Here are the 1995 #1 Hot Country Singles and Tracks. Joel Whitburn’s Hot Country Songs contains information about chart methodology.
“For decades, Billboard’s country singles charts were compiled by playlists reported by radio stations and sales reports reported by stores. These airplays and sales reports established the weekly rankings…
“On January 20, 1990, Billboard began basing the charts entirely on airplay with information gathered by the Nielsen Broadcast Data systems, a subsidiary of Billboard that electronically monitored actual radio airplay… These monitors can identify each song played by an encoded audio fingerprint.
“On December 5, 1992, Billboard began compiling the country singles charts strictly on the number of detections or plays registered by each song.
The songs
I Like It, I Love It – Tim McGraw, five weeks at #1
Check Yes or No -George Strait, four weeks at #1. As you may know, Strait has been selected for the Kennedy Center Honors in 2025. Someone gave me one of his compilation CDs, the 1991 Ten Strait Hits.
I Can Love You Like That – John Michael Montgomery, three weeks at #1. This song I know! I own a version by All-4-One. Some music pundit noted at the time that this convergence meant that the genres were essentially meaningless.
Summer’s Comin’– Clint Black, three weeks at #1
Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident) – John Michael Montgomery, three weeks at #1
Not A Moment Too Soon – Tim McGraw, two weeks at #1
Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life) – Pam Tillis, two weeks at #1
Old Enough To Know Better – Wade Hayes, two weeks at #1
This Woman And This Man – Clay Walker, two weeks at #1
Thinking About You – Trisha Yearwood, two weeks at #1
Any Man Of Mine – Shania Twain, two weeks at #1
You’re Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone – Brooks & Dunn, two weeks at #1
Dust On The Bottle – David Lee Murphy, two weeks at #1
Tall, Tall Trees – Alan Jackson, two weeks at #1
That’s As Close As I’ll Get To Loving You – Aaron Tippin, two weeks at #1
All the rest of the songs are one week at #1
Gone Country – Alan Jackson
My Kind Of Girl – Collin Raye
You Can’t Make A Heart Love Somebody – George Strait
The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter – Reba McEntire
Little Miss Honky Tonk – Brooks & Dunn. I read the titles to text, and the machine changed Honky to *****, which I thought was adorable.
Gonna Get A Life – Mark Chesnutt
What Mattered Most – Ty Herndon
Texas Tornado – Tracy Lawrence
I Don’t Even Know Your Name – Alan Jackson
I Didn’t Know My Own Strength – Lorrie Morgan
Not On Your Love – Jeff Carson
She’s Every Woman—Garth Brooks. I own only one other album represented on this list, Fresh Horses.
