List of Top Country LP's number ones of 1977: Difference between revisions

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[[File:Elvis-nixon (crop).jpg|thumb|right|250px|alt=Singer Elvis Presley|[[Elvis Presley]] ''(right, pictured with US president [[Richard Nixon]] in 1970)'' spent 15 consecutive weeks at number one, beginning shortly after his death in August 1977.]]

In the issue of ''Billboard'' dated January 1, [[Waylon Jennings]] was at number one with his album ''[[Are You Ready for the Country]]'', its tenth week in the top spot.<ref name=J7 /> The following week it was displaced by [[Conway Twitty]]'s album ''Conway Twitty's Greatest Hits Vol. II'', but one week later Jennings was back at number one with ''[[Waylon Live]]'', an album of live performances recorded in 1974,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nodepression.com/album-reviews/waylon-jennings-waylon-live-the-expanded-edition/|title=Waylon Jennings – Waylon Live: The Expanded Edition|first=David|last=Cantwell|work=[[No Depression (magazine)|No Depression]]|date=November 1, 2003|accessdate=March 6, 2020}}</ref> which spent six weeks atop the chart. In June Jennings topped the chart once again with ''[[Ol' Waylon]]'', which featured his most successful single, "[[Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/ol-waylon-mw0000650309|title=Ol' Waylon &ndash; Waylon Jennings|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|first=Stephen Thomas|last=Erlewine|accessdate=March 9, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Waylon Jennings' 10 Best Songs Show His Outlaw Side|url=https://tasteofcountry.com/top-waylon-jennings-songs/|work=Taste of Country|publisher=[[Townsquare Media]]|date=May 19, 2012|accessdate=March 9, 2020}}</ref> Having entered the country albums chart regularly for nearly ten years without ever reaching number one, Jennings had now achieved four chart-topping albums in less than two years.<ref>{{cite book|title=Joel Whitburn Presents Hot Country Albums: Billboard 1964 to 2007|first=Joel|last=Whitburn|publisher=Record Research, Incorporated|date=2008|isbn=9780898201734|pages=124&ndash;126}}</ref> ''Ol' Waylon'' spent 13 consecutive weeks in the top spot, the longest unbroken run at number one since 1972,<ref>{{cite book|title=Joel Whitburn Presents Hot Country Albums: Billboard 1964 to 2007|first=Joel|last=Whitburn|publisher=Record Research, Incorporated|date=2008|isbn=9780898201734|pages=334&ndash;335}}</ref> and meant that Jennings had the highest total number of weeks at number one during the year.

Two artists other than Jennings achieved more than one chart-topper during the year. [[Dolly Parton]] spent a single week at number one in May with ''[[New Harvest...First Gathering]]'', and returned to the top spot in December with ''[[Here You Come Again (album)|Here You Come Again]]'', which was the year's final number one. The other artist with multiple chart-topping albums was [[Elvis Presley]], who died on August 16. In the issue of ''Billboard'' dated September 3, ''[[Moody Blue]]'', the last album released in his lifetime, reached the top spot on the Top Country LP's chart and began a run of 10 consecutive weeks atop the listing. When it was displaced from the top spot in the issue dated November 12, it was by another of Presley's recordings, ''[[Elvis in Concert (album)|Elvis in Concert]]'', the soundtrack to [[Elvis in Concert|a television special]] recorded in June 1977 and broadcast two months after his death.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/elvis-in-concert-mw0000674304|title=Elvis in Concert &ndash; Elvis Presley|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|first=William|last=Ruhlmann|accessdate=March 9, 2020}}</ref> The album reached number one in only its third week on the country chart,<ref name=N12 /> and spent five weeks at number one, giving Presley an unbroken run of 15 weeks in the top spot. The singer, known as the "King of Rock and Roll", would make many more posthumous appearances in the country albums chart, but his next number one would not come until 2002.<ref>{{cite book|title=Joel Whitburn Presents Hot Country Albums: Billboard 1964 to 2007|first=Joel|last=Whitburn|publisher=Record Research, Incorporated|date=2008|isbn=9780898201734|pages=196&ndash;197}}</ref> In May [[Kenny Rogers]] topped the chart for the first time with his [[Kenny Rogers (album)|eponymous second solo album]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Joel Whitburn Presents Hot Country Albums: Billboard 1964 to 2007|first=Joel|last=Whitburn|publisher=Record Research, Incorporated|date=2008|isbn=9780898201734|page=216}}</ref> Over the next decade, Rogers would go on to experience huge success not only in country music but also in the pop music field, with number ones in both markets.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/kenny-rogers-mn0000069986/biography|title=Kenny Rogers Biography & History|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=March 9, 2020}}</ref> He is regarded as one of the most successful country singers of his generation.<ref>{{cite web|title=A&E to Premiere Two-Hour Documentary 'Biography: Kenny Rogers' |url= https://tasteofcountry.com/biography-kenny-rogers-trailer|work=Taste of Country|publisher=[[Townsquare Media]]|date=March 4, 2020|accessdate=March 9, 2020|first=Sterling|last=Whitaker}}</ref>

[[File:Waylon_Jennings_RCA_cropped.jpg|thumb|right|upright|alt=Singer Waylon Jennings|[[Waylon Jennings]] spent the most weeks at number one in 1977.]]

[[File:KennyRogers0042-rededit.jpg|thumb|right|upright|alt=Singer Kenny Rogers|[[Kenny Rogers]] topped the chart for the first time with his [[Kenny Rogers (album)|eponymous second solo album]].]]

[[File:Young-Dolly-Parton.jpg |thumb|right|upright|alt=Singer Dolly Parton|[[Dolly Parton]] had two number ones and ended the year in the top spot.]]

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