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Jan 3, 1995
Decca Records is re-activated by MCA with the release of Rhett Akins' debut album, "A Thousand Memories"
Jan 5, 1995
SoundScan figures indicate country music sales held steady in 1994, with consumers buying 76 million albums. The business peaked in 1992 at 80 million
Jul 20, 1995
Roy Wunsch's Veritas Music becomes the first independent country label financed through a public stock offering on the NASDAQ exchange
Nov 28, 1995
Lorrie Morgan, Pam Tillis and Carlene Carter announce a 1996 Women of Country Music Tour, believed to be the first time three females share a concert billing. One journalist jokingly dubs it the PMS Tour
Feb 8, 1996
President Bill Clinton signs the Telecommunications Act, de-regulating the broadcast industry and setting off a flurry of purchases that results in the consolidation of the radio industry. The result: fewer people decide what country songs become hits
Mar 25, 1996
River North releases the first non-circular CD in the U.S. to radio, a heart-shaped promo copy of Ronna Reeves' "My Heart Wasn't In It"
Aug 7, 1997
Garth Brooks gives a free concert in New York's Central Park that's broadcast live on HBO. He launches with "Rodeo" and welcomes guests Don McLean and Billy Joel, who joins Brooks on "Ain't Going Down (Til The Sun Comes Up)." Crowd estimates range from 200,000 to more than 1 million, as the city observes Garth Brooks Day
Jan 10, 2000
America Online announces the purchase of Time Warner for $162 billion. Current acts with Warner and its subsidiaries include Faith Hill, Clay Walker, Tracy Lawrence, John Michael Montgomery and Chad Brock
Dec 31, 2000
The original Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum closes its doors to the public after 33 years of service on Music Row. The facility is scheduled to reopen in a new $37-million structure in downtown Nashville in May
Jan 4, 2001
SoundScan figures place country music sales for the year 2000 at 67.1 million units
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