1990 in country music
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1990.
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Events
- January 20 — Billboard magazine begins basing the Hot Country Singles chart entirely on radio airplay through Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems (BDS), which uses a computerized system to detect actual radio spins. The number of chart positions is reduced from 100 to 75. The new system has an immediate effect on how long the year's biggest songs stay at No. 1:
- February 3 — "Nobody's Home" by Clint Black becomes the first three-week No. 1 since Randy Travis' "Forever and Ever, Amen" in 1987.
- April 7 — Travis' "Hard Rock Bottom Of Your Heart" breaks the four-week barrier, the first since 1978's "Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys" by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson.
- July 7 — "Love Without End, Amen" by George Strait is Billboard's first five-week No. 1 song, matching 1977's "Here You Come Again" by Dolly Parton. Incidentally, "Love Without End, Amen" is Strait's first multi-week chart-topper, after his first 18 No. 1s had spent just one week on top.
- Just 23 songs would reach the chart's summit in 1990, 13 of them multi-weekers; this was fewer than half the number that reached the top of the chart a year earlier, and the fewest since 1972.
No dates
- The Smithsonian Institution releases Classic Country Music: A Smithsonian Collection, a 100-track, four-volume set including the most important and notable songs in the genre's history, from 1924 to 1987. The set, which includes an 84-page booklet by historian Bill Malone, replaces the Smithsonian's eight-volume, 143-track set – titled The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Country Music – issued in 1981.
- The release of Classic Country Music: A Smithsonian Collection continues a trend towards chronicling the genre's history via compact disc during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Time-Life Music's Country USA series continued to issue new albums, while Columbia Records issues its five-volume Country Classics series during the summer. Rhino Records also releases ten volumes of Billboard Top Country Singles, each depicting the top 10 songs from the years 1959 through 1968.
Top hits of the year
See also: List of number-one country hits of 1990 (U.S.) and List of number-one country hits of 1990 (Canada)
Singles released by American artists
Singles released by Canadian artists
US | CAN | Single | Artist | Reference |
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— | 20 | After All | Anita Perras | |
— | 20 | Ain't No Trains to Nashville | Dick Damron | |
— | 9 | Always Hum a Song in Your Soul | Morris P. Rainville | |
— | 4 | Bachelor Girl | George Fox | |
— | 12 | The Colour of Your Collar | Gary Fjellgaard | |
— | 19 | Couldn't See the Gold | Tommy Hunter with Janie Fricke | |
— | 10 | Daddy, Sing to Me | Lisa Brokop | |
— | 10 | Dreamin' Ain't Cheatin' | Carroll Baker | |
5 | 6 | Feed This Fire | Anne Murray | |
62 | 3 | Goodbye, So Long, Hello | Prairie Oyster | |
— | 9 | Here Comes My Baby | Anita Perras | |
— | 3 | How Many Times | Family Brown | |
— | 17 | I Broke His Heart | Jenny Lee West | |
70 | 5 | I Don't Hurt Anymore | Prairie Oyster | |
— | 9 | I Want to Fly | Errol Ranville | |
— | 9 | I'll Accept the Rose | Rita MacNeil | |
— | 10 | In My Heart | Gary Fjellgaard with Linda Kidder | |
— | 10 | Lime Rickey | George Fox | |
— | 14 | Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young | The Good Brothers | |
— | 10 | Luck in My Eyes | k.d. lang | |
— | 16 | Never Be Sorry | Greg Paul | |
32 | 4 | New Kind of Love | Michelle Wright | |
— | 10 | No Trespassing | George Fox | |
— | 19 | Once the Magic's Gone | Cindi Cain | |
— | 13 | Pioneers | Family Brown | |
— | 8 | Quittin' Time | Michael Dee | |
— | 9 | Rosanne | Albert Hall | |
— | 17 | Rumour | Dan Rogers | |
— | 10 | She Told Me So | The Good Brothers | |
— | 17 | Since the Rain | Ian Tyson | |
— | 7 | Somewhere on the Island | Gary Fjellgaard | |
— | 6 | Start of Something New | Terry Carisse with Tracey Brown | |
— | 10 | This Time | Patricia Conroy | |
55 | 9 | Three Days | k.d. lang | |
— | 10 | Touch My Heart | Anita Perras | |
— | 17 | Why Do I Think of You Today | Rita MacNeil | |
72 | 14 | Woman's Intuition | Michelle Wright | |
Top new album releases
Other top albums
US | Album | Artist | Record Label |
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47 | Blue Jungle | Merle Haggard | Curb |
31 | Born for Trouble | Willie Nelson | Columbia |
45 | Brand New Dance | Emmylou Harris | Reprise |
44 | Breaking New Ground | Wild Rose | Capitol Nashville |
41 | Buffalo Zone | Sweethearts of the Rodeo | Columbia |
33 | Bumper to Bumper | T. Graham Brown | Capitol Nashville |
71 | Christmas Memories | Steve Wariner | MCA Nashville |
54 | Come Hold Me | The Forester Sisters | Warner Bros. |
42 | County Line | Southern Pacific | Warner Bros. |
35 | Crazy in Love | Conway Twitty | MCA Nashville |
61 | Different Kind of Fire | Prairie Oyster | RCA Nashville |
63 | Down That River Road | Larry Boone | Mercury/PolyGram |
27 | Greatest Hits | Highway 101 | Warner Bros. |
26 | Greatest Hits | Sawyer Brown | Capitol/Curb |
35 | Greatest Hits Volume II | Earl Thomas Conley | RCA Nashville |
54 | Greatest Hits, Vol. III | Conway Twitty | MCA Nashville |
57 | Hardin County Line | Mark Collie | MCA Nashville |
45 | Have a Little Faith | Jo-El Sonnier | RCA Nashville |
47 | Heart Full of Love | Holly Dunn | Warner Bros. |
64 | Heart Over Mind | Tammy Wynette | Epic |
69 | Holdin' a Good Hand | Lee Greenwood | Capitol Nashville |
74 | Home for Christmas | Dolly Parton | Columbia |
69 | How 'bout Us | Girls Next Door | Atlantic |
63 | Imagine That | The O'Kanes | Columbia |
34 | Jersey Boy | Eddie Rabbitt | Capitol Nashville |
73 | Keepin' Me Up Nights | Asleep at the Wheel | Arista Nashville |
69 | Kevin Welch | Kevin Welch | Reprise |
26 | Lacy J. | Lacy J. Dalton | Capitol Nashville |
35 | The Lights of Home | Baillie & the Boys | RCA Nashville |
57 | Live at Liberty Lunch | Joe Ely | MCA Nashville |
43 | Lying to the Moon | Matraca Berg | RCA Nashville |
49 | Marsha Thornton | Marsha Thornton | MCA Nashville |
75 | Missing You | The Marcy Brothers | Warner Bros. |
31 | Music, Memories and You | The Statler Brothers | Mercury/PolyGram |
27 | Neck and Neck | Chet Atkins & Mark Knopfler | Columbia |
72 | No Nonsense | Barbara Mandrell | Capitol Nashville |
71 | Reality Check | The Bellamy Brothers | Curb/MCA Nashville |
53 | The Rest of the Dream | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | MCA Nashville |
63 | Simple Life | Mac McAnally | Warner Bros. |
42 | Still Standing | Exile | Arista Nashville |
72 | Stone by Stone | Tim Mensy | Columbia |
46 | Tell Me Why | Jann Browne | Curb |
62 | Tim Ryan | Tim Ryan | Epic |
31 | Tough All Over | Shelby Lynne | Epic |
56 | True Love | Don Williams | RCA Nashville |
40 | Version of the Truth | Foster & Lloyd | RCA Nashville |
64 | Well Travelled Love | Kelly Willis | MCA Nashville |
51 | What a Way to Go | Ray Kennedy | Atlantic |
65 | When the Night Falls | Black Tie | Bench |
66 | Wood, Wind and Stone | David Lynn Jones | Mercury/PolyGram |
35 | You Oughta Be Here with Me | George Jones | Epic |
47 | You Will | Anne Murray | Capitol |
On television
Regular series
- Hee Haw (1969-1993, syndicated)
Births
- March 30 — Thomas Rhett, singer-songwriter, son of singer-songwriter Rhett Akins.
- April 10 — Maren Morris, musician and singer-songwriter known for her 2016 hit "My Church".
- May 17 — Kree Harrison, singer and musician, who was the runner-up on the twelfth season of American Idol.
- May 27 — Brett Kissel, Canadian country singer of the 2010s.
- July 23 — Neil Perry, member of The Band Perry.
- July 27 — Cheyenne Kimball, member of Gloriana from 2008-2011.
Deaths
- April 26 - Wesley Rose, 72, president of Acuff-Rose Music publishing.
- August 15 — Lew DeWitt, 52, tenor and founding member of the Statler Brothers (complications from Crohn's disease)
- October 31 — Carl Belew, 59, best known for writing the song "Am I That Easy to Forget" (cancer)
Hall of Fame inductees
Country Music Hall of Fame inductees
- Tennessee Ernie Ford (1919-1991)
Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees
- Gordie Tapp
- Ron Sparling
Major awards
Grammy Awards
- Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "Where've You Been," Kathy Mattea
- Best Male Country Vocal Performance — "When I Call Your Name," Vince Gill
- Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — Pickin' on Nashville, The Kentucky Headhunters
- Best Country Collaboration with Vocals — "Poor Boy Blues," Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler
- Best Country Instrumental Performance — "So Soft, Your Goodbye," Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler
- Best Country Song — "Where've You Been," Don Henry and Jon Vesner
- Best Bluegrass Recording — "I've Got That Old Feeling," Alison Krauss
Juno Awards
- Country Male Vocalist of the Year — George Fox
- Country Female Vocalist of the Year — Rita MacNeil
- Country Group or Duo of the Year — Prairie Oyster
Academy of Country Music
- Entertainer of the Year — Garth Brooks
- Song of the Year — "The Dance," Tony Arata (Performer: Garth Brooks)
- Single of the Year — "Friends in Low Places," Garth Brooks
- Album of the Year — No Fences, Garth Brooks
- Top Male Vocalist — Garth Brooks
- Top Female Vocalist — Reba McEntire
- Top Vocal Duo — The Judds
- Top Vocal Group — Shenandoah
- Top New Male Vocalist — Alan Jackson
- Top New Female Vocalist — Shelby Lynne
- Top New Vocal Duo or Group — Pirates of the Mississippi
- Video of the Year — "The Dance," Garth Brooks (Director: John Lloyd Miller)
Canadian Country Music Association
- Bud Country Fans' Choice Award — k.d. lang
- Male Artist of the Year — George Fox
- Female Artist of the Year — Michelle Wright
- Group of the Year — Prairie Oyster
- SOCAN Song of the Year — "Pioneers," Barry Brown
- Single of the Year — "Goodbye, So Long, Hello," Prairie Oyster
- Album of the Year — Absolute Torch and Twang, k.d. lang
- Top Selling Album — Rita, Rita MacNeil
- Video of the Year — "Pioneers," Family Brown
- Vista Rising Star Award — Patricia Conroy
- Duo of the Year — Gary Fjellgaard and Linda Kidder
Country Music Association
- Entertainer of the Year — George Strait
- Song of the Year — "Where've You Been," Don Henry and Jon Vezner (Performer: Kathy Mattea)
- Single of the Year — "When I Call Your Name," Vince Gill
- Album of the Year — Pickin' on Nashville, The Kentucky Headhunters
- Male Vocalist of the Year — Clint Black
- Female Vocalist of the Year — Kathy Mattea
- Vocal Duo of the Year — The Judds
- Vocal Group of the Year — The Kentucky Headhunters
- Horizon Award — Garth Brooks
- Music Video of the Year — "The Dance," Garth Brooks (Director: John Lloyd Miller)
- Vocal Event of the Year — "'Til a Tear Becomes a Rose," Lorrie Morgan and Keith Whitley
- Musician of the Year — Johnny Gimble
Further reading
- Kingsbury, Paul, "The Grand Ole Opry: History of Country Music. 70 Years of the Songs, the Stars and the Stories," Villard Books, Random House; Opryland USA, 1995
- Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947-1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003 (ISBN 0-8118-3572-3)
- Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 (ISBN 0-06-273244-7)
- Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs 1944-2005 - 6th Edition." 2005.
Other links
External links
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