List of Top Country Albums number ones of 1995

Singer John Michael Montogmery
John Michael Montgomery spent 13 consecutive weeks at number one with his eponymous album.

Top Country Albums is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music albums in the United States, published by Billboard. In 1995, seven different albums topped the chart, based on electronic point of sale data provided by SoundScan Inc.[1]

In the issue of Billboard dated January 7, Garth Brooks was at number one with the compilation album The Hits, its second week in the top spot.[2] The album held the peak position for the first 14 weeks of 1995 and returned to number one for a single week later in the year; its 16 weeks atop the chart took Brooks's total number of weeks in the top spot to 113 in less than five years.[3] The singer returned to number one in December with his next album Fresh Horses, which held the top spot for the final four weeks of the year; he was the only artist to achieve more than one chart-topper during 1995. The Hits was replaced at number one by the eponymous album by John Michael Montgomery, which entered the chart at number one in the issue of Billboard dated April 15 and spent 13 consecutive weeks in the top spot. It was Montgomery's second consecutive chart-topper, but would prove to be his last album to reach number one.[4]

In July, Shania Twain gained her first number one with The Woman in Me; the album spent 11 weeks in the top spot in 1995 but would return to number one for a further 18 weeks the following year, making it the longest-running number one country album to date by a female artist.[5] The album launched the Canadian singer to stardom in both the country and pop markets, and helped to make her one of the most globally successful recording artists of the 1990s.[6] While Garth Brooks's The Hits was the only one of 1995's Top Country Albums number ones to also top the all-genre Billboard 200 chart, every other country chart-topper reached the top five of that listing.[7] In the mid-1990s, sales of country albums reached unprecedented levels, with Brooks and Twain in particular experiencing levels of mainstream popularity and success unheard of for a country artist; both The Hits and The Woman in Me would go on to be certified at least ten times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.[6][8][9][10]

Chart history

Singer Garth Brooks
Garth Brooks both began and ended the year at number one.
Singer Shania Twain
Shania Twain reached number one for the first time with The Woman in Me.
Singer Alan Jackson
Alan Jackson topped the chart with The Greatest Hits Collection.
Issue date Title Artist(s) Ref.
January 7 The Hits Garth Brooks [2]
January 14 [11]
January 21 [12]
January 28 [13]
February 4 [14]
February 11 [15]
February 18 [16]
February 25 [17]
March 4 [18]
March 11 [19]
March 18 [20]
March 25 [21]
April 1 [22]
April 8 [23]
April 15 John Michael Montgomery John Michael Montgomery [24]
April 22 [25]
April 29 [26]
May 6 [27]
May 13 [28]
May 20 [29]
May 27 [30]
June 3 [31]
June 10 [32]
June 17 [33]
June 24 [34]
July 1 [35]
July 8 [36]
July 15 The Hits Garth Brooks [37]
July 22 The Woman in Me Shania Twain [38]
July 29 [39]
August 5 [40]
August 12 [41]
August 19 [42]
August 26 [43]
September 2 [44]
September 9 [45]
September 16 [46]
September 23 [47]
September 30 [48]
October 7 All I Want Tim McGraw [49]
October 14 [50]
October 21 Starting Over Reba McEntire [51]
October 28 [52]
November 4 All I Want Tim McGraw [53]
November 11 The Greatest Hits Collection Alan Jackson [54]
November 18 [55]
November 25 [56]
December 2 [57]
December 9 Fresh Horses Garth Brooks [58]
December 16 [59]
December 23 [60]
December 30 [61]

References

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    "The Woman in Me Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
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    "Starting Over Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
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  30. ^ "Country Albums chart for May 27, 1995". Billboard. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
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