As the year winds down and we look toward 2015, it's easy to forget all that's happened over the past 365 days. But 2014 really was a big year in country music.

News both personal and career oriented had fans cheering, crying and everything in between. From pregnancy announcements to controversial engagements, a country legend's final song to a major shift in the industry's views of homosexuality, here are The Boot's Top 10 Country Music Moments of 2014.

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