Born to Fly is the third studio album by American country music artist Sara Evans. It was released in October 2000 via RCA Records Nashville. The album produced four singles with its title track, "I Could Not Ask for More", "Saints & Angels", and "I Keep Looking", all of which reached within the Top 20 on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. The title track reached number one, "I Could Not Ask for More" and "I Keep Looking" both broke the Top 5 at numbers 2 and 5 respectively, and "Saints & Angels" peaked at number 16. Born to Fly has been Evans' highest-selling album to date, having been certified 2× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for U.S. sales of two million copies. The album was also one of the most successful of the year. Evans was nominated for five CMA Awards: Album of the Year; song, single, and music video ; and Female Vocalist of the Year. She won her first CMA award for music video of the year. The international version of the album includes a bonus track, "You", which was later released in North America as a bonus track on her 2005 album Real Fine Place. Born to Fly was a defining album for Evans. Her earlier albums had more of a neotraditional country sound, while all of her later albums had a more crossover-friendly country pop sound, similar to Martina McBride and Faith Hill.
Steady On is the fourth album by Contemporary Christian group Point of Grace. It was released in 1998 by Word and Epic Records. It was also the first time they worked with producer Brown Bannister.
Emotion is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Martina McBride. It was released in September 1999 by RCA Nashville. The album produced four singles with "I Love You", "Love's the Only House", "There You Are" and "It's My Time" on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. The song "I Love You" became McBride's biggest hit single to date after it reached number one on the country charts and peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album ends with two covers, "Goodbye" by Patty Griffin and Gretchen Peters' "This Uncivil War" from Peters' 1996 debut album The Secret of Life. The album was certified Platinum on by the RIAA.
Rebel Heart is the third studio album by American country music artist Dan Seals, released in 1983 through Liberty Records. The album marks the departure from his established soft rock sound and became a more country sound. It was also his first album to appear on the charts, reaching #40 on the Top Country Albums chart. He achieved his first top ten single with the song "God Must Be a Cowboy". The other singles released from the album were "Everybody's Dream Girl" (#18), "After You" (#28), and "You Really Go for the Heart" (#37).
Real Live Woman is the eighth studio album by American country music singer Trisha Yearwood, released on March 28, 2000.
Where Your Road Leads is the seventh studio album by American country music singer Trisha Yearwood, released in 1998 by MCA Nashville.
My Utmost for His Highest is the first of three albums of songs inspired by Oswald Chambers' devotional of the same name. The album, produced by Brown Bannister, features performances by popular Christian musicians of songs relating to a day from Chamber's book. It was the first album to receive the GMA Dove Award for Special Event Album of the Year, and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album.
Somewhere in the Night is the fourth studio album by American country music band Sawyer Brown. Its title track was a single, as were "This Missin' You Heart of Mine" and "Old Photographs". All three singles charted on the Hot Country Singles charts. The title track, which is not related to Barry Manilow's hit song, was previously recorded by The Oak Ridge Boys on their 1981 album, Fancy Free. "Lola's Love" would later be covered by Ricky Van Shelton on his album Love and Honor and released as a single in 1994.
Wide Open is the fifth studio album by American country music band Sawyer Brown. It was released in June 1988 on Capitol Records, and features the singles "My Baby's Gone", "It Wasn't His Child", and "Old Pair of Shoes". The title track was co-written by Alan LeBoeuf, one-third of Baillie & the Boys.
The Boys Are Back is the sixth studio album released by the American country music band Sawyer Brown. Released in 1989 on Capitol Records, it features three singles: "The Race Is On", "I Did It for Love", and "Puttin' the Dark Back into the Night".
Buick is the seventh studio album by American country music band Sawyer Brown. Released in 1991 on Capitol Records, it features the singles "One Less Pony", "Mama's Little Baby Loves Me" and "The Walk". Although these first two singles reached the lower portions of the Billboard country music charts, "The Walk" peaked at #2, and was reprised on the band's 1992 album The Dirt Road.
The Dirt Road is the eighth studio album by American country music band Sawyer Brown. Released in 1992, it features the singles "The Dirt Road" and "Some Girls Do", both of which charted in the Top 5 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts in 1992. "The Walk", a single from their previous album Buick, is also reprised here.
The Other Side is the fourth solo studio album by American country music artist Wynonna Judd, released in 1997 on Curb Records in association with Universal Records. The album, which was certified gold by the RIAA, produced three chart singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles and Tracks charts: "When Love Starts Talkin'", "Come Some Rainy Day" and "Always Will" respectively reached #13, #14 and #45. A fourth single, "Love Like That", failed to chart. The album also includes "We Can't Unmake Love", a duet with John Berry, which was also included on Berry's 2000 Greatest Hits album.
Drive Me Wild is the thirteenth studio album by the American country music band Sawyer Brown. It was released on March 2, 1999 on the Curb Records label. The album produced three singles on the Billboard country charts: the title track at #6, "I'm in Love with Her" at #47, and "800 Pound Jesus" at #40.
The Hits Live is the title of a live compilation album released in 2000 by the American country music band Sawyer Brown. The album comprises fourteen live renditions of their 1980s and 1990s country hits recorded on tour from late 1999 to early 2000, with the majority coming from a show in Ogden, Utah. The single "800 Pound Jesus" is from their 1999 album Drive Me Wild. The other three tracks—"Perfect World", "Garage Band" and a cover of Johnny Lee's "Lookin' for Love"—are new to this album. "Perfect World" and "Lookin' for Love" were both released as singles, respectively peaking at #50 and #44 on the country charts.
Heart Over Mind is the twenty-first studio album by Canadian country pop artist Anne Murray. It was released by Capitol Records in the fall of 1984. The album peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and was certified Gold by the RIAA.
Nothing Personal is a solo studio album by American blues rock singer-songwriter Delbert McClinton. It was released on March 6, 2001, through New West Records, making it his first album for the label. Recording sessions took place at House of Blues Studio in Los Angeles, Sound Emporium and East Iris Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, with additional recording at The Doghouse and Station West in Nashville, TN. Production was handled by Gary Nicholson and McClinton himself.
Tennessee Christmas is the nineteenth studio album and fourth solo Christmas album by American contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter Amy Grant. It was released on October 21, 2016 on Capitol and Sparrow Records. The album is a collection of new recordings, Christmas song favorites, a re-recording of the album title track and a duet with her husband Vince Gill.
Deep South is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Josh Turner. It was released on March 10, 2017, through MCA Nashville. The album's lead single, "Lay Low", was released to radio on September 15, 2014, and reached number 25 on the Country Airplay chart. The second single, "Hometown Girl", was released to radio on May 31, 2016. The single peaked at No. 2 on Billboard's Country Airplay Chart and No. 1 on Mediabase, making it Turner's fifth No. 1 single. The third single, "All About You" was released to radio on May 15, 2017. It is Turner's first release since 2012's Punching Bag.
Winds of Change is the seventh studio album by singer-songwriter Russ Taff, released in 1995 on Reprise/Warner Bros. Nashville. It is Taff's first, and only, full-length mainstream country album. The title song and "I Cry" are the only two songs from his 1989 album The Way Home that he re-recorded for this album. The first country single "Love Is Not a Thing" debuted on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart on January 14, 1995, at number 64, peaking at number 53 on February 25, 1995, spending a total of 9 weeks. "One and Only Love" and "Bein' Happy" were also released as singles and music videos performing moderately well on country radio and CMT. Well-known country songwriter/producer/musician Randy Scruggs produced the album's first six tracks, while Taff and his long-time guitarist James Hollihan, Jr. produced the remaining four tracks.
