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1997 in country music

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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1997.

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Events

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  • Jimmie Rodgers is elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as an early influence).
  • Trisha Yearwood and LeAnn Rimes both record the song "How Do I Live" for the movie Con Air. Producers from the film ask Rimes to record it first but feel her version is not what they have in mind due to the performance itself and her young age. Yearwood then records the song and releases at the same time Rimes releases her song. Although Rimes' version peaked at No. 43 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, her version is shunned from the country charts yet reaches No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. Yearwood's version, meanwhile, peaks at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and also makes the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, as well as reaching No. 1 in Canada and No. 1 on the US Radio & Records chart.

Top hits of the year

{{See also|List of Hot Country Singles & Tracks number ones of 1997|List of RPM number-one country singles of 1997}}

=Singles released by American artists=

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!width="50"|US

!width="50"|CAN

!width="250"|Single

!width="150"|Artist

!Reference

align="center"|21

|align="center"|16

|455 Rocket

|Kathy Mattea

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align="center"|4

|align="center"|4

|All the Good Ones Are Gone

|Pam Tillis

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|align="center"|2

|Amen Kind of Love

|Daryle Singletary

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|align="center"|14

|Another You

|David Kersh

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|align="center"|3

|Better Man, Better Off

|Tracy Lawrence

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align="center"|3

|align="center"|5

|Big Love

|Tracy Byrd

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align="center"|1

|align="center"|1

|Carrying Your Love with Me

|George Strait

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align="center"|30

|align="center"|16

|Cold Outside

|Big House

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align="center"|1

|align="center"|3

|Come Cryin' to Me

|Lonestar

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align="center"|5

|align="center"|7

|Count Me In

|Deana Carter

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align="center"|3

|align="center"|4

|Dancin', Shaggin' on the Boulevard

|Alabama

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align="center"|21

|align="center"|12

|Dark Horse

|Mila Mason

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align="center"|11

|align="center"|12

|Day In, Day Out

|David Kersh

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align="center"|17

|align="center"|13

|Don't Love Make a Diamond Shine

|Tracy Byrd

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align="center"|4

|align="center"|4

|Don't Take Her She's All I Got

|Tracy Byrd

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align="center"|3

|align="center"|2

|Drink, Swear, Steal & Lie

|Michael Peterson

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align="center"|20

|align="center"|22

|Ease My Troubled Mind

|Ricochet

|

align="center"|3

|align="center"|1

|Everybody Knows

|Trisha Yearwood

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align="center"|9

|align="center"|6

|Everything I Love

|Alan Jackson

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align="center"|1

|align="center"|2

|Everywhere

|Tim McGraw

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align="center"|2

|align="center"|5

|The Fool

|Lee Ann Womack

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align="center"|2

|align="center"|1

|Friends

|John Michael Montgomery

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align="center"|1

|align="center"|11

|From Here to Eternity

|Michael Peterson

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align="center"|4

|align="center"|4

|A Girl's Gotta Do (What a Girl's Gotta Do)

|Mindy McCready

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align="center"|3

|align="center"|3

|Go Away

|Lorrie Morgan

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align="center"|4

|align="center"|17

|Good as I Was to You

|Lorrie Morgan

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align="center"|6

|align="center"|2

|Half Way Up

|Clint Black

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align="center"|18

|align="center"|14

|He Left a Lot to Be Desired

|Ricochet

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|align="center"|22

|Heartbroke Every Day

|Lonestar

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align="center"|18

|align="center"|21

|Helping Me Get Over You

|Travis Tritt featuring Lari White

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align="center"|7

|align="center"|9

|Her Man

|Gary Allan

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align="center"|4

|align="center"|5

|Holdin'

|Diamond Rio

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align="center"|3

|align="center"|3

|Honky Tonk Truth

|Brooks & Dunn

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align="center"|4

|align="center"|5

|How a Cowgirl Says Goodbye

|Tracy Lawrence

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align="center"|1

|align="center"|2

|How Do I Get There

|Deana Carter

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align="center"|2

|align="center"|1

|How Do I Live

|Trisha Yearwood

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align="center"|1

|align="center"|1

|How Was I to Know

|Reba McEntire

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align="center"|2

|align="center"|8

|How Was I to Know

|John Michael Montgomery

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align="center"|1

|align="center"|1

|How Your Love Makes Me Feel

|Diamond Rio

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align="center"|8

|align="center"|11

|I Can't Do That Anymore

|Faith Hill

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align="center"|17

|align="center"|14

|I Have to Surrender

|Ty Herndon

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align="center"|2

|align="center"|1

|I Left Something Turned On at Home

|Trace Adkins

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align="center"|6

|align="center"|5

|I Miss You a Little

|John Michael Montgomery

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align="center"|7

|align="center"|26

|I Only Get This Way with You

|Rick Trevino

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align="center"|19

|align="center"|18

|I Will, If You Will

|John Berry

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align="center"|2

|align="center"|2

|I'd Rather Ride Around with You

|Reba McEntire

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align="center"|9

|align="center"|12

|If She Don't Love You

|The Buffalo Club

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align="center"|4

|align="center"|7

|If You Love Somebody

|Kevin Sharp

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align="center"|2

|align="center"|2

|In Another's Eyes

|Trisha Yearwood and Garth Brooks

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|align="center"|1

|Is That a Tear

|Tracy Lawrence

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|align="center"|5

|It's a Little Too Late

|Mark Chesnutt

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align="center"|19

|align="center"|14

|It's All the Same to Me

|Billy Ray Cyrus

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align="center"|1

|align="center"|1

|It's Your Love

|Tim McGraw (with Faith Hill)

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align="center"|19

|align="center"|27

|King of the Mountain

|George Strait

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align="center"|5

|align="center"|16

|Land of the Living

|Pam Tillis

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align="center"|8

|align="center"|16

|Let It Rain

|Mark Chesnutt

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align="center"|11

|align="center"|5

|Let Me into Your Heart

|Mary Chapin Carpenter

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align="center"|5

|align="center"|13

|The Light in Your Eyes

|LeAnn Rimes

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align="center"|2

|align="center"|6

|A Little More Love

|Vince Gill

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align="center"|9

|align="center"|8

|Little Things

|Tanya Tucker

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align="center"|1

|align="center"|1

|Longneck Bottle

|Garth Brooks

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align="center"|4

|align="center"|3

|Love Is the Right Place

|Bryan White

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|align="center"|2

|Loved Too Much

|Ty Herndon

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align="center"|1

|align="center"|4

|A Man This Lonely

|Brooks & Dunn

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align="center"|18

|align="center"|11

|Maybe He'll Notice Her Now

|Mindy McCready featuring Lonestar's Richie McDonald

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align="center"|4

|align="center"|1

|Maybe We Should Just Sleep on It

|Tim McGraw

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align="center"|1

|align="center"|6

|Me Too

|Toby Keith

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align="center"|1

|align="center"|1

|Nobody Knows

|Kevin Sharp

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align="center"|2

|align="center"|2

|On the Verge

|Collin Raye

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align="center"|1

|align="center"|1

|One Night at a Time

|George Strait

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align="center"|18

|align="center"|12

|One, Two, I Love You

|Clay Walker

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align="center"|5

|align="center"|7

|Places I've Never Been

|Mark Wills

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align="center"|7

|align="center"|22

|Please

|The Kinleys

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align="center"|2

|align="center"|3

|Pretty Little Adriana

|Vince Gill

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align="center"|4

|align="center"|5

|The Rest of Mine

|Trace Adkins

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align="center"|1

|align="center"|1

|Rumor Has It

|Clay Walker

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align="center"|1

|align="center"|6

|Running Out of Reasons to Run

|Rick Trevino

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align="center"|2

|align="center"|1

|Sad Lookin' Moon

|Alabama

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align="center"|5

|align="center"|7

|The Shake

|Neal McCoy

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align="center"|4

|align="center"|2

|She Drew a Broken Heart

|Patty Loveless

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align="center"|21

|align="center"|19

|She Wants to Be Wanted Again

|Ty Herndon

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align="center"|24

|align="center"|17

|She's Going Home with Me

|Travis Tritt

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align="center"|1

|align="center"|1

|She's Got It All

|Kenny Chesney

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align="center"|3

|align="center"|4

|She's Sure Taking It Well

|Kevin Sharp

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align="center"|2

|align="center"|2

|She's Taken a Shine

|John Berry

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align="center"|14

|align="center"|21

|Shut Up and Drive

|Chely Wright

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align="center"|1

|align="center"|1

|Sittin' on Go

|Bryan White

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align="center"|13

|align="center"|9

|Six Days on the Road

|Sawyer Brown

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align="center"|2

|align="center"|3

|Something That We Do

|Clint Black

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align="center"|11

|align="center"|1

|Still Holding On

|Clint Black & Martina McBride

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align="center"|31

|align="center"|16

|The Swing

|James Bonamy

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align="center"|2

|align="center"|7

|Thank God for Believers

|Mark Chesnutt

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align="center"|15

|align="center"|10

|That's Another Song

|Bryan White

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align="center"|1

|align="center"|1

|There Goes

|Alan Jackson

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align="center"|1

|align="center"|1

|(This Ain't) No Thinkin' Thing

|Trace Adkins

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align="center"|6

|align="center"|11

|This Night Won't Last Forever

|Sawyer Brown

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align="center"|3

|align="center"|7

|Today My World Slipped Away

|George Strait

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align="center"|15

|align="center"|24

|The Trouble with the Truth

|Patty Loveless

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align="center"|3

|align="center"|3

|Unchained Melody

|LeAnn Rimes

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align="center"|4

|align="center"|13

|Watch This

|Clay Walker

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align="center"|1

|align="center"|1

|We Danced Anyway

|Deana Carter

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align="center"|2

|align="center"|2

|We Were in Love

|Toby Keith

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align="center"|26

|align="center"|19

|What If I Do

|Mindy McCready

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align="center"|15

|align="center"|26

|What If It's You

|Reba McEntire

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align="center"|2

|align="center"|2

|What the Heart Wants

|Collin Raye

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align="center"|10

|align="center"|12

|Whatever Comes First

|Sons of the Desert

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align="center"|2

|align="center"|4

|When I Close My Eyes

|Kenny Chesney

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align="center"|13

|align="center"|6

|When Love Starts Talkin'

|Wynonna Judd

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align="center"|6

|align="center"|8

|Where Corn Don't Grow

|Travis Tritt

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align="center"|2

|align="center"|2

|Who's Cheatin' Who

|Alan Jackson

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align="center"|8

|align="center"|9

|Why Would I Say Goodbye

|Brooks & Dunn

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align="center"|8

|align="center"|8

|You and You Alone

|Vince Gill

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align="center"|14

|align="center"|37

|You Don't Seem to Miss Me

|Patty Loveless

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=Singles released by Canadian artists=

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!width="50"|US

!width="50"|CAN

!width="250"|Single

!width="150"|Artist

!Reference

align="center"|—

|align="center"|10

|Ain't No Justice

|Greg Hanna

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align="center"|—

|align="center"|3

|Almost Always

|Chris Cummings

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align="center"|—

|align="center"|4

|The Answer Is Yes

|Michelle Wright

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align="center"|—

|align="center"|3

|Born Again in Dixieland

|Jason McCoy

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align="center"|—

|align="center"|9

|The Craziest Thing

|Rick Tippe

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|align="center"|19

|A Dozen Red Roses

|Joan Kennedy

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align="center"|10

|align="center"|1

|Emotional Girl

|Terri Clark

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align="center"|—

|align="center"|10

|Girl Out of the Ordinary

|Beverley Mahood

|

align="center"|48

|align="center"|7

|God Bless the Child

|Shania Twain

|

align="center"|—

|align="center"|11

|Heaven Help Her Heart

|Jason McCoy

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align="center"|—

|align="center"|7

|I Give You My Word

|George Fox

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align="center"|39

|align="center"|1

|I Meant to Do That

|Paul Brandt

|

align="center"|—

|align="center"|1

|I'm Feeling Kind of Lucky Tonight

|Charlie Major

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align="center"|—

|align="center"|20

|Indian Woman

|Montgomery Steele

|

align="center"|49

|align="center"|16

|Just the Same

|Terri Clark

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align="center"|—

|align="center"|3

|Let It Rain

|Shirley Myers

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align="center"|45

|align="center"|1

|A Little in Love

|Paul Brandt

|

align="center"|—

|align="center"|1

|Little Ol' Kisses

|Julian Austin

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align="center"|—

|align="center"|12

|A Little Thing Called Love

|Beverley Mahood

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align="center"|—

|align="center"|15

|Lonely Gypsy Wind

|Farmer's Daughter

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align="center"|1

|align="center"|1

|Love Gets Me Every Time

|Shania Twain

|

align="center"|—

|align="center"|19

|Lying Here with You

|Thomas Wade & Wayward

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align="center"|—

|align="center"|17

|The Night the Barn Burned Down

|George Fox

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align="center"|—

|align="center"|10

|Now That I'm On My Own

|Farmer's Daughter

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align="center"|—

|align="center"|4

|One Way Track

|Prairie Oyster

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align="center"|—

|align="center"|15

|The Real Thing

|Rick Tippe

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align="center"|—

|align="center"|12

|She Won't Be Lonely Long

|Prairie Oyster

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align="center"|—

|align="center"|6

|She's Getting Serious

|Thomas Wade & Wayward

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align="center"|—

|align="center"|10

|She's Tough

|Duane Steele

|

align="center"|—

|align="center"|20

|Slow Turning

|Sean Hogan

|

align="center"|—

|align="center"|4

|Somewhere Inside

|Chris Cummings

|

align="center"|38

|align="center"|1

|Take It from Me

|Paul Brandt

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align="center"|—

|align="center"|9

|Tell the Girl

|Duane Steele

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align="center"|—

|align="center"|8

|This Crazy Heart of Mine

|Charlie Major

|

align="center"|—

|align="center"|19

|Tonight There's a Blue Moon

|Prairie Oyster

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align="center"|—

|align="center"|4

|What Love Looks Like

|Michelle Wright

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align="center"|—

|align="center"|19

|What's It Gonna Take

|Denise Murray

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|align="center"|19

|Wild Rose

|Sean Hogan

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align="center"|—

|align="center"|8

|You Said

|Farmer's Daughter

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Top new album releases

{{see also|List of Top Country Albums number ones of 1997|List of number-one country albums of 1997 (Canada)}}

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US

! CAN

! Album

! Artist

! Record Label

align="center"| 45

| align="center"| 8

| An Intimate Evening with Anne Murray

| Anne Murray

| Capitol

align="center"| 24

| align="center"|

| Back to You

| Anita Cochran

| Warner Bros.

align="center"| 23

| align="center"| 31

| Be Good at It

| Neal McCoy

| Atlantic

align="center"| 23

| align="center"| 11

| The Best of Billy Ray Cyrus: Cover to Cover

| Billy Ray Cyrus

| Mercury Nashville

align="center"| 4

| align="center"| 3

| The Best of Collin Raye: Direct Hits

| Collin Raye

| Epic

align="center"| 8

| align="center"|

| The Best of John Denver Live

| John Denver

| Legacy

align="center"| 7

| align="center"| 26

| Big Time

| Trace Adkins

| Capitol Nashville

align="center"| 24

| align="center"|

| Blink of an Eye

| Ricochet

| Columbia

align="center"|

| align="center"| 1

| Butterfly Kisses (Shades of Grace)

| Bob Carlisle

| DMG

align="center"| 1

| align="center"| 1

| Carrying Your Love with Me

| George Strait

| MCA Nashville

align="center"| 16

| align="center"|

| A Celebration of Life/The Last Recordings

| John Denver

| River North

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| align="center"| 4

| CMT Canada '97

| Various Artists

| BMG

align="center"| 4

| align="center"| 6

| The Coast Is Clear

| Tracy Lawrence

| Atlantic

align="center"| 9

| align="center"| 8

| Collection

| Wynonna Judd

| Curb/MCA Nashville

align="center"| 1

| align="center"| 1

| Come On Over

| Shania Twain

| Mercury/PolyGram

align="center"| 15

| align="center"| 11

| Complicated

| Tanya Tucker

| Capitol Nashville

align="center"| 12

| align="center"|

| A Country Superstar Christmas

| Various Artists

| Hip-O

align="center"| 16

| align="center"| 28

| Crazy Nights

| Lonestar

| BNA

align="center"| 5

| align="center"| 2

| Dancin' on the Boulevard

| Alabama

| RCA Nashville

align="center"| 8

| align="center"|

| Dream Walkin'

| Toby Keith

| Mercury Nashville

align="center"|

| align="center"| 11

| Everything's Alright

| Charlie Major

| ViK.

align="center"| 1

| align="center"| 1

| Everywhere

| Tim McGraw

| Curb

align="center"| 4

| align="center"| 7

| Evolution

| Martina McBride

| RCA Nashville

align="center"|

| align="center"| 19

| The Gift

| Jim Brickman

| Windham Hill

align="center"|

| align="center"| 10

| Greatest Country Love Songs

| Various Artists

| MCA

align="center"| 8

| align="center"|

| Greatest Hits

| Diamond Rio

| Arista Nashville

align="center"| 5

| align="center"|

| Greatest Hits

| Neal McCoy

| Atlantic

align="center"| 5

| align="center"| 11

| Greatest Hits

| John Michael Montgomery

| Atlantic

align="center"| 6

| align="center"|

| Greatest Hits

| Pam Tillis

| Arista Nashville

align="center"| 17

| align="center"|

| Greatest Hits... And Then Some

| Aaron Tippin

| RCA Nashville

align="center"| 2

| align="center"| 1

| The Greatest Hits Collection

| Brooks & Dunn

| Arista Nashville

align="center"| 5

| align="center"|

| Here's Your Sign

| Bill Engvall

| Warner Bros.

align="center"| 24

| align="center"|

| A Holiday Album to Benefit St. Jude

| Various Artists

| BNA

align="center"| 10

| align="center"|

| I Will Stand

| Kenny Chesney

| BNA

align="center"| 12

| align="center"| 12

| If I Don't Stay the Night

| Mindy McCready

| BNA

align="center"| 22

| align="center"| 32

| Just Between You and Me

| The Kinleys

| Epic

align="center"|

| align="center"| 11

| Kickin' Country 4

| Various Artists

| Sony

align="center"| 5

| align="center"| 9

| Labor of Love

| Sammy Kershaw

| Mercury/PolyGram

align="center"|

| align="center"| 1

| Leahy

| Leahy

| Virgin

align="center"| 9

| align="center"|

| Lee Ann Womack

| Lee Ann Womack

| Decca Nashville

align="center"| 25

| align="center"| 23

| Let Me In

| Chely Wright

| MCA Nashville

align="center"| 8

| align="center"| 10

| Lila

| Lila McCann

| Asylum

align="center"| 9

| align="center"| 31

| Long Stretch of Lonesome

| Patty Loveless

| Epic

align="center"| 8

| align="center"|

| Love & Gravity

| BlackHawk

| Arista Nashville

align="center"| 15

| align="center"|

| Love Travels

| Kathy Mattea

| Mercury/PolyGram

align="center"| 17

| align="center"| 13

| Michael Peterson

| Michael Peterson

| Reprise

align="center"|

| align="center"| 1

| New Country 4

| Various Artists

| Warner

align="center"| 4

| align="center"| 5

| Nothin' but the Taillights

| Clint Black

| RCA Nashville

align="center"| 15

| align="center"|

| One of the Fortunate Few

| Delbert McClinton

| Rising Tide

align="center"| 5

| align="center"| 17

| The Other Side

| Wynonna Judd

| Curb/Universal

align="center"| 50

| align="center"| 1

| Outside the Frame

| Paul Brandt

| Reprise

align="center"|

| align="center"| 17

| Playin' for Keeps

| Jason McCoy

| Universal

align="center"| 7

| align="center"| 15

| The Right Place

| Bryan White

| Asylum

align="center"| 25

| align="center"|

| Roots and Wings

| James Bonamy

| Epic

align="center"| 4

| align="center"| 7

| Rumor Has It

| Clay Walker

| Giant

align="center"| 1

| align="center"| 1

| Sevens

| Garth Brooks

| Capitol Nashville

align="center"| 9

| align="center"|

| Shakin' Things Up

| Lorrie Morgan

| BNA

align="center"| 8

| align="center"|

| Six Days on the Road

| Sawyer Brown

| Curb

align="center"| 4

| align="center"|

| So Long So Wrong

| Alison Krauss & Union Station

| Rounder

align="center"| 1

| align="center"| 1

| (Songbook) A Collection of Hits

| Trisha Yearwood

| MCA Nashville

align="center"| 22

| align="center"| 16

| Stone Country: Songs of the Rolling Stones

| Various Artists

| Tommy Boy

align="center"| 48

| align="center"| 22

| Sunday Morning to Saturday Night

| Matraca Berg

| Rising Tide

align="center"| 19

| align="center"|

| Takin' the Country Back

| John Anderson

| Mercury Nashville

align="center"| 25

| align="center"|

| Thank God for Believers

| Mark Chesnutt

| Decca Nashville

align="center"|

| align="center"| 1

| Tremolo

| Blue Rodeo

| Warner

align="center"| 1

| align="center"| 1

| Unchained Melody: The Early Years

| LeAnn Rimes

| Curb

align="center"| 8

| align="center"| 8

| Under the Covers

| Dwight Yoakam

| Reprise

align="center"|

| align="center"| 9

| What My Heart Already Knows

| Julian Austin

| ViK.

align="center"| 1

| align="center"| 1

| You Light up My Life: Inspirational Songs

| LeAnn Rimes

| Curb

=Other top albums=

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US

! CAN

! Album

! Artist

! Record Label

align="center"| 26

| align="center"|

| Across My Heart

| Kenny Rogers

| Magnatone

align="center"| 40

| align="center"|

| Amazing Grace 2 – A Country Salute to Gospel

| Various Artists

| Sparrow

align="center"| 75

| align="center"|

| Annabelle's Wish Soundtrack

| Various Artists

| Rising Tide

align="center"| 45

| align="center"|

| The Best of Country

| Various Artists

| Madacy

align="center"| 29

| align="center"|

| The Best of Roy Orbison

| Roy Orbison

| Virgin

align="center"| 33

| align="center"|

| Big House

| Big House

| MCA Nashville

align="center"| 56

| align="center"|

| Billy Yates

| Billy Yates

| Almo Sounds

align="center"| 53

| align="center"|

| Bitter Sweet

| Kim Richey

| Mercury/PolyGram

align="center"| 45

| align="center"|

| Bluegrass Rules!

| Ricky Skaggs

| Rounder

align="center"| 75

| align="center"|

| Born Country

| Alabama

| BMG

align="center"| 69

| align="center"|

| The Buffalo Club

| The Buffalo Club

| Rising Tide

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| Burnin' Daylight

| Burnin' Daylight

| Curb

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| Butterfly Kisses

| Jeff Carson

| Curb

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| Come On Christmas

| Dwight Yoakam

| Reprise

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| Country Lovin' Songs from the Heart

| Various Artists

| Rhino

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| The Country Roads Collection

| John Denver

| RCA

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| Cowboy Up – The Official PRCA Rodeo Album

| Various Artists

| Edel America

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| Elvis Greatest Jukebox Hits

| Elvis Presley

| RCA

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| Every Night's a Saturday Night

| Lee Roy Parnell

| Arista Nashville

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| Gospel Super Hits Amazing Grace

| Various Artists

| Epic

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| The Girl Next Door

| Crystal Bernard

| River North

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| Hallelujah, He Is Born

| Sawyer Brown

| Curb

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| Hill Country Christmas

| Willie Nelson & Bobbie Nelson

| Finer Arts

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| Hits

| Johnny Cash

| Legacy

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| Hopechest

| Stephanie Bentley

| Epic

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| Hot Country '97

| Various Artists

| K-Tel

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| How Big a Boy Are Ya?

| Roy D. Mercer

| Capitol Nashville

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| How Big a Boy Are Ya? Volume 2

| Roy D. Mercer

| Capitol Nashville

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| How Big a Boy Are Ya? Volume 3

| Roy D. Mercer

| Capitol Nashville

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| I'd Be with You

| Kippi Brannon

| Curb

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| It's on the House

| Emilio Navaira

| Capitol Nashville

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| Little Texas

| Little Texas

| Warner Bros.

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| Live

| Chris LeDoux

| Capitol Nashville

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| Live at the Cimarron Ballroom

| Patsy Cline

| MCA Nashville

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| Merry Texas Christmas Y'all

| Asleep at the Wheel

| High Street

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| Peace in the Valley

| Various Artists

| Arista Nashville

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| Ray Stevens Christmas: Through a Different Window

| Ray Stevens

| MCA Nashville

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| The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers – A Tribute

| Various Artists

| Columbia

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| Tammy Graham

| Tammy Graham

| Career

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| The Truth

| Brady Seals

| Reprise

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| Three Chords and the Truth

| Sara Evans

| RCA Nashville

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| Twice Upon a Time

| Joe Diffie

| Epic

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| We Can't All Be Angels

| David Lee Murphy

| MCA Nashville

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| Whatever Comes First

| Sons of the Desert

| Epic

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| Words

| Sherrié Austin

| Arista Nashville

Births

Deaths

  • January 8 – Smiley Bates, 59, Canadian singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist (Cancer).
  • January 21 — Colonel Tom Parker, 87, manager of prolific country singers Eddy Arnold and Hank Snow, comedian Minnie Pearl
  • June 19 — Bobby Helms, 62, singer who enjoyed his peak popularity in 1957; best known for "Jingle Bell Rock."
  • August 16 – Donn Reynolds, 76, singer-songwriter and country yodeler; established 2 yodeling world records.
  • October 12 — John Denver, 53, country crossover artist of the 1970s; also a singer and songwriter (plane crash)
  • December 21 — Amie Comeaux, 21, country singer from Louisiana (car accident)
  • December 31 — Floyd Cramer, 64, prolific session pianist (lung cancer)

Hall of Fame inductees

=Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductees=

=Country Music Hall of Fame inductees=

=Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees=

Major awards

=Grammy Awards=

=Juno Awards=

=Academy of Country Music=

= ARIA Awards =

(presented in Sydney on September 22, 1997)

=Canadian Country Music Association=

=Country Music Association=

=RPM Big Country Awards=

Further reading

  • Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs 1944–2005 – 6th Edition." 2005.

Other links

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20051201094226/https://www.cmaawards.com/2004/hof/default.asp Country Music Hall of Fame]

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Category:Country music by year