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This Date in Country Music History

2021 – Taylor Swift topped the country album chart with her album Fearless (Taylor’s Version)
2020 – Harold Reid of The Statler Brothers passed away due to kidney failure
2015 – Michael Ray made his Grand Ole Opry debut
2015 – The George Jones Museum opened in Nashville, TN
2012 – Lee Brice released his album Hard 2 Love
2012 – Kip Moore released his album Up All Night
2001 – Tim McGraw released his album Set This Circus Down
1999 – Jessica Andrews made her Grand Ole Opry debut
1993 – Sammy Kershaw topped the charts with “She Don’t Know She’s Beautiful”
1991 – Garth Brooks took home 6 ACM Awards: Entertainer, Male Vocalist, Album, Song, Single, and Video

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2023 – A statue of Charley Pride is unveiled at the Icon Walk at the Ryman Auditorium
2020 – Lee Brice released his song “One of Them Girls”
2019 – George Strait scored a #1 album with Honky Tonk Time Machine
2018 – Jason Aldean released his album Rearview Town
2012 – Jana Kramer made her Grand Ole Opry debut
2010 – Laura Bell Bundy released her album Achin’ and Shakin’
1999 – Andy Griggs released his debut album You Won’t Ever Be Lonely
1996 – Lonestar scored their first career #1 hit with “No News”
1991 – Alabama topped the charts for the first of 3 weeks with “Down Home”
1963 – Bill Anderson topped the charts with “Still”
1959 – George Jones scored his first career #1 hit with “White Lightning”

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2023 – Ashley McBryde released her single “Light On in the Kitchen”
2021 – Thomas Rhett scored a #1 single with “What’s Your Country Song”
2020 – Joe Diffie announced that he had contracted COVID-19, which would take his life in the coming days
2020 – Ingrid Andress released her album Lady Like
2020 – Wade Bowen & Randy Rogers released their Texas Country hit “Hold My Beer”
2018 – The 2018 Country Music Hall of Fame inductees were announced: Ricky Skaggs, Dottie West, and Johnny Gimble
2018 – Lee Brice’s single “A Woman Like You” was certified Double Platinum
2018 – Brantley Gilbert’s single “The Weekend” was certified Platinum
2007 – Tim McGraw released his album Let It Go
1999 – Kenny Chesney topped the charts for the first of 6 weeks with “How Forever Feels”
1971 – Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn topped the charts with “After The Fire Is Gone”
1965 – Roger Miller topped the charts with “King of the Road”

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This Date in Country Music History

2020 – Garth Brooks released his album Fun
2020 – Lee Brice released his album Hey World
2014 – Ty Herndon became the first male country artist to reveal publicly that he was gay, prompting Billy Gilman to make the same announcement hours later
2014 – Brantley Gilbert’s single “Kick it in the Sticks” was certified platinum
2013 – The Zac Brown Band scored a platinum album with Uncaged
2004 – Lonestar scored a #1 hit with “Mr. Mom”
1961 – Jimmy Dean topped the charts with “Big Bad John”
1954 – Gene Autry made his debut on the Grand Ole Opry

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