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Willie Nelson sets a new record as the oldest artist to achieve a number one country song at age 70. [69] 2004: 2005: The chart's name changes to Hot Country Songs. Josh Gracin becomes the first American Idol finalist to achieve a country number one. [2] [70] [71] 2006: George Strait achieves his 41st number one, breaking Conway Twitty's record.
1980 in country music, Debuts of movies about country music and/or country singers in leading roles (Coal Miner's Daughter, Urban Cowboy); nomination of two country songs for Academy Award for Best Original Song; Alabama signs with RCA Records and begins long-term success. Death of Red Sovine.
This is a list of country songs that have been the number-one singles of the years on the Hot Country Songs charts as determined by Billboard magazine. Pages in category " Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one singles of the year"
Hot Country Songs is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. In 1999, 19 different songs topped the chart, then published under the title Hot Country Singles & Tracks, in 52 issues of the magazine, based on weekly airplay data from country music radio stations compiled by ...
The table of years in country music is a tabular display of all years in country music, to provide an overview and quick navigation to any year.
0–9. Prior to 1920 in country music; 1920 in country music; 1921 in country music; 1922 in country music; 1923 in country music; 1924 in country music; 1925 in country music
The longest run at number one during 2001 was six weeks, achieved by two songs, "Ain't Nothing 'bout You" by Brooks & Dunn and "I'm Already There" by Lonestar. "Ain't Nothing 'bout You" was ranked number one on Billboard 's year-end chart of the most popular country songs, [8] and is the longest-running of the duo's twenty number ones. [9]
The award is given to the songwriter(s) of the song, not to the artist, except if the artist is also the songwriter. There have been several minor changes to the name of the award: From 1965 to 1968, it was known as "Best Country & Western Song" From 1969 to 1983, it was awarded as "Best Country Song"