1990 in country music

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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1990.

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List of years in country music (table)
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Events

Just 23 songs would reach the chart's summit in 1990, 13 of them multi-weekers; this was fewer than half the number that reached the top of the chart a year earlier, and the fewest since 1972.

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Top hits of the year

Singles released by American artists

USCANSingleArtistReference
1729 Ain't Necessarily So Willie Nelson
1516 Ain't Nobody's Business Hank Williams Jr.
11 American Boy Eddie Rabbitt
21 Back in My Younger Days Don Williams
1418 Back Where I Come From Mac McAnally
910 The Battle Hymn of Love Kathy Mattea & Tim O'Brien
1519 Black Coffee Lacy J. Dalton
1221 Black Velvet Robin Lee
54 Born to Be Blue The Judds
1111 Bring Back Your Love to Me Earl Thomas Conley
11 Chains Patty Loveless
25 Chasin' That Neon Rainbow Alan Jackson
11 Come Next Monday K. T. Oslin
24 Crazy in Love Conway Twitty
11 The Dance Garth Brooks
54 Dancy's Dream Restless Heart
73 The Domino Theory Steve Wariner
611 Don't Go Out Tanya Tucker with T. Graham Brown
43 Drinking Champagne George Strait
1554 Dumas Walker The Kentucky Headhunters
43 Fast Movin' Train Restless Heart
84 A Few Ole Country Boys Randy Travis & George Jones
19 Five Minutes Lorrie Morgan
57 Fool Such as I Baillie & the Boys
65 Fourteen Minutes Old Doug Stone
11 Friends in Low Places Garth Brooks
52 Ghost in This House Shenandoah
1016 Good Friends, Good Whiskey, Good Lovin' Hank Williams Jr.
11 Good Times Dan Seals
1616 Guardian Angels The Judds
11 Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart Randy Travis
47 He Talks to Me Lorrie Morgan
21 He Walked on Water Randy Travis
256 He Was On to Somethin' (So He Made You) Ricky Skaggs
135 Heartbreak Hurricane Ricky Skaggs
11 Help Me Hold On Travis Tritt
31 Here in the Real World Alan Jackson
86 Hillbilly Rock Marty Stuart
22 Holdin' a Good Hand Lee Greenwood
11 Home Joe Diffie
2612 Honky Tonk Blues Pirates of the Mississippi
2015 Hummingbird Ricky Skaggs
94 I Can't Turn the Tide Baillie & the Boys
78 I Could Be Persuaded The Bellamy Brothers
33 I Fell in Love Carlene Carter
3117 I Go to Pieces Southern Pacific
21 I Meant Every Word He Said Ricky Van Shelton
814 I Watched It All (On My Radio) Lionel Cartwright
45 I'd Be Better Off (In a Pine Box) Doug Stone
21 I'm Gonna Be Somebody Travis Tritt
33 I'm Over You Keith Whitley
11 I've Come to Expect It from You George Strait
11 I've Cried My Last Tear for You Ricky Van Shelton
64 If Looks Could Kill Rodney Crowell
65 If You Could Only See Me Now T. Graham Brown
2315 If You Want to Be My Woman Merle Haggard
1318 In Another Lifetime The Desert Rose Band
126 In My Eyes Lionel Cartwright
106 Island Eddy Raven
11 It Ain't Nothin' Keith Whitley
59 It's You Again Skip Ewing
11 Jukebox in My Mind Alabama
411 Just as Long as I Have You Don Williams
1719 Keep It in the Middle of the Road Exile
76 Leave It Alone The Forester Sisters
77 Little Girl Reba McEntire
2114 Love Is Strange Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton
11 Love on Arrival Dan Seals
11 Love Without End, Amen George Strait
31 Many a Long & Lonesome Highway Rodney Crowell
2517 Maybe Kenny Rogers (with Holly Dunn)
189 Moonshadow Road T. Graham Brown
22 My Arms Stay Open All Night Tanya Tucker
76 My Heart Is Set on You Lionel Cartwright
2212 My Past Is Present Rodney Crowell
37 Never Knew Lonely Vince Gill
11 Next to You, Next to Me Shenandoah
204 The Night's Too Long Patty Loveless
11 No Matter How High The Oak Ridge Boys
11 Nobody's Home Clint Black
23 Nobody's Talking Exile
21 Not Counting You Garth Brooks
31 Nothing's News Clint Black
819 Oh Lonesome Me The Kentucky Headhunters
137 Oklahoma Swing Vince Gill with Reba McEntire
53 On Down the Line Patty Loveless
11 On Second Thought Eddie Rabbitt
814 One Man Woman The Judds
87 Overnight Success George Strait
32 Pass It On Down Alabama
2316 Perfect Baillie & the Boys
813 Precious Thing Steve Wariner
43 Put Yourself in My Shoes Clint Black
3319 Puttin' the Dark Back into the Night Sawyer Brown
78 Quittin' Time Mary Chapin Carpenter
34 Richest Man on Earth Paul Overstreet
106 Right in the Wrong Direction Vern Gosdin
86 Runnin' with the Wind Eddie Rabbitt
1733 Searchin' for Some Kind of Clue Billy Joe Royal
65 See If I Care Shenandoah
22 Seein' My Father in Me Paul Overstreet
213 She Came from Fort Worth Kathy Mattea
1215 Simple Man Charlie Daniels Band
1411 Someone Else's Trouble Now Highway 101
148 Something of a Dreamer Mary Chapin Carpenter
618 Sooner or Later Eddy Raven
11 Southern Star Alabama
63 Start All Over Again The Desert Rose Band
21 Statue of a Fool Ricky Van Shelton
106 Story of Love The Desert Rose Band
21 Stranger Things Have Happened Ronnie Milsap
18 Tell Me Why Jann Browne
43 That Just About Does It Vern Gosdin
84 There You Are Willie Nelson
1419 This Ain't My First Rodeo Vern Gosdin
119 This Side of Goodbye Highway 101
1313 'Til a Tear Becomes a Rose Keith Whitley & Lorrie Morgan
23 Till I Can't Take It Anymore Billy Joe Royal
3918Till I See You Again Kevin Welch
2619 Time's Up Southern Pacific & Carlene Carter
31 Too Cold at Home Mark Chesnutt
21 Walk On Reba McEntire
11 Walkin' Away Clint Black
45 Walkin', Talkin', Cryin', Barely Beatin' Broken Heart Highway 101
32 Walking Shoes Tanya Tucker
33 Wanted Alan Jackson
2016 Western Girls Marty Stuart
25 When I Call Your Name Vince Gill
510 When I Could Come Home to You Steve Wariner
1011 When It's Gone Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
4018 When Love Comes Callin' Sawyer Brown
2117 When Somebody Loves You Restless Heart
1013 Where've You Been Kathy Mattea
11 Who's Lonely Now Highway 101
52 Wrong Waylon Jennings
75 Yet Exile
11 You Lie Reba McEntire
11 You Really Had Me Going Holly Dunn

Singles released by Canadian artists

USCANSingleArtistReference
20After All Anita Perras
20Ain't No Trains to Nashville Dick Damron
9Always Hum a Song in Your Soul Morris P. Rainville
4Bachelor Girl George Fox
12The Colour of Your Collar Gary Fjellgaard
19Couldn't See the Gold Tommy Hunter with Janie Fricke
10Daddy, Sing to Me Lisa Brokop
10Dreamin' Ain't Cheatin' Carroll Baker
56 Feed This Fire Anne Murray
623Goodbye, So Long, Hello Prairie Oyster
9 Here Comes My Baby Anita Perras
3How Many Times Family Brown
17I Broke His Heart Jenny Lee West
705 I Don't Hurt Anymore Prairie Oyster
9I Want to Fly Errol Ranville
9I'll Accept the Rose Rita MacNeil
10In My HeartGary Fjellgaard with Linda Kidder
10Lime RickeyGeorge Fox
14Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young The Good Brothers
10Luck in My Eyes k.d. lang
16Never Be Sorry Greg Paul
324New Kind of Love Michelle Wright
10No TrespassingGeorge Fox
19Once the Magic's Gone Cindi Cain
13PioneersFamily Brown
8Quittin' Time Michael Dee
9Rosanne Albert Hall
17Rumour Dan Rogers
10She Told Me SoThe Good Brothers
17Since the Rain Ian Tyson
7Somewhere on the IslandGary Fjellgaard
6Start of Something New Terry Carisse with Tracey Brown
10This Time Patricia Conroy
559Three Daysk.d. lang
10Touch My HeartAnita Perras
17Why Do I Think of You TodayRita MacNeil
7214Woman's IntuitionMichelle Wright

Top new album releases

USAlbumArtistRecord Label
21 10 Years of Greatest Hits Vern Gosdin Columbia
11 America (The Way I See It) Hank Williams, Jr. Curb/Warner Bros.
23 Black Velvet Robin Lee Atlantic
8 A Collection of Hits Kathy Mattea Mercury/PolyGram
3 Country Club Travis Tritt Warner Bros.
25 Cowboy Songs Michael Martin Murphey Warner Bros.
12 Doug Stone Doug Stone Epic
24 Duets Emmylou Harris Warner Bros.
9 The Eagle Waylon Jennings Epic
11 Extra Mile Shenandoah Columbia
6 Fast Movin' Train Restless Heart RCA Nashville
5 Greatest Hits Keith Whitley RCA Nashville
4 Here in the Real World Alan Jackson Arista Nashville
1 Heroes & Friends Randy Travis Warner Bros.
4 Highwayman 2 The Highwaymen Columbia
19 I Fell in Love Carlene Carter Reprise
21 I Watched It on the Radio Lionel Cartwright MCA Nashville
7 If There Was a Way Dwight Yoakam Reprise
23 Interiors Rosanne Cash Columbia
20 Laredo Steve Wariner MCA Nashville
1 Livin' It Up George Strait MCA Nashville
2 Lone Wolf Hank Williams, Jr. Curb/Warner Bros.
5 Love Can Build a Bridge The Judds RCA/Curb
5 Love in a Small Town K. T. Oslin RCA Nashville
21 Love Is Strange Kenny Rogers Reprise
1 No Fences Garth Brooks Capitol Nashville
13 On Arrival Dan Seals Capitol Nashville
12 On Down the Line Patty Loveless MCA Nashville
24 Out of the Shadows Billy Joe Royal Atlantic
17 Pages of Life Desert Rose Band Curb/MCA Nashville
3 Pass It on Down Alabama RCA Nashville
12 Pirates of the Mississippi Pirates of the Mississippi Capitol Nashville
1 Put Yourself in My Shoes Clint Black RCA Nashville
2 Rumor Has It Reba McEntire MCA Nashville
1 RVS III Ricky Van Shelton Columbia
11 Shooting Straight in the Dark Mary Chapin Carpenter Columbia
18 Tennessee Woman Tanya Tucker Capitol Nashville
25 Texas Tornados Texas Tornados Reprise
23 A Thousand Winding Roads Joe Diffie Epic
12 Too Cold at Home Mark Chesnutt MCA Nashville
12 Young Man Billy Dean SBK/Liberty

Other top albums

USAlbumArtistRecord Label
47 Blue Jungle Merle Haggard Curb
31 Born for Trouble Willie Nelson Columbia
45 Brand New Dance Emmylou Harris Reprise
44 Breaking New Ground Wild Rose Capitol Nashville
41 Buffalo Zone Sweethearts of the Rodeo Columbia
33 Bumper to Bumper T. Graham Brown Capitol Nashville
71Christmas Memories Steve Wariner MCA Nashville
54 Come Hold Me The Forester Sisters Warner Bros.
42 County Line Southern Pacific Warner Bros.
35 Crazy in Love Conway Twitty MCA Nashville
61 Different Kind of Fire Prairie Oyster RCA Nashville
63Down That River Road Larry Boone Mercury/PolyGram
27 Greatest Hits Highway 101 Warner Bros.
26 Greatest Hits Sawyer Brown Capitol/Curb
35 Greatest Hits, Volume II Earl Thomas Conley RCA Nashville
54 Greatest Hits Volume III Conway Twitty MCA Nashville
57 Hardin County Line Mark Collie MCA Nashville
45Have a Little Faith Jo-El Sonnier RCA Nashville
47 Heart Full of Love Holly Dunn Warner Bros.
64 Heart Over Mind Tammy Wynette Epic
69 Holdin' a Good Hand Lee Greenwood Capitol Nashville
74 Home for Christmas Dolly Parton Columbia
69How 'bout Us Girls Next Door Atlantic
63Imagine That The O'Kanes Columbia
34 Jersey Boy Eddie Rabbitt Capitol Nashville
73Keepin' Me Up Nights Asleep at the Wheel Arista Nashville
69Kevin Welch Kevin Welch Reprise
26Lacy J. Lacy J. Dalton Capitol Nashville
35 The Lights of Home Baillie & the Boys RCA Nashville
57Live at Liberty Lunch Joe Ely MCA Nashville
43 Lying to the Moon Matraca Berg RCA Nashville
49Marsha Thornton Marsha Thornton MCA Nashville
75Missing You The Marcy Brothers Warner Bros.
31Music, Memories and You The Statler Brothers Mercury/PolyGram
27 Neck and Neck Chet Atkins & Mark Knopfler Columbia
72 No Nonsense Barbara Mandrell Capitol Nashville
71 Reality Check The Bellamy Brothers Curb/MCA Nashville
53 The Rest of the Dream Nitty Gritty Dirt Band MCA Nashville
63 Simple Life Mac McAnally Warner Bros.
42 Still Standing Exile Arista Nashville
72Stone by Stone Tim Mensy Columbia
46 Tell Me Why Jann Browne Curb
62Tim Ryan Tim Ryan Epic
31 Tough All Over Shelby Lynne Epic
56 True Love Don Williams RCA Nashville
40 Version of the Truth Foster & Lloyd RCA Nashville
64 Well Travelled Love Kelly Willis MCA Nashville
51 What a Way to Go Ray Kennedy Atlantic
65When the Night Falls Black Tie Bench
66Wood, Wind and Stone David Lynn Jones Mercury/PolyGram
35 You Oughta Be Here with Me George Jones Epic
47 You Will Anne Murray Capitol

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Major awards

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ARIA Awards

(presented in Sydney on March 26, 1990)

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