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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1996.
Overview of the events of 1996 in country music
Events [ ]
June 28 — First annual Country Stampede Music Festival begins
October 6 — Tim McGraw and Faith Hill are married, and quickly become country music's most visible couple. Their friendship grew into romance during their successful "Spontaneous Combustion" tour that year.
Top hits of the year [ ]
Singles released by American artists [ ]
Singles released by Canadian artists [ ]
Top new album releases [ ]
US
CAN
Album
Artist
Record Label
21
All the Good 'Uns (The Best of Ian Tyson)
Ian Tyson
Stony Plain
10
Anne Murray
Anne Murray
SBK/Capitol
13
The Best of Country Heat
Various Artists
BMG
17
9
The Best of Country Sing the Best of Disney
Various Artists
Walt Disney
7
3
Between Now and Forever
Bryan White
Asylum
12
18
Big Love
Tracy Byrd
MCA Nashville
13
The Birth of a Star
Patsy Cline
Razor & Tie
1
1
Blue
LeAnn Rimes
Curb
1
3
Blue Clear Sky
George Strait
MCA Nashville
6
Blue Moon
Toby Keith
A&M
5
Blue Plate Special
Prairie Oyster
Velvel
1
1
Borderline
Brooks & Dunn
Arista Nashville
33
12
BR5-49
BR5-49
Arista Nashville
14
1
Calm Before the Storm
Paul Brandt
Reprise
23
Christmas: The Gift
Collin Raye
Epic
18
Christmas Vol. II
Alabama
RCA Nashville
1
CMT Canada '96
Various Artists
BMG
1
Collection
The Rankin Family
EMI
3
Crank It Up: The Music Album
Jeff Foxworthy
Warner Bros.
2
1
Did I Shave My Legs for This?
Deana Carter
Capitol Nashville
6
16
Dreamin' Out Loud
Trace Adkins
Capitol Nashville
6
22
Everybody Knows
Trisha Yearwood
MCA Nashville
1
1
Everything I Love
Alan Jackson
Arista Nashville
9
9
Faces
John Berry
Capitol Nashville
74
6
For Me It's You
Michelle Wright
Arista Nashville
4
Friends & Lovers
Various Artists
Sony
9
10
Full Circle
Randy Travis
Warner Bros.
12
6
Gettin' Out the Good Stuff
David Lee Murphy
MCA Nashville
10
The Gift
Kenny Rogers
Magnatone
21
Goodnight Sweetheart
David Kersh
Curb
8
9
Greater Need
Lorrie Morgan
BNA
2
5
Greatest Hits
Clint Black
RCA Nashville
18
14
Greatest Hits
Mark Chesnutt
Decca Nashville
3
5
High Lonesome Sound
Vince Gill
MCA Nashville
27
21
Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best
Marty Stuart
MCA Nashville
23
I Stoled This Record
Cledus T. Judd
Razor & Tie
18
It's What I Do
Billy Dean
Capitol Nashville
14
4
IV
Diamond Rio
Arista Nashville
22
8
Jo Dee Messina
Jo Dee Messina
Curb
10
3
Just the Same
Terri Clark
Mercury/PolyGram
17
Learning as You Go
Rick Trevino
Columbia
74
18
Lisa Brokop
Lisa Brokop
Capitol Nashville
6
18
Living in a Moment
Ty Herndon
Epic
11
Makin' Hay
Farmer's Daughter
Universal
9
Me and You
Kenny Chesney
BNA
4
2
Measure of a Man
Kevin Sharp
Asylum
7
7
Neal McCoy
Neal McCoy
Atlantic
3
New Country 3
Various Artists
Warner
19
11
Not Fade Away (Remembering Buddy Holly)
Various Artists
Decca Nashville
11
On a Good Night
Wade Hayes
Columbia
61
14
One Ride in Vegas
Deryl Dodd
Columbia
3
13
A Place in the World
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Columbia
17
Politics, Religion and Her
Sammy Kershaw
Mercury/PolyGram
36
13
Reflections: Songs of Love
John Denver
RCA
7
8
The Restless Kind
Travis Tritt
Warner Bros.
2
1
Revelations
Wynonna
Curb/MCA Nashville
14
12
Ricochet
Ricochet
Columbia
4
The Road to Ensenada
Lyle Lovett
Curb
19
Shady Grove
Jerry Garcia & David Grisman
Acoustic Disc
72
11
Solid Ground
Ricky Skaggs
Atlantic
13
Somebody New
Rhett Akins
Decca Nashville
21
Somewhere Inside
Chris Cummings
Warner
20
4
Spirit
Willie Nelson
Island
12
11
Stars and Stripes Vol. 1
The Beach Boys
River North
21
Steppin' Country 2
Various Artists
Columbia
5
1
Ten Thousand Angels
Mindy McCready
BNA
3
3
Tennessee Moon
Neil Diamond
Columbia
43
20
That's Enough of That
Mila Mason
Atlantic
4
4
Time Marches On
Tracy Lawrence
Atlantic
20
14
Trail of Tears
Billy Ray Cyrus
Mercury/PolyGram
21
24
Treasures
Dolly Parton
Rising Tide
10
16
The Trouble with the Truth
Patty Loveless
Epic
8
Untamed and True 3
Various Artists
MCA
20
Used Heart for Sale
Gary Allan
Decca Nashville
5
14
What I Do the Best
John Michael Montgomery
Atlantic
16
What I Live to Do
James Bonamy
Epic
1
3
What If It's You
Reba McEntire
MCA Nashville
Other top albums [ ]
US
CAN
Album
Artist
Record Label
40
A.K.A. Wham Bam Sam
Hank Williams, Jr.
Curb
60
All Because of You
Daryle Singletary
Giant
74
Almost Alone
Chet Atkins
Columbia
53
Don't Fence Me In
Lari White
RCA Nashville
73
Elvis: Great Country Songs
Elvis Presley
RCA
51
Give Me Some Wheels
Suzy Bogguss
Capitol Nashville
56
Greatest Hits
John Anderson
BNA
60
Greatest Hits
Confederate Railroad
Atlantic
36
Hang of the Heartache
Desert Dolphins
Quality
39
Hit Country '96
Various Artists
K-Tel
43
The Hits
Hal Ketchum
Curb
26
I Lived to Tell It All
George Jones
MCA Nashville
47
I Will Always Love You and Other Greatest Hits
Dolly Parton
Columbia
53
Live
Jeff Foxworthy
Laughing Hyena
47
The Luv Collection: Real Luv
Various Artists
EMI-Capitol
60
28
Mandy Barnett
Mandy Barnett
Asylum
38
Mark Wills
Mark Wills
Mercury Nashville
45
"My Roots Are Showing..."
K. T. Oslin
BNA
38
NASCAR: Hotter Than Asphalt
Various Artists
Columbia
66
NFL Country
Various Artists
Gridiron
54
Now and Then
Shenandoah
Capitol Nashville
40
Paradise
John Anderson
BNA
32
P.O. Box 423
Duane Steele
Mercury/PolyGram
36
Remembering Stan Rogers: An East Coast Tribute II
Various Artists
Atlantica
50
The Rocky Mountain Collection
John Denver
RCA
32
Semi Crazy
Junior Brown
Curb
37
Smokin' Armadillos
Smokin' Armadillos
Curb
26
Some Things Are Meant to Be
Linda Davis
Arista Nashville
33
Stampede
Chris LeDoux
Capitol Nashville
38
Star of Wonder – A Country Christmas Collection
Various Artists
Arista Nashville
44
Starlite Lounge
David Ball
Warner Bros.
46
Super Hits
Alabama
RCA Nashville
66
Super Hits
Waylon Jennings
RCA Nashville
51
Super Hits
Keith Whitley
RCA Nashville
29
Three Hanks: Men with Broken Hearts
Hank Williams , Hank Williams, Jr. & Hank Williams III
Curb
54
Two Ways to Fall
Ty England
RCA Nashville
26
Unchained
Johnny Cash
American
42
31
You Still Got Me
Doug Supernaw
Giant
Births [ ]
July 23 – Danielle Bradbery , winner of season four of NBC 's The Voice .
Deaths [ ]
February 17 — Gus Hardin , 50, female singer best known for her Earl Thomas Conley duet "All Tangled Up in Love " (automobile accident)
March 4 — Minnie Pearl , 83, legendary comedian known for her trademark greeting, "How-dee!" and her straw hat with price tag; a regular on Hee Haw (stroke).
May 3 — Patsy Montana , 87, first female country singer to have a single sell one million copies ("I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart ").
June 16 — Anthony Armstrong Jones , 47, male singer best known for his Top Ten cover version of "Take a Letter Maria "
August 22 – Oliver "Doolittle" Lynn , 69, husband of Loretta Lynn and key figure in many aspects of her career.
December 10 — Faron Young , 64, Nicknamed "The Hillbilly Heartthrob", and "The Singing Sheriff" he had many hits including "Hello Walls " and "Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young " (suicide).
Hall of Fame inductees [ ]
Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductees [ ]
Country Music Hall of Fame inductees [ ]
Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees [ ]
Major awards [ ]
Grammy Awards [ ]
Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "Blue ," LeAnn Rimes
Best Male Country Vocal Performance — "World's Apart ", Vince Gill
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — "My Maria ", Brooks & Dunn
Best Country Collaboration with Vocals — "High Lonesome Sound ", Vince Gill (featuring Alison Krauss )
Best Country Instrumental Performance — "Jam Man", Chet Atkins
Best Country Song — "Blue", Bill Mack (Performer: LeAnn Rimes)
Best Country Album — The Road to Ensenada , Lyle Lovett (Producers: Billy Williams (singer) and Lyle Lovett )
Best Bluegrass Album — True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe , Various Artists (Producer: Todd Phillips )
Juno Awards [ ]
Country Male Vocalist of the Year — Paul Brandt
Country Female Vocalist of the Year — Shania Twain
Country Group or Duo of the Year — The Rankin Family
Academy of Country Music [ ]
Entertainer of the Year — Brooks & Dunn
Song of the Year — "Blue ", Bill Mack
Single of the Year — "Blue," LeAnn Rimes
Album of the Year — Blue Clear Sky , George Strait
Top Male Vocalist — George Strait
Top Female Vocalist — Patty Loveless
Top Vocal Duo — Brooks & Dunn
Top Vocal Group — Sawyer Brown
Top New Male Vocalist — Trace Adkins
Top New Female Vocalist — LeAnn Rimes
Top New Vocal Duo or Group — Ricochet
Video of the Year — "I Think About You ", Collin Raye (Director: Steven Goldmann )
ARIA Awards [ ]
(presented in Sydney on September 30, 1996)
Canadian Country Music Association [ ]
Country Music Association [ ]
Entertainer of the Year — Brooks & Dunn
Song of the Year — "Go Rest High on That Mountain ," Vince Gill
Single of the Year — "Check Yes or No ," George Strait
Album of the Year — Blue Clear Sky , George Strait
Male Vocalist of the Year — George Strait
Female Vocalist of the Year — Patty Loveless
Vocal Duo of the Year — Brooks & Dunn
Vocal Group of the Year — The Mavericks
Horizon Award — Bryan White
Music Video of the Year — "My Wife Thinks You're Dead", Junior Brown (Director: Michael McNamara)
Vocal Event of the Year — "I Will Always Love You ", Dolly Parton and Vince Gill
Musician of the Year — Mark O'Connor
RPM Big Country Awards [ ]
Canadian Country Artist of the Year — Shania Twain
Best Country Album — The Woman in Me , Shania Twain
Best Country Single — "Any Man of Mine ", Shania Twain
Top Male Vocalist — Charlie Major
Top Female Vocalist — Shania Twain
Top Group — Prairie Oyster
Outstanding New Artist — Jason McCoy
Top Country Composer(s) — Shania Twain
Further reading [ ]
Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs 1944–2005 – 6th Edition." 2005.
Other links [ ]
External links [ ]