1994 in country music

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Events

January 8 – Star, Mississippi-native Faith Hill hits paydirt with her first single release, "Wild One." The song spends four weeks atop the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, the longest for a debut release by a female artist since Connie Smith's debut "Once a Day" in 1964.
January 30 — Clint Black, Wynonna Judd, Travis Tritt and Tanya Tucker perform the halftime show (billed as "Rockin' Country Sunday") at Super Bowl XXVIII. The finale featured a special appearance by Naomi Judd, who joined Wynonna in performing The Judds' single "Love Can Build a Bridge" (their first major appearance together since their "Farewell Tour" of 1991), to which everyone eventually joined in.
March – Tim McGraw's first major hit, "Indian Outlaw," causes considerable controversy due to lyrics about Native Americans, and the single is boycotted at a handful of stations. Nevertheless, the song's notoriety helps spur its popularity and allows it to become just the second major crossover hit in 10 years, reaching No. 15 on the Billboard magazine Hot 100 singles chart (in addition to its No. 8 peak on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart); the song will also jumpstart McGraw's fledgling career, which had gotten off to a less-than-stellar start a year earlier.

Incidentally, McGraw's first taste of success comes at approximately the same time as that of his wife-to-be — Faith Hill. At this point, their careers are on separate paths.

April 12 – The premiere issue of Country Weekly magazine hits the store shelves. Garth Brooks graces the cover of the first issue.

Top hits of the year

Number one hits

United States

(as certified by Billboard magazine)

Date	Song Name	Artist	Wks. No. 1	Spec. Note
January 1	Wild One	Faith Hill	4	^A
January 29	Live Until I Die	Clay Walker	1
February 5	I Swear	John Michael Montgomery	4	¹ Later in 1994, the R&B quartet All-4-One recorded a cover version that became a long-running No. 1 smash on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
March 5	I Just Wanted You to Know	Mark Chesnutt	1
March 12	Tryin' to Get Over You	Vince Gill	1	^B
March 19	No Doubt About It	Neal McCoy	2	^A
April 2	My Love	Little Texas	2	^C
April 16	If the Good Die Young	Tracy Lawrence	2
April 30	Piece of My Heart	Faith Hill	1	Cover of the 1968 Big Brother and the Holding Company song, which featured lead vocals by Janis Joplin.
May 7	A Good Run of Bad Luck	Clint Black	1
May 14	If Bubba Can Dance (I Can Too)	Shenandoah	1	^B
May 21	Your Love Amazes Me	John Berry	1	^C
May 28	Don't Take the Girl	Tim McGraw	2	^A
June 11	That Ain't No Way to Go	Brooks & Dunn	1
June 18	Wink	Neal McCoy	4	^B
July 16	Foolish Pride	Travis Tritt	1
July 23	Summertime Blues	Alan Jackson	3	Cover of the Eddie Cochran standard.
August 13	Be My Baby Tonight	John Michael Montgomery	2
August 27	Dreaming with My Eyes Open	Clay Walker	1
September 3	Whisper My Name	Randy Travis	1
September 10	XXX's and OOO's (An American Girl)	Trisha Yearwood	2
September 24	Third Rock from the Sun	Joe Diffie	2
October 8	Who's That Man	Toby Keith	1
October 15	She's Not the Cheatin' Kind	Brooks & Dunn	2
October 29	Livin' on Love	Alan Jackson	3
November 19	Shut Up and Kiss Me	Mary Chapin Carpenter	1	^C
November 26	If I Could Make a Living	Clay Walker	1	Co-written by Alan Jackson.
December 3	The Big One	George Strait	1
December 10	If You've Got Love	John Michael Montgomery	1
December 17	Pickup Man	Joe Diffie	4	In the mid-2000s, this song was used as part of an advertising jingle for Applebee's.

¹ No. 1 song of the year, as determined by Billboard magazine.
^A First Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist.
^B Last Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist to date.
^C Only Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist to date.

Canada

(as certified by RPM)

Date	Song Name	Artist	Wks. No. 1	Spec. Note
January 10	Guitar Talk	Michelle Wright	1
January 17	Wild One	Faith Hill	2	^[A]
January 31	Live Until I Die	Clay Walker	2
February 14	I Swear	John Michael Montgomery	3
March 7	I Just Wanted You to Know	Mark Chesnutt	1
March 14	Rock My World (Little Country Girl)	Brooks & Dunn	1
March 21	Tryin' to Get Over You	Vince Gill	1
March 28	No Doubt About It	Neal McCoy	1	^[A]
April 4	Nobody Gets Too Much Love	Charlie Major	2	^[1]
April 18	If the Good Die Young	Tracy Lawrence	2
May 2	Piece of My Heart	Faith Hill	1
May 9	A Good Run of Bad Luck	Clint Black	1
May 16	If Bubba Can Dance (I Can Too)	Shenaodah	1	^[B]
May 23	Addicted to a Dollar	Doug Stone	1	^[B]
May 30	Your Love Amazes Me	John Berry	1	^[A]
June 6	Such a Lonely One	Prairie Oyster	2	^[A]
June 20	Don't Take the Girl	Tim McGraw	1	^[A]
June 27	Wink	Neal McCoy	3	^[B]
July 18	Foolish Pride	Travis Tritt	1
July 25	Thinkin' Problem	David Ball	1	^[C]
August 1	Summertime Blues	Alan Jackson	2
August 15	The Other Side	Charlie Major	2
August 29	Be My Baby Tonight	John Michael Montgomery	1
September 5	Dreaming with My Eyes Open	Clay Walker	1
September 12	Whisper My Name	Randy Travis	1
September 19	What the Cowgirls Do	Vince Gill	1
September 26	XXX's and OOO's (An American Girl)	Trisha Yearwood	1
October 3	Third Rock from the Sun	Joe Diffie	2
October 17	One Good Man	Michelle Wright	1
October 24	Who's That Man	Toby Keith	1
October 31	Callin' Baton Rouge	Garth Brooks	1
November 7	She's Not the Cheatin' Kind	Brooks & Dunn	1
November 14	It Can't Happen to Me	Charlie Major	2
November 28	Livin' on Love	Alan Jackson	1
December 5	If I Could Make a Living	Clay Walker	1
December 12	Somebody's Leavin'	Patricia Conroy	2	^[A]

Notes

1^ No. 1 song of the year, as determined by RPM.
A^ First RPM No. 1 hit for that artist.
B^ Last RPM No. 1 hit for that artist.
C^ Only RPM No. 1 hit for that artist.

Other major hits

United States

Peak	Single	Artist	Notes
4	Addicted to a Dollar	Doug Stone	This song was featured in the film Gordy, which also starred Stone in his acting debut.
11	Baby Likes to Rock It	The Tractors	The Tractors' only Top 40 hit.
2	Before You Kill Us All	Randy Travis
21	Better Your Heart Than Mine	Trisha Yearwood
4	The Boys and Me	Sawyer Brown
17	The Call of the Wild	Aaron Tippin
2	Callin' Baton Rouge	Garth Brooks	Cover of New Grass Revival's #37-peaking single from 1987. Brooks' version features acommpaniement from members of New Grass Revival.
13	The Cheap Seats	Alabama	After a string of forty-two consecutive Top Ten hits dating back to 1980's "Tennessee River", this became Alabama's first single in fourteen years to miss the Top Ten.
5	The City Put the Country Back in Me	Neal McCoy
24	Cowboy Band	Billy Dean
24	Cowboys Don't Cry	Daron Norwood	Previously a #65-peaking single for Dude Mowrey in 1991.
9	Daddy Never Was the Cadillac Kind	Confederate Railroad
2	Down on the Farm	Tim McGraw
24	Drivin' and Cryin'	Steve Wariner
20	Elvis and Andy	Confederate Railroad
2	Every Once in a While	BlackHawk
2	Fast as You	Dwight Yoakam
10	Girls with Guitars	Wynonna	Written by Mary Chapin Carpenter.
11	Goodbye Says It All	BlackHawk
4	Half the Man	Clint Black
4	Hangin' In	Tanya Tucker
5	Hard to Say	Sawyer Brown
22	Has Anybody Seen Amy	John & Audrey Wiggins	John & Audrey Wiggins' only Top 40 hit.
2	He Thinks He'll Keep Her	Mary Chapin Carpenter
5	Hey Cinderella	Suzy Bogguss
24	High-Tech Redneck	George Jones
3	How Can I Help You Say Goodbye	Patty Loveless
3	I Can't Reach Her Anymore	Sammy Kershaw
2	I Never Knew Love	Doug Stone
2	I See It Now	Tracy Lawrence
9	I Sure Can Smell the Rain	BlackHawk
2	I Take My Chances	Mary Chapin Carpenter
3	I Try to Think About Elvis	Patty Loveless
3	I Want to Be Loved Like That	Shenandoah
4	I Wish I Could Have Been There	John Anderson
3	I'd Like to Have That One Back	George Strait
3	I'm Holding My Own	Lee Roy Parnell
3	I've Got It Made	John Anderson
19	In My Own Backyard	Joe Diffie
12	Independence Day	Martina McBride	This song featured a controversial music video which depicted an act of domestic violence.
8	Indian Outlaw	Tim McGraw	This song, which was McGraw's first Top 40 country hit, was denied airplay on some radio stations due to its stereotypical portrayal of Native Americans.^[1]
6	Is It Over Yet	Wynonna
18	It Won't Be over You	Steve Wariner
5	John Deere Green	Joe Diffie
8	Jukebox Junkie	Ken Mellons
5	Kick a Little	Little Texas
6	Life #9	Martina McBride
4	Lifestyles of the Not So Rich and Famous	Tracy Byrd
2	A Little Less Talk and a Lot More Action	Toby Keith
2	Little Rock	Collin Raye
2	Love a Little Stronger	Diamond Rio	Co-written by Billy Crittenden of 4 Runner.
8	Lovebug	George Strait	Cover of George Jones' 1965 single.
4	The Man in Love with You	George Strait
8	Man of My Word	Collin Raye
6	More Love	Doug Stone
2	National Working Woman's Holiday	Sammy Kershaw
13	Nobody's Gonna Rain on Our Parade	Kathy Mattea
5	Now I Know	Lari White
18	O What a Thrill	The Mavericks
7	One Night a Day	Garth Brooks
22	Pocket of a Clown	Dwight Yoakam
23	Red and Rio Grande	Doug Supernaw
7	Renegades, Rebels, and Rogues	Tracy Lawrence	Featured in the soundtrack to the 1994 film Maverick.
2	Rock Bottom	Wynonna
2	Rock My World (Little Country Girl)	Brooks & Dunn
4	Rope the Moon	John Michael Montgomery
21	Sawmill Road	Diamond Rio
3	She Can't Say I Didn't Cry	Rick Trevino
6	She Dreams	Mark Chesnutt	Previously a #74-peaking single for its co-writer, Tim Mensy, in 1992.
15	She Thinks His Name Was John	Reba McEntire	This song gained media attention for being the first country song to mention AIDS.
4	She'd Give Anything	Boy Howdy
5	Spilled Perfume	Pam Tillis
3	Standing Outside the Fire	Garth Brooks
2	State of Mind	Clint Black
14	Stop on a Dime	Little Texas
7	T.L.C. A.S.A.P.	Alabama
21	Take It Easy	Travis Tritt	Cover of the Eagles' 1972 single.
2	Take Me as I Am	Faith Hill
17	Take These Chains from My Heart	Lee Roy Parnell	Cover of the Hank Williams song. Featured an uncredited duet vocal from Ronnie Dunn of Brooks & Dunn.
22	Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof	Travis Tritt
10	That's My Baby	Lari White
6	That's My Story	Collin Raye	Co-written by Lee Roy Parnell.
22	That's What I Get (For Losin' You)	Hal Ketchum
20	There Goes My Heart	The Mavericks
7	They Asked About You	Reba McEntire
2	They Don't Make 'Em Like That Anymore	Boy Howdy
2	Thinkin' Problem	David Ball
2	Third Rate Romance	Sammy Kershaw	Cover of the Amazing Rhythm Aces song.
5	This Is Me	Randy Travis
20	(Tonight We Just Might) Fall in Love Again	Hal Ketchum
14	Try Not to Look So Pretty	Dwight Yoakam
4	Untanglin' My Mind	Clint Black
3	Walking Away a Winner	Kathy Mattea
4	Watermelon Crawl	Tracy Byrd
6	We Can't Love Like This Anymore	Alabama
11	We Don't Have to Do This	Tanya Tucker
9	We Just Disagree	Billy Dean	Cover of Dave Mason's #12 pop hit from 1977.
25	What a Crying Shame	The Mavericks
2	What the Cowgirls Do	Vince Gill
5	What's in It for Me	John Berry
3	When Love Finds You	Vince Gill
7	When the Thought of You Catches Up with Me	David Ball
2	When You Walk in the Room	Pam Tillis	Cover of the Jackie DeShannon song.
2	Whenever You Come Around	Vince Gill
11	Where Do I Fit in the Picture	Clay Walker
20	Where Was I	Ricky Van Shelton
4	(Who Says) You Can't Have It All	Alan Jackson
5	Why Haven't I Heard from You	Reba McEntire
2	Wish I Didn't Know Now	Toby Keith
21	Woman (Sensuous Woman)	Mark Chesnutt	Cover of Don Gibson's 1972 single.
12	Words by Heart	Billy Ray Cyrus
20	You Just Watch Me	Tanya Tucker
6	You Will	Patty Lovelesss

Canada

Peak	Single	Artist
16	5 Days in May	Blue Rodeo
11	Alcohol in the Bloodstream	Ian Tyson
18	Almost Like You Cared	Cassandra Vasik
6	Baby Don't Cry	One Horse Blue
8	Baby Likes to Rock It	The Tractors
2	Before You Kill Us All	Randy Travis
21	Better Your Heart Than Mine	Trisha Yearwood
4	The Big One	George Strait
10	Borders and Time	The Rankin Family
2	The Boys and Me	Sawyer Brown
13	By Heart	Joel Feeney
25	The Call of the Wild	Aaron Tippin
6	The Cheap Seats	Alabama
18	Circle of Love	Joan Kennedy
11	The City Put the Country Back in Me	Neal McCoy
10	Country in the City	Don Neilson
22	Cowboy Band	Billy Dean
22	Cowboys Don't Cry	Daron Norwood
7	Daddy Never Was the Cadillac Kind	Confederate Railroad
3	Down on the Farm	Tim McGraw
10	Dynamite	Desert Dolphins
8	Elvis and Andy	Confederate Railroad
3	Every Once in a While	BlackHawk
14	Everything Money Can Buy	One Horse Blue
11	Everything to Me	Joel Feeney
9	Girls with Guitars	Wynonna
12	Give Me a Ring Sometime	Lisa Brokop
5	Half the Man	Clint Black
17	Hangin' In	Tanya Tucker
20	Hard to Say	Sawyer Brown
6	He Thinks He'll Keep Her	Mary Chapin Carpenter
12	Here We Go Again	Patricia Conroy
2	Hey Cinderella	Suzy Bogguss
15	Hillbilly Jane	Straight Clean & Simple
5	Honest Man	George Fox
19	How Can I Help You Say Goodbye	Patty Loveless
24	Human Highway	Jim Witter with Cassandra Vasik
9	I Can't Reach Her Anymore	Sammy Kershaw
20	I Love You 'Cause I Want To	Carlene Carter
3	I Never Knew Love	Doug Stone
5	I See It Now	Tracy Lawrence
8	I Sure Can Smell the Rain	BlackHawk
2	I Take My Chances	Mary Chapin Carpenter
12	I Try to Think About Elvis	Patty Loveless
4	I Want to Be Loved Like That	Shenandoah
21	I Wish I Could Have Been There	John Anderson
3	I'd Like to Have That One Back	George Strait
2	I'm Holding My Own	Lee Roy Parnell
19	I've Got It Made	John Anderson
17	If I'm Only Good for One Thing	Larry Mercey
12	If It Wasn't for Her I Wouldn't Have You	Daron Norwood
2	If You've Got Love	John Michael Montgomery
10	In My Own Backyard	Joe Diffie
14	Independence Day	Martina McBride
24	Indian Outlaw	Tim McGraw
8	Is It Over Yet	Wynonna
25	Islanders	Gary Fjellgaard
6	John Deere Green	Joe Diffie
6	Jukebox Junkie	Ken Mellons
4	Kick a Little	Little Texas
23	Kiss Me, I'm Gone	Marty Stuart
8	Life #9	Martina McBride
4	Lifestyles of the Not So Rich and Famous	Tracy Byrd
25	A Little Less Talk and a Lot More Action	Toby Keith
7	Little Rock	Collin Raye
4	Louisiette	Prairie Oyster
6	Love a Little Stronger	Diamond Rio
10	Love's Looking for Me	One Horse Blue
9	Lovebug	George Strait
2	The Man in Love with You	George Strait
13	Man of a Thousand Songs	Ron Hynes
5	Man of My Word	Collin Raye
4	More Love	Doug Stone
2	My Love	Little Texas
3	National Working Woman's Holiday	Sammy Kershaw
5	No Hasta La Vista Tonight	George Fox
10	No Kathleen	Ron Hynes
23	No More Cryin'	McBride & the Ride
8	Nobody's Gonna Rain on Our Parade	Kathy Mattea
5	North Country	The Rankin Family
9	Now and Then	Michelle Wright
16	O What a Thrill	The Mavericks
14	One Night a Day	Garth Brooks
9	Pickup Man	Joe Diffie
4	Pocket of a Clown	Dwight Yoakam
9	Red Hot Blues	Quartette
5	Renegades, Rebels and Rogues	Tracy Lawrence
8	River of No Return	Terry Kelly
5	Rock Bottom	Wynonna
19	Rockabilly Heart	Cindy Church
2	Rope the Moon	John Michael Montgomery
20	Sawmill Road	Diamond Rio
5	Say the Word	Joel Feeney
11	She Can't Say I Didn't Cry	Rick Trevino
7	She Dreams	Mark Chesnutt
11	She Thinks His Name Was John	Reba McEntire
4	She'd Give Anything	Boy Howdy
5	Shut Up and Kiss Me	Mary Chapin Carpenter
6	Someplace Far Away (Careful What You're Dreaming)	Hal Ketchum
4	The Song Remembers When	Trisha Yearwood
9	Spilled Perfume	Pam Tillis
3	Standing Outside the Fire	Garth Brooks
2	State of Mind	Clint Black
5	Stolen Moments	Jim Witter
13	Stop on a Dime	Little Texas
6	Sweet Sweet Poison	Jim Witter
12	Take It Easy	Travis Tritt
21	Take These Chains from My Heart	Lee Roy Parnell
15	Tell Me the Lie	Don Neilson
17	Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof	Travis Tritt
3	That Ain't No Way to Go	Brooks & Dunn
23	That's My Baby	Lari White
18	That's My Story	Collin Raye
10	That's What Highways Are For	The Goods
23	That's What I Get For Losin' You	Hal Ketchum
18	There Goes My Heart	The Mavericks
22	There Goes the Fire	Terry Kelly
10	There You Go	Prescott-Brown
15	They Asked About You	Reba McEntire
3	They Don't Make 'Em Like That Anymore	Boy Howdy
10	Third Rate Romance	Sammy Kershaw
3	T.L.C. A.S.A.P.	Alabama
17	(Tonight We Might Just) Fall in Love Again	Hal Ketchum
10	Train of Dreams	Gary Fjellgaard
4	Try Not to Look So Pretty	Dwight Yoakam
3	Untanglin' My Mind	Clint Black
16	Walking Away a Winner	Kathy Mattea
8	Watermelon Crawl	Tracy Byrd
17	Way Beyond the Blue	Anita Perras
7	The Wayward Wind	Anne Murray
7	We Can't Love Like This Anymore	Alabama
16	We Don't Have to Do This	Tanya Tucker
6	We Just Disagree	Billy Dean
4	Wear and Tear on My Heart	George Fox
6	What a Crying Shame	The Mavericks
2	What's in It For Me	John Berry
24	Whatever It Takes	Kenny Chesney
5	When Love Finds You	Vince Gill
6	When the Thought of You Catches Up with Me	David Ball
13	When You Walk in the Room	Pam Tillis
2	Whenever You Come Around	Vince Gill
6	Where Do I Fit in the Picture	Clay Walker
9	Where Was I	Ricky Van Shelton
11	(Who Says) You Can't Have It All	Alan Jackson
4	Why Haven't I Heard from You	Reba McEntire
17	Wish I Didn't Know Now	Toby Keith
14	Woman (Sensuous Woman)	Mark Chesnutt
14	Words by Heart	Billy Ray Cyrus
14	You Just Watch Me	Tanya Tucker

Top new album releases

US	CAN	Album	Artist	Record Label
3	7	8 Seconds (soundtrack)	Various Artists	MCA Nashville
	10	Already Restless	Prescott-Brown	Epic
23	9	American Recordings	Johnny Cash	American
	2	The Best…So Far	Anne Murray	SBK/Capitol
15		BlackHawk	BlackHawk	Arista Nashville
8	5	Boomtown	Toby Keith	Mercury/PolyGram
23	11	The Bradley Barn Sessions	George Jones	MCA Nashville
13		Bryan White	Bryan White	Asylum
	1	Country Heat 4	Various Artists	RCA
	9	Eighteen Inches of Rain	Ian Tyson	Stony Plain
12		Extremes	Collin Raye	Epic
9	2	Feelin' Good Train	Sammy Kershaw	Mercury/PolyGram
29	20	Greatest Hits, Vol. 1	Doug Stone	Epic
8		Greatest Hits Vol. III	Alabama	RCA Nashville
17		Haywire	Chris LeDoux	Liberty
17	15	Healing Hands of Time	Willie Nelson	Liberty
	5	Heart of the Country '94	Various Artists	Quality
16	7	Heartsongs: Live from Home	Dolly Parton	Columbia
1	1	The Hits	Garth Brooks	Liberty
3		I See It Now	Tracy Lawrence	Atlantic
4	1	If I Could Make a Living	Clay Walker	Giant
13	1	John Berry	John Berry	Patriot/Liberty
29	19	Keith Whitley/A Tribute Album	Various Artists	BNA
10	8	Kick a Little	Little Texas	Warner Bros.
	7	Kickin' Country 2	Various Artists	Sony
1	1	Kickin' It Up	John Michael Montgomery	Atlantic
1	3	Lead On	George Strait	MCA Nashville
19		Lookin' Back at Myself	Aaron Tippin	RCA Nashville
13	7	Love a Little Stronger	Diamond Rio	Arista Nashville
28	6	Love and Luck	Marty Stuart	MCA Nashville
52	22	Mama's Hungry Eyes: A Tribute to Merle Haggard	Various Artists	Arista Nashville
4	1	Maverick (soundtrack)	Various Artists	Atlantic
37	14	Moonlight Becomes You	Willie Nelson	Justice
	1	New Country	Various Artists	Warner
13	1	No Doubt About It	Neal McCoy	Atlantic
3	11	No Ordinary Man	Tracy Byrd	MCA Nashville
1	1	Not a Moment Too Soon	Tim McGraw	Curb
6	13	Notorious	Confederate Railroad	Atlantic
8		One Emotion	Clint Black	RCA Nashville
	2	Only One Moon	Prairie Oyster	Arista
	7	Outlaws & Heroes	Various Artists	Sony
2	4	Read My Mind	Reba McEntire	MCA Nashville
	3	The Reasons Why	Michelle Wright	Arista Nashville
30	2	Red Hot + Country	Various Artists	Mercury/PolyGram
1	1	Rhythm, Country and Blues	Various Artists	MCA Nashville
23		Rick Trevino	Rick Trevino	Columbia
19		She'd Give Anything	Boy Howdy	Curb
8		Skynyrd Frynds	Various Artists	MCA Nashville
1	1	Stones in the Road	Mary Chapin Carpenter	Columbia
11	6	Storm in the Heartland	Billy Ray Cyrus	Mercury/PolyGram
34	6	Super Hits	Willie Nelson	Columbia
17		The Sweetest Gift	Trisha Yearwood	MCA Nashville
6		Sweetheart's Dance	Pam Tillis	Arista Nashville
3	3	Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof	Travis Tritt	Warner Bros.
6	3	Thinkin' Problem	David Ball	Warner Bros.
6	9	Third Rock from the Sun	Joe Diffie	Epic
10	5	This Is Me	Randy Travis	Warner Bros.
	6	Today's Biggest Country	Various Artists	K-Tel
2	1	The Tractors	The Tractors	Arista Nashville
	3	Untamed and True	Various Artists	MCA
1	1	Waitin' on Sundown	Brooks & Dunn	Arista Nashville
12		Walking Away a Winner	Kathy Mattea	Mercury/PolyGram
	15	Wanted Man	Johnny Cash	Mercury/PolyGram
7		War Paint	Lorrie Morgan	BNA
6	4	What a Crying Shame	The Mavericks	MCA Nashville
15		What a Way to Live	Mark Chesnutt	Decca Nashville
8		When Fallen Angels Fly	Patty Loveless	Epic
2	2	When Love Finds You	Vince Gill	MCA Nashville
1	1	Who I Am	Alan Jackson	Arista Nashville
24		Wishes	Lari White	RCA Nashville
	3	You Can't Resist	Patricia Conroy	Warner

Other top albums

US	Album	Artist	Record Label
60	1994	Merle Haggard	Curb
51	The Best of Chris LeDoux	Chris LeDoux	Liberty
52	Christmas Time's A-Comin'	Sammy Kershaw	Mercury/PolyGram
61	Christmas with The Judds and Alabama	The Judds & Alabama	RCA Nashville
43	Country 'Til I Die	John Anderson	BNA
56	The Cowboy Way (soundtrack)	Various Artists	Epic
48	Deep Thoughts from a Shallow Mind	Doug Supernaw	BNA
31	Every Little Word	Hal Ketchum	Curb
29	Greatest Hits	Billy Dean	Liberty
38	Greatest Hits	Suzy Bogguss	Liberty
39	The Judds: Number One Hits	The Judds	RCA/Curb
42	Ken Mellons	Ken Mellons	Epic
62	Love and Honor	Ricky Van Shelton	Columbia
51	Men'll Be Boys	Billy Dean	Liberty
66	Reflections	The Judds	RCA/Curb
28	Shoot for the Moon	Linda Davis	Arista Nashville
55	Simpatico	Suzy Bogguss & Chet Atkins	Liberty
35	Super Hits	Charlie Daniels	Epic
65	Super Hits	Shenandoah	Columbia
71	Super Hits	Conway Twitty	Epic
50	Today's Greatest Country	Various Artists	K-Tel
52	Today's New Country	Various Artists	K-Tel
56	Today's Number One Country	Various Artists	K-Tel
63	Waymore's Blues (Part II)	Waylon Jennings	RCA Nashville

Deaths

Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

Merle Haggard (born 1937)

Major Awards

Grammy awards

Best Female Country Vocal Performance -- "Shut Up and Kiss Me," Mary Chapin Carpenter
Best Male Country Vocal Performance -- "When Love Finds You," Vince Gill
Best Country Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal -- "Blues for Dixie," Asleep at the Wheel and Lyle Lovett
Best Country Collaboration With Vocals -- "I Fall to Pieces," Aaron Neville and Trisha Yearwood
Best Country Instrumental Performance -- "Young Thing," Chet Atkins
Best Country Song -- "I Swear," Gary Baker, Frank Myers (Performer: John Michael Montgomery)
Best Country Album -- Stones in the Road, Mary Chapin Carpenter
Best Bluegrass Album -- The Great Dobro Sessions, Various Artists (Producers: Jerry Douglas and Tut Taylor)

Academy of Country Music

Entertainer Of The Year -- Reba McEntire
Song Of The Year -- "I Swear," Gary Baker, Frank Myers (Performer: John Michael Montgomery)
Single Of The Year -- "I Swear," John Michael Montgomery
Album Of The Year -- Not a Moment Too Soon, Tim McGraw
Top Male Vocalist -- Alan Jackson
Top Female Vocalist -- Reba McEntire
Top Vocal Duo -- Brooks & Dunn
Top Vocal Group -- The Mavericks
Top New Male Vocalist -- Tim McGraw
Top New Female Vocalist -- Chely Wright
Top New Vocal Duo Or Group -- The Mavericks
Video Of The Year -- "The Red Strokes" - Garth Brooks (Director: Jon Small)

Country Music Association

Entertainer of the Year -- Vince Gill
Song of the Year -- "Chattahoochee," Alan Jackson and Jim McBride (Performer: Alan Jackson)
Single of the Year -- "I Swear," John Michael Montgomery
Album of the Year -- Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles, Various Artists
Male Vocalist of the Year -- Vince Gill
Female Vocalist of the Year -- Pam Tillis
Vocal Duo of the Year -- Brooks & Dunn
Vocal Group of the Year -- Diamond Rio
Horizon Award -- John Michael Montgomery
Music Video of the Year -- "Independence Day," Martina McBride (Directors: Robert Deaton and George J. Flanigen IV)
Vocal Event of the Year -- "Does He Love You," Reba McEntire and Linda Davis
Musician of the Year -- Mark O'Connor

References

^ Gerome, John (April 13, 2007). "Growing Strong - McGraw's reach encompasses country music, more". San Angelo Standard Times. Retrieved on 2008-08-18.

External links

Country Music Hall of Fame

Categories: 1994 in music | Years in country music

1994 in country music

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Contents

Events

Top hits of the year

Number one hits

United States

Canada

Other major hits

United States

Canada

Top new album releases

Other top albums

Deaths

Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

Major Awards

Grammy awards

Academy of Country Music

Country Music Association

Further reading

References

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