1996 in country music

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See also: 1995 in country music, 1996 in music, other events of 1996, 1997 in country music, 1990s in music and the List of years in Country Music

Contents

Events

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 6 Rebecca Lynn Bryan White 1
January 13 It Matters to Me Faith Hill 3
February 3 (If You're Not in It for Love) I'm Outta Here! Shania Twain 2
February 17 Bigger Than the Beatles Joe Diffie 2 B
March 2 Wild Angels Martina McBride 1 A
March 9 I'll Try Alan Jackson 1
March 16 The Beaches of Cheyenne Garth Brooks 1
March 23 You Can Feel Bad Patty Loveless 2
April 6 To Be Loved by You Wynonna 1 B
  • Wynonna's first Number One since "No One Else on Earth" in 1992.
April 13 No News Lonestar 3 A
May 4 You Win My Love Shania Twain 2
  • Fell from #1 to #11, the second-biggest fall from #1 since the inception of Nielsen SoundScan in 1990.
May 18 My Maria Brooks & Dunn 3 1
June 8 Blue Clear Sky George Strait 2
June 22 Time Marches On Tracy Lawrence 3
July 13 No One Needs to Know Shania Twain 1
July 20 Daddy's Money Ricochet 2 C
August 3 Don't Get Me Started Rhett Akins 1 C
August 10 Carried Away George Strait 3
  • Strait's 30th Billboard Number One, this made him the fifth country artist to have at least that many Number Ones.
August 31 She Never Lets It Go to Her Heart Tim McGraw 2
September 14 Guys Do It All the Time Mindy McCready 1 C
September 21 So Much for Pretending Bryan White 2
October 5 Living in a Moment Ty Herndon 1
October 12 Believe Me Baby (I Lied) Trisha Yearwood 2
October 26 Like the Rain Clint Black 3
November 16 Lonely Too Long Patty Loveless 1 B
November 23 Strawberry Wine Deana Carter 2 A
December 7 Little Bitty Alan Jackson 3
December 28 One Way Ticket (Because I Can) LeAnn Rimes 2 C
  • This song made Rimes (who was 14 years and four months old at the time) the fourth country singer to reach #1 while still a teenager.

Canada

(as certified by RPM)

Date Song Name Artist Wks. No. 1 Spec.
Note
January 8 (If You're Not in It for Love) I'm Outta Here! Shania Twain 6
February 19 Bigger Than the Beatles Joe Diffie 1 [B]
February 26 Like There Ain't No Yesterday BlackHawk 1 [B]
March 4 Tell Me Something I Don't Know Charlie Major 1
March 11 The Beaches of Cheyenne Garth Brooks 1
March 18 Candle Jason McCoy 1
March 25 You Can Feel Bad Patty Loveless 1 [B]
April 1 No News Lonestar 1 [A]
April 8 You Win My Love Shania Twain 3
April 29 My Heart Has a History Paul Brandt 2 [A]
May 13 It's Lonely I Can't Stand Charlie Major 1
May 20 My Maria Brooks & Dunn 2
June 3 If I Were You Terri Clark 1 [A]
June 10 Blue Clear Sky George Strait 2
June 24 Time Marches On Tracy Lawrence 1
July 1 High Lonesome Sound Vince Gill 1
July 8 Anita Got Married Duane Steele 1 [C]
July 15 No One Needs to Know Shania Twain 2
July 29 Blue LeAnn Rimes 2 [A]
August 12 Sure Enough Chris Cummings 1 [A]
August 19 Nobody's Girl Michelle Wright 1
August 26 I Do Paul Brandt 2
September 9 Guys Do It All the Time Mindy McCready 2 [C]
September 23 So Much for Pretending Bryan White 1 [A]
September 30 Living in a Moment Ty Herndon 2 [B]
October 14 You Can't Lose Me Faith Hill 1
October 21 Believe Me Baby (I Lied) Trisha Yearwood 1
October 28 Like the Rain Clint Black 2
November 11 Unbelievable Love Prairie Oyster 1 [B]
November 18 Cornfields or Cadillacs Farmer's Daughter 1 [C]
November 25 Strawberry Wine Deana Carter 1 [A]
December 2 The Fear of Being Alone Reba McEntire 1
December 9 Poor Poor Pitiful Me Terri Clark 1
December 16 Crank My Tractor Michelle Wright 1 [B]
Notes

Other major hits

United States

Peak Single Artist Notes
21 4 to 1 in Atlanta Tracy Byrd
15 Ain't Got Nothin' on Us John Michael Montgomery
5 All I Want Is a Life Tim McGraw
13 All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down The Mavericks
with Flaco Jiménez
  • This was Jiménez' only entry on the country charts, although he has played accordion on several other notable recordings and made several solo albums.
11 Almost a Memory Now BlackHawk
24 Are We in Trouble Now Randy Travis
17 Big Guitar BlackHawk
10 Blue LeAnn Rimes
  • LeAnn Rimes' breakthrough hit, which was only released when she was 13 years old. The song was originally meant for Patsy Cline, but Cline died in a plane crash before it could be recorded.
12 Born in the Dark Doug Stone
18 Bury the Shovel Clay Walker
18 By My Side Lorrie Morgan with Jon Randall
  • Randall's only Top 40 country hit.
19 The Change Garth Brooks
10 Change My Mind John Berry
23 C-O-U-N-T-R-Y Joe Diffie
4 Cowboy Love John Michael Montgomery
6 Deep Down Pam Tillis
2 Does That Blue Moon Ever Shine on You Toby Keith
3 Every Light in the House Trace Adkins
2 Every Time I Get Around You David Lee Murphy
2 The Fear of Being Alone Reba McEntire
12 Givin' Water to a Drowning Man Lee Roy Parnell
6 Goodnight Sweetheart David Kersh
23 Grandpa Told Me So Kenny Chesney
2 Heads Carolina, Tails California Jo Dee Messina
21 Heart Half Empty Ty Herndon with Stephanie Bentley
3 Heart's Desire Lee Roy Parnell
14 Heaven Help My Heart Wynonna
14 Heaven in My Woman's Eyes Tracy Byrd
12 High Lonesome Sound Vince Gill with Alison Krauss
6 Holdin' On to Something Jeff Carson
3 Home Alan Jackson
  • The original version of this song, from Jackson's 1989 debut album Here in the Real World, was issued as a single in 1996.
23 Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best Marty Stuart with Travis Tritt
2 Hypnotize the Moon Clay Walker
2 I Am That Man Brooks & Dunn
4 I Can Still Make Cheyenne George Strait
2 I Do Paul Brandt
2 I Don't Think I Will James Bonamy
5 I Know She Still Loves Me George Strait
3 I Think About You Collin Raye
4 I'm Not Supposed to Love You Anymore Bryan White
8 If I Were You Terri Clark
4 If You Loved Me Tracy Lawrence
22 Irresistible You Ty England
19 It Works Alabama
7 It Wouldn't Hurt to Have Wings Mark Chesnutt
15 It's All in Your Head Diamond Rio
14 It's Lonely out There Pam Tillis
5 It's Midnight Cinderella Garth Brooks
5 It's What I Do Billy Dean
6 Jacob's Ladder Mark Wills
2 Learning as You Go Rick Trevino
3 Like There Ain't No Yesterday BlackHawk
4 Long as I Live John Michael Montgomery
9 Love Is Stronger Than Pride Ricochet
12 Love Remains Collin Raye
4 The Maker Said Take Her Alabama
13 Mama Don't Get Dressed Up for Nothing Brooks & Dunn
2 Me and You Kenny Chesney
5 Meant to Be Sammy Kershaw
3 More Than You'll Ever Know Travis Tritt
5 My Heart Has a History Paul Brandt
3 Not Enough Hours in the Night Doug Supernaw
3 Not That Different Collin Raye
2 On a Good Night Wade Hayes
5 Only on Days That End in "Y" Clay Walker
13 Out with a Bang David Lee Murphy
5 Poor Poor Pitiful Me Terri Clark
20 Ready, Willing and Able Lari White
18 Redneck 12 Days of Christmas Jeff Foxworthy
  • Co-written with singer/comedian Tim Wilson, this song was the only Top 40 country hit for comedian Jeff Foxworthy, although he had released several other comedy tracks to radio.
9 Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands Reba McEntire
8 The River and the Highway Pam Tillis
5 The Road You Leave Behind David Lee Murphy
19 'Round Here Sawyer Brown
8 Runnin' Away with My Heart Lonestar
17 She Said Yes Rhett Akins
13 Some Things Are Meant to Be Linda Davis
  • Davis's first Top 40 hit since "Does He Love You" (a duet with Reba McEntire) in mid-1993.
3 Someone Else's Dream Faith Hill
2 Stars over Texas Tracy Lawrence
19 Starting Over Again Reba McEntire
6 Ten Thousand Angels Mindy McCready
4 That Girl's Been Spying on Me Billy Dean
4 That Ol' Wind Garth Brooks
18 That's Enough of That Mila Mason
4 That's What I Get for Loving You Diamond Rio
4 Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye Neal McCoy
20 There's a Girl in Texas Trace Adkins
13 A Thousand Times a Day Patty Loveless
4 Too Much Fun Daryle Singletary
3 Treat Her Right Sawyer Brown
10 Vidalia Sammy Kershaw
2 Walkin' Away Diamond Rio
5 What Do I Know Ricochet
5 What I Meant to Say Wade Hayes
12 When a Woman Loves a Man Lee Roy Parnell
3 When Boy Meets Girl Terri Clark
23 Whole Lotta Gone Joe Diffie
22 Without Your Love Aaron Tippin
6 A Woman's Touch Toby Keith
5 Worlds Apart Vince Gill
25 Would I Randy Travis
6 You Can't Lose Me Faith Hill
3 You Gotta Love That Neal McCoy
7 You're Not in Kansas Anymore Jo Dee Messina

Canada

Peak Single Artist Notes
18 4 to 1 in Atlanta Tracy Byrd
3 Ain't Got Nothin' on Us John Michael Montgomery
2 All I Want Is a Life Tim McGraw
18 All She Wants Rena Gaile
4 All the Way Jason McCoy
15 All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down The Mavericks with Flaco Jiménez
14 Almost a Memory Now BlackHawk
23 Always Have, Always Will Shenandoah
5 Ancient History Prairie Oyster
18 Are We in Trouble Now Randy Travis
25 Beg, Borrow and Steal the World Sean Hogan
8 Big Guitar BlackHawk
24 Bury the Shovel Clay Walker
21 By My Side Lorrie Morgan with Jon Randall
4 Can't Be Really Gone Tim McGraw
3 The Car Jeff Carson
2 Carried Away George Strait
8 The Change Garth Brooks
21 Cherokee Boogie BR5-49
10 Cloud of Dust Rena Gaile
4 Cowboy Love John Michael Montgomery
3 Daddy's Money Ricochet
2 Deep Down Pam Tillis
9 Does That Blue Moon Ever Shine on You Toby Keith
8 Don't Get Me Started Rhett Akins
10 Every Light in the House Trace Adkins
2 Every Time I Get Around You David Lee Murphy
  • No. 1 song of the year, as determined by RPM.
17 Every Time My Heart Calls Your Name John Berry
2 The Fever Garth Brooks
20 A Fine Line Lawnie Wallace
14 Foolproof Desert Dolphins
18 Forty Days and Nights The Rankin Family
10 Givin' Water to a Drowning Man Lee Roy Parnell
17 Grandpa Told Me So Kenny Chesney
3 Heads Carolina, Tails California Jo Dee Messina
12 Heart Half Empty Ty Herndon with Stephanie Bentley
3 Heart's Desire Lee Roy Parnell
5 Heaven Help My Heart Wynonna
22 Hillbilly Country Boy The Johner Brothers
20 Holdin' On to Something Jeff Carson
5 Home Alan Jackson
10 Home Ain't Where His Heart Is (Anymore) Shania Twain
8 Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best Marty Stuart with Travis Tritt
6 Hypnotize the Moon Clay Walker
3 I Am That Man Brooks & Dunn
2 I Can Still Make Cheyenne George Strait
8 I Don't Think I Will James Bonamy
8 I Know She Still Loves Me George Strait
2 I Think About You Collin Raye
4 I Waited Chris Cummings
5 I'll Try Alan Jackson
2 I'm Not Supposed to Love You Anymore Bryan White
11 If I Had Any Pride Left at All John Berry
13 If You Loved Me Tracy Lawrence
25 Irresistible You Ty England
2 It Matters to Me Faith Hill
17 It Works Alabama
4 It Wouldn't Hurt to Have Wings Mark Chesnutt
17 It's All in Your Head Diamond Rio
21 It's Lonely out There Pam Tillis
2 It's Midnight Cinderella Garth Brooks
11 It's What I Do Billy Dean
6 Jacob's Ladder Mark Wills
3 Keep Me Rockin' Patricia Conroy
23 Lisa Marie Desert Dolphins
3 Lonely Too Long Patty Loveless
4 Long as I Live John Michael Montgomery
10 Love Is Stronger Than Pride Ricochet
13 Love Music Loves to Dance Calvin Wiggett
20 Love Remains Collin Raye
22 A Love Story in the Making Linda Davis
13 The Maker Said Take Her Alabama
8 Mama Don't Get Dressed Up for Nothing Brooks & Dunn
8 Me and You Kenny Chesney
4 Meant to Be Sammy Kershaw
7 More Than You'll Ever Know Travis Tritt
22 My Angel Is Here Wynonna
4 Not Enough Hours in the Night Doug Supernaw
10 Not That Different Collin Raye
4 On a Good Night Wade Hayes
4 One Step Back Jamie Warren
7 Only on Days That End in "Y" Clay Walker
5 Out with a Bang David Lee Murphy
21 Paradise John Anderson
24 Phones Are Ringin' All Over Town Martina McBride
14 Ready, Willing and Able Lari White
2 Rebecca Lynn Bryan White
16 Rhythm of Your Wings Gary Fjellgaard
14 Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands Reba McEntire
14 The River and the Highway Pam Tillis
12 The Road You Leave Behind David Lee Murphy
19 'Round Here Sawyer Brown
9 Roving Gypsy Boy The Rankin Family
9 Runnin' Away with My Heart Lonestar
18 Say I Alabama
5 She Never Lets It Go to Her Heart Tim McGraw
20 She Said Yes Rhett Akins
20 She's Got a Mind of Her Own James Bonamy
14 Sittin' Pretty Thomas Wade
18 So, So Long Rachel Matkin
13 Some Things Are Meant to Be Linda Davis
8 Someone Else's Dream Faith Hill
2 Stuck on Your Love Duane Steele
11 Suddenly Single Terri Clark
13 Take You by the Heart The Cruzeros
13 Ten Thousand Angels Mindy McCready
3 That Girl's Been Spyin' on Me Billy Dean
19 That's What I Get for Lovin' You Diamond Rio
7 Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye Neal McCoy
8 Thought I Was Dreaming Lawnie Wallace
3 To Be Loved by You Wynonna
10 Too Much Fun Daryle Singletary
19 Treat Her Right Sawyer Brown
3 The Trouble with Love Duane Steele
7 Vidalia Sammy Kershaw
2 Waiting on You Charlie Major
2 Walkin' Away Diamond Rio
12 Watching Her Sleep Jamie Warren
21 What Do I Know Ricochet
15 What I Meant to Say Wade Hayes
25 The Wheel of Love (Is a Lifetime Ride) Rick Tippe
3 When Boy Meets Girl Terri Clark
18 When Cowboys Didn't Dance Lonestar
21 Whole Lotta Gone Joe Diffie
15 Wild and Free Joan Kennedy
5 Wild Angels Martina McBride
15 Windows to the Past The Neilsons
11 A Woman's Touch Toby Keith
6 Worlds Apart Vince Gill
13 Wrong Place, Wrong Time Mark Chesnutt
13 You Gotta Love That Neal McCoy
22 You're Not in Kansas Anymore Jo Dee Messina
8 Zero to Sixty Thomas Wade

Top new album releases

US CAN Album Artist Record Label
21 All the Good 'Uns (The Best of Ian Tyson) Ian Tyson Stony Plain
10 Anne Murray Anne Murray SBK/Capitol
13 The Best of Country Heat Various Artists BMG
17 9 The Best of Country Sing the Best of Disney Various Artists Walt Disney
7 3 Between Now and Forever Bryan White Asylum
12 18 Big Love Tracy Byrd MCA Nashville
13 The Birth of a Star Patsy Cline Razor & Tie
1 1 Blue LeAnn Rimes Curb
1 3 Blue Clear Sky George Strait MCA Nashville
6 Blue Moon Toby Keith A&M
5 Blue Plate Special Prairie Oyster Velvel
1 1 Borderline Brooks & Dunn Arista Nashville
33 12 BR5-49 BR5-49 Arista Nashville
1 Butterfly Kisses (Shades of Grace) Bob Carlisle DMG
14 1 Calm Before the Storm Paul Brandt Reprise
23 Christmas: The Gift Collin Raye Epic
18 Christmas Volume II Alabama RCA Nashville
1 CMT Canada '96 Various Artists BMG
1 Collection The Rankin Family EMI
3 Crank It Up: The Music Album Jeff Foxworthy Warner Bros.
2 1 Did I Shave My Legs for This? Deana Carter Capitol Nashville
6 16 Dreamin' Out Loud Trace Adkins Capitol Nashville
6 22 Everybody Knows Trisha Yearwood MCA Nashville
1 1 Everything I Love Alan Jackson Arista Nashville
9 9 Faces John Berry Capitol Nashville
74 6 For Me It's You Michelle Wright Arista Nashville
4 Friends & Lovers Various Artists Sony
9 10 Full Circle Randy Travis Warner Bros.
12 6 Gettin' Out the Good Stuff David Lee Murphy MCA Nashville
10 The Gift Kenny Rogers Magnatone
21 Goodnight Sweetheart David Kersh Curb
8 9 Greater Need Lorrie Morgan BNA
2 5 Greatest Hits Clint Black RCA Nashville
18 14 Greatest Hits Mark Chesnutt Decca Nashville
3 5 High Lonesome Sound Vince Gill MCA Nashville
27 21 Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best Marty Stuart MCA Nashville
23 I Stoled This Record Cledus T. Judd Razor & Tie
18 It's What I Do Billy Dean Capitol Nashville
14 4 IV Diamond Rio Arista Nashville
22 8 Jo Dee Messina Jo Dee Messina Curb
10 3 Just the Same Terri Clark Mercury/PolyGram
17 Learning as You Go Rick Trevino Columbia
74 18 Lisa Brokop Lisa Brokop Capitol Nashville
6 18 Living in a Moment Ty Herndon Epic
11 Makin' Hay Farmer's Daughter Universal
9 Me and You Kenny Chesney BNA
4 2 Measure of a Man Kevin Sharp Asylum
7 7 Neal McCoy Neal McCoy Atlantic
3 New Country 3 Various Artists Warner
19 11 Not Fade Away (Remembering Buddy Holly) Various Artists Decca Nashville
11 On a Good Night Wade Hayes Columbia
3 13 A Place in the World Mary Chapin Carpenter Columbia
17 Politics, Religion and Her Sammy Kershaw Mercury/PolyGram
36 13 Reflections: Songs of Love John Denver RCA
7 8 The Restless Kind Travis Tritt Warner Bros.
2 1 Revelations Wynonna Curb/MCA Nashville
14 12 Ricochet Ricochet Columbia
4 The Road to Ensenada Lyle Lovett Curb
19 Shady Grove Jerry Garcia & David Grisman Acoustic Disc
72 11 Solid Ground Ricky Skaggs Atlantic
13 Somebody New Rhett Akins Decca Nashville
21 Somewhere Inside Chris Cummings Warner
20 4 Spirit Willie Nelson Island
12 11 Stars and Stripes Vol. 1 The Beach Boys River North
21 Steppin' Country 2 Various Artists Columbia
5 1 Ten Thousand Angels Mindy McCready BNA
3 3 Tennessee Moon Neil Diamond Columbia
43 20 That's Enough of That Mila Mason Atlantic
4 4 Time Marches On Tracy Lawrence Atlantic
20 14 Trail of Tears Billy Ray Cyrus Mercury/PolyGram
21 24 Treasures Dolly Parton Rising Tide
10 16 The Trouble with the Truth Patty Loveless Epic
8 Untamed and True 3 Various Artists MCA
20 Used Heart for Sale Gary Allan Decca Nashville
5 14 What I Do the Best John Michael Montgomery Atlantic
16 What I Live to Do James Bonamy Epic
1 3 What If It's You Reba McEntire MCA Nashville

Other top albums

US CAN Album Artist Record Label
40 A.K.A. Wham Bam Sam Hank Williams, Jr. Curb
74 Almost Alone Chet Atkins Columbia
53 Don't Fence Me In Lari White RCA Nashville
73 Elvis: Great Country Songs Elvis Presley RCA
51 Give Me Some Wheels Suzy Bogguss Capitol Nashville
56 Greatest Hits John Anderson BNA
60 Greatest Hits Confederate Railroad Atlantic
36 Hang of the Heartache Desert Dolphins Quality
39 Hit Country '96 Various Artists K-Tel
43 The Hits Hal Ketchum Curb
26 I Lived to Tell It All George Jones MCA Nashville
47 I Will Always Love You
and Other Greatest Hits		 Dolly Parton Columbia
53 Live Jeff Foxworthy Laughing Hyena
47 The Luv Collection: Real Luv Various Artists EMI-Capitol
60 28 Mandy Barnett Mandy Barnett Asylum
38 Mark Wills Mark Wills Mercury Nashville
45 My Roots Are Showing… K. T. Oslin BNA
38 NASCAR: Hotter Than Asphalt Various Artists Columbia
66 NFL Country Various Artists Gridiron
54 Now and Then Shenandoah Capitol Nashville
40 Paradise John Anderson BNA
32 P.O. Box 423 Duane Steele Mercury/PolyGram
36 Remembering Stan Rogers:
An East Coast Tribute II		 Various Artists Atlantica
50 The Rocky Mountain Collection John Denver RCA
32 Semi Crazy Junior Brown Curb
37 Smokin' Armadillos Smokin' Armadillos Curb
26 Some Things Are Meant to Be Linda Davis Arista Nashville
33 Stampede Chris LeDoux Capitol Nashville
38 Star of Wonder –
A Country Christmas Collection		 Various Artists Arista Nashville
44 Starlite Lounge David Ball Warner Bros.
46 Super Hits Alabama RCA Nashville
66 Super Hits Waylon Jennings RCA Nashville
51 Super Hits Keith Whitley RCA Nashville
29 Three Hanks: Men with Broken Hearts Hank Williams, Hank Williams, Jr.
& Hank Williams III		 Curb
54 Two Ways to Fall Ty England RCA Nashville
26 Unchained Johnny Cash American
42 31 You Still Got Me Doug Supernaw Giant

Deaths

Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

Major Awards

Grammy awards

Academy of Country Music

Country Music Association

Further reading

Other links

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