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This Date in Country Music History

2023 – Keith Urban, Kix Brooks, David Lee Murphy, Rafe Van Hoy, and Casey Beathard were announced as inductees to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
2021 – Carly Pearce was inducted as a member of the Grand Ole Opry
2018 – Dan + Shay’s single “Tequila” was certified Platinum
2018 – Brett Eldredge singles “Lose My Mind” and “Mean To Me” were certified Platinum
2018 – Devin Dawson’s single “All On Me” was certified Platinum
2018 – Cole Swindell’s single Let Me See Ya Girl” was certified Platinum
2009 – Lee Brice released his single “Love Like Crazy”
1993 – Clay Walker‘s self-titled debut album was released
1991 – Johnny Lee made his Grand Ole Opry debut
1991 – Trisha Yearwood scored her first career #1 hit with “She’s In Love With the Boy”
1985 – Alabama topped the charts with their single “Forty Hour Week (For a Livin’)”

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2020 – Dan + Shay released their song “I Should Probably Go To Bed”
2019 – Blake Shelton earned Platinum singles for “I’ll Name The Dogs” and “God’s Country”
2019 – Keith Urban’s single “Somebody Like You” was certified Double Platinum
2019 – Morgan Wallen’s single “Whiskey Glasses” was certified Platinum
2019 – Chris Stapleton’s single “Millionaire” was certified Platinum, “Broken Halo” was certified Double Platinum, and “Tennessee Whiskey” was certified Six-Times Platinum
2019 – The Bebe Rexha collaboration with Florida Georgia Line “Meant To Be” was certified Eight-Times Platinum
2018 – The Morgan Wallen & Florida Georgia Line hit “Up Down” was certified platinum
2012 – Gloriana released their album A Thousand Miles Left Behind
2001 – Blake Shelton released his self-titled debut album
2001 – Cyndi Thomson released her debut album My World
1964 – Jim Reeves lost his life in a plane crash in Brentwood, TN

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This Date in Country Music History

2023 – Taylor Swift’s “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)” topped the Billboard country albums chart
2020 – Dustin Lynch’s single “Ridin’ Roads” was certified Platinum
2020 – Blake Shelton’s single “God’s Country” was certified Triple Platinum
2020 – The Blake Shelton/Gwen Stefani duet “Nobody But You” was certified Platinum
2020 – Chase Rice’s single “Eyes On You” was certified Double Platinum
2020 – Dan + Shay’s single “All to Myself” was certified Double Platinum
2020 – Kenny Chesney’s single “Get Along’ was certified Double Platinum
2014 – The Cadillac Three made their Grand Ole Opry debut
2014 – Jason Aldean released his single “Burnin’ It Down”
2008 – Sugarland released their Love on the Inside album
2006 – Brad Paisley scored a #1 hit with “The World”
2003 – Brian McComas released his self-titled debut album
2003 – Brad Paisley‘s Mud on the Tires album was released
1995 – Shania Twain scored her first career #1 hit with “Any Man of Mine”
1989 – George Strait topped the charts with his single “What’s Going On In Your World”
1977 – Kenny Rogers released his Daytime Friends album
1968 – Merle Haggard released his single “Mama Tried”

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