2007 in country music

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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 2007.

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List of years in country music (table)
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Events

Top hits of the year

The following songs placed within the Top 20 on the Hot Country Songs or Canada Country charts in 2007:

USCANSingleArtistReference
521 All My Friends Say Luke Bryan [5]
54 Alyssa Lies Jason Michael Carroll [6]
429 Amarillo Sky Jason Aldean [7]
1738 Another Side of You Joe Nichols [8]
59 Anyway Martina McBride [9]
1118 As If Sara Evans [10]
21 Because of You Reba McEntire
duet with Kelly Clarkson
[11]
11 Beer in Mexico Kenny Chesney [12]
639 A Different World Bucky Covington [13]
11 Don't Blink Kenny Chesney [14]
1234 Don't Make Me Blake Shelton [15]
919 Everyday America Sugarland [16]
519 Fall Clay Walker [17]
1432 Famous in a Small Town Miranda Lambert
1215 A Feelin' Like That Gary Allan
16 Find Out Who Your Friends Are Tracy Lawrence
28 Firecracker Josh Turner
12 Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go) Dierks Bentley
1848 Good as Gone Little Big Town
15 Good Directions Billy Currington
1739 Guys Like Me Eric Church
1931 Heaven, Heartache, and the Power of Love Trisha Yearwood
31 High Maintenance Woman Toby Keith
1620 Hillbilly Deluxe Brooks & Dunn
33 How 'bout Them Cowgirls George Strait
1528 How I Feel Martina McBride
18 I Just Came Back from a War Darryl Worley
84 I Need You Tim McGraw
with Faith Hill
21 I Told You So Keith Urban
14 I Wonder Kellie Pickler
717 I'll Wait for You Joe Nichols
312 If You're Reading This Tim McGraw
11 It Just Comes Natural George Strait
625 Johnny Cash Jason Aldean
114 Ladies Love Country Boys Trace Adkins
11 Last Dollar (Fly Away) Tim McGraw
1619 Lips of an Angel Jack Ingram
717 Little Bit of Life Craig Morgan
20 A Little More You Little Big Town
626 Livin' Our Love Song Jason Michael Carroll
1010 Long Trip Alone Dierks Bentley
5 The Long Way Around Dixie Chicks
12 Lost in This Moment Big & Rich
114 Love Me If You Can Toby Keith
110 Lucky Man Montgomery Gentry
1638 Me and God Josh Turner
1832 Measure of a Man Jack Ingram
14 Moments Emerson Drive
1948 The More I Drink Blake Shelton
11 More Than a Memory Garth Brooks
96 My, Oh My The Wreckers
11 Never Wanted Nothing More Kenny Chesney
1425 Nothin' Better to Do LeAnn Rimes
1142 One Wing in the Fire Trent Tomlinson
11 Online Brad Paisley
11 Our Song Taylor Swift
41 Proud of the House We Built Brooks & Dunn
1531 Red High Heels Kellie Pickler
11 Settlin' Sugarland
11 She's Everything Brad Paisley
13 So Small Carrie Underwood
13 Stand Rascal Flatts
628 Startin' with Me Jake Owen
31 Stupid Boy Keith Urban
13 Take Me There Rascal Flatts
26 Teardrops on My Guitar Taylor Swift
111 These Are My People Rodney Atkins
11 Ticks Brad Paisley
610 Tim McGraw Taylor Swift
11 Tough Craig Morgan
11 Wasted Carrie Underwood
13 Watching You Rodney Atkins
20 The Woman in My Life Phil Vassar
511 A Woman's Love Alan Jackson
21 Wrapped George Strait
1330 You'll Always Be My Baby Sara Evans

Top new album releases

The following albums placed within the Top 50 on the Top Country Albums charts in 2007:

USAlbumArtistRecord Label
1 5th Gear Brad Paisley Arista Nashville
4 22 More Hits George Strait MCA Nashville
3 American Man: Greatest Hits Volume II Trace Adkins Capitol Nashville
1 Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace Big & Rich Warner Bros. Nashville
1 Big Dog Daddy Toby Keith Show Dog Nashville
1 Bucky Covington Bucky Covington Lyric Street
10 The Calling Mary Chapin Carpenter Zoë
1 Carnival Ride Carrie Underwood Arista Nashville
8 A Classic Christmas Toby Keith Show Dog Nashville
4 Cowboy Town Brooks & Dunn Arista Nashville
1 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Miranda Lambert Columbia Nashville
3 Everything Is Fine Josh Turner MCA Nashville
5 Fall Clay Walker Asylum-Curb
2 Family LeAnn Rimes Asylum-Curb
6 For the Love Tracy Lawrence Rocky Comfort/CO5
1 Greatest Hits Gary Allan MCA Nashville
3 Greatest Hits Sara Evans RCA Nashville
2 Greatest Hits Trisha Yearwood MCA Nashville
4 Greatest Hits: 18 Kids Keith Urban Capitol Nashville
10 Heaven, Heartache, and the Power of Love Trisha Yearwood Big Machine
3 The Hits Faith Hill Warner Bros. Nashville
3 Home At Last Billy Ray Cyrus Walt Disney Records
3 A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection Alison Krauss Rounder
2 I'll Stay Me Luke Bryan Capitol Nashville
2 It's Not Big It's Large Lyle Lovett Lost Highway
1 Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates Kenny Chesney BNA
7 Last of the Breed Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard & Ray Price Lost Highway
1 Let It Go Tim McGraw Curb
4 Live at Texas Stadium Alan Jackson, George Strait & Jimmy Buffett MCA Nashville
3 Living Hard Gary Allan MCA Nashville
1 Long Road Out of Eden Eagles ERC/Lost Highway
6 Mission California Cross Canadian Ragweed Universal South
5 Morning Constitutions Larry the Cable Guy Warner Bros. Nashville
10 My Kind of Country Van Zant Columbia Nashville
1 One of the Boys Gretchen Wilson Columbia Nashville
10 A Place to Land Little Big Town Equity
2 Pure BS Blake Shelton Warner Bros. Nashville
2 Raising Sand Alison Krauss & Robert Plant Rounder
2 Real Things Joe Nichols Universal South
1 Reba: Duets Reba McEntire MCA Nashville
1 Relentless Jason Aldean Broken Bow
3 Songs of Inspiration II Alabama RCA Nashville
1 Still Feels Good Rascal Flatts Lyric Street
3 The Storm Travis Tritt Category 5
4 This Is It Jack Ingram Big Machine
1 Totally Country Vol. 6 Various ArtistsSony BMG
1 The Ultimate Hits Garth Brooks Pearl
1 Waitin' in the Country Jason Michael Carroll Arista Nashville
2 Waking Up Laughing Martina McBride RCA Nashville
10 Washington Square Serenade Steve Earle New West

Other top albums

USAlbumArtistRecord LabelReference
16 15° Off Cool Bill Engvall Jack
40 16 Biggest Hits Alabama RCA Nashville
22 16 Biggest Hits Alan Jackson Arista Nashville
3216 Biggest Hits Dolly Parton RCA Nashville
45 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection:
The Best of Reba McEntire
Reba McEntire MCA Nashville
43After Hours Raul Malo Sanctuary
30 Beverley Mitchell Beverley Mitchell Daywind
31 Big Love in a Small Town Sarah Johns BNA
48Big Sky The Isaacs Gaither
28 Black in the Saddle Cowboy Troy RAYBAW
47A Blue Collar ChristmasSlidawg and the Redneck RamblersMadacy
43 The Bluegrass Sessions Merle Haggard McCoury
47 Boogity, Boogity – A Tribute to the
Comedic Genius of Ray Stevens
Cledus T. Judd Curb
14 Bring It On Kevin Fowler Equity
34Cash: Ultimate Gospel Johnny Cash Columbia Records
12 Christmastime in Larryland Larry the Cable Guy Jack/Warner Bros.
42 Cole Deggs & The Lonesome Cole Deggs & The Lonesome Columbia Records
50Country's Got More HeartVarious ArtistsSony BMG
11 Dwight Sings Buck Dwight Yoakam New West
36 Easy Money John Anderson RAYBAW
49 Flynnville Train Flynnville Train Show Dog
14 Halfway to Hazard Halfway to Hazard Mercury Nashville
18Hear Something Country: ChristmasVarious ArtistsBNA
38Kenny Rogers Kenny Rogers Madacy
15King of the Mountains Rodney Carrington Capitol Nashville
43Life's a DanceVarious ArtistsWord/Curb
45 Live at the Avalon Ballroom 1969 Gram Parsons Amoeba
37 The Love Songs Clint Black Equity Music Group
36Mary Did You KnowVarious ArtistsWord/Curb
48A Redneck ChristmasSlidawg and the Redneck RamblersMadacy
37 Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby Legacy
41 Right About Now Ty Herndon Titan Pyramid
45 Salt of the Earth Ricky Skaggs & The Whites Skaggs Family
49 Songbird: Rare Tracks and Forgotten Gems Emmylou Harris Rhino
11Songs 4 Worship: CountryVarious ArtistsTime Life
26 Songs of the Season Randy Travis Word/Curb
14 Sounds of the Season:
The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection
Taylor Swift Big Machine
46Translated from Love Kelly Willis Rykodisc
19 Unglamorous Lori McKenna Warner Bros. Nashville
49 Upfront & Down Low Teddy Thompson Verve Forecast
29 The Very Best of Tracy Lawrence Tracy Lawrence Rhino
21 The Very Best of Travis Tritt Travis Tritt Rhino
25 Whiskey Falls Whiskey Falls Midas
12 The Wolf Shooter Jennings Universal South

Deaths

Hall of Fame inductees

Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductees

Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

Major awards

Grammy Awards

(presented February 10, 2008 in Los Angeles)

Juno Awards

(presented April 6, 2008 in Calgary)

CMT Music Awards

(presented April 16 in Nashville)

Americana Music Honors & Awards

Academy of Country Music

(presented May 18, 2008 in Las Vegas)

ARIA Awards

(presented in Sydney on October 28, 2007)

Canadian Country Music Association

(presented September 10 in Regina)

Country Music Association

(presented November 7 in Nashville)

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