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Post by countrychartnut on Sept 18, 2014 10:33:05 GMT -6
This is a list of those country artists who were the first to their fifth, tenth, fifteenth, etc. #1 hit. Enjoy!
THE FIRST COUNTRY MALE ARTIST TO:
5 #1 Hits-Al Dexter-I'm Losing My Mind Over You-1945
10 #1 Hits-Eddy Arnold-One Kiss To Many-1949
15 #1 Hits-Eddy Arnold-I Wanna Play House With You-1951
20 #1 Hits-Eddy Arnold-The Cattle Call-1955
25 #1 Hits-Eddy Arnold-Somebody Like Me-1966
30 #1 Hits-Conway Twitty-Rest Your Love On Me-1981
35 #1 Hits-Conway Twitty-The Rose-1983
40 #1 Hits-Conway Twitty-Desperado Love-1986
41 #1 Hits-George Strait-Give It Away-2006
THE FIRST COUNTRY FEMALE ARTIST TO:
5 #1 Hits-Tammy Wynette-Stand By Your Man-1968
10 #1 Hits-Tammy Wynette-Good Lovin' Makes It Right-1971
15 #1 Hits-Tammy Wynette-We're Gonna Hold On-with George Jones-1973
20 #1 Hits-Tammy Wynette-Near You-with George Jones-1977
25 #1 Hits-Dolly Parton-When I Get Where I'm Going-with Brad Paisley-2006
Other female artists with at least 20 #1 hits: Reba McEntire-25-Turn On The Radio-2011
THE FIRST COUNTRY DUO/GROUP TO:
5 #1 Hits-the Oak Ridge Boys-Fancy Free-1981
10 #1 Hits-Alabama-The Closer You Get-1983
15 #1 Hits-Alabama-There's A Fire In The Night-1985
20 #1 Hits-Alabama-Touch Me When We're Dancing-1986
25 #1 Hits-Alabama-If I Had You-1989
30 #1 Hits-Alabama-Down Home-1991
No other duo/group comes close to 30 #1 hits.
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