- Today in 1977, the “Elvis Country” album by Elvis Presley was certified gold.
- Today in 1987, George Strait’s “Ocean Front Property” album was certified platinum.
- Today in 1992, Brooks & Dunn’s “Brand New Man” album was certified double-platinum.
- Today in 1993, the “Big Time” album by Little Texas was certified gold.
- Today in 1993, Alan Jackson’s album, “A Lot About Livin’ (And A Little ‘Bout Love),” went triple-platinum, while his single “Chattahoochee” was certified gold, for sales of half a million copies.
- Today in 1993, George Strait’s “Easy Come, Easy Go” album was certified gold and platinum.
- Today in 1993, the album, “Greatest Hits, Volume II,” by Reba McEntire was certified gold and platinum.
- Today in 1994, Brooks & Dunn’s “Waitin’ On Sundown” album was certified gold and platinum.
- Today in 1995, Alabama hit the top of the charts with the single, “In Pictures.”
- Today in 1995, David Lee Murphy’s debut album, “Out With A Bang,” went gold
- Today in 1996, Clint Black’s “Greatest Hits” went gold and platinum.
- Today in 1998, the single, “This Kiss,” by Faith Hill was certified platinum.
- Today in 1999, Alan Jackson’s “Under The Influence” album was certified gold and platinum.
- Today in 2000, Tim McGraw’s “Greatest Hits” debuted at #1 on the “Billboard” Country Albums chart.
- Today in 2000, Aaron Tippin and his wife, Thea, welcomed a new addition to their family – their second son, Thomas Aaron. He was born at 5:10 PM at Baptist Women’s Pavilion in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Thomas weighed in at seven pounds, four ounces and measured 20 inches long.
- Today in 2005, Ricky Skaggs and The Whites performed at the lighting of the national Christmas tree in Washington, D.C. Also participating: CeCeWinans, Maya Angelou and President George W. Bush.
- Today in 2007, Carrie Underwood got big results from “So Small” as the song reached #1 on the Billboard country singles chart.
- Today in 2011, Jennifer Nettles hosted as ABC-TV aired the holiday special “CMA Country Christmas.” Guests include Rascal Flatts, Little Big Town, Faith Hill, Amy Grant, Martina McBride, Darius Rucker and Keith Urban
- Today in 2012, Shania Twain began a two-year, 120-show residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
- Today in 2014, Little Big Town’s single, “Girl Crush,” hit the airwaves.
- Today in 2015, Brett Eldredge earned a gold single from the RIAA for “Lose My Mind.” On the same day, Brantley Gilbert scored a triple-platinum single from the RIAA for “Bottoms Up.”
- Today in 2016, an agitated Luke Bryan slapped a heckler in the front row as he performed “Move” during Charlie Daniels’ Volunteer Jam at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. Also on board are Kid Rock, Travis Tritt, Larry The Cable Guy and Chris Stapleton, who joins Daniels on “Can’t You See”
- Today in 2016, “Dolly Parton’s Christmas Of Many Colors – Circle Of Love” aired on NBC. Jennifer Nettles and Rick Schroder starred in the holiday special, which Dolly narrates, sings and plays a sex worker.
- Today in 2016, Loretta Lynn told “People” magazine that she tried marijuana for the first – and last – time in 2016 after a physician prescribed it as she battled glaucoma: “I took one smoke off of it and it hit me right here in the chest. I like to have died! Glaucoma is just going to have to take over.”
- Today in 2016, Eli Young Band bass player Jon Jones and his wife, Sarah, welcomed daughter Lila Pascale Jones in Fort Worth, Texas.
- Today in 2016, “Forbes” named Taylor Swift the highest-paid musician after a year in which she earned $170-million. Elsewhere on the list are Garth Brooks at #6 ($70M); Kenny Chesney at #13 ($56M), Luke Bryan at #19 ($53M), Toby Keith clocked in at #22 ($47.5-million) and Jimmy Buffett was #27 ($40.5M).
- Today in 2017, Luke Combs scored his first gold album from the RIAA for “This One’s For You.”
- Today in 2018, Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman caused a public stir when they dined at a Kentucky Fried Chicken in a Sydney, Australia mall and shopped for kids’ clothing at Kmart.
- Today in 2018, Adam Wakefield’s debut album, “Gods & Ghosts,” was released.
- Today in 2020, Thomas Rhett and Lauren Akins hosted “CMA Country Christmas” on ABC. Also in the lineup were Little Big Town, Lady A, Kelsea Ballerini, Tim McGraw, Darius Rucker, Gabby Barrett, Dan + Shay and Florida Georgia Line.
- Today in 2020, Jake Owen announces his engagement to longtime love Erica Hartlein. Still going strong, the lovebirds still haven’t set a date.
- Today in 2020, Kellie Pickler sang “Silent Night” from Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium for the lighting of the national Christmas tree in Washington, D.C. Thanks to COVID-19, the event – also featuring performances by Jerrod Niemann, Laine Hardy and Leaving Austin – is closed to the public and will be viewable only online.
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