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7 7 7 3 SAMMY KERSHAW MERCURY 538889 (10.98/16.98) MAYBE NOT TONIGHT 7 46 RE -ENTRY 10 RICKY SKAGGS SKAGGS FAMILY 1001 (9.98/15.98) ANCIENT TONES 46 ® 8 12 59 JO DEE MESSINA CURB 77904 (10.98/16.98) I'M ALRIGHT 6 47 46 43 29 BILL ENGVALL WARNER BROS. 47090 (10.98/16.98) DORKFISH 16 O 9 II 100 TIM MCGRAW A' CURB 77886 (10.98/16.98) EVERYWHERE 1 4$ 58 58 4 ALAN JACKSON ARISTA NASHVILLE 18886 (4.98/9.98) SUPER HITS 48 10 12 16 88 MARTINA MCBRIDE RCA 67516/RLG (10.98/16.98) EVOLUTION 4 49 51 48 81 JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY ATLANTIC 83060/AG (10.98/16.98) GREATEST HITS 5

11 ) 14 10 4 MONTGOMERY GENTRY COLUMBIA 69156/SONY (10.98 EQ/16.98) ® TATTOOS & SCARS 10 50 48 47 47 CLAY WALKER GIANT 24700/WARNER BROS. (10.98/16.981 GREATEST HITS 9

12 11 9 6 LILA MCCANN ASYLUM 62355/EEG (10.98/16.98) SOMETHING IN THE AIR 5 51 55 53 94 KENNY CHESNEY BNA 67498/RLG (10.98/16.98) I WILL STAND 10

13 17 17 52 MARK WILLS MERCURY 536317 (10.98/16.98) ® WISH YOU WERE HERE 8 52 49 49 54 GEORGE STRAIT MCA NASHVILLE 70020 (10.98/16.98) ONE STEP AT A TIME 1

3 BNA 67763/RLG (10.98/16.981 MY HEART 8 DEANA CARTER 14 10 8 LORRIE MORGAN 53 54 55 28 EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE ALRIGHT 6 CAPITOL 21142 (10.98/16.98) 15 13 13 6 PATTY LOVELESS EPIC 69809/SONY (10.98 E0 l6.9ß) CLASSICS 6 54 40 40 9 KELLY WILLIS RYKODISC 10458 (6.98/11.98) ME WHAT I DESERVE 30 EMMYLOU HARRIS, LINDA RONSTADT, DOLLY PARTON 16 15 14 12 TRIO II 4 ASYLUM 62275/EEG (11.98/17.98) 55 59 59 48 REBA MCENTIRE MCA NASHVILLE 70019 (10.98116.98) IF YOU SEE HIM 2 A6 11 16 15 3 ANDY GRIGGS RCA 67596/RLG (10.98/16.98) ® YOU WON'T EVER BE LONELY 15 56 52 54 75 GARTH BROOKS CAPITOL 56599 (10.98/16.98) SEVENS 1 BROOKS & D UNN 2 COLLIN RAYE C) 19 21 85 THE GREATEST HITS COLLECTION 2 57 53 57 88 THE BEST OF COLLIN RAYE - DIRECT HITS 4 ARISTA NASHVILLE 18852 (10.98/16.98) EPIC 67893/SONY (10.98 EQ/16.98)

19 20 19 25 SOUNDTRACK 550 MUSIC 68971/EPIC (11.98 EQ/17.98) TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL THE ALBUM 3 58 64 56 45 JOHN DENVER MADACY 4750 (5.98/7.98) THE BEST OF JOHN DENVER 38

20 21 18 10 TRACY BYRD MCA NASHVILLE 70048 (10.98/16.98) KEEPERS/GREATEST HITS 5 59 60 60 54 STEVE WARINER CAPITOL 94482 (10.98/16.98) BURNIN' THE ROADHOUSE DOWN 6

21 22 20 50 SOUNDTRACK A2 CAPITOL 93402 (10.98/17.98) HOPE FLOATS 1 60 57 46 26 BILLY RAY CYRUS `.IE2CIRV 558347 (10.98/16.98) SHOT FULL OF LOVE 32 22 23 24 35 ALAN JACKSON ARISTA NASHVILLE 18864 (10.98/16.981 HIGH MILEAGE 1 ¡ -" PACESETTER - 72 15 NEAL MCCOY ATLANTIC 83170/AG (10.98,/16 98) THE LIFE OF THE PARTY 24 26 25 30 AARON TIPPIN LYRIC STREET 65003/HOLLYWOOD (10.98/16.981 WHAT THIS COUNTRY NEEDS 23 12 / 23 (61) ROY D. MERCER 24 25 22 32 LEE ANN WOMACK DECCA 70040/MCA NASHVILLE (10.98/16.98) ME SOME THINGS I KNOW 20 62 61 61 54 HOW BIGA BOY ARE YA? VOLUME 4 19 VIRGIN 94301 (7.98/12.98) am ALABAMA A' STEVE EARLE AND THE DEL MCCOURY BAND 25 24 23 36 FOR THE RECORD: 41 NUMBER ONE HITS 2 9 THE 19 RCA 67633/RLG (19.98/28.98) 63 45 44 MOUNTAIN - E- SQUARED 1064 (10.98/16.98) 26 28 27 9 SAWYER BROWN CURB 77902 (10.98/16.98) DRIVE ME WILD 10 VARIOUS ARTISTS 64 69 64 5 BEST OF COUNTRY: 16 ORIGINAL COUNTRY HITS 50 MADACY 6808 (10.98/15.98) 21 29 28 40 DIAMOND RIO ARISTA NASHVILLE 18866 (10.98/16.98) UNBELIEVABLE 9 65 62 63 52 JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY ATLANTIC 83104/AG (10.98/16.981 LEAVE A MARK 15 28 27 26 27 SARA EVANS RCA 67653/RLG (10.98/16.98) IM NO PLACE THAT FAR 11 66 70 68 35 TRACY LAWRENCE ATLANTIC 83137/AG (10.98/16.981 THE BEST OF TRACY LAWRENCE 13 29 ) 33 37 38 THE WILKINSONS GIANT 24699/WARNER BROS. (10.98/16.98) ME NOTHING BUT LOVE 16 61 67 69 42 COLLIN RAYE EPIC 68876 /SONY (10.98 EO/16.98) THE WALLS CAME DOWN 8 31 30 48 BROOKS & DUNN ARISTA NASHVILLE 18865 (10.98/16.98) IF YOU SEE HER 4 30 ROY D. MERCER 68 66 66 80 HOW BIG'A BOY ARE YA? VOLUME 3 31 p° ,' 8'12981 31 37 36 6 JESSICA ANDREWS DREAMWORKS 50104 /INTERSCOPE (8.98/12.9811B HEART SHAPED WORLD 31

32 18 52 4 JOHNNY CASH COLUMBIA 69739/SONY (7.98 EQ/11.98) 16 BIGGEST HITS 18 -- -on. HOT. SHOT DEBUT /11- ( 69 ) NEW 1 KENNY ROGERS CAPITOL 98755 (7.98/11.98) A &E BIOGRAPHY: KENNY ROGERS 69 33 41 51 38 WILLIE NELSON LEGACY 69322 /COLUMBIA (7.98 EQ/11.98) 16 BIGGEST HITS 33

I CAPITOL IT'S * 70 65 67 12 TIM WILSON 98889 (7.98/16.98) ® A SORRY WORLD 44 34 34 32 50 TERRI CLARK MERCURY 558211 (10.98/16.98) HOW FEEL 10 Ï1 ) RE -ENTRY 13 GEORGE JONES EPIC 69319/SONY (7.98 EQ/11.98) 16 BIGGEST HITS 50 35 30 29 38 VINCE GILL MCA NASHVILLE 70017 (10.9816.98) THE KEY 1 12 RE -ENTRY 10 MERLE HAGGARD LEGACY 69321/EPIC 17.98 EQ/11.98) 16 BIGGEST HITS 69 LEANN RIMES A° 36 38 38 86 YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE - INSPIRATIONAL SONGS 1 CURB 77885 (10.98/16.98) 73 71 13 52 GARTH BROOKS CAPITOL 94572 144.98 co) THE LIMITED SERIES 1 TRISHA YEARWOOD A' 31 35 34 88 (SONGBOOK) A COLLECTION OF HITS 1 MCA NASHVILLE 70011 (10.98/16.98) D RE -ENTRY 77 SAMMY KERSHAW MERCURY 536318 (10.98 E(1/16.98) LABOR OF LOVE 5

38 36 35 28 TOBY KEITH MERCURY 558962 (10.98/16.98) GREATEST HITS VOLUME ONE 5 75 56 62 3 MANDY BARNETT SIRE 31046 (10.98/16.98) I'VE GOT A RIGHT TO CRY 56

O Albums wi h the g eatest sales gains this week. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIM) certification for net shipment of 500,000 album units (Gold). RIAA certification for net shipment of 1 million units (Platinum). RIM certification for net shipment of 10 million units (Diamond). Numeral fo lowing Platinum or Diamond symbol indicates album's multi -platinum level. For boxed sets, and double albums with a running time that exceeds 100 minutes or more, the RIM multiplies shipments by the number of discs and/or tapes. *Asterisk indicates LP is available. Most tape prices, and CD prices for BMG and WEA labels, are suggested lists. Tape prices marked EQ, and all other CD prices, are equivalent prices, which are projected from wholesale prices. Greatest Gainer shows chart's largest unit increase. Pacesetter indicates biggest percentage growth. Heatseeker Impact shows albums removed from Heatseekers this week. WI indicates past or present Heatseeker title. ©1999, Billboard /BPI Communications, and SoundScan, Inc.

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1 1 SHANIA TWAIN*" MERCURY 522886 (10.98/17.98) IBM 60 weeks at No. 1 THE WOMAN IN ME 221 14 14 GEORGE STRAIT A5 MCA NASHVILLE 10651 (10.98/15.981 PURE COUNTRY (SOUNDTRACK) 341

2 2 ALAN JACKSON A° ARISTA NASHVILLE 18801 (10.98/16.981 THE GREATEST HITS COLLECTION 184 15 20 PATSY CLINE MCA NASHVILLE 20265 (2.98/5.981 HEARTACHES 21

3 3 GARTH BROOKS 'o CAPITOL 29689 (10.98/15.98) THE HITS 193 16 18 HANK WILLIAMS MERCURY 536029 (7.98/11.981 20 OF HANK WILLIAMS GREATEST HITS 81

4 4 HANK WILLIAMS, JR. A' CURB 77638 (6.98/9.98) GREATEST HITS, VOL. 1 256 11 15 DEANA CARTER A' CAPITOL 37514 (10.98/15.98) IN DID I SHAVE MY LEGS FOR THIS? 139 5 5 KENNY ROGERS A' CAPITOL 46106 (9.98/15.981 TWENTY GREATEST HITS 191 18 17 VINCE GILL° MCA NASHVILLE 11047 (10.98/15.98) WHEN LOVE FINDS YOU 246 A5 6 7 TIM MCGRAW CURB 77659 (9.98/15.981 NOT A MOMENT TOO SOON 266 19 10 ROY D. MERCER VIRGIN 54781 (7.98/12.98) /53 HOW BIGA BOY ARE YA? VOLUME 1 104 (5.98 SUPER HITS 100 1 6 JOHNNY CASH COLUMBIA 66773/SONY EQ/9.98) A6 20 19 LEANN RIMES CURB 77821 (10.98/16.98) BLUE 147 8 9 THE CHARLIE DANIELS BANDA' EPIC 38795/SONY (7.98 EO/11.98) A DECADE OF HITS 486 21 23 GEORGE JONES EPIC 40776/SONY (5.98 EQ/9.98) SUPER HITS 397 9 11 CHARLIE DANIELS A EPIC 64182/SONY (5.98 EQ/9.98) SUPER HITS 224 22 KENNY ROGERS REPRISE 26711 */WARNER BROS. (7.98/11.98) 20 GREAT YEARS 17 10 8 SHANIA TWAIN A MERCURY 514422 (7.98/11.98) SHANIA TWAIN 131 23 21 VINCE GILL A' MCA NASHVILLE 11394 (10.98/16.981 SOUVENIRS 162 11 13 WILLIE NELSON COLUMBIA 64184/SONY (5.98 E0/9.98) SUPER HITS 243 24 25 GEORGE STRAIT A' MCA NASHVILLE 42035 (7.98/12.98) GREATEST HITS VOLUME 2 575 12 12 PATSY CLINE Ae MCA NASHVILLE 12 (7.98/12.981 12 GREATEST HITS 632

TIM CURB 77800 ALLI WANT 118 13 16 TRAVIS TRITT WARNER BROS. 46001 (10.98/16.981 GREATEST HITS - FROM THE BEGINNING 182 25 - MCGRAW A' (10.98/16.98)

Catalog a bums are 2-year-old titles that have fallen below No. 100 on The Billboard 200 or reissues of older albums. Total Chart Weeks column reflects combined weeks title has appeared on Top Country Albums and Top Country Catalog. Recording Industry Awn. Of America (RIAA) certification for net shipment of 500,000 album units (Gold). A RIM cer- i- level. For boxed sets, and a exceeds or more, the by the num- tification for net sh'pment of 1 million units (Platinum). RIM certification for net shipment of 10 million units (Diamond). Numeral following Platinum or Diamond symbol ind cates album's mul platinum double albums with running time that 100 minutes RIM multiplies shipments ber of discs and/or tapes. *Asterisk indicates vinyl LP is available. Most tape prices, and CD prices for BMG and WEA labels are suggested lists. Tape prices marked EQ, and all other CD prices, are equivalent prices, which are projected from wholesale prices. ® indicates past Heatseeker title. 1999, Billboard/BPI Communications and SoundScan, Inc.

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