10 Country Albums That Turn 20 In 2023
Twenty years ago, in 2003, several country music albums were released that shaped country. The included Dierks Bentley’s debut and the resurgence of the TV sitcom star Reba McEntire. The…
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Twenty years ago, in 2003, several country music albums were released that shaped country. The included Dierks Bentley's debut and the resurgence of the TV sitcom star Reba McEntire.
The Grammy awards named the Louvin Brother's Livin', Lovin', Losin': Songs of the Louvin Brothers as the Country Album of the Year, and Johnny Cash's 2002 album American IV: The Man Comes Around was named the CMA Album of the Year in 2003. Another album released in 2002, Alan Jackson's Drive, was named the ACM's Album of the Year in 2003.
Here are ten big albums that came out of country music 20 years ago in 2003.
"The Dreamer" - Blake Shelton (2003)
WB Nashville"For God and Country" - Dolly Parton - (2003)
"Dierks Bentley" - Dierks Bentley - (2003)
UMG"Martina" - Martina McBride – (2003)
RCA"Rascal Flatts Live" - Rascal Flatts – (2003)
Lyric Street"Mud on the Tires" - Brad Paisley – (2003)
Arista"Honkytonkville" - George Strait – (2003)
MCA"For the Last Time: Live from the Astrodome" - George Strait – (2003)
"Room to Breathe" - Reba McEntire – (2003)
MCA"Red Dirt Road" - Brooks & Dunn – (2003)
SonyNancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s.
Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.
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