List of number-one country albums of 2005 (U.S.)
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These are the U.S. number-one country albums of 2005
, per the Billboard
Top Country Albums chart.
Note that Billboard publishes charts with an issue date approximately 7-10 days in advance.
2005 in country music
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 2005.-Events:*April 30 — Billboard magazine renames the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart "Hot Country Songs." The chart's renaming is part of a major redesign of the 110-year-old magazine.*May 25 — Oklahoma-born Carrie...
, per the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Top Country Albums chart.
Note that Billboard publishes charts with an issue date approximately 7-10 days in advance.
| Issue Date | Album | Artist |
| January 1 | Greatest Hits Greatest Hits (Shania Twain album) Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by Shania Twain, released in 2004 . The album contains 21 tracks from her three Diamond albums The Woman in Me, Come on Over and Up!. Also included are three new songs: "Party for Two" which hit the top ten at country in the U.S... |
Shania Twain Shania Twain Shania Twain, OC is a Canadian country pop singer-songwriter. Her album The Woman in Me , brought her fame and her 1997 album Come On Over, became the best-selling album of all time by a female musician in any genre, and the best-selling country album of all time. It has sold over 40 million... |
| January 8 | Greatest Hits | Shania Twain |
| January 15 | Greatest Hits | Shania Twain |
| January 22 | Greatest Hits | Shania Twain |
| January 29 | Greatest Hits | Shania Twain |
| February 5 | Greatest Hits | Shania Twain |
| February 12 | Be as You Are (Songs from an Old Blue Chair) Be as You Are (Songs from an Old Blue Chair) - Chart performance :- Certifications :... |
Kenny Chesney Kenny Chesney Kenneth "Kenny" Arnold Chesney is an American country music singer and songwriter. Chesney has recorded 15 albums, 14 of which have been certified gold or higher by the RIAA. He has also produced more than 30 Top Ten singles on the U.S... |
| February 19 | Be as You Are (Songs from an Old Blue Chair) | Kenny Chesney |
| February 26 | Totally Country Vol. 4 Totally Country Vol. 4 -Track listing:#"That'd Be Alright" - Alan Jackson #"Redneck Woman" - Gretchen Wilson #"No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems" - Kenny Chesney #"Some Beach" - Blake Shelton #"Save a Horse " - Big & Rich... |
Various Artists |
| March 5 | Be as You Are (Songs from an Old Blue Chair) | Kenny Chesney |
| March 12 | Feels Like Today Feels Like Today Feels Like Today is the third album from the American country music group Rascal Flatts. It was released in September 2004 on Lyric Street Records , has sold 5,149,000 copies in the United States as of October 18, 2009, and has been certified 5× Multi-Platinum by the RIAA... |
Rascal Flatts Rascal Flatts Rascal Flatts is an American country music band that originated in Columbus, Ohio, United States of America. Since its inception, Rascal Flatts has been composed of three members: Gary LeVox , Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney... |
| March 19 | Feels Like Today | Rascal Flatts |
| March 26 | Be as You Are (Songs from an Old Blue Chair) | Kenny Chesney |
| April 2 | Kerosene Kerosene (album) - Personnel :Musicians* Richard Bennett – guitar* Chad Cromwell – drums* Eric Darken – percussion* Natalie Hemby – background vocals* Joey Huffman – keyboards* Jay Joyce – guitar* Miranda Lambert – background vocals, lead vocals... |
Miranda Lambert Miranda Lambert Miranda Lambert is an American country music artist who gained fame as a finalist on the 2003 season of Nashville Star, where she finished in third place and later signed to Epic Records. Lambert made her debut with the release of "Me and Charlie Talking", the first single from her 2005 debut... |
| April 9 | Songs About Me Songs About Me -Personnel:*Larry Beaird - acoustic guitar*Bruce Bouton - Dobro, steel guitar*Mike Brignardello - bass guitar*Pat Buchanan - electric guitar*Tom Bukovac - electric guitar*Perry Coleman - background vocals*J.T... |
Trace Adkins Trace Adkins Tracy Darrell "Trace" Adkins is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1996 with the album Dreamin' Out Loud, released on Capitol Records Nashville. Since then, Adkins has released seven more studio albums and two Greatest Hits compilations... |
| April 16 | The Right to Bare Arms The Right to Bare Arms The Right to Bare Arms is an album by American comedian Larry the Cable Guy. This album was released on March 29, 2005 on Warner Music Nashville. It has been certified gold by the RIAA.-Track listing:All material written by Larry the Cable Guy.... |
Larry the Cable Guy Larry the Cable Guy Daniel Lawrence Whitney , better known by his stage name and character Larry the Cable Guy, is an American comedian, actor, and former radio personality.... |
| April 23 | The Right to Bare Arms | Larry the Cable Guy |
| April 30 | The Right to Bare Arms | Larry the Cable Guy |
| May 7 | The Right to Bare Arms | Larry the Cable Guy |
| May 14 | Delicious Surprise Delicious Surprise Delicious Surprise is the name of the fourth album by American country music artist Jo Dee Messina, released in 2005. Her first studio album since Burn almost five years previous, it produced a Number One single on the Billboard country music charts in "My Give a Damn's Busted", a song co-written... |
Jo Dee Messina Jo Dee Messina Jo Dee Marie Messina , known professionally as Jo Dee Messina, is an American country music artist. She has charted nine Number One singles on the Billboard country music charts. She has been honored by the Country Music Association, the Academy of Country Music and has been nominated for two... |
| May 21 | Delicious Surprise | Jo Dee Messina |
| May 28 | Modern Day Drifter Modern Day Drifter - Album :- Singles :-Certifications:- Personnel :* Steve Brewster – drums* Jimmy Carter – bass guitar* J.T. Corenflos – electric guitar, Danelectro* Aubrey Haynie – fiddle* Lona Heins – background vocals* Wes Hightower – background vocals... |
Dierks Bentley Dierks Bentley Dierks Bentley is an American country music artist who has been signed to Capitol Records Nashville since 2003. That year, he released his self-titled debut album. Both it and its follow-up, 2005's Modern Day Drifter, are certified platinum in the United States. A third album, 2006's Long Trip... |
| June 4 | Honkytonk University Honkytonk University Honkytonk University is an album by country music singer Toby Keith, released in 2005. The album has been certified 2× Multi-Platinum for sales of in excess of 2 million units.... |
Toby Keith Toby Keith Toby Keith Covel , best known as Toby Keith, is an American country music singer-songwriter, record producer and actor. Keith released his first four studio albums — 1993's Toby Keith, 1994's Boomtown, 1996's Blue Moon and 1997's Dream Walkin, plus a Greatest Hits package for various divisions of... |
| June 11 | Honkytonk University | Toby Keith |
| June 18 | Honkytonk University | Toby Keith |
| June 25 | Honkytonk University | Toby Keith |
| July 2 | Honkytonk University | Toby Keith |
| July 9 | Honkytonk University | Toby Keith |
| July 16 | Somewhere Down in Texas Somewhere Down in Texas Somewhere Down in Texas is an album by American country music singer George Strait. This album was released on June 28, 2005 on the MCA Nashville Records label. This album was certified platinum and peaked at #1 on the Billboard 200... |
George Strait George Strait George Harvey Strait is an American country music singer, actor, and music producer. Strait is referred to as the "King of Country," and critics call Strait a living legend. He is known for his unique style of western swing music, bar-room ballads, honky-tonk style, and fresh yet traditional... |
| July 23 | Somewhere Down in Texas | George Strait |
| July 30 | Somewhere Down in Texas | George Strait |
| August 6 | Honkytonk University | Toby Keith |
| August 13 | Feels Like Today | Rascal Flatts |
| August 20 | Fireflies Fireflies (Faith Hill album) -String section on "Paris":*Bruce Dukov, Charlie Bisharat, Darius Campo, Roberto Cani, Susaan Chatman, Mario DeLeon, Armen Garabedian, Berj Garabedian, Endre Grant, Songa Lee-Kitto, Michael Markman, Robert Matsuda, Sara Parkins, Robert Peterson, Michele Richards, Anatoly Rosinsky, Josefina Vergara,... |
Faith Hill Faith Hill Faith Hill is an American country singer. She is known both for her commercial success and her marriage to fellow country star Tim McGraw. Hill has sold more than 40 million records worldwide and accumulated eight number-one singles and three number-one albums on the U.S... |
| August 27 | Fireflies | Faith Hill |
| September 3 | Time Well Wasted Time Well Wasted -Personnel:As listed in liner notes.*Jim "Moose" Brown - piano, keyboards, Hammond organ, background vocals*Randel Currie – steel guitar*Eric Darken - percussion, vibraphone*Jerry Douglas - Dobro*Stuart Duncan - fiddle, mandolin... |
Brad Paisley Brad Paisley Brad Douglas Paisley is an American singer-songwriter and musician. His style crosses between traditional country music and Southern rock, and his songs are frequently laced with humor and pop culture references.... |
| September 10 | Time Well Wasted | Brad Paisley |
| September 17 | Hillbilly Deluxe Hillbilly Deluxe (Brooks & Dunn album) Hillbilly Deluxe is the ninth studio album by country music duo Brooks & Dunn, released in 2005 on Arista Nashville. Certified platinum in the United States by the RIAA, the album produced four singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts between 2005 and 2007: the Number One hit "Play... |
Brooks & Dunn Brooks & Dunn Brooks & Dunn was an American country music duo consisting of Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn, who were both vocalists and songwriters. They were paired by record producer Tim DuBois in 1990. Before the duo's foundation, both members of the duo were solo recording artists... |
| September 24 | Hillbilly Deluxe | Brooks & Dunn |
| October 1 | Jasper County Jasper County (album) Jasper County is the ninth studio album by country singer Trisha Yearwood. It was Yearwood's first studio album in four years since 2001's Inside Out.... |
Trisha Yearwood Trisha Yearwood Patricia Lynn Yearwood, professionally known as Trisha Yearwood , is an American country music artist. She is best known for her ballads about vulnerable young women from a female perspective that have been described by some music critics as "strong" and "confident."Trisha Yearwood signed with MCA... |
| October 8 | Jasper County | Trisha Yearwood |
| October 15 | All Jacked Up All Jacked Up All Jacked Up is the second album by American country musician, Gretchen Wilson, released in 2005 on Epic Nashville . The album's title track served as its lead-off single. Debuting at No. 21 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, it set what was then the record for the highest-debuting single... |
Gretchen Wilson Gretchen Wilson Gretchen Frances Wilson is an American country music artist. She made her debut in 2004 with the Grammy Award-winning single "Redneck Woman," a number-one hit on the Billboard country charts. The song served as the lead-off single of her debut album, Here for the Party... |
| October 22 | Real Fine Place Real Fine Place Real Fine Place is a country music album by singer/songwriter Sara Evans. It is her fifth studio album and the follow-up album to the platinum Restless. The album has been certified platinum for U.S. shipments of a million copies... |
Sara Evans Sara Evans Sara Lynn Evans is an American country singer and songwriter.Evans was one of the few traditional-styled singers to emerge from Nashville in the late 1990s, according to Allmusic. Since emerging in the late 1990s, Evans has made five No. 1 Country hits and Gold and Platinum-certified albums by... |
| October 29 | Tough All Over Tough All Over -Personnel:As listed in liner notes.*Perry Coleman - background vocals*Chad Cromwell - drums*Eric Darken - percussion*Kenny Greenberg - acoustic guitar on track 2, electric guitar on tracks 2, 7, 8 and 12*Wes Hightower - background vocals... |
Gary Allan Gary Allan Gary Allan Herzberg is an American country music artist, known professionally as Gary Allan.Signed to Decca Records in 1996, Allan made his debut on the United States country music scene with the release of his single "Her Man", the lead-off to his gold-certified debut album Used Heart for Sale,... |
| November 5 | Timeless | Martina McBride Martina McBride Martina McBride is an American country music singer and songwriter. McBride has been called the "Céline Dion of Country Music" for her big-voiced ballads and soprano range.... |
| November 12 | Timeless | Martina McBride |
| November 19 | Timeless | Martina McBride |
| November 26 | The Road and the Radio The Road and the Radio The Road and the Radio is the eleventh album released by country music singer and guitarist Kenny Chesney. It was released on November 8, 2005. The album debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 on November 26, 2005.... |
Kenny Chesney |
| December 3 | Some Hearts | Carrie Underwood Carrie Underwood Carrie Marie Underwood is an American country singer-songwriter and actress who rose to fame as the winner of the fourth season of American Idol, in 2005... |
| December 10 | The Road and the Radio | Kenny Chesney |
| December 17 | Some Hearts | Carrie Underwood |
| December 24 | Some Hearts | Carrie Underwood |
| December 31 | Some Hearts | Carrie Underwood |