# List of Top Country LP's number ones of 1974

Top Country Albums is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music albums in the United States, published by Billboard. In 1974, 12 different albums topped the chart, which was at the time published under the title Top Country LP's, based on sales reports submitted by a representative sample of stores nationwide.
In the issue of Billboard dated January 6, Charlie Rich was at number one with his album Behind Closed Doors. The album had spent four weeks at number one in June and July of the previous year. Five months after it left the top spot, it returned to number one in December, in the same week that Rich's song "The Most Beautiful Girl" reached number one on Billboard's all-genre singles chart, the Hot 100. The album would have several spells atop the chart in 1974 and eventually spend a total of 21 weeks at number one, a new record total for an album. Rich also spent time at number one with There Won't Be Anymore and Very Special Love Songs during the year, and in total spent 21 weeks atop the chart in 1974, the most by any artist. Problems in his personal life, however, would soon contribute to a decline in his career.
Two artists other than Rich achieved more than one number one in 1974. Conway Twitty topped the chart with Honky Tonk Angel and Country Partners, the latter a collaboration with Loretta Lynn. The two singers had a run of success with duet recordings in the early 1970s alongside their ongoing solo careers. Olivia Newton-John spent time in the top spot with both Let Me Be There and If You Love Me, Let Me Know, her first two charting albums. The success of the Anglo-Australian singer, who came from a pop music background, was controversial within the country music industry, and when she won the Female Vocalist of the Year award from the Country Music Association, some members of the organization resigned in protest. Her focus on the country genre would be brief, however; after 1979 she would not appear on the country albums chart again for nearly 20 years. The year's final number one album was Back Home Again by John Denver, a country-folk performer whose broad appeal made him the biggest-selling artist in America at the time. First reaching the top spot in August, the album would have four separate runs at number one during the remainder of the year, spending a total of 12 weeks atop the listing.

## Chart history

| Issue date | Title | Artist(s) |
| January 5 | Behind Closed Doors | Charlie Rich |
| January 12 | Behind Closed Doors | Charlie Rich |
| January 19 | Behind Closed Doors | Charlie Rich |
| January 26 | Behind Closed Doors | Charlie Rich |
| February 2 | Behind Closed Doors | Charlie Rich |
| February 9 | Behind Closed Doors | Charlie Rich |
| February 16 | Amazing Love | Charley Pride |
| February 23 | Amazing Love | Charley Pride |
| March 2 | Let Me Be There | Olivia Newton-John |
| March 9 | Let Me Be There | Olivia Newton-John |
| March 16 | Behind Closed Doors | Charlie Rich |
| March 23 | Behind Closed Doors | Charlie Rich |
| March 30 | Elvis: A Legendary Performer Volume 1 | Elvis Presley |
| April 6 | Elvis: A Legendary Performer Volume 1 | Elvis Presley |
| April 13 | There Won't Be Anymore | Charlie Rich |
| April 20 | There Won't Be Anymore | Charlie Rich |
| April 27 | Very Special Love Songs | Charlie Rich |
| May 4 | Very Special Love Songs | Charlie Rich |
| May 11 | Behind Closed Doors | Charlie Rich |
| May 18 | Behind Closed Doors | Charlie Rich |
| May 25 | Behind Closed Doors | Charlie Rich |
| June 1 | Honky Tonk Angel | Conway Twitty |
| June 8 | Very Special Love Songs | Charlie Rich |
| June 15 | Very Special Love Songs | Charlie Rich |
| June 22 | Behind Closed Doors | Charlie Rich |
| June 29 | Behind Closed Doors | Charlie Rich |
| July 6 | Very Special Love Songs | Charlie Rich |
| July 13 | If You Love Me, Let Me Know | Olivia Newton-John |
| July 20 | If You Love Me, Let Me Know | Olivia Newton-John |
| July 27 | If You Love Me, Let Me Know | Olivia Newton-John |
| August 3 | If You Love Me, Let Me Know | Olivia Newton-John |
| August 10 | If You Love Me, Let Me Know | Olivia Newton-John |
| August 17 | Behind Closed Doors | Charlie Rich |
| August 24 | Back Home Again | John Denver |
| August 31 | Back Home Again | John Denver |
| September 7 | Back Home Again | John Denver |
| September 14 | Back Home Again | John Denver |
| September 21 | Country Partners | Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn |
| September 28 | If You Love Me, Let Me Know | Olivia Newton-John |
| October 5 | If You Love Me, Let Me Know | Olivia Newton-John |
| October 12 | If You Love Me, Let Me Know | Olivia Newton-John |
| October 19 | Back Home Again | John Denver |
| October 26 | Back Home Again | John Denver |
| November 2 | Back Home Again | John Denver |
| November 9 | Room Full of Roses | Mickey Gilley |
| November 16 | Back Home Again | John Denver |
| November 23 | Back Home Again | John Denver |
| November 30 | Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album | Merle Haggard and the Strangers |
| December 7 | Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album | Merle Haggard and the Strangers |
| December 14 | Back Home Again | John Denver |
| December 21 | Back Home Again | John Denver |
| December 28 | Back Home Again | John Denver |