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Jennifer Nettles of the band
Sugarland topped the chart for the first time as a solo artist with
That Girl .
Top Country Albums is a
chart that ranks the top-performing
country music albums in the United States, published by
Billboard . In 2014, 29 different albums topped the chart; placings were based on electronic
point of sale data from retail outlets.
[1]
In the issue of Billboard dated January 4,
Garth Brooks was at number one with
Blame It All on My Roots: Five Decades of Influences , its fourth week in the top spot.
[2] It remained atop the chart the following week before being displaced by
Crash My Party by
Luke Bryan . Brooks and Bryan were among four acts to have two number ones during the year: Brooks returned to number one in December with
Man Against Machine and Bryan spent a single week in the top spot with
Spring Break 6...Like We Ain't Ever , the latest in an annual series of
spring break -themed releases by the singer.
[3] The duo
Florida Georgia Line spent time at number one with both
Here's to the Good Times and
Anything Goes .
Blake Shelton spent one week at number one with
Based on a True Story... , which had originally topped the chart more than a year earlier,
[4] and the same length of time with his next album
Bringing Back the Sunshine .
Several of 2014's chart-topping acts, including Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line,
Jason Aldean and
Chase Rice , were associated with the so-called
bro-country style, a sub-genre which incorporated influences from
rock music and
hip hop and often featured lyrics relating to partying, attractive young women, and pick-up trucks.
[5]
[6] Rice was one of a number of acts to reach number one for the first time in 2014, when he topped the listing with
Ignite the Night in September.
[7] In February,
Jennifer Nettles of the band
Sugarland achieved her first solo chart-topper with
That Girl .
[8] In March the
Eli Young Band achieved the same feat with
10,000 Towns ,
[9] as did
Dan + Shay in April with
Where It All Began .
[10]
Brantley Gilbert was another first-time chart-topper in June with
Just as I Am ,
[11] as were
Lee Brice in September with
I Don't Dance and
Sam Hunt in November with
Montevallo .
[12]
[13] In April,
Country Music Hall of Fame member
Johnny Cash , who had died in 2003,
[14] gained a posthumous number one with
Out Among the Stars , an album of previously-unreleased material recorded in the 1980s.
[15]
Chart history
Luke Bryan spent seven weeks at number one in 2014, the most by any act.
Out Among the Stars was a posthumous number one for
Johnny Cash .
Blake Shelton 's album
Based on a True Story... , which had originally topped the chart the previous year, returned to number one in August 2014.
Carrie Underwood ended the year at number one.
See also
References
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^ Whitaker, Sterling (February 5, 2015).
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^ Boesveld, Sarah.
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^ McClellan, Laura (July 1, 2017).
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Townsquare Media . Retrieved April 15, 2020 .
^
"Chase Rice Chart History" .
Billboard . Retrieved April 15, 2020 .
^ Jurek, Thom.
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AllMusic . Retrieved April 15, 2020 .
^ Hunt, Chase (March 27, 2017).
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AXS TV . Archived from
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^ Morris, Edward (April 11, 2014).
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CMT . Archived from
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^ Lealos, Shawn S. (February 4, 2016).
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^ Jessen, Wade (September 18, 2014).
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^
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^ Holden, Stephen (September 13, 2013).
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The New York Times . Retrieved April 15, 2020 .
^ Tannenbaum, Rob (April 4, 2014).
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