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k.d. lang, Canadian country-pop singer-songwriter, known for her campy performances, androgynous look, and mezzo-soprano range, winning CCMA's Entertainer of the Year Award in 1987, 1988, 1989, and 1990, Best Album 1988 for Shadowland, and the American Grammy Awards for Best Country Vocal Collaboration 1989 for "Crying" (shared with Roy Orbison ...
Hot Country Songs is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. In 1990, 24 different songs topped the chart in 52 issues of the magazine. The chart was published under the title Hot Country Singles through the February 10 issue and Hot Country Singles & Tracks thereafter. [1]
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.
This is an alphabetical list of country music performers. It includes artists who played country music at some point in their career, even if they were not exclusively country music performers. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Inductees in the 1990s Image Inductee Year Birth date Death date Notes Tennessee Ernie Ford: 1990 February 13, 1919 October 17, 1991 Singer, cross-genre personality Felice and Boudleaux Bryant: 1991 Boudleaux (February 13, 1920) Felice (August 7, 1925) Boudleaux (June 25, 1987) Felice (April 22, 2003) Songwriters George Jones: 1992 September 12 ...
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1973 in country music, Grand Ole Opry moves from the Ryman Auditorium to its new house in Opryland; murder of Stringbean; premiere of "American Country Countdown"; Johnny Rodriguez becomes the first Hispanic country star. 1974 in country music, Rise of British-Australian pop singer Olivia Newton-John and her surprise win of the Country Music ...
Clint Black's album Killin' Time, which had first reached number one in 1989, continued to spend time in the top spot for much of 1990. Top Country Albums is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music albums in the United States, published by Billboard. In 1990, seven different albums topped the chart, based on sales reports submitted ...