1998 in country music
# 1998 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1998.

## Events

* January 10 — "Retro Country USA," a weekly two-hour syndicated radio program spotlighting major country hits of the 1980s (along with some from the 1970s and early 1990s), premieres. The show is initially hosted by Tampa radio personality Ken Cooper, and later "Big" Steve Kelly.
* February 25 — Johnny Cash's album, Unchained, wins a Grammy Award for Best Country Album. The album had been a critical success but was largely ignored by mainstream country radio, a fact Cash and producer Rick Rubin pick up on when they purchase a full-page advertisement in Billboard magazine. The ad, which appeared in March, featured a young Cash displaying his middle finger and sarcastically "thanking" radio for supporting the album.
* June 30 — The divorce of Vince and Janis Gill (of Sweethearts of the Rodeo) is finalized.
* December — The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts honors Willie Nelson for his lifetime contributions to the arts. Nelson is the first primarily country performer so honored.

## Top hits of the year

### Singles released by American artists

| US | CAN | Single | Artist |
| - | - | - | - |
| 16 | 7 | Absence of the Heart | Deana Carter |
| 4 | 6 | Angel in My Eyes | John Michael Montgomery |
| 2 | 3 | Between the Devil and Me | Alan Jackson |
| 1 | 17 | A Broken Wing | Martina McBride |
| 26 | 14 | Burnin' the Roadhouse Down | Steve Wariner (duet with Garth Brooks) |
| 1 | 1 | Bye, Bye | Jo Dee Messina |
| 11 | 17 | A Chance | Kenny Chesney |
| 14 | 12 | Come Some Rainy Day | Wynonna |
| 4 | 4 | Commitment | LeAnn Rimes |
| 3 | 2 | Cover You in Kisses | John Michael Montgomery |
| 5 | 9 | The Day That She Left Tulsa (In a Chevy) | Wade Hayes |
| 2 | 2 | Don't Laugh at Me | Mark Wills |
| 5 | 3 | Dream Walkin' | Toby Keith |
| 2 | 3 | Everything's Changed | Lonestar |
| 4 | 4 | Forever Love | Reba McEntire |
| 18 | 22 | Getcha Some | Toby Keith |
| 2 | 4 | Happy Girl | Martina McBride |
| 2 | 3 | He's Got You | Brooks & Dunn |
| 20 | 20 | High on Love | Patty Loveless |
| 9 | 4 | The Hole | Randy Travis |
| 2 | 2 | Holes in the Floor of Heaven | Steve Wariner |
| 1 | 1 | How Long Gone | Brooks & Dunn |
| 18 | 14 | A House with No Curtains | Alan Jackson |
| 2 | 9 | How Do You Fall in Love | Alabama |
| 13 | 30 | How Do You Sleep at Night | Wade Hayes |
| 1 | 2 | Husbands and Wives | Brooks & Dunn |
| 7 | 3 | I Can Love You Better | Dixie Chicks |
| 1 | 2 | I Can Still Feel You | Collin Raye |
| 2 | 3 | I Do (Cherish You) | Mark Wills |
| 1 | 1 | I Just Want to Dance with You | George Strait |
| 18 | 8 | I Might Even Quit Lovin' You | Mark Chesnutt |
| 12 | 7 | I Said a Prayer | Pam Tillis |
| 3 | 1 | I Wanna Fall in Love | Lila McCann |
| 9 | 28 | I Wanna Feel That Way Again | Tracy Byrd |
| 20 | 31 | I Wanna Remember This | Linda Davis |
| 3 | 2 | I'll Go On Loving You | Alan Jackson |
| 1 | 1 | I'm Alright | Jo Dee Messina |
| 3 | 1 | I'm from the Country | Tracy Byrd |
| 2 | 4 | I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying | Toby Keith with Sting |
| 3 | 10 | If I Never Stop Loving You | David Kersh |
| 22 | 15 | If You Can't Be Good (Be Good at It) | Neal McCoy |
| 5 | 1 | If You Ever Have Forever in Mind | Vince Gill |
| 1 | 1 | If You See Him/If You See Her | Reba McEntire featuring Brooks & Dunn |
| 4 | 4 | Imagine That | Diamond Rio |
| 1 | 10 | It Must Be Love | Ty Herndon |
| 7 | 23 | It Would Be You | Gary Allan |
| 9 | 5 | It's Your Song | Garth Brooks |
| 12 | 9 | Just Between You and Me | The Kinleys |
| 3 | 4 | Just to Hear You Say That You Love Me | Faith Hill (with Tim McGraw) |
| 1 | 1 | Just to See You Smile | Tim McGraw |
| 1 | 1 | Let Me Let Go | Faith Hill |
| 2 | 3 | A Little Past Little Rock | Lee Ann Womack |
| 3 | 1 | Little Red Rodeo | Collin Raye |
| 11 | 10 | Lonely Won't Leave Me Alone | Trace Adkins |
| 12 | 6 | Loosen Up My Strings | Clint Black |
| 2 | 3 | Love of My Life | Sammy Kershaw |
| 14 | 8 | Love Working on You | John Michael Montgomery |
| 5 | 14 | A Man Holdin' On (To a Woman Lettin' Go) | Ty Herndon |
| 1 | 1 | Nothin' but the Taillights | Clint Black |
| 10 | 5 | Nothin' New Under the Moon | LeAnn Rimes |
| 4 | 9 | On the Side of Angels | LeAnn Rimes |
| 2 | 1 | One of These Days | Tim McGraw |
| 14 | 12 | One of Those Nights Tonight | Lorrie Morgan |
| 16 | 22 | One Small Miracle | Bryan White |
| 2 | 1 | Out of My Bones | Randy Travis |
| 1 | 1 | Perfect Love | Trisha Yearwood |
| 1 | 1 | Round About Way | George Strait |
| 13 | 23 | Say When | Lonestar |
| 2 | 1 | She's Gonna Make It | Garth Brooks |
| 21 | 10 | She's Got That Look in Her Eyes | Alabama |
| 1 | 1 | The Shoes You're Wearing | Clint Black |
| 33 | 18 | Somebody to Love | Suzy Bogguss |
| 3 | 5 | Someone You Used to Know | Collin Raye |
| 16 | 10 | Stepping Stone | Lari White |
| 23 | 13 | Still in Love with You | Travis Tritt |
| 4 | 15 | Texas Size Heartache | Joe Diffie |
| 2 | 9 | That's Why I'm Here | Kenny Chesney |
| 2 | 4 | Then What? | Clay Walker |
| 2 | 4 | There Goes My Baby | Trisha Yearwood |
| 1 | 3 | There's Your Trouble | Dixie Chicks |
| 17 | 23 | Things Change | Dwight Yoakam |
| 1 | 1 | This Kiss | Faith Hill |
| 12 | 17 | To Have You Back Again | Patty Loveless |
| 1 | 7 | To Make You Feel My Love | Garth Brooks |
| 8 | 5 | Too Good to Be True | Michael Peterson |
| 2 | 1 | True | George Strait |
| 1 | 1 | Two Piña Coladas | Garth Brooks |
| 9 | 14 | Valentine | Martina McBride with special guest artist Jim Brickman |
| 4 | 2 | We Really Shouldn't Be Doing This | George Strait |
| 23 | 19 | What If? | Reba McEntire |
| 1 | 1 | What If I Said | Anita Cochran (duet with Steve Wariner) |
| 1 | 1 | Where the Green Grass Grows | Tim McGraw |
| 18 | 18 | Where Your Road Leads | Trisha Yearwood (duet with Garth Brooks) |
| 1 | 1 | Wide Open Spaces | Dixie Chicks |
| 3 | 1 | You Move Me | Garth Brooks |
| 12 | 4 | You Walked In | Lonestar |
| 19 | 12 | You'll Never Know | Mindy McCready |
| 4 | 5 | You're Gone | Diamond Rio |
| 2 | 2 | You've Got to Talk to Me | Lee Ann Womack |

### Singles released by Canadian artists

| US | CAN | Single | Artist |
| - | - | - | - |
| 3 | 1 | 26 Cents | The Wilkinsons |
| — | 5 | Canadian Sunrise | Prairie Oyster |
| — | 20 | Chevy Blue Eyes | Brent McAthey |
| — | 7 | Cried All the Way Home | Jamie Warren |
| — | 3 | Diamond | Julian Austin |
| — | 17 | Do the Math | George Fox |
| 6 | 1 | Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You) | Shania Twain |
| — | 15 | Falling | Bruce Guthro |
| 73 | 6 | Famous First Words | Gil Grand |
| 6 | 1 | From This Moment On | Shania Twain (with Bryan White) |
| — | 10 | Get Hot or Go Home | Rick Tippe |
| — | 13 | Hard Time Loving You | Julian Austin |
| — | 10 | Has Anybody Seen My Angel | Denise Murray |
| — | 9 | Haven't You Heard | Shirley Myers |
| 1 | 1 | Honey, I'm Home | Shania Twain |
| 59 | 19 | How Do I Let Go | Lisa Brokop |
| — | 12 | I Read Lips | Thomas Wade & Wayward |
| — | 6 | I'm Gone | George Fox |
| — | 15 | I'm Gonna Make Her Mine | Jason McCoy |
| — | 10 | If I Could Just Get to You | Duane Steele |
| 50 | 1 | The Kind of Heart That Breaks | Chris Cummings |
| — | 17 | Let's Kiss and Make Up | Beverley Mahood with Ken Munshaw |
| 55 | 17 | Let's Start Livin' | Gil Grand |
| — | 3 | A Little Bit of You | Jason McCoy |
| — | 12 | A Little Bit of Your Love | Joel Feeney |
| — | 9 | A Minute and a Half | Chris Cummings |
| — | 7 | Movin' On | The Rankins |
| — | 14 | Never Givin' Up | Rick Tippe |
| 2 | 2 | Now That I Found You | Terri Clark |
| — | 9 | One Last Step | Shirley Myers |
| — | 3 | Outside the Frame | Paul Brandt |
| — | 17 | Radio 101 | Beverley Mahood |
| — | 19 | The River Song | Montgomery Steele |
| — | 20 | She Made Me an Offer | Rick Tippe |
| — | 4 | Some Days Are Better | Charlie Major |
| — | 12 | There's a Song in There Somewhere | Thomas Wade & Wayward |
| — | 20 | Two Out of Three Ain't Bad | Julian Austin |
| — | 18 | Underneath the Moon | Montana Sky |
| — | 1 | Walk This Road | Bruce Guthro |
| — | 10 | The Way Love Goes | Jamie Warren |
| — | 12 | What My Heart Already Knows | Julian Austin |
| 68 | 10 | What's Come Over You | Paul Brandt |
| — | 20 | What's Not to Love | Lisa Brokop |
| — | 19 | A Whole Lot of Love | Montana Sky |
| — | 12 | Woman's Work | Tracey Brown |
| — | 5 | Yeah! | Paul Brandt |
| — | 10 | You Can Trust in My Love | Charlie Major |
| 1 | 1 | You're Easy on the Eyes | Terri Clark |
| 1 | 1 | You're Still the One | Shania Twain |
| 74 | 15 | Your Love | Jim Brickman with Michelle Wright |

## Top new album releases

| US | CAN | Album | Artist | Record Label |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 18 | | Ain't It the Truth | Daryle Singletary | Giant |
| 21 | | The Apostle Soundtrack | Various Artists | Decca Nashville |
| 9 | 14 | Back with a Heart | Olivia Newton-John | MCA Nashville |
| 13 | 12 | The Best of Tracy Lawrence | Tracy Lawrence | Atlantic |
| 22 | 31 | Big Hopes | Ty Herndon | Epic |
| 6 | | Breath of Heaven: A Christmas Collection | Vince Gill | MCA Nashville |
| 6 | 15 | Burnin' the Roadhouse Down | Steve Wariner | Capitol Nashville |
| | 14 | Car Wheels on a Gravel Road | Lucinda Williams | Mercury |
| | 3 | CMT Canada '99 | Various Artists | BMG |
| | 2 | Country Heat 1998 | Various Artists | Ariola |
| 22 | | A Country Superstar Christmas | Various Artists | Hip-O |
| 16 | | Did I Shave My Back for This? | Cledus T. Judd | Razor & Tie |
| 16 | | Dorkfish | Bill Engvall | Warner Bros. |
| 1 | 1 | Double Live | Garth Brooks | Capitol Nashville |
| 6 | 11 | Everything's Gonna Be Alright | Deana Carter | Capitol Nashville |
| 2 | 1 | Faith | Faith Hill | Warner Bros. |
| | 22 | Famous First Words | Gil Grand | Monument |
| 39 | 17 | Farmers in a Changing World | The Tractors | Arista Nashville |
| 2 | 4 | For the Record | Alabama | RCA Nashville |
| 21 | | Greatest Hits | Joe Diffie | Epic |
| 9 | 18 | Greatest Hits | Clay Walker | Giant |
| 5 | | Greatest Hits Volume One | Toby Keith | Mercury Nashville |
| 1 | 1 | High Mileage | Alan Jackson | Arista Nashville |
| 1 | 3 | Hope Floats Soundtrack | Various Artists | Capitol Nashville |
| 13 | 20 | The Horse Whisperer Soundtrack | Various Artists | MCA Nashville |
| 19 | | How Big a Boy Are Ya? Volume 4 | Roy D. Mercer | Capitol Nashville |
| 10 | 4 | How I Feel | Terri Clark | Mercury Nashville |
| 23 | | Hungry Again | Dolly Parton | Decca Nashville |
| 5 | 5 | I'm Alright | Jo Dee Messina | Curb |
| 8 | 9 | I'm from the Country | Tracy Byrd | MCA Nashville |
| 13 | | If I Never Stop Loving You | David Kersh | Curb |
| 4 | 7 | If You See Her | Brooks & Dunn | Arista Nashville |
| 2 | 7 | If You See Him | Reba McEntire | MCA Nashville |
| 37 | 15 | It Don't Get Any Better Than This | George Jones | MCA Nashville |
| 21 | | It Would Be You | Gary Allan | Decca Nashville |
| | 3 | It's Now! It's Live! | The Mavericks | MCA Nashville |
| 1 | 2 | The Key | Vince Gill | MCA Nashville |
| 15 | 26 | Leave a Mark | John Michael Montgomery | Atlantic |
| 1 | 1 | The Limited Series | Garth Brooks | Capitol Nashville |
| 11 | 12 | A Long Way Home | Dwight Yoakam | Reprise |
| | 3 | Moments and Memories: The Best of Reba | Reba McEntire | MCA Nashville |
| | 2 | New Country 5 | Various Artists | Warner |
| 15 | | No More Looking over My Shoulder | Travis Tritt | Warner Bros. |
| 11 | 4 | No Place That Far | Sara Evans | RCA Nashville |
| 16 | 4 | Nothing but Love | The Wilkinsons | Giant |
| | 6 | Of Your Son | Bruce Guthro | EMI |
| 24 | | One Road Man | Chris LeDoux | Capitol Nashville |
| 1 | 3 | One Step at a Time | George Strait | MCA Nashville |
| 8 | 6 | The Prince of Egypt (Nashville) | Various Artists | DreamWorks Nashville |
| 32 | 9 | Shot Full of Love | Billy Ray Cyrus | Monument |
| 2 | 2 | Sittin' on Top of the World | LeAnn Rimes | Curb |
| 25 | 11 | The Sky's the Limit | BlackHawk | Arista Nashville |
| 20 | | Some Things I Know | Lee Ann Womack | Decca Nashville |
| 9 | | Step Inside This House | Lyle Lovett | MCA Nashville |
| 18 | 1 | Tammy Wynette Remembered | Various Artists | Asylum |
| 17 | 15 | Teatro | Willie Nelson | Island |
| 3 | 4 | Touched by an Angel: The Album | Various Artists | Epic |
| 8 | 21 | Totally Committed | Jeff Foxworthy | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | 3 | Trampoline | The Mavericks | MCA Nashville |
| 36 | 18 | A Tribute to Tradition | Various Artists | Columbia |
| 12 | | Ultimate Country Party | Various Artists | Arista Nashville |
| 9 | 2 | Unbelievable | Diamond Rio | Arista Nashville |
| 25 | | VH1 Storytellers | Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson | Columbia |
| 8 | 13 | The Walls Came Down | Collin Raye | Epic |
| | 11 | What Is This Country? | Prairie Oyster | ViK. |
| 23 | | What This Country Needs | Aaron Tippin | Lyric Street |
| 9 | 22 | When the Wrong One Loves You Right | Wade Hayes | Columbia |
| | 21 | When You Get to Be You | Lisa Brokop | Columbia |
| 3 | 2 | Where Your Road Leads | Trisha Yearwood | MCA Nashville |
| 9 | | White Christmas | Martina McBride | RCA Nashville |
| 1 | 1 | Wide Open Spaces | Dixie Chicks | Monument |
| 47 | 19 | Wine Into Water | T. Graham Brown | Intersound |
| 8 | | Wish You Were Here | Mark Wills | Mercury Nashville |
| 7 | | You and You Alone | Randy Travis | DreamWorks Nashville |

### Other top albums

| US | CAN | Album | Artist | Record Label |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 55 | | 16 Biggest Hits | Merle Haggard | Epic |
| 50 | | 16 Biggest Hits | George Jones | Epic |
| 29 | | 16 Biggest Hits | Willie Nelson | Columbia |
| 75 | | 29 Nights | Danni Leigh | Decca Nashville |
| 73 | | Beautiful Day in the Cold Cruel World | The Warren Brothers | BNA |
| 38 | | The Best of John Denver | John Denver | Madacy |
| 38 | | Big Backyard Beat Show | BR5-49 | Arista Nashville |
| 30 | | Black Dog Soundtrack | Various Artists | Decca Nashville |
| 69 | | Break in the Storm | The Great Divide | Atlantic |
| 58 | | The Civil War: The Nashville Sessions | Various Artists | Atlantic |
| 71 | | Closing in on the Fire | Waylon Jennings | Ark 21 |
| 50 | | Country Christmas Classics | Various Artists | RCA Nashville |
| 63 | | The Essential Alabama | Alabama | RCA Nashville |
| 73 | | The Essential Lorrie Morgan | Lorrie Morgan | BNA |
| 26 | | Every Time | Pam Tillis | Arista Nashville |
| 52 | | Fiddle Fire: 25 Years of the CDB | Charlie Daniels | Blue Hat |
| 66 | | Greatest #1 Hits | Randy Travis | Warner Bros. |
| 36 | | Greatest Country Hits | John Denver | RCA |
| 47 | | Greatest Hits | Restless Heart | RCA Nashville |
| 73 | | Hangin' with Rodney | Rodney Carrington | Mercury Nashville |
| 37 | | I Saw the Light | Hal Ketchum | Curb |
| 69 | | I Turn the Page | Don Williams | Giant |
| 70 | | I'm Just That Way | Mark Nesler | Asylum |
| 61 | | I'm Yours | Linda Davis | DreamWorks Nashville |
| 57 | | Keep on Rockin' | Confederate Railroad | Atlantic |
| 34 | | Long Walk Back | Junior Brown | Curb |
| 38 | | Love Is | Kevin Sharp | Asylum |
| 66 | | The Lynns | The Lynns | Reprise |
| 42 | | Nobody Love, Nobody Gets Hurt | Suzy Bogguss | Capitol Nashville |
| | 27 | A Paul Brandt Christmas: Shall I Play for You? | Paul Brandt | Reprise |
| 41 | | Real Man | Billy Dean | Capitol Nashville |
| 57 | | Rhythm and Country | Elvis Presley | RCA |
| 36 | | Secret Love | Lorrie Morgan | BNA |
| 27 | | Spyboy | Emmylou Harris | Eminent |
| 50 | | Stepping Stone | Lari White | Lyric Street |
| 38 | | The Strong One | Mila Mason | Atlantic |
| 72 | | Super Hits | John Anderson | BNA |
| 53 | | Super Hits | Lorrie Morgan | BNA |
| 72 | | Super Hits | Aaron Tippin | RCA Nashville |
| 59 | | Super Hits II | Alabama | RCA Nashville |
| 55 | | Twistin' in the Wind | Joe Ely | MCA Nashville |
| 33 | | What Livin's All About | Rhett Akins | Decca Nashville |
| 56 | | Write It in Stone | Keith Harling | MCA Nashville |

## Deaths

* January 7 — Owen Bradley, 82, legendary record producer for top artists. (respiratory illness)
* January 17 — Cliffie Stone, 80, music executive and bassist.
* January 19 — Carl Perkins, 65, top picker and rockabilly artist. (complications from multiple strokes)
* January 24 — Justin Tubb, 62, singer-songwriter who fused honky-tonk and rockabilly in the 1950s.
* February 19 — Grandpa Jones, 84, banjo player, old-time country/gospel singer, comedian and regular on "Hee Haw" (stroke)
* February 25 — Rockin' Sidney Simien, 59, rhythm and blues, Zydeco, and soul musician best known to country audiences for his 1985 hit, "My Toot Toot." (cancer)
* April 6 — Tammy Wynette, 55, top country female vocalist of the 1960s and 1970s, best known for hits "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" and "Stand By Your Man." (blood clot)
* April 16 — Rose Maddox, 71, female honky-tonk and rockabilly pioneer who fronted the Maddox Brothers and Rose (kidney failure)
* May 7 — Eddie Rabbitt, 56, prolific songwriter and pop-country vocalist who once had 35 Top 10 hits in as many releases. (lung cancer)
* May 22 – Royce Kendall, 62, sang alongside daughter, Jeannie Kendall, of The Kendalls. (stroke)
* June 10 — Steve Sanders, 45, member of the Oak Ridge Boys from 1987 to 1995; replaced and succeeded by William Lee Golden. (suicide)
* July 6 — Roy Rogers, 86, actor, singer and "King of the Cowboys." (congestive heart failure)
* October 2 — Gene Autry, 91, actor and "The Singing Cowboy" (lymphoma).

## Hall of Fame inductees

### Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductees

* Carlton Haney
* Chubby Wise

### Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

* George Morgan (1924–1975)
* Elvis Presley (1935–1977)
* E.W. “Bud” Wendell (born 1927)
* Tammy Wynette (1942–1998)

### Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

* Ray Griff
* Bill Anderson

## Major awards

### Grammy Awards

* Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "You're Still the One," Shania Twain
* Best Male Country Vocal Performance — "If You Ever Have Forever in Mind", Vince Gill
* Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — "There's Your Trouble", Dixie Chicks
* Best Country Collaboration with Vocals — "Same Old Train", Clint Black, Joe Diffie, Merle Haggard, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Patty Loveless, Earl Scruggs, Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, Pam Tillis, Randy Travis, Travis Tritt and Dwight Yoakam
* Best Country Instrumental Performance — "A Soldier's Joy" Vince Gill and Randy Scruggs
* Best Country Song — "You're Still the One", Shania Twain and Robert John "Mutt" Lange
* Best Country Album — Wide Open Spaces, Dixie Chicks
* Best Bluegrass Album — Bluegrass Rules!, Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder

### Juno Awards

* Best Country Male Vocalist — Paul Brandt
* Best Country Female Vocalist — Shania Twain
* Best Country Group or Duo — Leahy

### Academy of Country Music

* Entertainer of the Year — Garth Brooks
* Song of the Year — "Holes in the Floor of Heaven", Steve Wariner and Billy Kirsch
* Single of the Year — "This Kiss", Faith Hill
* Album of the Year — Wide Open Spaces, Dixie Chicks
* Top Male Vocalist — Tim McGraw
* Top Female Vocalist — Faith Hill
* Top Vocal Duo or Group — Dixie Chicks
* Top New Male Vocalist — Mark Wills
* Top New Female Vocalist — Jo Dee Messina
* Top New Vocal Duo or Group — Dixie Chicks
* Video of the Year — "This Kiss", Faith Hill (Director: Steven Goldmann)
* Vocal Event of the Year — "Just To Hear You Say That You Love Me", Faith Hill with Tim McGraw

### ARIA Awards

(presented in Sydney on October 20, 1998)

* Best Country Album - My Own Sweet Time (Shanley Del)

### Canadian Country Music Association

* CMT Maple Leaf Foods Fans' Choice Award — Shania Twain
* Male Artist of the Year — Paul Brandt
* Female Artist of the Year — Shania Twain
* Group or Duo of the Year — Leahy
* SOCAN Song of the Year — "Born Again in Dixieland," Jason McCoy, Naoise Sheridan, Denny Carr
* Single of the Year — "You're Still the One," Shania Twain
* Album of the Year — Come on Over, Shania Twain
* Top Selling Album — Come on Over, Shania Twain
* Video of the Year — "Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)", Shania Twain
* Wrangler Rising Star Award — Bruce Guthro
* Vocal Collaboration of the Year — "Your Love", Michelle Wright and Jim Brickman

### Country Music Association

* Entertainer of the Year — Garth Brooks
* Song of the Year — "Holes in the Floor of Heaven", Steve Wariner and Billy Kirsch
* Single of the Year — "Holes in the Floor of Heaven", Steve Wariner
* Album of the Year — Everywhere, Tim McGraw
* Male Vocalist of the Year — George Strait
* Female Vocalist of the Year — Trisha Yearwood
* Vocal Duo of the Year — Brooks & Dunn
* Vocal Group of the Year — Dixie Chicks
* Horizon Award — Dixie Chicks
* Music Video of the Year — "This Kiss", Faith Hill (Director: Steven Goldmann)
* Vocal Event of the Year — "You Don't Seem to Miss Me," Patty Loveless with George Jones
* Musician of the Year — Brett Mason

### RPM Big Country Awards

* Canadian Country Artist of the Year — Shania Twain
* Best Country Album — Come On Over, Shania Twain
* Best Country Single — "Little Ol' Kisses", Julian Austin
* Male Artist of the Year — Paul Brandt
* Female Artist of the Year — Terri Clark
* Group of the Year — Leahy
* Outstanding New Male Artist — Bruce Guthro
* Outstanding New Female Artist — Beverley Mahood
* Outstanding New Group or Duo — Montana Sky
* Canadian Country Video — "Little Ol' Kisses", Julian Austin
* Top Country Composer(s) — Julian Austin
