This Date in Country Music History

• 2022 – Morgan Wallen scored a Billboard Country Singles #1 with “Thought You Should Know”
• 2021 – Blake Shelton released his album Body Language
• 2021 – Jordan Davis released his album Buy Dirt
• 2018 – Scotty McCreery’s single “Five More Minutes” was certified Platinum
• 2018 – Darius Rucker’s former pop/rock band Hootie and the Blowfish saw their album Cracked Rear View get certified 21-times Platinum for sales of over 21 million copies
• 2016 – Maren Morris made her Grand Ole Opry debut
• 2016 – Florida Georgia Line scored a #1 hit with “H.O.L.Y.”
• 2015 – HCM Daily Country Music News Update – Thursday, May 21st, 2015
• 2013 – Darius Rucker‘s True Believers album was released
• 2013 – Kellie Pickler was named the winner of “Dancing with the Stars”
• 2013 – Blake Shelton & Miranda Lambert open up NBC’s The Voice with a rendition of “Over You” in honor of tornado victims in Oklahoma
• 2013 – Hunter Hayes is awarded with triple platinum certification for his single “Wanted“
• 2012 – Blake Shelton‘s single “Over” was released
• 2012 – Jake Owen released “The One That Got Away” to radio
• 2002 – Emerson Drive‘s self-titled debut album was released
• 1994 – John Berry topped the charts with “Your Love Amazes Me”
• 1991 – Tracy Lawrence signs a record label deal with Atlantic Records
• 1988 – Kathy Mattea topped the charts with “Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Rozes”
• 1984 – Lee Greenwood‘s “God Bless the USA” is released as a single
• 1977 – Waylon Jennings topped the charts for the first of 6 weeks with “Luckenbach, Texas”

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