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{{1R|date=April 2015}}{{more footnotes|date=April 2015}}This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 2005.
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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 2005.


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==Events==
==Events==
*April 30 — ''[[Billboard magazine]]'' renames the [[Hot Country Singles & Tracks]] chart "Hot Country Songs." The chart's renaming is part of a major redesign of the 110-year-old magazine.
*April 30 – ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard magazine]]'' renames the [[Hot Country Songs|Hot Country Singles & Tracks]] chart "Hot Country Songs." The chart's renaming is part of a major redesign of the 110-year-old magazine.
*May 25 — [[Oklahoma]]-born [[Carrie Underwood]] becomes the fourth-season winner of "'''[[American Idol]]'''." Although her first single, "[[Inside Your Heaven]]," tops the ''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]] chart, the 22-year-old Underwood's influences and music are predominantly country. Late in the year, she entered the top 10 of the ''Billboard'' [[Hot Country Singles & Tracks|Hot Country Songs]] chart for the first time with "[[Jesus Take the Wheel]]". Her debut album, ''[[Some Hearts (song)||Some Hearts]]'', rockets to No. 1 on the album charts.
*May 25 – [[Oklahoma]]-born [[Carrie Underwood]] becomes the fourth-season winner of "'''[[American Idol]]'''." Although her first single, "[[Inside Your Heaven]]," tops the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]] chart, the 22-year-old Underwood's influences and music are predominantly country. Late in the year, she entered the top 10 of the ''Billboard'' [[Hot Country Songs]] chart for the first time with "[[Jesus, Take the Wheel]]". Her debut album, ''[[Some Hearts (song)|Some Hearts]]'', rockets to No. 1 on the album charts.
*May 25 — [[Garth Brooks]] proposes to longtime girlfriend and fellow country music star [[Trisha Yearwood]] in [[Bakersfield, California]], ending long-standing speculation about their relationship.
*May 25 – [[Garth Brooks]] proposes to longtime girlfriend and fellow country music star [[Trisha Yearwood]] in [[Bakersfield, California]], ending long-standing speculation about their relationship.
*May 27 – [[Gretchen Wilson]] guest [[Miranda Lambert]] at the [[Value City Arena|Schottenstein Center]] in [[Columbus, Ohio]].
*September — Country music acts participate in [[benefit concert]]s to aid victims of [[Hurricane Katrina]]. On September 9, [[Dixie Chicks]], [[Garth Brooks]] and [[Trisha Yearwood]] are among the artists participating in "[[Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast]]," which airs live on cable and broadcast television stations in the United States and worldwide.
*September – Country music acts participate in [[Benefit concert|benefit concerts]] to aid victims of [[Hurricane Katrina]]. On September 9, [[Dixie Chicks]], [[Garth Brooks]] and [[Trisha Yearwood]] are among the artists participating in "[[Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast]]," which airs live on cable and broadcast television stations in the United States and worldwide.
:"[[ReAct Now: Music & Relief]]" is held September 10. Country performers at the 4½-hour concert — which airs live on [[Country Music Television|CMT]] — include [[Alan Jackson]] and [[Gretchen Wilson]].
:"[[ReAct Now: Music & Relief]]" is held September 10. Country performers at the 4½-hour concert — which airs live on [[CMT (American TV channel)|CMT]] – include [[Alan Jackson]] and [[Gretchen Wilson]].
*October — Koch Records Nashville folds when its parent company goes out of business.
*October – Koch Records Nashville folds when its parent company goes out of business.
*November 9 — After 27 years as host of "'''[[American Country Countdown]]'''," radio personality [[Bob Kingsley]] steps down, after his production company and [[Citadel Media|ABC Radio Networks]] (which distributes the show) fail to come to terms in renegotiating a distribution agreement. [[Kix Brooks]], one half of the superstar duo [[Brooks & Dunn]], is named the new host and was slated to take over January 21, 2006. Kingsley's last shows with "ACC" are the December 24 countdown program and "[[Christmas in America]]".
*November 9 – After 27 years as host of "'''[[American Country Countdown]]'''," radio personality [[Bob Kingsley]] steps down, after his production company and [[Cumulus Media Networks|ABC Radio Networks]] (which distributes the show) fail to come to terms in renegotiating a distribution agreement. [[Kix Brooks]], one half of the superstar duo [[Brooks & Dunn]], is named the new host and was slated to take over January 21, 2006. Kingsley's last shows with "ACC" are the December 24 countdown program and "[[Christmas in America]]".
*November 18 — The [[Johnny Cash]] biopic, ''[[Walk the Line]]'', opens nationwide. The movie stars [[Joaquin Phoenix]] as "The Man in Black" and [[Reese Witherspoon]] as his girlfriend (and wife-to-be) [[June Carter Cash|June Carter]]. The movie is widely praised by critics and a major box office hit, culminating in Reese winning the Best Actress Oscar the following year.
*November 14 – Country music superstars [[Trisha Yearwood]], [[Martina McBride]], [[Barbara Mandrell]], [[Carrie Underwood]] and [[Jo Dee Messina]] at the [[CNN]]'s ''[[Larry King Live]]''.
*November 25 — [[Garth Brooks]] releases [[The Limited Series (2005 box set)|The Limited Series]], his second [[box set]] to be sold exclusively at [[Wal-Mart]] and [[Sam's Club]] stores. The set contains his previous two studio albums, ''[[Sevens (album)|Sevens]]'' and ''[[Scarecrow (Garth Brooks album)|Scarecrow]]''; plus his ''[[Double Live (Garth Brooks album)|Double Live]]'' album; ''[[The Lost Sessions]]'', a new album of previously unreleased material; and an ''All Access'' DVD containing behind-the-scenes footage of his concerts. ''[[The Limited Series (1998 album)|The Limited Series]]'' is Brooks' first box set to be released under his label, Pearl Records; he had left his longtime label, [[Capitol Records]], earlier in the year.
*November 18 – The [[Johnny Cash]] biopic, ''[[Walk the Line]]'', opens nationwide. The movie stars [[Joaquin Phoenix]] as "The Man in Black" and [[Reese Witherspoon]] as his girlfriend (and wife-to-be) [[June Carter Cash|June Carter]]. The movie is widely praised by critics and a major box office hit, culminating in Reese winning the Best Actress Oscar the following year.
*December 10 — [[Garth Brooks]] and [[Trisha Yearwood]] marry at their home in [[Oklahoma]]. It is Brooks' second marriage, Yearwood's third.
*November 25 – [[Garth Brooks]] releases [[The Limited Series (2005 album)|The Limited Series]], his second [[box set]] to be sold exclusively at [[Walmart|Wal-Mart]] and [[Sam's Club]] stores. The set contains his previous two studio albums, ''[[Sevens (album)|Sevens]]'' and ''[[Scarecrow (Garth Brooks album)|Scarecrow]]''; plus his ''[[Double Live (Garth Brooks album)|Double Live]]'' album; ''[[The Limited Series (2005 album)|The Lost Sessions]]'', a new album of previously unreleased material; and an ''All Access'' DVD containing behind-the-scenes footage of his concerts. ''[[The Limited Series (1998 album)|The Limited Series]]'' is Brooks' first box set to be released under his label, Pearl Records; he had left his longtime label, [[Capitol Records]], earlier in the year.
*December 31 — [[Bob Kingsley]]'s new countdown program, "[[Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40"]], premieres with the annual year-end countdown. The new four-hour show, which aired on many of the same stations that aired "ACC," is distributed by the [[Jones Radio Network]].
*December 9 – [[Garth Brooks]] and [[Carrie Underwood]] are tough acts to follow.
*December 10 – [[Garth Brooks]] and [[Trisha Yearwood]] marry at their home in [[Oklahoma]]. It is Brooks' second marriage, Yearwood's third.
*December 31 – [[Bob Kingsley]]'s new countdown program, "[[Country Top 40 with Fitz|Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40]]", premieres with the annual year-end countdown. The new four-hour show, which aired on many of the same stations that aired "ACC," is distributed by the [[Jones Radio Networks|Jones Radio Network]].


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==Top hits of the year==
==Top hits of the year==
The following songs placed within the Top 20 on the [[Hot Country Songs]] charts in 2005:
The following songs placed within the Top 20 on the [[Hot Country Songs]] or [[Billboard charts|Canada Country]] charts in 2005:
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{{see also|List of number-one country hits of 2005 (U.S.)}}
{{see also| List of Hot Country Songs number ones of 2005|List of number-one country singles of 2005 (Canada)}}
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|[[Brad Paisley]]
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|align=center|8
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|[[All Jacked Up (song)|All Jacked Up]]
|[[All Jacked Up (song)|All Jacked Up]]
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|[[Gretchen Wilson]]
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|align=center|1
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|[[Anything but Mine]]
|[[Anything but Mine]]
|[[Kenny Chesney]]
|[[Kenny Chesney]]
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|align=center|16
|align=center|—
|[[Arlington (song)|Arlington]]
|[[Arlington (song)|Arlington]]
|[[Trace Adkins]]
|[[Trace Adkins]]
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|align="center"|1
|align=center|1
|align=center|2
|[[As Good as I Once Was]]
|[[As Good as I Once Was]]
|[[Toby Keith]]
|[[Toby Keith]]
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|align="center"|1
|align=center|1
|align=center|8
|[[Awful, Beautiful Life]]
|[[Awful, Beautiful Life]]
|[[Darryl Worley]]
|[[Darryl Worley]]
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|align="center"|2
|align=center|2
|align=center|1
|[[Baby Girl (Sugarland song)|Baby Girl]]
|[[Baby Girl (Sugarland song)|Baby Girl]]
|[[Sugarland]]
|[[Sugarland]]
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|align="center"|7
|align=center|7
|align=center|13
|[[Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning)|Best I Ever Had]]
|[[Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning)|Best I Ever Had]]
|[[Gary Allan]]
|[[Gary Allan]]
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|align="center"|1
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|[[Better Life]]
|[[Better Life]]
|[[Keith Urban]]
|[[Keith Urban]]
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|align="center"|5
|align=center|5
|align=center|1
|[[Big Blue Note]]
|[[Big Blue Note]]
|Toby Keith
|Toby Keith
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|-
|align="center"|20
|align=center|20
|align=center|19
|[[Big Time (Big & Rich song)|Big Time]]
|[[Big Time (Big & Rich song)|Big Time]]
|[[Big & Rich]]
|[[Big & Rich]]
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|-
|align="center"|10
|align=center|10
|align=center|11
|[[Billy's Got His Beer Goggles On]]
|[[Billy's Got His Beer Goggles On]]
|[[Neal McCoy]]
|[[Neal McCoy]]
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|-
|align="center"|1
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|[[Bless the Broken Road]]
|[[Bless the Broken Road]]
|[[Rascal Flatts]]
|[[Rascal Flatts]]
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|-
|align="center"|16
|align=center|16
|align=center|28
|[[Class Reunion (That Used to Be Us)]]
|[[Class Reunion (That Used to Be Us)]]
|[[Lonestar]]
|[[Lonestar]]
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|-
|align="center"|1
|align=center|1
|align=center|3
|[[Come a Little Closer (Dierks Bentley song)|Come a Little Closer]]
|[[Come a Little Closer (Dierks Bentley song)|Come a Little Closer]]
|[[Dierks Bentley]]
|[[Dierks Bentley]]
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|align="center"|5
|align=center|5
|align=center|3
|[[Do You Want Fries with That]]
|[[Do You Want Fries with That]]
|[[Tim McGraw]]
|[[Tim McGraw]]
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|-
|align="center"|16
|align=center|24
|align=center|4
|[[Don't!]]
|[[Shania Twain]]
|-
|align=center|16
|align=center|—
|[[Don't Ask Me How I Know]]
|[[Don't Ask Me How I Know]]
|[[Bobby Pinson]]
|[[Bobby Pinson]]
|-
|-
|align="center"|7
|align=center|7
|align=center|13
|[[Don't Worry 'bout a Thing (SHeDAISY song)|Don't Worry 'bout a Thing]]
|[[Don't Worry 'bout a Thing (SHeDAISY song)|Don't Worry 'bout a Thing]]
|[[SHeDAISY]]
|[[SHeDAISY]]
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|-
|align="center"|14
|align=center|14
|align=center|6
|[[Drugs or Jesus]]
|[[Drugs or Jesus]]
|Tim McGraw
|Tim McGraw
|-
|-
|align="center"|1
|align=center|1
|align=center|2
|[[Fast Cars and Freedom]]
|[[Fast Cars and Freedom]]
|Rascal Flatts
|Rascal Flatts
|-
|-
|align="center"|15
|align=center|15
|align=center|22
|[[Georgia Rain]]
|[[Georgia Rain]]
|[[Trisha Yearwood]]
|[[Trisha Yearwood]]
|-
|-
|align="center"|16
|align=center|16
|align=center|19
|[[God's Will]]
|[[God's Will]]
|[[Martina McBride]]
|[[Martina McBride]]
|-
|-
|align="center"|3
|align=center|3
|align=center|4
|[[Gone (Montgomery Gentry song)|Gone]]
|[[Gone (Montgomery Gentry song)|Gone]]
|[[Montgomery Gentry]]
|[[Montgomery Gentry]]
|-
|-
|align="center"|3
|align=center|3
|align=center|2
|[[Good Ride Cowboy]]
|[[Good Ride Cowboy]]
|[[Garth Brooks]]
|[[Garth Brooks]]
|-
|-
|align="center"|10
|align=center|10
|align=center|18
|[[Goodbye Time]]
|[[Goodbye Time]]
|[[Blake Shelton]]
|[[Blake Shelton]]
|-
|-
|align="center"|7
|align=center|7
|align=center|12
|[[He Gets That from Me]]
|[[He Gets That from Me]]
|[[Reba McEntire]]
|[[Reba McEntire]]
|-
|-
|align="center"|8
|align=center|8
|align=center|29
|[[Help Somebody]]
|[[Help Somebody]]
|[[Van Zant]]
|[[Van Zant (band)|Van Zant]]
|-
|-
|align="center"|10
|align=center|10
|align=center|27
|[[Hicktown]]
|[[Hicktown]]
|[[Jason Aldean]]
|[[Jason Aldean]]
|-
|-
|align="center"|15
|align=center|15
|align=center|9
|[[Holy Water (Big & Rich song)|Holy Water]]
|[[Holy Water (Big & Rich song)|Holy Water]]
|Big & Rich
|Big & Rich
|-
|-
|align="center"|2
|align=center|2
|align=center|2
|[[Homewrecker (song)|Homewrecker]]
|[[Homewrecker (song)|Homewrecker]]
|Gretchen Wilson
|Gretchen Wilson
|-
|-
|align="center"|8
|align=center|8
|align=center|6
|[[Honkytonk U]]
|[[Honkytonk U]]
|Toby Keith
|Toby Keith
|-
|-
|align="center"|4
|align=center|4
|align=center|20
|[[How Am I Doin']]
|[[How Am I Doin']]
|Dierks Bentley
|Dierks Bentley
|-
|-
|align="center"|18
|align=center|18
|align=center|25
|[[How Do You Get That Lonely]]
|[[How Do You Get That Lonely]]
|[[Blaine Larsen]]
|[[Blaine Larsen]]
|-
|-
|align="center"|10
|align=center|45
|align=center|8
|[[I Ain't No Quitter]]
|Shania Twain
|-
|align=center|10
|align=center|6
|[[I May Hate Myself in the Morning]]
|[[I May Hate Myself in the Morning]]
|[[Lee Ann Womack]]
|[[Lee Ann Womack]]
|-
|-
|align="center"|18
|align=center|18
|align=center|19
|[[Rose Garden (Lynn Anderson song)|(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden]]
|[[Rose Garden (Lynn Anderson song)|(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden]]
|Martina McBride
|Martina McBride
|-
|-
|align="center"|17
|align=center|17
|align=center|—
|[[I'll Take That as a Yes (The Hot Tub Song)]]
|[[I'll Take That as a Yes (The Hot Tub Song)]]
|[[Phil Vassar]]
|[[Phil Vassar]]
|-
|-
|align="center"|5
|align=center|5
|align=center|23
|[[If Heaven]]
|[[If Heaven]]
|[[Andy Griggs]]
|[[Andy Griggs]]
|-
|-
|align="center"|9
|align=center|9
|align=center|26
|[[If Something Should Happen]]
|[[If Something Should Happen]]
|Darryl Worley
|Darryl Worley
|-
|-
|align="center"|1
|align=center|1
|align=center|4
|[[It's Getting Better All the Time]]
|[[It's Getting Better All the Time]]
|[[Brooks & Dunn]]
|[[Brooks & Dunn]]
|-
|-
|align="center"|6
|align=center|6
|align=center|5
|[[Keg in the Closet]]
|[[Keg in the Closet]]
|Kenny Chesney
|Kenny Chesney
|-
|-
|align="center"|8
|align=center|8
|align=center|14
|[[Let Them Be Little (song)|Let Them Be Little]]
|[[Let Them Be Little (song)|Let Them Be Little]]
|[[Billy Dean]]
|[[Billy Dean]]
|-
|-
|align="center"|17
|align=center|17
|align=center|—
|[[Long, Slow Kisses]]
|[[Long, Slow Kisses]]
|[[Jeff Bates]]
|[[Jeff Bates]]
|-
|-
|align="center"|3
|align=center|3
|align=center|1
|[[Lot of Leavin' Left to Do]]
|[[Lot of Leavin' Left to Do]]
|Dierks Bentley
|Dierks Bentley
|-
|-
|align="center"|1
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|[[Making Memories of Us]]
|[[Making Memories of Us]]
|Keith Urban
|Keith Urban
|-
|-
|align="center"|12
|align=center|12
|align=center|29
|[[Miss Me Baby]]
|[[Miss Me Baby]]
|[[Chris Cagle]]
|[[Chris Cagle]]
|-
|-
|align="center"|1
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|[[Mississippi Girl]]
|[[Mississippi Girl]]
|[[Faith Hill]]
|[[Faith Hill]]
|-
|-
|align="center"|5
|align=center|5
|align=center|4
|[[Monday Morning Church]]
|[[Monday Morning Church]]
|[[Alan Jackson]]
|[[Alan Jackson]]
|-
|-
|align="center"|1
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|[[Mud on the Tires (song)|Mud on the Tires]]
|[[Mud on the Tires (song)|Mud on the Tires]]
|Brad Paisley
|Brad Paisley
|-
|-
|align="center"|1
|align=center|1
|align=center|4
|[[Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right]]
|[[Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right]]
|[[Billy Currington]]
|[[Billy Currington]]
|-
|-
|align="center"|1
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|[[My Give a Damn's Busted]]
|[[My Give a Damn's Busted]]
|[[Jo Dee Messina]]
|[[Jo Dee Messina]]
|-
|-
|align="center"|16
|align=center|44
|align=center|4
|My Name
|[[George Canyon]]
|-
|align=center|16
|align=center|17
|[[My Sister (Reba McEntire song)|My Sister]]
|[[My Sister (Reba McEntire song)|My Sister]]
|Reba McEntire
|Reba McEntire
|-
|-
|align="center"|1
|align=center|5
|align=center|1
|[[Nothin' to Lose (Josh Gracin song)|Nothin' to Lose]]
|[[Nothin' 'bout Love Makes Sense]]
|[[LeAnn Rimes]]
|-
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|[[Nothin' to Lose (Marcel song)|Nothin' to Lose]]
|[[Josh Gracin]]
|[[Josh Gracin]]
|-
|-
|align="center"|18
|align=center|18
|align=center|—
|[[Paper Angels]]
|[[Paper Angels]]
|[[Jimmy Wayne]]
|[[Jimmy Wayne]]
|-
|-
|align="center"|8
|align=center|8
|align=center|14
|[[Pickin' Wildflowers]]
|[[Pickin' Wildflowers]]
|[[Keith Anderson]]
|[[Keith Anderson]]
|-
|-
|align="center"|1
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|[[Play Something Country]]
|[[Play Something Country]]
|Brooks & Dunn
|Brooks & Dunn
|-
|-
|align="center"|3
|align=center|3
|align=center|19
|[[Probably Wouldn't Be This Way]]
|[[Probably Wouldn't Be This Way]]
|[[LeAnn Rimes]]
|LeAnn Rimes
|-
|-
|align="center"|1
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|[[A Real Fine Place to Start]]
|[[A Real Fine Place to Start]]
|[[Sara Evans]]
|[[Sara Evans]]
|-
|-
|align="center"|2
|align=center|2
|align=center|9
|[[Redneck Yacht Club]]
|[[Redneck Yacht Club]]
|[[Craig Morgan]]
|[[Craig Morgan]]
|-
|-
|align="center"|2
|align=center|25
|align=center|15
|[[She Didn't Have Time]]
|[[Terri Clark]]
|-
|align=center|2
|align=center|2
|[[Skin (Sarabeth)]]
|[[Skin (Sarabeth)]]
|Rascal Flatts
|Rascal Flatts
|-
|-
|align="center"|3
|align=center|3
|align=center|6
|[[Somebody's Hero (song)|Somebody's Hero]]
|[[Somebody's Hero (song)|Somebody's Hero]]
|[[Jamie O'Neal]]
|[[Jamie O'Neal]]
|-
|-
|align="center"|2
|align=center|2
|align=center|1
|[[Something More (Sugarland song)|Something More]]
|[[Something More (Sugarland song)|Something More]]
|Sugarland
|Sugarland
|-
|-
|align="center"|1
|align=center|1
|align=center|5
|[[Something to Be Proud Of]]
|[[Something to Be Proud Of]]
|Montgomery Gentry
|Montgomery Gentry
|-
|-
|align="center"|2
|align=center|2
|align=center|15
|[[Songs About Me (song)|Songs About Me]]
|[[Songs About Me (song)|Songs About Me]]
|Trace Adkins
|Trace Adkins
|-
|-
|align="center"|5
|align=center|5
|align=center|6
|[[Stay with Me (Brass Bed)]]
|[[Stay with Me (Brass Bed)]]
|Josh Gracin
|Josh Gracin
|-
|-
|align="center"|18
|align=center|18
|align=center|15
|[[The Talkin' Song Repair Blues]]
|[[The Talkin' Song Repair Blues]]
|Alan Jackson
|Alan Jackson
|-
|-
|align="center"|1
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|[[Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off]]
|[[Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off]]
|[[Joe Nichols]]
|[[Joe Nichols]]
|-
|-
|align="center"|1
|align=center|1
|align=center|3
|[[That's What I Love About Sunday]]
|[[That's What I Love About Sunday]]
|Craig Morgan
|Craig Morgan
|-
|-
|align="center"|18
|align=center|18
|align=center|24
|[[Trying to Find Atlantis]]
|[[Trying to Find Atlantis]]
|Jamie O'Neal
|Jamie O'Neal
|-
|-
|align="center"|18
|align=center|18
|align=center|—
|[[USA Today (song)|USA Today]]
|[[USA Today (song)|USA Today]]
|Alan Jackson
|Alan Jackson
|-
|-
|align="center"|4
|align=center|36
|align=center|5
|Waitin' on the Wonderful
|[[Aaron Lines]]
|-
|align=center|4
|align=center|11
|[[What's a Guy Gotta Do]]
|[[What's a Guy Gotta Do]]
|Joe Nichols
|Joe Nichols
|-
|-
|align="center"|4
|align=center|4
|align=center|2
|[[When I Think About Cheatin']]
|[[When I Think About Cheatin']]
|Gretchen Wilson
|Gretchen Wilson
|-
|-
|align="center"|2
|align=center|2
|align=center|1
|[[Who You'd Be Today]]
|[[Who You'd Be Today]]
|Kenny Chesney
|Kenny Chesney
|-
|-
|align="center"|4
|align=center|4
|align=center|5
|[[You'll Be There]]
|[[You'll Be There]]
|[[George Strait]]
|[[George Strait]]
|-
|-
|align="center"|8
|align=center|8
|align=center|7
|[[You're Like Comin' Home]]
|[[You're Like Comin' Home]]
|Lonestar
|Lonestar
|-
|-
|align="center"|2
|align=center|2
|align=center|1
|[[You're My Better Half]]
|[[You're My Better Half]]
|Keith Urban
|Keith Urban
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==Top new album releases==
==Top new album releases==
The following albums placed within the Top 50 on the [[Top Country Albums]] charts in 2005:
The following albums placed within the Top 50 on the [[Top Country Albums]] charts in 2005:
{{see also|List of number-one country albums of 2005 (U.S.)}}
{{see also|List of Top Country Albums number ones of 2005}}
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| ''[[Get Right with the Man]]''
| ''[[Get Right with the Man]]''
| [[Van Zant]]
| [[Van Zant (band)|Van Zant]]
| Columbia
| Columbia
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| ''[[Loco Motive]]''
| ''[[Loco Motive (album)|Loco Motive]]''
| [[Cowboy Troy]]
| [[Cowboy Troy]]
| RAYBAW
| RAYBAW
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| [[Shelly Fairchild]]
| Columbia
| Columbia
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| ''[[Right Out of Nowhere]]''
| [[Kathy Mattea]]
| Narada
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==Deaths==
==Deaths==
*February 6 — [[Merle Kilgore]], 70, prolific songwriter ("Wolverton Mountain," "Ring of Fire") and manager of [[Hank Williams Jr.]] (cancer)
*February 6 – [[Merle Kilgore]], 70, prolific songwriter ("[[Wolverton Mountain]]," "Ring of Fire") and manager of [[Hank Williams Jr.]] (cancer)
*February 12 — [[Sammi Smith]], 61, best known for "Help Me Make it Through the Night."
*February 12 – [[Sammi Smith]], 61, best known for "Help Me Make it Through the Night."
*February 25- [[Goldie Hill]], 72, best known for "I Let the Stars Get in My Eyes" and wife of [[Carl Smith (musician)|Carl Smith]].
*February 25- [[Goldie Hill]], 72, best known for "I Let the Stars Get in My Eyes" and wife of [[Carl Smith (musician)|Carl Smith]].
*March 2 — Joe Carter, 78, son of [[The Carter Family|A.P. and Sara Carter]].
*March 2 – Joe Carter, 78, son of [[The Carter Family|A.P. and Sara Carter]].
*March 9 — [[Chris LeDoux]], 56, world champion bareback rider who sang about the rodeo circuit and cowboy life.
*March 9 – [[Chris LeDoux]], 56, world champion bareback rider who sang about the rodeo circuit and cowboy life.
*May 14 — [[Jimmy Martin]], 77, the "King of [[Bluegrass music|Bluegrass]]."
*May 14 – [[Jimmy Martin]], 77, the "King of [[Bluegrass music|Bluegrass]]."
* June 27 — [[Robert Byrne (songwriter)|Robert Byrne]], 50, songwriter (unknown causes)<ref name="hof">{{cite web|url=http://www.alamhof.org/robertbyrne.html |title=Robert Byrne |work=Alabama Music Hall of Fame |accessdate=January 8, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224214945/http://www.alamhof.org/robertbyrne.html |archivedate=February 24, 2012 }}</ref>
* June 27 – [[Robert Byrne (songwriter)|Robert Byrne]], 50, songwriter (unknown causes)<ref name="hof">{{cite web|url=http://www.alamhof.org/robertbyrne.html |title=Robert Byrne |work=Alabama Music Hall of Fame |accessdate=January 8, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224214945/http://www.alamhof.org/robertbyrne.html |archivedate=February 24, 2012 }}</ref>
*August 16 — [[Vassar Clements]], 77, legendary fiddle player. (cancer)
*August 16 – [[Vassar Clements]], 77, legendary fiddle player. (cancer)


==Hall of Fame inductees==
==Hall of Fame inductees==

===Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductees===
===Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductees===
*[[Red Allen (bluegrass)|Red Allen]]
*[[Red Allen (bluegrass)|Red Allen]]
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===Country Music Hall of Fame inductees===
===Country Music Hall of Fame inductees===
*[[Alabama (American band)|Alabama]] (Randy Owen (born 1949); Teddy Gentry (born 1952); Jeff Cook (born 1949); and Mark Herndon (born 1955)).
*[[Alabama (American band)|Alabama]] (Randy Owen (born 1949); Teddy Gentry (born 1952); Jeff Cook (1949-2022); and Mark Herndon (born 1955)).
*[[DeFord Bailey]] (1899–1982)
*[[DeFord Bailey]] (1899–1982)
*[[Glen Campbell]] (1936–2017)
*[[Glen Campbell]] (1936–2017)
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*[[Gary Fjellgaard]]
*[[Gary Fjellgaard]]
*[[R. Harlan Smith]]
*[[R. Harlan Smith]]
*[[Paul Kennedy (DJ)|Paul Kennedy]]
*Paul Kennedy


==Major awards==
==Major awards==

===Grammy Awards===
===Grammy Awards===
''(presented February 8, 2006 in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]])''
''(presented February 8, 2006 in [[Los Angeles]])''
*'''Best Female Country Vocal Performance''' — "The Connection," [[Emmylou Harris]]
*'''Best Female Country Vocal Performance''' – "[[The Connection (song)|The Connection]]", [[Emmylou Harris]]
*'''Best Male Country Vocal Performance''' — "[[You'll Think of Me]]," [[Keith Urban]]
*'''Best Male Country Vocal Performance''' – "[[You'll Think of Me]]", [[Keith Urban]]
*'''Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal''' — "Restless," [[Alison Krauss|Alison Krauss & Union Station]]
*'''Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal''' – "Restless", [[Alison Krauss|Alison Krauss & Union Station]]
*'''Best Country Collaboration with Vocals''' — "[[Like We Never Loved At All]]," [[Faith Hill]] and [[Tim McGraw]]
*'''Best Country Collaboration with Vocals''' – "[[Like We Never Loved At All]]", [[Faith Hill]] and [[Tim McGraw]]
*'''Best Country Instrumental Performance''' — "Unionhouse Branch," Alison Krauss & Union Station
*'''Best Country Instrumental Performance''' – "[[Unionhouse Branch]]", Alison Krauss & Union Station
*'''Best Country Song''' — "[[Bless the Broken Road]]", Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hanna & [[Marcus Hummon]]
*'''Best Country Song''' – "[[Bless the Broken Road]]", Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hanna & [[Marcus Hummon]]
*'''Best Country Album''' — ''[[Lonely Runs Both Ways]]'', Alison Krauss & Union Station
*'''Best Country Album''' – ''[[Lonely Runs Both Ways]]'', Alison Krauss & Union Station
*'''Best Bluegrass Album''' — ''The Company We Keep'', [[Del McCoury Band]]
*'''Best Bluegrass Album''' – ''The Company We Keep'', [[Del McCoury Band]]


===Juno Awards===
===Juno Awards===
''(presented April 2, 2006 in [[City of Halifax|Halifax]])''
''(presented April 2, 2006 in [[City of Halifax|Halifax]])''
*'''Country Recording of the Year''' — ''[[The Road Hammers (album)|The Road Hammers]]'', [[The Road Hammers]]
*'''Country Recording of the Year''' – ''[[The Road Hammers (album)|The Road Hammers]]'', [[The Road Hammers]]


===CMT Music Awards===
===CMT Music Awards===
''(presented April 11 in [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]])''
''(presented April 11 in [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]])''
*'''Video of the Year''' — "[[Days Go By (Keith Urban song)|Days Go By]]," [[Keith Urban]]
*'''Video of the Year''' – "[[Days Go By (Keith Urban song)|Days Go By]]", [[Keith Urban]]
*'''Male Video of the Year''' — "[[I Go Back]]," [[Kenny Chesney]]
*'''Male Video of the Year''' – "[[I Go Back]]", [[Kenny Chesney]]
*'''Female Video of the Year''' — "When I Think About Cheatin'" [[Gretchen Wilson]]
*'''Female Video of the Year''' – "[[When I Think About Cheatin']]", [[Gretchen Wilson]]
*'''Group/Duo Video of the Year''' — "[[Feels Like Today (song)|Feels Like Today]]," [[Rascal Flatts]]
*'''Group/Duo Video of the Year''' – "[[Feels Like Today (song)|Feels Like Today]]", [[Rascal Flatts]]
*'''Breakthrough Video of the Year''' — "[[Redneck Woman]]," Gretchen Wilson
*'''Breakthrough Video of the Year''' – "[[Redneck Woman]]", Gretchen Wilson
*'''Collaborative Video of the Year''' — "[[Whiskey Lullaby]]," [[Brad Paisley]] Featuring [[Alison Krauss]]
*'''Collaborative Video of the Year''' – "[[Whiskey Lullaby]]", [[Brad Paisley]] Featuring [[Alison Krauss]]
*'''Hottest Video of the Year''' — "[[Whiskey Girl]]," [[Toby Keith]]
*'''Hottest Video of the Year''' – "[[Whiskey Girl]]", [[Toby Keith]]
*'''Most Inspiring Video of the Year''' — "[[Live Like You Were Dying (song)|Live Like You Were Dying]]," [[Tim McGraw]]
*'''Most Inspiring Video of the Year''' – "[[Live Like You Were Dying (song)|Live Like You Were Dying]]", [[Tim McGraw]]
*'''Video Director of the Year''' — "Whiskey Lullaby," Brad Paisley Featuring Alison Krauss (Director: [[Rick Schroder]])
*'''Video Director of the Year''' – "Whiskey Lullaby", Brad Paisley Featuring Alison Krauss (Director: [[Rick Schroder]])
*'''Johnny Cash Visionary Award''' — [[Loretta Lynn]]
*'''Johnny Cash Visionary Award''' – [[Loretta Lynn]]


=== Americana Music Honors & Awards ===
===Americana Music Honors & Awards===
*'''Album of the Year''' – ''[[Universal United House of Prayer]]'' ([[Buddy Miller]])
*'''Album of the Year''' – ''[[Universal United House of Prayer]]'' ([[Buddy Miller]])
*'''Artist of the Year''' – [[John Prine]]
*'''Artist of the Year''' – [[John Prine]]
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*'''Lifetime Achievement: Songwriting''' – [[Guy Clark]]
*'''Lifetime Achievement: Songwriting''' – [[Guy Clark]]
*'''Lifetime Achievement: Performance''' – [[Marty Stuart]]
*'''Lifetime Achievement: Performance''' – [[Marty Stuart]]
*'''Lifetime Achievement: Executive''' – The [[Rounder Records|Rounder]] Founders (Ken Irwin, Marian Leighton, Bill Nowlin)
*'''Lifetime Achievement: Executive''' – The [[Rounder Records|Rounder]] Founders ([[Ken Irwin]], [[Marian Leighton]], [[Bill Nowlin]])


=== Academy of Country Music ===
===Academy of Country Music===
''(presented May 23, 2006 in [[Las Vegas Strip|Las Vegas]])''
''(presented May 23, 2006 in [[Las Vegas Strip|Las Vegas]])''
*'''Entertainer of the Year''' — [[Kenny Chesney]]
*'''Entertainer of the Year''' – [[Kenny Chesney]]
*'''Song of the Year''' — "Believe," [[Ronnie Dunn]] and [[Craig Wiseman]]
*'''Song of the Year''' – "Believe", [[Ronnie Dunn]] and [[Craig Wiseman]]
*'''Single of the Year''' — "[[Jesus, Take the Wheel]]," [[Carrie Underwood]]
*'''Single of the Year''' – "[[Jesus, Take the Wheel]]", [[Carrie Underwood]]
*'''Album of the Year''' — ''[[Time Well Wasted]]'', [[Brad Paisley]]
*'''Album of the Year''' – ''[[Time Well Wasted]]'', [[Brad Paisley]]
*'''Top Male Vocalist''' — [[Keith Urban]]
*'''Top Male Vocalist''' – [[Keith Urban]]
*'''Top Female Vocalist''' — [[Sara Evans]]
*'''Top Female Vocalist''' – [[Sara Evans]]
*'''Top Vocal Duo''' — [[Brooks & Dunn]]
*'''Top Vocal Duo''' – [[Brooks & Dunn]]
*'''Top Vocal Group''' — [[Rascal Flatts]]
*'''Top Vocal Group''' – [[Rascal Flatts]]
*'''Top New Male Vocalist''' — [[Jason Aldean]]
*'''Top New Male Vocalist''' – [[Jason Aldean]]
*'''Top New Female Vocalist''' — Carrie Underwood
*'''Top New Female Vocalist''' – Carrie Underwood
*'''Top New Duo or Group''' — [[Sugarland (band)|Sugarland]]
*'''Top New Duo or Group''' – [[Sugarland (band)|Sugarland]]
*'''Video of the Year''' — "[[When I Get Where I'm Going]]," Brad Paisley and [[Dolly Parton]] (Director: Jim Shea)
*'''Video of the Year''' – "[[When I Get Where I'm Going]]", Brad Paisley and [[Dolly Parton]] (Director: Jim Shea)
*'''Vocal Event of the Year''' — "When I Get Where I'm Going," Brad Paisley and Dolly Parton
*'''Vocal Event of the Year''' – "When I Get Where I'm Going", Brad Paisley and Dolly Parton
*'''ACM/Home Depot Humanitarian of the Year''' — [[Vince Gill]]
*'''ACM/Home Depot Humanitarian of the Year''' – [[Vince Gill]]
*'''Pioneer Awards''' — [[Little Jimmy Dickens]], [[Kris Kristofferson]], [[Bill Monroe]] and [[Earl Scruggs]]
*'''Pioneer Awards''' – [[Little Jimmy Dickens]], [[Kris Kristofferson]], [[Bill Monroe]] and [[Earl Scruggs]]


=== ARIA Awards ===
===ARIA Awards===
''(presented in Sydney on October 23, 2005)''
''(presented in Sydney on October 23, 2005)''
*'''[[ARIA Award for Best Country Album|Best Country Album]]''' – ''[[Be Here]]'' ([[Keith Urban]])
*'''[[ARIA Award for Best Country Album|Best Country Album]]''' – ''[[Be Here]]'' ([[Keith Urban]])
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===Canadian Country Music Association===
===Canadian Country Music Association===
''(presented September 12 in [[Calgary]])''
''(presented September 12 in [[Calgary]])''
*'''Kraft Cheez Whiz Fans' Choice Award''' — [[George Canyon]]
*'''Kraft Cheez Whiz Fans' Choice Award''' – [[George Canyon]]
*'''Male Artist of the Year''' — George Canyon
*'''Male Artist of the Year''' – George Canyon
*'''Female Artist of the Year''' — [[Terri Clark]]
*'''Female Artist of the Year''' – [[Terri Clark]]
*'''Group or Duo of the Year''' — [[The Road Hammers]]
*'''Group or Duo of the Year''' – [[The Road Hammers]]
*'''SOCAN Song of the Year''' — "My Name," George Canyon, [[Gordie Sampson]]
*'''SOCAN Song of the Year''' – "My Name", George Canyon, [[Gordie Sampson]]
*'''Single of the Year''' — "My Name," George Canyon
*'''Single of the Year''' – "My Name", George Canyon
*'''Album of the Year''' — ''[[This Time Around (Paul Brandt album)|This Time Around]]'', [[Paul Brandt]]
*'''Album of the Year''' – ''[[This Time Around (Paul Brandt album)|This Time Around]]'', [[Paul Brandt]]
*'''Top Selling Album''' — ''[[Greatest Hits (Shania Twain album)|Greatest Hits]]'', [[Shania Twain]]
*'''Top Selling Album''' – ''[[Greatest Hits (Shania Twain album)|Greatest Hits]]'', [[Shania Twain]]
*'''CMT Video of the Year''' — "[[Convoy]]," Paul Brandt
*'''CMT Video of the Year''' – "[[Convoy (song)|Convoy]]," Paul Brandt
*'''Chevy Trucks Rising Star Award''' — [[Amanda Wilkinson]]
*'''Chevy Trucks Rising Star Award''' – [[Amanda Wilkinson]]
*'''Roots Artist or Group of the Year''' — [[Corb Lund and the Hurtin' Albertans|Corb Lund]]
*'''Roots Artist or Group of the Year''' – [[Corb Lund and the Hurtin' Albertans|Corb Lund]]


===Country Music Association===
===Country Music Association===
''(presented November 15 in [[New York City, New York|New York City]])''
''(presented November 15 in [[New York City, New York|New York City]])''
*'''Entertainer of the Year''' — [[Keith Urban]]
*'''Entertainer of the Year''' – [[Keith Urban]]
*'''Song of the Year''' — "[[Whiskey Lullaby]]," [[Bill Anderson (singer)|Bill Anderson]] and [[Jon Randall]]
*'''Song of the Year''' – "[[Whiskey Lullaby]]", [[Bill Anderson (singer)|Bill Anderson]] and [[Jon Randall]]
*'''Single of the Year''' — "[[I May Hate Myself in the Morning]]," [[Lee Ann Womack]]
*'''Single of the Year''' – "[[I May Hate Myself in the Morning]]", [[Lee Ann Womack]]
*'''Album of the Year''' — ''[[There's More Where That Came From]]'', Lee Ann Womack
*'''Album of the Year''' – ''[[There's More Where That Came From]]'', Lee Ann Womack
*'''Male Vocalist of the Year''' — Keith Urban
*'''Male Vocalist of the Year''' – Keith Urban
*'''Female Vocalist of the Year''' — [[Gretchen Wilson]]
*'''Female Vocalist of the Year''' – [[Gretchen Wilson]]
*'''Vocal Duo of the Year''' — [[Brooks & Dunn]]
*'''Vocal Duo of the Year''' – [[Brooks & Dunn]]
*'''Vocal Group of the Year''' — [[Rascal Flatts]]
*'''Vocal Group of the Year''' – [[Rascal Flatts]]
*'''Horizon Award''' — [[Dierks Bentley]]
*'''Horizon Award''' – [[Dierks Bentley]]
*'''Video of the Year''' — "[[As Good As I Once Was]]," [[Toby Keith]] (Director: Michael Salomon)
*'''Video of the Year''' – "[[As Good As I Once Was]]", [[Toby Keith]] (Director: Michael Salomon)
*'''Vocal Event of the Year''' — "Good News, Bad News," [[George Strait]] and Lee Ann Womack
*'''Vocal Event of the Year''' – "Good News, Bad News", [[George Strait]] and Lee Ann Womack
*'''Musician of the Year''' — [[Jerry Douglas (musician)|Jerry Douglas]]
*'''Musician of the Year''' – [[Jerry Douglas (musician)|Jerry Douglas]]


==Further reading==
==Further reading==
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==Other links==
==Other links==
*[[Country Music Association]]
* [[Country Music Association]]
*[[Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame]]
* [[Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame]]
*[[2005 in Swiss music]]
* [[2005 in Swiss music]]


==External links==
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051201094226/http://www.cmaawards.com/2004/hof/default.asp Country Music Hall of Fame]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051201094226/https://www.cmaawards.com/2004/hof/default.asp Country Music Hall of Fame]


{{List of years in country music}}
{{List of years in country music}}


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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 2005.

2005 in music
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By genre
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List of years in country music (table)
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Events

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"ReAct Now: Music & Relief" is held September 10. Country performers at the 4½-hour concert — which airs live on CMT – include Alan Jackson and Gretchen Wilson.

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  • Mindy McCready endures a rough year, with stories about her personal and legal problems making headlines. They include violent run-ins with her ex-boyfriend, Billy McKnight; various crimes she had been charged with (including fraud, prescription drug crimes, driving under the influence and probation violation) and at least two suicide attempts. Late in the year, Mindy spoke about her problems on The Oprah Winfrey Show and Larry King Live.
  • Toby Keith, the flagship artist for DreamWorks Nashville, departs to form his own label, Show Dog Nashville. DreamWorks – which had never really lived up to its expectations – is shut down shortly thereafter by its parent company, Universal Music Group.
  • The Country Music Association announces a new TV deal to move the CMA Awards to ABC, after years of being broadcast on CBS.
  • Tammy Genovese becomes the head of the Country Music Association, succeeding Ed Benson.
  • Country music icon George Jones marks his 50th year in country music.

Top hits of the year

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The following songs placed within the Top 20 on the Hot Country Songs or Canada Country charts in 2005:

See also: List of Hot Country Songs number ones of 2005 and List of number-one country singles of 2005 (Canada)
US CAN Single Artist
4 6 Alcohol Brad Paisley
8 2 All Jacked Up Gretchen Wilson
1 2 Anything but Mine Kenny Chesney
16 — Arlington Trace Adkins
1 2 As Good as I Once Was Toby Keith
1 8 Awful, Beautiful Life Darryl Worley
2 1 Baby Girl Sugarland
7 13 Best I Ever Had Gary Allan
1 1 Better Life Keith Urban
5 1 Big Blue Note Toby Keith
20 19 Big Time Big & Rich
10 11 Billy's Got His Beer Goggles On Neal McCoy
1 1 Bless the Broken Road Rascal Flatts
16 28 Class Reunion (That Used to Be Us) Lonestar
1 3 Come a Little Closer Dierks Bentley
5 3 Do You Want Fries with That Tim McGraw
24 4 Don't! Shania Twain
16 — Don't Ask Me How I Know Bobby Pinson
7 13 Don't Worry 'bout a Thing SHeDAISY
14 6 Drugs or Jesus Tim McGraw
1 2 Fast Cars and Freedom Rascal Flatts
15 22 Georgia Rain Trisha Yearwood
16 19 God's Will Martina McBride
3 4 Gone Montgomery Gentry
3 2 Good Ride Cowboy Garth Brooks
10 18 Goodbye Time Blake Shelton
7 12 He Gets That from Me Reba McEntire
8 29 Help Somebody Van Zant
10 27 Hicktown Jason Aldean
15 9 Holy Water Big & Rich
2 2 Homewrecker Gretchen Wilson
8 6 Honkytonk U Toby Keith
4 20 How Am I Doin' Dierks Bentley
18 25 How Do You Get That Lonely Blaine Larsen
45 8 I Ain't No Quitter Shania Twain
10 6 I May Hate Myself in the Morning Lee Ann Womack
18 19 (I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden Martina McBride
17 — I'll Take That as a Yes (The Hot Tub Song) Phil Vassar
5 23 If Heaven Andy Griggs
9 26 If Something Should Happen Darryl Worley
1 4 It's Getting Better All the Time Brooks & Dunn
6 5 Keg in the Closet Kenny Chesney
8 14 Let Them Be Little Billy Dean
17 — Long, Slow Kisses Jeff Bates
3 1 Lot of Leavin' Left to Do Dierks Bentley
1 1 Making Memories of Us Keith Urban
12 29 Miss Me Baby Chris Cagle
1 1 Mississippi Girl Faith Hill
5 4 Monday Morning Church Alan Jackson
1 1 Mud on the Tires Brad Paisley
1 4 Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right Billy Currington
1 1 My Give a Damn's Busted Jo Dee Messina
44 4 My Name George Canyon
16 17 My Sister Reba McEntire
5 1 Nothin' 'bout Love Makes Sense LeAnn Rimes
1 1 Nothin' to Lose Josh Gracin
18 — Paper Angels Jimmy Wayne
8 14 Pickin' Wildflowers Keith Anderson
1 1 Play Something Country Brooks & Dunn
3 19 Probably Wouldn't Be This Way LeAnn Rimes
1 1 A Real Fine Place to Start Sara Evans
2 9 Redneck Yacht Club Craig Morgan
25 15 She Didn't Have Time Terri Clark
2 2 Skin (Sarabeth) Rascal Flatts
3 6 Somebody's Hero Jamie O'Neal
2 1 Something More Sugarland
1 5 Something to Be Proud Of Montgomery Gentry
2 15 Songs About Me Trace Adkins
5 6 Stay with Me (Brass Bed) Josh Gracin
18 15 The Talkin' Song Repair Blues Alan Jackson
1 1 Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off Joe Nichols
1 3 That's What I Love About Sunday Craig Morgan
18 24 Trying to Find Atlantis Jamie O'Neal
18 — USA Today Alan Jackson
36 5 Waitin' on the Wonderful Aaron Lines
4 11 What's a Guy Gotta Do Joe Nichols
4 2 When I Think About Cheatin' Gretchen Wilson
2 1 Who You'd Be Today Kenny Chesney
4 5 You'll Be There George Strait
8 7 You're Like Comin' Home Lonestar
2 1 You're My Better Half Keith Urban

Top new album releases

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The following albums placed within the Top 50 on the Top Country Albums charts in 2005:

See also: List of Top Country Albums number ones of 2005
US Album Artist Record Label
1 All Jacked Up Gretchen Wilson Epic
4 Anywhere but Here Chris Cagle Capitol Nashville
1 Be as You Are (Songs from an Old Blue Chair) Kenny Chesney BNA
8 Blame the Vain Dwight Yoakam New West
6 Brave Jamie O'Neal Capitol Nashville
3 Coming Home Lonestar BNA
3 Comin' to Your City Big & Rich Warner Bros.
6 Countryman Willie Nelson Lost Highway
1 Delicious Surprise Jo Dee Messina Curb
2 Doin' Somethin' Right Billy Currington Mercury Nashville
5 Erika Jo Erika Jo Universal South
1 Fireflies Faith Hill Warner Bros.
6 Garage Cross Canadian Ragweed Universal South
2 Get Right with the Man Van Zant Columbia
2 Her Story: Scenes from a Lifetime Wynonna Asylum-Curb
1 Hillbilly Deluxe Brooks & Dunn Arista Nashville
1 Honkytonk University Toby Keith DreamWorks Nashville
6 Hot Apple Pie Hot Apple Pie DreamWorks Nashville
2 III Joe Nichols Universal South
6 Jason Aldean Jason Aldean Broken Bow
1 Jasper County Trisha Yearwood MCA Nashville
1 Kerosene Miranda Lambert Epic
2 The Legend of Johnny Cash Johnny Cash Island
8 Let Them Be Little Billy Dean Asylum-Curb
4 Life Goes On Terri Clark Mercury Nashville
2 Loco Motive Cowboy Troy RAYBAW
1 Modern Day Drifter Dierks Bentley Capitol Nashville
7 My Kind of Livin' Craig Morgan Broken Bow
1 Real Fine Place Sara Evans RCA Nashville
3 Reba #1's Reba McEntire MCA Nashville
4 R.I.D.E. Trick Pony Asylum-Curb
1 The Right to Bare Arms Larry the Cable Guy Warner Bros.
1 The Road and the Radio Kenny Chesney BNA
1 Some Hearts Carrie Underwood Arista Nashville
2 Something to Be Proud Of: The Best of 1999-2005 Montgomery Gentry Columbia
1 Somewhere Down in Texas George Strait MCA Nashville
1 Songs About Me Trace Adkins Capitol Nashville
8 That's Life Neal McCoy 903
8 Then & Now: The Hits Collection Tracy Lawrence Mercury Nashville
3 There's More Where That Came From Lee Ann Womack MCA Nashville
9 Those Were the Days Dolly Parton Blue Eye
2 This Woman LeAnn Rimes Asylum-Curb
1 Time Well Wasted Brad Paisley Arista Nashville
1 Timeless Martina McBride RCA Nashville
5 Times Like These Buddy Jewell Columbia
1 Totally Country Vol. 4 Various Artists Sony BMG
1 Tough All Over Gary Allan MCA Nashville
3 Walk the Line Soundtrack Various Artists Wind-Up

Other top albums

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US Album Artist Record Label
42 16 Biggest Hits Waylon Jennings RCA Nashville
13 All of Me Anne Murray StraightWay
20 Anthology, Volume 1 Chris LeDoux Capitol Nashville
35 Barely Famous Hits The Warren Brothers BNA
47 Childish Things James McMurtry Compadre
14 Cost of Living Delbert McClinton New West
39 Country's Got Heart Various Artists Time Life
13 Dream Big Ryan Shupe & the RubberBand Capitol Nashville
29 Dreamin' My Dreams Patty Loveless Epic
36 Drinkin' Songs and Other Logic Clint Black Equity
39 Everything and More Billy Gilman Image
28 Glory Train: Songs of Faith, Worship, and Praise Randy Travis Word/Curb
43 Gold Patsy Cline MCA Nashville
14 Greatest Hits Tracy Byrd BNA
42 Hanna-McEuen Hanna-McEuen DreamWorks Nashville
13 Hits I Missed...And One I Didn't George Jones Bandit
47 Hitstory Elvis Presley RCA
31 The Legend Johnny Cash Legacy
23 Man Like Me Bobby Pinson RCA Nashville
18 The Metropolitan Hotel Chely Wright Dualtone
47 Mission Temple Fireworks Stand Sawyer Brown Curb
39 My Kind of Music Ray Scott Warner Bros.
40 Nashville Star 2005 Finalists Various Artists Universal South
42 Nothing Left to Hide Cory Morrow Write On
14 Off to Join the World Blaine Larsen BNA
37 The Outsider Rodney Crowell Columbia
22 Patriotic Country 2 Various Artists BMG Heritage
22 Put the "O" Back in Country Shooter Jennings Universal South
31 Ride Shelly Fairchild Columbia
73 Right Out of Nowhere Kathy Mattea Narada
12 The Road to Here Little Big Town Equity
13 Songs Willie Nelson Lost Highway
26 The Story of My Life Deana Carter Vanguard
12 Three Chord Country and American Rock & Roll Keith Anderson Arista Nashville
23 The Very Best of Emmylou Harris:
Heartaches & Highways 		Emmylou Harris Rhino
21 What I Really Mean Robert Earl Keen Koch

Deaths

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Hall of Fame inductees

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Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductees

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Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

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  • Alabama (Randy Owen (born 1949); Teddy Gentry (born 1952); Jeff Cook (1949-2022); and Mark Herndon (born 1955)).
  • DeFord Bailey (1899–1982)
  • Glen Campbell (1936–2017)

Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

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Major awards

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Grammy Awards

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(presented February 8, 2006 in Los Angeles)

Juno Awards

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(presented April 2, 2006 in Halifax)

CMT Music Awards

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(presented April 11 in Nashville)

Americana Music Honors & Awards

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Academy of Country Music

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(presented May 23, 2006 in Las Vegas)

ARIA Awards

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(presented in Sydney on October 23, 2005)

Canadian Country Music Association

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(presented September 12 in Calgary)

Country Music Association

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(presented November 15 in New York City)

Further reading

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

References

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  • Stark, Phyllis, "Toby Keith topped country charts, shook up Music Row," Billboard magazine, December 24, 2005, p. YE-18.

Notes

  1. ^ "Robert Byrne". Alabama Music Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on February 24, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
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