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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in 2020.
Overview of the events of 2020 in country music
COVID-19 [ edit ]
March 16 – The 55th Academy of Country Music Awards , originally scheduled for April 5, was postponed to September 16. A few weeks later, the 2020 CMT Music Awards were pushed back to October 21, from their original date of June 3.[1]
March 20 - The Grand Ole Opry announces it will continue hosting performances, but without a live audience attending in the Ryman Auditorium .[2]
March 29 – Joe Diffie , a country music superstar who scored many Top Ten hits during the 1990s and early 2000s, dies from complications of COVID-19, two days after announcing he had fallen ill.[3]
March 31 – The Country Music Association announces that the 2020 CMA Fest, scheduled for June 4–7, is officially canceled.[4]
October 7 – Morgan Wallen is dropped as a musical guest by Saturday Night Live after a video of him attending a party without wearing a face mask surfaces. Jack White eventually is called to be the replacement musical guest.[5]
December 12 – Charley Pride dies from complications of COVID-19 one month after receiving the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award at the CMA Awards, an event that would turn out to be his final public appearance.[6]
January 2 – Capitol Records Nashville signs Hot Country Knights , a fictitious band portrayed by Dierks Bentley and members of his road band.[7]
January 4 – Radio personality Fitz takes over as permanent host of Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40 , succeeding the longtime radio host who died in 2019. Affiliates of Fitz's previous programs – The Fitz Show , The Hit List with Fitz , and Nashville Minute with Fitz – were replaced with programs from KCCS Productions, which produces CT40 .[8]
January 7 – Rascal Flatts announced that they would be disbanding following a farewell tour after 20 years together. The tour (in addition to several other tours) would later be cancelled due to COVID-19.[9]
March 7 – Jimmie Allen 's "Make Me Want To " tops the Billboard Country Airplay chart in its 58th week, setting a record for both the slowest ascent to the top and the longest overall run in that chart's history.[10]
March 23 – Maren Morris and Ryan Hurd announce the birth of their first child, Hayes Andrew Hurd.[11]
May 5 – Travis Denning 's "After a Few " charts on Country Airplay for the 60th week, breaking the longevity record set on that chart only two months prior.[12] It would later reach the top on June 13 in its 65th week, also setting a record for the longest climb to Number One since the inception of Nielsen Soundscan in 1990.[13]
May 14–15 – Vocalist Hannah Mulholland quits the group Runaway June and is replaced by Natalie Stovall, formerly of Natalie Stovall and the Drive .[14]
June – Amid the fallout from the George Floyd protests , two groups change their names. On June 11, Lady Antebellum announces their name will change to Lady A,[15] the group's longstanding nickname. On June 25, the Dixie Chicks become known as The Chicks.[16] Both moves were announced amid criticism that the words "Antebellum" and "Dixie" had connotations of American slavery .
June 13 – Hank Williams Jr. 's 27-year-old daughter, Katharine Williams-Dunning, is killed in a car accident in Henry County, Tennessee .
June 19 – Carly Pearce and Michael Ray announce their divorce after less than eight months of marriage.
July 3 – Kacey Musgraves and husband Ruston Kelly divorce after 2 + 1 ⁄2 years of marriage.
July 4 – Kenny Chesney 's "Here and Now " becomes his 31st number-one single on the Country Airplay chart, making Chesney the artist with the most number one singles on that chart.
July 17 – The Chicks release their first studio album in 14 years, Gaslighter .
July 29 – Garth Brooks withdraws himself from consideration for the CMA Entertainer of the Year category after seven wins.
August 1 – Luke Combs marries Nicole Hocking in Florida, after 4 years of dating.
August 16 - Singer Gabby Barrett announces her pregnancy with her first daughter with husband Cade Foeher .[17]
August 17 – Taylor Swift marks her return to country music radio in three years with the release of "Betty ", off her Folklore album.
August 25 - Singer Mickey Guyton announces her pregnancy for her first child with husband Grant Savoy.[18]
August 31 - Blanco Brown is involved in a motorcycle accident in which he breaks both arms, both legs, and his pelvis. He undergoes a twelve-hour surgery.[19]
September 16 – For the first time in history, the Academy of Country Music declares a tie for the Entertainer of the year award - Thomas Rhett and Carrie Underwood .
October 27 – Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani become engaged after 5 years of dating.
November 21 – Jon Pardi marries Summer Duncan in Murfreesboro, Tennessee , after announcing their engagement in October 2019.
November 30 – Jake Owen and Erica Hartlein become engaged after 3 years of dating.
Top hits of the year [ edit ]
The following songs placed within the Top 20 on the Hot Country Songs , Country Airplay , or Canada Country charts in 2020:
Singles released by American and Australian artists [ edit ]
Singles released by Canadian artists [ edit ]
Top new album releases [ edit ]
The following albums placed on the Top Country Albums charts in 2020:
Other top albums [ edit ]
January 15 – Chris Darrow , 75, American musician (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band ), complications from a stroke.[151]
January 18 – David Olney , 71, American singer-songwriter, heart attack.[152]
January 29 – Eddie Setser, 77, American songwriter ("Seven Spanish Angels ")[153]
February 12 – Paul English , 87, American drummer (Willie Nelson ), pneumonia.[154]
March 1 – Jan Vyčítal , 77, Czech caricaturist and country music singer-songwriter.[155]
March 7 – Jim Owen , 78, American country singer-songwriter.[156]
March 20 – Kenny Rogers , 81, American country singer and songwriter who was responsible for having major crossover success in the 1970s and 1980s (natural causes).[157]
March 22 – Eric Weissberg , 80, American folk musician ("Dueling Banjos ", The Tarriers ), complications from Alzheimer's disease.[158]
March 28 – Jan Howard , 91, country music singer and Grand Ole Opry member, natural causes.[159]
March 29 – Joe Diffie , 61, country music singer-songwriter who was responsible for a plethora of hits throughout the '90s and early '00s such as "Pickup Man ", "John Deere Green " and "Third Rock from the Sun ". (COVID-19 )[3]
April 7 – John Prine , 73, American country-folk singer-songwriter. (COVID-19 )[160]
April 15 – Gary McSpadden , 77, American gospel singer, former member of The Oak Ridge Boys .[161]
April 24 – Harold Reid, 80, member of The Statler Brothers (kidney failure)[162]
May 11 - Fuzzy Owen, 91, Pioneer of the Bakersfield Sound; songwriter and longtime manager of Merle Haggard
June 2 – Jimmy Capps, 81, Nashville musician; member of the Grand Ole Opry house band and The Nashville A-Team .[163]
June 8 – James Hand , 67, American country music singer-songwriter.[164]
June 12 – Larry W. Johnson, 69, songwriter ("Don't Take the Girl ")
July 3 – Craig J. Martin, 52, songwriter ("Don't Take the Girl") (heart attack)
July 6 – Charlie Daniels , 83, country music and Southern rock legend best known for "The Devil Went Down to Georgia ", "Long Haired Country Boy ", "The South's Gonna Do It " and many others. (stroke)
July 15 - Kenny Dale , 67, American singer (COVID-19 )
July 16 – Jamie Oldaker , 68, American drummer (Eric Clapton , The Tractors ).[165]
July 30 — Randy Barlow , 77, American country singer-songwriter (cancer)
July 31 — Bill Mack , 91, American country disc jockey and songwriter ("Blue ", "Drinking Champagne ") (COVID-19)
August 18 — Steve Gulley , 57, American bluegrass singer-songwriter, pancreatic cancer.[166]
August 23 — Justin Townes Earle , 38, American singer-songwriter, son of Steve Earle .
September 11 — Troy Jones, 64, Nashville songwriter (“People Are Crazy ”, “Shiftwork ”, "Pretty Good at Drinkin' Beer ")
September 21 — Roy Head , 79, American singer-songwriter best known for his 1965 pop hit "Treat Her Right " and charted several country hits in the 1970s and 1980s. (heart attack)
September 23 — W. S. Holland , 85, American drummer (The Tennessee Three ).[167]
September 29 — Mac Davis , 78, American singer-songwriter known for many hits such as "In the Ghetto ", "Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me ", and "It's Hard to Be Humble " (complications from heart bypass surgery)
October 7 — Ray Pennington , 86, American singer-songwriter ("I'm a Ramblin' Man ") (house fire)
October 16 — Johnny Bush , 85, American singer-songwriter ("Whiskey River ").[168]
October 22 – Margie Bowes , 79, American singer
October 23 — Jerry Jeff Walker , 78, American singer-songwriter ("Mr. Bojangles "), throat cancer.[169]
October 24 — J. T. Corenflos , 56, session guitarist (cancer)[170]
October 28 — Billy Joe Shaver , 81, American singer-songwriter ("I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I'm Gonna Be a Diamond Someday) " (stroke).
November 13 — Doug Supernaw , 60, American singer-songwriter who netted several 1990s hits ("I Don't Call Him Daddy ", "Reno ", "Not Enough Hours in the Night "), lung and bladder cancer.[171]
November 23 — Hal Ketchum , 67, American singer-songwriter who scored a string of hits during the 1990s ("Small Town Saturday Night ", "Past the Point of Rescue ", "Hearts Are Gonna Roll "), dementia.[172]
December 12 — Charley Pride , 86, American singer-songwriter; known as country music's first African-American superstar (“Kiss an Angel Good Mornin’ ”, “Is Anybody Goin’ to San Antone ” and many others), COVID-19.[6]
December 21 — K. T. Oslin , 78, American singer-songwriter who scored a string of hits during the late 1980s and early 90's ("80's Ladies ", "I'll Always Come Back ", "Do Ya " and others), Parkinson's disease and COVID-19.[173]
December 25 — Tony Rice , 69, American guitarist and bluegrass singer and member of the New South and Bluegrass Album Band known for his elegant flatpicking style.[174]
December 29 — Hugh X. Lewis , 90, American singer-songwriter.[175]
Hall of Fame inductees [ edit ]
J. T. Gray - owner of the Station Inn in Nashville which opened in 1974 and noted as one of the best bluegrass venue in the world
Johnson Mountain Boys - a popular group in the 1980s known for their neotraditional style
New Grass Revival - progressive band that produced many of the genres most respected musicians
(presented on November 21, 2021)
Major awards [ edit ]
(presented on April 18, 2021)
Entertainer of the Year – Luke Bryan
Male Artist of the Year – Thomas Rhett
Female Artist of the Year – Maren Morris
Group of the Year – Old Dominion
Duo of the Year – Dan + Shay
New Male Artist of the Year – Jimmie Allen
New Female Artist of the Year – Gabby Barrett
Songwriter of the Year – Hillary Lindsey
Single of the Year – "I Hope You're Happy Now" (Carly Pearce and Lee Brice)
Song of the Year – "The Bones" (Jimmy Robbins, Maren Morris, Laura Veltz)
Album of the Year – Starting Over (Chris Stapleton)
Musical Event of the Year – "I Hope You're Happy Now" (Carly Pearce and Lee Brice)
Video of the Year – "Worldwide Beautiful" (Kane Brown)
(presented on November 22, 2020 )
(presented on November 25, 2020 )
(presented on October 14, 2020 )[176]
(presented on October 21, 2020, in Nashville) [177]
CMT Artists of the Year
(presented June 3, 2020 in Nashville) [178]
(presented on November 11, 2020 )[179]
(presented in Los Angeles on March 14, 2021 )
(presented on October 1, 2020)[180]
Entertainer of the Year – Sister Sadie
Male Vocalist of the Year – Danny Paisley
Female Vocalist of the Year – Brooke Aldridge
Vocal Group of the Year – Sister Sadie
Instrumental Group of the Year – Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper
New Artist of the Year – Mile Twelve
Guitar Player of the Year – Jake Workman
Banjo Player of the Year – Scott Vestal
Mandolin Player of the Year – Alan Bibey
Fiddle Player of the Year – Deanie Richardson
Bass Player of the Year – Missy Raines
Dobro Player of the Year – Justin Moses
Album of the Year – Live in Prague (Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver )
Song of the Year – "Chicago Barn Dance" (Alison Brown , Becky Buller , Missy Raines )
Collaborative Recording of the Year – "The Barber's Fiddle" (Becky Buller with Shawn Camp , Jason Carter , Laurie Lewis , Kati Penn, Sam Bush , Michael Cleveland , Johnny Warren, Stuart Duncan , Deanie Richardson , Bronwyn Keith-Hynes, Jason Barie, Fred Carpenter, Tyler Andal, Nate Lee, Dan Boner, Brian Christianson, and Laura Orshaw
Instrumental Recorded Performance of the Year – "Tall Fidler" (Michael Cleveland and Tommy Emmanuel )
Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year – "Gonna Rise and Shine" (Alan Bibey and Grasstowne )
(presented on June 6, 2021 in Toronto)
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