Award-winning country duo Brooks¹ and Dunn have announced they are to "call it a day" after 20 years of making music together.

获奖乡村音乐二重唱Brooks和Dunn经历20年音乐合作之后宣告解散。

Together they have recorded 10 studio albums

Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn are best known for hits such as Boot Scootin' Boogie, My Maria and Red Dirt Road.

In a statement posted on their website, they said: "This ride has been everything and more than we could ever have dreamed."

They plan to release a greatest hits album and tour one last time next year.

'Rumours²'

The album will be released on 8 September, but the dates for the tour are yet to be announced.

"After 20 years of making music and riding this trail together, we have agreed as a duo（二重唱） that it's time to call it a day," they said.

"If you hear rumours, don't believe them, it's just time."

Together they have recorded 10 studio albums and notched³（有缺口的） up 23 number one hits.

Brian Philips, president of Country Music Television, said: "They've had every kind of hit. Literally⁴, they've explored every musical texture⁵ and tempo⁶（拍子，速率） and style and flavour."

Mr Phillips added the announced had come as a complete surprise.

"I can't imagine either of those two individuals walking away from music. That's unthinkable."

Brooks and Dunn won the Country Music Association's vocal⁷ duo of the year award every year between 1992 and 2006, except for 2000.