List of Top Country Albums number ones of 1994 explained
Top Country Albums is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music albums in the United States, published by Billboard. In 1994, 10 different albums topped the chart, based on electronic point of sale data provided by SoundScan Inc.[1]
In the issue of Billboard dated January 1, the number one position was held by the compilation album , its ninth week in the top spot. The album, which featured various country music artists performing songs originally recorded by the Eagles,[2] spent five non-consecutive weeks at number one in 1994, interrupted for a single week by Reba McEntire's album Greatest Hits Volume Two. A second compilation album topped the chart in March and April, when Rhythm, Country and Blues, consisting of duets between R&B and country artists,[3] spent two weeks in the top spot. Several artists performed on both albums, including Travis Tritt, Vince Gill, and Trisha Yearwood, none of whom had topped the chart with any of their own albums to date.[4]
In February, John Michael Montgomery achieved his first number one with Kickin' It Up,[5] which spent six weeks in the top spot. The album also topped the all-genre Billboard 200 listing.[6] Two months later, Tim McGraw achieved a similar feat by topping the country albums chart for the first time with an album which also reached number one on the Billboard 200.[7] [8] McGraw's album Not a Moment Too Soon spent an initial 15 weeks at number one on the country chart, was displaced for a single week, then returned to the top spot for a further 11 weeks. It returned to the top of the chart in December for a further three weeks to give a final total of 29 weeks atop the chart; only five previous albums had spent longer atop the chart.[9] The best-selling country album of the year, Not a Moment Too Soon launched McGraw to stardom; in the second half of the 1990s he was the most successful artist in country music and achieved mainstream celebrity.[10] Two other acts reached number one for the first time in the latter half of the year. In the issue of Billboard dated October 15, Brooks & Dunn topped the chart for the first time with Waitin' on Sundown,[11] and the following week Mary Chapin Carpenter gained the only number one of her career with Stones in the Road.[12] The year's final chart-topper was The Hits by Garth Brooks.
Chart history
Notes and References
- Book: Whitburn, Joel. Joel Whitburn Presents Hot Country Albums: Billboard 1964 to 2007. Record Research, Incorporated. 2008. 9780898201734. 6.
- Web site: Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles. AllMusic. April 20, 2020.
- Web site: Rhythm Country and Blues - Various Artists. Thom. Owen. AllMusic. April 23, 2020.
- Book: Whitburn, Joel. Joel Whitburn Presents Hot Country Albums: Billboard 1964 to 2007. Record Research, Incorporated. 2008. 9780898201734. 98, 253, 285.
- Book: Whitburn, Joel. Joel Whitburn Presents Hot Country Albums: Billboard 1964 to 2007. Record Research, Incorporated. 2008. 9780898201734. 168.
- Web site: Kickin' It Up - John Michael Montgomery. Michael. McCall. AllMusic. April 23, 2020.
- Book: Whitburn, Joel. Joel Whitburn Presents Hot Country Albums: Billboard 1964 to 2007. Record Research, Incorporated. 2008. 9780898201734. 163.
- How Kane Brown Balances Old School Country With Pop Beats on 'Experiment'. Dan. Hyman. Rolling Stone. November 21, 2018. April 23, 2020.
- Book: Whitburn, Joel. Joel Whitburn Presents Hot Country Albums: Billboard 1964 to 2007. Record Research, Incorporated. 2008. 9780898201734. 333 - 337.
- Web site: Tim McGraw Biography & History. Steve. Huey. . April 22, 2020.
- Book: Whitburn, Joel. Joel Whitburn Presents Hot Country Albums: Billboard 1964 to 2007. Record Research, Incorporated. 2008. 9780898201734. 41.
- Book: Whitburn, Joel. Joel Whitburn Presents Hot Country Albums: Billboard 1964 to 2007. Record Research, Incorporated. 2008. 9780898201734. 50.
- Country Albums chart for January 1, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for January 8, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for January 15, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for January 22, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for January 29, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for February 5, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for February 12, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for February 19, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for February 26, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for March 5, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for March 12, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for March 19, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for March 26, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for April 2, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for April 9, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for April 16, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for April 23, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for April 30, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for May 7, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for May 14, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for May 21, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for May 28, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for June 4, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for June 11, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for June 18, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for June 25, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for July 2, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for July 9, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for July 16, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for July 23, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for July 30, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for August 6, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for August 13, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for August 20, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for August 27, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for September 3, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for September 10, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for September 17, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for September 24, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for October 1, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for October 8, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for October 15, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for October 22, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for October 29, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for November 5, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for November 12, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for November 19, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for November 26, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for December 3, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for December 10, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for December 17, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for December 24, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.
- Country Albums chart for December 31, 1994. Billboard. April 21, 2020.