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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in 2015. ==Events== * January 15 — Parodist Cledus T. Judd announces his retirement. * February — Carrie Underwood and Mike Fisher give birth to their son, Isaiah Michael Fisher. * March 4 — Shania Twain announces that her Rock This Country tour will be her last but that she intends to continue releasing albums * April — A new syndicated radio program, ''American Country Countdown Rewind with Bob Kingsley'', consisting of Kingsley-hosted ''ACC'' programs from 1990-2005, is announced by Nash FM (the media brand and network of country music stations owned by Cumulus Media). The first programs aired the weekend of May 2.〔"NASH Icon Partners With Bob Kingsley For ACC-Rewind," ''Media Confidential'', April 17, 2015. Accessed 04-23-2015.()〕〔"NASH To Launch 'American Country Countdown Rewind With Bob Kingsley'," All Access, April 17, 2015. Accessed 04-22-2015.()〕 * May — Radio consultant Keith Hill is criticized when stating in an interview that music stations should limit the airplay of female country artists. The story is further ignited when Hill compares female artists to that of "tomatoes in a salad". In response, Sara Evans, Miranda Lambert, Martina McBride, and Jennifer Nettles criticize Hill's comments via social media. * June 15 — ''Country Weekly'' is rebranded as ''Nash Country Weekly'', as part of a co-branding with Nash FM's radio product.〔http://www.countryweekly.com/news/country-weekly-changes-name-nash-country-weekly〕 * June 19 — Almost a year after successfully recovering from cervical cancer, Joey Martin Feek of Joey + Rory is diagnosed with stage IV colorectal cancer.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Joey + Rory’s Joey Martin Feek Battling Stage IV Cancer )〕 * June 22 — With "Love Me Like You Mean It", Kelsea Ballerini becomes the first female artist to send her debut single to No. 1 on Country Airplay since Carrie Underwood did in 2006, and the first female artist to do so on an independent label. * July 9 — Luke Bryan caused controversy in an interview with "HITS Double Daily" for implying that Outlaw country artists, Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard, and Willie Nelson spent their career "laying in the gutter, strung out on drugs." Bryan would later call Jennings' widow Jessi Colter to apologize.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.savingcountrymusic.com/luke-bryan-defines-outlaw-country-as-laying-in-the-gutter-strung-out-on-drugs )〕 * July 18 — "Girl Crush" by Little Big Town makes country music history by breaking the record of weeks spent at number 1 by a group of three or more members, surpassing the current record holders The Browns and their song The Three Bells.〔http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6627127/little-big-towns-girl-crush-makes-history-on-hot-country-songs〕 * July 20 — Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton announce their divorce after four years of marriage.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert Are Divorcing )〕 * August 3 — Reba McEntire announces the separation from long-time husband and manager Narvel Blackstock. Although they will be ending their marriage, they will continue to support one another professionally.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.people.com/article/reba-mcentire-separation-shocks-nashville-insiders )〕 * September 25 — Kenny Rogers announces his plans to retire following a Christmas album and a 2016 farewell tour * September 27 — Producer Dave Brainard is hospitalized after being found unconscious with a broken jaw from a beating. *October — Joey Martin Feek of Joey + Rory ends treatment for stage IV colorectal cancer after treatments fail to control growth of tumors.〔http://www.cmt.com/news/1759610/joey-feek-of-joey-rory-ends-cancer-treatment/〕 * November 2 — Chris Cagle announces his retirement.〔http://www.countryweekly.com/news/chris-cagle-announces-retirement-country-music〕 * November 9 — Joey Martin Feek of Joey and Rory enters Hospice care after terminal cancer diagnosis〔http://www.thislifeilive.com〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2015 in country music」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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