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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 16th, 2010 Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood deliver the first two of nine concerts at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, joined by unannounced guest Steve Wariner.

December 12th, 2003 Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, in its seventh year, donated its one-millionth book, The Little Engine That Could, to the parents of a one-year-old in Danville, Alabama.

December 9th, 1989 Rodney Crowell became the first country artist to score five number one singles from the same album, Diamonds & Dirt

December 6th, 1988 Recording begins for The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's "Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Volume 2" with Johnny Cash, John Denver, Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris, Earl Scruggs, Steve Wariner, Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, The Whites, Chris Hillman and others.

December 2,1949 Gene Autry’s “Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer” debuted on the charts. The recording of the song hit No. 1 on the Billboard pop singles chart the week of Christmas 1949. Autry's recording sold 2.5 million copies the first year, eventually selling a total of 25 million, and it remained the second best-selling record of all time until the 1980s...

November 26, 1934 Decca Records releases The Sons Of The Pioneers' "Tumbling Tumbleweeds."

November 25, 1998 Garth Brooks’ album Double Live became the first album by any artist ever to sell 1 million copies in its first week of release.

November 24, 1999 The profile of Chris Gaines, Garth Brook’s fictional Australian rock-star, alter-ego, aired on VH1′s Behind The Music.

November 19, 1997 George Strait’s collection Strait Out of the Box was certified multi-platinum for sales of 5 million copies.

November 18, 1988 Tulsa, Oklahoma, singer Ronnie Dunn won the Marlboro Country Music National Talent Contest, which led to a publishing deal in Nashville, which led to a meeting with songwriter Kix Brooks, which led to the formation of Brooks & Dunn.

November 17, 2005 With sales of 469,000 Kenny Chesney’s The Road & The Radio debuted at the top of the Country Albums chart and the Top 200 all formats chart.