2014 in country music

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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in 2014.

Contents

List of years in country music (table)
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Events

Top hits of the year

The following songs placed within the Top 20 on the Hot Country Songs, Country Airplay or Canada Country charts in 2014:

Singles released by American artists

SongsAirplayCanadaSingleArtistReferences
1917 Again Brantley Gilbert
71123 19 You + Me Dan + Shay
241740 All Alright Zac Brown Band
211 American Kids Kenny Chesney
431 Automatic Miranda Lambert
411 Bartender Lady Antebellum
111 Beachin' Jake Owen
612 Beat of the Music Brett Eldredge
113 Bottoms Up Brantley Gilbert
15Bumpin' the Night Florida Georgia Line
112 Burnin' It Down Jason Aldean
20106 Chainsaw The Band Perry
125 Chillin' It Cole Swindell
11416 Close Your Eyes Parmalee
202019 Cold One Eric Church
612 Compass Lady Antebellum
485 Cop Car Keith Urban
421 Day Drinking Little Big Town
111 Dirt Florida Georgia Line
311 Doin' What She Likes Blake Shelton
921 Don't Let Me Be Lonely The Band Perry
111 Drink a Beer Luke Bryan
411 Drink to That All Night Jerrod Niemann
312 Drunk on a Plane Dierks Bentley
191533 Dust Eli Young Band
15411 Everything I Shouldn't Be Thinking About Thompson Square
161046 Feelin' It Scotty McCreery
104342 Follow Your Arrow Kacey Musgraves
628 Friday Night Eric Paslay
416 Get Me Some of That Thomas Rhett
315 Girl in a Country Song Maddie & Tae
411 Give Me Back My Hometown Eric Church
923 Goodnight Kiss Randy Houser
161246 The Heart of Dixie Danielle Bradbery
818 Helluva Life Frankie Ballard
716 Hope You Get Lonely Tonight Cole Swindell
513 I Don't Dance Lee Brice
231739 I Got a Car George Strait
312 I Hold On Dierks Bentley
15 I Walk the Line Craig Wayne Boyd
41930 Invisible Hunter Hayes
15929 Keep Them Kisses Comin' Craig Campbell
211347 Later On The Swon Brothers
111 Leave the Night On Sam Hunt
714 Lettin' the Night Roll Justin Moore
13723 Look at You Big & Rich
181530 Lookin' for That Girl Tim McGraw
721 Meanwhile Back at Mama's Tim McGraw
featuring Faith Hill
241938 The Mona Lisa Brad Paisley
18My Baby's Guns N' RosesBrantley Gilbert
411 My Eyes Blake Shelton
featuring Gwen Sebastian
311 Neon Light Blake Shelton
7 The Old Rugged Cross Craig Wayne Boyd
251910 People Loving People Garth Brooks
111 Play It Again Luke Bryan
5529 Ready Set Roll Chase Rice
436 Rewind Rascal Flatts
1222 River Bank Brad Paisley
511 Roller Coaster Luke Bryan
10834 See You Tonight Scotty McCreery
111 Shotgun Rider Tim McGraw
191733 Slow Me Down Sara Evans
13824 Small Town Throwdown Brantley Gilbert featuring
Justin Moore and Thomas Rhett
176 Somethin' Bad Miranda Lambert
duet with Carrie Underwood
314 Somewhere in My Car Keith Urban
181225 Song About a Girl Eric Paslay
111 Stay Florida Georgia Line
514 Sunshine & Whiskey Frankie Ballard
612 Sweet Annie Zac Brown Band
1753Sweet Little Somethin'Jason Aldean
122 This Is How We Roll Florida Georgia Line
featuring Luke Bryan
18Two Night TownJason Aldean
101146 Up All Night Jon Pardi
201440 Wake Up Lovin' You Craig Morgan
51026 Wasting All These Tears Cassadee Pope
12117 We Are Tonight Billy Currington
214 Whatever She's Got David Nail
211 When She Says Baby Jason Aldean
414 Where It's At Dustin Lynch
11310 Whiskey in My Water Tyler Farr
826 Who I Am with You Chris Young
711 Yeah Joe Nichols

Singles released by Canadian artists

SongsAirplayCanadaSingleArtistReferences
3 3-2-1 Brett Kissel [20]
7Another Man's Gold Dean Brody [21]
11 Cheap Wine and Cigarettes Jess Moskaluke [22]
8County Line High Valley [23]
13Crazy Enough Bobby Wills [24]
9Crop CirclesDean Brody [21]
10 Fallin' Over You Chad Brownlee [25]
18Feels Like That Jason Blaine [26]
10Forever Summer Paul Brandt [27]
12Friends of MineJason Blaine [26]
9Get a BedPaul Brandt [27]
12Get On Down the Road The Road Hammers [28]
6 A Girl Like You Dallas Smith [29]
10Gone Enough Kira Isabella [30]
17Good Lovin'Jess Moskaluke [22]
14Got a Feeling Tim Hicks [31]
10 Here Comes the Thunder Tim Hicks [31]
17If You Ask Me To MacKenzie Porter [32]
11Just BecauseChad Brownlee [25]
13 Mountain Man Dean Brody [21]
16MudThe Road Hammers [28]
14Never Didn't Love YouBobby Wills [24]
19Now I Do Tebey [33]
20Our Soundtrack Wes Mack [34]
17Pass It Around Deric Ruttan [35]
10 Quarterback Kira Isabella [30]
7Raise Your GlassBrett Kissel [20]
10Rescue YouHigh Valley [23]
5 Slow Rollin' Dallas Smith [29]
20Some Songs Terri Clark [36]
12That's How I Like It Doc Walker [37]
5 Tippin' Point Dallas Smith [29]
9Tough People DoBrett Kissel [20]
4614Trippin' On Us Lindsay Ell [38]
10Unreal Gord Bamford [39]
13UsedJess Moskaluke [22]
5 Wake Me Up Tebey [33]
8Where a Farm Used to BeGord Bamford [39]

Top new album releases

The following albums placed on the Top Country Albums charts in 2014:

USAlbumArtistRecord LabelRelease DateReference
2 747 Lady Antebellum Capitol NashvilleSeptember 30
1 10,000 Towns Eli Young Band Republic NashvilleMarch 4
6Angels Among Us: Hymns & Gospel Favorites Alabama Cracker BarrelSeptember 8
1 Anything Goes Florida Georgia Line Republic NashvilleOctober 14
1 Band of Brothers Willie Nelson LegacyJune 17
1 The Big Revival Kenny Chesney Blue Chair/ColumbiaSeptember 23
2 Blue Smoke Dolly Parton Dolly/Sony MasterworksMay 13
1 Bringing Back the Sunshine Blake Shelton Warner Bros. NashvilleSeptember 30
8 Christmas with Nashville Various ArtistsBig MachineNovember 4
2 Cole Swindell Cole Swindell Warner Bros. NashvilleFebruary 18
5Comin' Home (EP) Jessie James Decker 19 RecordingsApril 18
7Cowboy Like Me Cody Johnson Cody JohnsonJanuary 14
2 The Cowboy Rides Away: Live from AT&T Stadium George Strait MCA NashvilleSeptember 16
8Crazy Life Home Free Columbia NashvilleJanuary 14
8 Down Home Sessions (EP) Cole Swindell Warner Bros. NashvilleNovember 17
10 Early Morning Shakes Whiskey Myers Wiggy ThumpFebruary 4
4 Eric Paslay Eric Paslay EMI NashvilleFebruary 4
1 Everlasting Martina McBride KobaltApril 8
8 Gravity Big & Rich Big & RichSeptember 23
1 Greatest Hits: Decade #1 Carrie Underwood Arista NashvilleDecember 9
3 Greatest Hits So Far... Zac Brown Band Atlantic/Southern GroundNovember 10
3 High Noon Jerrod Niemann Sea Gayle/Arista NashvilleMarch 25
3 Home for the Holidays Darius Rucker Capitol NashvilleOctober 27
9How Country Are Ya? Kevin Fowler Kevin FowlerMarch 4
1 I Don't Dance Lee Brice CurbSeptember 9
3 I'm a Fire David Nail MCA NashvilleMarch 4
1 Ignite the Night Chase Rice Dack Janiels/ColumbiaAugust 19
1 Just as I Am Brantley Gilbert Valory Music GroupMay 20
6 Kuntry Livin' Big Smo Elektra NashvilleJune 3
1 Man Against Machine Garth Brooks RCA NashvilleNovember 11
8 Metamodern Sounds in Country Music Sturgill Simpson High Top MountainMay 13
1 Montevallo Sam Hunt MCA NashvilleOctober 27
1 Moonshine in the Trunk Brad Paisley Arista NashvilleAugust 26
8Mud Digger 5Various ArtistsAverage JoesMay 20
4 The Music of Nashville: Season 2, Volume 2 Various ArtistsBig MachineMay 6
10 The Music of Nashville: Season 3, Volume 1 Various ArtistsBig MachineDecember 9
2Nashville: On the RecordVarious ArtistsBig MachineApril 22
2 Nashville Outlaws: A Tribute to Mötley Crüe Various ArtistsBig MachineAugust 19
9Now That's What I Call Country Ballads 2Various ArtistsUniversalJanuary 21
3Now That's What I Call Country Volume 7Various ArtistsUniversalJune 3
5Official 2014 ACM Awards ZinePakVarious ArtistsZinePak LLC/WalmartMarch 18
1 Old Boots, New Dirt Jason Aldean Broken BowOctober 7
1 Out Among the Stars Johnny Cash Columbia/LegacyMarch 25
1 The Outsiders Eric Church EMI NashvilleFebruary 11
3 Pain Killer Little Big Town Capitol NashvilleOctober 21
1 Platinum Miranda Lambert RCA NashvilleJune 3
7 PrizeFighter: Hit After Hit Trisha Yearwood RCA NashvilleNovember 17
4 Remedy Old Crow Medicine Show ATOJuly 1
1 Rewind Rascal Flatts Big MachineMay 13
4Rhythm and Whiskey Frank Foster Lone ChiefSeptember 2
1 Riser Dierks Bentley Capitol NashvilleFebruary 25
2 The River & the Thread Rosanne Cash Blue NoteJanuary 14
4 Road Between Lucy Hale DMG NashvilleJune 3
2 Slow Me Down Sara Evans RCA NashvilleMarch 11
7 Southbound The Doobie Brothers Arista NashvilleNovember 4
1 Spring Break 6...Like We Ain't Ever Luke Bryan Capitol NashvilleMarch 11
1 Storyline Hunter Hayes Atlantic NashvilleMay 6
1 Sundown Heaven Town Tim McGraw Big MachineSeptember 16
5 Sunshine & Whiskey Frankie Ballard Warner Bros. NashvilleFebruary 11
6 The Swon Brothers The Swon Brothers Arista NashvilleOctober 14
2 Thanks for Listening Colt Ford Average JoesJuly 1
1 That Girl Jennifer Nettles Mercury NashvilleJanuary 14
7 Turn It Up Josh Thompson Show Dog-Universal MusicApril 1
9Wade Bowen Wade Bowen AmpOctober 28
1 Where It All Began Dan + Shay Warner Bros. NashvilleApril 1
2 Where It's At Dustin Lynch Broken BowSeptember 9
3 Write You a Song Jon Pardi Capitol NashvilleJanuary 14
5 X2C (EP) Sam Hunt MCA NashvilleAugust 12

Other top albums

USAlbumArtistRecord LabelRelease DateReference
124 Album Collection Eric Church EMI NashvilleFebruary 11
4310 Great Songs: 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection Trace Adkins UniversalApril 1
4310 Great Songs: 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection Kenny Rogers UniversalApril 1
2021 Country HitsVarious ArtistsLegacyAugust 12
29Alabama & Friends: At the Ryman Alabama Eagle RockSeptember 30
45All About That Life (EP)Brian DavisTwangvilleOctober 30
44All of My Memories: The John Denver Collection John Denver LegacyNovember 4
19Amazing Grace: 14 Treasured Hymns Tennessee Ernie Ford Gaither Music GroupJuly 22
29 American Middle Class Angaleena Presley Slate CreekOctober 14
39American Young (EP) American Young CurbJune 24
21 At Christmas Sara Evans RCA NashvilleNovember 17
17Aviator Stoney LaRue eOne EntertainmentOctober 28
34Bad Reputation Mike Ryan Rock & SoulAugust 19
22Beauty Is... The Final Sessions Ray Price AmeriMonteApril 15
11 The Best of Me Soundtrack Various ArtistsEMI NashvilleOctober 7
11Bring Up the Sun Sundy Best eOne EntertainmentMarch 4
44Brothers of the Southland Blackhawk Loud & ProudJuly 8
23 Brothers Osborne (EP) Brothers Osborne EMI NashvilleSeptember 9
22Calicountry Moonshine Bandits Average JoesFebruary 4
40 Carter Girl Carlene Carter RounderApril 8
43 The Christmas Song (EP) Jamey Johnson Big GassedNovember 19
44Country ChristmasVarious ArtistsUMe
13Country Classics: A Tapestry of Our Musical Heritage Joey + Rory Gaither Music GroupOctober 27
50Dance Like You Don't Give A... LeAnn Rimes CurbAugust 5
45Daylight/Dark Jason Eady Old GuitarJanuary 21
26 December Day Willie Nelson LegacyDecember 2
34The Dirty River BoysThe Dirty River BoysDRB MusicOctober 14
37Do You Know Me: A Tribute to George Jones Sammy Kershaw 12 StreetJuly 22
23Don't Wait Up (For George) (EP) Shooter Jennings Black Country RockAugust 5
50Dylan Scott (EP) Dylan Scott CurbFebruary 11
20 Even the River Runs Joel Crouse Show Dog-Universal MusicAugust 19
31Fish GreaseDanny BooneAverage JoesJune 10
12Full of Cheer Home Free Columbia NashvilleOctober 27
43 The Garden Spot Programs, 1950 Hank Williams Omnivore May 20
49 Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me (EP)Various ArtistsBig MachineSeptember 30
25 Going Down to the River Doug Seegers RounderOctober 7
43 Golden/Own the Night/Need You Now/Lady Antebellum Lady Antebellum Capitol NashvilleSeptember 30
17The Grind Lenny Cooper Average JoesAugust 26
17Hearts from Above Micky & the Motorcars Micky & the MotorcarsAugust 5
11Homemade Tamales – Live at Floore's Randy Rogers Band Room 8April 15
39Hymns: 17 Timeless Songs of Faith Randy Travis Word/CurbJune 3
38Icon Reba McEntire MCA NashvilleAugust 5
26Influence, Vol. 2: The Man I Am Randy Travis Warner Bros. NashvilleAugust 19
11iTunes Session (EP) Florida Georgia Line Republic NashvilleJanuary 14
30Jones CountyDemun JonesAverage JoesJune 10
24 The Journey (EP) Jamie Lynn Spears Sweet Jamie MusicMay 27
40Kelsea Ballerini (EP) Kelsea Ballerini Black RiverNovember 24
23Laughter's Good Rodney Carrington Laughter's GoodOctober 28
17Leave a Scar, Live: North Carolina Blackberry Smoke 3 LeggedJuly 8
47Let Her Go (EP) Glen Templeton Black RiverJuly 29
38Let It Go Infamous Stringdusters High CountryApril 1
39 Lifted (EP) Dallas Smith Republic NashvilleNovember 25
19 Long in the Tooth Billy Joe Shaver Lightning RodAugust 5
23Look Again to the Wind: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears RevisitedVarious ArtistsSony MasterworksAugust 19
19Love Story Tim McGraw CurbFebruary 4
28 Maddie & Tae (EP) Maddie & Tae DotNovember 4
49Made on McCosh Mill Road Bubba Sparxxx eOne EntertainmentJune 24
37Maysville in the Meantime Corey Smith UndertoneDecember 2
19 Me Jo Dee Messina DreamboundMarch 18
48My Heroes Have Always Been Country Gene Watson Fourteen CaratJune 10
14Nashville ChristmasVarious ArtistsWarner Bros. Nashville
41Nashville: The Nashville Cast featuring Clare Bowen Clare Bowen Big MachineApril 22
20Nothing in Particular The Lacs BackroadOctober 28
33Old Dominion (EP) Old Dominion ReeSmackOctober 7
20One Christmas: Chapter One LeAnn Rimes Iconic EntertainmentOctober 27
36Only Me Rhonda Vincent Upper ManagementJanuary 28
40Our Year Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis PremiumMay 27
32Outnumber Hunger: Help Feed Local Families Now (EP)Various ArtistsBig MachineMay 20
38Playlist: The Very Best Country HitsVarious ArtistsLegacySeptember 23
20 Provoked Sunny Sweeney Aunt DaddyAugust 5
18 Put Your Needle Down The Secret Sisters Republic NashvilleApril 15
37Ramblin' Man Hank Williams III CurbApril 1
49Rebels on the Run (EP) Moonshine Bandits BackroadSeptember 30
19Reflections Don Williams Sugar HillMarch 11
40Rewind (EP) Rascal Flatts Big MachineMarch 4
50Right Where I BelongClayton AndersonNo Hassle Love CastleFebruary 18
20Road Show Roger Creager Fun All WrongJuly 22
27Rock & Roll Time Jerry Lee Lewis VanguardOctober 27
22Salvation City Sundy Best eOne EntertainmentDecember 2
30Sarah Davidson (EP)Sarah DavidsonSuretoneMarch 25
24Saturday Night / Sunday Morning Marty Stuart SuperlatoneSeptember 30
35 Simple Life (EP) Megan and Liz Hidden CowJune 3
44The Sound of Today: Country!Various ArtistsSony Music
22Tailgate Music Jawga Boyz & DezD. ThrashOctober 21
25 Tarpaper Sky Rodney Crowell New WestApril 15
31 Tippin' Point (EP) Dallas Smith Republic NashvilleMarch 4
12Tuesday Night (EP) Josh Abbott Band Atlantic NashvilleSeptember 23
36The Voice: The Complete Season 6 CollectionJake WorthingtonRepublic NashvilleMay 20
35The Voice: The Complete Season 7 Collection Craig Wayne Boyd Republic NashvilleDecember 16
18 The Way I'm Livin' Lee Ann Womack Sugar HillSeptember 23
16Working Man's Poet: A Tribute to Merle HaggardVarious ArtistsBroken BowApril 1

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

American Country Countdown Awards

(presented December 15 in Nashville)

Academy of Country Music

(presented April 19, 2015 in Dallas)

ACM Honors

Americana Music Honors & Awards

American Music Awards

(presented November 23 in Los Angeles)

ARIA Awards

(presented in Sydney on November 26, 2014)

Canadian Country Music Association

(presented September 7 in Edmonton)

Country Music Association

(presented November 5 in Nashville)

CMT Music Awards

(presented June 4 in Nashville)

CMT Artists of the Year
(presented December 2 in Nashville)

Grammy Awards

(presented February 8, 2015 in Los Angeles)

Juno Awards

(presented March 15, 2015 in Hamilton)

See also

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