2000 in country music

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See also: 1999 in country music, 2000 in music, other events of 2000, 2001 in country music and the List of years in Country Music

Contents

[edit] Events

[edit] Top hits of the year

[edit] Number one hits

(As certified by Billboard magazine)

Date Song Name Artist Wks. No. 1 Spec.
Note
February 5 Cowboy Take Me Away Dixie Chicks 3
February 26 My Best Friend Tim McGraw 2
March 11 Smile Lonestar 1
March 18 How Do You Like Me Now?! Toby Keith 5 1
April 22 The Best Day George Strait 3 Became Strait's 36th solo No. 1 hit,
a Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks
record for most solo No. 1 hits
(breaking a tie held by Conway Twitty and Merle Haggard).
May 13 Buy Me a Rose Kenny Rogers
(featuring Billy Dean
and Alison Krauss)		 1 B - Kenny Rogers
C - Billy Dean
A - Alison Krauss
  • Rogers became the oldest singer to have a No. 1 hit
    on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart,
    at 61 years, eight months and 22 days old breaking
    a 26-year record held by Hank Snow
    (who was 59 years and 11 months old
    when he scored with 1974's "Hello Love").
    Rogers held the record for three years.
May 20 The Way You Love Me Faith Hill 4
June 17 Yes! Chad Brock 3 C
July 8 I Hope You Dance Lee Ann Womack
(featuring Sons of the Desert)		 5 C - Lee Ann Womack
C - Sons of the Desert
  • Womack's breakthrough pop smash,
    which was also a major pop and adult contemporary hit
    for the artist who had usually released neo-traditional country.
August 12 What About Now Lonestar 4
September 9 It Must Be Love Alan Jackson 1 Cover of the 1979 Don Williams song,
which also was a No. 1 hit.
September 16 That's the Way Jo Dee Messina 4
October 14 Kiss This Aaron Tippin 2 B
October 28 The Little Girl John Michael Montgomery 3 B
November 18 Best of Intentions Travis Tritt 1 B
  • This song marked Tritt's return to Number One in six years, as his last chart-topping single was "Foolish Pride", which reached Number One in July 1994.
November 25 Just Another Day in Paradise Phil Vassar 1 A
December 2 We Danced Brad Paisley 2
December 16 My Next Thirty Years Tim McGraw 5
  • 1 - No. 1 song of the year, as determined by Billboard magazine
  • 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 to date.
  • C - Only Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist to date.

[edit] Other major hits

[edit] Top new album releases

[edit] Other top albums

[edit] Births

[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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