What does Hot Country Singles and Tracks for 1996 mean? “On December 5, 1992, Billboard started compiling the Country singles chart strictly on the number of detections registered by each song,” based on airplay gathered by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems.
The result is fewer one-week #1s, which is a good thing in my mind.
My Maria – Brooks & Dunn, three weeks at #1
It Matters To Me – Faith Hill, three weeks at#1
No News – Lonestar, three weeks at #1
Time Marches On – Tracy Lawrence, three weeks at #1
Carried Away – George Strait, three weeks at #1. My GS album, Ten Strait Hits, predates this by five years.
Like The Rain – Clint Black, three weeks at #1
Little Bitty – Alan Jackson, three weeks at #1
(If you’re not in it for love) I’m Outta Here! – Shania Twain, two weeks at #1
Bigger Than The Beatles – Joe Diffie, two weeks at #1. There’s a humorous Fab Four reference in the last minute of the video.
You Can Feel Bad – Patti Loveless, two weeks at #1. My only Loveless album is 1991’s Up Against My Heart
You Win My Love – Shania Twain, two weeks at #1
Blue Clear Sky – George Strait, two weeks at #1
Daddy’s Money – Ricochet, two weeks at #1
She Never Lets It Go To Her Heart – Tim McGraw, two weeks at #1
So Much For Pretending – Bryan White, two weeks at #1
Believe Me Baby (I lied) – Trisha Yearwood, two weeks at #1
Strawberry Wine – Deana Carter, two weeks at #1. I own her 1996 debut album, Did I Shave My Legs For This?, which includes this song.
One Way Ticket (because I can) -LeAnn Rimes, two weeks at #1
The rest of the songs are number one for a single week
Rebecca Lynn – Brian White
Wild Angels – Martina McBride
I’ll Try – Alan Jackson
The Beaches of Cheyenne – Garth Brooks, which I own on the 1995 album Fresh Horses
To Be Loved By You – Wynonna
No One Needs To Know– Shania Twain
Don’t Let Me Get Started – Rhett Akins
Guys Do It All The Time – Mindy McCready. A tough life.
Living In A Moment – Ty Herndon
Lonely Too Long – Patty Loveless
The #1 Hot Adult Contemporary Hits of 1986 had been a category called easy listening for the latter half of the 1960s and most of the 1970s. It became Adult Contemporary in the spring of 1979, then Hot Adult Contemporary in the autumn of 1984.
I think I know many of the #1 pop hits of 1986 because I watched MTV regularly at home at the time. I certainly don’t own most of these, but I heard them enough to identify the vast majority of the tracks. And I eventually did buy some greatest hits albums for this new technology called the compact disc: Heart, Whitney Houston, Madonna, Prince, Steve Winwood.
Here are the #1 Hot Soul Singles of 1976. Curiously, the name of this category changed several times over the years. Rhythm and blues was the dominant designation through mid-1969.
There were SO many #1 hits in the mid-1970s on multiple charts. The Easy Listening #1 hits of 1976 numbered 40! There was very little crossover with the pop charts for the year.