BILLBOARD'S DECADE CHARTS
Top Singles of the Decade 1) "Somebody Like You"- Keith Urban 2) "19 Something"- Mark Wills 3) "Its Five O'Clock Somewhere"- Alan Jackson w/Jimmy Buffet 4) "How Do You Like Me Now"- Toby Keith 5) "The Good Stuff"- Kenny Chesney 6) "Ain't Nothing About You"- Brooks & Dunn 7) "Live Like You Were Dying"- Tim McGraw 8) "Thats What I Love About Sunday"- Craig Morgan 9) "As Good As I Once Was"- Toby Keith 10) "Good Morning Beautiful"- Steve Holy 11) "If You're Going Through Hell"- Rodney Atkins 12) "Beer For My Horses"- Toby Keith w/Willie Nelson 13) "These Days"- Rascal Flatts 14) "Before He Cheats"- Carrie Underwood 15) "The Best Day"- George Strait 16) "My Best Friend"- Tim McGraw 17) "Watching You"- Rodney Atkins 18) "What About Now"- Lonestar 19) "I'm Already There"- Lonestar 20) "My Next 30 Years"- Tim McGraw | Top Albums Of The Decade 1) Some Hearts- Carrie Underwood 2) O Brother Where Art Tho- Various Artists 3) Fly- Dixie Chicks 4) Home- Dixie Chicks 5) Breathe- Faith Hill 6) Up- Shania Twain 7) Me & My Gang- Rascal Flatts 8) Feels Like Today- Rascal Flatts 9) Taylor Swift- Taylor Swift 10) Fearless- Taylor Swift 11) Here For The Party- Gretchen Wilson 12) Shock 'N' Ya'll- Toby Keith 13) Unleashed- Toby Keith 14) When The Sun Goes Down- Kenny Chesney 15) Live Like You were Dying- Tim McGraw 16) Greatest Hits- Shania Twain 17) 30 #1's- Elvis 18) Drive- Alan Jackson 19) Greatest Hits- Tim McGraw 20) Greatest Hits 2- Toby Keith |
This past decade was a year Country music changed in many ways. The shine of some bright stars, the launch of Reality television, the decade in digital music and more! Here is some of the biggest things of the 2000's
2000 |
THE START OF A NEW DECADE! |
Top Singles of 2000 1- "How Do You Like Me Now"- Toby Keith 2- "I Hope You Dance"- Lee Ann Womack 3- "What About Now"- Lonestar 4- "Cowboy Take Me Away"- Dixie Chicks 5- "My Best Friend"- Tim McGraw | Top Albums of 2000 1) Fly- Dixie Chicks 2) Breathe- Faith Hill 3) Come On Over- Shania Twain 4) A Place In The Sun- Tim McGraw 5) Lonely Grill- Lonestar |
CMA Awards 2000 Entertainer- Dixie Chicks Male Vocalist- Tim McGraw Female Vocalist- Faith Hill Vocal Duo- Brooks & Dunn Vocal Group- Dixie Chicks Horizon Award (New Artist)- Brad Paisley Song/Single- "I Hope You Dance"- Le Ann Womack Album- Fly- Dixie Chicks | ACM Awards 2000 Entertainer- Dixie Chicks Male Vocalist- Toby Keith Female Vocalist- Faith Hill Vocal Duo- Brooks & Dunn Vocal Group- Dixie Chicks New Artists- Keith Urban, Jamie O'Neil, Rascal Flatts Song/Single- "I Hope You Dance" Lee Ann Womack Album- How Do You Like Me Now? Toby Keith |
News in 2000
2001 | THE COUNTRY BONDS TOGETHER FROM TERRORISTS |
Top Singles of 2001 1) "Aint Nothing 'Bout You"- Brooks & Dunn 2) "It's A Great Day To Be Alive"- Travis Tritt 3) "Don't Happen Twice"- Kenny Chesney 4) "You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This"- Toby Keith 5) "I'm Already There"- Lonestar | Top Albums of 2001 1) Greatest Hits- Tim McGraw 2) O Brother Where Art Tho- Various Artists 3) Coyote Ugly Soundtrack- Various Artist 4) Breathe- Faith Hill 5) Fly- Dixie Chicks |
CMA Awards 2001 Entertainer- Tim McGraw Male Vocalist- Toby Keith Female Vocalist- Lee Ann Womack Vocal Duo- Brooks & Dunn Vocal Group- Lonestar Horizon Award (New Artist)- Keith Urban Song- "Murder On Music Row"- Single- "I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow" Album- O Brother Where Art Tho | ACM Awards 2001 Entertainer- Brooks & Dunn Male Vocalist- Alan Jackson Female Vocalist- Martina McBride Vocal Duo- Brooks & Dunn Vocal Group- Lonestar New Artists- Phil Vassar, Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Trick Pony Song/Single- "Where Were You When The World Stopped Turning" Album- O Brother Where Art Tho |
2002 |
A YEAR TO RECOVER |
Top Singles of 2002 1) "The Good Stuff"- Kenny Chesney 2) "Drive"- Alan Jackson 3) "Living & Living Well"- George Strait 4) "Good Morning Beautiful"- Steve Holy 5) "I Miss My Friend"- Darryl Worley | Top Albums of 2002 1) O Brother Where Art Tho- Various Artists 2) Scarecrow- Garth Brooks 3) Drive- Alan Jackson 4) Home- Dixie Chicks 5) No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems- Kenny Chesney |
CMA Awards 2002 Entertainer- Alan Jackson Male Vocalist- Alan Jackson Female Vocalist- Martina McBride Vocal Duo- Brooks & Dunn Vocal Group- Dixie Chicks Horizon Award (New Artist)- Rascal Flatts Song/Single- "Where Were You When The World Stopped Turning" Album- Drive- Alan Jackson
| ACM Awards 2002 Entertainer- Toby Keith Male Vocalist- Kenny Chesney Female Vocalist- Martina McBride Vocal Duo- Brooks & Dunn Vocal Group- Rascal Flatts New Artists- Joe Nichols, Emerson Drive Song- "I'm Moving On" Single- "The Good Stuff"- Kenny Chesney Album- Drive- Alan Jackson *Shania releases Up and it opens at #1 with more than 874,000 shipped in its 1st week and remained #1 until 2003 |
2003 | JOHNNY CASH DIES DIXIE CHICKS BASH BUSH |
Top Singles of 2003 1) "Front Borch Looking In"- Lonestar 2) "Beer For My Horses"- Toby Keith w/Willie Nelson 3) "19 Something"- Mark Wills 4) "5 O'Clock Somewhere"- Alan Jackson/Jimmy Buffett 5) "Red Dirt Road"- Brooks & Dunn | Top Albums of 2003 1) Up- Shania Twain 2) Home- Dixie Chicks 3) Tim McGraw & Dancehall Doctors- Tim McGraw 4) Unleashed- Toby Keith 5) Cry- Faith Hill |
CMA Awards 2003 Entertainer- Alan Jackson Male Vocalist- Alan Jackson Female Vocalist- Martina McBride Vocal Duo- Brooks & Dunn Vocal Group- Rascal Flatts Horizon Award (New Artist)- Joe Nichols Song- "Three Wooden Crosses" Single- "Hurt"- Johnny Cash Album- American IV- Johnny Cash | ACM Awards 2003 Entertainer- Toby Keith Male Vocalist- Toby Keith Female Vocalist- Martina McBride Vocal Duo- Brooks & Dunn Vocal Group- Rascal Flatts New Artist- Dierks Bentley Song- "Three Wooden Crosses" Single- "Its 5 O'Clock Somewhere" Album- Shock 'N' Ya'll- Toby Keith |
2004 |
A YEAR TO RELAX |
Top Singles of 2004 1) "Live Like You Were Dying"- Tim McGraw 2) "Where Were You When The World Stopped Turning"- Alan Jackson 3) "You'll Think Of Me"- Keith Urban 4) "When The Sun Goes Down"- Kenny Chesney 5) "Letters From Home"- John Michael Montgomery | Top Albums of 2004 1) Shock 'N' Ya'll- Toby Keith 2) When The Sun Goes Down- Kenny Chesney 3) Here For The Party- Gretchen Wilson 4) Live Like You Were Dying- Tim McGraw 5) Horse Of A Different Color- Big & Rich |
CMA Awards 2004 Entertainer- Kenny Chesney Male Vocalist- Keith Urban Female Vocalist- Martina McBride Vocal Duo- Brooks & Dunn Vocal Group- Rascal Flatts Horizon Award (New Artist)- Gretchen Wilson Song/Single- "Live Like You Were Dying"- Tim McGraw Album- When The Sun Goes Down- Kenny Chesney
| ACM Awards 2004 Entertainer- Kenny Chesney Male Vocalist- Keith Urban Female Vocalist- Gretchen Wilson Top Vocal Duo- Brooks & Dunn Vocal Group- Rascal Flatts New Artist- Gretchen Wilson Song/Single- "Live Like You Were Dying"- Tim McGraw Album- Be Here- Keith Urban |
2005 | AN IDOL SAVES COUNTRY MUSIC --Carrie Underwood--
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Top Singles of 2005 1) "What I Love About Sunday"- Craig Morgan 2) "As Good As I Once Was"- Toby Keith 3) "Bless The Broken Road"- Rascal Flatts 4) "Something More"- Sugarland 5) "Fast Cars & Freedom"- Rascal Flatts | Top Albums of 2005 1) Greatest Hits- Shania Twain 2) Feels Like Today- Rascal Flatts 3) Greatest Hits Vol. 2- Toby Keith 4) Here For The Party- Gretchen Wilson 5) Live Like You Were Dying- Tim McGraw |
CMA Awards 2005 Entertainer- Keith Urban Male Vocalist- Keith Urban Female Vocalist- Gretchen Wilson Horizon Award (New Artist)- Dierks Bentley Vocal Duo- Brooks & Dunn Vocal Group- Rascal Flatts Song- "Whiskey Lullaby" Single- "I May Hate Myself In The Morning"- Lee Ann Womack Album- There's More Where That Came From- Lee Ann Womack | ACM Awards 2005 Entertainer- Kenny Chesney Male Vocalist- Keith Urban Female Vocalist- Sara Evans Vocal Duo- Brooks & Dunn Vocal Group- Rascal Flatts New Artists- Carrie Underwood, Jason Aldean, Sugarland Song- "Believe" Single- "Jesus, Take The Wheel"- Carrie Underwood Album- Time Well Wasted- Brad Paisley |
2006 | SUGARLAND BECOMES A DUO The 'Chicks' Return A TEENS DREAM COMES TRUE (TAYLOR SWIFT) |
Top Singles of 2006 1) "If You're Going Through Hell"- Rodney Atkins 2) "The World"- Brad Paisley 3) "Summertime"- Kenny Chesney 4) "What Hurts The Most"- Rascal Flatts 5) "Jesus, Take The Wheel"- Carrie Underwood | Top Albums of 2006 1) Some Hearts- Carrie Underwood 2) Me & My Gang- Rascal Flatts 3) Road & The Radio- Kenny Chesney 4) Legend Of... Johnny Cash 5) Taking The Long Way- Dixie Chicks |
CMA Awards 2006 Entertainer- Kenny Chesney Male Vocalist- Keith Urban Female Vocalist- Carrie Underwood Vocal Duo- Brooks & Dunn Vocal Group- Rascal Flatts Horizon Award (New Artist)- Carrie Underwood Song/Single- "Believe"- Brooks & Dunn Album- Time Well Wasted- Brad Paisley | ACM Awards 2006 Entertainer- Kenny Chesney Male Vocalist- Brad Paisley Female Vocalist- Carrie Underwood Vocal Duo-Brooks & Dunn Vocal Group- Rascal Flatts New Artists- Rodney Atkins, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town Song/Single- "Give It Away"- George Strait Album- Some Hearts- Carrie Underwood |
2007 |
SARA EVANS DIVORCE TURNS NASTY
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Top Singles of 2007 1) "Watching You"- Rodney Atkins 2) "Good Directions"- Billy Currington 3) "Never Wanted Nothing More"- Kenny Chesney 4) "These Are My People"- Rodney Atkins 5) "Take Me There"- Rascal Flatts | Top Albums of 2007 1) Some Hearts- Carrie Underwood 2) Me & My Gang- Rascal Flatts 3) Taylor Swift- Taylor Swift 4) Love, Pain & Whole Crazy Thing- Keith Urban 5) Enjoy The Ride- Sugarland |
CMA Awards 2007 Entertainer- Kenny Chesney Male Vocalist- Brad Paisley Female Vocalist- Carrie Underwood Vocal Duo- Sugarland Vocal Group- Rascal Flatts Horizon Award (New Artist)- Taylor Swift Song- "Give It Away" Single- "Before He Cheats"- Carrie Underwood Album- It Just Comes Natural- George Strait
| ACM Awards 2007 Entertainer- Kenny Chesney Male Vocalist- Brad Paisley Female Vocalist- Carrie Underwood Vocal Duo- Brooks & Dunn Vocal Group- Rascal Flatts New Artists- Lady Antebellum, Taylor Swift Song/Single- "Stay"- Sugarland Album- Crazy Ex Girlfriend- Miranda Lambert |
2008 | SHANIA TWAIN DIVORCES AFTER 14 YEARS! |
Top Singles 2008 1) "Just Got Started Loving You"- James Otto 2) "I Saw God Today"- George Strait 3) "Small Town Southern Man"- Alan Jackson 4) "Don't Think I Don't Think About It"- Darius Rucker 5) "Home"- Blake Shelton | Top Albums 2008 1) Long Road Out Of Eden- Eagles 2) Taylor Swift- Taylor Swift 3) Carnival Ride- Carrie Underwood 4) Ultimate Hits- Garth Brooks 5) Still Feels Good- Rascal Flatts |
CMA Awards 2008 Entertainer- Kenny Chesney Male Vocalist- Brad Paisley Female Vocalist- Carrie Underwood Vocal Duo- Sugarland Vocal Group- Rascal Flatts New Artist- Lady Antebellum Song- "Stay" Single- "I Saw God Today"- George Strait Album- Troubadour- George Strait | ACM Awards 2008 Entertainer- Carrie Underwood Male Vocalist- Brad Paisley Female Vocalist- Carrie Underwood Vocal Duo- Brooks & Dunnm Vocal Group- Rascal Flatts New Artist- Julianne Hough Song- "In Color" Single- "You're Gonna Miss This"- Trace Adkins Album- Fearless- Taylor Swift |
2009 | BROOKS & DUNN SPLIT FEMALE ARTISTS ROCK |
Top Singles 2009 1) "I Run To You"- Lady Antebellum 2) "Whatever It Is"- Zac Brown Band 3) "Boots On"- Randy Houser 4) "It Wont Be Like This For Long"- Darius Rucker 5) "River Of Love"- George Strait | Top Albums of 2009 1) Fearless- Taylor Swift 2) Foundation- Zac Brown Band 3) Hannah Montana Movie- Miley Cyrus 4) Unstoppable- Rascal Flatts 5) Love On The Inside- Sugarland |
CMA Awards 2009 Entertainer- Taylor Swift Male Vocalist- Brad Paisley Female Vocalist- Taylor Swift Vocal Duo- Sugarland Vocal Group- Lady Antebellum New Artist- Darius Rucker Song- "In Color" Single- "I Run To You"- Lady Antebellum Album- Fearless- Taylor Swift | ACM Awards 2009 AWARDS TO BE ANNOUNCED IN APRIL 2010! |
