List of number-one country albums of 1971 (U.S.)
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These are the U.S. number-one country albums of 1971
, per the Billboard
Top Country Albums chart.
Note that Billboard publishes charts with an issue date approximately 7–10 days in advance.
1971 in country music
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1971.-No dates:*Seeking younger, more urban viewers, CBS cancels nearly all of its rural-themed programming...
, 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 2 | 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... |
| January 9 | For the Good Times | Ray Price |
| January 16 | For the Good Times | Ray Price |
| January 23 | For the Good Times | Ray Price |
| January 30 | For the Good Times | Ray Price |
| February 6 | For the Good Times | Ray Price |
| February 13 | Rose Garden Rose Garden (Lynn Anderson album) Rose Garden was an album released in 1971 by country singer Lynn Anderson. The album was the same name as the single she released in late 1970. The song went on to top the country charts, where it stayed at the #1 position for five weeks, and reached #3 on the pop charts in 1971. Anderson received... |
Lynn Anderson Lynn Anderson Lynn Rene Anderson is an American country music singer and equestrian known for a string of hits throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, most notably her Grammy Award-winning, worldwide mega-hit, " Rose Garden." Helped by her regular exposure on national television, Anderson was one of the most... |
| February 20 | Rose Garden | Lynn Anderson |
| February 27 | Rose Garden | Lynn Anderson |
| March 6 | Rose Garden | Lynn Anderson |
| March 13 | Rose Garden | Lynn Anderson |
| March 20 | Rose Garden | Lynn Anderson |
| March 27 | Rose Garden | Lynn Anderson |
| April 3 | Rose Garden | Lynn Anderson |
| April 10 | Rose Garden | Lynn Anderson |
| April 17 | Rose Garden | Lynn Anderson |
| April 24 | Rose Garden | Lynn Anderson |
| May 1 | Rose Garden | Lynn Anderson |
| May 8 | Help Me Make It Through the Night Help Me Make It Through the Night (album) Help Me Make It Through the Night is the debut studio album released by American country artist Sammi Smith. The album was originally released in September 1970 on Mega Records and was produced by Jim Malloy. The album's name was derived from the title track, which reached number one on the... |
Sammi Smith Sammi Smith Sammi Smith was an American country music singer and songwriter. Born Jewel Faye Smith, she is best known for her 1971 country/pop crossover hit, "Help Me Make It Through the Night", which was written by Kris Kristofferson... |
| May 15 | Rose Garden | Lynn Anderson |
| May 22 | Hag Hag (album) Hag is an album by country singer Merle Haggard, released in 1971. It was his first album with a majority of original songs in two years. It reached #1 on the Billboard Country album chart and #66 on the Pop album chart... |
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,... |
| May 29 | Hag | Merle Haggard |
| June 5 | Rose Garden | Lynn Anderson |
| June 12 | Hag | Merle Haggard |
| June 19 | Hag | Merle Haggard |
| June 26 | Did You Think to Pray | 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... |
| July 3 | I Won't Mention It Again | Ray Price |
| July 10 | I Won't Mention It Again | Ray Price |
| July 17 | I Won't Mention It Again | Ray Price |
| July 24 | Man in Black Man in Black (album) Man in Black is an album by country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1971. Many of the songs on the album contain political references, either broad or specific, while the title song refers both to Cash's tendency to wear black at live shows and to the tumultuous times in which... |
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... |
| July 31 | Man in Black | Johnny Cash |
| August 7 | I Won't Mention It Again | Ray Price |
| August 14 | I'm Just Me | Charley Pride |
| August 21 | I'm Just Me | Charley Pride |
| August 28 | You're My Man You're My Man (album) You're My Man is a Lynn Anderson album for Columbia Records released in 1971. The disc was Anderson's fourth studio album for the label. The record was a #1 hit on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart for seven weeks, Anderson's third number one on the chart... |
Lynn Anderson |
| September 4 | You're My Man | Lynn Anderson |
| September 11 | You're My Man | Lynn Anderson |
| September 18 | You're My Man | Lynn Anderson |
| September 25 | You're My Man | Lynn Anderson |
| October 2 | You're My Man | Lynn Anderson |
| October 9 | You're My Man | Lynn Anderson |
| October 16 | I'm Just Me | Charley Pride |
| October 23 | I Won't Mention It Again | Ray Price |
| October 30 | Easy Loving | Freddie Hart Freddie Hart (musician) Frederick Segrest , known professionally as Freddie Hart, is an American country musician and songwriter best-known for his No. 1 hit "Easy Loving," which won the Country Music Association Song of the Year award in 1971 and 1972.... |
| November 6 | Easy Loving | Freddie Hart |
| November 13 | Easy Loving | Freddie Hart |
| November 20 | Easy Loving | Freddie Hart |
| November 27 | Easy Loving | Freddie Hart |
| December 4 | Easy Loving | Freddie Hart |
| December 11 | Easy Loving | Freddie Hart |
| December 18 | Easy Loving | Freddie Hart |
| December 25 | Easy Loving | Freddie Hart |