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This Date in Country Music History – May 21st

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This Date in Country Music History

2022 – Morgan Wallen scored a Billboard Country Singles #1 with “Thought You Should Know”
2021 – Blake Shelton released his album Body Language
2021 – Jordan Davis released his album Buy Dirt
2018 – Scotty McCreery’s single “Five More Minutes” was certified Platinum
2018 – Darius Rucker’s former pop/rock band Hootie and the Blowfish saw their album Cracked Rear View get certified 21-times Platinum for sales of over 21 million copies
2016 – Maren Morris made her Grand Ole Opry debut
2016 – Florida Georgia Line scored a #1 hit with “H.O.L.Y.”
2015 – HCM Daily Country Music News Update – Thursday, May 21st, 2015
2013 – Darius Rucker‘s True Believers album was released
2013 – Kellie Pickler was named the winner of “Dancing with the Stars”
2013 – Blake Shelton & Miranda Lambert open up NBC’s The Voice with a rendition of “Over You” in honor of tornado victims in Oklahoma
2013 – Hunter Hayes is awarded with triple platinum certification for his single “Wanted“
2012 – Blake Shelton‘s single “Over” was released
2012 – Jake Owen released “The One That Got Away” to radio
2002 – Emerson Drive‘s self-titled debut album was released
1994 – John Berry topped the charts with “Your Love Amazes Me”
1991 – Tracy Lawrence signs a record label deal with Atlantic Records
1988 – Kathy Mattea topped the charts with “Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Rozes”
1984 – Lee Greenwood‘s “God Bless the USA” is released as a single
1977 – Waylon Jennings topped the charts for the first of 6 weeks with “Luckenbach, Texas”

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2024 – HCM Daily Country Music News – May 21st, 2024
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This Date in Country Music History – January 24th

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This Date in Country Music History

2025 – Kane Brown released his album The High Road
2022 – The Morgan Wallen and Ernest duet “Flower Shops” was released
2020 – Charley Pride made what would be his final appearance on the Grand Ole Opry
2013 – Taylor Swift‘s single “I Knew You Were Trouble” was certified triple-platinum
2013 – Lady Antebellum‘s single “Need You Know” was certified for sales of over 6 million digital copies
2012 – Tim McGraw released his album Emotional Traffic
2012 – Kellie Pickler released her album 100 Proof
2006 – Josh Turner released his album Your Man
2001 – Garth Brooks‘ album Double Live is certified for sales of over 14 million copies
1981 – Dolly Parton scored a #1 hit with “9 to 5”

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2025 – HCM Daily Country Music News – January 24th, 2025
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2022 – HCM Daily News – January 24th, 2022
2020 – This Week’s New Music – Week Ending January 24th, 2020
Today’s Birthdays – January 24th

Today’s Photo Flashback

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This Date in Country Music History – January 1st

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This Date in Country Music History

2024 – The Wildhorse Saloon in Nashville announced it’s closure after 30 years. It would later re-open as Luke Combs’ Category 10
2024 – John Michael Montgomery announced that 2025 would be his last year of touring
2020 – Ryman Hospitality launched The Circle Network
2011 – Kellie Pickler and songwriter Kyle Jacobs get married in the Caribbean
2011 – Shania Twain got married to Frederic Thiebaud
1994 – Faith Hill scored her first career #1 hit with “Wild One”
1971 – Tom T. Hall became a member of the Grand Ole Opry
1953 – Hank Williams passed away in West Virginia

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Today’s Birthdays – January 1st

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This Date in Country Music History – October 31st

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This Date in Country Music History

2020 – Lily Pearl Black made her Grand Ole Opry debut when her father Clint Black brought her out to perform “Temporary Home”
2006 – Kellie Pickler released her debut album Small Town Girl
2000 – Jamie O’Neal released her debut album Shiver
1998 – Shania Twain topped the charts with “Honey, I’m Home”

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This Date in Country Music History – October 27th

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This Date in Country Music History

2023 – Aaron Watson released his album Cover Girl
2020 – Blake Shelton announced his engagement to Gwen Stefani
2018 – Freddie Hart, a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and a former ACM Entertainer of the Year, passed away
2017 – Granger Smith released his album When The Good Guys Win
2014 – Sam Hunt released his debut album Montevallo
2014 – Taylor Swift goes pop full-time with the release of her album 1989
2013 – Kenny Rogers, Bobby Bare, and Jack Clement were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame
2007 – Josh Turner became a member of the Grand Ole Opry
2006 – Kellie Pickler made her Grand Ole Opry debut
2001 – Brooks & Dunn topped the charts with “Only In America”
1998 – Sara Evans released her album No Place That Far
1984 – Alabama scored a #1 hit with “If You’re Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle In The Band)”

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