События в кантри-музыке 2006 года.

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 2006.

January 14 – With the song, "She Let Herself Go", George Strait scores his 40th No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, all of them solo. It ties a 20 year old record for most No. 1's on the country chart, held by Conway Twitty (35 solo, five duet with Loretta Lynn). January 21 – Kix Brooks, one half of the country superstar duo Brooks & Dunn, takes over as host of "American Country Countdown," succeeding longtime host Bob Kingsley. April – Hank Williams Jr. is arrested in Memphis, Tennessee, for assault after attempting to choke a teenage waitress at a hotel there. May – People reports on the engagement of Keith Urban and actress Nicole Kidman. The two are married on June 25. Also during the month, Little Big Town members Jimi Westbrook and Karen Fairchild are wed; their marriage was announced in July. May 3 – Lynn Anderson arrested in New Mexico after causing a traffic accident at a local intersection due to drunk driving. She was released the next day on bond. Anderson was taken to court later that year where all her previous charges were dropped, as long as she didn't commit any more offenses. May 21 – Grand Ole Opry mainstay Billy Walker is killed in a car accident near Fort Deposit, Alabama, when the van he was riding in overturned along Interstate 65. Also killed in the wreck are Walker's wife, Bettie; and two member of his band. His 21 year old grandson, Joshua Brooks, is critically injured. Walker was returning home from a show near Gulf Shores, Alabama. May 23 – The Tennessean of Nashville reports plans by Academy of Country Music to move its awards show to April, after consistently being drubbed in the ratings by powerhouse American Idol. The ACMs, which aired May 24 on CBS, appeared opposite Fox's American Idol for the fourth year in a row. June 24 – The first Midsummer Day country music festival in Drottningstorp is held. July 4 – Johnny Cash releases American V which instantly hits #1. August 17 – Los Angeles' lone country music station, KZLA FM, switches its format to urban pop. August 19 – Keith Urban's "Once in a Lifetime" becomes the highest ever debuting song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart during the Broadcast Data Systems era, ranking at No. 17 in its first week. "Lifetime" breaks the 10 month old BDS era standard set by "Good Ride Cowboy" by Garth Brooks. September 12 – Sara Evans and professional partner Tony Dovolani begin competing on ABC's Dancing with the Stars, to rousing reviews. Evans' gig will last four weeks. September 18 – Willie Nelson and several of his band members are charged with misdemeanor drug possession in Louisiana. State police had pulled Nelson's tour bus over for a routine commercial inspection and, after smelling a suspicious odor inside, searched the bus and found marijuana and psychedelic mushrooms. September 30 – George Strait finally breaks Conway Twitty's record by scoring his record 41st No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart with "Give It Away". September 30 – The documentary Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing is released. The film chronicles the lives of the Dixie Chicks band members and the fallout that resulted after lead singer Natalie Maines made critical remarks about U. S. President George W. Bush during a 2003 concert in London, England. October 13 – One day after abruptly leaving Dancing with the Stars, news breaks that Sara Evans was seeking a divorce from her husband, Craig Schelske. Allegations Evans levied against Schelske included his affair with the family's ex nanny, that he watched and downloaded pornography in the house, and his removal of $275,000 from the couple's joint bank account on the day the divorce decree was filed. October 19 – Keith Urban checks himself into a rehabilitation center for alcohol abuse. October 20 – Flicka, an adaptation of the 1941 children's novel, hits the movie theaters. Tim McGraw is in the leading adult male role as Wyoming rancher Rob McLaughlin. November 6 – The Country Music Association awards airs for the first time on ABC. The awards show had been on CBS since 1972. Keith Urban, who won the Male Vocalist of the Year, is absent due to his rehab stint, and co host Ronnie Dunn read Urban's acceptance letter. Hall of Fame inductee Kris Kristofferson presented the inductions for 2006 inductees George Strait, Harold Bradley and Sonny James, each of whom gave brief acceptance speeches; Strait also performed his No. 1 hit "Give It Away." Controversy reigned when Faith Hill appeared to react angrily after Carrie Underwood won the Female Vocalist of the Year award. December 3 – The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts honors Dolly Parton for her lifetime contributions to the arts.

No less than nine acts achieved their first No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart during 2006, the most since 1991. Those artists were Carrie Underwood, Josh Turner, Bon Jovi along with Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland, Jack Ingram, Jason Aldean, Rodney Atkins, The Wreckers, Heartland and Sugarland. Four of those acts – Bon Jovi, Nettles, The Wreckers and Heartland – turned the trick with their first charted country single. (Although she previously had two Top 5 hits and a Top 10 hit as a member of Sugarland, Jennifer Nettles made her first entry on the Hot Country Songs chart under her own name as part of a collaboration with Bon Jovi, which, in turn, also made their first Hot Country Songs chart entry. Their collaboration, "Who Says You Can't Go Home", ultimately peaked at No. 1 on that chart – a first for both Nettles and Bon Jovi – and as of late, it is the only No. 1 hit for either act there. Sugarland, Nettles' group, would eventually score their first career No. 1 hit on the same chart by the end of the year.) During that same 12 month time span, chart veteran George Strait extended his No. 1 string to a Billboard best 41, beating Conway Twitty's record of 40 No. 1's, while Dolly Parton scored her 25th No. 1 (as part of a duet with Brad Paisley) and Kenny Chesney extended his string of No. 1's to 10.

US Album Artist Record Label 26 16 Biggest Hits Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash Legacy/Columbia Nashville 43 All American Bluegrass Girl Rhonda Vincent Rounder 27 Back to Tulsa Live and Loud at Cain's Ballroom Cross Canadian Ragweed Universal South 29 Believe: Songs of Faith from Today's Top Country & Christian Artists Various Artists Arista Nashville 27 Big Iron World Old Crow Medicine Show Nettwerk 34 Billboard #1s: Classic Country Various Artists Rhino 31 Black & Blue Roy D. Mercer Capitol Nashville 18 Black Cadillac Rosanne Cash Capitol Nashville 38 A Blue Collar Christmas: Redneck Style Various Artists Madacy 34 Corn Fed Shannon Brown Warner Bros. 30 Countrified Emerson Drive Midas 20 Country Is My Rock Trent Tomlinson Lyric Street 44 Country Legends: I Walk the Line Johnny Cash BCI 23 Danielle Peck Danielle Peck Big Machine 36 Different Things Tracy Byrd Blind Mule 20 The Dollar Jamey Johnson BNA 12 Electric Rodeo Shooter Jennings Universal South 14 Elvis Christmas Elvis Presley RCA 27 Flicka Soundtrack Various Artists StyleSonic 12 Greatest Hits II Diamond Rio Arista Nashville 35 Here and Now Darryl Worley 903 Music 46 How to Grow a Woman from the Ground Chris Thile Sugar Hill 26 JC: Johnny Cash Johnny Cash Sun 45 John Corbett John Corbett Funbone 25 Kicking out the Footlights Again George Jones and Merle Haggard Bandit 32 Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector Soundtrack Various Artists Jack 12 Leave the Light On Jeff Bates RCA Nashville 28 The Legend of Johnny Cash Vol. II Johnny Cash Island 13 Little Bit of Life Craig Morgan Broken Bow 19 A Little More Livin' Trent Willmon Columbia Nashville 33 Live: Wherever You Are Jack Ingram Big Machine 28 Livin' Lovin' Rockin' Rollin': The 25th Anniversary Collection Alabama Legacy/Sony BMG 46 The Lost Trailers The Lost Trailers BNA 46 My Life Ronnie Milsap RCA Nashville 34 Now & Then Aaron Tippin Nippit/Rust 22 Personal File Johnny Cash Legacy/Columbia Nashville 31 Povertyneck Hillbillies Povertyneck Hillbillies Rust 35 A Prairie Home Companion Soundtrack Various Artists New Line 41 Reasons Why: The Very Best Nickel Creek Sugar Hill 49 Redneck Christmas Various Artists Time Life 29 Rockie Lynne Rockie Lynne Universal South 23 Rockin' You Tonight Blaine Larsen BNA 25 She Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool:A Tribute to Barbara Mandrell Various Artists BNA 19 Songbird Willie Nelson Lost Highway 17 Straight to Hell Hank Williams III Curb 36 This Old Road Kris Kristofferson New West 12 Three Wooden Crosses Various Artists Word 47 Today's Country Christmas Various Artists Sony BMG 33 The Ultimate Collection Chris LeDoux Capitol Nashville 24 Wanna Be Your Joe Billy Ray Cyrus New Door 24 You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker Willie Nelson Lost Highway

March 23 – Cindy Walker, 87, prolific songwriter ("You Don't Know Me," "Cherokee Maiden"). (extended illness)
March 25 – Buck Owens, 76, one of the pioneers of the Bakersfield Sound; co host of Hee Haw. (heart attack)
April 24 – Bonnie Owens, 76, singer songwriter and ex wife of Buck Owens and Merle Haggard (complications from Alzheimer's disease). May 21 – Billy Walker, 77, Grand Ole Opry legend best known for "Charlie's Shoes" and "Cross the Brazos at Waco" (car accident). August 14 – Johnny Duncan, 67, country music stalwart of the 1970s, best known for a series of duets with Janie Fricke. (heart attack)
October 14 – Freddy Fender, 69, Tex Mex styled singer songwriter who achieved his greatest success in the mid 1970s ("Before the Next Teardrop Falls," "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights"), and recorded with two Tejano bands. (lung cancer)
November 1 – Buddy Killen, 74, record producer and music publishing owner. December 22 – Dennis Linde, 63, well respected songwriter of hits for acts ranging from Elvis Presley and Roger Miller to Garth Brooks and the Dixie Chicks. (idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis)