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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 2000.

• March 4 — "Amazed" byLonestar becomes the first country song to have topped both theBillboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks and theBillboard Hot 100 chart since theKenny Rogers-Dolly Parton duet, "Islands In The Stream" in October 1983. The country-leaning "Amazed" — which had a brief run in the Hot 100 during the summer of 1999 — had beenremixed forTop 40 radio, launching it to its run of pop-radio success.
• March 7 -George Strait andAlan Jackson release "Murder on Music Row". While the song is not officially released as a single, the song stirs up controversy for its lyrics of howcountry pop is taking overtraditional country music.
• March 10 —Vince Gill and Christian singerAmy Grant are married.
• May 13 -Kenny Rogers makes chart history as "Buy Me a Rose" hits #1 on theHot Country Songs chart, making it not only his first #1 since his 1987 duet withRonnie Milsap, "Make No Mistake, She's Mine", but also the oldest singer to have a #1 single until 2003 (Rogers was 61 at the time). The song is also the only #1 forAlison Krauss andBilly Dean, who are credited as guest vocalists.
• October 26 -Garth Brooks announces his retirement from touring during a party to celebrate his certification for sales of 100 million albums, at Nashville'sGaylord Entertainment Center.
• December –RFD-TV, a cable network devoted to ruralAmericans culture, is launched. In addition to agriculture- and farming-centric shows, a large programming block is devoted toclassic country music television shows.

• January 27 —Bailey Zimmerman, up-and-coming singer of the 2020s ("Fall in Love", "Rock and a Hard Place")
• March 5 —Gabby Barrett, rose to fame as third-place contestant in sixteenth season ofAmerican Idol, singer-songwriter of the 2020s ("I Hope", "The Good Ones")
• October 6 —Jackson Dean, up-and-coming country singer of the 2020s ("Don't Come Lookin'")

• March 7 —Pee Wee King, 86, singer-songwriter (heart attack)
• March 14 —Tommy Collins, 69, singer and songwriter who helped create theBakersfield Sound
• March 19 —Speck Rhodes, 84, comedian and musician best known for his work onThe Porter Wagoner Show.
• April 21 —Neal Matthews, Jr., 70, member ofThe Jordanaires (heart attack)
• November 5 —Jimmie Davis, 101, the "Singing Governor", two-termgovernor ofLouisiana from 1944 to 1948 and again from 1960 to 1964 (natural causes)

• Lance LeRoy
• Doc Watson

• Charley Pride (1934-2020)
• Faron Young (1932–1996)

• Colleen Peterson
• Leonard Rambeau

• Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "Breathe",Faith Hill
• Best Male Country Vocal Performance — "Solitary Man",Johnny Cash
• Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — "Cherokee Maiden",Asleep at the Wheel
• Best Country Collaboration with Vocals — "Let's Make Love", Faith Hill andTim McGraw
• Best Country Instrumental Performance — "Leaving Cottondale",Alison Brown andBéla Fleck
• Best Country Song — "I Hope You Dance",Mark D. Sanders andTia Sillers
• Best Country Album —Breathe, Faith Hill
• Best Bluegrass Album —The Grass Is Blue,Dolly Parton

• Best Country Male Artist —Paul Brandt
• Best Country Female Artist —Terri Clark
• Best Country Group or Duo —The Wilkinsons

• Entertainer of the Year —Dixie Chicks
• Song of the Year — "I Hope You Dance",Mark D. Sanders,Tia Sillers
• Single of the Year — "I Hope You Dance",Lee Ann Womack
• Album of the Year —How Do You Like Me Now?!,Toby Keith
• Top Male Vocalist — Toby Keith
• Top Female Vocalist —Faith Hill
• Top Vocal Duo —Brooks & Dunn
• Top Vocal Group — Dixie Chicks
• Top New Male Vocalist —Keith Urban
• Top New Female Vocalist —Jamie O'Neal
• Top New Vocal Duo or Group —Rascal Flatts
• Video of the Year — "Goodbye Earl", Dixie Chicks (Director: Evan Bernard)
• Vocal Event of the Year — "I Hope You Dance", Lee Ann Womack andSons Of The Desert

(presented in Sydney on October 24, 2000)

• Best Country Album -Big River (Troy Cassar-Daley)

• Chevy Fans' Choice Award —The Wilkinsons
• Male Artist of the Year —Paul Brandt
• Female Artist of the Year —Michelle Wright
• Group or Duo of the Year — The Wilkinsons
• SOCAN Song of the Year — "Daddy Won't Sell the Farm",Steve Fox, Robin Branda
• Single of the Year — "Jimmy's Got a Girlfriend", The Wilkinsons
• Album of the Year —Here and Now, The Wilkinsons
• Top Selling Album —Fly,Dixie Chicks
• Video of the Year — "That's the Truth", Paul Brandt
• FACTOR Rising Star Award —Tara Lyn Hart
• Vocal/Instrumental Collaboration of the Year — "Get Me Through December",Natalie MacMaster andAlison Krauss

• Entertainer of the Year —Dixie Chicks
• Song of the Year — "I Hope You Dance",Mark D. Sanders,Tia Sillers
• Single of the Year — "I Hope You Dance,"Lee Ann Womack
• Album of the Year —Fly, Dixie Chicks
• Male Vocalist of the Year —Tim McGraw
• Female Vocalist of the Year —Faith Hill
• Vocal Duo of the Year —Montgomery Gentry
• Vocal Group of the Year — Dixie Chicks
• Horizon Award —Brad Paisley
• Music Video of the Year — "Goodbye Earl", Dixie Chicks (Director:Evan Bernard)
• Vocal Event of the Year — "Murder on Music Row",George Strait andAlan Jackson
• Musician of the Year —Hargus "Pig" Robbins

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

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