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This is a list of recording artists who have reached number one on the weekly country music singles chart published by Billboard magazine. From January 8, 1944 to May 15, 1948, the only country music chart was the Juke Box chart. A Best Sellers chart debuted that week, followed by a Jockeys chart on the week of December 10, 1949. [1]
Buck Owens, Hottest artist of the '60s, pioneer innovator of the Bakersfield sound; Gram Parsons, Parsons joined [the Byrds] in early 1968 after leaving his pioneering International Submarine Band, the Byrds recorded the seminal country rock album, Sweetheart of the Rodeo [3] Dolly Parton, one of the most successful female country artist in ...
Two of country music's most successful female vocalists, Tammy Wynette (left) and Loretta Lynn, both reached number one for the first time in 1967. Hot Country Songs is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine.
Tammy Wynette, one of country music's best-known artists and biggest-selling female singers, topped the singles chart for the last time with "Near You", a duet with her former husband George Jones. [10] The couple had divorced in 1975, but continued to release records together. [11]
Hot Country Songs is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. In 1983, 50 different releases topped the chart, then published under the title Hot Country Singles, in 52 issues of the magazine, based on playlists submitted by country music radio stations and sales reports submitted by stores.
In 1982 she re-recorded the song and it once again went to number one, making her the first artist to top the country chart with two different recordings of the same song. [6] Wagoner and Parton's chart-topper was one of two male-female duets to reach number one in 1974, the other being Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn 's " As Soon as I Hang Up ...
19 Hot Country Requests: Various Artists Epic 59 19 Hot Country Requests–Vol. 2: Various Artists Epic 33 Atlanta: Atlanta: MCA 61 The Bama Band: The Bama Band: Compleat 29 The Best of Reba McEntire: Reba McEntire: Mercury/PolyGram 39 Big River–The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Various Artists MCA 39 Biggest Hits: Charly McClain: Epic 33
Reba McEntire gains the 25th number one of her career, tying the record for the highest number of chart-toppers by a female artist held by Dolly Parton. [77] 2012: The Hot Country Songs chart methodology changes to use airplay from stations of all formats as well as sales and streaming.