List of Hot Country Singles & Tracks number ones of 2000

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Husband and wife Tim McGraw and Faith Hill each achieved two country number ones in 2000.

Hot Country Songs is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. In 2000, 19 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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Singer Faith Hill's song "Breathe" was at number one at the start of the year, having risen to the top in the issue dated December 25, 1999. [2] The song remained at number one for six consecutive weeks until it was knocked off by "Cowboy Take Me Away", performed by the girl group the Dixie Chicks, in the issue dated February 5. "Breathe" was also named the most successful single of the year on the magazine's main singles chart, the Hot 100. [3] Hill returned to the top of the country charts with her next single, "The Way You Love Me", which spent four weeks at number one in May and June. Only two other acts, Lonestar and Hill's husband Tim McGraw, [3] had more than one Hot Country Songs number one during the year. Other singles with extended runs at number one include "How Do You Like Me Now?!" by Toby Keith, "I Hope You Dance" by Lee Ann Womack featuring Sons of the Desert and "That's the Way" by Jo Dee Messina, each of which topped the chart for five weeks. "How Do You Like Me Now?!" was ranked number one on Billboard's year-end chart of the most popular country songs. [4]

In 2000, Chad Brock and Phil Vassar achieved their first Hot Country Songs number ones with "Yes!" and "Just Another Day in Paradise" respectively. [5] [6] Veteran singer Kenny Rogers gained his first number one in thirteen years when "Buy Me a Rose", featuring Billy Dean and Alison Krauss, topped the chart in May. At age 61 Rogers became the oldest artist to achieve a number one country hit. [3] [7] The final number one hit of the year was McGraw's "My Next Thirty Years".

Chart history

Kenny Rogers scored his first country number one in over a decade and became the oldest artist to top the chart. KennyRogers0042-rededit.jpg
Kenny Rogers scored his first country number one in over a decade and became the oldest artist to top the chart.
Brad Paisley spent two weeks at number one in December. Brad Paisley at the White House.jpg
Brad Paisley spent two weeks at number one in December.
Aaron Tippin (left) had a two-week run at number one in the fall. Aaron Tippin (army 1).jpg
Aaron Tippin (left) had a two-week run at number one in the fall.
Issue dateTitleArtist(s)Ref.
January 1"Breathe" Faith Hill [8]
January 8 [9]
January 15 [10]
January 22 [11]
January 29 [12]
February 5"Cowboy Take Me Away" Dixie Chicks [13]
February 12 [14]
February 19 [15]
February 26"My Best Friend" Tim McGraw [16]
March 4 [17]
March 11"Smile" Lonestar [18]
March 18"How Do You Like Me Now?!" Toby Keith [19]
March 25 [20]
April 1 [21]
April 8 [22]
April 15 [23]
April 22"The Best Day" George Strait [24]
April 29 [25]
May 6 [26]
May 13"Buy Me a Rose" Kenny Rogers with Alison Krauss & Billy Dean [27]
May 20"The Way You Love Me" Faith Hill [28]
May 27 [29]
June 3 [30]
June 10 [31]
June 17"Yes!" Chad Brock [32]
June 24 [33]
July 1 [34]
July 8"I Hope You Dance" Lee Ann Womack with Sons of the Desert [35]
July 15 [36]
July 22 [37]
July 29 [38]
August 5 [39]
August 12"What About Now" Lonestar [40]
August 19 [41]
August 26 [42]
September 2 [43]
September 9"It Must Be Love" Alan Jackson [44]
September 16"That's the Way" Jo Dee Messina [45]
September 23 [46]
September 30 [47]
October 7 [48]
October 14"Kiss This" Aaron Tippin [49]
October 21 [50]
October 28"The Little Girl" John Michael Montgomery [51]
November 4 [52]
November 11 [53]
November 18"Best of Intentions" Travis Tritt [54]
November 25"Just Another Day in Paradise" Phil Vassar [55]
December 2"We Danced" Brad Paisley [56]
December 9 [57]
December 16"My Next Thirty Years" Tim McGraw [58]
December 23 [59]
December 30 [60]

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