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Singer George Strait
George Strait achieved his first chart-topper in 1984.

Top Country Albums is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music albums in the United States, published by Billboard. In 1984, nine different albums topped the chart, based on sales reports submitted by a representative sample of stores nationwide. The chart was published under the title Top Country LPs through the issue of Billboard dated October 13, and Top Country Albums thereafter.

In the issue of Billboard dated January 7, Kenny Rogers was at number one with his album Eyes That See in the Dark, its eleventh week in the top spot. The album remained at number one through the issue dated February 11, after which it was displaced by Right or Wrong by George Strait, which spent five non-consecutive weeks atop the chart over a seven-month period. It was the first number one for Strait, who would go on to set a record for the highest number of chart-toppers by an artist, reaching the peak position with 27 albums over the subsequent 35 years. Having sold more than 100 million albums in his career, Strait is considered one of the biggest stars in country music.

In July, Hank Williams Jr reached number one for the first time in more than fifteen years with Major Moves; his only previous appearance at the top of the chart had been in 1969 with Songs My Father Left Me. Nine of his ten albums which entered the chart between 1979 and 1983 had reached the top ten but fallen short of the peak position; Major Moves, however, would begin a run of eight consecutive chart-toppers for the singer. Alabama's album Roll On spent the highest total number of weeks at number one in 1984, with thirteen weeks in the peak position in two separate spells. It was the fourth consecutive album by the band to top the chart, but had the shortest time in the top spot of their four number ones to date; the previous three had all spent over 20 weeks at number one. The longest unbroken run at number one in 1984 was achieved by Willie Nelson with City of New Orleans, which spent 12 consecutive weeks atop the chart. It was displaced in the issue of Billboard dated December 22 by the year's final chart-topper, Kentucky Hearts, the first number-one country album for the band Exile. The band had originally performed primarily pop music and had topped the Hot 100 in 1978 with the disco-influenced track "Kiss You All Over", but went on to achieve much greater success after a shift to the country genre in the early 1980s.

Chart history

Singer Kenny Rogers
At the start of the year Kenny Rogers was in the midst of a long run at number one with Eyes That See in the Dark.
Singer Hank Williams Jr.
Hank Williams Jr spent seven weeks at number one with Major Moves.
Willie Nelson's City of New Orleans had the year's longest unbroken run at number one.
Issue date Title Artist(s) Ref.
January 7 Eyes That See in the Dark Kenny Rogers
January 14
January 21
January 28
February 4
February 11
February 18 Right or Wrong George Strait
February 25 Don't Cheat in Our Hometown Ricky Skaggs
March 3 Right or Wrong George Strait
March 10
March 17 Roll On Alabama
March 24
March 31
April 7
April 14
April 21
April 28 Deliver The Oak Ridge Boys
May 4
May 11
May 18
May 25
June 2 Roll On Alabama
June 9
June 16
June 23
June 30
July 7
July 14
July 21 Major Moves Hank Williams Jr.
July 28
August 4
August 11
August 18
August 25
September 1 Right or Wrong George Strait
September 8
September 15 Major Moves Hank Williams Jr.
September 22 It's All in the Game Merle Haggard
September 29 City of New Orleans Willie Nelson
October 6
October 13
October 20
October 27
November 3
November 10
November 17
November 24
December 1
December 8
December 15
December 22 Kentucky Hearts Exile
December 29

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