1993 in country music
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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1993.
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Events
[edit]- December 28 – Newcomer Shania Twain and record producer and songwriter Robert John "Mutt" Lange are married. Twain had just released her first album, produced by Norro Wilson earlier in the year, and although it gained largely positive critical reviews, the album was not a big seller. Twain, hiring Lange as her producer, will quickly begin work to improve her fortunes exponentially.
Top hits of the year
[edit]Singles released by American artists
[edit]Singles released by Canadian artists
[edit]| US | CAN | Single | Artist | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 14 | Already Gone | Blue Rodeo | |
| — | 7 | Blank Pages | Patricia Conroy | |
| — | 5 | Breakfast Alone | George Fox | |
| — | 9 | Breakin' All Over Town | Joan Kennedy | |
| 55 | 14 | The Change | Michelle Wright | |
| — | 16 | Country Girl | Lisa Brokop | |
| — | 18 | Cryer's Paradise | Ron Hynes | |
| — | 19 | Dealers in Heartaches | Morris P. Rainville | |
| — | 4 | Distant Drum | Jim Witter | |
| — | 9 | Dream On | Joan Kennedy | |
| — | 5 | Everything and More | Jim Witter | |
| — | 9 | Fare Thee Well Love | The Rankin Family | |
| — | 17 | Fortunate Home | Tim Thorney | |
| — | 11 | Fortune Smiled on Me | Cassandra Vasik with Russell deCarle | |
| — | 4 | Gillis Mountain | The Rankin Family | |
| 31 | 3 | He Would Be Sixteen | Michelle Wright | |
| — | 9 | I Need to Hear It from You | Joan Kennedy | |
| — | 1 | I'm Gonna Drive You Out of My Mind | Charlie Major | |
| — | 1 | I'm Somebody | Charlie Major | |
| — | 17 | If Only You Knew | Tracey Prescott & Lonesome Daddy | |
| — | 10 | It Might as Well Be Me | Anita Perras | |
| — | 6 | Make Love to Me | Anne Murray | |
| — | 5 | Mustang Heart | George Fox | |
| — | 9 | Roll Like a Wheel | Cassandra Vasik | |
| — | 7 | Sadly Mistaken | Cassandra Vasik | |
| — | 19 | A Song for Brent | Cindy Church | |
| — | 7 | Starting All Over Again | One Horse Blue | |
| — | 7 | Talk to My Heart | Joan Kennedy | |
| — | 8 | What Do You Care | Patricia Conroy | |
| — | 9 | You're My Hometown | Don Neilson |
Top new album releases
[edit]Other top albums
[edit]| US | CAN | Album | Artist | Record Label |
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| 75 | America, I Believe in You | Charlie Daniels | Liberty | |
| 51 | The Beverly Hillbillies Soundtrack | Various Artists | Fox | |
| 27 | Country Dance Mixes | Various Artists | Atlantic | |
| 55 | Delta Dreamland | Deborah Allen | Giant | |
| 28 | Dr. Stompin' Tom…Eh? | Stompin' Tom Connors | EMI | |
| 29 | Final Touches | Conway Twitty | MCA Nashville | |
| 51 | Good News | Kathy Mattea | Mercury/PolyGram | |
| 60 | Greatest Hits | Patty Loveless | MCA Nashville | |
| 31 | 27 | Greatest Hits: Songs from an Aging Sex Bomb |
K. T. Oslin | RCA Nashville |
| 46 | Heroes | Mark O'Connor | Warner Bros. | |
| 30 | High-Tech Redneck | George Jones | MCA Nashville | |
| 53 | Hurry Sundown | McBride & the Ride | MCA Nashville | |
| 28 | Jingle Bell Rock | Brenda Lee | MCA | |
| 26 | Kick Along with Stompin' Tom | Stompin' Tom Connors | EMI | |
| 56 | Let Go | Brother Phelps | Asylum | |
| 37 | Ricky Lynn Gregg | Ricky Lynn Gregg | Liberty | |
| 67 | 28 | Shania Twain | Shania Twain | Mercury/PolyGram |
| 61 | Shawn Camp | Shawn Camp | Reprise | |
| 27 | Something Up My Sleeve | Suzy Bogguss | Liberty | |
| 62 | Spinning Around the Sun | Jimmie Dale Gilmore | Elektra | |
| 53 | Steppin' Country | Various Artists | K-Tel | |
| 55 | Temptation | Shelby Lynne | Morgan Creek | |
| 37 | Today's Top Country | Various Artists | K-Tel | |
| 26 | Way Beyond the Blue | Anita Perras | Savannah | |
| 37 | The Wheel | Rosanne Cash | Columbia | |
| 65 | Where There's Smoke | Gibson/Miller Band | Epic |
On television
[edit]Regular series
[edit]- Hee Haw (1969–1993, syndicated)
Specials
[edit]Births
[edit]- March 24 – Mo Pitney, country singer who released his first radio hit, "Country".
- May 13 – William Michael Morgan, young country singer who released his first radio hit, "I Met a Girl".
- May 13 – Morgan Wallen, performer of the 2010s ("Whiskey Glasses").
- September 12 – Kelsea Ballerini, country pop singer-songwriter known for her 2014 debut hit "Love Me Like You Mean It".
- October 9 – Scotty McCreery, winner of the 10th season of American Idol, with follow-up successes including "I Love You This Big" and his first No. 1 hit, "Five More Minutes".
- October 21 – Kane Brown, country music singer and songwriter who released his radio hit, "Used to Love You Sober".
Deaths
[edit]- 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, 57, top country singer of the 1960s and early 1970s, best known for "Almost Persuaded" (brain aneurysm).
Hall of Fame inductees
[edit]Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductees
[edit]- Mac Wiseman
- Jim & Jesse
- Jim McReynolds
- Jesse McReynolds
Country Music Hall of Fame inductees
[edit]- Willie Nelson (born 1933)
Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees
[edit]Major awards
[edit]Grammy Awards
[edit]- Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "Passionate Kisses", Mary Chapin Carpenter
- Best Male Country Vocal Performance — "Ain't That Lonely Yet", Dwight Yoakam
- Best Country 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
Juno Awards
[edit]- Country Male Vocalist of the Year — Charlie Major
- Country Female Vocalist of the Year — Cassandra Vasik
- Country Group or Duo of the Year — The Rankin Family
Academy of Country Music
[edit]- 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)
ARIA Awards
[edit](presented in Sydney on April 14, 1993)
Canadian Country Music Association
[edit]- Bud Country Fans' Choice Award — Michelle Wright
- Male Artist of the Year — George Fox
- Female Artist of the Year — Michelle Wright
- Group or Duo of the Year — The Rankin Family
- SOCAN Song of the Year — "Backroads", Charlie Major
- Single of the Year — "He Would Be Sixteen", Michelle Wright
- Album of the Year — Bad Day for Trains, Patricia Conroy
- Top Selling Album — Some Gave All, Billy Ray Cyrus
- Video of the Year — "He Would Be Sixteen", Michelle Wright
- Vista Rising Star Award — The Rankin Family
- Vocal Collaboration of the Year — Cassandra Vasik and Russell deCarle
Country Music Association
[edit]- Entertainer of the Year — Vince Gill
- Song of the Year — "I Still Believe in You", Vince Gill and John Barlow 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
[edit]- 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
- 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.