This is a list of notable events in
country music that took place in 2020.
Overview of the events of 2020 in country music
Events
COVID-19
March 16 – The
55th Academy of Country Music Awards , originally scheduled for April 5, was postponed to September 16. A few weeks later, the 2020 CMT Music Awards were pushed back to October 21, from their original date of June 3.
[1]
March 20 - The
Grand Ole Opry announces it will continue hosting performances, but without a live audience attending in the
Ryman Auditorium .
[2]
March 29 –
Joe Diffie , a country music superstar who scored many Top Ten hits during the 1990s and early 2000s, dies from complications of COVID-19, two days after announcing he had fallen ill.
[3]
March 31 – The
Country Music Association announces that the 2020 CMA Fest, scheduled for June 4–7, is officially canceled.
[4]
October 7 –
Morgan Wallen is dropped as a musical guest by Saturday Night Live after a video of him attending a party without wearing a face mask surfaces.
Jack White eventually is called to be the replacement musical guest.
[5]
December 12 –
Charley Pride dies from complications of COVID-19 one month after receiving the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award at the CMA Awards, an event that would turn out to be his final public appearance.
[6]
Other
January 2 –
Capitol Records Nashville signs
Hot Country Knights , a fictitious band portrayed by
Dierks Bentley and members of his road band.
[7]
January 4 – Radio personality Fitz takes over as permanent host of
Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40 , succeeding
the longtime radio host who died in 2019. Affiliates of Fitz's previous programs – The Fitz Show , The Hit List with Fitz , and Nashville Minute with Fitz – were replaced with programs from KCCS Productions, which produces CT40 .
[8]
January 7 –
Rascal Flatts announced that they would be disbanding following a farewell tour after 20 years together. The tour (in addition to several other tours) would later be cancelled due to COVID-19.
[9]
March 7 –
Jimmie Allen 's "
Make Me Want To " tops the
Billboard
Country Airplay chart in its 58th week, setting a record for both the slowest ascent to the top and the longest overall run in that chart's history.
[10]
March 23 –
Maren Morris and
Ryan Hurd announce the birth of their first child, Hayes Andrew Hurd.
[11]
May 5 –
Travis Denning 's "
After a Few " charts on Country Airplay for the 60th week, breaking the longevity record set on that chart only two months prior.
[12] It would later reach the top on June 13 in its 65th week, also setting a record for the longest climb to Number One since the inception of
Nielsen Soundscan in 1990.
[13]
May 14–15 – Vocalist Hannah Mulholland quits the group
Runaway June and is replaced by Natalie Stovall, formerly of
Natalie Stovall and the Drive .
[14]
June – Amid the fallout from the
George Floyd protests , two groups change their names. On June 11,
Lady Antebellum announces their name will change to Lady A,
[15] the group's longstanding nickname. On June 25, the
Dixie Chicks become known as The Chicks.
[16] Both moves were announced amid criticism that the words "Antebellum" and "Dixie" had connotations of
American slavery .
June 13 –
Hank Williams Jr. 's 27-year-old daughter, Katharine Williams-Dunning, is killed in a car accident in
Henry County, Tennessee .
June 19 –
Carly Pearce and
Michael Ray announce their divorce after less than eight months of marriage.
July 3 –
Kacey Musgraves and husband
Ruston Kelly divorce after 2+ 1 ⁄2 years of marriage.
July 4 –
Kenny Chesney 's "
Here and Now " becomes his 31st number-one single on the
Country Airplay chart, making Chesney the artist with the most number one singles on that chart.
July 17 –
The Chicks release their first studio album in 14 years,
Gaslighter .
July 29 –
Garth Brooks withdraws himself from consideration for the
CMA
Entertainer of the Year category after seven wins.
August 1 –
Luke Combs marries Nicole Hocking in Florida, after 4 years of dating.
August 16 - Singer
Gabby Barrett announces her pregnancy with her first daughter with husband
Cade Foeher .
[17]
August 17 –
Taylor Swift marks her return to country music radio in three years with the release of "
Betty ", off her
Folklore album.
August 25 - Singer
Mickey Guyton announces her pregnancy for her first child with husband Grant Savoy.
[18]
August 31 -
Blanco Brown is involved in a motorcycle accident in which he breaks both arms, both legs, and his pelvis. He undergoes a twelve-hour surgery.
[19]
September 16 – For the first time in history, the
Academy of Country Music declares a tie for the Entertainer of the year award -
Thomas Rhett and
Carrie Underwood .
October 27 –
Blake Shelton and
Gwen Stefani become engaged after 5 years of dating.
November 21 –
Jon Pardi marries Summer Duncan in
Murfreesboro, Tennessee , after announcing their engagement in October 2019.
November 30 –
Jake Owen and Erica Hartlein become engaged after 3 years of dating.
Top hits of the year
The following songs placed within the Top 20 on the
Hot Country Songs ,
Country Airplay , or
Canada Country charts in 2020:
Singles released by American and Australian artists
Singles released by Canadian artists
Top new album releases
The following albums placed on the
Top Country Albums charts in 2020:
Other top albums
Deaths
January 15 –
Chris Darrow , 75, American musician (
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band ), complications from a stroke.
[151]
January 18 –
David Olney , 71, American singer-songwriter, heart attack.
[152]
January 29 – Eddie Setser, 77, American songwriter ("
Seven Spanish Angels ")
[153]
February 12 –
Paul English , 87, American drummer (
Willie Nelson ), pneumonia.
[154]
March 1 –
Jan Vyčítal , 77, Czech caricaturist and country music singer-songwriter.
[155]
March 7 –
Jim Owen , 78, American country singer-songwriter.
[156]
March 20 –
Kenny Rogers , 81, American country singer and songwriter who was responsible for having major crossover success in the 1970s and 1980s (natural causes).
[157]
March 22 –
Eric Weissberg , 80, American folk musician ("
Dueling Banjos ",
The Tarriers ), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
[158]
March 28 –
Jan Howard , 91, country music singer and Grand Ole Opry member, natural causes.
[159]
March 29 –
Joe Diffie , 61, country music singer-songwriter who was responsible for a plethora of hits throughout the '90s and early '00s such as "
Pickup Man ", "
John Deere Green " and "
Third Rock from the Sun ". (
COVID-19 )
[3]
April 7 –
John Prine , 73, American country-folk singer-songwriter. (
COVID-19 )
[160]
April 15 –
Gary McSpadden , 77, American gospel singer, former member of
The Oak Ridge Boys .
[161]
April 24 – Harold Reid, 80, member of
The Statler Brothers (kidney failure)
[162]
May 11 - Fuzzy Owen, 91, Pioneer of the Bakersfield Sound; songwriter and longtime manager of Merle Haggard
June 2 – Jimmy Capps, 81, Nashville musician; member of the
Grand Ole Opry house band and
The Nashville A-Team .
[163]
June 8 –
James Hand , 67, American country music singer-songwriter.
[164]
June 12 – Larry W. Johnson, 69, songwriter ("
Don't Take the Girl ")
July 3 – Craig J. Martin, 52, songwriter ("Don't Take the Girl") (heart attack)
July 6 –
Charlie Daniels , 83, country music and Southern rock legend best known for "
The Devil Went Down to Georgia ", "
Long Haired Country Boy ", "
The South's Gonna Do It " and many others. (stroke)
July 15 -
Kenny Dale , 67, American singer (
COVID-19 )
July 16 –
Jamie Oldaker , 68, American drummer (
Eric Clapton ,
The Tractors ).
[165]
July 30 —
Randy Barlow , 77, American country singer-songwriter (cancer)
July 31 —
Bill Mack , 91, American country disc jockey and songwriter ("
Blue ", "
Drinking Champagne ") (COVID-19)
August 18 —
Steve Gulley , 57, American bluegrass singer-songwriter, pancreatic cancer.
[166]
August 23 —
Justin Townes Earle , 38, American singer-songwriter, son of
Steve Earle .
September 11 — Troy Jones, 64, Nashville songwriter (“
People Are Crazy ”, “
Shiftwork ”, "
Pretty Good at Drinkin' Beer ")
September 21 —
Roy Head , 79, American singer-songwriter best known for his 1965 pop hit "
Treat Her Right " and charted several country hits in the 1970s and 1980s. (heart attack)
September 23 —
W. S. Holland , 85, American drummer (
The Tennessee Three ).
[167]
September 29 —
Mac Davis , 78, American singer-songwriter known for many hits such as "
In the Ghetto ", "
Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me ", and "
It's Hard to Be Humble " (complications from heart bypass surgery)
October 7 —
Ray Pennington , 86, American singer-songwriter ("
I'm a Ramblin' Man ") (house fire)
October 16 —
Johnny Bush , 85, American singer-songwriter ("
Whiskey River ").
[168]
October 22 –
Margie Bowes , 79, American singer
October 23 —
Jerry Jeff Walker , 78, American singer-songwriter ("
Mr. Bojangles "), throat cancer.
[169]
October 24 —
J. T. Corenflos , 56, session guitarist (cancer)
[170]
October 28 —
Billy Joe Shaver , 81, American singer-songwriter ("
I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I'm Gonna Be a Diamond Someday) " (stroke).
November 13 —
Doug Supernaw , 60, American singer-songwriter who netted several 1990s hits ("
I Don't Call Him Daddy ", "
Reno ", "
Not Enough Hours in the Night "), lung and bladder cancer.
[171]
November 23 —
Hal Ketchum , 67, American singer-songwriter who scored a string of hits during the 1990s ("
Small Town Saturday Night ", "
Past the Point of Rescue ", "
Hearts Are Gonna Roll "), dementia.
[172]
December 12 —
Charley Pride , 86, American singer-songwriter; known as country music's first African-American superstar (“
Kiss an Angel Good Mornin’ ”, “
Is Anybody Goin’ to San Antone ” and many others), COVID-19.
[6]
December 21 —
K. T. Oslin , 78, American singer-songwriter who scored a string of hits during the late 1980s and early 90's ("
80's Ladies ", "
I'll Always Come Back ", "
Do Ya " and others),
Parkinson's disease and COVID-19.
[173]
December 25 —
Tony Rice , 69, American guitarist and bluegrass singer and member of the
New South and
Bluegrass Album Band known for his elegant flatpicking style.
[174]
December 29 —
Hugh X. Lewis , 90, American singer-songwriter.
[175]
Hall of Fame inductees
J. T. Gray - owner of the
Station Inn in Nashville which opened in 1974 and noted as one of the best bluegrass venue in the world
Johnson Mountain Boys - a popular group in the 1980s known for their neotraditional style
New Grass Revival - progressive band that produced many of the genres most respected musicians
(presented on November 21, 2021)
Major awards
(presented on April 18, 2021)
Entertainer of the Year – Luke Bryan
Male Artist of the Year – Thomas Rhett
Female Artist of the Year – Maren Morris
Group of the Year – Old Dominion
Duo of the Year – Dan + Shay
New Male Artist of the Year – Jimmie Allen
New Female Artist of the Year – Gabby Barrett
Songwriter of the Year – Hillary Lindsey
Single of the Year – "I Hope You're Happy Now" (Carly Pearce and Lee Brice)
Song of the Year – "The Bones" (Jimmy Robbins, Maren Morris, Laura Veltz)
Album of the Year – Starting Over (Chris Stapleton)
Musical Event of the Year – "I Hope You're Happy Now" (Carly Pearce and Lee Brice)
Video of the Year – "Worldwide Beautiful" (Kane Brown)
(presented on
November 22, 2020 )
(
presented on November 25, 2020 )
(presented on
October 14, 2020 )
[176]
(presented on October 21, 2020, in Nashville)
[177]
CMT Artists of the Year
(presented June 3, 2020 in Nashville)
[178]
(presented on
November 11, 2020 )
[179]
(presented in Los Angeles on
March 14, 2021 )
(presented on October 1, 2020)
[180]
Entertainer of the Year –
Sister Sadie
Male Vocalist of the Year –
Danny Paisley
Female Vocalist of the Year – Brooke Aldridge
Vocal Group of the Year –
Sister Sadie
Instrumental Group of the Year –
Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper
New Artist of the Year – Mile Twelve
Guitar Player of the Year – Jake Workman
Banjo Player of the Year –
Scott Vestal
Mandolin Player of the Year –
Alan Bibey
Fiddle Player of the Year –
Deanie Richardson
Bass Player of the Year –
Missy Raines
Dobro Player of the Year –
Justin Moses
Album of the Year – Live in Prague (
Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver )
Song of the Year – "Chicago Barn Dance" (
Alison Brown ,
Becky Buller ,
Missy Raines )
Collaborative Recording of the Year – "The Barber's Fiddle" (
Becky Buller with
Shawn Camp ,
Jason Carter ,
Laurie Lewis , Kati Penn,
Sam Bush ,
Michael Cleveland , Johnny Warren,
Stuart Duncan ,
Deanie Richardson , Bronwyn Keith-Hynes, Jason Barie, Fred Carpenter, Tyler Andal, Nate Lee, Dan Boner, Brian Christianson, and Laura Orshaw
Instrumental Recorded Performance of the Year – "Tall Fidler" (
Michael Cleveland and
Tommy Emmanuel )
Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year – "Gonna Rise and Shine" (
Alan Bibey and Grasstowne )
(presented on June 6, 2021 in Toronto)
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