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2024 – Post Malone cross-over proved successful as he scored a #1 Billboard Country Album with F-1 Trillion
2023 – Zac Brown married model Kelly Yazdi
2020 – Blanco Brown was badly injured in a motorcycle accident
2020 – Bri Bagwell released her single “As Soon As You”
2020 – Casey Donahew released his single “Bad Guy”
2018 – Chris Janson’s single “Buy Me a Boat” was certified Double Platinum
2018 – Dan + Shay’s single “Nothin’ Like You” was certified Platinum
2017 – Lee Brice’s album Hard 2 Love was certified Platinum
2016 – Eric Church’s album Chief was certified Triple Platinum for sales of 3 million, and his album Carolina was certified Platinum
1993 – Garth Brooks released his In Pieces album
1974 – George Jones topped the charts with his single “The Grand Tour”
1968 – Jeannie C. Riley made her Grand Ole Opry debut
1968 – Merle Haggard topped the charts with his classic tune “Mama Tried”

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2022 – Don Schlitz became a member of the Grand Ole Opry
2021 – Midland released their single “Sunrise Tells the Story”
2019 – Trisha Yearwood released her album Every Girl
2019 – Craig Morgan released his single “The Father, My Son, and the Holy Ghost”
2011 – Scotty McCreery released his single “The Trouble With Girls”
2005 – Brooks & Dunn released their album Hillbilly Deluxe
1999 – Brad Paisley released his single “He Didn’t Have To Be”
1997 – Kenny Chesney scored his first career #1 hit with “She’s Got It All”

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2022 – Dylan Scott released his single “Can’t Have Mine”
2020 – Morgan Wallen scored a #1 single with “7 Summers”
2017 – Chris Young was invited to become a member of the Grand Ole Opry
2017 – Brett Young‘s single “In Case You Didn’t Know” was certified Double Platinum
2017 – Chris Young‘s album Neon was certified Platinum
2015 – Luke Bryan‘s album Kill the Lights topped the charts for the first of 8 weeks
2013 – Randy Houser‘s single “Runnin’ Outta Moonlight” was certified Platinum
2011 – Jake Owen released his album Barefoot Blue Jean Night
2005 – Alabama and Glen Campbell headline the 2005 class of inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame
2002 – Alan Jackson was nominated for a record 10 CMA Awards
1997 – George Strait released his single “Today My World Slipped Away”
1995 – Faith Hill released her album It Matters To Me
1981 – Ronnie Milsap scored a #1 hit with “(There’s) No Gettin’ Over Me”