1993 in country music

See also:
1992 in country music, 1993 in music, other events of 1993, 1994 in country music, 1990s in music and the List of years in Country Music

Events

Top hits of the year

Number one hits

"(as certified by Billboard magazine)"
* ¹ - No. 1 song of the year, as determined by "Billboard magazine".
* ² - Song dropped from No. 1 and later returned to top spot.
* ^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.

Other major hits

Top new album releases

*"Alibis" — Tracy Lawrence (Atlantic)
*"Almost Goodbye" — Mark Chesnutt (MCA)
*"Big Time" — Little Texas (Warner Bros.)
*"Call of the Wild" — Aaron Tippin (RCA)
*"Cheap Seats" — Alabama (RCA)
*"Clay Walker" — Clay Walker (Giant)
*"" — Various Artists (Giant)
*"Easy Come, Easy Go" — George Strait (MCA)
*"Fire in the Dark" — Billy Dean (Liberty)
*"Greatest Hits 1990-1992" — Tanya Tucker (Capitol)
*"Greatest Hits Volume Two" — Reba McEntire (MCA)
*"Hard Workin' Man" — Brooks & Dunn (Arista)
*"Haunted Heart" — Sammy Kershaw (Mercury)
*"Honky Tonk Angels" — Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn & Tammy Wynette (Columbia)
*"Honky Tonk Attitude" — Joe Diffie (Epic)
*"Honky Tonk Christmas" — Alan Jackson (Arista)
*"In Pieces" — Garth Brooks (Capitol)
*"It Won't Be the Last" — Billy Ray Cyrus (Mercury)
*"Let There Be Peace on Earth" — Vince Gill (MCA)
*"More Love" — Doug Stone (Epic)
*"No Time to Kill" — Clint Black (RCA)
*"Only What I Feel" — Patty Loveless (Epic)
*"Outskirts of Town" — Sawyer Brown (Curb)
*"Red and Rio Grande" — Doug Supernaw (BNA)
*"Slow Dancing with the Moon" — Dolly Parton (Columbia)
*"Solid Ground" — John Anderson (BNA)
*"The Song Remembers When" — Trisha Yearwood (MCA)
*"Soon" — Tanya Tucker (Liberty)
*"Take Me as I Am" — Faith Hill (Warner Bros.)
*"Tell Me Why" — Wynonna (Curb/MCA)
*"This Time" — Dwight Yoakam (Reprise)
*"Toby Keith" — Toby Keith (Mercury Nashville)
*"Tracy Byrd" — Tracy Byrd (MCA)
*"The Way That I Am" — Martina McBride (RCA)
*"Wind in the Wire" — Randy Travis (Warner Bros.)
*"You Might Be a Redneck If..." — Jeff Foxworthy (Warner Bros.)

Other top albums

*"Across the Borderline" — Willie Nelson (Columbia)
*"America, I Believe in You" — Charlie Daniels (Liberty)
*"The Beverly Hillbillies Soundtrack" — Various Artists (RCA)
*"Bobbie Cryner" — Bobbie Cryner (Columbia)
*"A Bridge I Didn't Burn" — Ricky Van Shelton (Columbia)
*"Cowgirl's Prayer" — Emmylou Harris (Asylum)
*"Croonin"' — Anne Murray (EMI)
*"Delta Dreamland" — Deborah Allen (Giant)
*"Drive" — Steve Wariner (Arista)
*"Final Touches" — Conway Twitty (MCA)
*"Good News" — Kathy Mattea (Mercury)
*"Greatest Hits" — Patty Loveless (MCA)
*"Greatest Hits: Songs from an Aging Sex Bomb" — K. T. Oslin (RCA)
*"Heroes" — Mark O'Connor (Warner Bros.)
*"High Tech Redneck" — George Jones (MCA)
*"Hurry Sundown" — McBride & the Ride (MCA)
*"Let Go" — Brother Phelps (Asylum)
*"Little Love Letters" — Carlene Carter (Giant)
*"Mark Collie" — Mark Collie (MCA Nashville)
*"Merry Christmas from London" — Lorrie Morgan (BNA)
*"On the Road" — Lee Roy Parnell (Arista Nashville)
*"Out of Left Field" — Hank Williams, Jr. (Curb/Warner Bros.)
*"Rave On!!" — The Kentucky Headhunters (Mercury Nashville)
*"Ricky Lynn Gregg" — Ricky Lynn Gregg (Liberty)
*"Shania Twain" — Shania Twain (PolyGram/Mercury)
*"Shawn Camp" — Shawn Camp (Reprise)
*"Something Up My Sleeve" — Suzy Bogguss (Liberty)
*"Spinning Around the Sun" — Jimmie Dale Gilmore (Elektra)
*"Temptation" — Shelby Lynne (Morgan Creek)
*"Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills" — Asleep at the Wheel (Liberty)
*"True Believer" — Ronnie Milsap (Liberty)
*"Under the Kudzu" — Shenandoah (RCA)
*"Under This Old Hat" — Chris LeDoux (Liberty)
*"The Wheel" — Rosanne Cash (Columbia)
*"Where There's Smoke" — Gibson/Miller Band (Epic)

On television

Regular series

* "Hee Haw" (1969-1993, syndicated)

pecials

Deaths

*June 5 – Conway Twitty, 59, giant music star since the 1950s who set records for most No. 1 country hits until 2006 (abdominal aneurysm).
*November 30 – David Houston, 54, top country singer of the 1960s and early 1970s, best known for "Almost Persuaded" (brain aneurysm).

Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

*Willie Nelson (born 1933)

Major Awards

Grammy awards

*Best Female Country Vocal Performance -- "Passionate Kisses," Mary Chapin Carpenter
*Best Male Country Vocal Performance -- "Ain't That Lonely Yet," Dwight Yoakam
*Best Country Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal -- "Hard Workin' Man," Brooks & Dunn
*Best Country Collaboration With Vocals -- "Does He Love You," Reba McEntire and Linda Davis
*Best Country Instrumental Performance -- ""Red Wing" ," Asleep at the Wheel, Chet Atkins, Eldon Shamblin, Johnny Gimble, Marty Stuart, Reuben "Lucky Oceans" Gosfield & Vince Gill
*Best Country Song -- "Passionate Kisses," Lucinda Williams (Performer: Mary Chapin Carpenter)
*Best Bluegrass Album -- "Waitin' for the Hard Times to Go", The Nashville Bluegrass Band

Academy of Country Music

*Entertainer Of The Year -- Garth Brooks
*Song Of The Year -- "I Love the Way You Love Me," Victoria Shaw and Chuck Cannon (Performer: John Michael Montgomery)
*Single Of The Year -- "Chattahoochee," Alan Jackson
*Album Of The Year -- "A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'Bout Love)", Alan Jackson
*Top Male Vocalist -- Vince Gill
*Top Female Vocalist -- Wynonna
*Top Vocal Duo -- Brooks & Dunn
*Top Vocal Group -- Little Texas
*Top New Male Vocalist -- John Michael Montgomery
*Top New Female Vocalist -- Faith Hill
*Top New Vocal Duo Or Group -- Gibson/Miller Band
*Video Of The Year -- "We Shall Be Free," Garth Brooks (Directors: Garth Brooks and Tim Miller)

Country Music Association

*Entertainer of the Year -- Vince Gill
*Song of the Year -- "I Still Believe in You," Vince Gill and John Jarvis (Performer: Vince Gill)
*Single of the Year -- "Chattahoochee," Alan Jackson
*Album of the Year -- "I Still Believe in You", Vince Gill
*Male Vocalist of the Year -- Vince Gill
*Female Vocalist of the Year -- Mary Chapin Carpenter
*Vocal Duo of the Year -- Brooks & Dunn
*Vocal Group of the Year -- Diamond Rio
*Horizon Award -- Mark Chesnutt
*Music Video of the Year -- "Chattahoochee," Alan Jackson (Director: Martin Kahan)
*Vocal Event of the Year -- "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair," George Jones (featuring Clint Black, Garth Brooks, T. Graham Brown, Mark Chesnutt, Joe Diffie, Vince Gill, Alan Jackson, Patty Loveless, Pam Tillis, and Travis Tritt)
*Musician of the Year -- Mark O'Connor

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

*Country Music Association
*Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame

External links

* [http://www.cmaawards.com/2004/hof/default.asp Country Music Hall of Fame]