Brooks & Brooks & Dunn Are The Big Winners

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1998...Brooks & Brooks & Dunn Are The Big Winners

History was made at the 32nd Annual Country Music Association Awards when Garth Brooks won his fourth Entertainer of the Year award. Brooks & Dunn won their seventh straight Vocal Duo of the Year trophy and the Dixie Chicks became the first act to win the Vocal Group of the Year and the Horizon Award in the same year.

Vince Gill was the host of the event from the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville. George Strait took home the award for Male Vocalist of the Year, while Trisha Yearwood took home the hardware for Female Vocalist. Song of the Year went to writers Billy Kirsch and Steve Wariner for "Holes In The Floor Of Heaven," while the song tied with Faith Hill's "This Kiss" for single of the year. Tim McGraw's Everywhere got the nod as as album of the year and "This Kiss" was named video of the year.

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2006
Montgomery Gentry’s Greatest Hits: 1999-2005 was certified gold for shipments of 500,000 copies. The album featured the single "She Don't Tell Me To" as well as two other songs, "Didn't I" and "Merry Christmas from the Family" which hadn't been on a previous MG album.
2005
Keith Urban's Golden Road album goes triple-platinum. The album featured the singles "Somebody Like You" (#1), "Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me" (#1), "You'll Think of Me" (#1) and "Raining on Sunday" (#3).
1999
Shania Twain became the first woman since Reba McEntire in 1995 to win the Country Music Association’s Entertainer of the Year award. Martina McBride earned the first of her four wins for Country Music Association Female Vocalist of the Year. The Dixie Chicks win three awards from the during the 33rd ceremony at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville. They're named Vocal Group of the Year, while "Wide Open Spaces" takes Single and Music Video of the Year.
Alan Jackson cuts short his own performance to perform part of the George Jones tune "Choices," in protest of George not being allowed to sing the entire song during the show.
1992
Billy Ray Cyrus’ debut album Some Gave All was certified quadruple platinum. The album featured the singles "Achy Breaky Heart" (#1), "Could've Been Me" (#2), "Wher'm I Gonna Live?" (#23) and "She's Not Cryin' Anymore" (#6). The title track also reached number 52 based on unsolicited airplay.
The album has sold over 5.6 million copies to date.
1985
Rock and country artists performed at the first Farm Aid concert in Champaign, Illinois, headlined by founders Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp. Other performers included Roger Miller, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Alabama, George Jones, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, B.B. King, Judy Rodman and Waylon Jennings, among others. The event raised more than $10 million for farmers in need of financial assistance.
1983
The Everly Brothers reunite after a 10-year breakup, performing at London's fabled Royal Albert Hall. The evening's repertoire includes "Bye Bye Love," "Wake Up Little Susie," "Cathy's Clown" and "Crying In The Rain."
Birthdays
Singer Debbie Boone is 58
Singer June Forester (The Forester Sisters) is 58

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