# List of Top Country LP's number ones of 1979

Top Country Albums is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music albums in the United States, published by Billboard. In 1979, five 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, Willie Nelson reached number one with the live recording Willie and Family Live, which replaced the final chart-topper of 1978, I've Always Been Crazy by Waylon Jennings. After two weeks Nelson's album was displaced from the top of the chart by The Gambler by Kenny Rogers, who would go on to dominate the number one position during 1979. After spending 23 non-consecutive weeks in the top spot with The Gambler, Rogers would spend a further eight weeks atop the listing with Kenny, which reached the peak position in the issue of Billboard dated November 10 and would remain there for the remainder of the year and well into 1980. Rogers was at the peak of his career at the time, with the smooth production of his records appealing to both country and pop audiences. Between 1978 and 1980 he reached number one on the Hot Country Singles chart with five consecutive releases, including the title track from the album The Gambler.
Waylon Jennings spent fifteen non-consecutive weeks at number one beginning in June with his album Greatest Hits. Jennings was one of the mainstays of the outlaw country movement, which rejected the slick production values evident in popular country music of the early 1970s and added a rock music influence and a counterculture attitude. The compilation was his biggest-selling album, and was ultimately certified quintuple-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. The album's time at number one was twice interrupted by Million Mile Reflections, the first number one for the Charlie Daniels Band, which featured the group's chart-topping single "The Devil Went Down to Georgia". Although Daniels would remain a popular concert attraction for decades, he would not achieve any further number ones on either chart.

## Chart history

| Issue date | Title | Artist(s) |
| January 6 | Willie and Family Live | Willie Nelson |
| January 13 | Willie and Family Live | Willie Nelson |
| January 20 | The Gambler | Kenny Rogers |
| January 27 | The Gambler | Kenny Rogers |
| February 3 | The Gambler | Kenny Rogers |
| February 10 | The Gambler | Kenny Rogers |
| February 17 | The Gambler | Kenny Rogers |
| February 24 | The Gambler | Kenny Rogers |
| March 3 | The Gambler | Kenny Rogers |
| March 10 | The Gambler | Kenny Rogers |
| March 17 | The Gambler | Kenny Rogers |
| March 24 | The Gambler | Kenny Rogers |
| March 31 | The Gambler | Kenny Rogers |
| April 7 | The Gambler | Kenny Rogers |
| April 14 | The Gambler | Kenny Rogers |
| April 21 | The Gambler | Kenny Rogers |
| April 28 | The Gambler | Kenny Rogers |
| May 5 | The Gambler | Kenny Rogers |
| May 12 | The Gambler | Kenny Rogers |
| May 19 | The Gambler | Kenny Rogers |
| May 26 | The Gambler | Kenny Rogers |
| June 2 | Greatest Hits | Waylon Jennings |
| June 9 | The Gambler | Kenny Rogers |
| June 16 | The Gambler | Kenny Rogers |
| June 23 | The Gambler | Kenny Rogers |
| June 30 | The Gambler | Kenny Rogers |
| July 7 | Greatest Hits | Waylon Jennings |
| July 14 | Greatest Hits | Waylon Jennings |
| July 21 | Greatest Hits | Waylon Jennings |
| July 28 | Greatest Hits | Waylon Jennings |
| August 4 | Greatest Hits | Waylon Jennings |
| August 11 | Greatest Hits | Waylon Jennings |
| August 18 | Greatest Hits | Waylon Jennings |
| August 25 | Greatest Hits | Waylon Jennings |
| September 1 | Million Mile Reflections | Charlie Daniels Band |
| September 8 | Greatest Hits | Waylon Jennings |
| September 15 | Greatest Hits | Waylon Jennings |
| September 22 | Million Mile Reflections | Charlie Daniels Band |
| September 29 | Million Mile Reflections | Charlie Daniels Band |
| October 6 | Million Mile Reflections | Charlie Daniels Band |
| October 13 | Greatest Hits | Waylon Jennings |
| October 20 | Greatest Hits | Waylon Jennings |
| October 27 | Greatest Hits | Waylon Jennings |
| November 3 | Greatest Hits | Waylon Jennings |
| November 10 | Kenny | Kenny Rogers |
| November 17 | Kenny | Kenny Rogers |
| November 24 | Kenny | Kenny Rogers |
| December 1 | Kenny | Kenny Rogers |
| December 8 | Kenny | Kenny Rogers |
| December 15 | Kenny | Kenny Rogers |
| December 22 | Kenny | Kenny Rogers |
| December 29 | Kenny | Kenny Rogers |