1997 in country music

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"It's Your Love" sparks a renewed wave of songs that spend at least five weeks at No. 1, thanks in part to newer chart tracking methods and programming changes at country radio stations. However, as of 2007, no No. 1 song has approached the mega-week No. 1 status (i.e., spending at least 10 weeks at No. 1), a feat that was common through the early 1960s.

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  • Jimmie Rodgers is elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as an early influence).
  • Trisha Yearwood and LeAnn Rimes both record the song "How Do I Live" for the movie Con Air. Producers from the film ask Rimes to record it first but feel her version isn't what they are looking for due to the performance itself and her young age. Yearwood then records the song and releases at the same time Rimes releases her song. Rimes version is shunned from the country charts but reaches No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. Yearwood's version, meanwhile, peaks at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and also makes the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100.

[edit] Top hits of the year

[edit] Number one hits

(as certified by Billboard magazine)

Date Song Name Artist Wks. No. 1 Spec.
Note
January 11 Nobody Knows Kevin Sharp 4 C
February 8 It's a Little Too Late Mark Chesnutt 2
February 22 A Man This Lonely Brooks & Dunn 1
March 1 Running Out of Reasons to Run Rick Trevino 1 C
March 8 Me Too Toby Keith 1
March 15 We Danced Anyway Deana Carter 2
March 29 How Was I to Know Reba McEntire 1
  • Later in 1997, John Michael Montgomery reached #2 with an un-related song also titled "How Was I to Know".
April 5 (This Ain't) No Thinkin' Thing Trace Adkins 1 A
April 12 Rumor Has It Clay Walker 2 B
April 26 One Night at a Time George Strait 5
May 31 Sittin' on Go Bryan White 1 B
June 7 It's Your Love Tim McGraw
(featuring Faith Hill)		 6 1
July 19 Carrying Your Love With Me George Strait 4
August 16 Come Cryin' to Me Lonestar 2
August 30 She's Got It All Kenny Chesney 3 A
September 20 There Goes Alan Jackson 1
September 27 How Your Love Makes Me Feel Diamond Rio 3
October 18 How Do I Get There Deana Carter 1 B
October 25 Everywhere Tim McGraw 2
November 8 Love Gets Me Every Time Shania Twain 5
December 13 From Here to Eternity Michael Peterson 1 C
December 20 Longneck Bottle Garth Brooks 3
  • Also reached No. 1 on its fifth chart week.
  • 1 - No. 1 song of the year, as determined by Billboard magazine.
  • A - First Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist.
  • B - Last Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist to date.
  • C - Only Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist to date.

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[edit] Top new album releases

[edit] Other top albums

[edit] Deaths

[edit] Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

[edit] Major Awards

[edit] Grammy awards

[edit] Academy of Country Music

[edit] Country Music Association

[edit] 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.

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