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This Date in Country Music History – July 25th

Posted by admin at 7:48 am on July 25, 2025

Jul 252025

This Date in Country Music History

2022 – Lauren Alaina signed with Big Loud Records
2020 – Gabby Barrett scored a #1 single with “I Hope”
2018 – Jordan Davis earned his first Platinum single with “Singles You Up”
2017 – Cole Swindell’s single “Middle of a Memory” was certified Platinum
2013 – The Pistol Annies’ song “Hell on Wheels” was certified Platinum
2006 – Jake Owen released his debut album, Startin’ With Me
1995 – Charlie Rich, known for hits such as “Behind Closed Girls” and “The Most Beautiful Girl,” passed away from a blood clot in his lung
1992 – Garth Brooks scored a #1 hit with “The River”
1987 – Steve Wariner hit #1 with his song “The Weekend”

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Posted by admin at 6:20 pm on July 24, 2025

Jul 242025

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Posted by admin at 6:10 am on July 24, 2025

Jul 242025

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This Date in Country Music History

2021 – Walker Hayes scored a #1 Billboard Country Single with “Fancy Like”
2020 – Blake Shelton released his duet “Happy Anywhere” with Gwen Stefani
2020 – Hardy released his song “Give Heaven Some Hell”
2019 – Chris Stapleton’s album Traveller was certified Quadruple Platinum
2019 – Tim McGraw saw 5 singles get certified Platinum: “Something Like That,” “Just To See You Smile,” “When the Stars Go Blue,” “My Best Friend,” and his duet with Faith Hill, “I Need You”
2015 – Ashley Monroe released her album The Blade
2013 – Miranda Lambert‘s single “Gunpowder & Lead” was certified double platinum
2012 – Love & Theft released their second album, a self-titled release
1995 – Faith Hill released her single “Let’s Go To Vegas”

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Posted by admin at 6:10 am on July 23, 2025

Jul 232025

This Date in Country Music History

2021 – Walker Hayes scored a #1 single with “Fancy Like”
2021 – Dylan Scott released his song “New Truck”
2021 – Jason Aldean released his duet with Carrie Underwood called “If I Didn’t Love You”
2020 – The Eli Young Band’s single “Love Ain’t” was certified Platinum
2020 – Carrie Underwood’s singles “Something in the Water,” “Two Black Cadillacs,” and “Church Bells” were certified Double Platinum; “Good Girl” was certified Triple Platinum; and “Little Toy Guns” was certified Platinum.
2013 – Miranda Lambert’s single “The House that Built Me” earned double-platinum status
2013 – The Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood duet “Remind Me” earned double-platinum status
2013 – Jason Aldean’s single “Amarillo Sky” earned platinum status
2005 – Toby Keith topped the charts for the first of 6 weeks with “As Good As I Once Was”
2002 – Toby Keith released his Unleashed album
2002 – Joe Nichols released his debut album Man With a Memory
1994 – Alan Jackson scored a #1 hit with “Summertime Blues”
1988 –Vern Gosdin scored a #1 hit with “Set ‘Em Up Joe”
1986 – Randy Travis released his single “Diggin’ Up Bones”
1983 – The Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard duet “Pancho and Lefty” topped the charts as the #1 single

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Posted by admin at 1:24 pm on July 22, 2025

Jul 222025

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This Date in Country Music History

2022 – Lauren Alaina signed with Big Loud Records
2020 – Gabby Barrett scored a #1 single with “I Hope”
2018 – Jordan Davis earned his first Platinum single with “Singles You Up”
2017 – Cole Swindell‘s single “Middle of a Memory” was certified Platinum
2013 – The Pistol Annies‘ song “Hell on Wheels” was certified Platinum
2006 – Jake Owen released his debut album, Startin’ With Me
1995 – Charlie Rich, known for hits such as “Behind Closed Girls” and “The Most Beautiful Girl,” passed away from a blood clot in his lung
1992 – Garth Brooks scored a #1 hit with “The River”
1987 – Steve Wariner hit #1 with his song “The Weekend”