Timeline of Billboard number-one country songs

Billboard magazine has published charts ranking the top-performing country music songs in the United States since 1944.

[1] The first number one was the song "Pistol Packin' Mama", different recordings of which were bracketed together and treated as one entry.

[3] In the late 1940s and early 1950s, Eddy Arnold was the biggest star in country music and set several chart records, one of which endured for more than 60 years.

[10][11] The songs that have topped the chart have reflected the evolution of the country music genre over the decades.

[12][13] In the 1970s, the country-pop style increasingly enabled country artists to achieve success on the pop music charts,[14][15] and in more recent decades, some of the most successful songs have incorporated elements of hip hop music.

Singer Hank Williams
Hank Williams gained his first number one in 1949.
Singer Webb Pierce
Webb Pierce was one of the biggest country stars of the 1950s.
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George Jones had his first number one in 1959.
Singer Connie Smith
Connie Smith held the record for the longest run at number one by a female artist for nearly 50 years.
Singer Sonny James
Sonny James achieved 16 consecutive number ones in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Singer Garth Brooks
" More Than a Memory " by Garth Brooks was the first song to debut at number one in the history of Billboard ' s country charts.
Singer Reba McEntire
Reba McEntire spent time at number one in four different decades.
Singer Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson set a record in 2003 as the oldest artist to gain a country number one.
Singer Bebe Rexha
Bebe Rexha 's " Meant to Be ", a collaboration with Florida Georgia Line , spent 50 consecutive weeks at number one in 2017 and 2018.