List of number-one country albums of 1980 (U.S.)
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These are the U.S. number-one country albums of 1980
, per the Billboard
Top Country Albums chart.
Note that Billboard publishes charts with an issue date approximately 7-10 days in advance.
1980 in country music
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1980.- Events :* January 25 — At age 84, octogenerian comedian George Burns becomes by far the oldest performer to have a single in the top 40 of Billboards Hot Country Singles chart with "I Wish I Was 18 Again." The...
, 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 5 | Kenny Kenny (album) Kenny is the seventh studio album by Kenny Rogers, released in 1979. It includes the singles "Coward of the County" and "You Decorated My Life.""Tulsa Turnaround" is a reworking of an earlier song Rogers recorded with The First Edition.... |
Kenny Rogers Kenny Rogers Kenneth Donald "Kenny" Rogers is an American singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur... |
| January 12 | Kenny | Kenny Rogers |
| January 19 | Kenny | Kenny Rogers |
| January 26 | Kenny | Kenny Rogers |
| February 2 | Kenny | Kenny Rogers |
| February 9 | Kenny | Kenny Rogers |
| February 16 | Kenny | Kenny Rogers |
| February 23 | Kenny | Kenny Rogers |
| March 1 | Kenny | Kenny Rogers |
| March 8 | Kenny | Kenny Rogers |
| March 15 | Kenny | Kenny Rogers |
| March 22 | Kenny | Kenny Rogers |
| March 29 | Kenny | Kenny Rogers |
| April 5 | Kenny | Kenny Rogers |
| April 12 | Kenny | Kenny Rogers |
| April 19 | Kenny | Kenny Rogers |
| April 26 | Kenny | Kenny Rogers |
| May 3 | There's a Little Bit of Hank in Me There's a Little Bit of Hank in Me There's a Little Bit of Hank in Me is a studio album by American country music artist Charley Pride. It was released in 1980 via RCA Records... |
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... |
| May 10 | Gideon Gideon (album) Gideon is the eighth solo studio album by Kenny Rogers, issued by United Artists Records in 1980. It reached #1 on the country charts and the top 20 of the pop charts... |
Kenny Rogers |
| May 17 | There's a Little Bit of Hank in Me | Charley Pride |
| May 24 | Gideon | Kenny Rogers |
| May 31 | Greatest Hits Greatest Hits (Waylon Jennings album) Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Waylon Jennings, released in 1979 on RCA Victor. It documents Jennings' outlaw country years for RCA and includes several of his most well-known signature songs, the most recent of which had been the title track of I've Always Been Crazy, released the year... |
Waylon Jennings Waylon Jennings Waylon Arnold Jennings was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. Jennings began playing at eight. He began performing at twelve, on KVOW radio. Jennings formed a band The Texas Longhorns. Jennings worked as a D.J on KVOW, KDAV and KLLL... |
| June 7 | Gideon | Kenny Rogers |
| June 14 | Gideon | Kenny Rogers |
| June 21 | Gideon | Kenny Rogers |
| June 28 | Gideon | Kenny Rogers |
| July 5 | Gideon | Kenny Rogers |
| July 12 | Music Man Music Man (album) Music Man is an album by Waylon Jennings, released in 1980 on RCA Victor. It was Jennings' final album in a streak of releases which mostly reached #1 on the country charts... |
Waylon Jennings |
| July 19 | Music Man | Waylon Jennings |
| July 26 | Music Man | Waylon Jennings |
| August 2 | Urban Cowboy Urban Cowboy Released as a 2× vinyl record album, re-released on CD in 1995.Side A:#Hello Texas – Jimmy Buffett #All Night Long – Joe Walsh #Times Like These – Dan Fogelberg #Nine Tonight – Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band... |
Soundtrack |
| August 9 | Urban Cowboy | Soundtrack |
| August 16 | Urban Cowboy | Soundtrack |
| August 23 | Urban Cowboy | Soundtrack |
| August 30 | Urban Cowboy | Soundtrack |
| September 6 | Urban Cowboy | Soundtrack |
| September 13 | Horizon Horizon (Eddie Rabbitt album) Horizon was the sixth studio album of Country music artist Eddie Rabbitt. It was released in 1980 under the Elektra Records label. The album produced two singles, both of which reached number one on country charts. The lead-off single "Drivin' My Life Away" reached number 5 on the Billboard 100 and... |
Eddie Rabbitt Eddie Rabbitt Edward Thomas "Eddie" Rabbitt was an American singer-songwriter and musician. His career began as a songwriter in the late 1960s, springboarding to a recording career after composing hits such as "Kentucky Rain" for Elvis Presley in 1970 and "Pure Love" for Ronnie Milsap in 1974... |
| September 20 | Urban Cowboy | Soundtrack |
| September 27 | Urban Cowboy | Soundtrack |
| October 4 | Honeysuckle Rose Honeysuckle Rose (album) Honeysuckle Rose is the soundtrack to the 1980 musical drama film by the same name, which stars Willie Nelson. Tracks on the album include songs by Nelson and various artists including Kenneth Threadgill, Emmylou Harris, Johnny Gimble, Hank Cochran, Jeannie Seely and Dyan Cannon.The song "On the... |
Soundtrack |
| October 11 | Honeysuckle Rose | Soundtrack |
| October 18 | Honeysuckle Rose | Soundtrack |
| October 25 | Honeysuckle Rose | Soundtrack |
| November 1 | Honeysuckle Rose | Soundtrack |
| November 8 | Honeysuckle Rose | Soundtrack |
| November 15 | Greatest Hits | Kenny Rogers |
| November 22 | Greatest Hits | Kenny Rogers |
| November 29 | Greatest Hits | Kenny Rogers |
| December 6 | Greatest Hits | Kenny Rogers |
| December 13 | Greatest Hits | Kenny Rogers |
| December 20 | Greatest Hits Greatest Hits (Ronnie Milsap album) Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits collection by American country music artist Ronnie Milsap. It was released in 1980 by RCA Records. The album's only single, "Smoky Mountain Rain," reached Number One on both the Billboard Hot Country Singles and Easy Listening charts... |
Ronnie Milsap Ronnie Milsap Ronnie Lee Milsap is an American country music singer and pianist. He was one of country’s most popular and influential performers of the 1970s and 1980s... |
| December 27 | Greatest Hits | Kenny Rogers |