List of Hot Country Singles & Tracks number ones of 1994

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John Michael Montgomery had three number ones in 1994.

Hot Country Songs is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. In 1994, 30 different songs topped the chart, then published under the title Hot Country Singles & Tracks, in 52 issues of the magazine, based on weekly airplay data from country music radio stations compiled by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems.[1]

Two artists reached number one with three different songs in 1994. Clay Walker topped the chart with "Live Until I Die", "Dreaming with My Eyes Open" and "If I Could Make a Living", and John Michael Montgomery achieved the feat with "I Swear", "Be My Baby Tonight" and "If You've Got Love". Montgomery also spent the most cumulative weeks at the top of the chart, with seven, one more than Neal McCoy, who spent six weeks at the top with "No Doubt About It" and "Wink". Despite this level of chart success in 1994, the two songs remain McCoy's only number one hits.[2] Clay Walker's three number ones each spent only a single week in the top spot. Other artists to achieve more than one number one in 1994 were Brooks & Dunn, Joe Diffie, Faith Hill and Alan Jackson.

In addition to McCoy, acts who reached number one for the first time in 1994 included Mary Chapin Carpenter with "Shut Up and Kiss Me",[3] Little Texas with "My Love",[4] and John Berry with "Your Love Amazes Me".[5] The final chart-topper of the year was "Pickup Man" by Joe Diffie.

Chart history

A man in a baseball cap, yellow T-shirt and blue jeans singing into a microphone with his arms spread wide
Neal McCoy had two number ones in 1994, which spent a combined six weeks at the top of the chart, but they remain the only chart-toppers of his career.
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Joe Diffie was one of several acts to have two number ones in 1994.
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Mary Chapin Carpenter had her only number one to date in 1994.
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Trisha Yearwood spent two weeks at number one with "XXX's and OOO's (An American Girl)", which went on to serve as the theme song to her Food Network show Trisha's Southern Kitchen.[6]
Issue date Title Artist(s) Ref.
January 1 "Wild One" Faith Hill [7]
January 8 [8]
January 15 [9]
January 22 [10]
January 29 "Live Until I Die" Clay Walker [11]
February 5 "I Swear" John Michael Montgomery [12]
February 12 [13]
February 19 [14]
February 26 [15]
March 5 "I Just Wanted You to Know" Mark Chesnutt [16]
March 12 "Tryin' to Get Over You" Vince Gill [17]
March 19 "No Doubt About It" Neal McCoy [18]
March 26 [19]
April 2 "My Love" Little Texas [20]
April 9 [21]
April 16 "If the Good Die Young" Tracy Lawrence [22]
April 23 [23]
April 30 "Piece of My Heart" Faith Hill [24]
May 7 "A Good Run of Bad Luck" Clint Black [25]
May 14 "If Bubba Can Dance (I Can Too)" Shenandoah [26]
May 21 "Your Love Amazes Me" John Berry [27]
May 28 "Don't Take the Girl" Tim McGraw [28]
June 4 [29]
June 11 "That Ain't No Way to Go" Brooks & Dunn [30]
June 18 "Wink" Neal McCoy [31]
June 25 [32]
July 2 [33]
July 9 [34]
July 16 "Foolish Pride" Travis Tritt [35]
July 23 "Summertime Blues" Alan Jackson [36]
July 30 [37]
August 6 [38]
August 13 "Be My Baby Tonight" John Michael Montgomery [39]
August 20 [40]
August 27 "Dreaming with My Eyes Open" Clay Walker [41]
September 3 "Whisper My Name" Randy Travis [42]
September 10 "XXX's and OOO's (An American Girl)" Trisha Yearwood [43]
September 17 [44]
September 24 "Third Rock from the Sun" Joe Diffie [45]
October 1 [46]
October 8 "Who's That Man" Toby Keith [47]
October 15 "She's Not the Cheatin' Kind" Brooks & Dunn [48]
October 22 [49]
October 29 "Livin' on Love" Alan Jackson [50]
November 5 [51]
November 12 [52]
November 19 "Shut Up and Kiss Me" Mary Chapin Carpenter [53]
November 26 "If I Could Make a Living" Clay Walker [54]
December 3 "The Big One" George Strait [55]
December 10 "If You've Got Love" John Michael Montgomery [56]
December 17 "Pickup Man" Joe Diffie [57]
December 24 [58]
December 31 [59]

See also

References

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