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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 2004.

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Events

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  • Lynn Anderson arrested near her home in Taos, New Mexico after being charged with a DUI for drunk driving. A motorist called the local police after noticing Anderson's car weaving in and out of lanes, almost causing an accident. Anderson later pulled over to the side of the road after spotting the police, where the police conducted a field sobriety test. She was released on a $1000 bail the next day.

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
February 7 Remember When Alan Jackson 2 ?
February 21 American Soldier Toby Keith 4 ?
March 20 Watch the Wind Blow By Tim McGraw 2 ?
April 3 When the Sun Goes Down Kenny Chesney
with Uncle Kracker		 5 ? [C] - Uncle Kracker
May 8 You'll Think of Me Keith Urban 2 ?
May 22 Mayberry Rascal Flatts 1 ?
May 29 Redneck Woman Gretchen Wilson 5 [C]
  • This song was the first Number One single for a female solo artist since Martina McBride's "Blessed" in March-April 2002.
July 3 If You Ever Stop Loving Me Montgomery Gentry 1 3 [A]
July 10 Whiskey Girl Toby Keith 1 ?
July 17 Live Like You Were Dying Tim McGraw 7 [1], [2]
  • Fell to #2 on the chart week of August 7.
August 7 Somebody Reba McEntire 1 24
September 11 Girls Lie Too Terri Clark 1 2 [B]
  • No. 1 song of the year in Canada.
  • Clark's first Billboard Number One since "You're Easy on the Eyes" in late 1998-early 1999.
September 18 Days Go By Keith Urban 4
October 16 Suds in the Bucket Sara Evans 1 3
October 23 I Hate Everything George Strait 2 3
November 6 In a Real Love Phil Vassar 2 11 [B]
November 20 Mr. Mom Lonestar 2 [B]
December 4 Nothing On but the Radio Gary Allan 2 6 [B]
December 18 Back When Tim McGraw 1
December 25 Some Beach Blake Shelton 4 3
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 Radio & Records) Note: R&R began publishing Canadian charts in June 2004.

Date Single Name Artist Wks. No.1 U.S. Peak Spec. Note
June 11 Redneck Woman Gretchen Wilson 3 [C]
July 2 I Go Back Kenny Chesney 4 2 [2]
  • Spent seven non-consecutive weeks at #2 in the US, tying a record previously set by Jo Dee Messina with "Lesson in Leaving" in 1999 for the longest time spent at that position since the inception of Nielsen SoundScan in 1990.
  • Stayed at #1 on the weeks of July 2, July 16 and August 6 through August 13.
July 9 Live Like You Were Dying Tim McGraw 7 [2]
  • Stayed at #1 on the weeks of July 9, July 23 through July 30 and August 20 through September 10.
September 17 Days Go By Keith Urban 5
October 22 Mr. Mom Lonestar 7 [B]
December 10 Back When Tim McGraw 2 [2]
  • Fell to #2 on the week of December 17.
December 17 Nothin' 'Bout Love Makes Sense LeAnn Rimes 1 5 [B]
  • Rimes' first Top 10 country hit since 2000's "I Need You."
Notes
  • 2^ Song dropped from No. 1 and later returned to top spot.
  • B^ Last R&R No. 1 hit for that artist.
  • C^ Only R&R No. 1 hit for that artist.

Other major hits

Singles released by American artists

US CAN Single Artist Notes
18 25 Break Down Here Julie Roberts
  • Roberts' only Top 40 chart entry.
14 Come Home Soon SHeDAISY
18 ? Cool to Be a Fool Joe Nichols
6 ? Desperately George Strait
7 ? Drinkin' Bone Tracy Byrd
9 10 Feels Like Today Rascal Flatts
11 ? Good Little Girls Blue County
3 2 Here for the Party Gretchen Wilson
8 2 Hey Good Lookin' Jimmy Buffett with Clint Black,
Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson,
George Strait, and Toby Keith
4 ? Honesty (Write Me a List) Rodney Atkins
5 ? Hot Mama Trace Adkins
12 26 How Far Martina McBride
9 27 I Can't Sleep Clay Walker
  • Co-written by Chely Wright, who also sang background vocals on it.
5 9 I Got a Feelin' Billy Currington
6 ? I Love You This Much Jimmy Wayne
4 10 I Want to Live Josh Gracin
  • This was the debut single for Gracin, the first country music artist to have been a contestant on American Idol.
10 ? If Nobody Believed in You Joe Nichols
4 ? In My Daughter's Eyes Martina McBride
4 2 Let's Be Us Again Lonestar
2 ? Letters from Home John Michael Montgomery
2 ? Little Moments Brad Paisley
5 6 Loco David Lee Murphy
  • Murphy's first chart single since "Just Don't Wait Around 'Til She's Leavin'" in 1998.
13 ? Long Black Train Josh Turner
18 ? Me and Emily Rachel Proctor
17 ? My Last Name Dierks Bentley
4 ? Paint Me a Birmingham Tracy Lawrence
  • Lawrence's first Top 40 single since 2001's "Life Don't Have to Be So Hard" and his first Top 5 since "Lessons Learned" in late 1999-early 2000.
  • Previously a #53 single in mid-2003 for Ken Mellons.
12 15 Passenger Seat SHeDAISY
2 ? Perfect Sara Evans
13 28 Rough & Ready Trace Adkins
11 9 Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy) Big & Rich
5 21 She Thinks She Needs Me Andy Griggs
12 ? Songs About Rain Gary Allan
16 ? Spend My Time Clint Black
3 2 Stays in Mexico Toby Keith
3 ? Sweet Southern Comfort Buddy Jewell
2 2 That's What It's All About Brooks & Dunn
6 3 That's What She Gets for Loving Me Brooks & Dunn
5 4 Too Much of a Good Thing Alan Jackson
19 ? Tougher Than Nails Joe Diffie
20 14 Trip Around the Sun Jimmy Buffett with Martina McBride
3 6 Whiskey Lullaby Brad Paisley with Alison Krauss
2 2 The Woman with You Kenny Chesney
18 ? You Are Jimmy Wayne
3 ? You Can't Take the Honky Tonk Out of the Girl Brooks & Dunn

Singles released by Canadian artists

US CAN Single Artist Notes
16 Burnin' Gil Grand
16 Catalina Sunrise Sean Hogan
9 Convoy Paul Brandt
52 4 Die of a Broken Heart Carolyn Dawn Johnson
11 Heroes Gord Bamford
7 I Feel a Sin Comin' On Jason McCoy
10 I Saved Everything Deric Ruttan
3 ? I Wanna Do It All Terri Clark
7 I'll Never Do Better Than You George Canyon
18 ? It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing Shania Twain
4 Leavin' Paul Brandt
7 My Way Aaron Pritchett
6 Never Be Another Adam Gregory
15 Never Comin' Down Gil Grand
7 North Dakota Boy Doc Walker
18 Not Again Chris Cummings
7 3 Party for Two Shania Twain with Billy Currington
  • A pop version of this song was also released, featuring Mark McGrath as a duet partner.
9 ? She's Not Just a Pretty Face Shania Twain
13 ? Simple Life Carolyn Dawn Johnson
19 Time After Time Jake Mathews
15 Turn It Up (I Like the Sound of That) Aaron Lines
14 Wildflower Lisa Brokop
13 You Still Own Me Johnny Reid

Top new album releases

See also: List of number-one country albums of 2004 (U.S.)
US Album Artist Record Label
6 42 Ultimate Hits Kenny Rogers Capitol Nashville
1 50 Number Ones George Strait MCA Nashville
1 Be Here Keith Urban Capitol Nashville
5 Between Here and Gone Mary Chapin Carpenter Columbia
3 Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill Blake Shelton Warner Bros.
10 Blue Collar Comedy Tour Rides Again Soundtrack Various Artists Warner Bros.
9 Definitive All-Time Greatest Hits John Denver RCA
9 Dress Rehearsal Carolyn Dawn Johnson Arista Nashville
1 Feels Like Today Rascal Flatts Lyric Street
1 Greatest Hits Shania Twain Mercury Nashville
2 Greatest Hits Lee Ann Womack MCA Nashville
4 Greatest Hits 1994–2004 Terri Clark Mercury Nashville
2 Greatest Hits 2 Toby Keith DreamWorks Nashville
2 Greatest Hits Collection II Brooks & Dunn Arista Nashville
7 Have Your Loved Ones Spayed or Neutered Jeff Foxworthy Warner Bros.
1 Here for the Party Gretchen Wilson Epic
1 Horse of a Different Color Big & Rich Warner Bros.
2 Josh Gracin Josh Gracin Lyric Street
9 Julie Roberts Julie Roberts Mercury Nashville
2 Let's Be Us Again Lonestar BNA
3 Letters from Home John Michael Montgomery Warner Bros.
1 License to Chill Jimmy Buffett Mailboat
1 Live Like You Were Dying Tim McGraw Curb
6 Lonely Runs Both Ways Alison Krauss & Union Station Rounder
6 Lucky Ones Pat Green Republic
7 My Honky Tonk History Travis Tritt Columbia
10 Outlaws and Angels Willie Nelson Lost Highway
4 Patient Man Brad Cotter Epic
9 Patriotic Country Various Artists BMG Heritage
3 Revelation Joe Nichols Universal South
10 Shaken Not Stirred Phil Vassar Arista Nashville
7 Songs Inspired by the Passion of the Christ Various Artists Universal South
5 Soul Gravy Cross Canadian Ragweed Universal South
3 Spend My Time Clint Black Equity
2 Strong Tracy Lawrence DreamWorks Nashville
2 Sweet Right Here SHeDAISY Lyric Street
7 This I Gotta See Andy Griggs RCA Nashville
3 Twice the Speed of Life Sugarland Mercury Nashville
10 Ultimate Alabama Alabama RCA Nashville
2 Van Lear Rose Loretta Lynn Interscope
10 The Very Best of Dwight Yoakam Dwight Yoakam Rhino
10 The Very Best of Randy Travis Randy Travis Rhino
8 A Very Larry Christmas Larry the Cable Guy Warner Bros.
1 What I Do Alan Jackson Arista Nashville
1 When the Sun Goes Down Kenny Chesney BNA
8 Where I Belong Rachel Proctor BNA
2 You Do Your Thing Montgomery Gentry Columbia

Other top albums

US Album Artist Record Label
29 25 Number Ones Conway Twitty MCA Nashville
20 50 Years of Hits George Jones Bandit
28 Amazing Grace 3: A Country Salute to Gospel Various Artists Sparrow
17 Big & Rich's Super Galactic Fan Pak Big & Rich Warner Bros.
15 Bipolar and Proud Cledus T. Judd Koch
32 Blue County Blue County Curb
46 Christmas with You Clint Black Equity
12 Darryl Worley Darryl Worley DreamWorks Nashville
61 Days of Our Lives James Otto Mercury Nashville
27 A Decade of Laughs Bill Engvall Warner Bros.
52 The Definitive Collection Patsy Cline MCA Nashville
48 The Definitive Collection Don Williams MCA Nashville
37 Elvis at Sun Elvis Presley RCA
30 Elvis: Ultimate Gospel Elvis Presley RCA
72 The Essential David Allan Coe David Allan Coe Legacy
11 Greatest Hits Rodney Carrington Capitol Nashville
23 Have a Fun Christmas Various Artists Time Life
45 Heroes The Isaacs Gaither
50 Hurt by the Best Raymond Harris Cane
12 It Always Will Be Willie Nelson Lost Highway
42 Katrina Elam Katrina Elam Universal South
34 Keith Urban in the Ranch The Ranch Capitol Nashville
22 Live and Well Dolly Parton Blue Eye
27 Live at Billy Bob's Texas Willie Nelson Smith
49 Lone Starry Night John Arthur Martinez Dualtone
31 Loose, Loud, & Crazy Kevin Fowler Equity
67 Mountain Tracks: Volume 3 Yonder Mountain String Band Frog Pad
27 My Mother's Hymn Book Johnny Cash Lost Highway
23 The Notorious Cherry Bombs The Notorious Cherry Bombs Universal South
68 Old Crow Medicine Show Old Crow Medicine Show Nettwerk
35 One Good Friend George Canyon Universal South
23 Passing Through Randy Travis Word/Curb
12 The Revolution Starts Now Steve Earle E-Squared
23 Savin' the Honky Tonk Mark Chesnutt Vivaton!
25 Shimmy Down the Chimney: A Country Christmas Various Artists Capitol Nashville
49 Show Me How Lorrie Morgan Image
46 This Is Americana Various Artists Americana Music Association
42 Tougher Than Nails Joe Diffie Broken Bow
47 A Traditional Christmas Joe Nichols Universal South
22 Trent Willmon Trent Willmon Columbia
46 Tryin' to Get There David Lee Murphy Koch
16 Ultimate Waylon Jennings Waylon Jennings RCA Nashville
39 Unforgettable Merle Haggard Capitol Nashville
31 Wayward Angel Kasey Chambers Warner Bros.
13 What a Wonderful World LeAnn Rimes Asylum-Curb
12 What If? Emerson Drive DreamWorks Nashville
35 Wheels of Fortune The Flatlanders New West

Deaths

  • June 10 — Ray Charles, 74, multi-talented artist who combined elements of pop, rhythm and blues, soul and jazz with country music.
  • September 19 — Skeeter Davis, 72, best known for "The End of the World."
  • September 23 — Roy Drusky, 74, Grand Ole Opry star and smooth countrypolitan stylist of the 1960s.
  • December 27 — Hank Garland, 74, country and jazz guitar pioneer.
  • October 24 — Angela Herzberg, 36, wife of Gary Allan. (suicide)

Hall of Fame inductees

Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

Major awards

Grammy Awards

(presented February 13, 2005 in Los Angeles)

Juno Awards

(presented April 3, 2005 in Winnipeg)

CMT Flameworthy Video Music Awards

(presented April 21 in Nashville)

Academy of Country Music

(presented May 17, 2005 in Las Vegas)

Canadian Country Music Association

(presented September 13 in Edmonton)

Country Music Association

(presented November 9 in Nashville)

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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