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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 2001.

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## Events

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## Top hits of the year

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The following songs placed within the Top 20 on the Hot Country Songs charts in 2001:

See also: List of Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one singles of 2001

US | Single  | Artist  | Reference

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1  | Ain't Nothing 'bout You | Brooks & Dunn |
9  | Angels in Waiting | Tammy Cochran |
1  | Angry All the Time | Tim McGraw |
4  | Ashes by Now | Lee Ann Womack |
1  | Austin | Blake Shelton |
1  | Born to Fly | Sara Evans |
2  | Burn | Jo Dee Messina |
1  | But for the Grace of God | Keith Urban |
18  | But I Do Love You | LeAnn Rimes |
5  | Complicated | Carolyn Dawn Johnson |
1  | Don't Happen Twice | Kenny Chesney |
17  | Don't Make Me Come Over There and Love You | George Strait |
5  | Downtime | Jo Dee Messina  |
16  | God Bless the USA | Lee Greenwood |
12  | A Good Day to Run | Darryl Worley |
1  | Grown Men Don't Cry | Tim McGraw  |
2  | I Could Not Ask for More | Sara Evans  |
1  | I Wanna Talk About Me | Toby Keith |
4  | I Would've Loved You Anyway | Trisha Yearwood |
3  | I'm a Survivor | Reba McEntire |
1  | I'm Already There | Lonestar |
1  | I'm Just Talkin' About Tonight | Toby Keith  |
6  | I'm Tryin' | Trace Adkins |
3  | If I Fall You're Going Down with Me | Dixie Chicks |
3  | If My Heart Had Wings | Faith Hill |
5  | If You Can Do Anything Else | George Strait  |
2  | It's a Great Day to Be Alive | Travis Tritt |
11  | It's My Time | Martina McBride |
8  | Laredo | Chris Cagle |
20  | The Last Thing on My Mind | Patty Loveless |
2  | Love of a Woman | Travis Tritt  |
18  | Loving Every Minute | Mark Wills |
11  | Lucky 4 You (Tonight I'm Just Me) | SHeDAISY |
18  | Man of Me | Gary Allan |
17  | Move On | The Warren Brothers |
6  | Mrs. Steven Rudy | Mark McGuinn |
4  | On a Night Like This | Trick Pony |
1  | One More Day | Diamond Rio |
1  | Only in America | Brooks & Dunn  |
17  | People Like Us | Aaron Tippin |
12  | Pour Me | Trick Pony  |
14  | Real Life (I Never Was the Same Again) | Jeff Carson |
2  | Riding with Private Malone | David Ball |
5  | Right Where I Need to Be | Gary Allan  |
16  | Rose Bouquet | Phil Vassar |
2  | Run | George Strait  |
20  | Second Wind | Darryl Worley  |
2  | She Couldn't Change Me | Montgomery Gentry |
8  | She Misses Him | Tim Rushlow |
9  | Six-Pack Summer | Phil Vassar  |
18  | Sweet Summer | Diamond Rio  |
1  | Tell Her | Lonestar  |
1  | There Is No Arizona | Jamie O'Neal |
11  | There You'll Be | Faith Hill  |
9  | This Everyday Love | Rascal Flatts |
19  | The Tin Man | Kenny Chesney  |
4  | Two People Fell in Love | Brad Paisley |
1  | What I Really Meant to Say | Cyndi Thomson |
8  | When God-Fearin' Women Get the Blues | Martina McBride  |
1  | When I Think About Angels | Jamie O'Neal  |
15  | When It All Goes South | Alabama |
5  | When Somebody Loves You | Alan Jackson |
1  | Where I Come From | Alan Jackson  |
3  | Where the Blacktop Ends | Keith Urban  |
1  | Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning) | Alan Jackson  |
7  | While You Loved Me | Rascal Flatts  |
1  | Who I Am | Jessica Andrews |
13  | Why They Call It Falling | Lee Ann Womack  |
7  | Wild Horses | Garth Brooks |
10  | With Me | Lonestar  |
1  | Without You | Dixie Chicks  |
19  | You Made Me That Way | Andy Griggs |
1  | You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This | Toby Keith  |

## Top new album releases

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The following albums placed within the Top 50 on the Top Country Albums charts in 2001:

See also: List of number-one country albums of 2001 (U.S.)

US | Album  | Artist  | Record Label

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4  | Alright Guy | Gary Allan | MCA Nashville
3  | Blake Shelton | Blake Shelton | Warner Bros.
6  | Carrying On | Montgomery Gentry | Columbia
4  | Chrome | Trace Adkins | Capitol Nashville
6  | Dare to Dream | Billy Gilman | Epic
10  | Down from the Mountain Soundtrack | Various Artists  | Lost Highway
10  | Gravitational Forces | Robert Earl Keen | Lost Highway
1  | Greatest Hits | Martina McBride | RCA Nashville
8  | Greatest Hits II | Clint Black | RCA Nashville
1  | Greatest Hits Vol. 3: I'm a Survivor | Reba McEntire | MCA Nashville
1  | I Need You | LeAnn Rimes | Curb
1  | I'm Already There | Lonestar | BNA
1  | Inside Out | Trisha Yearwood | MCA Nashville
10  | Loving Every Minute | Mark Wills | Mercury Nashville
7  | My World | Cyndi Thomson | Capitol Nashville
4  | Never Love You Enough | Chely Wright | MCA Nashville
3  | New Favorite | Alison Krauss & Union Station | Rounder
5  | One More Day | Diamond Rio | Arista Nashville
3  | Part II | Brad Paisley | Arista Nashville
1  | Pull My Chain | Toby Keith | DreamWorks Nashville
1  | The Road Less Traveled | George Strait | MCA Nashville
5  | The Rock: Stone Cold Country 2001 | George Jones | Bandit
8  | Room with a View | Carolyn Dawn Johnson | Arista Nashville
1  | Scarecrow | Garth Brooks | Capitol Nashville
1  | Set This Circus Down | Tim McGraw | Curb
8  | Songs from Call Me Claus | Garth Brooks | Capitol Nashville
1  | Steers & Stripes | Brooks & Dunn | Arista Nashville
7  | Three Days | Pat Green | Republic
6  | Time* Sex* Love* | Mary Chapin Carpenter | Columbia
6  | What a Wonderful Christmas | Anne Murray | StraightWay
4  | When It All Goes South | Alabama | RCA Nashville
2  | Who I Am | Jessica Andrews | DreamWorks Nashville

### Other top albums

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US | Album  | Artist  | Record Label

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45  | 3 of Hearts | 3 of Hearts | RCA Nashville
11  | Amigo | David Ball | Dualtone
26  | Anthology, Vol. 1: Cowboy Man | Lyle Lovett | MCA Nashville
49  | The Captain | Kasey Chambers | Warner Bros.
18  | Complete | Lila McCann | Asylum
43  | The Complete Limelight Sessions | Shania Twain | Limelight
47  | A Country Superstar Christmas 4 | Various Artists  | Hip-O
32  | Dancin' with Thunder:
The Official Music of the PBR | Various Artists  | Epic
42  | A December to Remember | Aaron Tippin | Lyric Street
50  | Del and the Boys | Del McCoury Band | Ceili
16  | Driven Soundtrack | Various Artists  | Curb
39  | Earl Scruggs and Friends | Earl Scruggs | MCA Nashville
43  | Followin' a Feelin' | Sherrié Austin | WE
49  | From the Heart | The Oak Ridge Boys | Spring Hill
20  | God Bless America | LeAnn Rimes | Curb
22  | Hank Williams: Timeless | Various Artists  | Lost Highway
35  | Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas | Lee Greenwood | Freefalls
50  | Here Come the Derailers | The Derailers | Lucky Dog
47  | A Hillbilly Tribute to AC/DC | Hayseed Dixie | Dualtone
35  | History of the Future | Ricky Skaggs | Skaggs Family
32  | The Houston Kid | Rodney Crowell | Sugar Hill
13  | I Finally Found Someone | Lorrie Morgan & Sammy Kershaw | RCA Nashville
44  | III | Chad Brock | Warner Bros.
12  | Little Sparrow | Dolly Parton | Blue Eye
35  | Live Close By, Visit Often | K. T. Oslin | BNA
38  | Live! | Charlie Daniels | Blue Hat
18  | Mark McGuinn | Mark McGuinn | VFR
19  | Mountain Soul | Patty Loveless | Epic
20  | Nothing Personal | Delbert McClinton | New West
35  | O Sister! The Women's Bluegrass Collection | Various Artists  | Rounder
19  | RCA Country Legends | Waylon Jennings | RCA Nashville
24  | Reach | Meredith Edwards | Mercury Nashville
38  | Real Life | Jeff Carson | Curb
47  | Roots, Volume 1 | Merle Haggard | Anti
24  | Roy D. Mercer vs. Yankees | Roy D. Mercer | Capitol Nashville
14  | Say No More | Clay Walker | Giant
42  | Songcatcher Soundtrack | Various Artists  | Vanguard
26  | Songs We Wish We'd Written | Pat Green & Cory Morrow | Write On
27  | Step Right Up | Charlie Robison | Lucky Dog
27  | Tammy Cochran | Tammy Cochran | Epic
12  | Ten Rounds | Tracy Byrd | RCA Nashville
27  | This Is Your Country | Various Artists  | UTV
24  | Thunder & Roses | Pam Tillis | Arista Nashville
28  | Tim Rushlow | Tim Rushlow | Atlantic
13  | Tracy Lawrence | Tracy Lawrence | Warner Bros.
12  | Trick Pony | Trick Pony | Warner Bros.
30  | The Whole SHeBANG: All Mixed Up | SHeDAISY | Lyric Street

## Deaths

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* February 1 — John Jarrard, 47, songwriter (respiratory failure)[1]
* February 7 — Dale Evans, 88, writer, actress, singer-songwriter, and wife of singing cowboy Roy Rogers
* April 8 — Van Stephenson, 47, guitarist, vocalist and co-founding member of the 1990s group Blackhawk (skin cancer)
* June 4 — John Hartford, 63, singer-songwriter and bluegrass musician (non-Hodgkin Lymphoma)
* June 30 — Chet Atkins, 77, guitarist and record producer (colon cancer)
* July 3 — Johnny Russell, 61, singer-songwriter best known for writing the Buck Owens classic "Act Naturally" (diabetes)
* July 22 – Bob Ferguson, 73, record producer and songwriter, best known for work with Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton (cancer).
* September 11 — Carolyn Mayer Beug, 48, filmmaker and music video director who directed three music videos for Dwight Yoakam (killed when American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into World Trade Center)
* December 3 – Grady Martin, 72, session guitarist and member of Nashville's "A Team" (heart attack)

## Hall of Fame inductees

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### Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductees

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* The Carter Family
* A. P. Carter
* Sara Carter
* Maybelle Carter

### Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

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* Bill Anderson (born 1937)
* The Delmore Brothers (Alton Delmore 1908–1964 and Rabon Delmore 1916–1952)
* The Everly Brothers (Don Everly born 1937 and Phil Everly born 1939)
* Don Gibson (1928–2003)
* Homer and Jethro (Homer Haynes 1920–1971 and Jethro Burns 1920–1989)
* Waylon Jennings (1937–2002)
* The Jordanaires (Gordon Stoker born 1924, Neal Matthews, Jr. 1929–2000, Hoyt Hawkins 1927–1982 and Ray Walker born 1934)
* Don Law (1902–1982)
* The Louvin Brothers (Ira Louvin 1924–1965 and Charlie Louvin born 1927)
* Ken Nelson (born 1911)
* Sam Phillips (1923–2003)
* Webb Pierce (1921–1991)

### Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

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* Gordon Lightfoot
* Gary Buck

## Major awards

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### Grammy Awards

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* Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "Shine", Dolly Parton
* Best Male Country Vocal Performance — "O Death", Ralph Stanley
* Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — "The Lucky One", Alison Krauss & Union Station
* Best Country Collaboration with Vocals — "I am a Man of Constant Sorrow", Harley Allen, Pat Enright and Dan Tyminski
* Best Country Instrumental Performance — "Foggy Mountain Breakdown", Jerry Douglas, Gen Duncan, Vince Gill, Albert Lee, Steve Martin, Leon Russell, Earl Scruggs, Gary Scruggs, Randy Scruggs, Paul Shaffer & Marty Stuart
* Best Country Song — "The Lucky One", Alison Krauss & Union Station
* Best Country Album — Hank Williams Tribute, Various Artists (Producers: Bonnie Garner, Luke Lewis and Mary Martin)
* Best Bluegrass Album — New Favorite, Alison Krauss & Union Station

### Juno Awards

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* Best Country Artist/Group — Carolyn Dawn Johnson
* Best New Country Artist/Group — The Ennis Sisters

### Academy of Country Music

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* Entertainer of the Year — Brooks & Dunn
* Song of the Year — "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)", Alan Jackson
* Single of the Year — "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)", Alan Jackson
* Album of the Year — O Brother, Where Art Thou?
* Top Male Vocalist — Alan Jackson
* Top Female Vocalist — Martina McBride
* Top Vocal Duo — Brooks & Dunn
* Top Vocal Group — Lonestar
* Top New Male Vocalist — Phil Vassar
* Top New Female Vocalist — Carolyn Dawn Johnson
* Top New Vocal Duo or Group — Trick Pony
* Video of the Year — "Only in America", Brooks & Dunn (Director: Michael Merriman)
* Vocal Event of the Year — "I am a Man of Constant Sorrow", Various Artists

### ARIA Awards

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(presented in Sydney on October 30, 2001)

* Best Country Album \- Looking Forward Looking Back (Slim Dusty)

### Canadian Country Music Association

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* Telus Mobility Fans' Choice Award — Terri Clark
* Male Artist of the Year — Jason McCoy
* Female Artist of the Year — Carolyn Dawn Johnson
* Group or Duo of the Year — The Wilkinsons
* SOCAN Song of the Year — "Complicated", Carolyn Dawn Johnson
* Single of the Year — "Complicated", Carolyn Dawn Johnson
* Album of the Year — Room with a View, Carolyn Dawn Johnson
* Top Selling Album — Breathe, Faith Hill
* Video of the Year — "No Fear", Terri Clark
* Chevy Trucks Rising Star Award — Carolyn Dawn Johnson
* Roots Artist or Group of the Year — Natalie MacMaster

### Country Music Association

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* Entertainer of the Year — Tim McGraw
* Song of the Year — "Murder on Music Row", Larry Cordle, Larry Shell
* Single of the Year — "I am a Man of Constant Sorrow", The Soggy Bottom Boys
* Album of the Year — O Brother, Where Art Thou?
* Male Vocalist of the Year — Toby Keith
* Female Vocalist of the Year — Lee Ann Womack
* Vocal Duo of the Year — Brooks & Dunn
* Vocal Group of the Year — Lonestar
* Horizon Award — Keith Urban
* Music Video of the Year — "Born to Fly", Sara Evans (Director: Peter Zavadil)
* Vocal Event of the Year — "Too Country", Brad Paisley (with George Jones, Bill Anderson and Buck Owens)
* Musician of the Year — Dann Huff

## References

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1. ^ Price, Deborah Evans (February 17, 2001). "John Jarrard dies at 47". Billboard. Vol. 113, no. 7\. p. 3.

## Further reading

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* Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs 1944–2005 – 6th Edition." 2005.

## Other links

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

## External links

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* Country Music Hall of Fame

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