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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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{{Year in music|2005}}
== Events ==
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* [[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.
* [[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'', 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.
* [[October]] - Koch Records Nashville folds when its parent company goes out of business.
* [[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'' is Brooks' first box set to be released under his new label, Pearl Records; he had left his longtime label, [[Capitol Records]], earlier in the year.
* [[December 5]] - [[Garth Brooks]] and [[Trisha Yearwood]] marry at their home in [[Oklahoma]]. It is Brooks' second marriage, Yearwood's third.
* [[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 [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], after years of being broadcast on [[CBS]].
* Tammy Genovese becomes the head of the [[Country Music Association]], succeeding Ed Benson.


==Events==
== Top Hits of the Year ==
*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.
=== No. 1 Hits ===
*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.
''(As certified by [[Billboard magazine]])''
*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.
* [[January 22]] -- "Awful, Beautiful Life" -- [[Darryl Worley]]
*May 27 – [[Gretchen Wilson]] guest [[Miranda Lambert]] at the [[Value City Arena|Schottenstein Center]] in [[Columbus, Ohio]].
* [[February 5]] -- "Mud on the Tires" -- [[Brad Paisley]]
*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.
* [[February 12]] -- "Bless the Broken Road" -- [[Rascal Flatts]]
:"[[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]].
* [[March 19]] -- "Nothin' to Lose" -- [[Josh Gracin]]
*October – Koch Records Nashville folds when its parent company goes out of business.
* [[March 26]] -- "That's What I Love About Sunday" -- [[Craig Morgan]]
*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]]".
* [[April 23]] -- "Anything But Mine" -- [[Kenny Chesney]]
*November 14 – Country music superstars [[Trisha Yearwood]], [[Martina McBride]], [[Barbara Mandrell]], [[Carrie Underwood]] and [[Jo Dee Messina]] at the [[CNN]]'s ''[[Larry King Live]]''.
* [[May 7]] -- "It's Getting Better All the Time" -- [[Brooks & Dunn]]
*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.
* [[May 14]] -- "My Give a Damn's Busted" -- [[Jo Dee Messina]]
*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.
* [[May 28]] -- "Making Memories of Us" -- [[Keith Urban]]
*December 9 – [[Garth Brooks]] and [[Carrie Underwood]] are tough acts to follow.
* [[July 2]] -- "Fast Cars and Freedom" -- [[Rascal Flatts]]
*December 10 – [[Garth Brooks]] and [[Trisha Yearwood]] marry at their home in [[Oklahoma]]. It is Brooks' second marriage, Yearwood's third.
* [[July 23]] -- "As Good as I Once Was" -- [[Toby Keith]]
*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]].
* [[September 3]] -- "Mississippi Girl" – [[Faith Hill]]
* [[September 17]] -- "Play Something Country – [[Brooks & Dunn]]
* [[September 24]] -- "A Real Fine Place to Start" – [[Sara Evans]]
* [[October 8]] -- "Something to be Proud Of" - [[Montgomery Gentry]]
* [[October 22]] -- "Better Life" - [[Keith Urban]]
* [[December 3]] -- "Come a Little Closer" – [[Dierks Bentley]]
* [[December 17]] -- "Tequilla Makes Her Clothes Fall Off" – [[Joe Nichols (2000's)|Joe Nichols]]
: ''"Come a Little Closer" by [[Dierks Bentley]] returns to No. 1 [[December 24]]
* [[December 31]] -- "Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right" – [[Billy Currington]]


=== Other Major Hits ===
===No dates===
*[[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]]''.
* "Alberta Bound" – [[Paul Brandt]]
*[[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.
* "Alcohol" - [[Brad Paisley]]
*The [[Country Music Association]] announces a new TV deal to move the CMA Awards to [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], after years of being broadcast on [[CBS]].
* "All Jacked Up" – [[Gretchen Wilson]]
*Tammy Genovese becomes the head of the [[Country Music Association]], succeeding Ed Benson.
* "Arlington" – [[Trace Adkins]]
* Country music icon [[George Jones]] marks his 50th year in [[country music]].
* "Baby Girl" -- [[Sugarland (band)|Sugarland]]
* "Believe" – [[Brooks & Dunn]]
* "Best I Ever Had" – [[Gary Allan]]
* "Big Blue Note" – [[Toby Keith]]
* "Big Time" -- [[Big & Rich]]
* "Billy's Got His Beer Goggles On" – [[Neal McCoy]]
* "Boondocks" – [[Little Big Town]]
* "Cheatin'" – [[Sara Evans]]
* "Do You Want Fries With That" –- [[Tim McGraw]]
* "Don't Ask Me How I Know" –- [[Bobby Pinson]]
* "Don't Worry 'Bout a Thing" - [[SHeDaisy]]
* "Drugs or Jesus" -- [[Tim McGraw]]
* "Georgia Rain" -- [[Trisha Yearwood]]
* "Gone" -- [[Montgomery Gentry]]
* "Good Ride Cowboy" – [[Garth Brooks]]
* "Goodbye Time" - [[Blake Shelton]]
* "He Gets That From Me" -- [[Reba McEntire]]
* "Help Somebody" -- [[Van Zant]]
* "Hicktown" – [[Jason Aldean]]
* "Homewrecker" -- [[Gretchen Wilson]]
* "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" – [[Trace Adkins]]
* "Honky Tonk U" -- [[Toby Keith]]
* "How am I Doin'" – [[Dierks Bentley]]
* "I May Hate Myself in the Morning" -- [[Lee Ann Womack]]
* "(I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden" – [[Martina McBride]]
* "I'll Take That as a Yes (The Hot Tub Song)" -- [[Phil Vassar]]
* "If Heaven" -- [[Andy Griggs]]
* "If Something Should Happen" -- [[Darryl Worley]]
* "Jesus Take the Wheel" – [[Carrie Underwood]]
* "Just Might (Make Me Believe)" – [[Sugarland (band)|Sugarland]]
* "Keg in the Closet" -- [[Kenny Chesney]]
* "Leaving" – [[Paul Brandt]]
* "Let Them Be Little" -- [[Billy Dean]]
* "Like We Never Loved at All" – [[Faith Hill]] with [[Tim McGraw]]
* "Long, Slow Kisses" -- [[Jeff Bates]]
* "Lot of Leavin' Left to Do" -- [[Dierks Bentley]]
* "Miss Me Baby" – [[Chris Cagle]]
* "Monday Morning Church" -- [[Alan Jackson]]
* "My Old Friend" – [[Tim McGraw]]
* "My Sister" -- [[Reba McEntire]]
* "Nothing 'Bout Love Makes Sense" -- [[LeAnn Rimes]]
* "Pickin' Wildflowers" -- [[Keith Anderson]]
* "Probably Wouldn't Be This Way" -- [[LeAnn Rimes]]
* "Redneck Yacht Club" – [[Craig Morgan]]
* "She Let Herself Go" – [[George Strait]]
* "Skin (Sarabeth)" – [[Rascal Flatts]]
* "Somebody's Hero" – [[Jamie O'Neal]]
* "Something More" -- [[Sugarland (band)|Sugarland]]
* "Songs About Me" -- [[Trace Adkins]]
* "Stay With Me (Brass Bed)" – [[Josh Gracin]]
* "USA Today" – [[Alan Jackson]]
* "What's a Guy Gotta Do" -- [[Joe Nichols (2000's)|Joe Nichols]]
* "When I Get Where I'm Going" – [[Brad Paisley]] featuring [[Dolly Parton]]
* "When I Think About Cheatin'" -- [[Gretchen Wilson]]
* "Who You'd Be Today" –- [[Kenny Chesney]]
* "You'll Be There" -- [[George Strait]]
* "You're Like Comin' Home" – [[Lonestar]]
* "You're My Better Half" -- [[Keith Urban]]


== Top New Album Releases ==
==Top hits of the year==
The following songs placed within the Top 20 on the [[Hot Country Songs]] or [[Billboard charts|Canada Country]] charts in 2005:
* ''III'' – [[Joe Nichols]] (Universal South)
<!--Don't add anything below Top 20, don't link artists' names more than once-->
* ''All Jacked Up'' – [[Gretchen Wilson]] (Epic/Sony)
{{see also| List of Hot Country Songs number ones of 2005|List of number-one country singles of 2005 (Canada)}}
* ''Anywhere But Here'' – [[Chris Cagle]] (Capitol)
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* ''Be As You Are: Songs From An Old Blue Chair'' -- [[Kenny Chesney]] (BNA)
!width=45|<small>US</small>
* ''Coming Home'' – [[Lonestar]] (BNA)
!width=45|<small>CAN</small>
* ''Delicious Surprise'' -- [[Jo Dee Messina]] (Curb)
!width=auto|Single
* ''Doin' Something Right'' – [[Billy Currington]] (Mercury/Polygram)
!width=auto|Artist
* ''Fireflies'' – [[Faith Hill]] (Warner Bros.)
|-
* ''Get Right With The Man'' -- [[Van Zant]] (Columbia/Sony)
|align=center|4
* ''Glory Train: Songs Of Faith, Worship And Praise'' – [[Randy Travis]] (Word/Curb)
|align=center|6
* ''Hillbilly Deluxe'' – [[Brooks & Dunn]] (Arista Nashville)
|[[Alcohol (Brad Paisley song)|Alcohol]]
* ''Honkytonk University'' –- [[Toby Keith]] (DreamWorks)
|[[Brad Paisley]]
* ''Jasper County'' – [[Trisha Yearwood]] (MCA Nashville)
|-
* ''Jason Aldean'' – Jason Aldean (Broken Bow)
|align=center|8
* ''Kerosene'' – [[Miranda Lambert]] (Epic)
|align=center|2
* ''The Legend of Johnny Cash'' – [[Johnny Cash]] (Legacy/Columbia/American/Island)
|[[All Jacked Up (song)|All Jacked Up]]
* ''Loco Motive'' – [[Cowboy Troy]] (Raybaw/Warner Bros.)
|[[Gretchen Wilson]]
* ''Modern Day Drifter'' -- [[Dierks Bentley]] (Capitol)
|-
* ''My Kind of Livin''' – [[Craig Morgan]] (Broken Bow)
|align=center|1
* ''Put The O Back In Country'' – [[Shooter Jennings]] (Universal South)
|align=center|2
* ''Real Fine Place'' – [[Sara Evans]] (RCA)
|[[Anything but Mine]]
* ''The Right To Bare Arms'' – [[Larry The Cable Guy]] (Jack/Warner Bros.)
* ''The Road and the Radio'' – [[Kenny Chesney]] (BNA)
|[[Kenny Chesney]]
|-
* ''The Road to Here'' – [[Little Big Town]] (Equity)
|align=center|16
* ''Somewhere Down in Texas'' – [[George Strait]] (MCA Nashville)
|align=center|—
* ''Some Hearts'' – [[Carrie Underwood]] (Arista Nashville)
|[[Arlington (song)|Arlington]]
* ''Songs About Me'' -- [[Trace Adkins]] (Capitol)
|[[Trace Adkins]]
* ''That's Life'' – [[Neal McCoy]] (903 Music)
|-
* ''Then & Now: The Hits Collection'' – [[Tracy Lawrence]] (Mercury/Polygram)
|align=center|1
* ''This Woman'' – [[LeAnn Rimes]] (Curb)
|align=center|2
* ''Those Were the Days'' – [[Dolly Parton]] (Blue Eye/Sugar Hill)
|[[As Good as I Once Was]]
* ''Three Chord Country And American Rock & Roll'' – [[Keith Anderson]] (Arista Nashville)
|[[Toby Keith]]
* ''Time Well Wasted'' – [[Brad Paisley]] (Arista Nashville)
|-
* ''Timeless'' – [[Martina McBride]] (RCA)
|align=center|1
* ''Totally Country Vol. 4'' -- Various Artists (Sony/BMG/WEA/Universal)
|align=center|8
|[[Awful, Beautiful Life]]
|[[Darryl Worley]]
|-
|align=center|2
|align=center|1
|[[Baby Girl (Sugarland song)|Baby Girl]]
|[[Sugarland]]
|-
|align=center|7
|align=center|13
|[[Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning)|Best I Ever Had]]
|[[Gary Allan]]
|-
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|[[Better Life]]
|[[Keith Urban]]
|-
|align=center|5
|align=center|1
|[[Big Blue Note]]
|Toby Keith
|-
|align=center|20
|align=center|19
|[[Big Time (Big & Rich song)|Big Time]]
|[[Big & Rich]]
|-
|align=center|10
|align=center|11
|[[Billy's Got His Beer Goggles On]]
|[[Neal McCoy]]
|-
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|[[Bless the Broken Road]]
|[[Rascal Flatts]]
|-
|align=center|16
|align=center|28
|[[Class Reunion (That Used to Be Us)]]
|[[Lonestar]]
|-
|align=center|1
|align=center|3
|[[Come a Little Closer (Dierks Bentley song)|Come a Little Closer]]
|[[Dierks Bentley]]
|-
|align=center|5
|align=center|3
|[[Do You Want Fries with That]]
|[[Tim McGraw]]
|-
|align=center|24
|align=center|4
|[[Don't!]]
|[[Shania Twain]]
|-
|align=center|16
|align=center|—
|[[Don't Ask Me How I Know]]
|[[Bobby Pinson]]
|-
|align=center|7
|align=center|13
|[[Don't Worry 'bout a Thing (SHeDAISY song)|Don't Worry 'bout a Thing]]
|[[SHeDAISY]]
|-
|align=center|14
|align=center|6
|[[Drugs or Jesus]]
|Tim McGraw
|-
|align=center|1
|align=center|2
|[[Fast Cars and Freedom]]
|Rascal Flatts
|-
|align=center|15
|align=center|22
|[[Georgia Rain]]
|[[Trisha Yearwood]]
|-
|align=center|16
|align=center|19
|[[God's Will]]
|[[Martina McBride]]
|-
|align=center|3
|align=center|4
|[[Gone (Montgomery Gentry song)|Gone]]
|[[Montgomery Gentry]]
|-
|align=center|3
|align=center|2
|[[Good Ride Cowboy]]
|[[Garth Brooks]]
|-
|align=center|10
|align=center|18
|[[Goodbye Time]]
|[[Blake Shelton]]
|-
|align=center|7
|align=center|12
|[[He Gets That from Me]]
|[[Reba McEntire]]
|-
|align=center|8
|align=center|29
|[[Help Somebody]]
|[[Van Zant (band)|Van Zant]]
|-
|align=center|10
|align=center|27
|[[Hicktown]]
|[[Jason Aldean]]
|-
|align=center|15
|align=center|9
|[[Holy Water (Big & Rich song)|Holy Water]]
|Big & Rich
|-
|align=center|2
|align=center|2
|[[Homewrecker (song)|Homewrecker]]
|Gretchen Wilson
|-
|align=center|8
|align=center|6
|[[Honkytonk U]]
|Toby Keith
|-
|align=center|4
|align=center|20
|[[How Am I Doin']]
|Dierks Bentley
|-
|align=center|18
|align=center|25
|[[How Do You Get That Lonely]]
|[[Blaine Larsen]]
|-
|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]]
|[[Lee Ann Womack]]
|-
|align=center|18
|align=center|19
|[[Rose Garden (Lynn Anderson song)|(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden]]
|Martina McBride
|-
|align=center|17
|align=center|—
|[[I'll Take That as a Yes (The Hot Tub Song)]]
|[[Phil Vassar]]
|-
|align=center|5
|align=center|23
|[[If Heaven]]
|[[Andy Griggs]]
|-
|align=center|9
|align=center|26
|[[If Something Should Happen]]
|Darryl Worley
|-
|align=center|1
|align=center|4
|[[It's Getting Better All the Time]]
|[[Brooks & Dunn]]
|-
|align=center|6
|align=center|5
|[[Keg in the Closet]]
|Kenny Chesney
|-
|align=center|8
|align=center|14
|[[Let Them Be Little (song)|Let Them Be Little]]
|[[Billy Dean]]
|-
|align=center|17
|align=center|—
|[[Long, Slow Kisses]]
|[[Jeff Bates]]
|-
|align=center|3
|align=center|1
|[[Lot of Leavin' Left to Do]]
|Dierks Bentley
|-
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|[[Making Memories of Us]]
|Keith Urban
|-
|align=center|12
|align=center|29
|[[Miss Me Baby]]
|[[Chris Cagle]]
|-
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|[[Mississippi Girl]]
|[[Faith Hill]]
|-
|align=center|5
|align=center|4
|[[Monday Morning Church]]
|[[Alan Jackson]]
|-
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|[[Mud on the Tires (song)|Mud on the Tires]]
|Brad Paisley
|-
|align=center|1
|align=center|4
|[[Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right]]
|[[Billy Currington]]
|-
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|[[My Give a Damn's Busted]]
|[[Jo Dee Messina]]
|-
|align=center|44
|align=center|4
|My Name
|[[George Canyon]]
|-
|align=center|16
|align=center|17
|[[My Sister (Reba McEntire song)|My Sister]]
|Reba McEntire
|-
|align=center|5
|align=center|1
|[[Nothin' 'bout Love Makes Sense]]
|[[LeAnn Rimes]]
|-
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|[[Nothin' to Lose (Marcel song)|Nothin' to Lose]]
|[[Josh Gracin]]
|-
|align=center|18
|align=center|—
|[[Paper Angels]]
|[[Jimmy Wayne]]
|-
|align=center|8
|align=center|14
|[[Pickin' Wildflowers]]
|[[Keith Anderson]]
|-
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|[[Play Something Country]]
|Brooks & Dunn
|-
|align=center|3
|align=center|19
|[[Probably Wouldn't Be This Way]]
|LeAnn Rimes
|-
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|[[A Real Fine Place to Start]]
|[[Sara Evans]]
|-
|align=center|2
|align=center|9
|[[Redneck Yacht Club]]
|[[Craig Morgan]]
|-
|align=center|25
|align=center|15
|[[She Didn't Have Time]]
|[[Terri Clark]]
|-
|align=center|2
|align=center|2
|[[Skin (Sarabeth)]]
|Rascal Flatts
|-
|align=center|3
|align=center|6
|[[Somebody's Hero (song)|Somebody's Hero]]
|[[Jamie O'Neal]]
|-
|align=center|2
|align=center|1
|[[Something More (Sugarland song)|Something More]]
|Sugarland
|-
|align=center|1
|align=center|5
|[[Something to Be Proud Of]]
|Montgomery Gentry
|-
|align=center|2
|align=center|15
|[[Songs About Me (song)|Songs About Me]]
|Trace Adkins
|-
|align=center|5
|align=center|6
|[[Stay with Me (Brass Bed)]]
|Josh Gracin
|-
|align=center|18
|align=center|15
|[[The Talkin' Song Repair Blues]]
|Alan Jackson
|-
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|[[Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off]]
|[[Joe Nichols]]
|-
|align=center|1
|align=center|3
|[[That's What I Love About Sunday]]
|Craig Morgan
|-
|align=center|18
|align=center|24
|[[Trying to Find Atlantis]]
|Jamie O'Neal
|-
|align=center|18
|align=center|—
|[[USA Today (song)|USA Today]]
|Alan Jackson
|-
|align=center|36
|align=center|5
|Waitin' on the Wonderful
|[[Aaron Lines]]
|-
|align=center|4
|align=center|11
|[[What's a Guy Gotta Do]]
|Joe Nichols
|-
|align=center|4
|align=center|2
|[[When I Think About Cheatin']]
|Gretchen Wilson
|-
|align=center|2
|align=center|1
|[[Who You'd Be Today]]
|Kenny Chesney
|-
|align=center|4
|align=center|5
|[[You'll Be There]]
|[[George Strait]]
|-
|align=center|8
|align=center|7
|[[You're Like Comin' Home]]
|Lonestar
|-
|align=center|2
|align=center|1
|[[You're My Better Half]]
|Keith Urban
|}


== Deaths ==
==Top new album releases==
The following albums placed within the Top 50 on the [[Top Country Albums]] charts in 2005:
* [[February 6]] — [[Merle Kilgore]], 70, prolific songwriter ("Wolverton Mountain," "Ring of Fire") and manager of [[Hank Williams Jr.]]
{{see also|List of Top Country Albums number ones of 2005}}
* [[February 12]] — [[Sammi Smith]], 61, best known for "Help Me Make it Through the Night."
{| class="wikitable sortable"
* [[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.
! width=45|<small>US</small>
* [[May 14]] — [[Jimmy Martin]], 77, the "King of [[Bluegrass music|Bluegrass]]."
! Album
* [[August 16]] – [[Vassar Clements]], 77, legendary fiddle player. (cancer)
! Artist
! Record Label
|-
| align="center"| 1
| ''[[All Jacked Up]]''
| [[Gretchen Wilson]]
| Epic
|-
| align="center"| 4
| ''[[Anywhere but Here (Chris Cagle album)|Anywhere but Here]]''
| [[Chris Cagle]]
| Capitol Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 1
| ''[[Be as You Are (Songs from an Old Blue Chair)]]''
| [[Kenny Chesney]]
| BNA
|-
| align="center"| 8
| ''[[Blame the Vain]]''
| [[Dwight Yoakam]]
| New West
|-
| align="center"| 6
| ''[[Brave (Jamie O'Neal album)|Brave]]''
| [[Jamie O'Neal]]
| Capitol Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 3
| ''[[Coming Home (Lonestar album)|Coming Home]]''
| [[Lonestar]]
| BNA
|-
| align="center"| 3
| ''[[Comin' to Your City]]''
| [[Big & Rich]]
| Warner Bros.
|-
| align="center"| 6
| ''[[Countryman (album)|Countryman]]''
| [[Willie Nelson]]
| Lost Highway
|-
| align="center"| 1
| ''[[Delicious Surprise]]''
| [[Jo Dee Messina]]
| Curb
|-
| align="center"| 2
| ''[[Doin' Somethin' Right]]''
| [[Billy Currington]]
| Mercury Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 5
| ''[[Erika Jo (album)|Erika Jo]]''
| [[Erika Jo]]
| Universal South
|-
| align="center"| 1
| ''[[Fireflies (Faith Hill album)|Fireflies]]''
| [[Faith Hill]]
| Warner Bros.
|-
| align="center"| 6
| ''[[Garage (album)|Garage]]''
| [[Cross Canadian Ragweed]]
| Universal South
|-
| align="center"| 2
| ''[[Get Right with the Man]]''
| [[Van Zant (band)|Van Zant]]
| Columbia
|-
| align="center"| 2
| ''[[Her Story: Scenes from a Lifetime]]''
| [[Wynonna Judd|Wynonna]]
| Asylum-Curb
|-
| align="center"| 1
| ''[[Hillbilly Deluxe (Brooks & Dunn album)|Hillbilly Deluxe]]''
| [[Brooks & Dunn]]
| Arista Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 1
| ''[[Honkytonk University]]''
| [[Toby Keith]]
| DreamWorks Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 6
| ''[[Hot Apple Pie (album)|Hot Apple Pie]]''
| [[Hot Apple Pie]]
| DreamWorks Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 2
| ''[[III (Joe Nichols album)|III]]''
| [[Joe Nichols]]
| Universal South
|-
| align="center"| 6
| ''[[Jason Aldean (album)|Jason Aldean]]''
| [[Jason Aldean]]
| Broken Bow
|-
| align="center"| 1
| ''[[Jasper County (album)|Jasper County]]''
| [[Trisha Yearwood]]
| MCA Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 1
| ''[[Kerosene (album)|Kerosene]]''
| [[Miranda Lambert]]
| Epic
|-
| align="center"| 2
| ''[[The Legend of Johnny Cash]]''
| [[Johnny Cash]]
| Island
|-
| align="center"| 8
| ''[[Let Them Be Little]]''
| [[Billy Dean]]
| Asylum-Curb
|-
| align="center"| 4
| ''[[Life Goes On (Terri Clark album)|Life Goes On]]''
| [[Terri Clark]]
| Mercury Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 2
| ''[[Loco Motive (album)|Loco Motive]]''
| [[Cowboy Troy]]
| RAYBAW
|-
| align="center"| 1
| ''[[Modern Day Drifter]]''
| [[Dierks Bentley]]
| Capitol Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 7
| ''[[My Kind of Livin']]''
| [[Craig Morgan (singer)|Craig Morgan]]
| Broken Bow
|-
| align="center"| 1
| ''[[Real Fine Place]]''
| [[Sara Evans]]
| RCA Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 3
| ''[[Reba 1's|Reba #1's]]''
| [[Reba McEntire]]
| MCA Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 4
| ''[[R.I.D.E.]]''
| [[Trick Pony]]
| Asylum-Curb
|-
| align="center"| 1
| ''[[The Right to Bare Arms]]''
| [[Larry the Cable Guy]]
| Warner Bros.
|-
| align="center"| 1
| ''[[The Road and the Radio]]''
| [[Kenny Chesney]]
| BNA
|-
| align="center"| 1
| ''[[Some Hearts (Carrie Underwood album)|Some Hearts]]''
| [[Carrie Underwood]]
| Arista Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 2
| ''[[Something to Be Proud Of: The Best of 1999-2005]]''
| [[Montgomery Gentry]]
| Columbia
|-
| align="center"| 1
| ''[[Somewhere Down in Texas]]''
| [[George Strait]]
| MCA Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 1
| ''[[Songs About Me]]''
| [[Trace Adkins]]
| Capitol Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 8
| ''[[That's Life (Neal McCoy album)|That's Life]]''
| [[Neal McCoy]]
| 903
|-
| align="center"| 8
| ''[[Then & Now: The Hits Collection]]''
| [[Tracy Lawrence]]
| Mercury Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 3
| ''[[There's More Where That Came From]]''
| [[Lee Ann Womack]]
| MCA Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 9
| ''[[Those Were the Days (Dolly Parton album)|Those Were the Days]]''
| [[Dolly Parton]]
| Blue Eye
|-
| align="center"| 2
| ''[[This Woman (LeAnn Rimes album)|This Woman]]''
| [[LeAnn Rimes]]
| Asylum-Curb
|-
| align="center"| 1
| ''[[Time Well Wasted]]''
| [[Brad Paisley]]
| Arista Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 1
| ''[[Timeless (Martina McBride album)|Timeless]]''
| [[Martina McBride]]
| RCA Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 5
| ''[[Times Like These (Buddy Jewell album)|Times Like These]]''
| [[Buddy Jewell]]
| Columbia
|-
| align="center"| 1
| ''[[Totally Country Vol. 4]]''
| Various Artists
| Sony BMG
|-
| align="center"| 1
| ''[[Tough All Over (Gary Allan album)|Tough All Over]]''
| [[Gary Allan]]
| MCA Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 3
| ''[[Walk the Line (soundtrack)|Walk the Line Soundtrack]]''
| Various Artists
| Wind-Up
|}


===Other top albums===
== Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
* [[Alabama (band)|Alabama]] (Randy Owen (born [[1949]]); Teddy Gentry (born [[1952]]); Jeff Cook (born [[1949]]); and Mark Herndon (born [[1955]])).
|-
* [[DeFord Bailey]] ([[1899]]-[[1982]])
! width=45|<small>US</small>
* [[Glen Campbell]] (born [[1936]])
! Album
! Artist
! Record Label
|-
| align="center"| 42
| ''[[16 Biggest Hits (Waylon Jennings album)|16 Biggest Hits]]''
| [[Waylon Jennings]]
| RCA Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 13
| ''[[All of Me (Anne Murray album)|All of Me]]''
| [[Anne Murray]]
| StraightWay
|-
| align="center"| 20
| ''Anthology, Volume 1''
| [[Chris LeDoux]]
| Capitol Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 35
| ''[[Barely Famous Hits]]''
| [[The Warren Brothers]]
| BNA
|-
| align="center"| 47
| ''[[Childish Things]]''
| [[James McMurtry]]
| Compadre
|-
| align="center"| 14
| ''Cost of Living''
| [[Delbert McClinton]]
| New West
|-
| align="center"| 39
| ''Country's Got Heart''
| Various Artists
| Time Life
|-
| align="center"| 13
| ''[[Dream Big (album)|Dream Big]]''
| [[Ryan Shupe & the RubberBand]]
| Capitol Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 29
| ''[[Dreamin' My Dreams (Patty Loveless album)|Dreamin' My Dreams]]''
| [[Patty Loveless]]
| Epic
|-
| align="center"| 36
| ''[[Drinkin' Songs and Other Logic]]''
| [[Clint Black]]
| Equity
|-
| align="center"| 39
| ''[[Everything and More (Billy Gilman album)|Everything and More]]''
| [[Billy Gilman]]
| Image
|-
| align="center"| 28
| ''[[Glory Train: Songs of Faith, Worship, and Praise]]''
| [[Randy Travis]]
| Word/Curb
|-
| align="center"| 43
| ''Gold''
| [[Patsy Cline]]
| MCA Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 14
| ''[[Greatest Hits (Tracy Byrd album)|Greatest Hits]]''
| [[Tracy Byrd]]
| BNA
|-
| align="center"| 42
| ''[[Hanna-McEuen (album)|Hanna-McEuen]]''
| [[Hanna-McEuen]]
| DreamWorks Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 13
| ''[[Hits I Missed...And One I Didn't]]''
| [[George Jones]]
| Bandit
|-
| align="center"| 47
| ''[[Hitstory]]''
| [[Elvis Presley]]
| RCA
|-
| align="center"| 31
| ''[[The Legend (box set)|The Legend]]''
| [[Johnny Cash]]
| Legacy
|-
| align="center"| 23
| ''[[Man Like Me]]''
| [[Bobby Pinson]]
| RCA Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 18
| ''[[The Metropolitan Hotel]]''
| [[Chely Wright]]
| Dualtone
|-
| align="center"| 47
| ''[[Mission Temple Fireworks Stand]]''
| [[Sawyer Brown]]
| Curb
|-
| align="center"| 39
| ''[[My Kind of Music (Ray Scott album)|My Kind of Music]]''
| [[Ray Scott (singer)|Ray Scott]]
| Warner Bros.
|-
| align="center"| 40
| ''Nashville Star 2005 Finalists''
| Various Artists
| Universal South
|-
| align="center"| 42
| ''Nothing Left to Hide''
| [[Cory Morrow]]
| Write On
|-
| align="center"| 14
| ''[[Off to Join the World]]''
| [[Blaine Larsen]]
| BNA
|-
| align="center"| 37
| ''[[The Outsider (Rodney Crowell album)|The Outsider]]''
| [[Rodney Crowell]]
| Columbia
|-
| align="center"| 22
| ''[[Patriotic Country|Patriotic Country 2]]''
| Various Artists
| BMG Heritage
|-
| align="center"| 22
| ''[[Put the "O" Back in Country]]''
| [[Shooter Jennings]]
| Universal South
|-
| align="center"| 31
| ''[[Ride (Shelly Fairchild album)|Ride]]''
| [[Shelly Fairchild]]
| Columbia
|-
| align="center"| 73
| ''[[Right Out of Nowhere]]''
| [[Kathy Mattea]]
| Narada
|-
| align="center"| 12
| ''[[The Road to Here]]''
| [[Little Big Town]]
| Equity
|-
| align="center"| 13
| ''[[Songs (Willie Nelson album)|Songs]]''
| [[Willie Nelson]]
| Lost Highway
|-
| align="center"| 26
| ''[[The Story of My Life (Deana Carter album)|The Story of My Life]]''
| [[Deana Carter]]
| Vanguard
|-
| align="center"| 12
| ''[[Three Chord Country and American Rock & Roll]]''
| [[Keith Anderson]]
| Arista Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 23
| ''[[The Very Best of Emmylou Harris: Heartaches & Highways|The Very Best of Emmylou Harris:<br>Heartaches & Highways]]''
| [[Emmylou Harris]]
| Rhino
|-
| align="center"| 21
| ''[[What I Really Mean]]''
| [[Robert Earl Keen]]
| Koch
|}


== Major Awards ==
==Deaths==
*February 6 – [[Merle Kilgore]], 70, prolific songwriter ("[[Wolverton Mountain]]," "Ring of Fire") and manager of [[Hank Williams Jr.]] (cancer)
=== Grammy Awards ===
*February 12 – [[Sammi Smith]], 61, best known for "Help Me Make it Through the Night."
*'''Best Female Country Vocal Performance''' -- "Redneck Woman," [[Gretchen Wilson]].
*February 25- [[Goldie Hill]], 72, best known for "I Let the Stars Get in My Eyes" and wife of [[Carl Smith (musician)|Carl Smith]].
*'''Best Male Country Vocal Peformance''' -- "Live Like You Were Dying," [[Tim McGraw]].
*March 2 – Joe Carter, 78, son of [[The Carter Family|A.P. and Sara Carter]].
*'''Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal''' -- "Top of the World" (live recording), [[Dixie Chicks]].
*March 9 – [[Chris LeDoux]], 56, world champion bareback rider who sang about the rodeo circuit and cowboy life.
*'''Best Country Collaboration with Vocals''' -- "Portland, Oregon," [[Loretta Lynn]] and [[Jack White (musician)|Jack White]].
*May 14 – [[Jimmy Martin]], 77, the "King of [[Bluegrass music|Bluegrass]]."
*'''Best Country Instrumental Performance''' -- "Earl's Breakdown," [[Nitty Gritty Dirt Band]] featuring [[Earl Scruggs]], [[Randy Scruggs]], [[Vassar Clements]] and [[Jerry Douglas (musician)|Jerry Douglas]].
* 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>
*'''Best Country Song''' -- "Live Like You Were Dying," [[Tim Nichols]] and [[Craig Wiseman]].
*August 16 – [[Vassar Clements]], 77, legendary fiddle player. (cancer)
*'''Best Country Album''' -- ''[[Van Lear Rose]]'', [[Loretta Lynn]].
*'''Best Bluegrass Album''' -- ''Brand New Strings'', [[Ricky Skaggs]] & [[Kentucky Thunder]].


=== Academy of Country Music ===
==Hall of Fame inductees==
===Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductees===
''(presented [[May 17]] in [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]])''
*[[Red Allen (bluegrass)|Red Allen]]
* '''Entertainer of the Year''' -- [[Kenny Chesney]]
*[[Benny Martin]]
* '''Top Male Vocalist''' -- [[Keith Urban]]
* '''Top Female Vocalist''' -- [[Gretchen Wilson]]
* '''Top New Artist''' -- [[Gretchen Wilson]]
* '''Top Vocal Group''' -- [[Rascal Flatts]]
* '''Top Vocal Duo''' -- [[Brooks & Dunn]]
* '''Vocal Event of the Year''' -- "Whiskey Lullaby", [[Brad Paisley]] and [[Allison Krauss]]
* '''Single of the Year''' -- "Live Like You Were Dying", [[Tim McGraw]]
* '''Song of the Year''' -- "Live Like You Were Dying", [[Tim Nichols]] and [[Craig Wiseman]]
* '''Album of the Year''' -- ''Be Here'', [[Keith Urban]]
* '''Video of the Year''' -- "Whiskey Lullaby", [[Brad Paisley]] and [[Allison Krauss]] (director: [[Rick Schroder]]).
* '''ACM/Home Depot Humanitarian of the Year''' -- [[Neal McCoy]]


=== Country Music Association ===
===Country Music Hall of Fame inductees===
*[[Alabama (American band)|Alabama]] (Randy Owen (born 1949); Teddy Gentry (born 1952); Jeff Cook (1949-2022); and Mark Herndon (born 1955)).
''(presented [[November 15]] in [[New York City, New York|New York City]])''
*[[DeFord Bailey]] (1899–1982)
* '''Entertainer of the Year''' -- [[Keith Urban]]
*[[Glen Campbell]] (1936–2017)
* '''Male Vocalist of the Year''' -- [[Keith Urban]]
* '''Female Vocalist of the Year''' -- [[Gretchen Wilson]]
* '''Horizon Award''' -- [[Dierks Bentley]]
* '''Vocal Group of the Year''' -- [[Rascal Flatts]]
* '''Vocal Duo of the Year''' -- [[Brooks & Dunn]]
* '''Vocal Event of the Year''' -- "Good News, Bad News" [[George Strait]] and [[Lee Ann Womack]]
* '''Single of the Year''' -- "I May Hate Myself in the Morning", [[Lee Ann Womack]]
* '''Song of the Year''' -- "Whiskey Lullaby", [[Bill Anderson]] and [[Jon Randall]]
* '''Album of the Year''' -- ''There's More Where That Came From'', [[Lee Ann Womack]]
* '''Video of the Year''' -- "As Good As I Once Was" [[Toby Keith]] (Director: [[Michael Salomon]])
* '''Musician of the Year''' -- [[Jerry Douglas]]


===Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees===
== Sources ==
*[[Gary Fjellgaard]]
* Stark, Phyllis, "Toby Keith topped country charts, shook up Music Row," ''Billboard magazine'', [[December 24]], [[2005]], p. YE-18.
*[[R. Harlan Smith]]
*Paul Kennedy


==Major awards==
== Further Reading ==
===Grammy Awards===
* 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
''(presented February 8, 2006 in [[Los Angeles]])''
* Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947-1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003 (ISBN 0-8118-3572-3)
*'''Best Female Country Vocal Performance''' – "[[The Connection (song)|The Connection]]", [[Emmylou Harris]]
* Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 (ISBN 0-06-273244-7)
*'''Best Male Country Vocal Performance''' – "[[You'll Think of Me]]", [[Keith Urban]]
* Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs 1944-2005 - 6th Edition." 2005.
*'''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 Instrumental Performance''' – "[[Unionhouse Branch]]", Alison Krauss & Union Station
*'''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 Bluegrass Album''' – ''The Company We Keep'', [[Del McCoury Band]]


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

===CMT Music Awards===
''(presented April 11 in [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]])''
*'''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]]
*'''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]]
*'''Breakthrough Video of the Year''' – "[[Redneck Woman]]", Gretchen Wilson
*'''Collaborative Video of the Year''' – "[[Whiskey Lullaby]]", [[Brad Paisley]] Featuring [[Alison Krauss]]
*'''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]]
*'''Video Director of the Year''' – "Whiskey Lullaby", Brad Paisley Featuring Alison Krauss (Director: [[Rick Schroder]])
*'''Johnny Cash Visionary Award''' – [[Loretta Lynn]]

===Americana Music Honors & Awards===
*'''Album of the Year''' – ''[[Universal United House of Prayer]]'' ([[Buddy Miller]])
*'''Artist of the Year''' – [[John Prine]]
*'''Song of the Year''' – "Worry Too Much" ([[Mark Heard]])
*'''Emerging Artist of the Year''' – [[Mary Gauthier]]
*'''Instrumentalist of the Year''' – [[Sonny Landreth]]
*'''Spirit of Americana/Free Speech Award''' – [[Judy Collins]]
*'''Lifetime Achievement: Songwriting''' – [[Guy Clark]]
*'''Lifetime Achievement: Performance''' – [[Marty Stuart]]
*'''Lifetime Achievement: Executive''' – The [[Rounder Records|Rounder]] Founders ([[Ken Irwin]], [[Marian Leighton]], [[Bill Nowlin]])

===Academy of Country Music===
''(presented May 23, 2006 in [[Las Vegas Strip|Las Vegas]])''
*'''Entertainer of the Year''' – [[Kenny Chesney]]
*'''Song of the Year''' – "Believe", [[Ronnie Dunn]] and [[Craig Wiseman]]
*'''Single of the Year''' – "[[Jesus, Take the Wheel]]", [[Carrie Underwood]]
*'''Album of the Year''' – ''[[Time Well Wasted]]'', [[Brad Paisley]]
*'''Top Male Vocalist''' – [[Keith Urban]]
*'''Top Female Vocalist''' – [[Sara Evans]]
*'''Top Vocal Duo''' – [[Brooks & Dunn]]
*'''Top Vocal Group''' – [[Rascal Flatts]]
*'''Top New Male Vocalist''' – [[Jason Aldean]]
*'''Top New Female Vocalist''' – Carrie Underwood
*'''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)
*'''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]]
*'''Pioneer Awards''' – [[Little Jimmy Dickens]], [[Kris Kristofferson]], [[Bill Monroe]] and [[Earl Scruggs]]

===ARIA Awards===
''(presented in Sydney on October 23, 2005)''
*'''[[ARIA Award for Best Country Album|Best Country Album]]''' – ''[[Be Here]]'' ([[Keith Urban]])
*'''[[ARIA Hall of Fame]]''' – [[Smoky Dawson]]

===Canadian Country Music Association===
''(presented September 12 in [[Calgary]])''
*'''Kraft Cheez Whiz Fans' Choice Award''' – [[George Canyon]]
*'''Male Artist of the Year''' – George Canyon
*'''Female Artist of the Year''' – [[Terri Clark]]
*'''Group or Duo of the Year''' – [[The Road Hammers]]
*'''SOCAN Song of the Year''' – "My Name", George Canyon, [[Gordie Sampson]]
*'''Single of the Year''' – "My Name", George Canyon
*'''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]]
*'''CMT Video of the Year''' – "[[Convoy (song)|Convoy]]," Paul Brandt
*'''Chevy Trucks Rising Star Award''' – [[Amanda Wilkinson]]
*'''Roots Artist or Group of the Year''' – [[Corb Lund and the Hurtin' Albertans|Corb Lund]]

===Country Music Association===
''(presented November 15 in [[New York City, New York|New York City]])''
*'''Entertainer of the Year''' – [[Keith Urban]]
*'''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]]
*'''Album of the Year''' – ''[[There's More Where That Came From]]'', Lee Ann Womack
*'''Male Vocalist of the Year''' – Keith Urban
*'''Female Vocalist of the Year''' – [[Gretchen Wilson]]
*'''Vocal Duo of the Year''' – [[Brooks & Dunn]]
*'''Vocal Group of the Year''' – [[Rascal Flatts]]
*'''Horizon Award''' – [[Dierks Bentley]]
*'''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
*'''Musician of the Year''' – [[Jerry Douglas (musician)|Jerry Douglas]]

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

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

'''Notes'''
{{Reflist}}

==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]]

==External links==
* [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}}
== External links ==
* [http://www.cmaawards.com/2004/hof/default.asp Country Music Hall of Fame]
* [http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050829/NEWS01/508290354 Announcement of 2005 Country Music Association Hall of Fame inductees]


[[Category:2005 in music|country]][[Category:Years in country music]]
[[Category:2005 in music|Country]]
[[Category:Country music by year]]

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

2005 in music
By location
By genre
By topic
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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