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The Boot counts down the Top 10 love songs in country music.

On Jan. 23, 1990, Black earned his first platinum album.

 

Today's focus falls on an artist who's debut album, Killin' Time charted five consecutive #1 singles, becoming the first debut album in country music chart history to accomplish that feat.

January 5th 1999 Shania Twain's "You're Still The One" receives Grammy nominations for Record and Song of the Year, while Come On Over is up for Album of the Year.

December 29th, 2000 John Michael Montgomery suffers a compound fracture above the ankle when he slips on ice while hunting near his Kentucky home.

December 22nd, 2009 Carrie Underwood’s album Some Hearts was named Country Album of the Decade by Billboard magazine.

December 19th, 1952 Hank Williams gave his final performance, at the Skyline Club in Austin, Texas.

December 18th, 2007 Taylor Swift was named iTunes’ Country Artist of the Year, and her song "Teardrops On My Guitar" was named iTunes’ top country single of 2007.

December 17th, 1993 The tribute album Common Thread: The Songs Of The Eagles goes gold, platinum and double-platinum.

December 4th, 1956 During a Carl Perkins recording session also involving Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee, Elvis Presley visited the studio and jammed with Perkins and Lewis extensively with the tape recorders rolling.

November 9, 2011  "If I Die Young," wins Song and Single of the Year for The Band Perry and songwriter Kimberly Perry at the 45th annual Country Music Association awards.