2009 in country music

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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in 2009.

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Events

Top hits of the year

The following songs placed within the Top 20 on the Hot Country Songs or Canada Country charts in 2009:

USCANSingleArtist
2038 15 Minutes Rodney Atkins
1431 All I Ask For Anymore Trace Adkins
11 Already Gone Sugarland
12 Alright Darius Rucker
11 Always the Love Songs Eli Young Band
137 American Ride Toby Keith
1014 Barefoot and Crazy Jack Ingram
328 Belongs to You Emerson Drive
923 Best Days of Your Life Kellie Pickler
13 Big Green Tractor Jason Aldean
434 Bonfire Craig Morgan
227 Boots On Randy Houser
2610 Brothers Dean Brody
11 Country Boy Alan Jackson
12 Cowboy Casanova Carrie Underwood
21 Cowgirls Don't Cry Brooks & Dunn
featuring Reba McEntire
24 Do I Luke Bryan
214 Don't Billy Currington
240 Don't Think I Can't Love You Jake Owen
11 Down the Road Kenny Chesney
with Mac McAnally
1137 Eight Second Ride Jake Owen
20 Everything Is Fine Josh Turner
12 Feel That Fire Dierks Bentley
74 Fifteen Taylor Swift
18 Gettin' You Home (The Black Dress Song) Chris Young
14 God Love Her Toby Keith
14 Here Rascal Flatts
14 Here Comes Goodbye Rascal Flatts
168 Honky Tonk Stomp Brooks & Dunn
featuring Billy Gibbons
17 How 'bout You Don't The Lost Trailers
1831 I Just Call You Mine Martina McBride
11 I Run to You Lady Antebellum
21 I Told You So Carrie Underwood
featuring Randy Travis
18 I Will Jimmy Wayne
840 I'll Just Hold On Blake Shelton
66 I'm Alive Kenny Chesney
with Dave Matthews
934 In Color Jamey Johnson
1613 Indian Summer Brooks & Dunn
11 It Happens Sugarland
11 It Won't Be Like This for Long Darius Rucker
133 It's a Business Doing Pleasure with You Tim McGraw
1 It's America Rodney Atkins
176 Joey Sugarland
31 Kiss a Girl Keith Urban
1443 Last Call Lee Ann Womack
12 Let Me Pat Green
24 Living for the Night George Strait
1017 Lost You Anyway Toby Keith
1023 Love Your Love the Most Eric Church
145 Marry for Money Trace Adkins
1734 More Like Her Miranda Lambert
11 Need You Now Lady Antebellum
53 Nothin' to Die For Tim McGraw
56 One in Every Crowd Montgomery Gentry
11 Only You Can Love Me This Way Keith Urban
11 Out Last Night Kenny Chesney
12 People Are Crazy Billy Currington
738 Red Light David Nail
1122 Ride Martina McBride
16 River of Love George Strait
1047 Runaway Love and Theft
17 She Wouldn't Be Gone Blake Shelton
114 She's Country Jason Aldean
1218 Shuttin' Detroit Down John Rich
14 Sideways Dierks Bentley
96 Sissy's Song Alan Jackson
1 Small Town USA Justin Moore
1137 Sounds Like Life to Me Darryl Worley
11 Start a Band Brad Paisley
duet with Keith Urban
1111 Strange Reba
21 Summer Nights Rascal Flatts
11 Sweet Thing Keith Urban
1835 That's a Man Jack Ingram
11 Then Brad Paisley
13 Toes Zac Brown Band
21 Welcome to the Future Brad Paisley
27 Whatever It Is Zac Brown Band
1147 Where I'm From Jason Michael Carroll
25 White Horse Taylor Swift
1821 Why Rascal Flatts
1534 Wild at Heart Gloriana
11 You Belong with Me Taylor Swift

Top new album releases

The following albums placed within the Top 50 on the Top Country Albums charts in 2009:

USAlbumArtistRecord LabelRelease DateReference
1 #1s... and Then Some Brooks & Dunn Arista NashvilleSeptember 8
7 127 Rose Avenue Hank Williams, Jr. CurbJune 16
1 American Ride Toby Keith Show DogOctober 6
1 American Saturday Night Brad Paisley Arista NashvilleJune 30
4 Carolina Eric Church Capitol NashvilleMarch 24
1 Defying Gravity Keith Urban Capitol NashvilleMarch 31
2 Doin' My Thing Luke Bryan Capitol NashvilleOctober 6
2 Easy Does It Jake Owen RCA NashvilleFebruary 24
1 Feel That Fire Dierks Bentley Capitol NashvilleFebruary 3
5For Our Heroes Montgomery Gentry Columbia NashvilleMay 26
2 Gloriana Gloriana Emblem/Reprise/Warner Bros.August 4
3 Gold and Green Sugarland Mercury NashvilleOctober 13
1 Greatest Hits II Kenny Chesney BNAMay 19
7 Growing Up Is Getting Old Jason Michael Carroll Arista NashvilleApril 28
1 Hannah Montana: The Movie Various ArtistsWalt DisneyMarch 24
10 Happiness and All the Other Things Cross Canadian Ragweed Universal SouthSeptember 1
3 I Told You So: The Ultimate
Hits of Randy Travis
Randy Travis Warner Bros. NashvilleMarch 17
3 It's America Rodney Atkins CurbMarch 31
3 Justin Moore Justin Moore Valory Music GroupAugust 11
1 Keep On Loving You Reba McEntire Valory Music Group/StarstruckAugust 18
5 The List Rosanne Cash Manhattan/EMIOctober 6
1 Live on the Inside Sugarland Mercury NashvilleAugust 4
6 The Man I Want to Be Chris Young RCA NashvilleSeptember 1
8 Natural Forces Lyle Lovett Curb/Lost HighwayOctober 20
4 Now That's What I Call Country Volume 2 Various ArtistsSonyAugust 25
1 Play On Carrie Underwood Arista NashvilleNovember 3
1 Revolution Miranda Lambert Columbia NashvilleSeptember 29
1 Shine Martina McBride RCA NashvilleMarch 24
5 Sing: Chapter 1 Wynonna Asylum-CurbFebruary 3
3 Son of a Preacher Man John Rich Warner Bros. NashvilleMarch 24
10 Songs of Love and Heartache Alan Jackson Cracker BarrelNovember 2
1 Southern Voice Tim McGraw CurbOctober 20
6 Townes Steve Earle New WestMay 12
1 Twang George Strait MCA NashvilleAugust 11
1 Unstoppable Rascal Flatts Lyric StreetApril 7
2 What I'm For Pat Green BNAJanuary 27
2 Wide Open Jason Aldean Broken BowApril 7
10 World Wide Open Love and Theft CarolwoodAugust 25

Other top albums

USAlbumArtistRecord LabelRelease DateReference
29 Aged and Confused Bill Engvall Warner Bros. NashvilleOctober 6
14 American Classic Willie Nelson Blue NoteAugust 25
13 Back to Tennessee Billy Ray Cyrus Lyric StreetApril 7
45 Bad Magick: The Best of
Shooter Jennings and the .357's
Shooter Jennings Universal SouthMarch 24
33Beautiful Day Charlie Robison DualtoneJune 23
13 Behavioral Problems Ron White Capitol NashvilleApril 21
21 Big Dreams & High Hopes Jack Ingram Big MachineAugust 25
16 The Boys Are Back The Oak Ridge Boys QuarterbackMay 19
44Brothers from Different Mothers Dailey & Vincent RounderMarch 31
29 Closer to the Bone Kris Kristofferson New WestSeptember 29
22A Collection of My Best Recollection George Jones Cracker BarrelSeptember 1
32Country Club John Doe and The Sadies Yep RocApril 14
41 Country Is as Country Does Colt Ford Average Joe'sOctober 6
40Davisson Brothers Band Davisson Brothers Band YellMarch 10
32 Dean Brody Dean Brody Broken BowApril 28
47Deep in the Heart of Texas:
Aaron Watson Live
Aaron Watson Thirty TigersSeptember 15
36Dolly: Live from London Dolly Parton Dolly RecordsNovember 10
19El Niño Loco Rodney Carrington Capitol NashvilleJune 16
24 Fight Like a Girl Bomshel CurbOctober 20
25 The Foundation (bonus tracks) Zac Brown Band Cracker BarrelSeptember 8
28 A Gospel Journey The Oak Ridge Boys GaitherApril 21
27 Greatest Hits Big & Rich Warner Bros. NashvilleSeptember 29
37 Here with Me Holly Williams Mercury NashvilleJune 16
38Hills and Valleys The Flatlanders New WestMarch 31
19 I'm About to Come Alive David Nail MCA NashvilleAugust 18
23 iTunes Originals Keith Urban Capitol NashvilleJuly 21
44A Little More Country Than That (EP) Easton Corbin Mercury NashvilleAugust 18
20Live from Bonnaroo Zac Brown Band Atlantic/Home Grown/Big PictureAugust 4
45Live from the Suwannee River Jam Colt Ford Average Joe'sDecember 8
43Live Sessions Jason Aldean Broken BowNovember 23
44 The Long Way Home Terri Clark EMI Canada/Capitol/BareTrackSeptember 1
29 Lost Highway Willie Nelson Lost HighwayAugust 11
40 A Moment in Time Lorrie Morgan Country CrossingOctober 27
19 Mountain Soul II Patty Loveless Saguaro RoadSeptember 29
28Moving On Casey Donahew Band Almost CountrySeptember 1
27 My Turn Tanya Tucker Saguaro RoadJune 30
29 Naked Willie Willie Nelson LegacyMarch 17
40 Never Going Back Collin Raye Saguaro RoadApril 28
11 Now That's What I Call a Country Christmas Various ArtistsSonyOctober 6
30 Off the Hillbilly Hook Trailer Choir Show Dog NashvilleJune 9
15 Old Things New Joe Nichols Universal SouthOctober 27
50On the Can Larry the Cable Guy Warner Bros. NashvilleJuly 21
37 The Quiet Times of a Rock and Roll Farm Boy Big Kenny Love Everybody/Bigger PictureNovember 10
41 The Reason Diamond Rio WordSeptember 22
17 Roadhouse Sun Ryan Bingham and
The Dead Horses
Lost HighwayJune 2
20 The Rock Tracy Lawrence Rocky Comfort/CO5June 9
17 The Rose Hotel Robert Earl Keen Lost HighwaySeptember 29
32 Sara Smile Jimmy Wayne Valory Music GroupNovember 23
39Solo (Songs My Dad Loved) Ricky Skaggs Skaggs FamilySeptember 15
26 Sounds Like Life Darryl Worley StroudavariousJune 9
19 Tailgate Party Larry the Cable Guy Warner Bros. NashvilleSeptember 22
19 Then Sings My Soul Ronnie Milsap Star SongMarch 10
31 Three Wooden Crosses: The
Inspirational Hits of Randy Travis
Randy Travis WordMarch 17
29 Traveling Circus Phil Vassar Universal SouthDecember 15
44Unwrapped Rascal Flatts Lyric StreetNovember 23
13 Willie and the Wheel Willie Nelson and
Asleep at the Wheel
Lost HighwayFebruary 3

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 January 31, 2010 in Los Angeles)

Juno Awards

(presented April 18, 2010 in St. John's)

CMT Music Awards

(presented June 16 in Nashville)

Academy of Country Music

(presented April 18, 2010 in Las Vegas)

Americana Music Honors & Awards

American Music Awards

(presented in Los Angeles on November 22, 2009)

ARIA Awards

(presented in Sydney on November 26, 2009)

Canadian Country Music Association

(presented September 13 in Vancouver)

Country Music Association

(presented November 11 in Nashville)

See also

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