These Songs Turn 20 This Year

I get it, we all get old and we look back and feel like yesterday was 1999. But as These Songs Turn 20 This Year, it proves our music is…

Chris O'Kelley

Published Jun 8, 2023 8:22 AM EDT

These Songs Turn 20 This Year

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I get it, we all get old and we look back and feel like yesterday was 1999. But as These Songs Turn 20 This Year, it proves our music is timeless. I was less than a year away from making Augusta my forever home and had no idea I would be doing that. My Clemson Tigers went 9 & 4 and finished 22nd in the final poll. The Green Bay Packers finished the year 10 & 6 And The Atlanta Braves went on to go 101-61 under manager Bobby Cox.

The Year Was 2003

Gas was $1.25 a gallon
Our music was still on CD and we paid about $13 for one
George W. Bush Was President
Finding Nemo was the biggest movie of the year making $339,714,978
The Tampa Bay Bucs Won The Super Bowl
Bob Hope, John Ritter, and Johnny Cash Pass Away

Country Music Had A Big Year In 2003

While In London, England, Dixie Chicks lead singer Natalie Maines said that the band was "ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas.
Vince Gill Won A Grammy For "The Next Big Thing."
Toby Keith Wins Video Of The Year From CMT For Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue (The Angry American)"
Toby also won Entertainer of The Year From The ACM
Three Wooden Crosses by Randy Travis won Song Of The Year From the CMA and ACM
The CMA's voted Alan Jackson Entertainer of The Year
The ACM's Top New Artist Was Dierks Bentley
The CMA's Horizon Award Winner Was Joe Nichols

The music of 2003 was amazing and looking back on it, again, Timeless. Here are some of the biggest songs of 2003 that are turning 20. This time next year, they will be legal and can have a sip.