1995 in country music
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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1995.
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Events[]
- February - Western Flyer releases "Cherokee Highway", a song against interracial violence. While the song does not chart, Martin Luther King Jr.'s widow Coretta Scott King invites the band to perform at his birthday celebration in Atlanta, Georgia.[1]
- December 31: Great American Country is launched by the Jones Radio Network. With a heavy emphasis on country music videos, the network is the first major rival to CMT.
Top hits of the year[]
Singles released by American artists[]
US | CAN | Single | Artist | Reference |
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3 | 2 | Adalida | George Strait | |
8 | 8 | All I Need to Know | Kenny Chesney | |
49 | 20 | All That Heaven Will Allow | The Mavericks | |
4 | 6 | Amy's Back in Austin | Little Texas | |
2 | 1 | And Still | Reba McEntire | |
2 | 18 | As Any Fool Can See | Tracy Lawrence | |
4 | 12 | Back in Your Arms Again | Lorrie Morgan | |
3 | 28 | Bend It Until It Breaks | John Anderson | |
11 | 3 | Between an Old Memory and Me | Travis Tritt | |
15 | 10 | Big Ol' Truck | Toby Keith | |
6 | 6 | Bobbie Ann Mason | Rick Trevino | |
7 | 2 | The Box | Randy Travis | |
16 | 12 | Bubba Hyde | Diamond Rio | |
26 | 14 | Cain's Blood | 4 Runner | |
2 | 4 | Can't Be Really Gone | Tim McGraw | |
3 | 3 | The Car | Jeff Carson | |
1 | 1 | Check Yes or No | George Strait | |
20 | 37 | Clown in Your Rodeo | Kathy Mattea | |
4 | 7 | Darned If I Don't (Danged If I Do) | Shenandoah | |
5 | 3 | Doctor Time | Rick Trevino | |
10 | 12 | Don't Stop | Wade Hayes | |
10 | 10 | Down in Flames | BlackHawk | |
23 | 7 | Down in Tennessee | Mark Chesnutt | |
1 | 9 | Dust on the Bottle | David Lee Murphy | |
13 | 20 | Faith in Me, Faith in You | Doug Stone | |
6 | 6 | Fall in Love | Kenny Chesney | |
23 | 2 | The Fever | Garth Brooks | |
19 | 23 | Finish What We Started | Diamond Rio | |
5 | 4 | The First Step | Tracy Byrd | |
3 | 8 | For a Change | Neal McCoy | |
3 | 3 | Give Me One More Shot | Alabama | |
14 | 7 | Go Rest High on That Mountain | Vince Gill | |
2 | 2 | Goin' Through the Big D | Mark Chesnutt | |
1 | 2 | Gone Country | Alan Jackson | |
1 | 2 | Gonna Get a Life | Mark Chesnutt | |
6 | 16 | Halfway Down | Patty Loveless | |
13 | 9 | Hard Lovin' Woman | Mark Collie | |
1 | 1 | The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter | Reba McEntire | |
51 | 18 | A Heart with 4 Wheel Drive | 4 Runner | |
24 | 20 | Heaven Bound (I'm Ready) | Shenandoah | |
22 | 4 | Here Comes the Rain | The Mavericks | |
4 | 11 | Here I Am | Patty Loveless | |
1 | 3 | I Can Love You Like That | John Michael Montgomery | |
1 | 12 | I Didn't Know My Own Strength | Lorrie Morgan | |
4 | 8 | I Don't Believe in Goodbye | Sawyer Brown | |
1 | 4 | I Don't Even Know Your Name | Alan Jackson | |
15 | 9 | I Got It Honest | Aaron Tippin | |
2 | 2 | I Let Her Lie | Daryle Singletary | |
1 | 1 | I Like It, I Love It | Tim McGraw | |
4 | 4 | I Think About It All the Time | John Berry | |
9 | 25 | I Wanna Go Too Far | Trisha Yearwood | |
7 | 9 | I Want My Goodbye Back | Ty Herndon | |
16 | 20 | I Was Blown Away | Pam Tillis | |
15 | 22 | I Will Always Love You | Dolly Parton & Vince Gill | |
7 | 3 | I'll Never Forgive My Heart | Brooks & Dunn | |
2 | 1 | I'm Not Strong Enough to Say No | BlackHawk | |
5 | 6 | I'm Still Dancin' with You | Wade Hayes | |
25 | 11 | If I Had Any Pride Left at All | John Berry | |
16 | 16 | If I Was a Drinkin' Man | Neal McCoy | |
4 | 4 | If I Were You | Collin Raye | |
2 | 7 | If the World Had a Front Porch | Tracy Lawrence | |
18 | 15 | If You're Gonna Walk, I'm Gonna Crawl | Sammy Kershaw | |
3 | 7 | In Between Dances | Pam Tillis | |
4 | 3 | In Pictures | Alabama | |
2 | 5 | The Keeper of the Stars | Tracy Byrd | |
7 | 8 | Lead On | George Strait | |
5 | 9 | Let's Go to Vegas | Faith Hill | |
4 | 1 | Life Gets Away | Clint Black | |
5 | 4 | Life Goes On | Little Texas | |
9 | 6 | Lipstick Promises | George Ducas | |
2 | 2 | A Little Bit of You | Lee Roy Parnell | |
7 | 20 | Little Houses | Doug Stone | |
1 | 1 | Little Miss Honky Tonk | Brooks & Dunn | |
24 | 12 | Look at Me Now | Bryan White | |
11 | 14 | Look What Followed Me Home | David Ball | |
9 | 13 | Love Lessons | Tracy Byrd | |
1 | 1 | Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life) | Pam Tillis | |
15 | 11 | Mississippi Moon | John Anderson | |
16 | 6 | My Heart Will Never Know | Clay Walker | |
1 | 24 | My Kind of Girl | Collin Raye | |
9 | 6 | Night Is Fallin' in My Heart | Diamond Rio | |
3 | 2 | No Man's Land | John Michael Montgomery | |
1 | 1 | Not a Moment Too Soon | Tim McGraw | |
1 | 2 | Not on Your Love | Jeff Carson | |
20 | 20 | Nothing | Dwight Yoakam | |
1 | 1 | Old Enough to Know Better | Wade Hayes | |
20 | 22 | On My Own | Reba McEntire | |
2 | 4 | One Boy, One Girl | Collin Raye | |
2 | 1 | One Emotion | Clint Black | |
6 | 7 | Party Crowd | David Lee Murphy | |
5 | 3 | Refried Dreams | Tim McGraw | |
4 | 38 | Safe in the Arms of Love | Martina McBride | |
2 | 1 | She Ain't Your Ordinary Girl | Alabama | |
1 | 1 | She's Every Woman | Garth Brooks | |
3 | 2 | Should've Asked Her Faster | Ty England | |
2 | 1 | So Help Me Girl | Joe Diffie | |
1 | 1 | Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident) | John Michael Montgomery | |
1 | 5 | Someone Else's Star | Bryan White | |
7 | 6 | Sometimes She Forgets | Travis Tritt | |
7 | 7 | Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart | Shenandoah/Alison Krauss | |
6 | 11 | Song for the Life | Alan Jackson | |
27 | 17 | Southbound | Sammy Kershaw | |
27 | 18 | Southern Grace | Little Texas | |
2 | 6 | Standing on the Edge of Goodbye | John Berry | |
8 | 10 | Stay Forever | Hal Ketchum | |
33 | 17 | Storm in the Heartland | Billy Ray Cyrus | |
1 | 1 | Summer's Comin' | Clint Black | |
1 | 1 | Tall, Tall Trees | Alan Jackson | |
2 | 3 | Tell Me I Was Dreaming | Travis Tritt | |
6 | 2 | Tender When I Want to Be | Mary Chapin Carpenter | |
8 | 11 | Tequila Talkin' | Lonestar | |
1 | 1 | Texas Tornado | Tracy Lawrence | |
3 | 7 | That Ain't My Truck | Rhett Akins | |
1 | 10 | That's as Close as I'll Get to Loving You | Aaron Tippin | |
10 | 18 | That's How You Know (When You're in Love) | Lari White | |
7 | 9 | That's Just About Right | BlackHawk | |
3 | 8 | They're Playin' Our Song | Neal McCoy | |
1 | 4 | Thinkin' About You | Trisha Yearwood | |
5 | 1 | This Is Me | Randy Travis | |
6 | 10 | This Is Me Missing You | James House | |
11 | 5 | (This Thing Called) Wantin' and Havin' It All | Sawyer Brown | |
2 | 5 | This Time | Sawyer Brown | |
1 | 2 | This Woman and This Man | Clay Walker | |
2 | 6 | Till You Love Me | Reba McEntire | |
18 | 19 | Trouble | Mark Chesnutt | |
10 | 10 | Upstairs Downtown | Toby Keith | |
15 | 11 | Walking to Jerusalem | Tracy Byrd | |
1 | 1 | What Mattered Most | Ty Herndon | |
16 | 26 | What'll You Do About Me | Doug Supernaw | |
24 | 17 | When and Where | Confederate Railroad | |
3 | 7 | When You Say Nothing at All | Alison Krauss & Union Station | |
3 | 4 | Wherever You Go | Clint Black | |
4 | 3 | Which Bridge to Cross (Which Bridge to Burn) | Vince Gill | |
5 | 3 | Whiskey Under the Bridge | Brooks & Dunn | |
2 | 2 | Who Needs You Baby | Clay Walker | |
2 | 3 | You Ain't Much Fun | Toby Keith | |
4 | 1 | You and Only You | John Berry | |
2 | 2 | You Better Think Twice | Vince Gill | |
1 | 2 | You Can't Make a Heart Love Somebody | George Strait | |
5 | 17 | You Don't Even Know Who I Am | Patty Loveless | |
4 | 8 | You Have the Right to Remain Silent | Perfect Stranger | |
1 | 1 | You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone | Brooks & Dunn |
Singles released by Canadian artists[]
US | CAN | Single | Artist | Reference |
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1 | 1 | Any Man of Mine | Shania Twain | |
— | 20 | Better Off Blue | Rena Gaile | |
3 | 3 | Better Things to Do | Terri Clark | |
— | 7 | Black-Eyed Susan | Prairie Oyster | |
— | 1 | Bringing Back Your Love | One Horse Blue | |
— | 15 | Broken String of Pearls | Prescott-Brown | |
— | 6 | Chevy Coupe | Jim Witter | |
— | 1 | Don't Cry Little Angel | Prairie Oyster | |
— | 15 | Family Love | Farmer's Daughter | |
— | 1 | First Comes Love | George Fox | |
— | 10 | The Girl Is on a Roll Tonight | Terry Kelly | |
— | 4 | Head Over Heels | Blue Rodeo | |
— | 19 | Hina Na Ho (Celebration) | Susan Aglukark | |
— | 1 | Hopeless Love | One Horse Blue | |
— | 1 | (I Do It) For the Money | Charlie Major | |
— | 8 | I Don't Wanna Be the One | Patricia Conroy | |
— | 9 | I Really Dug Myself a Hole | The Goods | |
— | 1 | I'm Here | Charlie Major | |
— | 1 | Learning a Lot About Love | Jason McCoy | |
— | 9 | Life Is Just a Dream | Joel Feeney | |
— | 16 | Light in My Life | The Johner Brothers with Lisa Brokop | |
— | 20 | Listen to the Radio | Rebecca Miller | |
— | 18 | Missing You | Calvin Wiggett | |
— | 1 | O Siem | Susan Aglukark | |
— | 1 | Only One Moon | Prairie Oyster | |
— | 20 | Radioland | South Mountain | |
— | 18 | Roy Orbison Came On | Ron Hynes | |
— | 4 | Safe in the Arms of Love | Michelle Wright | |
— | 18 | Starting Right Now | The Johner Brothers | |
— | 18 | This Old Guitar | Jim Matt | |
— | 1 | This Used to Be Our Town | Jason McCoy | |
— | 10 | Time of My Life | George Fox | |
— | 16 | Two Broken Hearted Fools | Rick Tippe | |
— | 19 | Walkin' That Line | Tineta | |
— | 4 | The Wall | Michelle Wright | |
— | 1 | What Else Can I Do | Patricia Conroy | |
— | 1 | What's Holding Me | George Fox | |
— | 1 | What Kind of Man | Joel Feeney | |
11 | 1 | Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under? | Shania Twain | |
14 | 1 | The Woman in Me (Needs the Man in You) | Shania Twain | |
— | 5 | You Can't Resist It | Patricia Conroy | |
— | 14 | You Feel the Same Way Too | The Rankin Family |
Top new album releases[]
US | CAN | Album | Artist | Record Label |
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27 | 7 | 4 Runner | 4 Runner | Polydor Nashville |
1 | 1 | All I Want | Tim McGraw | Curb |
25 | 21 | All of This Love | Pam Tillis | Arista Nashville |
13 | 5 | Come Together: America Salutes The Beatles | Various Artists | Liberty |
3 | Country Heat 5 | Various Artists | RCA | |
8 | 4 | Dwight Live | Dwight Yoakam | Reprise |
6 | Endless Seasons | The Rankin Family | EMI | |
1 | 1 | Fresh Horses | Garth Brooks | Liberty |
2 | 6 | Games Rednecks Play | Jeff Foxworthy | Warner Bros. |
5 | 5 | Gone | Dwight Yoakam | Reprise |
17 | Greatest Hits | Little Texas | Warner Bros. | |
5 | 6 | Greatest Hits | Lorrie Morgan | BNA |
5 | 7 | Greatest Hits 1990–1995 | Sawyer Brown | Curb |
3 | 17 | Greatest Hits: From the Beginning | Travis Tritt | Warner Bros. |
1 | 1 | The Greatest Hits Collection | Alan Jackson | Arista Nashville |
22 | Gypsies & Lovers | The Irish Descendants | Warner | |
12 | Have Yourself a Tractors Christmas | The Tractors | Arista Nashville | |
19 | The Hits Chapter 1 | Sammy Kershaw | Mercury/PolyGram | |
14 | Hog Wild | Hank Williams, Jr. | Curb/Warner Bros. | |
10 | Hypnotize the Moon | Clay Walker | Giant | |
5 | 13 | I Think About You | Collin Raye | Epic |
12 | 10 | In Pictures | Alabama | RCA Nashville |
4 | 2 | It Matters to Me | Faith Hill | Warner Bros. |
2 | Jason McCoy | Jason McCoy | MCA | |
22 | 4 | Jeff Carson | Jeff Carson | Curb |
1 | 1 | John Michael Montgomery | John Michael Montgomery | Atlantic |
8 | Kickin' Country 3 | Various Artists | Sony | |
13 | Life Is Good | Emilio Navaira | Capitol Nashville | |
28 | 14 | Life's So Funny | Joe Diffie | Epic |
65 | 18 | Little Acts of Treason | Carlene Carter | Giant |
11 | 2 | Lonestar | Lonestar | BNA |
5 | Long Gone to the Yukon | Stompin' Tom Connors | EMI | |
25 | Looking for Christmas | Clint Black | RCA Nashville | |
17 | Looking for the Light | Rick Trevino | Columbia | |
6 | 15 | Love Lessons | Tracy Byrd | MCA Nashville |
4 | Lucky Man | Charlie Major | Arista | |
14 | Made for Each Other | Calvin Wiggett | Royalty | |
24 | Mr. Christmas | Joe Diffie | Epic | |
9 | 3 | Music for All Occasions | The Mavericks | MCA Nashville |
13 | 12 | NASCAR: Runnin' Wide Open | Various Artists | Columbia |
1 | New Country 2 | Various Artists | Warner | |
2 | 1 | Now That I've Found You: A Collection | Alison Krauss | Rounder |
18 | Nowhere to Here | Blue Rodeo | Warner | |
21 | O Holy Night | John Berry | Capitol Nashville | |
19 | Old Enough to Know Better | Wade Hayes | Columbia | |
12 | 23 | One | George Jones & Tammy Wynette | MCA Nashville |
10 | 2 | Out with a Bang | David Lee Murphy | MCA Nashville |
19 | The Redneck Test Volume 43 | Jeff Foxworthy | Laughing Hyena | |
42 | 10 | The Road Goes on Forever | The Highwaymen | Columbia |
10 | 7 | Something Special | Dolly Parton | Columbia |
3 | 3 | Souvenirs | Vince Gill | MCA Nashville |
12 | 9 | Standing on the Edge | John Berry | Patriot/Liberty |
1 | 1 | Starting Over | Reba McEntire | MCA Nashville |
9 | 7 | Strait Out of the Box | George Strait | MCA Nashville |
4 | 5 | Strong Enough | BlackHawk | Arista Nashville |
13 | 2 | Terri Clark | Terri Clark | Mercury/PolyGram |
3 | 18 | Thinkin' About You | Trisha Yearwood | MCA Nashville |
1 | This Child | Susan Aglukark | EMI | |
10 | This Thing Called Wantin' and Havin' It All | Sawyer Brown | Curb | |
45 | 23 | A Thousand Memories | Rhett Akins | Decca Nashville |
4 | Time of My Life | George Fox | Warner | |
12 | Tool Box | Aaron Tippin | RCA Nashville | |
24 | 10 | Tracy Lawrence Live and Unplugged | Tracy Lawrence | Atlantic |
13 | 30 | Ty England | Ty England | RCA Nashville |
4 | Untamed and True 2 | Various Artists | MCA | |
9 | 3 | What Mattered Most | Ty Herndon | Epic |
3 | The Wheel Keeps on Rollin' | Asleep at the Wheel | Capitol Nashville | |
21 | When and Where | Confederate Railroad | Atlantic | |
17 | 4 | Wild Angels | Martina McBride | RCA Nashville |
24 | 11 | Wings | Mark Chesnutt | Decca Nashville |
1 | 1 | The Woman in Me | Shania Twain | Mercury/PolyGram |
19 | Work of the Heart | Quartette | Denon | |
10 | You Gotta Love That | Neal McCoy | Atlantic | |
7 | 13 | You Have the Right to Remain Silent | Perfect Stranger | Curb |
Other top albums[]
US | CAN | Album | Artist | Record Label |
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39 | All I Need to Know | Kenny Chesney | BNA | |
41 | 27 | Amazing Grace: A Country Salute to Gospel | Various Artists | Sparrow |
43 | Any Way the Wind Blows | Brother Phelps | Asylum | |
73 | Born That Way | Boy Howdy | Curb | |
69 | Country Dance Super Hits | Various Artists | K-Tel | |
44 | Daryle Singletary | Daryle Singletary | Giant | |
48 | Days Gone By | James House | Epic | |
45 | Faith in Me, Faith in You | Doug Stone | Epic | |
28 | Fire to Fire | Tanya Tucker | Liberty | |
36 | A Gene MacLellan Tribute | John Gracie | Atlantica | |
57 | George Ducas | George Ducas | Liberty | |
61 | Heart and Soul | Elvis Presley | RCA | |
48 | Junior High | Junior Brown | Curb | |
72 | Kim Richey | Kim Richey | Mercury/PolyGram | |
61 | Labor of Love | Radney Foster | Arista Nashville | |
68 | Letter to Laredo | Joe Ely | MCA Nashville | |
37 | The Marty Party Hit Pack | Marty Stuart | MCA Nashville | |
44 | The Moffatts | The Moffatts | Polydor Nashville | |
27 | The Original Volume 79 | Jeff Foxworthy | Laughing Hyena | |
72 | Restless | Shelby Lynne | Magnatone | |
35 | Sold Out Volume 80 | Jeff Foxworthy | Laughing Hyena | |
54 | Super Hits | Roy Orbison | Columbia | |
64 | Super Hits | Ricky Van Shelton | Columbia | |
26 | Ten More Miles | The Johner Brothers | Warner | |
66 | Today's Pure Country | Various Artists | K-Tel | |
63 | Today's Sizzlin' Country | Various Artists | K-Tel | |
37 | Under the Big Sky | Hemingway Corner | Epic | |
26 | We All Get Lucky Sometimes | Lee Roy Parnell | Career |
Births[]
- July 7 — Taylor Kerr, member of Maddie & Tae.
- September 18 — Maddie Font, member of Maddie & Tae.
Deaths[]
- May 25 – Dick Curless, 63, best known for his hit "A Tombstone Every Mile" (stomach cancer)[2]
- July 25 — Charlie Rich, 62, Grammy Award winning singer and songwriter ("Behind Closed Doors", The Most Beautiful Girl") (pulmonary embolism)
- November 10 — Curly Fox, 85, fiddler and one half of country-comedy duo Curly Fox and Texas Ruby.
Hall of Fame inductees[]
Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductees[]
Country Music Hall of Fame inductees[]
- Roger Miller (1936–1992)
- Jo Walker-Meador (born 1924)
Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees[]
Major awards[]
Grammy Awards[]
- Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "Baby, Now That I've Found You", Alison Krauss
- Best Male Country Vocal Performance — "Go Rest High on That Mountain", Vince Gill
- Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — "Here Comes the Rain", The Mavericks
- Best Country Collaboration with Vocals — "Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart", Shenandoah and Alison Krauss
- Best Country Instrumental Performance — "Hightower," Asleep at the Wheel, Béla Fleck and Johnny Gimble
- Best Country Song — "Go Rest High on That Mountain", Vince Gill
- Best Country Album — The Woman in Me, Shania Twain (Producer: Robert John "Mutt" Lange)
- Best Bluegrass Album — Unleashed, The Nashville Bluegrass Band
Juno Awards[]
- Country Male Vocalist of the Year — Charlie Major
- Country Female Vocalist of the Year — Shania Twain
- Country Group or Duo of the Year — Prairie Oyster
Academy of Country Music[]
- Entertainer of the Year — Brooks & Dunn
- Song of the Year — "The Keeper of the Stars", Dickey Lee, Karen Staley, Danny Mayo (Performer: Tracy Byrd)
- Single of the Year — "Check Yes or No", George Strait
- Album of the Year — The Woman in Me (Shania Twain)
- Top Male Vocalist — Alan Jackson
- Top Female Vocalist — Patty Loveless
- Top Vocal Duo — Brooks & Dunn
- Top Vocal Group — The Mavericks
- Top New Male Vocalist — Bryan White
- Top New Female Vocalist — Shania Twain
- Top New Vocal Duo or Group — Lonestar
- Video of the Year — "The Car" – Jeff Carson (Director: Michael Salomon)
ARIA Awards[]
(presented in Sydney on October 20, 1995)
- Best Country Album - Beyond the Dancing (Troy Cassar-Daley)
Canadian Country Music Association[]
- Bud Country Fans' Choice Award — Michelle Wright
- Male Artist of the Year — Charlie Major
- Female Artist of the Year — Shania Twain
- Group or Duo of the Year — Prairie Oyster
- SOCAN Song of the Year — "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?", Shania Twain
- Single of the Year — "Any Man of Mine", Shania Twain
- Album of the Year — The Woman in Me, Shania Twain
- Top Selling Album — The Hits, Garth Brooks
- Video of the Year — "Any Man of Mine", Shania Twain
- Vista Rising Star Award — Farmer's Daughter
- Vocal Collaboration of the Year — Jim Witter and Cassandra Vasik
Country Music Association[]
- Entertainer of the Year — Alan Jackson
- Song of the Year — "Independence Day", Gretchen Peters (Performer: Martina McBride)
- Single of the Year — "When You Say Nothing at All", Alison Krauss & Union Station
- Album of the Year — When Fallen Angels Fly, Patty Loveless
- Male Vocalist of the Year — Vince Gill
- Female Vocalist of the Year — Alison Krauss
- Vocal Duo of the Year — Brooks & Dunn
- Vocal Group of the Year — The Mavericks
- Horizon Award — Alison Krauss
- Music Video of the Year — "Baby Likes to Rock It", The Tractors (Director: Michael Salomon)
- Vocal Event of the Year — "Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart", Shenandoah and Alison Krauss
- Musician of the Year — Mark O'Connor
RPM Big Country Awards[]
- Canadian Country Artist of the Year — Charlie Major
- Best Country Album — Only One Moon, Prairie Oyster
- Best Country Single — "Such a Lonely One", Prairie Oyster
- Male Artist of the Year — Charlie Major
- Female Artist of the Year — Michelle Wright
- Group of the Year — Prairie Oyster
- Outstanding New Artist — Shania Twain
- Top Country Composer(s) — Jim Witter and
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
- Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs 1944–2005 – 6th Edition." 2005.
References[]
- ^ "Country song dares to tackle racism head-on". Deseret News. February 18, 1995. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
- ^ "Dick Curless, 63, A Country Singer". The New York Times. 28 May 1995.
Other links[]
- Country Music Association
- Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame
External links[]
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