2008 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 2008.

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Events

April 27 — A story in the New York Daily News reported a possible long-term relationship between Mindy McCready and baseball star Roger Clemens that began when she was 15 years old.^[1] Though Clemens' attorney, Rusty Hardin, acknowledged that McCready was a "close family friend," Hardin denied the affair and threatened to bring a defamation suit against him.^[1] However, McCready would state that the relationship was sexual^[2], and spoke about her affair with Clemens in more detail on the November 17 broadcast of Inside Edition.^[3]
May 15 — People Magazine reported Canadian singer Shania Twain and her husband, music producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange, had separated after 14 years of marriage. The couple were married on December 28, 1993, after Twain met Lange at Nashville's Fan Fair earlier in the year.^[4]
June 14 — Sara Evans and radio show host/former University of Alabama quarterback Jay Barker are married in Franklin, Tennessee, with their children as their attendants.^[5]^[6]
November 11 — Country music superstar Reba McEntire departs her long time record label MCA Nashville, after 24 years and signed to The Valory Music Co., sister label to Big Machine Records. McEntire and Big Machine CEO Scott Borchetta had previously worked together in the 1990s when Borchetta was senior president of promotion for MCA Nashville.^[7]
November 20 — Julianne Hough announces that she would not be returning for the foreseeable future to Dancing with the Stars in order to further her country music career.^[8]
December 7 — The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts honors George Jones for his lifetime contributions to the arts.

Top hits of the year

Number one hits

United States

(As certified by Billboard)

Date	Single Name	Artist	Wks. No.1	CAN peak	Spec. Note
February 2	Letter to Me	Brad Paisley	4
March 1	Cleaning This Gun (Come On in Boy)	Rodney Atkins	2	5
March 15	All-American Girl	Carrie Underwood	2
March 29	Small Town Southern Man	Alan Jackson	2	3	Jackson's first No. 1 since "Remember When" in February 2004.
April 12	You're Gonna Miss This	Trace Adkins	3
May 3	I Saw God Today	George Strait	2		This is Strait's fifty-sixth Number One on all trade charts, breaking Conway Twitty's record for the most Number One hits by a country music artist.
May 17	Just Got Started Lovin' You	James Otto	2	2	^[C][1]
May 31	I'm Still a Guy	Brad Paisley	3
June 21	Last Name	Carrie Underwood	1	3
June 28	Better as a Memory	Kenny Chesney	2	2
July 12	Back When I Knew It All	Montgomery Gentry	1	8
July 19	Home	Blake Shelton	2	36	Shelton's first No. 1 since "Some Beach" in December 2004. Cover of Michael Bublé's pop hit from 2005.
August 2	Good Time	Alan Jackson	2
August 16	All I Want to Do	Sugarland	1	3
August 23	Should've Said No	Taylor Swift	2	5
September 6	You Look Good in My Shirt	Keith Urban	1		Urban's first No. 1 since "Better Life" in October 2005. Re-recording of a song previously found on 2002's Golden Road.
September 13	Do You Believe Me Now	Jimmy Wayne	2	3	^[A][2] First Number One for the Valory Music Group, an imprint of Big Machine Records. Fell to #2 on the chart dated September 20. Wayne's first Top 40 country hit since "Paper Angels" in late 2004-early 2005, and his first Top Ten since "I Love You This Much" in 2004.
September 20	Waitin' on a Woman	Brad Paisley	1		Re-recording of a song that was originally released on Paisley's 2005 album Time Well Wasted. With this, his eighth consecutive #1 hit, Paisley set a record for the most consecutive Number One hits by an artist since the inception of Nielsen SoundScan in 1990.
October 4	Don't Think I Don't Think About It	Darius Rucker	2	3	^[A] First solo single for Rucker, who was lead singer of the rock band Hootie and the Blowfish until their 2008 disbanding. First solo #1 country hit by an African American since Charley Pride's "Night Games" in September 1983.
October 18	Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven	Kenny Chesney with The Wailers	2		^{[C] - The Wailers} Chesney's first release on his personal Blue Chair Records label, an imprint of BNA Records. From the chart week of October 25, 2008 onward, the song was also credited to The Wailers, the backing group for Jamaican singer Bob Marley. Prior to this, it had been credited to Chesney alone.
November 1	She Never Cried in Front of Me	Toby Keith	1	4
November 8	Just a Dream	Carrie Underwood	2	2
November 22	Love Story	Taylor Swift	2		Also reached #1 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts.
December 6	Chicken Fried	Zac Brown Band	2	10	^[A] Previously a #52-peaking single in 2006 for The Lost Trailers, whose version was withdrawn from radio rotation.
December 20	Roll with Me	Montgomery Gentry	2	5	Features background vocals from Five for Fighting.

Notes

1^ Number one song of the year, as determined by Billboard.
2^ Song dropped from No. 1 and later returned to top spot.
A^ First Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist.
C^ The only Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist.

Canada

(As certified by Radio & Records)

Date	Single Name	Artist	Wks. No.1	U.S. Peak	Spec. Note
January 4	Letter to Me	Brad Paisley	5		^[2] The song fell to #2 on the chart dated January 11.
January 11	Our Song	Taylor Swift	1		^[2] Stayed at No. 1 for 3 weeks in late 2007. The song fell to #2 on the chart dated January 4.
February 15	In My Next Life	Terri Clark	1	36
February 22	All-American Girl	Carrie Underwood	5
March 28	You're Gonna Miss This	Trace Adkins	3
April 18	I Saw God Today	George Strait	1
April 25	Picture to Burn	Taylor Swift	1	3
May 2	I'm Still a Guy	Brad Paisley	6
June 13	Good Time	Alan Jackson	7		^[1][2] The song fell to #2 on the chart dated July 25.
July 25	Put a Girl in It	Brooks & Dunn	1	3	Co-written by Rhett Akins
August 8	You Look Good in My Shirt	Keith Urban	4
September 5	Waitin' on a Woman	Brad Paisley	3
September 26	Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven	Kenny Chesney with The Wailers	7		^{[C] - The Wailers}
November 14	Love Story	Taylor Swift	2
November 28	Already Gone	Sugarland	3		Reached #1 in the United States in 2009.
December 19	Country Boy	Alan Jackson	3		Reached #1 in the United States in 2009.

Notes

1^ Number one song of the year, as determined by Radio & Records.
2^ Song dropped from No. 1 and later returned to top spot.
C^ Only R&R No. 1 hit for that artist.

Other major hits

Singles released by American artists

US	CAN	Single	Artist	Notes
14	41	All I Ever Wanted	Chuck Wicks
4	4	All Summer Long	Kid Rock	Kid Rock's third release to country radio, and his first Top 40 country hit since "Picture" (with Sheryl Crow or Allison Moorer) in late 2002-early 2003.
15	45	Another Try	Josh Turner with Trisha Yearwood
16	41	Anything Goes	Randy Houser
15	26	Bob That Head	Rascal Flatts
18	16	Come On Over	Jessica Simpson	Simpson's first release to country radio.
10	28	Country Man	Luke Bryan
5	2	Everybody	Keith Urban
2	5	Every Day	Rascal Flatts
15	16	Every Other Weekend	Reba McEntire	The radio edit of this song featured Skip Ewing as a duet partner, while the album version featured Kenny Chesney. Neither duet partner was credited on the charts for most of the song's chart run.
11	8	Get My Drink On	Toby Keith
11	11	God Must Be Busy	Brooks & Dunn
7	19	Gunpowder & Lead	Miranda Lambert
9	36	Holler Back	The Lost Trailers
2	9	I Still Miss You	Keith Anderson
10	31	I'll Walk	Bucky Covington
10	28	International Harvester	Craig Morgan
16	38	It Ain't No Crime	Joe Nichols
11	32	It's Good to Be Us	Bucky Covington
11	39	Johnny & June	Heidi Newfield	This is the first solo single for Newfield, who was lead singer for the group Trick Pony until 2007.
16	19	Kristofferson	Tim McGraw
6	6	Laughed Until We Cried	Jason Aldean
13	23	Learning How to Bend	Gary Allan
2	4	Let It Go	Tim McGraw
11	18	Lookin' for a Good Time	Lady Antebellum
3	5	Love Don't Live Here	Lady Antebellum
2	17	Love Is a Beautiful Thing	Phil Vassar	This song was previously released in late 1999 by Canadian singer Paul Brandt under the title "It's a Beautiful Thing".
9	32	Love Remembers	Craig Morgan
4	7	Ready, Set, Don't Go	Billy Ray Cyrus with Miley Cyrus	Billy Ray's first Top 5 since "Busy Man" in late 1998-early 1999. Miley's first Top 5 on any Billboard chart, and her first release to country radio.
15	47	Relentless	Jason Aldean
13	17	She's a Hottie	Toby Keith
2	2	Shiftwork	Kenny Chesney with George Strait	This song was credited only to Chesney from its release until the chart week of February 9, when Strait's name was added.
15	48	Something About a Woman	Jake Owen
2	5	Stay	Sugarland
5	11	Stealing Cinderella	Chuck Wicks
13	30	Stronger Woman	Jewel	Jewel's first release to country radio.
12	12	Suspicions	Tim McGraw	Cover of Eddie Rabbitt's Number One hit from 1979.
20	—	Takin' Off This Pain	Ashton Shepherd
18	—	That Song in My Head	Julianne Hough	Originally a professional ballroom dancer, Hough was also a two-time winner of the show Dancing with the Stars. This is her first release to country radio as a singer.
16	33	Things That Never Cross a Man's Mind	Kellie Pickler
7	3	Troubadour	George Strait
5	13	Trying to Stop Your Leaving	Dierks Bentley
2	11	Watching Airplanes	Gary Allan
10	38	We Weren't Crazy	Josh Gracin
3	8	What Do Ya Think About That	Montgomery Gentry
3	4	What Kinda Gone	Chris Cagle
2	2	Winner at a Losing Game	Rascal Flatts
19	19	Workin' for a Livin'	Garth Brooks with Huey Lewis	Cover of Huey Lewis and the News's single from 1982.

Singles released by Canadian artists

US	CAN	Single	Artist
	5	Beautiful Life	Doc Walker
	19	Best of Me	Jessie Farrell
	20	Break It	Lisa Brokop
33	4	Crazy Days	Adam Gregory
	8	Don't Waste Your Pretty	Willie Mack
	11	Drive Me Home	Shane Yellowbird
	9	Everyday Woman	Emerson Drive
	10	First Time in a Long Time	Deric Ruttan
	5	Flirtin' With Me	Jason Blaine
	14	Flower Child	The Higgins
	13	Fly Girl	Tara Oram
	19	Golden Years	Willie Mack
	11	Good Day to Get Gone	Jason Blaine
	8	How Do I Get There	Aaron Pritchett
	13	I Guess	Jessie Farrell
	4	Just Like You	George Canyon
	13	Let's Get Rowdy	Aaron Pritchett
	17	Lovin' You Is Killin' Me	Deric Ruttan
	8	Moments That Matter	Aaron Lines
	11	My First Car	Jason Blaine
57	12	My Roots Are Showing	Crystal Shawanda
	13	Old Fashioned Girl	Jaydee Bixby
	7	Out of the Blue	Johnny Reid
	7	Postcard from Pasadena	Gord Bamford
	13	Real Thing	The Higgins
	9	Risk	Paul Brandt
	6	Stayed 'Til Two	Gord Bamford
	13	Thank You	Johnny Reid
	10	That Train	Doc Walker
	8	That's All	Doc Walker
	10	That's Worth Fighting For	Paul Brandt
	9	Virtual Life	Paul Brandt
	5	What Do I Have to Do	Crystal Shawanda
21	5	You Can Let Go	Crystal Shawanda

Top new album releases

US	CAN	Album	Artist	Record Label	Release Date
1	1	35 Biggest Hits	Toby Keith	Show Dog	May 6
4	2	All I Intended to Be	Emmylou Harris	Nonesuch	June 10
35	1	Anne Murray's Christmas Album	Anne Murray	Manhattan/EMI	October 7
8	1	Anne Murray Duets: Friends and Legends	Anne Murray	Manhattan/EMI	January 15 (US)
3	14	Around the Bend	Randy Travis	Warner Bros. Nashville	July 15
3	26	Back When I Knew It All	Montgomery Gentry	Columbia Nashville	June 10
2	11	Backwoods Barbie	Dolly Parton	Dolly	February 26
1		Beautiful Eyes	Taylor Swift	Big Machine	July 15
	3	Beautiful Life	Doc Walker	Open Road	April 29
4	18	Call Me Crazy	Lee Ann Womack	MCA Nashville	October 21
	8	Chasing the Sun	Tara Oram	Open Road	October 7
3	^[A]	Christmas Duets	Elvis Presley	RCA	October 14
3	32	C'mon!	Keith Anderson	Columbia Nashville	August 5
	7	CMT Number Ones	Various Artists	Koch	December 2
	5	Country Heat 2009	Various Artists	Sony BMG Canada	November 11
	2	Country Hits 2008	Various Artists	UMG Canada	April 1
	4	Country Hits 2009	Various Artists	UMG Canada	November 18
	1	Cowboys and Cadillacs	Jaydee Bixby	Her Royal Majesty's Records	July 8
16	2	Dawn of a New Day	Crystal Shawanda	RCA Nashville	June 24 (CAN) August 19 (US)
2	26	Damn Right, Rebel Proud	Hank Williams III	Bruc	October 21
4	38	Do You Believe Me Now	Jimmy Wayne	Valory Music Group	August 26
1	1	Do You Know	Jessica Simpson	Epic/Columbia Nashville	September 9
1	1	Fearless	Taylor Swift	Big Machine	November 11
2	13	The Foundation	Zac Brown Band	Atlantic/Home Grown/Big Picture	November 18 (US) December 2 (CAN)
7		Going All Out	Dan Evans	Edje-Executive	October 7
1	1	Good Time	Alan Jackson	Arista Nashville	March 4
1	2	Greatest Hits 3	Tim McGraw	Curb	October 7
2	4	Greatest Hits/ Every Mile a Memory 2003-2008	Dierks Bentley	Capitol Nashville	May 6
1	5	Greatest Hits: Limited Edition	Tim McGraw	Curb	April 29
2	1	Greatest Hits Volume 1	Rascal Flatts	Lyric Street	October 28
5		Holler Back	The Lost Trailers	BNA	August 26
5		Jet Black & Jealous	Eli Young Band	Universal South	September 16
1	4	Julianne Hough	Julianne Hough	Mercury Nashville	May 20
2	1	Joy to the World	Faith Hill	Warner Bros. Nashville	September 30
1	4	Kellie Pickler	Kellie Pickler	BNA	September 30
1	10	Lady Antebellum	Lady Antebellum	Capitol Nashville	April 15
1	10	Learn to Live	Darius Rucker	Capitol Nashville	September 16
10		The Life of a Song	Joey & Rory	Vanguard/Sugar Hill	October 28
2	39	Little Bit of Everything	Billy Currington	Mercury Nashville	October 14
^[A]	1	Little Honey	Lucinda Williams	Lost Highway	October 14
1	1	Love on the Inside	Sugarland	Mercury Nashville	July 22
1	1	Lucky Old Sun	Kenny Chesney	Blue Chair/BNA	October 14 (US) October 21 (CAN)
	5	Make My Move	Jason Blaine	Koch Canada	May 20
8	21	Moment of Forever	Willie Nelson	Lost Highway	January 29
	3	More Country Heat 2008	Various Artists	Sony BMG Canada	May 20
1	31	My Life's Been a Country Song	Chris Cagle	Capitol Nashville	February 19
1		Now That's What I Call Country	Various Artists	UMG/Sony BMG/Capitol	August 26
1	2	Perfectly Clear	Jewel	Valory Music Group	June 3
8		Phil Stacey	Phil Stacey	Lyric Street	April 29
1	2	Play	Brad Paisley	Arista Nashville	November 4
3		Prayer of a Common Man	Phil Vassar	Universal South	April 22
3		Randy Rogers Band	Randy Rogers Band	Mercury Nashville	September 23
2		Sounds of the Season: The Julianne Hough Holiday Collection	Julianne Hough	Mercury Nashville	October 12
7		Startin' Fires	Blake Shelton	Warner Bros. Nashville	November 18
7		Starting Now	Chuck Wicks	RCA Nashville	January 22
2	25	Sunset Man	James Otto	Raybaw/Warner Bros.	April 8
7	52	Tennessee Pusher	Old Crow Medicine Show	Nettwerk	September 23
	3	Thankful	Aaron Pritchett	604	September 9
1	3	That Don't Make Me a Bad Guy	Toby Keith	Show Dog	October 28
6		That Lonesome Song	Jamey Johnson	Mercury Nashville	August 5
8		That's Why	Craig Morgan	BNA	October 21
1	1	Troubadour	George Strait	MCA Nashville	April 1
4	40	We Weren't Crazy	Josh Gracin	Lyric Street	April 1
2	66	What Am I Waiting For	Heidi Newfield	Curb	August 5
8		Why Wait	Kristy Lee Cook	Arista Nashville	September 16
7	29	X	Trace Adkins	Capitol Nashville	November 25

Other top albums

US	CAN	Album	Artist	Record Label	Release Date
67	15	50 Greatest Hits	Reba McEntire	MCA Nashville	October 28
50		America	Johnny Cash	Legacy	October 28
28		Angels & Outlaws	Aaron Watson	Thirty Tigers	April 1
21		Anything Goes	Randy Houser	Universal South	November 18
	42	Beautiful Tragedy	Lisa Brokop	Ellbea	August 19
17		Beer for My Horses (soundtrack)	Various Artists	Show Dog	August 12
47		The Best of The Johnny Cash TV Show	Johnny Cash	Sony BMG	January 8
27		Blake Shelton: Collector's Edition	Blake Shelton	Warner Bros. Nashville	February 26
50		Blood, Sweat, and Steel	The Road Hammers	Montage	June 24
33		Broken In	Trent Willmon	Compadre	February 26
22		Bulletproof	Reckless Kelly	Yep Roc	June 24
15	50	Burn Your Playhouse Down	George Jones	Bandit	August 19
48		Cherryholmes III: Don't Believe	The Cherryholmes	Skaggs Family	September 30
	24	Christmas on the Open Road	Various Artists	Open Road	November 11
16	47	Classic Christmas	George Strait	MCA Nashville	October 7
26		Classic Chris LeDoux	Chris LeDoux	Capitol Nashville	April 29
30		Comal County Blue	Jason Boland & the Stragglers	Thirty Tigers	August 26
30		Come Darkness, Come Light	Mary Chapin Carpenter	Zoe	September 30
26		Country Bluegrass Homecoming Volume One	Bill Gaither	Gaither	August 19
32		Country Bluegrass Homecoming Volume Two	Bill Gaither	Gaither	August 19
	15	Country Heat Christmas 3	Various Artists	Sony BMG Canada	October 28
15	34	Country Sings Disney	Various Artists	Walt Disney	July 8
	25	First Time in a Long Time	Deric Ruttan	On Ramp/EMI Canada	April 1
35		Good Thing Going	Rhonda Vincent	Rounder	January 8
16		Greatest Hits	Craig Morgan	Broken Bow	September 30
	24	Greatest Hits… and Then Some	The Wilkinsons	Angeline	October 7
37		Heart of Stone	Chris Knight	Drifter's Church	September 2
39		Here It Is	Roger Creager	Thirty Tigers	August 26
18	55	How Great Thou Art: Gospel Favorites from the Grand Ole Opry	Various Artists	RCA Nashville	February 5
29		Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 and 1947	Ricky Skaggs	Skaggs Family	March 25
11		The Imus Ranch Record	Various Artists	New West	September 16
19		I Turn to You	Richie McDonald	Lucid	June 3
44		I Will Always Love You: 17 Inspirational Songs	Various Artists	Word	January 15
29		If We Ever Make It Home	Wade Bowen	Sustain	September 30
32		Jeff Bates	Jeff Bates	Black River	April 8
43		Keep On Walkin'	The Grascals	Rounder	July 15
35	42	Love Songs	Trisha Yearwood	MCA Nashville	January 15
	40	Marlee Scott	Marlee Scott	Big Ride	November 11
19	14	Martina McBride: Live In Concert	Martina McBride	RCA Nashville	April 29
27		Meet Glen Campbell	Glen Campbell	Capitol Nashville	August 19
41		More Greatest Fits	Roy D. Mercer	Capitol Nashville	June 10
43		Naïve	Micky & the Motorcars	Smith	July 29
46		One Hell of a Ride	Willie Nelson	Lost Highway	April 1
14		One on One	Randy Owen	Broken Bow	November 4
27		Patriotic Country 3	Various Artists	Razor & Tie	June 24
48		Playlist: The Very Best of Brooks & Dunn	Brooks & Dunn	Sony BMG	December 2
37		Playlist: The Very Best of Johnny Cash	Johnny Cash	Sony BMG	April 29
	25	Real Thing	The Higgins	Open Road	June 24
32		Ride Through the Country	Colt Ford	Average Joe's	December 2
35		Rollin' with the Flow	Mark Chesnutt	Lofton Creek	June 24
38		Sex and Gasoline	Rodney Crowell	Yep Roc	September 2
13	17	Sleepless Nights	Patty Loveless	Saguaro Road	September 9
16		Sounds So Good	Ashton Shepherd	MCA Nashville	March 4
	39	This Christmas Celebrate Me Home	Beverley Mahood	BPM	November 4
35		Time Flies	John Michael Montgomery	Stringtown	October 14
42		The Unreleased Recordings	Hank Williams	Time Life	October 28
49		The Unreleased Recordings	Hank Williams	Time Life	October 28
45		Vagrants & Kings	Cory Morrow	Sustain	May 20
11		Vintage Country: The Golden Age of Country Music	Various Artists	Sony BMG	March 25
	12	What I Do	George Canyon	604	November 11
28		Waylon Forever	Waylon Jennings	Vagrant	October 21
32		Wheels	Dan Tyminski	Rounder	June 17
	48	XOK	NQ Arbuckle	Six Shooter	June 17
	15	Yellowhead to Yellowstone	Ian Tyson	Stony Plain	November 11

Notes

A^ These albums are not considered country music releases in that country.

Deaths

January 6 — Ken Nelson, 96, record producer for artists including Hank Thompson, Buck Owens, Merle Haggard and many others.
April 22 — Paul Davis, 60, crossover artist whose collaborations with Marie Osmond and Tanya Tucker reached No. 1 in the 1980s. (heart attack)
May 1 — Jim Hager, 61, country singer and actor who along with his twin brother Jon were regulars on Hee Haw from 1969 to 1986. (heart attack)
May 5 — Jerry Wallace, 79, crossover artist who scored several country hits during the 1970s including the No. 1 "If You Leave Me Tonight I'll Cry" in 1972. (congestive heart failure)
May 8 — Eddy Arnold, 89, country and pop singer whose career spanned seven decades. (natural causes)
May 11 — Dottie Rambo, 74, southern gospel singer-songwriter. (bus accident)
July 16 — Jo Stafford, 90, crossover artist from the 1940s with hits "Feudin’ and Fightin" and "Temptation". (congestive heart failure)
August 11 — Don Helms, 81, steel guitarist and member of Hank Williams' Drifting Cowboys. (heart attack) ^[9]
August 31 — Jerry Reed, 71, country singer and actor best known for his 1971 crossover hit "When You're Hot, You're Hot" (emphysema)
September 12 — Charlie Walker, 81, honky tonk singer best known for "Pick Me Up On Your Way Down" (colon cancer)

Hall of Fame inductees

Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

Tom T. Hall (born 1936), singer and songwriter, known as "The Storyteller"
Emmylou Harris (born 1947), neo-traditional singer and songwriter
The Statler Brothers (Harold Reid (born 1939), Don Reid (born 1945), Phil Balsley (born 1939), Lew DeWitt (1938-1990), Jimmy Fortune (born 1955)), diverse country music group known for pop-styled, nostalgic and gospel songs.
Ernest "Pop" Stoneman (1893-1968), singer, songwriter, and musician, patriarch of the family group The Stonemans

Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

Major awards

Grammy Awards

(presented February 8, 2009 in Los Angeles)

Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "Last Name", Carrie Underwood
Best Male Country Vocal Performance — "Letter to Me", Brad Paisley
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals — "Stay", Sugarland
Best Country Collaboration with Vocals — "Killing the Blues", Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
Best Country Instrumental Performance — "Cluster Pluck", Brad Paisley, James Burton, Vince Gill, John Jorgenson, Albert Lee, Brent Mason, Redd Volkaert, and Steve Wariner
Best Country Song — "Stay", Jennifer Nettles
Best Country Album — Troubadour, George Strait
Best Bluegrass Album — Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 and 1947, Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder

Juno Awards

(presented March 29, 2009 in Vancouver)

Country Recording of the Year — Beautiful Life, Doc Walker

CMT Music Awards

(presented April 14 in Nashville)

Video of the Year — "Our Song", Taylor Swift
Male Video of the Year — "I Got My Game On", Trace Adkins
Female Video of the Year — "Our Song", Taylor Swift
Group Video of the Year — "Take Me There", Rascal Flatts
Duo Video of the Year — "Stay", Sugarland
USA Weekend Breakthrough Video of the Year — "I Wonder", Kellie Pickler
Collaborative Video of the Year — "Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore", Bon Jovi & LeAnn Rimes
Performance of the Year — "I Wonder", Kellie Pickler
Supporting Character of the Year — Rodney Carrington in "I Got My Game On"
Wide Open Country Video of the Year — "Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)", Alison Krauss & Robert Plant
Tearjerker Video of the Year — "I Wonder", Kellie Pickler
Comedy Video of the Year — "Online", Brad Paisley
Video Director of the Year — Michael Salomon

Academy of Country Music

(presented April 5, 2009 in Las Vegas)

Entertainer of the Year — Carrie Underwood
Top Male Vocalist — Brad Paisley
Top Female Vocalist — Carrie Underwood
Top Vocal Group — Rascal Flatts
Top Vocal Duo — Sugarland
Top New Male Vocalist — Jake Owen
Top New Female Vocalist — Julianne Hough
Top New Vocal Duo or Group — Zac Brown Band
Top New Artist — Julianne Hough
Album of the Year — Fearless, Taylor Swift
Single Record of the Year — "You're Gonna Miss This", Trace Adkins
Song of the Year — "In Color", Jamey Johnson
Video of the Year — "Waitin' on a Woman", Brad Paisley
Vocal Event of the Year — "Start a Band", Brad Paisley and Keith Urban
Poets Award — Merle Haggard and Harlan Howard
Jim Reeves International Award — Dolly Parton
Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award — Hank Williams, Jr., Kenny Rogers, Randy Travis and Jerry Reed
Tex Ritter Award — Beer for My Horses

Canadian Country Music Association

(presented September 8 in Winnipeg)

Fans' Choice Award — Doc Walker
Male Artist of the Year — Johnny Reid
Female Artist of the Year — Jessie Farrell
Group or Duo of the Year — Doc Walker
Songwriter(s) of the Year — "Beautiful Life", written by Murray Pulver, Chris Thorsteinson and Dave Wasyliw
Single of the Year — "Beautiful Life", performed by Doc Walker
Album of the Year — Beautiful Life, Doc Walker
Top Selling Album — The Ultimate Hits, Garth Brooks
Top Selling Canadian Album — Kicking Stones, Johnny Reid
CMT Video of the Year — "Beautiful Life", Doc Walker
Rising Star Award — Jessie Farrell
Roots Artist or Group of the Year — Corb Lund

Country Music Association

(presented November 12 in Nashville)

Entertainer of the Year — Kenny Chesney
Female Vocalist of the Year — Carrie Underwood
Male Vocalist of the Year — Brad Paisley
New Artist of the Year — Lady Antebellum
Vocal Group of the Year — Rascal Flatts
Vocal Duo of the Year — Sugarland
Single of the Year — "I Saw God Today", George Strait
Album of the Year — Troubadour, George Strait
Song of the Year — "Stay", Sugarland
Musical Event of the Year — "Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On)", Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
Music Video of the Year — "Waitin' on a Woman", Brad Paisley and Andy Griffith
Musician of the Year — Mac McAnally

References

^ ^a ^b Thompson, Teri; Nanthaniel Vinton and Christian Red (2008-04-28). "Sources: Roger Clemens had 10-year fling with country star Mindy McCready". NY Daily News. http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2008/04/27/2008-04-27_sources_roger_clemens_had_10year_fling_w.html. Retrieved on 2008-04-28.
^ Report: Mindy McCready Confirms Affair With Roger Clemens
^ "Report: Mindy McCready talks about Clemens Affair". [si.com]. 2008-11-17. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/baseball/mlb/11/17/clemens.mcready.ap/index.html. Retrieved on 2008-11-18.
^ "Shania Twain & Husband Split". People Magazine. 2008-05-15. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20200371,00.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-15.
^ Sara Evans Marries Her Football Hero - Weddings, Sara Evans : People.com
^ FIRST LOOK: Sara Evans Wedding Photo - Weddings, Music News, Sara Evans : People.com
^ "Reba McEntire Signs New Record Deal With the Valory Music Co.". CMT.com. 2008-11-11. http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1599079/reba-mcentire-signs-new-record-deal-with-the-valory-music-co.jhtml. Retrieved on 2008-11-22.
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^ "Hank Williams band member Don Helms dies at 81", Associated Press, August 12, 2008. Accessed 8-14-2008.

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