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This Date in Country Music History – December 12th

Posted by admin at 7:58 am on December 12, 2025

Dec 122025

This Date in Country Music History

2020 – Grand Ole Opry Member and Country Music Hall of Famer Charley Pride passed away due to complications from COVID-19
2019 – Luke Combs picked up a bunch of hardware. His album This One’s For You was certified Triple Platinum. His song “Must’ve Never Met You” was certified Platinum, his single “She Got The Best Of Me” was certified Double Platinum, and his singles “Beautiful Crazy” and “When It Rains It Pours” were certified Quadruple Platinum
2018 – Cole Swindell’s duet with Dierks Bentley “Flatliner” was certified Platinum
2018 – Eli Young Band’s single “Crazy Girl” was certified Triple Platinum
2011 – The Henningsens signed a record label deal with Sony Music Nashville
1998 – Faith Hill scored a #1 hit with “Let Me Let Go”
1996 – Clint Black received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
1987 – Reba McEntire scored a #1 hit with “The Last One To Know”

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Posted by admin at 7:25 am on December 11, 2025

Dec 112025

Brad Paisley

This Date in Country Music History

2023 – Dustin Lynch released his duet “Chevrolet” with Jelly Roll
2023 – Ashley Cooke released her single “Your Place”
2019 – Loretta Lynn’s biopic “Coal Miner’s Daughter” was added to the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress
2018 – Jaida Dreyer won the “Real Country” singing competition show on the USA Network that also featured Shania Twain, Travis Tritt, and Jake Owen as judges
2015 – Cam released her debut album Untamed
1999 – Brad Paisley scored his first career #1 hit with “He Didn’t Have To Be”

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Posted by admin at 6:47 am on December 9, 2025

Dec 092025

This Date in Country Music History

2017 – LANco scored a #1 hit with “Greatest Love Story”
2017 – The Tim McGraw/Faith Hill duets album The Rest of Our Life topped the album charts
2014 – Carrie Underwood released her two-disc Greatest Hits: Decade #1
1995 – Alan Jackson scored a #1 hit with “Tall, Tall Trees”
1989 – Garth Brooks scored his first career #1 hit with “If Tomorrow Never Comes”

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Posted by admin at 7:28 am on December 8, 2025

Dec 082025

Jason Aldean

This Date in Country Music History

2017 – Luke Bryan released his album What Makes You Country
2014 – Jason Aldean’s album Old Boots, New Dirt was certified platinum
1990 – George Strait topped the charts for the first of 5 weeks with his hit “I’ve Come To Expect It From You”
1982 – Country Music Hall of Famer Marty Robbins died of a heart attack in Nashville

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