List of Hot Country Singles & Tracks number ones of 1993

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Toby Keith, one of the most successful country artists of the 1990s and 2000s, had his first number one in 1993. Toby Keith Iraq 15.jpg
Toby Keith, one of the most successful country artists of the 1990s and 2000s, had his first number one in 1993.

Hot Country Songs is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. In 1993, 33 different songs topped the chart, then published under the title Hot Country Singles & Tracks, in 52 issues of the magazine, based on weekly airplay data from country music radio stations compiled by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems. [1]

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The number one song at the start of the year was "Don't Let Our Love Start Slippin' Away" by Vince Gill. It remained in the top spot until the chart dated January 16, when it was replaced by "Somewhere Other Than the Night" by Garth Brooks. Brooks also topped the chart with three other songs during the year, "That Summer", "Ain't Goin' Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)" and "American Honky-Tonk Bar Association", giving him the most number ones of an artist in 1993. The total of five weeks which the songs spent at number one was the highest total by any act during the year. Tracy Lawrence and Vince Gill each had three number ones during the year, Gill's total including "The Heart Won't Lie", a duet with Reba McEntire. The longest unbroken run at the top was the four weeks which Alan Jackson spent at number one with "Chattahoochee".

In 1993, Toby Keith, who would go on to become one of the most successful artists in country music history, [2] [3] scored his first number one when "Should've Been a Cowboy" reached the top spot in June. [4] Other artists to reach the top spot for the first time in 1993 included Sammy Kershaw with "She Don't Know She's Beautiful" in April, [5] John Michael Montgomery with "I Love the Way You Love Me" in May, [6] Clay Walker with "What's It to You" in October, [7] and Doug Supernaw, [8] whose song "I Don't Call Him Daddy" was the final number one of the year.

Chart history

Randy Travis topped the chart for two weeks in January with "Look Heart, No Hands". Randy Travis 2007.jpg
Randy Travis topped the chart for two weeks in January with "Look Heart, No Hands".
Alan Jackson's "Chattahoochee" had the longest run of the year at the top of the chart, spending four weeks at number one during July and August. AlanJacksonApr10.jpg
Alan Jackson's "Chattahoochee" had the longest run of the year at the top of the chart, spending four weeks at number one during July and August.
Garth Brooks had four number ones in 1993, the only artist to achieve this feat. Garth Brooks at We Are One (edit).jpg
Garth Brooks had four number ones in 1993, the only artist to achieve this feat.
Tracy Lawrence had three number ones during the year, second only to Brooks. CountrySingerTracyLawrence.jpg
Tracy Lawrence had three number ones during the year, second only to Brooks.
Issue dateTitleArtist(s)Ref.
January 2"Don't Let Our Love Start Slippin' Away" Vince Gill [9]
January 9 [10]
January 16"Somewhere Other Than the Night" Garth Brooks [11]
January 23"Look Heart, No Hands" Randy Travis [12]
January 30 [13]
February 6"Too Busy Being in Love" Doug Stone [14]
February 13"Can I Trust You with My Heart" Travis Tritt [15]
February 20 [16]
February 27"What Part of No" Lorrie Morgan [17]
March 6 [18]
March 13 [19]
March 20"Heartland" George Strait [20]
March 27"When My Ship Comes In" Clint Black [21]
April 3 [22]
April 10"The Heart Won't Lie" Reba McEntire & Vince Gill [23]
April 17 [24]
April 24"She Don't Know She's Beautiful" Sammy Kershaw [25]
May 1"Alibis" Tracy Lawrence [26]
May 8 [27]
May 15"I Love the Way You Love Me" John Michael Montgomery [28]
May 22 [29]
May 29 [30]
June 5"Should've Been a Cowboy" Toby Keith [31]
June 12 [32]
June 19"Blame It on Your Heart" Patty Loveless [33]
June 26 [34]
July 3"That Summer" Garth Brooks [35]
July 10"Money in the Bank" John Anderson [36]
July 17"Chattahoochee" Alan Jackson [37]
July 24 [38]
July 31 [39]
August 7 [40]
August 14"It Sure Is Monday" Mark Chesnutt [41]
August 21"Why Didn't I Think of That" Doug Stone [42]
August 28"Can't Break It to My Heart" Tracy Lawrence [43]
September 4"Thank God for You" Sawyer Brown [44]
September 11 [45]
September 18"Ain't Goin' Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)" Garth Brooks [46]
September 25"Holdin' Heaven" Tracy Byrd [47]
October 2"Ain't Goin' Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)" Garth Brooks [48]
October 9"One More Last Chance" Vince Gill [49]
October 16"What's It to You" Clay Walker [50]
October 23"Easy Come, Easy Go" George Strait [51]
October 30 [52]
November 6"Does He Love You" Reba McEntire with Linda Davis [53]
November 13"She Used to Be Mine" Brooks & Dunn [54]
November 20"Almost Goodbye" Mark Chesnutt [55]
November 27"Reckless" Alabama [56]
December 4"American Honky-Tonk Bar Association" Garth Brooks [57]
December 11"My Second Home" Tracy Lawrence [58]
December 18"I Don't Call Him Daddy" Doug Supernaw [59]
December 25 [60]

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