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List of Top Country Albums number ones of 1989

Top Country Albums is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music albums in the United States, published by Billboard. In 1989, eight different albums topped the chart, based on sales reports submitted by a representative sample of stores nationwide.[1]

Singer Reba McEntire
Reba McEntire spent 13 weeks at number one with her album Sweet Sixteen.

In the issue of Billboard dated January 7, Randy Travis returned to number one with Old 8×10, displacing the final chart-topper of 1988, Loving Proof by Ricky Van Shelton.[2] Travis's album spent eight consecutive weeks in the top spot, having already spent the same length of time at number one in the fall of 1988.[3] Travis would return to the top of the chart in November with No Holdin' Back, which spent the final nine weeks of 1989 at number one; he was the only act with more than one chart-topper during the year and his total of 17 weeks at number one was the most by any act during 1989. The longest unbroken run atop the listing was achieved by Reba McEntire, whose album Sweet Sixteen was in the top spot for 13 consecutive weeks beginning in June.

In September, Clint Black topped the chart for the first time with his debut album Killin' Time.[4] It would spend six consecutive weeks at number one before being displaced from the top spot by Randy Travis's No Holdin' Back, but would return to the top spot in 1990 and add a further 25 weeks to its total, making it the second longest-running Top Country Albums number one to date.[5] Having signed his first major-label record deal in 1988, Black almost immediately experienced great success, topping the country singles and albums charts and winning a string of major awards; he is seen as one of the first in a new generation of country artists who brought greatly-increased mainstream popularity to the genre in the 1990s.[4]

Chart history edit

 
Killin' Time was the first number one for Clint Black.
 
Randy Travis both began and ended the year at number one.
 
Hank Williams Jr. topped the chart with Greatest Hits, Vol. 3, the last in a run of eight consecutive number ones for the singer.[6]
Issue date Title Artist(s) Ref.
January 7 Old 8×10 Randy Travis [2]
January 14 [7]
January 21 [8]
January 28 [9]
February 4 [10]
February 11 [11]
February 18 [12]
February 25 [13]
March 4 Loving Proof Ricky Van Shelton [14]
March 11 Southern Star Alabama [15]
March 18 [16]
March 25 [17]
April 1 Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 Hank Williams Jr. [18]
April 8 [19]
April 15 [20]
April 22 [21]
April 29 Beyond the Blue Neon George Strait [22]
May 6 Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 Hank Williams Jr. [23]
May 13 [24]
May 20 [25]
May 27 [26]
June 3 [27]
June 10 [28]
June 17 [29]
June 24 Sweet Sixteen Reba McEntire [30]
July 1 [31]
July 8 [32]
July 15 [33]
July 22 [34]
July 29 [35]
August 5 [36]
August 12 [37]
August 19 [38]
August 26 [39]
September 2 [40]
September 9 [41]
September 16 [42]
September 23 Killin' Time Clint Black [43]
September 30 [44]
October 7 [45]
October 14 [46]
October 21 [47]
October 28 [48]
November 4 No Holdin' Back Randy Travis [49]
November 11 [50]
November 18 [51]
November 25 [52]
December 2 [53]
December 9 [54]
December 16 [55]
December 23 [56]
December 30 [57]

References edit

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Joel Whitburn Presents Hot Country Albums: Billboard 1964 to 2007. Record Research, Incorporated. p. 6. ISBN 9780898201734.
  2. ^ a b "Country Albums chart for January 7, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Joel Whitburn Presents Hot Country Albums: Billboard 1964 to 2007. Record Research, Incorporated. p. 336. ISBN 9780898201734.
  4. ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Clint Black Discography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Joel Whitburn Presents Hot Country Albums: Billboard 1964 to 2007. Record Research, Incorporated. pp. 333–336. ISBN 9780898201734.
  6. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Joel Whitburn Presents Hot Country Albums: Billboard 1964 to 2007. Record Research, Incorporated. p. 276. ISBN 9780898201734.
  7. ^ "Country Albums chart for January 14, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  8. ^ "Country Albums chart for January 21, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  9. ^ "Country Albums chart for January 28, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  10. ^ "Country Albums chart for February 4, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  11. ^ "Country Albums chart for February 11, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  12. ^ "Country Albums chart for February 18, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  13. ^ "Country Albums chart for February 25, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  14. ^ "Country Albums chart for March 4, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  15. ^ "Country Albums chart for March 11, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  16. ^ "Country Albums chart for March 18, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  17. ^ "Country Albums chart for March 25, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  18. ^ "Country Albums chart for April 1, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  19. ^ "Country Albums chart for April 8, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  20. ^ "Country Albums chart for April 15, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  21. ^ "Country Albums chart for April 22, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  22. ^ "Country Albums chart for April 29, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  23. ^ "Country Albums chart for May 6, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  24. ^ "Country Albums chart for May 13, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  25. ^ "Country Albums chart for May 20, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  26. ^ "Country Albums chart for May 27, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  27. ^ "Country Albums chart for June 3, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  28. ^ "Country Albums chart for June 10, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  29. ^ "Country Albums chart for June 17, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  30. ^ "Country Albums chart for June 24, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  31. ^ "Country Albums chart for July 1, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  32. ^ "Country Albums chart for July 8, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  33. ^ "Country Albums chart for July 15, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  34. ^ "Country Albums chart for July 22, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  35. ^ "Country Albums chart for July 29, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  36. ^ "Country Albums chart for August 5, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  37. ^ "Country Albums chart for August 12, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  38. ^ "Country Albums chart for August 19, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  39. ^ "Country Albums chart for August 26, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  40. ^ "Country Albums chart for September 2, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  41. ^ "Country Albums chart for September 9, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  42. ^ "Country Albums chart for September 16, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  43. ^ "Country Albums chart for September 23, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  44. ^ "Country Albums chart for September 30, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  45. ^ "Country Albums chart for October 7, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  46. ^ "Country Albums chart for October 14, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  47. ^ "Country Albums chart for October 21, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  48. ^ "Country Albums chart for October 28, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  49. ^ "Country Albums chart for November 4, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  50. ^ "Country Albums chart for November 11, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  51. ^ "Country Albums chart for November 18, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  52. ^ "Country Albums chart for November 25, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  53. ^ "Country Albums chart for December 2, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  54. ^ "Country Albums chart for December 9, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  55. ^ "Country Albums chart for December 16, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  56. ^ "Country Albums chart for December 23, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  57. ^ "Country Albums chart for December 30, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
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