2004 in country music

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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in 2004.

Contents

Top hits of the year

The following songs placed within the Top 20 on the Hot Country Songs or Canada Country charts in 2004:

USCANSingleArtist
1 American Soldier Toby Keith
11 Back When Tim McGraw
1825 Break Down Here Julie Roberts
14 Come Home Soon SHeDAISY
18 Cool to Be a Fool Joe Nichols
11 Days Go By Keith Urban
65 Desperately George Strait
524Die of a Broken Heart Carolyn Dawn Johnson
7 Drinkin' Bone Tracy Byrd
910 Feels Like Today Rascal Flatts
12 Girls Lie Too Terri Clark
11 Good Little Girls Blue County
32 Here for the Party Gretchen Wilson
82 Hey Good Lookin' Jimmy Buffett
with Clint Black, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith and George Strait
4 Honesty (Write Me a List) Rodney Atkins
5 Hot Mama Trace Adkins
1227 How Far Martina McBride
926 I Can't Sleep Clay Walker
21 I Go Back Kenny Chesney
59 I Got a Feelin' Billy Currington
13 I Hate Everything George Strait
6 I Love You This Much Jimmy Wayne
3 I Wanna Do It All Terri Clark
410 I Want to Live Josh Gracin
10 If Nobody Believed in You Joe Nichols
13 If You Ever Stop Loving Me Montgomery Gentry
112 In a Real Love Phil Vassar
4 In My Daughter's Eyes Martina McBride
184 It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing Shania Twain
42 Let's Be Us Again Lonestar
24 Letters from Home John Michael Montgomery
2 Little Moments Brad Paisley
11 Live Like You Were Dying Tim McGraw
510 Loco David Lee Murphy
13 Long Black Train Josh Turner
12 Mayberry Rascal Flatts
18 Me and Emily Rachel Proctor
11 Mr. Mom Lonestar
17 My Last Name Dierks Bentley
17 Nothing On but the Radio Gary Allan
410 Paint Me a Birmingham Tracy Lawrence
73 Party for Two Shania Twain
with Billy Currington
1219 Passenger Seat SHeDAISY
2 Perfect Sara Evans
11 Redneck Woman Gretchen Wilson
1 Remember When Alan Jackson
1328 Rough & Ready Trace Adkins
119 Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy) Big & Rich
521 She Thinks She Needs Me Andy Griggs
9 She's Not Just a Pretty Face Shania Twain
13 Simple Life Carolyn Dawn Johnson
13 Some Beach Blake Shelton
124 Somebody Reba McEntire
1210 Songs About Rain Gary Allan
16 Spend My Time Clint Black
32 Stays in Mexico Toby Keith
13 Suds in the Bucket Sara Evans
34 Sweet Southern Comfort Buddy Jewell
22 That's What It's All About Brooks & Dunn
62 That's What She Gets for Loving Me Brooks & Dunn
54 Too Much of a Good Thing Alan Jackson
19 Tougher Than Nails Joe Diffie
2014 Trip Around the Sun Jimmy Buffett
with Martina McBride
1 Watch the Wind Blow By Tim McGraw
11 When the Sun Goes Down Kenny Chesney
& Uncle Kracker
110 Whiskey Girl Toby Keith
36 Whiskey Lullaby Brad Paisley
featuring Alison Krauss
22 The Woman with You Kenny Chesney
18 You Are Jimmy Wayne
3 You Can't Take the Honky Tonk Out of the Girl Brooks & Dunn
12 You'll Think of Me Keith Urban

Top new album releases

The following albums placed within the Top 50 on the Top Country Albums charts in 2004:

USAlbumArtistRecord Label
6 42 Ultimate Hits Kenny Rogers Capitol Nashville
1 50 Number Ones George Strait MCA Nashville
1 Be Here Keith Urban Capitol Nashville
5 Between Here and Gone Mary Chapin Carpenter Columbia
3 Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill Blake Shelton Warner Bros.
10Blue Collar Comedy Tour Rides Again SoundtrackVarious ArtistsWarner Bros.
9Definitive All-Time Greatest Hits John Denver RCA
9 Dress Rehearsal Carolyn Dawn Johnson Arista Nashville
1 Feels Like Today Rascal Flatts Lyric Street
1 Greatest Hits Shania Twain Mercury Nashville
2 Greatest Hits Lee Ann Womack MCA Nashville
4 Greatest Hits 1994–2004 Terri Clark Mercury Nashville
2 Greatest Hits 2 Toby Keith DreamWorks Nashville
2 Greatest Hits Collection II Brooks & Dunn Arista Nashville
7 Have Your Loved Ones Spayed or Neutered Jeff Foxworthy Warner Bros.
1 Here for the Party Gretchen Wilson Epic
1 Horse of a Different Color Big & Rich Warner Bros.
2 Josh Gracin Josh Gracin Lyric Street
9 Julie Roberts Julie Roberts Mercury Nashville
2 Let's Be Us Again Lonestar BNA
3 Letters from Home John Michael Montgomery Warner Bros.
1 License to Chill Jimmy Buffett Mailboat
1 Live Like You Were Dying Tim McGraw Curb
6 Lonely Runs Both Ways Alison Krauss & Union Station Rounder
6 Lucky Ones Pat Green Republic
7 My Honky Tonk History Travis Tritt Columbia
10 Outlaws and Angels Willie Nelson Lost Highway
4 Patient Man Brad Cotter Epic
9 Patriotic Country Various ArtistsBMG Heritage
3 Revelation Joe Nichols Universal South
10 Shaken Not Stirred Phil Vassar Arista Nashville
7Songs Inspired by the Passion of the ChristVarious ArtistsUniversal South
5 Soul Gravy Cross Canadian Ragweed Universal South
3 Spend My Time Clint Black Equity
2 Strong Tracy Lawrence DreamWorks Nashville
2 Sweet Right Here SHeDAISY Lyric Street
7 This I Gotta See Andy Griggs RCA Nashville
3 Twice the Speed of Life Sugarland Mercury Nashville
10 The Ultimate Alabama Alabama RCA Nashville
2 Van Lear Rose Loretta Lynn Interscope
10 The Very Best of Dwight Yoakam Dwight Yoakam Rhino
10 The Very Best of Randy Travis Randy Travis Rhino
8 A Very Larry Christmas Larry the Cable Guy Warner Bros.
1 What I Do Alan Jackson Arista Nashville
1 When the Sun Goes Down Kenny Chesney BNA
8 Where I Belong Rachel Proctor BNA
2 You Do Your Thing Montgomery Gentry Columbia

Other top albums

USAlbumArtistRecord Label
29 25 Number Ones Conway Twitty MCA Nashville
20 50 Years of Hits George Jones Bandit
28 Amazing Grace 3: A Country Salute to Gospel Various ArtistsSparrow
17 Big & Rich's Super Galactic Fan Pak Big & Rich Warner Bros.
15 Bipolar and Proud Cledus T. Judd Koch
32 Blue County Blue County Curb
46 Christmas with You Clint Black Equity
12 Darryl Worley Darryl Worley DreamWorks Nashville
27A Decade of Laughs Bill Engvall Warner Bros.
48The Definitive Collection Don Williams MCA Nashville
37 Elvis at Sun Elvis Presley RCA
30Elvis: Ultimate Gospel Elvis Presley RCA
11 Greatest Hits Rodney Carrington Capitol Nashville
23Have a Fun ChristmasVarious ArtistsTime Life
45Heroes The Isaacs Gaither
50Hurt by the BestRaymond HarrisCane
12 It Always Will Be Willie Nelson Lost Highway
42 Katrina Elam Katrina Elam Universal South
34 Keith Urban in the Ranch The Ranch Capitol Nashville
22 Live and Well Dolly Parton Blue Eye
27 Live at Billy Bob's Texas Willie Nelson Smith
49Lone Starry Night John Arthur Martinez Dualtone
31 Loose, Loud, & Crazy Kevin Fowler Equity
27 My Mother's Hymn Book Johnny Cash Lost Highway
23 The Notorious Cherry Bombs The Notorious Cherry Bombs Universal South
35 One Good Friend George Canyon Universal South
23 Passing Through Randy Travis Word/Curb
12 The Revolution Starts Now Steve Earle E-Squared
23 Savin' the Honky Tonk Mark Chesnutt Vivaton!
25Shimmy Down the Chimney: A Country ChristmasVarious ArtistsCapitol Nashville
49 Show Me How Lorrie Morgan Image
46This Is AmericanaVarious ArtistsAmericana Music Association
42 Tougher Than Nails Joe Diffie Broken Bow
47 A Traditional Christmas Joe Nichols Universal South
22 Trent Willmon Trent Willmon Columbia
46 Tryin' to Get There David Lee Murphy Koch
16 Ultimate Waylon Jennings Waylon Jennings RCA Nashville
39Unforgettable Merle Haggard Capitol Nashville
31 Wayward Angel Kasey Chambers Warner Bros.
13 What a Wonderful World LeAnn Rimes Asylum-Curb
12 What If? Emerson Drive DreamWorks Nashville
35Wheels of Fortune The Flatlanders New West

Births

Deaths

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

(presented February 13, 2005 in Los Angeles)

Juno Awards

(presented April 3, 2005 in Winnipeg)

CMT Flameworthy Video Music Awards

(presented April 21 in Nashville)

Americana Music Honors & Awards

Academy of Country Music

(presented May 17, 2005 in Las Vegas)

ARIA Awards

(presented in Sydney on October 17, 2004)

Canadian Country Music Association

(presented September 13 in Edmonton)

Country Music Association

(presented November 9 in Nashville)

Further reading

See also

References

  1. "Sam Hogin, Co-Writer of "A Broken Wing," Dies". CMT.com. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved 2015-04-30.