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Revision as of 03:50, 3 May 2013

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 2013.

List of years in country music (table)
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Events

  • January – A brief feud erupts between Blake Shelton and country legend Ray Price when Shelton criticized veteran country performers who don't agree with the direction in which the genre is going, claiming "(n)obody wants to listen to their grandpa's music." Price was offended and publicly expressed his disapproval in a Facebook post, prompting Shelton to issue an apology on Twitter. Several days later, Price accepted the apology. "I agree that he should be given a chance to restore his credibility with the millions of fans who were deeply offended by those hurtful words," Price wrote as part of his Facebook post responding to Shelton's apology.[1]
  • February 17 – Mindy McCready, whose personal and legal problems overshadowed her promising future as a rising female vocalist of the late 1990s, is found dead of an apparent suicide at her home in Heber Springs, Arkansas. Her death came a month after the death of her boyfriend, songwriter David Wilson.[2][3]
  • March 2 – The program "The Country Top 30 with Bobby Bones," hosted by Austin, Texas, radio personality Bobby Estell (aka Bobby Bones), debuts in syndication.
  • April 8 — Brad Paisley receives media attention over his song "Accidental Racist", a cut featuring LL Cool J from Paisley's album Wheelhouse. The song becomes a source of controversy due to its lyrics addressing racism and slavery.[4]
  • April 24 — The Chatham County, Georgia Grand Jury indicted Billy Currington on felony criminal charges of "abuse of an elder person by inflicting mental anguish" and "making terroristic threats". Both criminal charges stem from an April 15 incident involving Charles Harvey Ferrelle, with the indictment alleging that Currington made terrorist threats and drove too close to Ferrelle's boat in a manner that he nearly knocked the elderly man into the water. Currington – released after posting $27,000 bond – faces a prison term of 1 to 5 years if convicted.[5]

Top hits of the year

The following songs placed within the Top 20 on the Hot Country Songs or Country Airplay charts in 2013:

See also: List of number-one country singles of 2013 (U.S.)
Songs Airplay Single Artist Reference
10 14 1994[A] Jason Aldean
30 20 American Beautiful[A] The Henningsens
18 16 Anywhere with You[A] Jake Owen
16 10 Beat This Summer[A] Brad Paisley
26 19 Beer with Jesus Thomas Rhett [6]
10 3 Begin Again Taylor Swift [7]
1 1 Better Dig Two The Band Perry [8]
3 12 Boys 'Round Here[A] Blake Shelton
feat. Pistol Annies and Friends
20 59 Buzzkill Luke Bryan
28 19 Can't Shake You[A] Gloriana
25 20 Changed Rascal Flatts
2 18 Crash My Party[A] Luke Bryan
24 14 Crying on a Suitcase Casey James [9]
10 14 Done[A] The Band Perry
2 1 Downtown Lady Antebellum
1 1 Every Storm (Runs Out of Rain) Gary Allan [10]
5 2 Get Your Shine On[A] Florida Georgia Line
13 8 Give It All We Got Tonight[A] George Strait
5 1 Goodbye in Her Eyes Zac Brown Band [11]
20 20 Hey Pretty Girl[A] Kip Moore
5 7 Highway Don't Care[A] Tim McGraw
with Taylor Swift
29 18 Hope on the Rocks Toby Keith
6 1 How Country Feels Randy Houser [12]
16 4 I Can Take It from There Chris Young [13]
6 1 I Drive Your Truck Lee Brice [14]
10 23 I Want Crazy[A] Hunter Hayes
7 1 If I Didn't Have You[A] Thompson Square [15]
26 17 Jump Right In[A] Zac Brown Band
26 16 Let There Be Cowgirls Chris Cagle [16]
15 11 Like Jesus Does[A] Eric Church
2 3 Mama's Broken Heart[A] Miranda Lambert
14 10 Merry Go 'Round Kacey Musgraves [17]
16 — The Moment I Knew Taylor Swift
21 12 More Than Miles[A] Brantley Gilbert
3 1 One of Those Nights Tim McGraw [18]
5 1 The Only Way I Know Jason Aldean with
Luke Bryan and Eric Church
9 5 Pirate Flag[A] Kenny Chesney
29 16 She Cranks My Tractor Dustin Lynch
7 1 Somebody's Heartbreak Hunter Hayes [19]
10 2 Southern Comfort Zone Brad Paisley [20]
1 1 Sure Be Cool If You Did Blake Shelton
7 1 Til My Last Day Justin Moore [21]
16 5 Tip It On Back Dierks Bentley [22]
6 2 Tornado Little Big Town [23]
4 2 Two Black Cadillacs Carrie Underwood [24]
1 6 Wagon Wheel[A] Darius Rucker
Notes
  • "—" denotes releases that did not chart
  • A^ Current singles.

Top new album releases

The following albums placed within the Top 50 on the Top Country Albums charts in 2013:

See also: List of number-one country albums of 2013 (U.S.)
US Album Artist Record Label Release Date Reference
1 Based on a True Story… Blake Shelton Warner Bros. Nashville March 26
3 Caught in the Act: Live Eric Church EMI Nashville April 9
7 Fall Into Me Katie Armiger Cold River January 15 [25]
3 How Country Feels Randy Houser Stoney Creek January 22
8 In Time The Mavericks Valory Music Group February 26
4 Just Feels Good Thompson Square Stoney Creek March 26
Life on a Rock Kenny Chesney Blue Chair/Columbia April 30
10 Like a Rose Ashley Monroe Warner Bros. Nashville March 5 [26]
4 Old Yellow Moon Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell Nonesuch February 26
1 Pioneer The Band Perry Republic Nashville April 2
2 Precious Memories Volume II Alan Jackson EMI Nashville March 26
1 Same Trailer Different Park Kacey Musgraves Mercury Nashville March 19
1 Set You Free Gary Allan MCA Nashville January 22
1 Spring Break…Here to Party Luke Bryan Capitol Nashville March 5 [26]
7 StandOff Casey Donahew Band Almost Country April 16
4 Tate Stevens Tate Stevens RCA Nashville/Syco April 23
Trouble Randy Rogers Band MCA Nashville April 30
1 Two Lanes of Freedom Tim McGraw Big Machine February 5
1 Wheelhouse Brad Paisley Arista Nashville April 9

Other top albums

US Album Artist Record Label Release Date Reference
24 Beggin' for More Kyle Park Kyle Park Music March 19
45 Best from the Farewell Concert The Statler Brothers Gaither Music Group April 23
29 Cheater's Game Kelly Willis and Bruce Robison Spunk February 12
36 Country: Charlie Daniels Charlie Daniels Sony Music February 26
36 Cut to Impress Maggie Rose RPM Entertainment March 26
15 Dirt Road Driveway Granger Smith Pioneer April 16
28 Feeling Mortal Kris Kristofferson KK January 29
30 Finally Home Blue Sky Riders 101 Distribution January 29
18 The Highway Holly Williams Georgiana February 5
48 Icon Chris Cagle Capitol Nashville March 19
49 Justified: Music from the Original Television Series Various Artists Madison Gate January 8
16 Let's Face the Music and Dance Willie Nelson Legacy April 16
39 The Living Room Sessions B. J. Thomas Wrinkled April 2
12 The Low Highway Steve Earle New West April 16
12 The Music Is You: A Tribute to John Denver Various Artists ATO April 2
17 New Hometown Connor Christian & Southern Gothic Rocket Science February 12
11 Official 2013 Academy of Country Music Awards 'ZinePak Various Artists ZinePak LLC/Walmart March 26
19 The Other Life Shooter Jennings Entertainment One Music March 12
28 Point at You & Four Moore Hits (EP) Justin Moore Valory Music Group April 2
24 Right On Time Gretchen Wilson Redneck April 2
21 Rough (EP) Chuck Wicks Liz Rose Music April 9
43 Runaway Freeway Blues The Black Lillies North Knox March 26
42 The Stand-In Caitlin Rose ATO March 5
18 Tim McGraw & Friends Tim McGraw Curb January 22

Announced

Album Artist Record Label Release Date
Never Regret Craig Campbell Bigger Picture Music Group May 7
Golden Lady Antebellum[27] Capitol Nashville
Annie Up Pistol Annies RCA Records Nashville
The Music of Nashville: Season 1 Volume 2 Various Artists Big Machine
Now That's What I Call a Country Party Various Artists Universal
Love Will… Trace Adkins Show Dog-Universal Music May 14
Love Is Everything George Strait MCA Nashville
True Believers Darius Rucker Capitol Nashville May 21
All in the Same Boat Joe Diffie, Sammy Kershaw and Aaron Tippin Big Hit May 28
Under the Covers Gretchen Wilson Redneck
Cass County Don Henley TBD May
Life as We Know It Lonestar 4 Star June 4
Spitfire LeAnn Rimes Curb
Hunter Hayes Encore Edition Hunter Hayes Atlantic June 18
LoCash Cowboys LoCash Cowboys Average Joes June 18
American Beautiful The Henningsens Arista Nashville July 2
See You There Glen Campbell Surfdog August 6
TBA Luke Bryan Capitol Nashville
TBA Scotty McCreery 19/Interscope/Mercury Nashville
Greg Bates Greg Bates Republic Nashville TBA
Illusion Faith Hill Warner Bros. Nashville TBA
Headlights, Taillights and Radios Tracy Lawrence Rocky Comfort Records TBA
Thomas Rhett Thomas Rhett Valory Music Group TBA
Dos Divas Pam Tillis and Lorrie Morgan TBA

Deaths

Hall of Fame Inductees

Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

Major awards

American Country Awards

Academy of Country Music

American Music Awards

Canadian Country Music Association

Country Music Association

CMT Music Awards

Grammy Awards

Juno Awards

Further reading

  • 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
  • Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947-1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003 (ISBN 0-8118-3572-3)
  • Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 (ISBN 0-06-273244-7)
  • Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs 1944-2005 - 6th Edition." 2005. TV.

References

  1. ^ WENN, "Ray Price accepts Blake Shelton's apology over country music comments," MSN Entertainment, January 29, 2013. [1] Accessed 01-29-2013.
  2. ^ Parker, Lindsey, "Report: Mindy McCready Dead Of Apparent Suicide," Our Country, Yahoo!, February 17, 2013. Retrieved 02-17-2013 [2]
  3. ^ Gray, Melissa, "Embattled country star Mindy McCready dead at 37," CNN.com, February 17, 2013. Retrieved 02-17-2013 [3]
  4. ^ Howerton, Jason. "Have You Heard Brad Paisley's New Politically Incorrect Song Featuring LL Cool J That Has Some Up in Arms?". TheBlaze. Retrieved April 9, 2013. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ Howerton, Jason. "billy-currington-indicted-for-terroristic-threats-in-georgia". The Tennessean. Retrieved April 24, 2013. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  6. ^ "Chart listing for "Beer with Jesus"". Billboard. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  7. ^ "Chart listing for "Begin Again"". Billboard. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  8. ^ "Chart listing for "Better Dig Two"". Billboard. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  9. ^ "Chart listing for "Crying On A Suitcase"". Billboard. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  10. ^ "Chart listing for "Every Storm (Runs Out Of Rain)"". Billboard. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  11. ^ "Chart listing for "Goodbye In Her Eyes"". Billboard. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  12. ^ "Chart listing for "How Country Feels"". Billboard. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  13. ^ "Chart listing for "I Can Take It From There"". Billboard. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  14. ^ "Chart listing for "I Drive Your Truck"". Billboard. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  15. ^ "Chart listing for "If I Didn't Have You"". Billboard. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
  16. ^ "Chart listing for "Let There Be Cowgirls"". Billboard. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  17. ^ "Chart listing for "Merry Go 'Round"". Billboard. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  18. ^ "Chart listing for "One of Those Nights"". Billboard. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  19. ^ "Chart listing for "Somebody's Heartbreak"". Billboard. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  20. ^ "Chart listing for "Southern Comfort Zone"". Billboard. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  21. ^ "Chart listing for "Til My Last Day"". Billboard. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  22. ^ "Chart listing for "Tip It On Back"". Billboard. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  23. ^ "Chart listing for "Tornado"". Billboard. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  24. ^ "Chart listing for "Two Black Cadillacs"". Billboard. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  25. ^ "Chart listing for Fall Into Me". Billboard. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
  26. ^ a b Betts, Stephen L. (March 13, 2013). "Luke Bryan, 'Spring Break...Here to Party' Debuts at No. 1". The Boot. Retrieved March 13, 2013.
  27. ^ https://twitter.com/HillaryScottLA/status/303872691381882880
  28. ^ Gates, Anita. "Patti Page, Honey-Voiced '50s Pop Sensation, Dies at 85". New York Times. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  29. ^ "R.I.P. Patty Andrews". Deadline.com. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  30. ^ "Embattled country star Mindy McCready dead at 37". CNN. Retrieved February 17, 2013.
  31. ^ "Stompin' Tom Connors dies at 77". CBC News. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
  32. ^ "Wolverton Mountain singer Claude King dies". Billboard.
  33. ^ "Rita MacNeil dies at 68 after surgery; son says she had been planning summer concerts". Toronto Star.
  34. ^ Mansfield, Brian, "George Jones, country superstar, dies," USA Today, April 26, 2013. Accessed April 26, 2013. [4]
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