2009 in country music

List of years in country music (table)

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in 2009.

Events

Top hits of the year

The following songs placed within the Top 20 on the Hot Country Songs charts in 2009:

US Single Artist Reference
20 15 Minutes Rodney Atkins
14 All I Ask For Anymore Trace Adkins
1 Already Gone Sugarland
1 Alright Darius Rucker
11 Always the Love Songs Eli Young Band
1 American Ride Toby Keith
10 Barefoot and Crazy Jack Ingram
9 Best Days of Your Life Kellie Pickler
1 Big Green Tractor Jason Aldean
4 Bonfire Craig Morgan
2 Boots On Randy Houser
1 Country Boy Alan Jackson
1 Cowboy Casanova Carrie Underwood
2 Cowgirls Don't Cry Brooks & Dunn
with Reba
2 Do I Luke Bryan
2 Don't Billy Currington
2 Don't Think I Can't Love You Jake Owen
1 Down the Road Kenny Chesney
with Mac McAnally
11 Eight Second Ride Jake Owen
20 Everything Is Fine Josh Turner
1 Feel That Fire Dierks Bentley
7 Fifteen Taylor Swift
1 Gettin' You Home (The Black Dress Song) Chris Young
1 God Love Her Toby Keith
1 Here Rascal Flatts
1 Here Comes Goodbye Rascal Flatts
16 Honky Tonk Stomp Brooks & Dunn
with Billy Gibbons
17 How 'bout You Don't The Lost Trailers
18 I Just Call You Mine Martina McBride
1 I Run to You Lady Antebellum
2 I Told You So Carrie Underwood
with Randy Travis
18 I Will Jimmy Wayne
8 I'll Just Hold On Blake Shelton
6 I'm Alive Kenny Chesney
with Dave Matthews
9 In Color Jamey Johnson
16 Indian Summer Brooks & Dunn
1 It Happens Sugarland
1 It Won't Be Like This for Long Darius Rucker
13 It's a Business Doing Pleasure with You Tim McGraw
1 It's America Rodney Atkins
17 Joey Sugarland
3 Kiss a Girl Keith Urban
14 Last Call Lee Ann Womack
12 Let Me Pat Green
2 Living for the Night George Strait
10 Lost You Anyway Toby Keith
10 Love Your Love the Most Eric Church
14 Marry for Money Trace Adkins
17 More Like Her Miranda Lambert
1 Need You Now Lady Antebellum
5 Nothin' to Die For Tim McGraw
5 One in Every Crowd Montgomery Gentry
1 Only You Can Love Me This Way Keith Urban
1 Out Last Night Kenny Chesney
1 People Are Crazy Billy Currington
7 Red Light David Nail
11 Ride Martina McBride
1 River of Love George Strait
10 Runaway Love and Theft
1 She Wouldn't Be Gone Blake Shelton
1 She's Country Jason Aldean
12 Shuttin' Detroit Down John Rich
1 Sideways Dierks Bentley
9 Sissy's Song Alan Jackson
1 Small Town USA Justin Moore
11 Sounds Like Life to Me Darryl Worley
1 Start a Band Brad Paisley
with Keith Urban
11 Strange Reba
2 Summer Nights Rascal Flatts
1 Sweet Thing Keith Urban
18 That's a Man Jack Ingram
1 Then Brad Paisley
1 Toes Zac Brown Band
2 Welcome to the Future Brad Paisley
2 Whatever It Is Zac Brown Band
11 Where I'm From Jason Michael Carroll
2 White Horse Taylor Swift
18 Why Rascal Flatts
15 Wild at Heart Gloriana
1 You Belong with Me Taylor Swift

Top new album releases

The following albums placed within the Top 50 on the Top Country Albums charts in 2009:

US Album Artist Record Label Release Date Reference
1 #1s... and Then Some Brooks & Dunn Arista Nashville September 8
7 127 Rose Avenue Hank Williams, Jr. Curb June 16
1 American Ride Toby Keith Show Dog October 6
1 American Saturday Night Brad Paisley Arista Nashville June 30
4 Carolina Eric Church Capitol Nashville March 24
1 Defying Gravity Keith Urban Capitol Nashville March 31
2 Doin' My Thing Luke Bryan Capitol Nashville October 6
2 Easy Does It Jake Owen RCA Nashville February 24
1 Feel That Fire Dierks Bentley Capitol Nashville February 3
5 For Our Heroes Montgomery Gentry Columbia Nashville May 26
2 Gloriana Gloriana Emblem/Reprise/Warner Bros. August 4
3 Gold and Green Sugarland Mercury Nashville October 13
1 Greatest Hits II Kenny Chesney BNA May 19
7 Growing Up Is Getting Old Jason Michael Carroll Arista Nashville April 28
1 Hannah Montana: The Movie Various Artists Walt Disney March 24
10 Happiness and All the Other Things Cross Canadian Ragweed Universal South September 1
3 I Told You So: The Ultimate
Hits of Randy Travis		 Randy Travis Warner Bros. Nashville March 17
3 It's America Rodney Atkins Curb March 31
3 Justin Moore Justin Moore Valory Music Group August 11
1 Keep On Loving You Reba McEntire Valory Music Group/Starstruck August 18
5 The List Rosanne Cash Manhattan/EMI October 6
1 Live on the Inside Sugarland Mercury Nashville August 4
6 The Man I Want to Be Chris Young RCA Nashville September 1
8 Natural Forces Lyle Lovett Curb/Lost Highway October 20
4 Now That's What I Call Country Volume 2 Various Artists Sony August 25
1 Play On Carrie Underwood Arista Nashville November 3
1 Revolution Miranda Lambert Columbia Nashville September 29
1 Shine Martina McBride RCA Nashville March 24
5 Sing: Chapter 1 Wynonna Asylum-Curb February 3
3 Son of a Preacher Man John Rich Warner Bros. Nashville March 24
10 Songs of Love and Heartache Alan Jackson Cracker Barrel November 2
1 Southern Voice Tim McGraw Curb October 20
6 Townes Steve Earle New West May 12
1 Twang George Strait MCA Nashville August 11
1 Unstoppable Rascal Flatts Lyric Street April 7
2 What I'm For Pat Green BNA January 27
2 Wide Open Jason Aldean Broken Bow April 7
10 World Wide Open Love and Theft Carolwood August 25

Other top albums

US Album Artist Record Label Release Date Reference
29 Aged and Confused Bill Engvall Warner Bros. Nashville October 6
14 American Classic Willie Nelson Blue Note August 25
13 Back to Tennessee Billy Ray Cyrus Lyric Street April 7
45 Bad Magick: The Best of
Shooter Jennings and the .357's		 Shooter Jennings Universal South March 24
33 Beautiful Day Charlie Robison Dualtone June 23
13 Behavioral Problems Ron White Capitol Nashville April 21
21 Big Dreams & High Hopes Jack Ingram Big Machine August 25
16 The Boys Are Back The Oak Ridge Boys Quarterback May 19
44 Brothers from Different Mothers Dailey & Vincent Rounder March 31
29 Closer to the Bone Kris Kristofferson New West September 29
22 A Collection of My Best Recollection George Jones Cracker Barrel September 1
32 Country Club John Doe and The Sadies Yep Roc April 14
41 Country Is as Country Does Colt Ford Average Joe's October 6
40 Davisson Brothers Band Davisson Brothers Band Yell March 10
32 Dean Brody Dean Brody Broken Bow April 28
47 Deep in the Heart of Texas:
Aaron Watson Live		 Aaron Watson Thirty Tigers September 15
36 Dolly: Live from London Dolly Parton Dolly Records November 10
19 El Niño Loco Rodney Carrington Capitol Nashville June 16
24 Fight Like a Girl Bomshel Curb October 20
25 The Foundation (bonus tracks) Zac Brown Band Cracker Barrel September 8
28 A Gospel Journey The Oak Ridge Boys Gaither April 21
27 Greatest Hits Big & Rich Warner Bros. Nashville September 29
37 Here with Me Holly Williams Mercury Nashville June 16
38 Hills and Valleys The Flatlanders New West March 31
19 I'm About to Come Alive David Nail MCA Nashville August 18
23 iTunes Originals Keith Urban Capitol Nashville July 21
44 A Little More Country Than That (EP) Easton Corbin Mercury Nashville August 18
20 Live from Bonnaroo Zac Brown Band Atlantic/Home Grown/Big Picture August 4
45 Live from the Suwannee River Jam Colt Ford Average Joe's December 8
43 Live Sessions Jason Aldean Broken Bow November 23
44 The Long Way Home Terri Clark EMI Canada/Capitol/BareTrack September 1
29 Lost Highway Willie Nelson Lost Highway August 11
40 A Moment in Time Lorrie Morgan Country Crossing October 27
19 Mountain Soul II Patty Loveless Saguaro Road September 29
28 Moving On Casey Donahew Band Almost Country September 1
27 My Turn Tanya Tucker Saguaro Road June 30
29 Naked Willie Willie Nelson Legacy March 17
40 Never Going Back Collin Raye Saguaro Road April 28
11 Now That's What I Call a Country Christmas Various Artists Sony October 6
30 Off the Hillbilly Hook Trailer Choir Show Dog Nashville June 9
15 Old Things New Joe Nichols Universal South October 27
50 On the Can Larry the Cable Guy Warner Bros. Nashville July 21
37 The Quiet Times of a Rock and Roll Farm Boy Big Kenny Love Everybody/Bigger Picture November 10
41 The Reason Diamond Rio Word September 22
17 Roadhouse Sun Ryan Bingham and
The Dead Horses		 Lost Highway June 2
20 The Rock Tracy Lawrence Rocky Comfort/CO5 June 9
17 The Rose Hotel Robert Earl Keen Lost Highway September 29
32 Sara Smile Jimmy Wayne Valory Music Group November 23
39 Solo (Songs My Dad Loved) Ricky Skaggs Skaggs Family September 15
26 Sounds Like Life Darryl Worley Stroudavarious June 9
19 Tailgate Party Larry the Cable Guy Warner Bros. Nashville September 22
19 Then Sings My Soul Ronnie Milsap Star Song March 10
31 Three Wooden Crosses: The
Inspirational Hits of Randy Travis		 Randy Travis Word March 17
29 Traveling Circus Phil Vassar Universal South December 15
44 Unwrapped Rascal Flatts Lyric Street November 23
13 Willie and the Wheel Willie Nelson and
Asleep at the Wheel		 Lost Highway February 3

Deaths

Hall of Fame Inductees

Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

Major awards

Grammy Awards

(presented January 31, 2010 in Los Angeles)

Juno Awards

(presented April 18, 2010 in St. John's)

CMT Music Awards

(presented June 16 in Nashville)

Academy of Country Music

(presented April 18, 2010 in Las Vegas)

Canadian Country Music Association

(presented September 13 in Vancouver)

Country Music Association

(presented November 11 in Nashville)

Further reading

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2009 MTV Video Music Awards | Highlights, Winners, Performers and Photos from the 2009 MTV VMAs". Mtv.com. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
  2. ↑ "Kanye West Crashes VMA Stage During Taylor Swift’s Award Speech". MTV.com. 2009-09-13. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
  3. ↑ "Kanye calls Taylor Swift after ‘View’ appearance". The Associated Press/MSNBC. 2009-09-15. Retrieved 2009-09-16.
  4. ↑ "The Unofficial Internet Site of Garth Brooks". Planetgarth.com. 2010-11-09. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
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