2006 in country music

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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 2006.

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During that same 12-month time span, chart veteran George Strait extended his No. 1 string to a Billboard-best 41, beating Conway Twitty's record of 40 No. 1's, while Dolly Parton scored her 25th No. 1 (as part of a duet with Brad Paisley) and Kenny Chesney extended his string of No. 1's to 10.

Top hits of the year

The following songs placed within the Top 20 on the Hot Country Songs or Canada Country charts in 2006:

USCANSingleArtistReference
18 8th of November Big & Rich
11 Before He Cheats Carrie Underwood
821 Believe Brooks & Dunn
915 Boondocks Little Big Town
16 Brand New Girlfriend Steve Holy
413 Bring It On Home Little Big Town
42 Building Bridges Brooks & Dunn
95 Cheatin' Sara Evans
1523 Crash Here Tonight Toby Keith
1421 The Dollar Jamey Johnson
23 Don't Forget to Remember Me Carrie Underwood
1724 Down in Mississippi (Up to No Good) Sugarland
19 Drunker Than Me Trent Tomlinson
4514 Everybody Knows Dixie Chicks
12 Every Mile a Memory Dierks Bentley
715 Every Time I Hear Your Name Keith Anderson
1931 Favorite State of Mind Josh Gracin
1329 Feels Just Like It Should Pat Green
1631 Findin' a Good Man Danielle Peck
33 Get Drunk and Be Somebody Toby Keith
11 Give It Away George Strait
175 A Good Man Emerson Drive
28 Honky Tonk Badonkadonk Trace Adkins
1424 How 'Bout You Eric Church
1734 I Can't Unlove You Kenny Rogers
1225 I Got You Craig Morgan
19 I Loved Her First Heartland
11 If You're Going Through Hell
(Before the Devil Even Knows)
Rodney Atkins
11 Jesus, Take the Wheel Carrie Underwood
79 Just Might (Make Me Believe) Sugarland
1525 Kerosene Miranda Lambert
23 Last Day of My Life Phil Vassar
11 Leave the Pieces The Wreckers
420 Life Ain't Always Beautiful Gary Allan
1810 Life Is a Highway Rascal Flatts
1514 Like Red on a Rose Alan Jackson
510 Like We Never Loved at All Faith Hill
21 A Little Too Late Toby Keith
11 Living in Fast Forward Kenny Chesney
2320 Love Will Always Win Garth Brooks
with Trisha Yearwood
1221 Love You Jack Ingram
51 The Lucky One Faith Hill
615 Me and My Gang Rascal Flatts
1024 Mountains Lonestar
33 My Little Girl Tim McGraw
64 My Old Friend Tim McGraw
11 My Wish Rascal Flatts
47 Nobody but Me Blake Shelton
16 Nobody Gonna Tell Me What to Do Van Zant
3617 Not Ready to Make Nice Dixie Chicks
61 Once in a Lifetime Keith Urban
117 The Seashores of Old Mexico George Strait
13 Settle for a Slowdown Dierks Bentley
512 She Don't Tell Me To Montgomery Gentry
13 She Let Herself Go George Strait
96 Size Matters (Someday) Joe Nichols
714 Some People Change Montgomery Gentry
22 Something's Gotta Give LeAnn Rimes
11 Summertime Kenny Chesney
71 Sunshine and Summertime Faith Hill
2033 Swing Trace Adkins
22 Tonight I Wanna Cry Keith Urban
1931 Two Pink Lines Eric Church
11 Want To Sugarland
11 What Hurts the Most Rascal Flatts
12 When I Get Where I'm Going Brad Paisley
featuring Dolly Parton
41 When the Stars Go Blue Tim McGraw
111 Wherever You Are Jack Ingram
13 Who Says You Can't Go Home Bon Jovi
duet with Jennifer Nettles
14 Why Jason Aldean
1330 Why, Why, Why Billy Currington
11 The World Brad Paisley
15 Would You Go with Me Josh Turner
16 Yee Haw Jake Owen
34 You Save Me Kenny Chesney
12 Your Man Josh Turner

Top new album releases

The following albums placed within the Top 50 on the Top Country Albums charts in 2006:

USAlbumArtistRecord Label
6 21 Number Ones Kenny Rogers Capitol Nashville
1 American V: A Hundred Highways Johnny Cash American Recordings
4 Blue Collar Comedy Tour: One for the Road Various ArtistsJack
2 Brand New Girlfriend Steve Holy Curb
8 Brad Paisley Christmas Brad Paisley Arista Nashville
4 Broken Bridges soundtrack Various ArtistsShow Dog Nashville
2 Cannonball Pat Green BNA
3 Chris Young Chris Young RCA Nashville
10 A Classic Christmas Wynonna Judd Curb
1 Dangerous Man Trace Adkins Capitol Nashville
2 Enjoy the Ride Sugarland Mercury Nashville
6 Fortuneteller's Melody SHeDAISY Lyric Street
2 Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 Phil Vassar Arista Nashville
3 I Loved Her First Heartland Lofton Creek
1 If You're Going Through Hell Rodney Atkins Curb
1 It Just Comes Natural George Strait MCA Nashville
8 Just a Matter of Time Randy Rogers Band Mercury Nashville
4 Last Man Standing: The Duets Jerry Lee Lewis Artists First
1 Like Red on a Rose Alan Jackson Arista Nashville
10 The Little Willies The Little Willies Milking Bull
1 Live: Live Those Songs Again Kenny Chesney BNA
1 Long Trip Alone Dierks Bentley Capitol Nashville
1 Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing Keith Urban Capitol Nashville
1 Me and My Gang Rascal Flatts Lyric Street
4 Men & Mascara Julie Roberts Mercury Nashville
10 Mountains Lonestar BNA
7 Pay the Devil Van Morrison Lost Highway
1 Precious Memories Alan Jackson Arista Nashville
1 Reflected: Greatest Hits Vol. 2 Tim McGraw Curb
7 Sinners Like Me Eric Church Capitol Nashville
1 Small Town Girl Kellie Pickler BNA
5 Some People Change Montgomery Gentry Columbia Nashville
1 Songs of Inspiration Alabama RCA Nashville
4 Stand Still, Look Pretty The Wreckers Maverick/Warner Bros. Nashville
8 Startin' with Me Jake Owen RCA Nashville
1 Take the Weather with You Jimmy Buffett Mailboat
1 Taking the Long Way Dixie Chicks Columbia Nashville
1 Taylor Swift Taylor Swift Big Machine
3 That's How They Do It in Dixie: The Essential Collection Hank Williams Jr. Curb
4 These Days Vince Gill MCA Nashville
4 Totally Country Vol. 5 Various ArtistsSony BMG
5 Water & Bridges Kenny Rogers Capitol Nashville
2 White Trash with Money Toby Keith Show Dog Nashville
2 You Can't Fix Stupid Ron White Jack
1 Your Man Josh Turner MCA Nashville

Other top albums

USAlbumArtistRecord Label
26 16 Biggest Hits Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash Legacy/Columbia Nashville
43 All American Bluegrass Girl Rhonda Vincent Rounder
27 Back to Tulsa - Live and Loud at Cain's Ballroom Cross Canadian Ragweed Universal South
29Believe: Songs of Faith from Today's Top Country & Christian ArtistsVarious ArtistsArista Nashville
27 Big Iron World Old Crow Medicine Show Nettwerk
34Billboard #1s: Classic CountryVarious ArtistsRhino
31Black & Blue Roy D. Mercer Capitol Nashville
18 Black Cadillac Rosanne Cash Capitol Nashville
38A Blue Collar Christmas: Redneck StyleVarious ArtistsMadacy
34 Corn Fed Shannon Brown Warner Bros.
30 Countrified Emerson Drive Midas
20 Country Is My Rock Trent Tomlinson Lyric Street
44Country Legends: I Walk the Line Johnny Cash BCI
23 Danielle Peck Danielle Peck Big Machine
36 Different Things Tracy Byrd Blind Mule
20 The Dollar Jamey Johnson BNA
12 Electric Rodeo Shooter Jennings Universal South
14 Elvis Christmas Elvis Presley RCA
27Flicka SoundtrackVarious ArtistsStyleSonic
12 Greatest Hits II Diamond Rio Arista Nashville
35 Here and Now Darryl Worley 903 Music
46 How to Grow a Woman from the Ground Chris Thile Sugar Hill
26JC: Johnny Cash Johnny Cash Sun
45 John Corbett John Corbett Funbone
25 Kicking out the Footlights... Again George Jones and Merle Haggard Bandit
32Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector SoundtrackVarious ArtistsJack
12 Leave the Light On Jeff Bates RCA Nashville
28 The Legend of Johnny Cash Vol. II Johnny Cash Island
13 Little Bit of Life Craig Morgan Broken Bow
19 A Little More Livin' Trent Willmon Columbia Nashville
33 Live: Wherever You Are Jack Ingram Big Machine
28 Livin' Lovin' Rockin' Rollin': The 25th Anniversary Collection Alabama Legacy/Sony BMG
46 The Lost Trailers The Lost Trailers BNA
46 My Life Ronnie Milsap RCA Nashville
34Now & Then Aaron Tippin Nippit/Rust
22 Personal File Johnny Cash Legacy/Columbia Nashville
31Povertyneck Hillbillies Povertyneck Hillbillies Rust
35 A Prairie Home Companion Soundtrack Various ArtistsNew Line
41 Reasons Why: The Very Best Nickel Creek Sugar Hill
49Redneck ChristmasVarious ArtistsTime Life
29 Rockie Lynne Rockie Lynne Universal South
23 Rockin' You Tonight Blaine Larsen BNA
25She Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool:
A Tribute to Barbara Mandrell
Various ArtistsBNA
19 Songbird Willie Nelson Lost Highway
17 Straight to Hell Hank Williams III Curb
36 This Old Road Kris Kristofferson New West
12Three Wooden CrossesVarious ArtistsWord
47Today's Country ChristmasVarious ArtistsSony BMG
33The Ultimate Collection Chris LeDoux Capitol Nashville
24 Wanna Be Your Joe Billy Ray Cyrus New Door
24 You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker Willie Nelson Lost Highway

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 11, 2007 in Los Angeles) [10]

Juno Awards

(presented April 1, 2007 in Saskatoon) [11]

CMT Music Awards

(presented April 10 in Nashville) [12]

Americana Music Honors & Awards

Academy of Country Music

(presented May 15, 2007 in Las Vegas) [13]

ARIA Awards

(presented in Sydney on October 29, 2006)

Canadian Country Music Association

(presented September 11 in Saint John) [14]

Country Music Association

(presented November 6 in Nashville, Tennessee) [15]

References

  1. News of Billy Walker's death from CMT.com
  2. ACMs eager to end role as 'Idol' sacrifice, The Tennessean , May 23, 2006 (accessed May 24, 2006)
  3. Peter Gustafsson (22 June 2008). "Det har blivit en tradition att åka hit" (in Swedish). J-nytt. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  4. L.A. loses lone country music station
  5. "Willie Nelson Cited for Drug Possession". Archived from the original on 2011-03-30. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
  6. Country Singer Sara Evans Cites Porn, Adultery and Abuse in Divorce Papers
  7. Keith Urban Enters Rehab Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine , WCBS-TV, October 20, 2006 (accessed November 8, 2006)
  8. Strait, James and Bradley tapped for Country Hall of Fame, CMT.com (accessed August 30, 2006)
  9. "Faith Hill Reaction Makes Headlines". Archived from the original on 2007-03-17. Retrieved 2007-02-13.
  10. Grammy Award Winners
  11. 2007 Juno Award Winners Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
  12. 2006 CMT Music Awards Winners
  13. Academy of Country Music
  14. "2006 CCMA Awards Winners" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2009-01-05.
  15. 42nd Annual CMA Awards