2008 in country music

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See also: 2007 in country music, 2008 in music, other events of 2008, 2009 in country music and the List of years in Country Music

Contents

[edit] Events

[edit] Top hits of the year

[edit] Number one hits

[edit] USA

[edit] Canada

Date Song Name Artist Wks. No. 1 Spec.
Note
January 4 Letter to Me Brad Paisley 1
  • Current No. 1 song.

[edit] Other major hits

US Peak CAN Peak Single Artist
20 34 All-American Girl Carrie Underwood
12 22 Cleaning This Gun (Come On In Boy) Rodney Atkins
- 5 Come On and Get Some Paul Brandt
5 2 Everybody Keith Urban
- 25 Everyday Woman Emerson Drive
2 - Firecracker Josh Turner
- 5 Flirtin' With Me Jason Blaine
14 14 Get My Drink On Toby Keith
20 20 God Must Be Busy Brooks & Dunn
- 4 I Remember the Music Shane Yellowbird
48 3 In My Next Life Terri Clark
16 - International Harvester Craig Morgan
24 - It's Good To Be Us Bucky Covington
23 - Laughed Until We Cried Jason Aldean
8 1 Letter To Me Brad Paisley
39 - Maybe She'll Get Lonely Jack Ingram
11 15 Ready, Set, Don't Go Billy Ray Cyrus (with Miley Cyrus)
30 - Rollin' With the Flow Mark Chesnutt
14 23 Shiftwork Kenny Chesney (with George Strait)
17 17 Small Town Southern Man Alan Jackson
2 - Stay Sugarland
13 - Stealing Cinderella Chuck Wicks
19 30 Suspicions Tim McGraw
- 10 That Train Doc Walker
30 - Things That Never Cross a Man's Mind Kellie Pickler
9 - Watching Airplanes Gary Allan
3 8 What Do Ya Think About That Montgomery Gentry
20 - What Kinda Gone Chris Cagle
4 2 Winner at a Losing Game Rascal Flatts
26 - You Still Own Me Emerson Drive

[edit] Top new album releases

[edit] Announced

Album Artist Record Label Release Date
Anne Murray Duets: Friends and Legends Anne Murray Manhattan January 15 (US only)
Backwoods Barbie Dolly Parton Dolly February 5
The Best of SHeDAISY SHeDAISY Lyric Street February 5
Broken In Trent Willmon Compadre February 26
C'mon! Keith Anderson Columbia TBA
Coal Kathy Mattea Narada TBA
Good Thing Going Rhonda Vincent Rounder January 8
Good Time Alan Jackson Arista March 4
I Keep Coming Back Josh Gracin Lyric Street TBA
Just A Little Lovin Shelby Lynne Lost Highway January 29
Love Revival Reba McEntire MCA Nashville/Hallmark January
Love Songs Billy Ray Cyrus Mercury Nashville/UMG Special Markets January 29
Love Songs Trisha Yearwood MCA Nashville/UMG Special Markets January 15
Moment of Forever Willie Nelson Lost Highway January 29
My Country Jewel Valory March 11
My Life is a Country Song Chris Cagle Capitol February 19
My Next Life Terri Clark BNA April 1
Picture of Me Lee Brice Curb TBA
Prayer of a Common Man Phil Vassar Universal South March 11
Rollin' with the Flow Mark Chesnutt Lofton Creek TBA
Sounds So Good Ashton Shepherd MCA Nashville March 25
Starting Now Chuck Wicks RCA Nashville January 22
Stronger Carlene Carter Eleven Thirty March 4
Sunset Man James Otto Raybaw/Warner Bros. TBA
Unmistakable Jo Dee Messina Curb TBA

[edit] Other top albums

[edit] Deaths

[edit] Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

[edit] Major Awards

[edit] Grammy awards

(To be presented February 10)

[edit] CMT Music Awards

(To be presented April 14 in Nashville)

[edit] Academy of Country Music

(To be presented May 18)

[edit] Country Music Association

[edit] 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.

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