Country-Musik 1997

Die Liste bietet eine Übersicht über das Jahr 1997 im Genre Country-Musik.

Events

  • Am 26. Februar erhält LeAnn Rimes im Alter von vierzehn Jahren als bislang jüngste Person einen Grammy. Insgesamt konnte sie zwei Awards mit nach Hause holen: Best New Artist und Best Female Country Vocal Performance (für Blue)[1]
  • Im Oktober gibt Barbara Mandrell ihr letztes Konzert[2]
  • Am 4. November erscheint Shania Twains drittes Album Come On Over, das mehrere Verkaufsrekorde aufstellt. Es wird das am besten verkaufte Country-Studioalbum aller Zeiten (Double Live von Garth Brooks aus dem nächsten Jahr ist das erfolgreichste), das am besten verkaufte Studioalbum einer Frau, das am besten verkaufte Album einer Kanadierin und das acht-erfolgreichste Album in den USA.[3]

Top Hits des Jahres

Year-End-Charts

Dies ist die Top 10 der Year-End-Charts, die vom Billboard-Magazin erhoben wurde.[4]

  1. It’s Your LoveTim McGraw
  2. One Night at a TimeGeorge Strait
  3. Carrying Your Love with MeGeorge Strait
  4. On the VergeCollin Raye
  5. How Your Love Makes Me FeelDiamond Rio
  6. Rumor Has ItClay Walker
  7. (This Ain’t) No Thinkin’ ThingTrace Adkins
  8. Better Man, Better OffTracy Lawrence
  9. She’s Got It AllKenny Chesney
  10. I Left Something Turned On at HomeTrace Adkins

Nummer-1-Hits

It’s Your Love, ein Duett von Tim McGraw und Faith Hill blieb sechs Wochen auf dem ersten Platz. Dies gelang zuletzt Waylon Jennings mit Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love).[5]

Weitere Hits

Die Auswahl beschränkt sich auf Songs, die in den Country-Billboard-Charts in die Top 20 gekommen sind.[6]

USSingleArtist
4All the Good Ones Are GonePam Tillis
2Amen Kind of LoveDaryle Singletary
3Another YouDavid Kersh
3Big LoveTracy Byrd
5Count Me InDeana Carter
3Dancin', Shaggin' on the BoulevardAlabama
11Day In, Day OutDavid Kersh
17Don't Love Make a Diamond ShineTracy Byrd
4Don't Take Her She's All I GotTracy Byrd
3Drink, Swear, Steal & LieMichael Peterson
20Ease My Troubled MindRicochet
10Emotional GirlTerri Clark
3Everybody KnowsTrisha Yearwood
9Everything I LoveAlan Jackson
2The FoolLee Ann Womack
2FriendsJohn Michael Montgomery
4A Girl's Gotta Do (What a Girl's Gotta Do)Mindy McCready
3Go AwayLorrie Morgan
4Good as I Was to YouLorrie Morgan
6Half Way UpClint Black
18He Left a Lot to Be DesiredRicochet
18Heartbroke Every DayLonestar
18Helping Me Get Over YouTravis Tritt featuring Lari White
7Her ManGary Allan
4Holdin‘Diamond Rio
3Honky Tonk TruthBrooks & Dunn
4How a Cowgirl Says GoodbyeTracy Lawrence
2How Do I LiveTrisha Yearwood
2How Was I to KnowJohn Michael Montgomery
8I Can't Do That AnymoreFaith Hill
17I Have to SurrenderTy Herndon
6I Miss You a LittleJohn Michael Montgomery
7I Only Get This Way with YouRick Trevino
19I Will, If You WillJohn Berry
2I'd Rather Ride Around with YouReba McEntire
9If She Don't Love YouThe Buffalo Club
4If You Love SomebodyKevin Sharp
2In Another's EyesTrisha Yearwood and Garth Brooks
2Is That a TearTracy Lawrence
19It's All the Same to MeBilly Ray Cyrus
19King of the MountainGeorge Strait
5Land of the LivingPam Tillis
8Let It RainMark Chesnutt
11Let Me into Your HeartMary Chapin Carpenter
5The Light in Your EyesLeAnn Rimes
2A Little More LoveVince Gill
9Little ThingsTanya Tucker
4Love Is the Right PlaceBryan White
2Loved Too MuchTy Herndon
18Maybe He'll Notice Her NowMindy McCready featuring Lonestar's Richie McDonald
4Maybe We Should Just Sleep on ItTim McGraw
2On the VergeCollin Raye
18One, Two, I Love YouClay Walker
5Places I've Never BeenMark Wills
7PleaseThe Kinleys
2Pretty Little AdrianaVince Gill
4The Rest of MineTrace Adkins
2Sad Lookin' MoonAlabama
5The ShakeNeal McCoy
4She Drew a Broken HeartPatty Loveless
21She Wants to Be Wanted AgainTy Herndon
24She's Going Home with MeTravis Tritt
3She's Sure Taking It WellKevin Sharp
2She's Taken a ShineJohn Berry
14Shut Up and DriveChely Wright
13Six Days on the RoadSawyer Brown
2Something That We DoClint Black
11Still Holding OnClint Black & Martina McBride
31The SwingJames Bonamy
2Thank God for BelieversMark Chesnutt
15That's Another SongBryan White
6This Night Won't Last ForeverSawyer Brown
3Today My World Slipped AwayGeorge Strait
15The Trouble with the TruthPatty Loveless
3Unchained MelodyLeAnn Rimes
4Watch ThisClay Walker
2We Were in LoveToby Keith
15What If It's YouReba McEntire
2What the Heart WantsCollin Raye
10Whatever Comes FirstSons of the Desert
2When I Close My EyesKenny Chesney
13When Love Starts Talkin‘Wynonna
6Where Corn Don't GrowTravis Tritt
2Who's Cheatin' WhoAlan Jackson
8Why Would I Say GoodbyeBrooks & Dunn
8You and You AloneVince Gill
14You Don't Seem to Miss MePatty Loveless

Alben

Year-End-Charts

Dies ist die Top 10 der Year-End-Charts, die vom Billboard-Magazin erhoben wurde.[4]

  1. BlueLeAnn Rimes
  2. Did I Shave My Legs for You?Deana Carter
  3. Unchained Melody/The Early YearsLeAnn Rimes
  4. Carrying Your Love with MeGeorge Strait
  5. EverywhereTim McGraw
  6. You Light Up My Life – Inspirational SongsLeAnn Rimes
  7. Everything I LoveAlan Jackson
  8. (Songbook) A Collection of HitsTrisha Yearwood
  9. What If It’s YouReba McEntire
  10. The Greatest HitsClint Black

Nummer-1-Hits

Weitere Alben

Die Auswahl beschränkt sich auf Alben, die in den Country-Billboard-Charts in die Top 20 gekommen sind.

USAlbumArtistLabel
4The Best of Collin Raye: Direct HitsCollin RayeEpic
8The Best of John Denver LiveJohn DenverLegacy
7Big TimeTrace AdkinsCapitol Nashville
16A Celebration of Life/The Last RecordingsJohn DenverRiver North
4The Coast Is ClearTracy LawrenceAtlantic
9CollectionWynonnaCurb/MCA Nashville
15ComplicatedTanya TuckerCapitol Nashville
12A Country Superstar ChristmasVarious ArtistsHip-O
16Crazy NightsLonestarBNA
5Dancin' on the BoulevardAlabamaRCA Nashville
8Dream Walkin‘Toby KeithMercury Nashville
4EvolutionMartina McBrideRCA Nashville
8Greatest HitsDiamond RioArista Nashville
5Greatest HitsNeal McCoyAtlantic
5Greatest HitsJohn Michael MontgomeryAtlantic
6Greatest HitsPam TillisArista Nashville
2The Greatest Hits CollectionBrooks & DunnArista Nashville
5Here's Your SignBill EngvallWarner Bros.
10I Will StandKenny ChesneyBNA
12If I Don't Stay the NightMindy McCreadyBNA
22Just Between You and MeThe KinleysEpic
5Labor of LoveSammy KershawMercury/PolyGram
9Lee Ann WomackLee Ann WomackDecca Nashville
8LilaLila McCannAsylum
9Long Stretch of LonesomePatty LovelessEpic
8Love & GravityBlackHawkArista Nashville
15Love TravelsKathy MatteaMercury/PolyGram
17Michael PetersonMichael PetersonReprise
4Nothin' but the TaillightsClint BlackRCA Nashville
15One of the Fortunate FewDelbert McClintonRising Tide
5The Other SideWynonnaCurb/Universal
7The Right PlaceBryan WhiteAsylum
4Rumor Has ItClay WalkerGiant
9Shakin' Things UpLorrie MorganBNA
8Six Days on the RoadSawyer BrownCurb
4So Long So WrongAlison Krauss & Union StationRounder
19Takin' the Country BackJohn AndersonMercury Nashville
8Under the CoversDwight YoakamReprise

Geboren

  • 15. August – Reyna Roberts

Gestorben

Neue Mitglieder der Hall of Fames

International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame

  • Josh Graves

Country Music Hall of Fame

Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame

Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame

  • Family Brown
  • Sam Sniderman

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Die wichtigsten Auszeichnungen

Grammys

Academy of Country Music Awards

  • Entertainer Of The YearBrooks & Dunn
  • Song Of The YearBlue, LeAnn Rimes, Bill Mack
  • Single Of The YearBlue, LeAnn Rimes
  • Album Of The Year – Blue Clear Sky, George Strait
  • Top Male Vocalist – George Strait
  • Top Female VocalistPatty Loveless
  • Top Vocal DuoBrooks & Dunn
  • Top Vocal GroupSawyer Brown
  • Top New Male VocalistTrace Adkins
  • Top New Female Vocalist – LeAnn Rimes
  • Top New Vocal Duo Or Group – Ricochet
  • Video Of The YearI Think About You, Collin Raye

ARIA Awards

  • Best Country AlbumThe Road Less Travelled (Graeme Connors)

Canadian Country Music Association

  • CMT Maple Leaf Foods Fans' Choice AwardTerri Clark
  • Male Artist of the YearPaul Brandt
  • Female Artist of the YearTerri Clark
  • Group or Duo of the YearFarmer's Daughter
  • SOCAN Song of the YearI Do, Paul Brandt
  • Single of the YearI Do, Paul Brandt
  • Album of the YearJust the Same, Terri Clark
  • Top Selling AlbumThe Woman in Me, Shania Twain
  • Video of the YearI Do, Paul Brandt
  • Wrangler Rising Star AwardJulian Austin
  • Vocal Collaboration of the YearTwo Names on an Overpass, Duane Steele and Lisa Brokop

Country Music Association Awards

  • Entertainer of the YearGarth Brooks
  • Male Vocalist of the YearGeorge Strait
  • Female Vocalist of the YearTrisha Yearwood
  • Vocal Group of the YearDiamond Rio
  • Vocal Duo of the YearBrooks & Dunn
  • Horizon AwardLeAnn Rimes
  • Musician of the Year – Brent Mason
  • Vocal Event of the YearIt's Your Love, Tim McGraw (featuring Faith Hill)
  • Single of the YearStrawberry Wine, Deanna Carter
  • Song of the YearStrawberry Wine, Matraca Berg und Gary Harrison
  • Album of the YearCarrying Your Love With Me, George Strait
  • Music Video of the Year455 Rocket, Kathy Mattea (Regie: Steve Goldmann)

Juno Awards

  • Country Male Vocalist of the YearPaul Brandt
  • Country Female Vocalist of the YearShania Twain
  • Country Group or Duo of the YearFarmer's Daughter

RPM Big Country Awards

  • Canadian Country Artist of the Year – Paul Brandt
  • Best Country AlbumCalm Before the Storm, Paul Brandt
  • Best Country SingleMy Heart Has a History, Paul Brandt
  • Male Artist of the Year – Paul Brandt
  • Female Artist of the YearTerri Clark
  • Group of the YearFarmer's Daughter
  • Outstanding New ArtistChris Cummings
  • Canadian Country VideoMy Heart Has a History, Paul Brandt
  • Top Country Composer(s)Shania Twain

American Music Awards

Einzelnachweise

  1. LeAnn Rimes Win Best New Artist In 1997. Grammy.com, 28. August 2020, abgerufen am 25. November 2020 (englisch).
  2. Seth Coburn: Barbara Mandrell Says Goodbye - Today In Country Music History. 23. Oktober 2014, abgerufen am 25. November 2020 (englisch).
  3. Glenn Peoples: Why Shania Twain’s Come On Over sold over 20 million copies. 3. November 2017, abgerufen am 25. November 2020 (englisch).
  4. a b Nielsen Business Media Inc: Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc., 27. Dezember 1997, S. 52 (google.de [abgerufen am 25. November 2020]).
  5. Rekord vor 20 Jahren: Tim McGraw und Faith Hill. In: Country & Co. 12. Juli 2017, abgerufen am 25. November 2020 (deutsch).
  6. Hot Country Songs Chart. In: Billboard.com. Abgerufen am 18. November 2020.
  7. 39st Grammy Awards - 1997. In: Rock On The Net. Abgerufen am 20. Juni 2022 (englisch).