List of Hot Country Singles & Tracks number ones of 2004

Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry of Montgomery Gentry singing into microphones, with Gentry also playing a white guitar
The duo Montgomery Gentry topped the chart for the first time in 2004.

Hot Country Songs is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. In 2004, 21 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 SoundScan.[1]

Singer Kenny Chesney's song "There Goes My Life" was at number one at the start of the year, having been at the top since the issue of Billboard dated December 20, 2003.[2] It remained at number one for the first five weeks of 2004 before being replaced by "Remember When" by Alan Jackson. The highest total number of weeks spent at number one by a song in 2004 was seven, achieved by "Live Like You Were Dying" by Tim McGraw, which was ranked number one on Billboard's year-end chart of the most popular country songs.[3] As the song's seven weeks at the top were split into two separate spells, however, the longest unbroken run at the top was five weeks, achieved by three different songs, two of which were by Chesney: "There Goes My Life" and "When the Sun Goes Down", the latter a collaboration with Uncle Kracker. The third song with a five-week run at the top was "Redneck Woman" by Gretchen Wilson.

Tim McGraw achieved the most number one hits of the year, with three, and tied with Kenny Chesney for the most weeks in the top spot, with ten. Chesney and Toby Keith were the only artists other than McGraw to place more than one song at number one in 2004, with two each. When his collaboration with Chesney reached the top spot, Uncle Kracker gained a number one with his first single to appear on the country chart.[4] While Kracker had previously released other recordings and even appeared on other Billboard charts,[4] Gretchen Wilson achieved the feat of topping the chart with her very first single when "Redneck Woman" reached the top spot in May.[5] It marked the first chart-topper by a solo female artist for more than two years,[6] but was followed to the top later in the year by songs by Reba McEntire, Terri Clark and Sara Evans. The only other act to achieve a first number one in 2004 was the duo Montgomery Gentry.[7] The final number one of the year was "Some Beach" by Blake Shelton.

Chart history

A woman with long dark hair talking into a microphone
Gretchen Wilson was the first solo female artist to top the chart since April 2002.
A bearded man wearing a cowboy hat
Tim McGraw spent ten weeks at number one during the year.
A man wearing dark glasses and a dark T-shirt singing into a microphone
Phil Vassar spent two weeks at the top of the chart in November.
Issue date Title Artist(s) Ref.
January 3 "There Goes My Life" Kenny Chesney [8]
January 10 [9]
January 17 [10]
January 24 [11]
January 31 [12]
February 7 "Remember When" Alan Jackson [13]
February 14 [14]
February 21 "American Soldier" Toby Keith [15]
February 28 [16]
March 6 [17]
March 13 [18]
March 20 "Watch the Wind Blow By" Tim McGraw [19]
March 27 [20]
April 3 "When the Sun Goes Down" Kenny Chesney & Uncle Kracker [21]
April 10 [22]
April 17 [23]
April 24 [24]
May 1 [25]
May 8 "You'll Think of Me" Keith Urban [26]
May 15 [27]
May 22 "Mayberry" Rascal Flatts [28]
May 29 "Redneck Woman" Gretchen Wilson [29]
June 5 [30]
June 12 [31]
June 19 [32]
June 26 [33]
July 3 "If You Ever Stop Loving Me" Montgomery Gentry [34]
July 10 "Whiskey Girl" Toby Keith [35]
July 17 "Live Like You Were Dying" Tim McGraw [36]
July 24 [37]
July 31 [38]
August 7 "Somebody" Reba McEntire [39]
August 14 "Live Like You Were Dying" Tim McGraw [40]
August 21 [41]
August 28 [42]
September 4 [43]
September 11 "Girls Lie Too" Terri Clark [44]
September 18 "Days Go By" Keith Urban [45]
September 25 [46]
October 2 [47]
October 9 [48]
October 16 "Suds in the Bucket" Sara Evans [49]
October 23 "I Hate Everything" George Strait [50]
October 30 [51]
November 6 "In a Real Love" Phil Vassar [52]
November 13 [53]
November 20 "Mr. Mom" Lonestar [54]
November 27 [55]
December 4 "Nothing On but the Radio" Gary Allan [56]
December 11 [57]
December 18 "Back When" Tim McGraw [58]
December 25 "Some Beach" Blake Shelton [59]

See also

References

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