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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)]]". 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|page=tbc}}</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|page=tbc}}</ref> and meant that Jennings had the highest total number of weeks at number one during the year. |
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)]]". 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|page=tbc}}</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|page=tbc}}</ref> and meant that Jennings had the highest total number of weeks at number one during the year. |
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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 Setember 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 – 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 chart,<ref name=N12 /> and spent |
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 Setember 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 – 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
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