List of Hot Country Singles number ones of 1989 explained

Hot Country Songs is a record chart that ranks the top-performing country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. In 1989, 50 songs topped the chart, then published under the title Hot Country Singles, in 52 issues of the magazine. Only "I'm No Stranger to the Rain" by Keith Whitley and "The Church on Cumberland Road" by Shenandoah, consecutive chart-toppers in April, spent more than a single week at number one.

This was the final complete year in which Billboard used its longstanding methodology of compiling the chart based on playlists submitted by country music radio stations and sales reports submitted by stores. In January of the following year, the magazine would begin basing the chart on weekly airplay data from radio stations compiled by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems,[1] which would lead to an increase in the length of time songs spent in the top spot.[2] In November 1989, Billboard began compiling unpublished prototype charts using the new methodology ahead of the official launch, which produced very different results to the published charts using the existing process. Ronnie Milsap's "A Woman in Love" spent five weeks atop the prototype charts as opposed to the single week which it achieved on the published listing. It was the 35th and final number one of Milsap's career.[3]

Bands Alabama and Shenandoah, vocalists George Strait, Randy Travis and Rodney Crowell, and mother-daughter duo[4] the Judds each reached number one with three different songs in 1989. As one of Shenandoah's songs spent a second week at number one, this meant that the band was the only act to spend four weeks in the top spot during the year. In June, Clint Black achieved his first number one with his debut single "A Better Man", which made him the first artist since Freddy Fender in 1975 to top the chart with his first charting release.[5] Other artists to reach number one for the first time in 1989 were Holly Dunn,[6] Patty Loveless,[7] and Garth Brooks, who achieved the first chart-topper of his career with "If Tomorrow Never Comes".[8] Brooks would go on to become one of the most successful artists in country music history, achieving unprecedented levels of album sales and selling out large stadiums in a manner previously associated only with rock stars.[9] Rosanne Cash spent a week at number one in June with "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party", the only cover version of a song originally recorded by the Beatles to top the country singles chart.[10] Keith Whitley's second number one of the year, "I Wonder Do You Think of Me", was the first of two posthumous number ones for the singer, who died on May 9, 1989.[11] [12]

Chart history

scope=colIssue datescope=colTitlescope=colArtist(s)scope=col class=unsortable
scope=row"Hold Me"[13]
scope=row"Change of Heart"[14]
scope=row"She's Crazy for Leavin'"[15]
scope=row"Deeper Than the Holler"[16]
scope=row"What I'd Say"[17]
scope=row"Song of the South"Alabama[18]
scope=row"Big Wheels in the Moonlight"[19]
scope=row"I Sang Dixie"[20]
scope=row"I Still Believe in You"[21]
scope=row"Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me)"[22]
scope=row"From a Jack to a King"[23]
scope=row"New Fool at an Old Game"[24]
scope=row"Baby's Gotten Good at Goodbye"[25]
scope=row"I'm No Stranger to the Rain"[26]
scope=row[27]
scope=row""Shenandoah[28]
scope=row[29]
scope=row"Young Love (Strong Love)"[30]
scope=row"Is It Still Over?"[31]
scope=row"If I Had You"Alabama[32]
scope=row"After All This Time"[33]
scope=row"Where Did I Go Wrong"[34]
scope=row""[35]
scope=row"Love Out Loud"[36]
scope=row"I Don't Want to Spoil the Party"[37]
scope=row"Come from the Heart"[38]
scope=row"Lovin' Only Me"[39]
scope=row"In a Letter to You"[40]
scope=row"What's Going On in Your World"[41]
scope=row"Cathy's Clown"[42]
scope=row"Why'd You Come in Here Lookin' Like That"[43]
scope=row"Timber, I'm Falling in Love"[44]
scope=row"Sunday in the South"Shenandoah[45]
scope=row"Are You Ever Gonna Love Me"[46]
scope=row"I'm Still Crazy"[47]
scope=row"I Wonder Do You Think of Me"[48]
scope=row"Nothing I Can Do About It Now"[49]
scope=row"Above and Beyond"[50]
scope=row"Let Me Tell You About Love"[51]
scope=row"I Got Dreams"[52]
scope=row"Killin' Time"[53]
scope=row"Living Proof"[54]
scope=row"High Cotton"Alabama[55]
scope=row"Ace in the Hole"[56]
scope=row"Burnin' Old Memories"[57]
scope=row"Bayou Boys"[58]
scope=row"Yellow Roses"[59]
scope=row"It's Just a Matter of Time"[60]
scope=row"If Tomorrow Never Comes"[61]
scope=row"Two Dozen Roses"Shenandoah[62]
scope=row""[63]
scope=row"Who's Lonely Now"Highway 101[64]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Joel Whitburn

    . Joel Whitburn's Top Country Songs: 1944-2005. ix. Joel Whitburn. Record Research. 2005. 978-0-89820-165-9.

  2. Hot Country Songs 70th Anniversary: Top 70 Country Songs 1989-2014. January 13, 2014. February 2, 2018. Billboard. Prior to the Hot Country Song’s implementation in January 1990 of monitored radio airplay by Nielsen BDS, titles on those lists had shorter reigns at No. 1 and shorter chart lives.. https://web.archive.org/web/20170721042803/http://www.billboard.com/articles/list/5869578/hot-country-songs-70th-anniversary-top-70-country-songs-1989-2014. July 21, 2017. live.
  3. Ronnie Milsap Chart History. Billboard. October 1, 2019. October 22, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191022133135/https://www.billboard.com/music/ronnie-milsap/chart-history/CSI. live.
  4. Web site: The Judds Biography & History. AllMusic. June 15, 2019. Steve. Huey. https://web.archive.org/web/20190618194253/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-judds-mn0000086312. June 18, 2019. live.
  5. Book: Roland, Tom. The Billboard Book of Number One Country Hits. Watson-Guptill Publications. 1991. 978-0-8230-7553-9. 553-554. registration.
  6. 'Daddy's Hands' Singer Holly Dunn Dead at 59. Rolling Stone. Jon. Freeman. November 15, 2016. June 15, 2019. May 6, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200506053354/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/daddys-hands-singer-holly-dunn-dead-at-59-119219/. live.
  7. Web site: Top 10 Patty Loveless songs. AXS TV. Donna. Nolan-Wilson. March 29, 2015. June 15, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20160915093238/http://www.axs.com/uk/top-10-patty-loveless-songs-46605. September 15, 2016. live.
  8. Web site: Garth Brooks Claims Top Album and Song This Week. https://web.archive.org/web/20171206052328/http://www.cmt.com/news/1789214/garth-brooks-claims-top-album-and-song-this-week/. dead. December 6, 2017. Edward. Morris. CMT. December 5, 2017. February 3, 2018.
  9. Web site: Garth Brooks Biography & History. AllMusic. June 15, 2019. Stephen Thomas. Erlewine. https://web.archive.org/web/20190321025335/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/garth-brooks-mn0000798248. March 21, 2019. live.
  10. Book: Womack, Kenneth. 415. The Beatles Encyclopedia: Everything Fab Four. ABC-CLIO. 2014. 978-0-313-39172-9.
  11. Book: Dicaire, David. The New Generation of Country Music Stars: Biographies of 50 Artists Born After 1940. 25. 2008. McFarland. 978-0-7864-8559-8.
  12. Web site: Keith Whitley Biography & History. AllMusic. June 15, 2019. Stephen Thomas. Erlewine. https://web.archive.org/web/20190624073333/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/keith-whitley-mn0000081561/biography. June 24, 2019. live.
  13. Hot Country Songs chart for January 7, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.
  14. Hot Country Songs chart for January 14, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.
  15. Hot Country Songs chart for January 21, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.
  16. Hot Country Songs chart for January 28, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.
  17. Hot Country Songs chart for February 4, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.
  18. Hot Country Songs chart for February 11, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.
  19. Hot Country Songs chart for February 18, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.
  20. Hot Country Songs chart for February 25, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.
  21. Hot Country Songs chart for March 4, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.
  22. Hot Country Songs chart for March 11, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.
  23. Hot Country Songs chart for March 18, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.
  24. Hot Country Songs chart for March 25, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.
  25. Hot Country Songs chart for April 1, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.
  26. Hot Country Songs chart for April 8, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.
  27. Hot Country Songs chart for April 15, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.
  28. Hot Country Songs chart for April 22, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.
  29. Hot Country Songs chart for April 29, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.
  30. Hot Country Songs chart for May 6, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131003120506/http://www.billboard.com/charts/1989-05-06/country-songs . October 3, 2013 . live .
  31. Hot Country Songs chart for May 13, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.
  32. Hot Country Songs chart for May 20, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.
  33. Hot Country Songs chart for May 27, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.
  34. Hot Country Songs chart for June 3, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.
  35. Hot Country Songs chart for June 10, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.
  36. Hot Country Songs chart for June 17, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.
  37. Hot Country Songs chart for June 24, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.
  38. Hot Country Songs chart for July 1, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.
  39. Hot Country Songs chart for July 8, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.
  40. Hot Country Songs chart for July 15, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.
  41. Hot Country Songs chart for July 22, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.
  42. Hot Country Songs chart for July 29, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140528061829/http://www.billboard.com/charts/1989-07-29/country-songs . May 28, 2014 . live .
  43. Hot Country Songs chart for August 5, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.
  44. Hot Country Songs chart for August 12, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.
  45. Hot Country Songs chart for August 19, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.
  46. Hot Country Songs chart for August 26, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.
  47. Hot Country Songs chart for September 2, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.
  48. Hot Country Songs chart for September 9, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.
  49. Hot Country Songs chart for September 16, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.
  50. Hot Country Songs chart for September 23, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.
  51. Hot Country Songs chart for September 30, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.
  52. Hot Country Songs chart for October 7, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.
  53. Hot Country Songs chart for October 14, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.
  54. Hot Country Songs chart for October 21, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.
  55. Hot Country Songs chart for October 28, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.
  56. Hot Country Songs chart for November 4, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.
  57. Hot Country Songs chart for November 11, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.
  58. Hot Country Songs chart for November 18, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.
  59. Hot Country Songs chart for November 25, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.
  60. Hot Country Songs chart for December 2, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.
  61. Hot Country Songs chart for December 9, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.
  62. Hot Country Songs chart for December 16, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.
  63. Hot Country Songs chart for December 23, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.
  64. Hot Country Songs chart for December 30, 1989 . Billboard . October 3, 2010.

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