List of Top Country Albums number ones of 1985 explained

Top Country Albums is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music albums in the United States, published by Billboard. In 1985, 14 different albums topped the chart, based on sales reports submitted by a representative sample of stores nationwide.[1]

In the issue of Billboard dated January 5, the band Exile was at number one with the album Kentucky Hearts, its third week in the top spot. Two weeks later it was replaced by Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind by George Strait, who was the only act with more than one number one during the year; he returned to the peak position in December with Something Special. The band Alabama's album 40-Hour Week had both the longest unbroken run at number one and the highest total number of weeks in the top spot; it spent 12 consecutive weeks atop the chart from March to June and then returned to the top spot for two further weeks in August. In March Ray Charles achieved his first number-one country album with Friendship.[2] Although he was far more associated with the soul and rhythm and blues genres during his lengthy career,[3] [4] Charles had several entries on the country albums chart in the mid-1980s, including Friendship, on which he duetted with a range of contemporary country singers.[5]

Several other acts reached number one for the first time in 1985, beginning with the Judds, who topped the chart in February with their second chart entry, Why Not Me.[6] The pair would go on to be one of the most successful country acts of the 1980s before Naomi Judd, the elder member of the mother-daughter duo, was forced to retire due to a serious illness.[7] The Judds were among a number of 1985's chart-topping acts, along with George Strait and Ricky Skaggs, to be identified with the neotraditional country trend, which moved away from the pop music-influenced style which had dominated the country charts in the earlier part of the decade in favour of a sound closer to the genre's roots.[8] [9] In October the Statler Brothers, who had first entered the chart in 1966, spent the only week of their career at number one when the album Pardners in Rhyme reached the top spot for a single week.[10] In December, Gary Morris likewise spent his only week atop the chart with Anything Goes.[11] It was displaced by the year's final number one, The Heart of the Matter by Kenny Rogers, in the issue of Billboard dated December 28. Rogers' album would go on to spend a total of six weeks at number one but would prove to be the last of the 11 chart-toppers which the singer achieved in his lifetime;[12] he would top the chart again in 2020 shortly after his death.[13] [14]

Chart history

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scope=rowKentucky Hearts Exile[15]
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scope=rowDoes Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind [17]
scope=row[18]
scope=rowWhy Not Me [19]
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scope=row[21]
scope=rowCountry Boy [22]
scope=row[23]
scope=row[24]
scope=rowDoes Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind [25]
scope=rowFriendship [26]
scope=row Alabama[27]
scope=row[28]
scope=row[29]
scope=row[30]
scope=row[31]
scope=row[32]
scope=row[33]
scope=row[34]
scope=row[35]
scope=row[36]
scope=row[37]
scope=row[38]
scope=rowFive-O [39]
scope=row[40]
scope=row[41]
scope=row[42]
scope=row[43]
scope=row[44]
scope=row Alabama[45]
scope=row[46]
scope=rowFive-O [47]
scope=row[48]
scope=row[49]
scope=rowGreatest Hits, Vol. 2 [50]
scope=row[51]
scope=row[52]
scope=rowHighwayman [53]
scope=rowGreatest Hits, Vol. 2 [54]
scope=row[55]
scope=rowPardners in Rhyme [56]
scope=rowGreatest Hits, Vol. 2 [57]
scope=row[58]
scope=row[59]
scope=row[60]
scope=row[61]
scope=row[62]
scope=rowRhythm & Romance [63]
scope=rowSomething Special [64]
scope=rowAnything Goes [65]
scope=row [66]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Joel Whitburn Presents Hot Country Albums: Billboard 1964 to 2007. Record Research, Incorporated. 2008. 9780898201734. 6.
  2. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Joel Whitburn Presents Hot Country Albums: Billboard 1964 to 2007. Record Research, Incorporated. 2008. 9780898201734. 57.
  3. Web site: Ray Charles Biography & History. AllMusic. Richie. Unterberger. February 24, 2018.
  4. Web site: Ray Charles. The Independent. June 12, 2004. June 13, 2019.
  5. Web site: Erlewine . Steven Thomas . [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=friendship-r3640/review|pure_url=yes}} ''Friendship'' review ]. . February 23, 2018.
  6. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Joel Whitburn Presents Hot Country Albums: Billboard 1964 to 2007. Record Research, Incorporated. 2008. 9780898201734. 132.
  7. Web site: The Judds Biography & History. Steve. Huey. AllMusic. March 26, 2020.
  8. Book: Wolff, Kurt. Country Music: The Rough Guide. Rough Guides. 458. 2000. 9781858285344.
  9. Book: Thompson, William Forde. Music in the Social and Behavioral Sciences: An Encyclopedia. SAGE Publications. 274. 2014. 9781452283029.
  10. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Joel Whitburn Presents Hot Country Albums: Billboard 1964 to 2007. Record Research, Incorporated. 2008. 9780898201734. 237.
  11. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Joel Whitburn Presents Hot Country Albums: Billboard 1964 to 2007. Record Research, Incorporated. 2008. 9780898201734. 171.
  12. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Joel Whitburn Presents Hot Country Albums: Billboard 1964 to 2007. Record Research, Incorporated. 2008. 9780898201734. 216 - 217.
  13. Country Albums chart for April 4, 2020. Billboard. March 31, 2020.
  14. Web site: Kenny Rogers, country music star, dies aged 81. The Guardian. Vanessa. Thorpe. March 21, 2020. March 31, 2020.
  15. Country Albums chart for January 5, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  16. Country Albums chart for January 12, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  17. Country Albums chart for January 19, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  18. Country Albums chart for January 26, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  19. Country Albums chart for February 2, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  20. Country Albums chart for February 9, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  21. Country Albums chart for February 16, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  22. Country Albums chart for February 23, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  23. Country Albums chart for March 2, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  24. Country Albums chart for March 9, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  25. Country Albums chart for March 16, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  26. Country Albums chart for March 23, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  27. Country Albums chart for March 30, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  28. Country Albums chart for April 6, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  29. Country Albums chart for April 13, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  30. Country Albums chart for April 20, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  31. Country Albums chart for April 27, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  32. Country Albums chart for May 4, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  33. Country Albums chart for May 11, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  34. Country Albums chart for May 18, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  35. Country Albums chart for May 25, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  36. Country Albums chart for June 1, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  37. Country Albums chart for June 8, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  38. Country Albums chart for June 15, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  39. Country Albums chart for June 22, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  40. Country Albums chart for June 29, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  41. Country Albums chart for July 6, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  42. Country Albums chart for July 13, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  43. Country Albums chart for July 20, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  44. Country Albums chart for July 27, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  45. Country Albums chart for August 3, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  46. Country Albums chart for August 10, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  47. Country Albums chart for August 17, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  48. Country Albums chart for August 24, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  49. Country Albums chart for August 31, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  50. Country Albums chart for September 7, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  51. Country Albums chart for September 14, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  52. Country Albums chart for September 21, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  53. Country Albums chart for September 28, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  54. Country Albums chart for October 5, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  55. Country Albums chart for October 12, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  56. Country Albums chart for October 19, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  57. Country Albums chart for October 26, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  58. Country Albums chart for November 2, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  59. Country Albums chart for November 9, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  60. Country Albums chart for November 16, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  61. Country Albums chart for November 23, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  62. Country Albums chart for November 30, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  63. Country Albums chart for December 7, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  64. Country Albums chart for December 14, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  65. Country Albums chart for December 21, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  66. Country Albums chart for December 28, 1985. Billboard. March 25, 2020.

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