1992 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1992.

Events

 * January — After 23 years of its tried-and-true formula, the producers of Hee Haw unveil an extensively revamped show in time for the start of its belated 24th season. The show's new urban setting, along with more pop-oriented country guests, is a resounding failure and lasts only through the end of the season. That fall, viewers will be greeted with Hee Haw Silver – a collection of classic shows, with new introductions by longtime host Roy Clark; "Silver" will fill out the show's 25th (and final) season.
 * June 27 - At a concert in Bonner Springs, Kansas, a heavily intoxicated Hank Williams Jr. repeatedly insults the crowd and exits the stage after only 20 minutes. Williams later issues an apology.
 * August 28 — The major motion picture Honeymoon in Vegas is released. The soundtrack features several country music performers, including Dwight Yoakam, Travis Tritt and Trisha Yearwood covering Elvis Presley songs.
 * October 23 — The major motion picture Pure Country is released, starring George Strait, who also sang the soundtrack.

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 * At age 52, former country star Jonie Mosby (of the 1960s-early 1970s duo Johnny and Jonie Mosby) makes national headlines when she becomes the oldest woman in the United States to undergo in vitro fertilization and successfully bear a child.
 * Line dancing becomes a national fad, tied to the success of at least two major country music hits: Billy Ray Cyrus' "Achy Breaky Heart" and Brooks & Dunn's "Boot Scootin' Boogie." Throughout the rest of the decade, several major country music hits would have dance remixes, and several videos would be released.

Regular series

 * Hee Haw (1969–1993, syndicated)

Births

 * May 19 — Lainey Wilson, rising country singer-songwriter of the 2020s ("Things a Man Oughta Know", "Heart Like a Truck").
 * June 15 – Parker McCollum, country singer-songwriter known for his 2020 hit "Pretty Heart".
 * June 26 — Jennette McCurdy, actress, screenwriter, producer, singer and songwriter.
 * October 9 – Chase Bryant, up-and-coming singer of the mid-2010s, including "Take It On Back" and "Little Bit of You.”
 * November 23 — Miley Cyrus, daughter of Billy Ray Cyrus; actress and singer.
 * December 1 – Travis Denning, country singer-songwriter known for his 2020 hit "After a Few".

Deaths

 * February 19 – Biff Collie, 66, country music disc jockey, promoter and journalist (cancer).
 * October 25 — Roger Miller, 56, singer-songwriter best known for Grammy Award winner "King of the Road". (throat cancer)
 * November 23 — Roy Acuff, 89, country music pioneer from the 1930s onward, and Grand Ole Opry institution. (heart failure)

Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductees

 * The Stanley Brothers
 * Carter Stanley
 * Ralph Stanley


 * Reno and Smiley
 * Don Reno
 * Arthur Lee "Red" Smiley

Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

 * George Jones (1931–2013)
 * Frances Preston (1928–2012)

Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

 * Carroll Baker
 * Gordon Burnett

Grammy Awards

 * Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "I Feel Lucky", Mary Chapin Carpenter
 * Best Male Country Vocal Performance — I Still Believe in You, Vince Gill
 * Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — At the Ryman, Emmylou Harris and the Nash Ramblers
 * Best Country Collaboration with Vocals — "The Whiskey Ain't Workin'", Marty Stuart and Travis Tritt
 * Best Country Instrumental Performance — "Sneakin' Around", Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed
 * Best Country Song — "I Still Believe in You", Vince Gill and John Barlow Jarvis (Performer: Vince Gill)
 * Best Bluegrass Album — Every Time You Say Goodbye, Alison Krauss & Union Station

Juno Awards

 * Country Male Vocalist of the Year — Gary Fjellgaard
 * Country Female Vocalist of the Year — Michelle Wright
 * Country Group or Duo of the Year — Tracey Prescott & Lonesome Daddy

Academy of Country Music

 * Entertainer of the Year — Garth Brooks
 * Song of the Year — "I Still Believe in You", Vince Gill and John Barlow Jarvis (Performer: Vince Gill)
 * Single of the Year — "Boot Scootin' Boogie", Brooks & Dunn
 * Album of the Year — Brand New Man, Brooks & Dunn
 * Top Male Vocalist — Vince Gill
 * Top Female Vocalist — Mary Chapin Carpenter
 * Top Vocal Duo — Brooks & Dunn
 * Top Vocal Group — Diamond Rio
 * Top New Male Vocalist — Tracy Lawrence
 * Top New Female Vocalist — Michelle Wright
 * Top New Vocal Duo or Group — Confederate Railroad
 * Video of the Year — "Two Sparrows in a Hurricane", Tanya Tucker (Director: Joanne Gardner)

ARIA Awards
(presented in Sydney on March 6, 1992)
 * Best Country Album - Out of the Blue (Anne Kirkpatrick)

Canadian Country Music Association

 * Bud Country Fans' Choice Award — Rita MacNeil
 * Male Artist of the Year — Ian Tyson
 * Female Artist of the Year — Michelle Wright
 * Group or Duo of the Year — Prairie Oyster
 * SOCAN Song of the Year — "Did You Fall in Love with Me", Joan Besen
 * Single of the Year — "Take It Like a Man", Michelle Wright
 * Album of the Year — Everybody Knows, Prairie Oyster
 * Top Selling Album — Ropin' the Wind, Garth Brooks
 * Video of the Year — "Take It Like a Man", Michelle Wright
 * Vista Rising Star Award — Cassandra Vasik
 * Vocal Collaboration of the Year — Gary Fjellgaard and Linda Kidder

Country Music Association

 * Entertainer of the Year — Garth Brooks
 * Song of the Year — "Look at Us", Vince Gill and Max D. Barnes (Performer: Vince Gill)
 * Single of the Year — "Achy Breaky Heart", Billy Ray Cyrus
 * Album of the Year — Ropin' the Wind, Garth Brooks
 * Male Vocalist of the Year — Vince Gill
 * Female Vocalist of the Year — Mary Chapin Carpenter
 * Vocal Duo of the Year — Brooks & Dunn
 * Vocal Group of the Year — Diamond Rio
 * Horizon Award — Suzy Bogguss
 * Music Video of the Year — "Midnight in Montgomery", Alan Jackson (Director: Jim Shea)
 * Vocal Event of the Year — Marty Stuart and Travis Tritt
 * Musician of the Year — Mark O'Connor

Other links

 * Country Music Association
 * Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame