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    • Jan 5, 2006
    The Tennessean reports country album sales for 2005 numbered 75.33 million, a 3.3% decline from the prior year's 77.91 million, tabulated by SoundScan. The genre's market share increased from 11.7% to 12.2%
    Jan 10, 2006
    Belmont University unveils an economic study indicating the music business brings $6.4 billion annually to the Nashville economy while providing more than 19,000 jobs
    Jun 8, 2006
    "The only good terrorist is a dead terrorist": Charlie Daniels celebrates the death of Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi during the CMA Music Festival opening concert at Nashville's Riverfront Park. The bill also features Tracy Byrd, Rhett Akins and Trick Pony
    Nov 13, 2006
    The Judds perform "Love Can Build A Bridge" at a groundbreaking ceremony for a Martin Luther King memorial in Washington, D.C. Also present: presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, Maya Angelou, Jesse Jackson and Oprah Winfrey
    Nov 4, 2008
    As Barack Obama wins a historic presidency, Brad Paisley witnesses a frenzied public reaction in New York's Times Square in person. The event inspires him to write "Welcome To The Future"
    Jul 20, 2009
    A pizza delivery man is beaten with a brick and a piece of wood in a robbery attempt in Cincinnati. Kid Rock reads about the incident in The Cincinnati Enquirer and sends the victim a $1,500 check
    Sep 9, 2009
    Jimmy Buffett and The Grateful Dead's Mickey Hart perform during a memorial service for TV journalist Walter Cronkite at Lincoln Center in New York. Speakers at the ceremony include Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Tom Brokaw and Andy Rooney
    May 25, 2010
    Diamond Rio performs "I Believe" and "One More Day" at a Jackson, Mississippi, funeral for 11 workers who died in the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion. Trace Adkins addresses mourners via video
    Jan 8, 2011
    Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is shot in Tucson. The event inspires Dierks Bentley to write "Home"
    May 1, 2011
    President Barack Obama announces the death of terrorist Osama bin Laden. Responsible for the 9/11 attacks of 2001, bin Laden was part of a rhyme scheme in Darryl Worley's "Have You Forgotten?"



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