List of Top Country Albums number ones of 2014

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Jennifer Nettles of the band Sugarland topped the chart for the first time as a solo artist with That Girl. Jennifer Nettles 2008-11-06.jpg
Jennifer Nettles of the band Sugarland topped the chart for the first time as a solo artist with That Girl .

Top Country Albums is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music albums in the United States, published by Billboard . In 2014, 29 different albums topped the chart; placings were based on electronic point of sale data from retail outlets. [1]

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In the issue of Billboard dated January 4, Garth Brooks was at number one with Blame It All on My Roots: Five Decades of Influences , its fourth week in the top spot. [2] It remained atop the chart the following week before being displaced by Crash My Party by Luke Bryan. Brooks and Bryan were among four acts to have two number ones during the year: Brooks returned to number one in December with Man Against Machine and Bryan spent a single week in the top spot with Spring Break 6...Like We Ain't Ever , the latest in an annual series of spring break-themed releases by the singer. [3] The duo Florida Georgia Line spent time at number one with both Here's to the Good Times and Anything Goes . Blake Shelton spent one week at number one with Based on a True Story... , which had originally topped the chart more than a year earlier, [4] and the same length of time with his next album Bringing Back the Sunshine .

Several of 2014's chart-topping acts, including Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line, Jason Aldean and Chase Rice, were associated with the so-called bro-country style, a sub-genre which incorporated influences from rock music and hip hop and often featured lyrics relating to partying, attractive young women, and pick-up trucks. [5] [6] Rice was one of a number of acts to reach number one for the first time in 2014, when he topped the listing with Ignite the Night in September. [7] In February, Jennifer Nettles of the band Sugarland achieved her first solo chart-topper with That Girl . [8] In March the Eli Young Band achieved the same feat with 10,000 Towns , [9] as did Dan + Shay in April with Where It All Began . [10] Brantley Gilbert was another first-time chart-topper in June with Just as I Am , [11] as were Lee Brice in September with I Don't Dance and Sam Hunt in November with Montevallo . [12] [13] In April, Country Music Hall of Fame member Johnny Cash, who had died in 2003, [14] gained a posthumous number one with Out Among the Stars , an album of previously-unreleased material recorded in the 1980s. [15]

Chart history

Luke Bryan spent seven weeks at number one in 2014, the most by any act. LukeBryanApr10.jpg
Luke Bryan spent seven weeks at number one in 2014, the most by any act.
Out Among the Stars was a posthumous number one for Johnny Cash. JohnnyCash1969.jpg
Out Among the Stars was a posthumous number one for Johnny Cash.
Blake Shelton's album Based on a True Story..., which had originally topped the chart the previous year, returned to number one in August 2014. BlakeSheltonApr10.jpg
Blake Shelton's album Based on a True Story... , which had originally topped the chart the previous year, returned to number one in August 2014.
Carrie Underwood ended the year at number one. 191125 Carrie Underwood at the 2019 American Music Awards.png
Carrie Underwood ended the year at number one.
Issue dateTitleArtist(s)Ref.
January 4 Blame It All on My Roots: Five Decades of Influences Garth Brooks [2]
January 11 [16]
January 18 Crash My Party Luke Bryan [17]
January 25 Here's to the Good Times Florida Georgia Line [18]
February 1 That Girl Jennifer Nettles [19]
February 8 [20]
February 15 Same Trailer Different Park Kacey Musgraves [21]
February 22 Here's to the Good Times Florida Georgia Line [22]
March 1 The Outsiders Eric Church [23]
March 8 [24]
March 15 Riser Dierks Bentley [25]
March 22 10,000 Towns Eli Young Band [26]
March 29 Spring Break 6...Like We Ain't Ever Luke Bryan [27]
April 5 The Outsiders Eric Church [28]
April 12 Out Among the Stars Johnny Cash [29]
April 19 Where It All Began Dan + Shay [30]
April 26 Everlasting Martina McBride [31]
May 3 Crash My Party Luke Bryan [32]
May 10 [33]
May 17 [34]
May 24 Storyline Hunter Hayes [35]
May 31 Rewind Rascal Flatts [36]
June 7 Just as I Am Brantley Gilbert [37]
June 14 [38]
June 21 Platinum Miranda Lambert [39]
June 28 [40]
July 5 Band of Brothers Willie Nelson [41]
July 12 Platinum Miranda Lambert [42]
July 19 [43]
July 26 [44]
August 2 Based on a True Story... Blake Shelton [45]
August 9 Just as I Am Brantley Gilbert [46]
August 16 [47]
August 23 Crash My Party Luke Bryan [48]
August 30 [49]
September 6 Ignite the Night Chase Rice [50]
September 13 Moonshine in the Trunk Brad Paisley [51]
September 20 Platinum Miranda Lambert [52]
September 27 I Don't Dance Lee Brice [53]
October 4 Sundown Heaven Town Tim McGraw [54]
October 11 The Big Revival Kenny Chesney [55]
October 18 Bringing Back the Sunshine Blake Shelton [56]
October 25 Old Boots, New Dirt Jason Aldean [57]
November 1 Anything Goes Florida Georgia Line [58]
November 8 [59]
November 15 Montevallo Sam Hunt [60]
November 22 Old Boots, New Dirt Jason Aldean [61]
November 29 Man Against Machine Garth Brooks [62]
December 6 [63]
December 13 [64]
December 20 [65]
December 27 Greatest Hits: Decade #1 Carrie Underwood [66]

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