List of Top Country Albums number ones of 2000

Singers Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw
Kenny Chesney (left) and Tim McGraw each reached number one in 2000 with an album entitled Greatest Hits.

Top Country Albums is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music albums in the United States, published by Billboard. In 2000, 11 different albums topped the chart, based on electronic point of sale data provided by SoundScan Inc.[1]

In the issue of Billboard dated January 1, Canadian singer Shania Twain was at number one with her album Come On Over, the album's 49th week in the top spot.[2] It remained atop the chart for one further week for a final total of 50 weeks at number one, making it the longest-running chart-topper in the history of the Top Country Albums listing.[3][4] In 2000, it was recognized by the Recording Industry Association of America as the highest-selling album of all time by a female artist, as well as the biggest-selling country album.[5][6] Its time at number one finally came to an end in the issue of Billboard dated January 15 when it was displaced by Fly by the Dixie Chicks, which returned to the top spot having initially reached number one the previous September. The album had three lengthy spells at number one in 2000 totalling 28 weeks in the top spot. This brought the album's total number of weeks in the top spot to 36, the fourth highest figure in the chart's history.[7] It was the second of three consecutive releases by the all-female trio to win the Grammy Award for Best Country Album.[8][9]

Three acts topped the chart for the first time in 2000. In June, Lee Ann Womack gained her first number one when I Hope You Dance spent a single week in the top spot.[10] Two months later, Jo Dee Messina achieved the same feat with Burn.[11] Finally, Kenny Chesney topped the chart for the first time with his compilation album Greatest Hits.[12] Chesney would go on to become one of the biggest country music stars of the early 21st century,[13] with 16 chart-topping albums by 2018.[14] Two other compilations topped the chart in 2000: George Strait spent two weeks at number one with Latest Greatest Straitest Hits and Tim McGraw spent the final four weeks of the year atop the listing with Greatest Hits. Strait was the only artist to achieve more than one number one during the year, as he also reached the peak position with an eponymous album. Faith Hill, McGraw's wife,[15] returned to number one with her album Breathe in October, nearly a year after it had topped the chart for an initial two weeks in November and December 1999.[16][17]

Chart history

Singer Lee Ann Womack
I Hope You Dance was the first number one for Lee Ann Womack.
Musical group the Dixie Chicks
Fly by the Dixie Chicks had three lengthy spells at number one in 2000.
Singer George Strait
George Strait topped the chart with two albums during the year.
Singer Jo Dee Messina
Jo Dee Messina gained her first chart-topper with Burn.
Issue date Title Artist(s) Ref.
January 1 Come On Over Shania Twain [2]
January 8 [18]
January 15 Fly Dixie Chicks [19]
January 22 [20]
January 29 [21]
February 5 [22]
February 12 [23]
February 19 [24]
February 26 [25]
March 4 [26]
March 11 [27]
March 18 [28]
March 25 Latest Greatest Straitest Hits George Strait [29]
April 1 [30]
April 8 Fly Dixie Chicks [31]
April 15 [32]
April 22 [33]
April 29 [34]
May 6 [35]
May 13 [36]
May 20 [37]
May 27 [38]
June 3 [39]
June 10 I Hope You Dance Lee Ann Womack [40]
June 17 Fly Dixie Chicks [41]
June 24 [42]
July 1 [43]
July 8 [44]
July 15 [45]
July 22 [46]
July 29 [47]
August 5 [48]
August 12 [49]
August 19 Burn Jo Dee Messina [50]
August 26 Coyote Ugly Soundtrack [51]
September 2 [52]
September 9 [53]
September 16 [54]
September 23 [55]
September 30 [56]
October 7 George Strait George Strait [57]
October 14 Greatest Hits Kenny Chesney [58]
October 21 [59]
October 28 Breathe Faith Hill [60]
November 4 [61]
November 11 [62]
November 18 [63]
November 25 When Somebody Loves You Alan Jackson [64]
December 2 [65]
December 9 Greatest Hits Tim McGraw [66]
December 16 [67]
December 23 [68]
December 30 [69]

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