Years in Country Music - 2010s

2010s

  • 2013 in country music
  • 2012 in country music, George Jones and George Strait announce plans to retire from touring; Garth Brooks elected to Country Music Hall of Fame; Billboard makes changes to the Hot Country Songs chart.
  • 2011 in country music, marriage of Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert; Glen Campbell announcement that he has Alzheimer's, plans to retire; death of Mel McDaniel; Scotty McCreery wins American Idol.
  • 2010 in country music, Taylor Swift wins four Grammy Awards including Album of the Year; Flooding on the Cumberland River in Nashville damages parts of the city including the Grand Ole Opry House; deaths of Slim Bryant, Hank Cochran and Carl Smith; "Need You Now" by Lady Antebellum becomes crossover smash.

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