December 15th, 2006

Rascal Flatts became the first country act since 1992 to be the best selling artist in all of music for the year. Their Me & My Gang album sold 3 million copies that year. The album featured four singles: the title track, (#6), “My Wish” (#1), “Stand” (#1) and “What Hurts The Most” (#1 Country & Adult Contemporary).

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A re-release of the album also featured the song “Life Is A Highway” from the soundtrack of the Disney/Pixar movies Cars, which wasn’t released officially as a single, yet it still charted at #18.

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    photo by Frank Micelotta/Getty Images Entertainment
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    2013

    Chris Cagle was arrested on drunk-driving charges near Greenville, Texas.

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    2010

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    2005

    Rascal Flatts became the first non-solo male country act to win Billboard Magazine’s Artist of the Year award.

    Miranda Lambert’s album Kerosene was named Best Country Album of the Year by the Nashville Scene newspaper. The album featured the title track, “New Strings” and “Bring Me Down” as singles.

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    2003

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    2000

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    1999

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    1998

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    1997

    Garth Brooks’ album Sevens was certified multi-platinum for sales of 5 million copies. The album released five singles: "Longneck Bottle” (#1), "She's Gonna Make It" (#2), "Two Piña Coladas" (#1), "Do What You Gotta Do" (#13), "You Move Me" (#3) and "In Another's Eyes” (#2 with Trisha Yearwood).

    The album has since been certified 10x platinum by the RIAA.

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    1995

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    #1 On This Date

    SINGLES

    2012 – Florida Georgia Line – “Cruise

    2007 – Carrie Underwood – “So Small

    2001 – Toby Keith – “I Wanna Talk About Me

    1990 – George Strait – “I’ve Come To Expect It From You

    1984 – Anne Murray w/Dave Loggins – “Nobody Loves Me Like You Do

    1979 – Conway Twitty – “Happy Birthday Darlin’

    1973 – Charley Pride – “Amazing Love

    1962 – Hank Snow – “I’ve Been Everywhere

    1958 – Ray Price – “City Lights

    1956 – Marty Robbins – “Singing The Blues

    1951 – Pee Wee King – “Slow Poke

    1945 – Bob Wills – “Silver Dew On The Blue Grass Tonight

     

    ALBUMS

    2012 – Taylor Swift - Red

    2007 – The Eagles – Long Road Out Of Eden

    2001 – Garth Brooks – Scarecrow

    1990 – Garth Brooks – No Fences

    1984 – Willie Nelson – City of New Orleans

    1979 – Kenny Rogers – Kenny

    1973 – Charlie Rich – Behind Closed Doors

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    Birthdays

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    Anniversaries

    Alan Jackson and wife Denise celebrate their 35th wedding anniversary.

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