# List of Top Country LP's number ones of 1970

Top Country Albums is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music albums in the United States, published by Billboard. In 1970, 10 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 3, Charley Pride was at number one with the compilation album The Best of Charley Pride, the record's third week in the top spot. It remained the atop the chart for a further 10 weeks before being displaced by Okie from Muskogee by Merle Haggard. Pride would go on to achieve two further number ones during the year. In the issue of Billboard dated April 25, six weeks after his compilation album vacated the top spot, he returned to the peak position with the album Just Plain Charley, which spent nine non-consecutive weeks atop the listing. Just three weeks after that album fell from number one for the second time he was back atop the chart with Charley Pride's 10th Album. In total Pride spent 28 weeks at number one during the year, more than twice as many as any other act. The first African-American performer to become a major star in the country music field, Pride was at the peak of his success between 1969 and 1971, when he achieved a succession of number one singles as well as his chart-topping albums.
In addition to Pride, Haggard and Johnny Cash each had more than one number one during the year. Haggard followed Okie from Muskogee, which spent five non-consecutive weeks at number one, with The Fightin' Side of Me, which had a seven-week run atop the listing in the fall. Both albums were live recordings hurriedly released to cash in the popularity of their respective title songs, both of which topped the country singles chart. Cash topped the albums listing with Hello, I'm Johnny Cash in March and The Johnny Cash Show in December. The latter album, released to tie in with his TV series of the same title which ran from June 7, 1969 to March 31, 1971 on ABC, was the year's final chart-topper. In the fall Conway Twitty achieved his first number-one album when Hello Darlin' topped the chart for a single week. Having experienced success with rock and roll recordings in the 1950s, Twitty had switched to country music in the mid-1960s and would go on to become one of the genre's most successful singers of all time, topping the singles chart a record-breaking 40 times.

## Chart history

| Issue date | Title | Artist(s) |
| January 3 | The Best of Charley Pride | Charley Pride |
| January 10 | The Best of Charley Pride | Charley Pride |
| January 17 | The Best of Charley Pride | Charley Pride |
| January 24 | The Best of Charley Pride | Charley Pride |
| January 31 | The Best of Charley Pride | Charley Pride |
| February 7 | The Best of Charley Pride | Charley Pride |
| February 14 | The Best of Charley Pride | Charley Pride |
| February 21 | The Best of Charley Pride | Charley Pride |
| February 28 | The Best of Charley Pride | Charley Pride |
| March 7 | The Best of Charley Pride | Charley Pride |
| March 14 | The Best of Charley Pride | Charley Pride |
| March 21 | Okie from Muskogee | Merle Haggard and the Strangers |
| March 28 | Hello, I'm Johnny Cash | Johnny Cash |
| April 4 | Hello, I'm Johnny Cash | Johnny Cash |
| April 11 | Hello, I'm Johnny Cash | Johnny Cash |
| April 18 | Hello, I'm Johnny Cash | Johnny Cash |
| April 25 | Just Plain Charley | Charley Pride |
| May 2 | Just Plain Charley | Charley Pride |
| May 9 | Okie from Muskogee | Merle Haggard |
| May 16 | Okie from Muskogee | Merle Haggard |
| May 23 | Okie from Muskogee | Merle Haggard |
| May 30 | Okie from Muskogee | Merle Haggard |
| June 6 | Just Plain Charley | Charley Pride |
| June 13 | Just Plain Charley | Charley Pride |
| June 20 | Just Plain Charley | Charley Pride |
| June 27 | Just Plain Charley | Charley Pride |
| July 4 | Just Plain Charley | Charley Pride |
| July 11 | Just Plain Charley | Charley Pride |
| July 18 | Just Plain Charley | Charley Pride |
| July 25 | Tammy's Touch | Tammy Wynette |
| August 1 | Tammy's Touch | Tammy Wynette |
| August 8 | Charley Pride's 10th Album | Charley Pride |
| August 15 | Charley Pride's 10th Album | Charley Pride |
| August 22 | Charley Pride's 10th Album | Charley Pride |
| August 29 | Charley Pride's 10th Album | Charley Pride |
| September 5 | Charley Pride's 10th Album | Charley Pride |
| September 12 | Charley Pride's 10th Album | Charley Pride |
| September 19 | Charley Pride's 10th Album | Charley Pride |
| September 26 | Charley Pride's 10th Album | Charley Pride |
| October 3 | Hello Darlin' | Conway Twitty |
| October 10 | The Fightin' Side of Me | Merle Haggard |
| October 17 | The Fightin' Side of Me | Merle Haggard |
| October 24 | The Fightin' Side of Me | Merle Haggard |
| October 31 | The Fightin' Side of Me | Merle Haggard |
| November 7 | The Fightin' Side of Me | Merle Haggard |
| November 14 | The Fightin' Side of Me | Merle Haggard |
| November 21 | The Fightin' Side of Me | Merle Haggard |
| November 28 | For the Good Times | Ray Price |
| December 5 | For the Good Times | Ray Price |
| December 12 | For the Good Times | Ray Price |
| December 19 | The Johnny Cash Show | Johnny Cash |
| December 26 | The Johnny Cash Show | Johnny Cash |