# List of Hot Country Songs number ones of 2008

Hot Country Songs is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. In 2008, 26 different songs topped the chart in 52 issues of the magazine, based on weekly airplay data from country music radio stations compiled by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems.
At the start of the year the number one was "Our Song" by Taylor Swift, which had risen to the top in the issue dated December 22, 2007. It remained at the top of the chart until the issue dated February 2, when it was replaced by "Letter to Me" by Brad Paisley. Both Swift and Paisley had three songs at number one in 2008. Paisley reached the top with "Letter to Me", "I'm Still a Guy" and "Waitin' on a Woman" and Swift with "Our Song", "Should've Said No" and "Love Story". Carrie Underwood also had three chart-toppers in 2008 with "All-American Girl", "Last Name" and "Just a Dream". Paisley and Swift tied for the most weeks at number one by an artist in the year, each spending eight weeks at the top. The last number one of the year was "Roll with Me", the final number one single by Montgomery Gentry.
Four acts topped the chart for the first time in 2008. The first was James Otto, who reached number one for the first time in May with "Just Got Started Lovin' You". Although it only spent two weeks at number one, Otto's song was ranked number one on Billboard's year-end chart of the most popular country songs. In October, former Hootie & the Blowfish frontman Darius Rucker scored his first country number one with "Don't Think I Don't Think About It", making him the first African-American to have a solo number one since Charley Pride in 1983. Jimmy Wayne and the Zac Brown Band also topped the chart for the first time in 2008. Additionally, veteran reggae band The Wailers received a secondary credit on Kenny Chesney's song "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven" for one of its two weeks in the top spot. This gave the group its first appearance at number one on Hot Country Songs and marked the first appearance at number one on the chart by any act of the reggae genre and the first by any act from Jamaica.

## Chart history

| Issue date | Title | Artist(s) |
| January 5 | "Our Song" | Taylor Swift |
| January 12 | "Our Song" | Taylor Swift |
| January 19 | "Our Song" | Taylor Swift |
| January 26 | "Our Song" | Taylor Swift |
| February 2 | "Letter to Me" | Brad Paisley |
| February 9 | "Letter to Me" | Brad Paisley |
| February 16 | "Letter to Me" | Brad Paisley |
| February 23 | "Letter to Me" | Brad Paisley |
| March 1 | "Cleaning This Gun (Come On In Boy)" | Rodney Atkins |
| March 8 | "Cleaning This Gun (Come On In Boy)" | Rodney Atkins |
| March 15 | "All-American Girl" | Carrie Underwood |
| March 22 | "All-American Girl" | Carrie Underwood |
| March 29 | "Small Town Southern Man" | Alan Jackson |
| April 5 | "Small Town Southern Man" | Alan Jackson |
| April 12 | "You're Gonna Miss This" | Trace Adkins |
| April 19 | "You're Gonna Miss This" | Trace Adkins |
| April 26 | "You're Gonna Miss This" | Trace Adkins |
| May 3 | "I Saw God Today" | George Strait |
| May 10 | "I Saw God Today" | George Strait |
| May 17 | "Just Got Started Lovin' You" | James Otto |
| May 24 | "Just Got Started Lovin' You" | James Otto |
| May 31 | "I'm Still a Guy" | Brad Paisley |
| June 7 | "I'm Still a Guy" | Brad Paisley |
| June 14 | "I'm Still a Guy" | Brad Paisley |
| June 21 | "Last Name" | Carrie Underwood |
| June 28 | "Better as a Memory" | Kenny Chesney |
| July 5 | "Better as a Memory" | Kenny Chesney |
| July 12 | "Back When I Knew It All" | Montgomery Gentry |
| July 19 | "Home" | Blake Shelton |
| July 26 | "Home" | Blake Shelton |
| August 2 | "Good Time" | Alan Jackson |
| August 9 | "Good Time" | Alan Jackson |
| August 16 | "All I Want to Do" | Sugarland |
| August 23 | "Should've Said No" | Taylor Swift |
| August 30 | "Should've Said No" | Taylor Swift |
| September 6 | "You Look Good in My Shirt" | Keith Urban |
| September 13 | "Do You Believe Me Now" | Jimmy Wayne |
| September 20 | "Waitin' on a Woman" | Brad Paisley |
| September 27 | "Do You Believe Me Now" | Jimmy Wayne |
| October 4 | "Don't Think I Don't Think About It" | Darius Rucker |
| October 11 | "Don't Think I Don't Think About It" | Darius Rucker |
| October 18 | "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven" | Kenny Chesney with The Wailers |
| October 25 | "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven" | Kenny Chesney with The Wailers |
| November 1 | "She Never Cried in Front of Me" | Toby Keith |
| November 8 | "Just a Dream" | Carrie Underwood |
| November 15 | "Just a Dream" | Carrie Underwood |
| November 22 | "Love Story" | Taylor Swift |
| November 29 | "Love Story" | Taylor Swift |
| December 6 | "Chicken Fried" | Zac Brown Band |
| December 13 | "Chicken Fried" | Zac Brown Band |
| December 20 | "Roll with Me" | Montgomery Gentry |
| December 27 | "Roll with Me" | Montgomery Gentry |
* ↑ The Wailers were only credited in the issue dated October 25.