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Information about 2004 In Country Music

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Events

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  • Lynn Anderson arrested near her home in Taos, New Mexico after being charged with a DUI for drunk driving. A motorist called the local police after noticing Anderson's car weaving in and out of lanes, almost causing an accident. Anderson later pulled over to the side of the road after spotting the police, where the police conducted a field sobriety test. She released on a $1000 bail the next day.

Top hits of the year

Number one hits

(As certified by Billboard magazine)
Date Song Name Artist Wks. No. 1 Spec.
Note
February 7Remember WhenAlan Jackson2B
February 21American SoldierToby Keith4
March 20Watch the Wind Blow ByTim McGraw2
April 3When the Sun Goes DownKenny Chesney
with Uncle Kracker		5C - Uncle Kracker
May 8You'll Think of MeKeith Urban2
May 22MayberryRascal Flatts1
May 29Redneck WomanGretchen Wilson5C
July 3If You Ever Stop Loving MeMontgomery Gentry1A
July 10Whiskey GirlToby Keith1
July 17Live Like You Were DyingTim McGraw71, 2
August 7SomebodyReba McEntire1B
September 11Girls Lie TooTerri Clark1B
September 18Days Go ByKeith Urban4
October 16Suds in the BucketSara Evans1
October 23I Hate EverythingGeorge Strait2
November 6In a Real LovePhil Vassar2B
November 20Mr. MomLonestar2B
December 4Nothing On But The RadioGary Allan2B
December 18Back WhenTim McGraw1
December 25Some BeachBlake Shelton4B
  • 1 – No. 1 song of the year, as determined by Billboard magazine.
  • 2 – Song dropped from No. 1 on August 7 and later returned to top spot on August 14.
  • A - First Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist.
  • B - Last Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist to date.
  • C - Only Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist to date.

Other major hits

Top new album releases

Other top albums

Deaths

Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

Major Awards

Grammy awards

(presented February 13, 2005 in Los Angeles)

Academy of Country Music

(presented May 17, 2005 in Las Vegas)

Country Music Association

(presented November 9 in Nashville)

Further reading

  • Kingsbury, Paul, "The Grand Ole Opry: History of Country Music. 70 Years of the Songs, the Stars and the Stories," Villard Books, Random House; Opryland USA, 1995
  • Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947-1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003 (ISBN 0-8118-3572-3)
  • Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 (ISBN 0-06-273244-7)
  • Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs 1944-2005 - 6th Edition." 2005.

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March 10 – During a concert in London, England, Dixie Chicks lead singer Natalie Maines said that the band was "ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas" (referring to Maines' hometown of Lubbock and President Bush hailing from the same state).
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American Idol." Although her first single, "Inside Your Heaven," tops the Billboard Hot 100 chart, the 22-year-old Underwood's influences and music are predominantly country.
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Lynn Anderson (b. Lynn Rene Anderson September 26, 1947) is an American country music singer. She was a consistent hit maker and one of country music's leading ladies throughout the 1970s.
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Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis.
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  • 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire.

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Released November 2003
Format CD Single
Genre Country music
Length 4:30
Label Arista Nashville
Writer(s) Alan Jackson
Peak chart positions
  • #1 - US Country
  • #29 - US Hot 100

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    Alan Jackson (born 17 October 1958 in Newnan, Georgia) is an American country singer and songwriter. Influenced by the new traditional country of the 1980s, he was one of the most popular country singers of the 1990s, blending both honky tonk and mainstream country sounds and
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    Events

    • 362 - Athanasius returns to Alexandria.

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    Released 2004
    Recorded 2003
    Genre country music
    Length 4:23
    Label DreamWorks Records
    Writer(s) Toby Keith
    Chuck Cannon
    Producer(s) Toby Keith
    James Stroud
    Peak chart positions
  • US Country - #1

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    Released 2004
    Genre Country music
    Length 4:36
    Label Curb Records
    Writer(s) Anders Osborne, Dylan Altman
    Producer(s) Byron Gallimore, Tim McGraw, Darran Smith
    Peak chart positions
  • US Country - #1

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    Tim McGraw (born May 1, 1967) is an American country music singer who has achieved many number one hits on the country singles and album charts, with total sales in excess of 40 million units.
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    Released 2004
    Genre Country music
    Length 4:50
    Label BNA Records
    Writer(s) Brett James
    Producer(s) Buddy Cannon, Kenny Chesney
    Peak chart positions
  • US Country - #1
  • US Hot 100 - #26

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    Matthew Shafer (born 9 November 1974, Mount Clemens, Michigan) better known by his stage name Uncle Kracker, is an American rock, country, and rap-rock musician.
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    Events

    • 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo

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    Released 2004
    Format CD single
    Genre country music
    Length 4:53 (album version)
    4:01 (radio edit)
    Label Capitol Records
    Writer(s) Darrell Brown, Dennis Matkosky, Ty Lacy
    Peak chart positions
  • U.S. Country - #1
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    • Keith Lionel Urban (born 26 October 1967, New Zealand), is a New Zealand country music singer. Two of his albums, Be Here (2004) and Love, Pain & the whole crazy thing (2006) have reached the Top 10 on the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart.
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    Released 2004
    Genre Country music
    Length 4:33
    Label Lyric Street Records
    Writer(s) Arlos Smith
    Producer(s) Mark Bright, Marty Williams, Rascal Flatts
    Peak chart positions
  • US Country - #1
  • US Hot 100 - #21

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    Rascal Flatts (IPA: /ˈræskəl ˈflæts/) is an American country pop band formed in Nashville, Tennessee in 2000.
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    Released 2004
    Format CD single
    Genre country music
    Length 3:42
    Label Epic Records
    Writer(s) Gretchen Wilson, John Rich
    Producer(s) Mark Wright, Joe Scaife
    Peak chart positions
  • 1 - US Country

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