COUNTRY HISTORY

On this day in 2011, Sara Evans' Stronger held at #1 for the second week in a row on Billboards's Country Albums Chart.  On the All-Genre Billboard 200 album chart, Evans' first new studio album…

On this day in 1996, Shania Twain's The Woman In Me was #1 on the Country Album Chart. The album produced 8 singles, which included "The Woman in Me (Needs the Man in You)","Whose Bed Have…

On this day in 2003, Joe Nichols scored his second #1 song in a row with "Brokenheartsville." The song was his second single from his album Man With A Memory.

On this day in 2010, Lady Antebellum's Need You Now album continued to top the Country Albums and on the All-Genre Billboard Top 200. Lady A was at #3, but the project was still selling…

On this day in 2015, Broken Bow released the Jason Aldean single "Tonight Looks Good On You" to radio. The song would later top the charts. "Tonight Looks Good On You" was the third from…

On this day in 2005, Craig Morgan nabbed his very first Billboard #1 single with That's What I Love About Sunday." Billboard would go on to name the tune the number-one song of 2005. It is…

On this day in 1972, Merle Haggard was granted a full pardon by California Governor Ronald Reagan. The crimes that were pardoned were from Haggard's youth up until he was twenty years old. The crimes…

On this day in 2014, Darius Rucker, Cassadee Pope, Frankie Ballard, Randy Houser, and Scotty McCreery helped raise $90,000 for St. Jude Children's Research Center in the St. Jude Jam at Cowboys Dancehall in San…

On  this day in 1983, Carrie Underwood was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Happy Birthday to Carrie Underwood  who celebrates her 33rd birthday in Glasgow, as she has a show at the Country To Country Festival…

On this day in 2014, Eric Church's The Outsiders album sat on top of the Billboard Country Albums Chart. It was one of the only country albums to sell a million copies in 2015.