Top Country Hits of 2000, Vol. 2 Quiz

Answer: Lonestar

Lonestar released "What About Now" as a single from their album "Lonely Grill". It was written by Ron Harbin, Aaron Barker, and Anthony L. Smith. It stayed atop the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for four weeks and topped the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart for two runs and a total of five weeks.

It reached number 30 on the US Billboard Hot 100. It was the band's fifth Number One and second of 2000.

Answer: Alan Jackson

Alan Jackson released "It Must Be Love" as a single from his album "Under the Influence". It was written by Bob McDill. Don Williams hit Number One on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart on Sept. 29, 1979 and almost 11 years later Jackson hit Number One on Sept. 9, 2000. Williams made it to number two on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart while Jackson reached number four. Jackson's version also reached 37th on the US Billboard Hot 100.

It was the ninth Number One for Williams and the 17th Number One for Jackson.

Answer: That's the Way

Jo Dee Messina released "That's the Way" as a single from her album "Burn". It was written by Annie Roboff and Holly Lamar. The song reached Number One on Sept. 16th on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and stayed there for four weeks. It spent seven weeks at Number One on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.

It reached number 25 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 17 on the Canadian Singles Chart. It was her fourth Number One.

Answer: Aaron Tippin

Aaron Tippin released "Kiss This" as a single from his album "People Like Us". It was written by Tippin, his wife Thea, and Phillip Douglas. The song reached Number One on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart on October 14th and stayed there for two weeks.

It reached number three on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart and number 42 on the US Billboard Hot 100. It was Aaron's third Number One.

Answer: The Little Girl

John Michael Montgomery released "The Little Girl" as a single from his album "Brand New Me". It was written by Harley Allen. It reached Number One on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart on October 28th and stayed there for three weeks. It was also Number One on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart and 35th on the US Billboard Hot 100. It was Montogmery's seventh Number One.

The song came from an email Harley Allen had received about a little girl. He wrote the song in about 15 minutes. Snopes.com says the story about the little girl cannot be verified as true.

Answer: Travis Tritt

Travis Tritt released "The Best of Intentions" as a single from his album "Down The Road I Go". It was written by Travis. It reached Number One on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart on Nov. 18th. It was 27th on the US Billboard Hot 100. The video for the song was filmed at the Tennessee State Penitentiary.

This is the same prison where the movie "The Green Mile" was filmed. It was Tritt's fifth Number One.

Answer: Paradise

Phil Vassar released "Just Another Day in Paradise" as a single from his self-titled debut album. It was written by Vassar and Craig Wiseman. It reached Number One on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart on Nov. 25th. It topped out at 35 on the US Billboard Hot 100. It was Vassar's first Number One.

Cledus T. Judd did a parody of the song on his album "Cledus Envy" called "Just Another Day in Parodies".

Answer: Brad Paisley

Brad Paisley released "We Danced" as a single from his album "Who Needs Pictures". The song was written by Paisley and Chris DuBois. The song hit Number One on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart on Dec. 2nd and stayed there for two weeks. It reached 29th on the US Billboard Hot 100. It was Paisley's second Number One.

Answer: Thirty

Tim McGraw released "My Next Thirty years" as a single from his album "A Place in the Sun". It was written by Phil Vassar. It reached Number One on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart on Dec. 16th and stayed there for five weeks. It peaked at 27 on the US Billboard Hot 100. It was McGraw's 12th Number One and his third of four Number Ones from his album "A Place in the Sun".

Answer: Dixie Chicks

Dixie Chicks released "Fly" on August 27, 1999 as their fifth album. The album had six Top Ten songs and two Number Ones. It reached Diamond status (ten million copies sold) on June 25, 2002. Besides dominating the Country Album chart in 2000, it debuted at Number One on the US Billboard Top 200 on Sept. 18, 1999 and stayed there for two weeks.

It also spent eight weeks atop the US Billboard Top Country Albums chart in 1999. So between 1999 and 2000 it spent a total of 36 weeks topping the Country album chart.

The album won two Grammys in 2000 for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for the song "Ready to Run" and Best Country Album.