This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1995.
Events February - Western Flyer releases "Cherokee Highway", a song against interracial violence. While the song does not chart, Martin Luther King Jr.'s widow Coretta Scott King invites the band to perform at his birthday celebration in Atlanta, Georgia. June - Ty Herndon is arrested for indecent exposure in Fort Worth, Texas, by an undercover police officer. December 31: Great American Country is launched by the Jones Radio Network. With a heavy emphasis on country music videos, the network is the first major rival to CMT.
Top hits of the year
Singles released by American artists USCANSingleArtistReference32AdalidaGeorge Strait88All I Need to KnowKenny Chesney4920All That Heaven Will AllowThe Mavericks46Amy's Back in AustinLittle Texas21And StillReba McEntire218As Any Fool Can SeeTracy Lawrence412Back in Your Arms AgainLorrie Morgan328Bend It Until It BreaksJohn Anderson113Between an Old Memory and MeTravis Tritt1510Big Ol' TruckToby Keith66Bobbie Ann MasonRick Trevino72The BoxRandy Travis1612Bubba HydeDiamond Rio2614Cain's Blood4 Runner24Can't Be Really GoneTim McGraw33The CarJeff Carson11Check Yes or NoGeorge Strait2037Clown in Your RodeoKathy Mattea47Darned If I Don't (Danged If I Do)Shenandoah53Doctor TimeRick Trevino1012Don't StopWade Hayes1010Down in FlamesBlackHawk237Down in TennesseeMark Chesnutt19Dust on the BottleDavid Lee Murphy1320Faith in Me, Faith in YouDoug Stone66Fall in LoveKenny Chesney232The FeverGarth Brooks1923Finish What We StartedDiamond Rio54The First StepTracy Byrd38For a ChangeNeal McCoy33Give Me One More ShotAlabama147Go Rest High on That MountainVince Gill22Goin' Through the Big DMark Chesnutt12Gone CountryAlan Jackson12Gonna Get a LifeMark Chesnutt616Halfway DownPatty Loveless139Hard Lovin' WomanMark Collie11The Heart Is a Lonely HunterReba McEntire5118A Heart with 4 Wheel Drive4 Runner2420Heaven Bound (I'm Ready)Shenandoah224Here Comes the RainThe Mavericks411Here I AmPatty Loveless13I Can Love You Like ThatJohn Michael Montgomery112I Didn't Know My Own StrengthLorrie Morgan48I Don't Believe in GoodbyeSawyer Brown 14I Don't Even Know Your NameAlan Jackson159I Got It HonestAaron Tippin22I Let Her LieDaryle Singletary11I Like It, I Love ItTim McGraw44I Think About It All the TimeJohn Berry925I Wanna Go Too FarTrisha Yearwood79I Want My Goodbye BackTy Herndon1620I Was Blown AwayPam Tillis1522I Will Always Love YouDolly Parton & Vince Gill 73I'll Never Forgive My HeartBrooks & Dunn21I'm Not Strong Enough to Say NoBlackHawk 46I'm Still Dancin' with YouWade Hayes2511If I Had Any Pride Left at AllJohn Berry1616If I Was a Drinkin' ManNeal McCoy44If I Were YouCollin Raye27If the World Had a Front PorchTracy Lawrence1815If You're Gonna Walk, I'm Gonna CrawlSammy Kershaw37In Between DancesPam Tillis43In PicturesAlabama25The Keeper of the StarsTracy Byrd78Lead OnGeorge Strait 59Let's Go to VegasFaith Hill41Life Gets AwayClint Black54Life Goes OnLittle Texas96Lipstick PromisesGeorge Ducas22A Little Bit of YouLee Roy Parnell720Little HousesDoug Stone11Little Miss Honky TonkBrooks & Dunn2412Look at Me NowBryan White1114Look What Followed Me HomeDavid Ball913Love LessonsTracy Byrd11Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)Pam Tillis1511Mississippi MoonJohn Anderson166My Heart Will Never KnowClay Walker124My Kind of GirlCollin Raye96Night Is Fallin' in My HeartDiamond Rio32No Man's LandJohn Michael Montgomery11Not a Moment Too SoonTim McGraw12Not on Your LoveJeff Carson2020NothingDwight Yoakam11Old Enough to Know BetterWade Hayes2022On My OwnReba McEntire 24One Boy, One GirlCollin Raye21One EmotionClint Black67Party CrowdDavid Lee Murphy53Refried DreamsTim McGraw438Safe in the Arms of LoveMartina McBride21She Ain't Your Ordinary GirlAlabama11She's Every WomanGarth Brooks32Should've Asked Her FasterTy England21So Help Me GirlJoe Diffie11Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)John Michael Montgomery15Someone Else's StarBryan White76Sometimes She ForgetsTravis Tritt 77Somewhere in the Vicinity of the HeartShenandoah/Alison Krauss611Song for the LifeAlan Jackson 2717SouthboundSammy Kershaw2718Southern GraceLittle Texas26Standing on the Edge of GoodbyeJohn Berry810Stay ForeverHal Ketchum3316Storm in the HeartlandBilly Ray Cyrus11Summer's Comin'Clint Black11Tall, Tall TreesAlan Jackson 23Tell Me I Was DreamingTravis Tritt62Tender When I Want to BeMary Chapin Carpenter811Tequila Talkin'Lonestar11Texas TornadoTracy Lawrence37That Ain't My TruckRhett Akins110That's as Close as I'll Get to Loving YouAaron Tippin1018That's How You Know (When You're in Love)Lari White79That's Just About RightBlackHawk38They're Playin' Our SongNeal McCoy14Thinkin' About YouTrisha Yearwood51This Is MeRandy Travis610This Is Me Missing YouJames House115(This Thing Called) Wantin' and Havin' It AllSawyer Brown25This TimeSawyer Brown12This Woman and This ManClay Walker26Till You Love MeReba McEntire1819TroubleMark Chesnutt1010Upstairs DowntownToby Keith1511Walking to JerusalemTracy Byrd11What Mattered MostTy Herndon1626What'll You Do About MeDoug Supernaw2417When and WhereConfederate Railroad37When You Say Nothing at AllAlison Krauss & Union Station 34Wherever You GoClint Black43Which Bridge to Cross (Which Bridge to Burn)Vince Gill53Whiskey Under the BridgeBrooks & Dunn22Who Needs You BabyClay Walker23You Ain't Much FunToby Keith41You and Only YouJohn Berry22You Better Think TwiceVince Gill12You Can't Make a Heart Love SomebodyGeorge Strait517You Don't Even Know Who I AmPatty Loveless48You Have the Right to Remain SilentPerfect Stranger11You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm GoneBrooks & Dunn
Singles released by Canadian artists USCANSingleArtistReference11Any Man of MineShania Twain—20Better Off BlueRena Gaile33Better Things to DoTerri Clark—7Black-Eyed SusanPrairie Oyster—1Bringing Back Your LoveOne Horse Blue—15Broken String of PearlsPrescott-Brown—6Chevy CoupeJim Witter—1Don't Cry Little AngelPrairie Oyster—15Family LoveFarmer's Daughter—1First Comes LoveGeorge Fox—10The Girl Is on a Roll TonightTerry Kelly—4Head Over HeelsBlue Rodeo—19Hina Na Ho (Celebration)Susan Aglukark—1Hopeless LoveOne Horse Blue—1(I Do It) For the MoneyCharlie Major—8I Don't Wanna Be the OnePatricia Conroy—9I Really Dug Myself a HoleThe Goods—1I'm HereCharlie Major—1Learning a Lot About LoveJason McCoy—9Life Is Just a DreamJoel Feeney—16Light in My LifeThe Johner Brothers with Lisa Brokop—20Listen to the RadioRebecca Miller—18Missing YouCalvin Wiggett—1O SiemSusan Aglukark—1Only One MoonPrairie Oyster—20RadiolandSouth Mountain—18Roy Orbison Came OnRon Hynes—4Safe in the Arms of LoveMichelle Wright—18Starting Right NowThe Johner Brothers—18This Old GuitarJim Matt—1This Used to Be Our TownJason McCoy—10Time of My LifeGeorge Fox—16Two Broken Hearted FoolsRick Tippe—19Walkin' That LineTineta—4The WallMichelle Wright—1What Else Can I DoPatricia Conroy—1What's Holding MeGeorge Fox—1What Kind of ManJoel Feeney111Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?Shania Twain141The Woman in Me (Needs the Man in You)Shania Twain—5You Can't Resist ItPatricia Conroy—14You Feel the Same Way TooThe Rankin Family
Top new album releases
{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! US ! CAN ! Album ! Artist ! Record label |- | align="center"| 27 | align="center"| 7 | 4 Runner | 4 Runner | Polydor Nashville |- | align="center"| 1 | align="center"| 1 | All I Want | Tim McGraw | Curb |- | align="center"| 25 | align="center"| 21 | All of This Love | Pam Tillis | Arista Nashville |- | align="center"| 13 | align="center"| 5 | Come Together: America Salutes The Beatles | Various Artists | Liberty |- | align="center"| | align="center"| 3 | Country Heat 5 | Various Artists | RCA |- | align="center"| 8 | align="center"| 4 | Dwight Live | Dwight Yoakam | Reprise |- | align="center"| | align="center"| 6 | Endless Seasons | The Rankin Family | EMI |- | align="center"| 1 | align="center"| 1 | Fresh Horses | Garth Brooks | Liberty |- | align="center"| 2 | align="center"| 6 | Games Rednecks Play | Jeff Foxworthy | Warner Bros. |- | align="center"| 5 | align="center"| 5 | Gone | Dwight Yoakam | Reprise |- | align="center"| 17 | align="center"| | Greatest Hits | Little Texas | Warner Bros. |- | align="center"| 5 | align="center"| 6 | Greatest Hits | Lorrie Morgan | BNA |- | align="center"| 5 | align="center"| 7 | Greatest Hits 1990–1995 | Sawyer Brown | Curb |- | align="center"| 3 | align="center"| 17 | Greatest Hits: From the Beginning | Travis Tritt | Warner Bros. |- | align="center"| 1 | align="center"| 1 | The Greatest Hits Collection | Alan Jackson | Arista Nashville |- | align="center"| | align="center"| 22 | Gypsies & Lovers | The Irish Descendants | Warner |- | align="center"| 12 | align="center"| | Have Yourself a Tractors Christmas | The Tractors | Arista Nashville |- | align="center"| 19 | align="center"| | The Hits Chapter 1 | Sammy Kershaw | Mercury/PolyGram |- | align="center"| 14 | align="center"| | Hog Wild | Hank Williams, Jr. | Curb/Warner Bros. |- | align="center"| 10 | align="center"| | Hypnotize the Moon | Clay Walker | Giant |- | align="center"| 5 | align="center"| 13 | I Think About You | Collin Raye | Epic |- | align="center"| 12 | align="center"| 10 | In Pictures | Alabama | RCA Nashville |- | align="center"| 4 | align="center"| 2 | It Matters to Me | Faith Hill | Warner Bros. |- | align="center"| | align="center"| 2 | Jason McCoy | Jason McCoy | MCA |- | align="center"| 22 | align="center"| 4 | Jeff Carson | Jeff Carson | Curb |- | align="center"| 1 | align="center"| 1 | John Michael Montgomery | John Michael Montgomery | Atlantic |- | align="center"| | align="center"| 8 | Kickin' Country 3 | Various Artists | Sony |- | align="center"| 13 | align="center"| | Life Is Good | Emilio Navaira | Capitol Nashville |- | align="center"| 28 | align="center"| 14 | Life's So Funny | Joe Diffie | Epic |- | align="center"| 65 | align="center"| 18 | Little Acts of Treason | Carlene Carter | Giant |- | align="center"| 11 | align="center"| 2 | Lonestar | Lonestar | BNA |- | align="center"| | align="center"| 5 | Long Gone to the Yukon | Stompin' Tom Connors | EMI |- | align="center"| 25 | align="center"| | Looking for Christmas | Clint Black | RCA Nashville |- | align="center"| 17 | align="center"| | Looking for the Light | Rick Trevino | Columbia |- | align="center"| 6 | align="center"| 15 | Love Lessons | Tracy Byrd | MCA Nashville |- | align="center"| | align="center"| 4 | Lucky Man | Charlie Major | Arista |- | align="center"| | align="center"| 14 | Made for Each Other | Calvin Wiggett | Royalty |- | align="center"| 24 | align="center"| | Mr. Christmas | Joe Diffie | Epic |- | align="center"| 9 | align="center"| 3 | Music for All Occasions | The Mavericks | MCA Nashville |- | align="center"| 13 | align="center"| 12 | NASCAR: Runnin' Wide Open | Various Artists | Columbia |- | align="center"| | align="center"| 1 | New Country 2 | Various Artists | Warner |- | align="center"| 2 | align="center"| 1 | Now That I've Found You: A Collection | Alison Krauss | Rounder |- | align="center"| | align="center"| 18 | Nowhere to Here | Blue Rodeo | Warner |- | align="center"| 21 | align="center"| | O Holy Night | John Berry | Capitol Nashville |- | align="center"| 19 | align="center"| | Old Enough to Know Better | Wade Hayes | Columbia |- | align="center"| 12 | align="center"| 23 | One | George Jones & Tammy Wynette | MCA Nashville |- | align="center"| 10 | align="center"| 2 | Out with a Bang | David Lee Murphy | MCA Nashville |- | align="center"| 19 | align="center"| | The Redneck Test Volume 43 | Jeff Foxworthy | Laughing Hyena |- | align="center"| 42 | align="center"| 10 | The Road Goes on Forever | The Highwaymen | Columbia |- | align="center"| 10 | align="center"| 7 | Something Special | Dolly Parton | Columbia |- | align="center"| 3 | align="center"| 3 | Souvenirs | Vince Gill | MCA Nashville |- | align="center"| 12 | align="center"| 9 | Standing on the Edge