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  • 2024 – Carly Pearce released her album Hummingbird
  • 2024 – Koe Wetzel and Jessie Murph released their song “High Road”
  • 2019 – Luke Combs released his EP album The Prequel
  • 2019 – Morgan Wallen released his debut album If I Know Me
  • 2017 – Kelsea Ballerini released her single “Legends”
  • 2016 – RaeLynn signed a recording contract with Warner Brothers
  • 2014 – George Strait plays the final show of his “The Cowboy Rides Away” tour in Arlington, TX
  • 2013 – 2013 CMA Fest: Friday, June 7th
  • 2011 – Ronnie Dunn‘s first post-Brooks & Dunn album, titled Ronnie Dunn, is released
  • 2002 – Kenny Rogers made his Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 1997 – Tim McGraw and Faith Hill sit atop the charts for the first of 6 weeks with their duet “It’s Your Love”
  • 1993 – John Berry‘s self-titled debut album was released
  • 1991 – Alan Jackson joined the Grand Ole Opry

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  • 2022 – Jordan Davis released his song “What My World Spins Around”
  • 2022 – Dierks Bentley and Elle King released their duet “Worth a Shot”
  • 2006 – Danielle Peck‘s self-titled debut album was released
  • 2000 – Rascal Flatts‘ self-titled debut album was released
  • 1998 – George Strait scored a #1 hit with “I Just Want to Dance With You”
  • 1981 – Travis Tritt graduated from high school
  • 1970 – Conway Twitty scored a #1 hit with “Hello Darlin'”

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  • 2023 – Carrie Underwood released her single “Out of That Truck”
  • 2023 – Nate Smith released his single “World on Fire”
  • 2019 – Luke Combs’ single “Hurricane” was certified Quadruple Platinum
  • 2019 – Luke Combs’ single “One Number Away” was certified Double Platinum
  • 2017 – Kenny Chesney released his single “All the Pretty Girls”
  • 2012 – Alan Jackson‘s album Thirty Miles West was released
  • 2012 – Jana Kramer‘s self-titled debut album was released
  • 1993 – Conway Twitty passed away
  • 1993 – Toby Keith scored a #1 hit with “Should’ve Been a Cowboy”
  • 1943 – The Grand Ole Opry began airing from the Ryman Auditorium

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  • 2022 – Zach Bryan scored a #1 album with American Heartbreak
  • 2021 – Brett Young released his album Weekends Look a Little Different These Days
  • 2015 – Loretta Lynn and Jack White were inducted into the Music City Walk of Fame
  • 2013 – LeAnn Rimes‘ album Spitfire was released
  • 1996 – Kenny Chesney‘s Me And You album was released

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  • 2020 – Chris Janson’s single “Buy Me a Boat” was certified Triple Platinum
  • 2020 – The Miranda Lambert & Carrie Underwood duet “Somethin’ Bad” was certified Double Platinum
  • 2020 – Miranda Lambert’s single “Little Red Wagon” was certified Platinum
  • 2016 – Maren Morris released her debut album Hero
  • 2016 – Dan + Shay released their album Obsessed
  • 2014 – Joshua Scott Jones, formerly of Steel Magnolia, released his debut album The Healing
  • 2014 – Miranda Lambert released her album Platinum
  • 2008 – Jewel released her debut country album Perfectly Clear
  • 2006 – Dierks Bentley scored a #1 hit with “Settle for a Slowdown”
  • 1997 – Tim McGraw‘s Everywhere album was released
  • 1980 – Eddie Rabbitt‘s “Drivin’ My Life Away” is released as a single
  • 1972 – Donna Fargo‘s single “The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A.” reached #1 on the charts

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