1995 in country music

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.

Births

 * July 7 — Taylor Kerr, member of Maddie & Tae.
 * August 11 – Priscilla Block, 2020s country singer-songwriter ("Just About Over You").
 * September 18 — Maddie Font, member of Maddie & Tae.

Deaths

 * May 25 – Dick Curless, 63, best known for his hit "A Tombstone Every Mile" (stomach cancer)
 * July 25 — Charlie Rich, 62, Grammy Award winning singer and songwriter ("Behind Closed Doors", The Most Beautiful Girl") (pulmonary embolism)
 * November 10 — Curly Fox, 85, fiddler and one half of country-comedy duo Curly Fox and Texas Ruby.

Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductees

 * Jimmy Martin

Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

 * Roger Miller (1936–1992)
 * Jo Walker-Meador (born 1924)

Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

 * Gene MacLellan
 * Stan Klees

Grammy Awards

 * Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "Baby, Now That I've Found You", Alison Krauss
 * Best Male Country Vocal Performance — "Go Rest High on That Mountain", Vince Gill
 * Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — "Here Comes the Rain", The Mavericks
 * Best Country Collaboration with Vocals — "Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart", Shenandoah and Alison Krauss
 * Best Country Instrumental Performance — "Hightower," Asleep at the Wheel, Béla Fleck and Johnny Gimble
 * Best Country Song — "Go Rest High on That Mountain", Vince Gill
 * Best Country Album — The Woman in Me, Shania Twain (Producer: Robert John "Mutt" Lange)
 * Best Bluegrass Album — Unleashed, The Nashville Bluegrass Band

Juno Awards

 * Country Male Vocalist of the Year — Charlie Major
 * Country Female Vocalist of the Year — Shania Twain
 * Country Group or Duo of the Year — Prairie Oyster

Academy of Country Music

 * Entertainer of the Year — Brooks & Dunn
 * Song of the Year — "The Keeper of the Stars", Dickey Lee, Karen Staley, Danny Mayo (Performer: Tracy Byrd)
 * Single of the Year — "Check Yes or No", George Strait
 * Album of the Year — The Woman in Me (Shania Twain)
 * Top Male Vocalist — Alan Jackson
 * Top Female Vocalist — Patty Loveless
 * Top Vocal Duo — Brooks & Dunn
 * Top Vocal Group — The Mavericks
 * Top New Male Vocalist — Bryan White
 * Top New Female Vocalist — Shania Twain
 * Top New Vocal Duo or Group — Lonestar
 * Video of the Year — "The Car" – Jeff Carson (Director: Michael Salomon)

ARIA Awards
(presented in Sydney on October 20, 1995)
 * Best Country Album - Beyond the Dancing (Troy Cassar-Daley)

Canadian Country Music Association

 * Bud Country Fans' Choice Award — Michelle Wright
 * Male Artist of the Year — Charlie Major
 * Female Artist of the Year — Shania Twain
 * Group or Duo of the Year — Prairie Oyster
 * SOCAN Song of the Year — "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?", Shania Twain
 * Single of the Year — "Any Man of Mine", Shania Twain
 * Album of the Year — The Woman in Me, Shania Twain
 * Top Selling Album — The Hits, Garth Brooks
 * Video of the Year — "Any Man of Mine", Shania Twain
 * Vista Rising Star Award — Farmer's Daughter
 * Vocal Collaboration of the Year — Jim Witter and Cassandra Vasik

Country Music Association

 * Entertainer of the Year — Alan Jackson
 * Song of the Year — "Independence Day", Gretchen Peters (Performer: Martina McBride)
 * Single of the Year — "When You Say Nothing at All", Alison Krauss & Union Station
 * Album of the Year — When Fallen Angels Fly, Patty Loveless
 * Male Vocalist of the Year — Vince Gill
 * Female Vocalist of the Year — Alison Krauss
 * Vocal Duo of the Year — Brooks & Dunn
 * Vocal Group of the Year — The Mavericks
 * Horizon Award — Alison Krauss
 * Music Video of the Year — "Baby Likes to Rock It", The Tractors (Director: Michael Salomon)
 * Vocal Event of the Year — "Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart", Shenandoah and Alison Krauss
 * Musician of the Year — Mark O'Connor

RPM Big Country Awards

 * Canadian Country Artist of the Year — Charlie Major
 * Best Country Album — Only One Moon, Prairie Oyster
 * Best Country Single — "Such a Lonely One", Prairie Oyster
 * Male Artist of the Year — Charlie Major
 * Female Artist of the Year — Michelle Wright
 * Group of the Year — Prairie Oyster
 * Outstanding New Artist — Shania Twain
 * Top Country Composer(s) — Jim Witter and Johnny Douglas

Other links

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