1990 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1990.

Events January 20 — Billboard magazine begins basing the Hot Country Singles chart entirely on radio airplay through Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems (BDS), which uses a computerized system to detect actual radio spins. The number of chart positions is reduced from 100 to 75. The new system has an immediate effect on how long the year's biggest songs stay at No. 1: February 3 — "Nobody’s Home" by Clint Black becomes the first three-week No. 1 since Randy Travis' "Forever and Ever, Amen" in 1987. April 7 — Travis' "Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart" breaks the four-week barrier, the first since 1978's "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson. July 7 — "Love Without End, Amen" by George Strait is Billboards first five-week No. 1 song, matching 1977's "Here You Come Again" by Dolly Parton. Incidentally, "Love Without End, Amen" is Strait's first multi-week chart-topper, after his first 18 No. 1s had spent just one week on top. Just 23 songs would reach the chart's summit in 1990, 13 of them multi-weekers; this was fewer than half the number that reached the top of the chart a year earlier, and the fewest since 1972. November 30 Minnie Pearl celebrates her 50th Grand Ole Opry anniversary.

No dates The Smithsonian Institution releases Classic Country Music: A Smithsonian Collection, a 100-track, four-volume set including the most important and notable songs in the genre's history, from 1924 to 1987. The set, which includes an 84-page booklet by historian Bill Malone, replaces the Smithsonian's eight-volume, 143-track set – titled The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Country Music – issued in 1981. The release of Classic Country Music: A Smithsonian Collection continues a trend towards chronicling the genre's history via compact disc during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Time-Life Music's Country USA series continued to issue new albums, while Columbia Records issues its five-volume Country Classics series during the summer. Rhino Records also releases ten volumes of Billboard Top Country Singles, each depicting the top 10 songs from the years 1959 through 1968.

Top hits of the year

Singles released by American artists USCANSingleArtistReference1729Ain't Necessarily SoWillie Nelson1516Ain't Nobody's BusinessHank Williams Jr.11—American BoyEddie Rabbitt21Back in My Younger DaysDon Williams1418Back Where I Come FromMac McAnally910The Battle Hymn of LoveKathy Mattea & Tim O'Brien1519Black CoffeeLacy J. Dalton1221Black VelvetRobin Lee54Born to Be BlueThe Judds1111Bring Back Your Love to MeEarl Thomas Conley11ChainsPatty Loveless25Chasin' That Neon RainbowAlan Jackson11Come Next MondayK. T. Oslin24Crazy in LoveConway Twitty11The DanceGarth Brooks54Dancy's DreamRestless Heart73The Domino TheorySteve Wariner611Don't Go OutTanya Tucker with T. Graham Brown43Drinking ChampagneGeorge Strait1554Dumas WalkerThe Kentucky Headhunters43Fast Movin' TrainRestless Heart84A Few Ole Country BoysRandy Travis & George Jones19Five MinutesLorrie Morgan57Fool Such as IBaillie & the Boys65Fourteen Minutes OldDoug Stone11Friends in Low PlacesGarth Brooks52Ghost in This HouseShenandoah1016Good Friends, Good Whiskey, Good Lovin'Hank Williams Jr.11Good TimesDan Seals1616Guardian AngelsThe Judds 11Hard Rock Bottom of Your HeartRandy Travis47He Talks to MeLorrie Morgan21He Walked on WaterRandy Travis256He Was On to Somethin' (So He Made You)Ricky Skaggs135Heartbreak HurricaneRicky Skaggs11Help Me Hold OnTravis Tritt31Here in the Real WorldAlan Jackson86Hillbilly RockMarty Stuart22Holdin' a Good HandLee Greenwood11HomeJoe Diffie2612Honky Tonk BluesPirates of the Mississippi2015HummingbirdRicky Skaggs94I Can't Turn the TideBaillie & the Boys78I Could Be PersuadedThe Bellamy Brothers33I Fell in LoveCarlene Carter3117I Go to PiecesSouthern Pacific21I Meant Every Word He SaidRicky Van Shelton814I Watched It All (On My Radio)Lionel Cartwright45I'd Be Better Off (In a Pine Box)Doug Stone21I'm Gonna Be SomebodyTravis Tritt33I'm Over YouKeith Whitley11I've Come to Expect It from YouGeorge Strait11I've Cried My Last Tear for YouRicky Van Shelton64If Looks Could KillRodney Crowell65If You Could Only See Me NowT. Graham Brown2315If You Want to Be My WomanMerle Haggard1318In Another LifetimeThe Desert Rose Band126In My EyesLionel Cartwright106IslandEddy Raven11It Ain't Nothin'Keith Whitley59It's You AgainSkip Ewing11Jukebox in My MindAlabama411Just as Long as I Have YouDon Williams1719Keep It in the Middle of the RoadExile76Leave It AloneThe Forester Sisters77Little GirlReba McEntire2114Love Is StrangeKenny Rogers & Dolly Parton11Love on ArrivalDan Seals11Love Without End, AmenGeorge Strait31Many a Long & Lonesome HighwayRodney Crowell2517MaybeKenny Rogers (with Holly Dunn)189Moonshadow RoadT. Graham Brown22My Arms Stay Open All NightTanya Tucker76My Heart Is Set on YouLionel Cartwright2212My Past Is PresentRodney Crowell37Never Knew LonelyVince Gill11Next to You, Next to MeShenandoah204The Night's Too LongPatty Loveless11No Matter How HighThe Oak Ridge Boys11Nobody's HomeClint Black23Nobody's TalkingExile21Not Counting YouGarth Brooks31Nothing's NewsClint Black819Oh Lonesome MeThe Kentucky Headhunters137Oklahoma SwingVince Gill with Reba McEntire53On Down the LinePatty Loveless11On Second ThoughtEddie Rabbitt814One Man WomanThe Judds87Overnight SuccessGeorge Strait32Pass It On DownAlabama2316PerfectBaillie & the Boys813Precious ThingSteve Wariner43Put Yourself in My ShoesClint Black3319Puttin' the Dark Back into the NightSawyer Brown78Quittin' TimeMary Chapin Carpenter34Richest Man on EarthPaul Overstreet106Right in the Wrong DirectionVern Gosdin86Runnin' with the WindEddie Rabbitt1733Searchin' for Some Kind of ClueBilly Joe Royal65See If I CareShenandoah22Seein' My Father in MePaul Overstreet213She Came from Fort WorthKathy Mattea1215Simple ManCharlie Daniels Band1411Someone Else's Trouble NowHighway 101148Something of a DreamerMary Chapin Carpenter618Sooner or LaterEddy Raven11Southern StarAlabama63Start All Over AgainThe Desert Rose Band21Statue of a FoolRicky Van Shelton106Story of LoveThe Desert Rose Band21Stranger Things Have HappenedRonnie Milsap18—Tell Me WhyJann Browne43That Just About Does ItVern Gosdin84There You AreWillie Nelson1419This Ain't My First RodeoVern Gosdin119This Side of GoodbyeHighway 1011313'Til a Tear Becomes a RoseKeith Whitley & Lorrie Morgan23Till I Can't Take It AnymoreBilly Joe Royal3918Till I See You AgainKevin Welch2619Time's UpSouthern Pacific & Carlene Carter31Too Cold at HomeMark Chesnutt21Walk OnReba McEntire11Walkin' AwayClint Black45Walkin', Talkin', Cryin', Barely Beatin' Broken HeartHighway 10132Walking ShoesTanya Tucker33WantedAlan Jackson2016Western GirlsMarty Stuart25When I Call Your NameVince Gill510When I Could Come Home to YouSteve Wariner1011When It's GoneNitty Gritty Dirt Band4018When Love Comes Callin'Sawyer Brown2117When Somebody Loves YouRestless Heart1013Where've You BeenKathy Mattea11Who's Lonely NowHighway 10152WrongWaylon Jennings75YetExile11You LieReba McEntire11You Really Had Me GoingHolly Dunn

Singles released by Canadian artists USCANSingleArtistReference—20After AllAnita Perras—20Ain't No Trains to NashvilleDick Damron—9Always Hum a Song in Your SoulMorris P. Rainville—4Bachelor GirlGeorge Fox—12The Colour of Your CollarGary Fjellgaard—19Couldn't See the GoldTommy Hunter with Janie Fricke—10Daddy, Sing to MeLisa Brokop—10Dreamin' Ain't Cheatin'Carroll Baker56Feed This FireAnne Murray623Goodbye, So Long, HelloPrairie Oyster—9Here Comes My BabyAnita Perras—3How Many TimesFamily Brown—17I Broke His HeartJenny Lee West705I Don't Hurt AnymorePrairie Oyster—9I Want to FlyErrol Ranville—9I'll Accept the RoseRita MacNeil—10In My HeartGary Fjellgaard with Linda Kidder—10Lime RickeyGeorge Fox—14Live Fast, Love Hard, Die YoungThe Good Brothers—10Luck in My Eyesk.d. lang—16Never Be SorryGreg Paul324New Kind of LoveMichelle Wright—10No TrespassingGeorge Fox—19Once the Magic's GoneCindi Cain—13PioneersFamily Brown—8Quittin' TimeMichael Dee—9RosanneAlbert Hall—17RumourDan Rogers—10She Told Me SoThe Good Brothers—17Since the RainIan Tyson—7Somewhere on the IslandGary Fjellgaard—6Start of Something NewTerry Carisse with Tracey Brown—10This TimePatricia Conroy559Three Daysk.d. lang—10Touch My HeartAnita Perras—17Why Do I Think of You TodayRita MacNeil7214Woman's IntuitionMichelle Wright

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