2007 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 2007.

February 11 – It was a big night for country music artists at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, as they swept the awards in four top categories. The Dixie Chicks won three of those awards: Record of the Year and Song of the Year (both for "Not Ready to Make Nice," the latter shared with songwriter Dan Wilson) and Album of the Year (Taking the Long Way). Carrie Underwood took the Best New Artist Award. Both Underwood and the Dixie Chicks were winners in country specific categories. The Dixie Chicks won for Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal (for "Not Ready to Make Nice") and Best Country Album ("Taking the Long Way"). Underwood won for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for "Jesus, Take the Wheel"; the song also earned a Best Country Song award for songwriters Brett James, Hillary Lindsey and Gordie Sampson. Also, country music pioneer Bob Wills – the longtime leader of the Texas Playboys – was a posthumous recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award. Wills was recognized 32 years after his death. Week of February 12 – Country music stars team with celebrities during a special celebrity week of Wheel of Fortune, which was taped in Charleston, South Carolina. During the game aired February 13, Julie Roberts and contestant partner Peter Buccellato won $124,250 after Buccallato solved the bonus round puzzle for the show's grand prize of $100,000. Roberts donated a matching amount to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital. February 17 – Hank Williams, Jr. filed for divorce from his fourth wife, Mary Jane, whom he married in 1990. March 19 – Days after an announcement that Lonestar had parted ways with longtime record label BNA Records, lead singer Richie McDonald announces plans to depart the group at the end of the year, in search of a solo career. March 19 – Professional dancer and country music star to be Julianne Hough made her debut on Dancing with the Stars, a televised dance promotion. Teamed with Olympic gold medal winning speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno, Hough would go on to win the championship for Season 4. Hough would return in the fall to win a second title, this time with two time Indianapolis 500 champion Hélio Castroneves. April 10 – The former home of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash is destroyed by fire. April Mary Chapin Carpenter is hospitalized for a pulmonary embolism, causing her to cancel all tours for the rest of the year. May 10 – Country music superstar Trisha Yearwood announces she is leaving MCA Records where she had been for 16 years with over 12 million albums sold and 5 number 1 singles. She announced she was signing with Big Machine Records. Yearwood and Big Machine CEO Scott Borchetta met in her intern days at MTM records. Trisha's last top 10 hit with MCA was "I Would've Loved You Anyway" in 2001. September 4 – Sammy Kershaw enters the Louisiana lieutenant governor's race, running as a Republican. September 15 – Garth Brooks' song, "More Than a Memory" becomes the first song to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Songs chart, since the start of the magazine's all encompassing country chart in 1958. October 21 – Country music legend Porter Wagoner's publicist Darlene Bieber confirms that Wagoner had been diagnosed with lung cancer. Wagoner dies seven days later. October 30 – The Eagles release their studio album Long Road Out of Eden, their first compilation of all new material in 28 years. The album sells over a million copies in its first two weeks.

USAlbumArtistRecord LabelReference1615° Off CoolBill EngvallJack4016 Biggest HitsAlabamaRCA Nashville2216 Biggest HitsAlan JacksonArista Nashville3216 Biggest HitsDolly PartonRCA Nashville4520th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection:The Best of Reba McEntireReba McEntireMCA Nashville43After HoursRaul MaloSanctuary30Beverley MitchellBeverley MitchellDaywind31Big Love in a Small TownSarah JohnsBNA48Big SkyThe IsaacsGaither28Black in the SaddleCowboy TroyRAYBAW47A Blue Collar ChristmasSlidawg and the Redneck RamblersMadacy43The Bluegrass SessionsMerle HaggardMcCoury47Boogity, Boogity – A Tribute to theComedic Genius of Ray StevensCledus T. JuddCurb14Bring It OnKevin FowlerEquity34Cash: Ultimate GospelJohnny CashColumbia Records12Christmastime in LarrylandLarry the Cable GuyJack/Warner Bros.42Cole Deggs & The LonesomeCole Deggs & The LonesomeColumbia Records50Country's Got More HeartVarious ArtistsSony BMG11Dwight Sings BuckDwight YoakamNew West36Easy MoneyJohn AndersonRAYBAW49Flynnville TrainFlynnville TrainShow Dog14Halfway to HazardHalfway to HazardMercury Nashville18Hear Something Country: ChristmasVarious ArtistsBNA38Kenny RogersKenny RogersMadacy15King of the MountainsRodney CarringtonCapitol Nashville43Life's a DanceVarious ArtistsWord/Curb45Live at the Avalon Ballroom 1969Gram ParsonsAmoeba37The Love SongsClint BlackEquity Music Group36Mary Did You KnowVarious ArtistsWord/Curb48A Redneck ChristmasSlidawg and the Redneck RamblersMadacy37Ricky Skaggs & Bruce HornsbyRicky Skaggs & Bruce HornsbyLegacy41Right About NowTy HerndonTitan Pyramid45Salt of the EarthRicky Skaggs & The WhitesSkaggs Family49Songbird: Rare Tracks and Forgotten GemsEmmylou HarrisRhino11Songs 4 Worship: CountryVarious ArtistsTime Life26Songs of the SeasonRandy TravisWord/Curb14Sounds of the Season:The Taylor Swift Holiday CollectionTaylor SwiftBig Machine46Translated from LoveKelly WillisRykodisc19UnglamorousLori McKennaWarner Bros. Nashville49Upfront & Down LowTeddy ThompsonVerve Forecast29The Very Best of Tracy LawrenceTracy LawrenceRhino21The Very Best of Travis TrittTravis TrittRhino25Whiskey FallsWhiskey FallsMidas12The WolfShooter JenningsUniversal South

Ralph Emery (1933 2022), disc jockey and television host from the 1960s onward. Vince Gill (born 1957), singer songwriter and musician who rose to prominence in the 1980s. Mel Tillis (1932–2017), singer and songwriter who rose to fame in the 1950s.