# List of Top Country Albums number ones of 2004

Top Country Albums is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music albums in the United States, published by Billboard. In 2004, 11 different albums topped the chart, based on electronic point of sale data provided by SoundScan Inc.
In the issue of Billboard dated January 3, Toby Keith was at number one with Shock'n Y'all, the album's seventh week in the top spot. It occupied the top spot for the first seven weeks of 2004 before being displaced by Kenny Chesney's When the Sun Goes Down, which would go on to spend 14 consecutive weeks at number one, the year's longest unbroken run in the top spot. It also meant that Chesney was the act with most weeks at number one during the year; his figure of 14 weeks atop the chart was nearly twice that achieved by any other act. When the Sun Goes Down was one of five of 2004's Top Country Albums number ones to also reach the top spot on the all-genre Billboard 200 listing, along with releases by Jimmy Buffett, Tim McGraw, Alan Jackson and George Strait. The year's final country chart-topper was Greatest Hits by Shania Twain, which held the top spot for the final five weeks of 2004. Following that album's release, Twain, one of the most successful artists in country music history, would take a lengthy hiatus from the music industry and not release an album of new material until 2017.
Four acts reached number one for the first time in 2004. Most notably, in the issue of Billboard dated July 31, Jimmy Buffett gained his first number one with License to Chill after more than 30 years in the music industry. Buffett had first entered the Top Country Albums listing with his major-label debut A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean in 1973 and had placed 10 albums on the chart between then and 1986 without ever reaching number one. After that, although his albums continued to enter the all-genre Billboard 200, he did not return to the country listing until License to Chill entered at number one in July 2004. Gretchen Wilson, Keith Urban, and the duo Big & Rich also reached number one for the first time in 2004 with Here for the Party, Be Here and Horse of a Different Color respectively. Wilson's album recorded the highest first-week sales to date for a debut album by a country musician. In contrast to the first-time chart-toppers, George Strait gained his 19th number one with 50 Number Ones, extending his record for the highest number of chart-toppers in the listing's history.

## Chart history

| Issue date | Title | Artist(s) |
| January 3 | Shock'n Y'all | Toby Keith |
| January 10 | Shock'n Y'all | Toby Keith |
| January 17 | Shock'n Y'all | Toby Keith |
| January 24 | Shock'n Y'all | Toby Keith |
| January 31 | Shock'n Y'all | Toby Keith |
| February 7 | Shock'n Y'all | Toby Keith |
| February 14 | Shock'n Y'all | Toby Keith |
| February 21 | When the Sun Goes Down | Kenny Chesney |
| February 28 | When the Sun Goes Down | Kenny Chesney |
| March 6 | When the Sun Goes Down | Kenny Chesney |
| March 13 | When the Sun Goes Down | Kenny Chesney |
| March 20 | When the Sun Goes Down | Kenny Chesney |
| March 27 | When the Sun Goes Down | Kenny Chesney |
| April 3 | When the Sun Goes Down | Kenny Chesney |
| April 10 | When the Sun Goes Down | Kenny Chesney |
| April 17 | When the Sun Goes Down | Kenny Chesney |
| April 24 | When the Sun Goes Down | Kenny Chesney |
| May 1 | When the Sun Goes Down | Kenny Chesney |
| May 8 | When the Sun Goes Down | Kenny Chesney |
| May 15 | When the Sun Goes Down | Kenny Chesney |
| May 22 | When the Sun Goes Down | Kenny Chesney |
| May 29 | Here for the Party | Gretchen Wilson |
| June 5 | Here for the Party | Gretchen Wilson |
| June 12 | Here for the Party | Gretchen Wilson |
| June 19 | Here for the Party | Gretchen Wilson |
| June 26 | Here for the Party | Gretchen Wilson |
| July 3 | Here for the Party | Gretchen Wilson |
| July 10 | Here for the Party | Gretchen Wilson |
| July 17 | Here for the Party | Gretchen Wilson |
| July 24 | Here for the Party | Gretchen Wilson |
| July 31 | License to Chill | Jimmy Buffett |
| August 7 | License to Chill | Jimmy Buffett |
| August 14 | License to Chill | Jimmy Buffett |
| August 21 | License to Chill | Jimmy Buffett |
| August 28 | License to Chill | Jimmy Buffett |
| September 4 | Horse of a Different Color | Big & Rich |
| September 11 | Live Like You Were Dying | Tim McGraw |
| September 18 | Live Like You Were Dying | Tim McGraw |
| September 25 | What I Do | Alan Jackson |
| October 2 | Live Like You Were Dying | Tim McGraw |
| October 9 | Be Here | Keith Urban |
| October 16 | Feels Like Today | Rascal Flatts |
| October 23 | 50 Number Ones | George Strait |
| October 30 | 50 Number Ones | George Strait |
| November 6 | 50 Number Ones | George Strait |
| November 13 | 50 Number Ones | George Strait |
| November 20 | 50 Number Ones | George Strait |
| November 27 | Greatest Hits | Shania Twain |
| December 4 | Greatest Hits | Shania Twain |
| December 11 | Greatest Hits | Shania Twain |
| December 18 | Greatest Hits | Shania Twain |
| December 25 | Greatest Hits | Shania Twain |