List of number-one country albums of 1970 (U.S.)
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These are the U.S. number-one country albums of 1970
, per the Billboard
Top Country Albums chart.
Note that Billboard publishes charts with an issue date approximately 7–10 days in advance.
1970 in country music
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1970.-Events:* September — That Good Ole Nashville Music debuts in syndication. The series will run until 1985.-United States:...
, per the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Top Country Albums chart.
Note that Billboard publishes charts with an issue date approximately 7–10 days in advance.
| Issue Date | Album | Artist |
| January 3 | The Best of Charley Pride | Charley Pride Charley Pride Charley Frank Pride is an American country music singer. His smooth baritone voice was featured on thirty-nine number-one hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. His greatest success came in the early- to mid-1970s, when he became the best-selling performer for RCA Records since Elvis... |
| January 10 | The Best of Charley Pride | Charley Pride |
| January 17 | The Best of Charley Pride | Charley Pride |
| January 24 | The Best of Charley Pride | Charley Pride |
| January 31 | The Best of Charley Pride | Charley Pride |
| February 7 | The Best of Charley Pride | Charley Pride |
| February 14 | The Best of Charley Pride | Charley Pride |
| February 21 | The Best of Charley Pride | Charley Pride |
| February 28 | The Best of Charley Pride | Charley Pride |
| March 7 | The Best of Charley Pride | Charley Pride |
| March 14 | The Best of Charley Pride | Charley Pride |
| March 21 | Okie from Muskogee Okie from Muskogee Okie from Muskogee is an album by Merle Haggard and the Strangers, released in 1969. The album won the Academy of Country Music award for Album of the Year in 1969. Haggard also won Single of the Year for "Okie from Muskogee" as well as Top Male Vocalist.Haggard has stated that the title song on... |
Merle Haggard Merle Haggard Merle Ronald Haggard is an American country music singer, guitarist, fiddler, instrumentalist, and songwriter. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster guitars, vocal harmonies,... |
| March 28 | Hello, I'm Johnny Cash Hello, I'm Johnny Cash Hello, I'm Johnny Cash is an album released by country singer Johnny Cash on Columbia Records in 1970 . "If I Were a Carpenter", a famous duet with Cash's wife, June Carter Cash, earned the couple a Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1971 ; the song also... |
Johnny Cash Johnny Cash John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century... |
| April 4 | Hello, I'm Johnny Cash | Johnny Cash |
| April 11 | Hello, I'm Johnny Cash | Johnny Cash |
| April 18 | Hello, I'm Johnny Cash | Johnny Cash |
| April 25 | Just Plain Charley | Charley Pride |
| May 2 | Just Plain Charley | Charley Pride |
| May 9 | Okie from Muskogee | Merle Haggard |
| May 16 | Okie from Muskogee | Merle Haggard |
| May 23 | Okie from Muskogee | Merle Haggard |
| May 30 | Okie from Muskogee | Merle Haggard |
| June 6 | Just Plain Charley | Charley Pride |
| June 13 | Just Plain Charley | Charley Pride |
| June 20 | Just Plain Charley | Charley Pride |
| June 27 | Just Plain Charley | Charley Pride |
| July 4 | Just Plain Charley | Charley Pride |
| July 11 | Just Plain Charley | Charley Pride |
| July 18 | Just Plain Charley | Charley Pride |
| July 25 | Tammy's Touch | Tammy Wynette Tammy Wynette Virginia Wynette Pugh, known professionally as Tammy Wynette , was an American country music singer-songwriter and one of the genre's best-known artists and biggest-selling female vocalists.... |
| August 1 | Tammy's Touch | Tammy Wynette |
| August 8 | Charley Pride's 10th Album | Charley Pride |
| August 15 | Charley Pride's 10th Album | Charley Pride |
| August 22 | Charley Pride's 10th Album | Charley Pride |
| August 29 | Charley Pride's 10th Album | Charley Pride |
| September 5 | Charley Pride's 10th Album | Charley Pride |
| September 12 | Charley Pride's 10th Album | Charley Pride |
| September 19 | Charley Pride's 10th Album | Charley Pride |
| September 26 | Charley Pride's 10th Album | Charley Pride |
| October 3 | Hello Darlin | Conway Twitty Conway Twitty Conway Twitty , born Harold Lloyd Jenkins, was an American country music artist. He also had success in early rock and roll, R&B, and pop music. He held the record for the most number one singles of any act with 55 No. 1 Billboard country hits until George Strait broke the record in 2006... |
| October 10 | The Fightin' Side of Me The Fightin' Side of Me (album) The Fightin' Side of Me is an album by Merle Haggard and the Strangers, released in 1970. Like the song "Okie from Muskogee" led to a quickly released album, The Fightin' Side of Me was also quickly released because of the run of success of Haggard's patriotic hit single "The Fightin' Side of... |
Merle Haggard |
| October 17 | The Fightin' Side of Me | Merle Haggard |
| October 24 | The Fightin' Side of Me | Merle Haggard |
| October 31 | The Fightin' Side of Me | Merle Haggard |
| November 7 | The Fightin' Side of Me | Merle Haggard |
| November 14 | The Fightin' Side of Me | Merle Haggard |
| November 21 | The Fightin' Side of Me | Merle Haggard |
| November 28 | For the Good Times | Ray Price Ray Price (musician) Ray Price is an American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist. His wide-ranging baritone has often been praised as among the best male voices of country music... |
| December 5 | For the Good Times | Ray Price |
| December 12 | For the Good Times | Ray Price |
| December 19 | The Johnny Cash Show | Johnny Cash |
| December 26 | The Johnny Cash Show | Johnny Cash |