This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 2007.
Events January 12 – Wilma Lee Cooper Celebrates her 50th Grand Ole Opry Anniversary. 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. February 23 – Porter Wogoner Celebrates his 50th Grand Ole Opry anniversary. 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.Richie McDonald Is Leaving Lonestar 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 3 – Kellie Pickler and Aaron Tippin in a country music at Carolina. 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. July 21 – Trace Adkins quest Kellie Pickler, Jo Dee Messina and Pat Green at the Grand Ole Opry Live. 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. November 7 – Taylor Swift quest Brad Paisley and Kellie Pickler at the 2007 CMA Awards.
Top hits of the year The following songs placed within the Top 20 on the Hot Country Songs or Canada Country charts in 2007:
USCANSingleArtistReference521All My Friends SayLuke Bryan54Alyssa LiesJason Michael Carroll429Amarillo SkyJason Aldean1738Another Side of YouJoe Nichols59AnywayMartina McBride1118As IfSara Evans21Because of YouReba McEntireduet with Kelly Clarkson11Beer in MexicoKenny Chesney639A Different WorldBucky Covington3013Dirty GirlTerri Clark11Don't BlinkKenny Chesney1234Don't Make MeBlake Shelton919Everyday AmericaSugarland519FallClay Walker1432Famous in a Small TownMiranda Lambert1215A Feelin' Like ThatGary Allan16Find Out Who Your Friends AreTracy Lawrence28FirecrackerJosh Turner12Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go)Dierks Bentley1848Good as GoneLittle Big Town15Good DirectionsBilly Currington1739Guys Like MeEric Church1931Heaven, Heartache, and the Power of LoveTrisha Yearwood31High Maintenance WomanToby Keith1620Hillbilly DeluxeBrooks & Dunn33How 'bout Them CowgirlsGeorge Strait1528How I FeelMartina McBride18—I Just Came Back from a WarDarryl Worley84I Need YouTim McGrawwith Faith Hill21I Told You SoKeith Urban14—I WonderKellie Pickler717I'll Wait for YouJoe Nichols312If You're Reading ThisTim McGraw11It Just Comes NaturalGeorge Strait625Johnny CashJason Aldean114Ladies Love Country BoysTrace Adkins11Last Dollar (Fly Away)Tim McGraw1619Lips of an AngelJack Ingram717Little Bit of LifeCraig Morgan20—A Little More YouLittle Big Town626Livin' Our Love SongJason Michael Carroll1010Long Trip AloneDierks Bentley—5The Long Way AroundDixie Chicks12Lost in This MomentBig & Rich114Love Me If You CanToby Keith110Lucky ManMontgomery Gentry1638Me and GodJosh Turner1832Measure of a ManJack Ingram14MomentsEmerson Drive1948The More I DrinkBlake Shelton11More Than a MemoryGarth Brooks96My, Oh MyThe Wreckers11Never Wanted Nothing MoreKenny Chesney1425Nothin' Better to DoLeAnn Rimes1142One Wing in the FireTrent Tomlinson11OnlineBrad Paisley11Our SongTaylor Swift41Proud of the House We BuiltBrooks & Dunn1531Red High HeelsKellie Pickler11Settlin'Sugarland11She's EverythingBrad Paisley13So SmallCarrie Underwood13StandRascal Flatts628Startin' with MeJake Owen31Stupid BoyKeith Urban13Take Me ThereRascal Flatts26Teardrops on My GuitarTaylor Swift111These Are My PeopleRodney Atkins11TicksBrad Paisley610Tim McGrawTaylor Swift11—ToughCraig Morgan11WastedCarrie Underwood13Watching YouRodney Atkins20—The Woman in My LifePhil Vassar511A Woman's LoveAlan Jackson21WrappedGeorge Strait1330You'll Always Be My BabySara Evans
Top new album releases The following albums placed within the Top 50 on the Top Country Albums charts in 2007:
USAlbumArtistRecord label15th GearBrad PaisleyArista Nashville422 More HitsGeorge StraitMCA Nashville3American Man: Greatest Hits Volume IITrace AdkinsCapitol Nashville1Between Raising Hell and Amazing GraceBig & RichWarner Bros. Nashville1Big Dog DaddyToby KeithShow Dog Nashville1Bucky CovingtonBucky CovingtonLyric Street10The CallingMary Chapin CarpenterZoë1Carnival RideCarrie UnderwoodArista Nashville8A Classic ChristmasToby KeithShow Dog Nashville4Cowboy TownBrooks & DunnArista Nashville1Crazy Ex-GirlfriendMiranda LambertColumbia Nashville3Everything Is FineJosh TurnerMCA Nashville5FallClay WalkerAsylum-Curb2FamilyLeAnn RimesAsylum-Curb6For the LoveTracy LawrenceRocky Comfort/CO51Greatest HitsGary AllanMCA Nashville3Greatest HitsSara EvansRCA Nashville2Greatest HitsTrisha YearwoodMCA Nashville4Greatest Hits: 18 KidsKeith UrbanCapitol Nashville10Heaven, Heartache, and the Power of LoveTrisha YearwoodBig Machine3The HitsFaith HillWarner Bros. Nashville3Home At LastBilly Ray CyrusWalt Disney Records3A Hundred Miles or More: A CollectionAlison KraussRounder2I'll Stay MeLuke BryanCapitol Nashville2It's Not Big It's LargeLyle LovettLost Highway1Just Who I Am: Poets & PiratesKenny ChesneyBNA7Last of the BreedWillie Nelson, Merle Haggard & Ray PriceLost Highway1Let It GoTim McGrawCurb4Live at Texas StadiumAlan Jackson, George Strait & Jimmy BuffettMCA Nashville3Living HardGary AllanMCA Nashville1Long Road Out of EdenEaglesERC/Lost Highway6Mission CaliforniaCross Canadian RagweedUniversal South5Morning ConstitutionsLarry the Cable GuyWarner Bros. Nashville10My Kind of CountryVan ZantColumbia Nashville1One of the BoysGretchen WilsonColumbia Nashville10A Place to LandLittle Big TownEquity2Pure BSBlake SheltonWarner Bros. Nashville2Raising SandAlison Krauss & Robert PlantRounder2Real ThingsJoe NicholsUniversal South1Reba: DuetsReba McEntireMCA Nashville1RelentlessJason AldeanBroken Bow3Songs of Inspiration IIAlabamaRCA Nashville1Still Feels GoodRascal FlattsLyric Street3The StormTravis TrittCategory 54This Is ItJack IngramBig Machine1Totally Country Vol. 6Various ArtistsSony BMG1The Ultimate HitsGarth BrooksPearl1Waitin' in the CountryJason Michael CarrollArista Nashville2Waking Up LaughingMartina McBrideRCA Nashville10Washington Square SerenadeSteve EarleNew West
Other top albums USAlbumArtistRecord label1615° 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 the Comedic 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/Curb14The 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
Births July 12 – Ty Myers, singer-songwriter of the 2020s ("Ends of the Earth").
Deaths January 1 – Del Reeves, 74, best known for his "girl-watching" novelty-type songs (e.g., "Girl on the Billboard"). (emphysema) January 6 – Sneaky Pete Kleinow, 72, pedal steel guitarist for the Flying Burrito Brothers. (complications from Alzheimer's disease) January 13 – Doyle Holly, 70, member of Buck Owens' Buckaroos; he also had a string of minor hits in the early to mid-1970s. (prostate cancer) February 2 – Terry McMillan, 53, veteran Nashville session harmonica player and percussionist. (natural causes) March 24 – Henson Cargill, 66, country performer best known for 1968 smash "Skip a Rope." (surgical complications)