Stone 1
February 13 Can I Trust You with My Heart Travis Tritt 2
February 27 What Part of No Lorrie Morgan 3
March 20 Heartland George Strait 1
March 27 When My Ship Comes In Clint Black 2
April 10 The Heart Won't Lie Reba McEntire with Vince Gill 2
April 24 She Don't Know She's Beautiful Sammy Kershaw 1 [C]
May 1 Alibis Tracy Lawrence 2
May 15 I Love the Way You Love Me John Michael Montgomery 3 [A]
June 5 Should've Been a Cowboy Toby Keith 2 [A]
June 19 Blame It on Your Heart Patty Loveless 2 2
July 3 That Summer Garth Brooks 1
July 10 Money in the Bank John Anderson 1 2 [B]
July 17 Chattahoochee Alan Jackson 4 [1]
August 14 It Sure Is Monday Mark Chesnutt 1
August 21 Why Didn't I Think of That Doug Stone 1 6 [B]
August 28 Can't Break It to My Heart Tracy Lawrence 1 2
September 4 Thank God for You Sawyer Brown 2
September 18 Ain't Goin' Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up) Garth Brooks 2 [2]
September 25 Holdin' Heaven Tracy Byrd 1 3 [A]
October 9 One More Last Chance Vince Gill 1
October 16 What's It to You Clay Walker 1 [A]
October 23 Easy Come, Easy Go George Strait 2
November 6 Does He Love You Reba McEntire with Linda Davis 1 [C] - Linda Davis
November 13 She Used to Be Mine Brooks & Dunn 1
November 20 Almost Goodbye Mark Chesnutt 1 2
November 27 Reckless Alabama 1 [B]
December 4 American Honky-Tonk Bar Association Garth Brooks 1 2
December 11 My Second Home Tracy Lawrence 1 6
December 18 I Don't Call Him Daddy Doug Supernaw 2 27 [C]
Notes
  • 1^ No. 1 song of the year, as determined by Billboard.
  • 2^ Song dropped from No. 1 and later returned to top spot.
  • A^ First Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist.
  • B^ Last Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist.
  • C^ Only Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist.

Canada

(as certified by RPM)

Date Single Name Artist Wks. No.1 U.S. Peak Spec. Note
January 16 She's Got the Rhythm (And I Got the Blues) Alan Jackson 1
January 23 Don't Let Our Love Start Slippin' Away Vince Gill 1
January 30 Somewhere Other Than the Night Garth Brooks 1
February 6 Look Heart, No Hands Randy Travis 2
February 20 Too Busy Being in Love Doug Stone 1
February 27 Can I Trust You with My Heart Travis Tritt 1
March 6 Take It Back Reba McEntire 1 5
March 13 Tryin' to Hide a Fire in the Dark Billy Dean 2 6 [B]
March 27 What Part of No Lorrie Morgan 1 [C]
April 3 Heartland George Strait 1
April 10 When My Ship Comes In Clint Black 2
April 24 The Heart Won't Lie Reba McEntire with Vince Gill 1
May 1 Hard Workin' Man Brooks & Dunn 2 4
May 15 She Don't Know She's Beautiful Sammy Kershaw 1 [C]
May 22 Alibis Tracy Lawrence 1
May 29 I Love the Way You Love Me John Michael Montgomery 2 [A]
June 12 Ain't That Lonely Yet Dwight Yoakam 1 2
June 19 Tell Me Why Wynonna 1 3 [B]
June 26 Should've Been a Cowboy Toby Keith 1 [A]
July 3 Hometown Honeymoon Alabama 1 3
July 10 That Summer Garth Brooks 2?
July 24 ??? ??? ???
  • This chart is missing from the RPM archives.
July 31 Chattahoochee Alan Jackson 2
August 14 A Bad Goodbye Clint Black with Wynonna 1 2
August 21 We'll Burn That Bridge Brooks & Dunn 1 2
August 28 It Sure Is Monday Mark Chesnutt 1
September 4 I'm Gonna Drive You Out of My Mind Charlie Major 2 — [A]
September 18 Thank God for You Sawyer Brown 2
October 2 In the Heart of a Woman Billy Ray Cyrus 2 3 [1], [B]
October 16 Ain't Going Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up) Garth Brooks 1
October 23 One More Last Chance Vince Gill 1
October 30 What's It to You Clay Walker 1 [A]
November 6 Easy Come, Easy Go George Strait 1
November 13 Does He Love You Reba McEntire with Linda Davis 1 [C] - Linda Davis
November 20 She Used to Be Mine Brooks & Dunn 1
November 27 Reckless Alabama 1
December 4 I'm Somebody Charlie Major 2 —
December 18 My Baby Loves Me Martina McBride 2 2 [A]
Notes
  • 1^ No. 1 song of the year, as determined by RPM.
  • A^ First RPM No. 1 hit for that artist.
  • B^ Last RPM No. 1 hit for that artist.
  • C^ Only RPM No. 1 hit for that artist.

Other major hits

Singles released by American artists

US CAN Single Artist Notes
3 2 All These Years Sawyer Brown
5 4 Alright Already Larry Stewart
  • This was the first solo single for Stewart, who left his role as lead singer of Restless Heart in 1991. He would remain a solo singer until rejoining the band in 2004.
10 17 Anywhere but Here Sammy Kershaw
21 13 Beer and Bones John Michael Montgomery
19 39 Boom! It Was Over Robert Ellis Orrall
6 5 Born to Love You Mark Collie
16 24 The Bug Mary Chapin Carpenter
18 16 Cadillac Ranch Chris LeDoux
  • LeDoux' only solo Top 40 country hit.
11 28 Cleopatra, Queen of Denial Pam Tillis
46 10 Cowboy Boogie Randy Travis
12 16 A Cowboy's Born with a Broken Heart Boy Howdy
16 19 Do You Know Where Your Man Is Pam Tillis
19 21 Down on My Knees Trisha Yearwood
2 4 Drive South Suzy Bogguss
20 28 Easier Said Than Done Radney Foster
3 3 Every Little Thing Carlene Carter
4 God Blessed Texas Little Texas
8 14 Half Enough Lorrie Morgan
11 11 The Hard Way Mary Chapin Carpenter
9 10 Haunted Heart Sammy Kershaw
5 11 He Ain't Worth Missing Toby Keith
2 6 Hearts Are Gonna Roll Hal Ketchum
20 18 High Rollin' Gibson/Miller Band
5 11 Honky Tonk Attitude Joe Diffie
17 8 Hurry Sundown McBride & the Ride
13 22 I Fell in the Water John Anderson
14 14 I Guess You Had to Be There Lorrie Morgan
22 9 I Wanna Take Care of You Billy Dean
7 14 I Want You Bad (And That Ain't Good) Collin Raye
16 13 I'd Rather Miss You Little Texas
34 18 I'm Not Built That Way Billy Dean
8 8 If I Didn't Love You Steve Wariner
2 3 In a Week or Two Diamond Rio
2 3 It's a Little Too Late Tanya Tucker
5 5 It's Your Call Reba McEntire
15 7 Janie Baker's Love Slave Shenandoah
5 5 Just Like the Weather Suzy Bogguss
5 6 Just One Night McBride & the Ride
2 5 Learning to Live Again Garth Brooks
15 24 Leavin's Been a Long Time Comin' Shenandoah
6 8 Let Go Brother Phelps
  • This was the first single for Brother Phelps, a duo founded by brothers Ricky Lee and Doug Phelps, formerly of The Kentucky Headhunters. Doug rejoined the band in 1997.
7 11 Let Go of the Stone John Anderson
4 7 Let That Pony Run Pam Tillis
4 3 Life's a Dance John Michael Montgomery
30 12 Like a River to the Sea Steve Wariner
11 4 Looking Out for Number One Travis Tritt
3 8 Love on the Loose, Heart on the Run Mcbride & the Ride
8 10 Love Without Mercy Lee Roy Parnell
6 15 Made for Lovin' You Doug Stone
8 14 Mama Knows the Highway Hal Ketchum
13 3 Mending Fences Restless Heart
2 2 Mercury Blues Alan Jackson
7 16 My Blue Angel Aaron Tippin
4 4 My Strongest Weakness Wynonna
3 2 No Future in the Past Vince Gill
3 2 No Time to Kill Clint Black
2 7 Nobody Wins Radney Foster
20 23 Nothin' but the Wheel Patty Loveless
5 8 Oh Me, Oh My, Sweet Baby Diamond Rio
4 2 Old Country Mark Chesnutt
6 12 On the Road Lee Roy Parnell
3 2 Once upon a Lifetime Alabama
3 3 Only Love Wynonna
4 5 Passionate Kisses Mary Chapin Carpenter
3 2 Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox (If I Die) Joe Diffie
2 3 Queen of Memphis Confederate Railroad
7 3 Queen of My Double-Wide Trailer Sammy Kershaw
4 12 Reno Doug Supernaw
6 3 She's Not Cryin' Anymore Billy Ray Cyrus
5 11 Somebody Else's Moon Collin Raye
9 14 Somebody New Billy Ray Cyrus
8 19 Somebody Paints the Wall Tracy Lawrence
  • Previously a #62-peaking single in 1989 for Josh Logan.
24 6 Someplace Far Away (Careful What You're Dreaming) Hal Ketchum
2 4 The Song Remembers When Trisha Yearwood
2 15 Soon Tanya Tucker
19 24 Standing Knee Deep in a River (Dying of Thirst) Kathy Mattea
3 6 Sure Love Hal Ketchum
4 3 Tell Me About It Tanya Tucker with Delbert McClinton
  • McClinton's only Top 40 country hit, and his highest-peaking single on any chart.
2 10 Tender Moment Lee Roy Parnell
4 15 That Was a River Collin Raye
13 5 This Romeo Ain't Got Julie Yet Diamond Rio
2 3 A Thousand Miles from Nowhere Dwight Yoakam
4 4 Tonight I Climbed the Wall Alan Jackson
10 12 Trashy Women Confederate Railroad
13 17 T-R-O-U-B-L-E Travis Tritt
5 7 Trouble on the Line Sawyer Brown
2 2 Walkaway Joe Trisha Yearwood with Don Henley
11 25 We Got the Love Restless Heart
2 11 What Might Have Been Little Texas
17 21 What Were You Thinkin' Little Texas
6 6 When Did You Stop Loving Me George Strait
14 18 When You Leave That Way You Can Never Go Back Confederate Railroad
5 4 Wild Man Ricky Van Shelton
7 6 Workin' Man's Ph.D Aaron Tippin
12 24 You Say You Will Trisha Yearwood

Singles released by Canadian artists

US CAN Single Artist
14 Already Gone Blue Rodeo
7 Blank Pages Patricia Conroy
5 Breakfast Alone George Fox
9 Breakin' All Over Town Joan Kennedy
55 14 The Change Michelle Wright
16 Country Girl Lisa Brokop
18 Cryer's Paradise Ron Hynes
19 Dealers in Heartaches Morris P. Rainville
4 Distant Drum Jim Witter
9 Dream On Joan Kennedy
5 Everything and More Jim Witter
8 Fare Thee Well Love The Rankin Family
17 Fortunate Home Tim Thorney
11 Fortune Smiled on Me Cassandra Vasik with Russell deCarle
6 Gillis Mountain The Rankin Family
31 3 He Would Be Sixteen Michelle Wright
9 I Need to Hear It from You Joan Kennedy
17 If You Only Knew Tracey Prescott & Lonesome Daddy
10 It Might as Well Be Me Anita Perras
6 Make Love to Me Anne Murray
5 Mustang Heart George Fox
9 Roll Like a Wheel Cassandra Vasik
7 Sadly Mistaken Cassandra Vasik
19 A Song for Brent Cindy Church
7 Starting All Over Again One Horse Blue
7 Talk to My Heart Joan Kennedy
8 What Do You Care Patricia Conroy
9 You're My Hometown Don Neilson

Top new album releases

See also: List of number-one country albums of 1993 (U.S.)
See also: List of number-one country albums of 1993 (Canada)
US CAN Album Artist Record Label
15 5 Across the Borderline Willie Nelson Columbia
5 5 Alibis Tracy Lawrence Atlantic
6 7 Almost Goodbye Mark Chesnutt MCA Nashville
6 8 Big Time Little Texas Warner Bros.
17 A Bridge I Didn't Burn Ricky Van Shelton Columbia
6 12 Call of the Wild Aaron Tippin RCA Nashville
16 4 Cheap Seats Alabama RCA Nashville
8 1 Clay Walker Clay Walker Giant
10 Closer to Paradise Barra MacNeils Mercury/PolyGram
1 1 Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles Various Artists Giant
1 Country Heat 3 Various Artists RCA
34 19 Cowgirl's Prayer Emmylou Harris Asylum
54 1 Croonin' Anne Murray SBK/Capitol
51 19 Drive Steve Wariner Arista Nashville
2 2 Easy Come, Easy Go George Strait MCA Nashville
6 Even Cowgirls Get the Blues Soundtrack K.D. Lang Sire
20 Feels Like Home Cassandra Vasik Epic
14 4 Fire in the Dark Billy Dean Liberty
3 Five Days in July Blue Rodeo Warner
2 For Our Fans Alabama RCA Nashville
16 Girls Will Be Girls Farmer's Daughter Stubble Jumper
15 Greatest Hits 1990–1992 Tanya Tucker Liberty
1 9 Greatest Hits Volume Two Reba McEntire MCA Nashville
2 1 Hard Workin' Man Brooks & Dunn Arista Nashville
11 10 Haunted Heart Sammy Kershaw Mercury/PolyGram
6 6 Honky Tonk Angels Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn
& Tammy Wynette		 Columbia
10 Honky Tonk Attitude Joe Diffie Epic
7 Honky Tonk Christmas Alan Jackson Arista Nashville
1 1 In Pieces Garth Brooks Liberty
1 2 It Won't Be the Last Billy Ray Cyrus Mercury/PolyGram
13 1 John Berry John Berry Liberty
2 Kickin' Country Various Artists Sony
3 26 Let There Be Peace on Earth Vince Gill MCA Nashville
35 2 Little Love Letters Carlene Carter Giant
38 8 Mark Collie Mark Collie MCA Nashville
26 19 Merry Christmas from London Lorrie Morgan BNA
20 5 More Love Doug Stone Epic
7 Mustang Heart George Fox Warner
2 3 No Time to Kill Clint Black RCA Nashville
1 North Country The Rankin Family EMI
59 17 On the Road Lee Roy Parnell Arista Nashville
4 One Horse Blue One Horse Blue Savannah
9 Only What I Feel Patty Loveless Epic
1 The Other Side Charlie Major Arista
25 Out of Left Field Hank Williams, Jr. Curb/Warner Bros.
13 2 Outskirts of Town Sawyer Brown Curb
22 Rave On!! The Kentucky Headhunters Mercury/PolyGram
27 18 Red and Rio Grande Doug Supernaw BNA
4 15 Slow Dancing with the Moon Dolly Parton Columbia
12 13 Solid Ground John Anderson BNA
6 18 The Song Remembers When Trisha Yearwood MCA Nashville
18 11 Soon Tanya Tucker Liberty
7 2 Take Me as I Am Faith Hill Warner Bros.
1 Tell Me Why Wynonna Curb/MCA Nashville
4 1 This Time Dwight Yoakam Reprise
17 Toby Keith Toby Keith Mercury/PolyGram
2 Today's Country Gold '93 Various Artists Quality
24 Today's Hit Country Various Artists K-Tel
24 Tracy Byrd Tracy Byrd MCA Nashville
35 17 Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills Asleep at the Wheel Liberty
38 8 Under the Kudzu Shenandoah RCA Nashville
21 Under This Old Hat Chris LeDoux Liberty
12 Walking Away a Winner Kathy Mattea Mercury/PolyGram
14 8 The Way That I Am Martina McBride RCA Nashville
24 5 Wind in the Wire Randy Travis Warner Bros.
3 You Might Be a Redneck If… Jeff Foxworthy Warner Bros.

Other top albums

US CAN Album Artist Record Label
75 America, I Believe in You Charlie Daniels Liberty
51 The Beverly Hillbillies Soundtrack Various Artists Fox
27 Country Dance Mixes Various Artists Atlantic
55 Delta Dreamland Deborah Allen Giant
28 Dr. Stompin' Tom…Eh? Stompin' Tom Connors EMI
29 Final Touches Conway Twitty MCA Nashville
51 Good News Kathy Mattea Mercury/PolyGram
60 Greatest Hits Patty Loveless MCA Nashville
31 27 Greatest Hits: Songs
from an Aging Sex Bomb		 K. T. Oslin RCA Nashville
46 Heroes Mark O'Connor Warner Bros.
30 High-Tech Redneck George Jones MCA Nashville
53 Hurry Sundown McBride & the Ride MCA Nashville
26 Kick Along with Stompin' Tom Stompin' Tom Connors EMI
56 Let Go Brother Phelps Asylum
37 Ricky Lynn Gregg Ricky Lynn Gregg Liberty
67 28 Shania Twain Shania Twain Mercury/PolyGram
61 Shawn Camp Shawn Camp Reprise
27 Something Up My Sleeve Suzy Bogguss Liberty
62 Spinning Around the Sun Jimmie Dale Gilmore Elektra
53 Steppin' Country Various Artists K-Tel
55 Temptation Shelby Lynne Morgan Creek
37 Today's Top Country Various Artists K-Tel
26 Way Beyond the Blue Anita Perras Savannah
37 The Wheel Rosanne Cash Columbia
65 Where There's Smoke Gibson/Miller Band Epic

On television

Regular series

Specials

Deaths

  • June 5 — Conway Twitty, 59, giant music star since the 1950s who set records for most No. 1 country hits until 2006 (abdominal aneurysm).
  • November 30 — David Houston, 54, top country singer of the 1960s and early 1970s, best known for "Almost Persuaded" (brain aneurysm).

Hall of Fame inductees

Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

Major awards

Grammy Awards

Juno Awards

Academy of Country Music

Canadian Country Music Association

Country Music Association

Further reading

  • Kingsbury, Paul, "The Grand Ole Opry: History of Country Music. 70 Years of the Songs, the Stars and the Stories," Villard Books, Random House; Opryland USA, 1995
  • Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947-1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003 (ISBN 0-8118-3572-3)
  • Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 (ISBN 0-06-273244-7)
  • Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs 1944-2005 - 6th Edition." 2005.

Other links

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