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40 37 9 SHERRIE AUSTIN 18881 (10.98/16.98) LOVE IN THE REAL WORLD 14 --re Noy 1 ow- 38 ® MERLE HAGGARD 1 I I 6 DIXIE CHICKS A'MONUMENT69676 /SONY 91_ 98EQ/17.98) 6 weeks at No. 1 FLY 1 39 41 38 7 FOR THE RECORD - 43 LEGENDARY HITS 38 TBA/BNA 67844/RLG (24 98 CD)

2 2 2 101 Ln_kcuav s ,i,,, _ , COME ON OVER 1 GREATEST GAINER 3 3 4 23 TIM MCGRAW CURB 77942 (10.98/17.98) A PLACE IN THE SUN 1 GEORGE i- STRAIT 40 54 54 3 MERRY CHRISTMAS WHEREVER YOU ARE 40 MCA NASHVILLE 170093 (11.98/1298) 4 4 3 4 MARTINA MCBRIDE RCA 67824/RLG (10.98/16.98: EMOTION 3 41 39 35 65 TRISHA YEARWOOD MCA NASD. LEE 170023 (10.98/16.98) WHERE YOUR ROAD LEADS 3 5 5 5 89 DIXIE CHICKS A' MONUMENT 68195/SONY(10.98EQ/17.98)IW WIDE OPEN SPACES 1 42 42 40 15 LYLE LOVETT CURB 111964 /MCA (10.98/17.98) LIVE IN TEXAS 7 6 7 7 19 LONESTAR A BNA 67762/RLG (10.98/16.98) LONELY GRILL 3 43 NEW I VARIOUS ARTISTS WARNER BROS. 47537 (10.98/16.98) COUNTRY FUN 43 7 6 6 3 BROOKS & DUNN ARISTA NASHVILLE 18895 (10.98/16.98) TIGHT ROPE 6 44 45 43 24 CHAD BROCK WARNER BROS. 47071/WRN (10.98/16.98) ® CHAD BROCK 38 8 8 2 CLINT BLACK RCA 67823/RLG (10.9816.98) D'LECTRIFIED 8 45 46 45 29 LILA MCCANN ASYLUM 62355/EEG (10.98/16.98) SOMETHING IN THE AIR 5 11 10 32 KENNY CHESNEY BNA 67655/RLG (10.98/15.98) EVERYWHERE WE GO 5 O I 46 35 36 7 ASYLUM 62278 EEG (10.98/(6.95) HOW LUCKY AM 7 10 9 8 82 JO DEE MESSINA CURB 77904 (10.98/16.98) I'M ALRIGHT 5 -- PACESETTER -- 10 9 77 BROS. (10.98/16.98) FAITH 11 FAITH HILL' WARNER 46790/WRN 2 IC BA ENTIRE 41 55 66 3 REC SECRET OF GIVING: A CHRISTMAS COLLECTION 47 MCA NASHMVILLE 170092 (11.98/17.98) 12 12 11 32 GEORGE STRAIT MCA NASHVILLE 170050 (10.98/16.98) ALWAYS NEVER THE SAME 2 48 44 41 3 YANKEE GREY MONUMENT 69085/SONY (10.98 E0/16.98) ® UNTAMED 41 13 14 14 22 SHEDAISY LYRIC STREET 165002/HOLLYWOOD (10.98/16.98) I THE WHOLE SHEBANG 6 49 36 28 61 VINCE GILL MCA NASHVILLE 170017 (10.9 8/16.98) THE KEY 1 14 13 12 16 GEORGE JONES ASYLUM 62368/EEG (10.98/16.98) COLD HARD TRUTH 5 50 49 48 27 COLUMBIA 69739/SONY (7.98 EQ/11.98) 16 BIGGEST HITS 18 LINDA RONSTADT & EMMYLOU HARRIS 15 15 13 7 WESTERN WALL - THE TUCSON SESSIONS 6 ASYLUM 62408/EEG (11.98/17.98) 51 43 2 JOHN BERRY DREAMWORKS 165005/ INTERSCOPE (10.98/16.98) WILDEST DREAMS 43

16 17 18 47 GARTH BROOKS 41' CAPITOL 97424 (19.98/26.98) DOUBLE LIVE 1 ALABAMA A' 52 47 46 59 FOR THE RECORD: 41 NUMBER ONE HITS 2 RCA 67633/RLG (19.98/28.98) 1 22 23 19 BRAD PAISLEY ARISTA NASHVILLE 18871 (10.98/16.98) INI WHO NEEDS PICTURES 17 53 50 50 26 SAMMY KERSHAW MERCURY 538889 (10.98/17.98) MAYBE NOT TONIGHT 7 18 16 15 3 RANDY TRAVIS DREAMWORKS 450119/INTERSCOPE (10.98/16.98)A MAN AIN'T MADE OF STONE 15 54 52 51 29 JESSICA ANDREWS DREAMWORKS 450104 /INTERSCOPE (898/12.98) INI HEART SHAPED WORLD 31 19 18 16 7 CLAY WALKER GIANT 24717/WARNER BROS. (10.98/16.98) LIVE, LAUGH, LOVE 5 55 51 49 61 LEGACY 69322/COLUMBIA (7.98 EQ/11.98) 16 BIGGEST HITS 29 20 19 11 75 MARK WILLS A MERCURY 536317 (10.98/16.98) ® WISH YOU WERE HERE 8 56 48 42 7 ATLANTIC 83208/AG (10.98/16.981 THE AUSTIN SESSIONS 26 21 24 20 10 ALISON KRAUSS ROUNDER 610465 /MERCURY (10.98/16.98) FORGET ABOUT IT 5 57 57 53 68 JOHN DENVER MADACY 4750 (5.98/7.98) THE BEST OF JOHN DENVER 38 22 25 27 20 JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY ATLANTIC 83185/AG (10.98/16.98) HOME TO YOU 16 58 53 47 5 DOUG STONE ATLANTIC 83206/AG (10.98/16.981 MAKE UP IN LOVE 38

23 21 22 58 ALAN JACKSON A ARISTA NASHVILLE 18864 110.98/16.98) HIGH MILEAGE 1 59 59 59 104 JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY ATLANTIC 83060/AG (10.98/16.98) GREATEST HITS 5

28 31 27 MONTGOMERY GENTRY COLUMBIA 69156/SONY (10.98 E0116.98) TATTOOS & SCARS 10 24 tai 60 56 55 29 PATTY LOVELESS EPIC 69809/SONY (10.98 EQ/16.98) CLASSICS 6

34 34 73 SOUNDTRACK A' CAPITOL 93402 (10.98/17.98) HOPE FLOATS 1 25 61 64 60 26 ANDY GRIGGS RCA 67596/RLG (10.98/16.98) De YOU WON'T EVER BE LONELY 15 DWIGHT YOAKAMLS77 26 23 24 21 CANCE FOR A THOUSAND YEARS: GREATEST HITS FROM THE 90'S 10 62 58 52 61 THE WILKINSONS GIANT 24699/WARNER BROS. (10.98/16.98) ® NOTHING BUT LOVE 16 REPRISE 47389ANRN (10.m/.6.m 63 60 57 33 TRACY BYRD MCA NASHVILLE 170048 (11.98/17.98) KEEPERS/GREATEST HITS 5 27 20 19 23 CAPITDI 96139 (10 aH I TWO TEARDROPS 6

66 61 51 TOBY KEITH MERCURY 558962 (11.98/17.98) GREATEST HITS VOLUME ONE 5 --meal SHOT DEBUT 64 65 62 62 70 CLAY WALKER GIANT 24700/WARNER BROS. (10.98/16.98) GREATEST HITS 9 28 NEW I TIM WILSON CAPITOL 21665 (7.98/16.98)M GETTIN' MY MIND RIGHT ` 28 66 63 64 65 VARIOUS ARTISTS ARISTA NASHVILLE 18850 (10.98/16.98) ULTIMATE COUNTRY PARTY 12 29 32 30 4 JOHN PRINE OH BOY! 019 (9.98/15 981 N SPITE OF OURSELVES 21 EMMYLOU HARRIS, LINDA RONSTADT, DOLLY PARTON 25 61 61 56 35 TRIO II 4 30 27 22 KENNY ROGERS DREAMCATCHER 004 (11.9816.98) SHE RIDES WILD HORSES 6 ASYLUM 62275 /EEG (11.98117.98) ROY D. MERCER 31 26 21 3 HANK WILLIAMS JR. CURB 77953 (10.98/16.981 STORMY 21 68 67 68 37 HOW BIG'A BOY ARE YA? VOLUME 5 13 VIRGIN 46854 (9.98/15.98) ON MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER 32 38 33 20 PARTY DOLL AND OTHER FAVORITES 4 69 RE -ENTRY 14 TIM WILSON CAPITOL 98889 (7.98/16.981 IT'S A SORRY WORLD 44 COLUMBIA 68751/SONY (10.98 E(Ú17.98) ®

67 34 GEORGE JONES EPIC 69319/SONY 17.98 EQ/11.98) 16 BIGGEST HITS 50 33 30 32 21 CHELY WRIGHT MCA NASHVILLE 170052 (1098/16.98) NM SINGLE WHITE FEMALE 15 70 68

IF YOU SEE HER 4 34 37 39 18 CHRIS LEDOUX CAPITOL 99781 (10.98/16.981 20 GREATEST HITS 17 71 65 58 71 BROOKS & DUNN ARISTA NASHVILLE 18865 (10.98/16.98)

71 70 98 GARTH BROOKS Ae CAPITOL 56599 (10.98/16.981 SEVENS I 35 29 26 4 MINDY MCCREADY BNA 67765/RLG (10.98/I6.981 I'M NOT SO TOUGH 17 72

70 65 55 LEE ANN WOMACK DECCA 170040 NASHVILLE (10.98/16.981M SOME THINGS I KNOW 20 36 31 44 9 ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL DREAMWORKS 450117 /INTERSCOPE (10.98/16.98) IMI RIDE WITH BOB 24 73 /MCA 74 74 69 31 MERLE HAGGARD LEGACY 69321/EPIC (7.98 EQ/11.981 16 BIGGEST HITS 56 31 33 29 17 ALABAMA RCA 67793/RLG (10.98/16.98) TWENTIETH CENTURY 5 ß RE -ENTRY 2 RODNEY CARRINGTON MERCURY 558210 (10.98/16.981 HANGIN' WITH RODNEY 75

OAlbums with the g eatest sales gains this week. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIM) certification for net shipment of 500,000 units (Gold). RIAA certification for net shipment of 1 million units (Platinum). RIM certification for net shipment of 10 milIon units Diamond). Numeral fo lowing Platinum or Diamond symbol indicates album's multi- platinum level. For boxed sets, and double with a running time that exceeds 100 minutes or more, the RIAA multiplies shipments by the number of discs and/or tapes. *Asterisk indicates LP is avail- able. 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. MI indicates past or present Heatseeker title. © 1999, Billboard /BPI Communications, and SoundScan, Inc.

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1 1 TIM MCGRAW A' CURB 77886 (10.98/16.98) 9 weeks at No. 1 EVERYWHERE 123 14 13 GEORGE JONES EPIC 40776/SONY (5.98 E0/9.98) SUPER HITS 420

2 2 SHANIA TWAIN " MERCURY 522886 (10.98/17.98) MN THE WOMAN IN ME 244 15 15 JOHNNY CASH COLUMBIA 66773/SONY (5.98 EO19.98) SUPER HITS 123 3 3 MARTINA MCBRIDE RCA 67516/RLG (10.98/16.98) EVOLUTION 111 A' 16 16 VINCE GILL A' MCA NASHVILLE 111394 (10.98/16.98) SOUVENIRS 185 4 BROOKS & DUNN A' ARISTA NASHVILLE 18852 (10.98/16.98) THE GREATEST HITS COLLECTION 108 11 18 DAVID ALLAN COE COLUMBIA 40185 /SONY (9.98 EQ CD) GREATEST HITS 4 5 5 GARTH BROOKS*" CAPITOL 29689 (10.98/15.981 THE HITS 216 18 20 LEANN RIMES A4 CURB 77885 (10.98/16.98) YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE - INSPIRATIONAL SONGS 109 6 6 ALAN JACKSON A° ARISTA NASHVILLE 18801 (10.98/16.98) THE GREATEST HITS COLLECTION 207 19 17 VINCE GILL A° MCA NASHVILLE 111047110.98/15.98) WHEN LOVE FINDS YOU 269 7 8 HANK WILLIAMS JR. A° CURB 77638 (6.98/9.98) GREATEST HITS, VOL. 1 279 20 25 TRAVIS TRITTA WARNER BROS. 46001/WRN (10.98/16.98) GREATEST HITS - FROM THE BEGINNING 204 8 7 WILLIE NELSON COLUMBIA 64184/SONY (5.98 EQ/9.98) SUPER HITS 266 21 19 GEORGE STRAIT A5 MCA NASHVILLE 110651 (10.98/17.98) PURE COUNTRY (SOUNDTRACK) 364 9 10 CHARLIE DANIELS EPIC 64182/SONY (5.98 E019.98) SUPER HITS 247 22 24 ALISON KRAUSS A' ROUNDER 610325`/IDJMG (9.98/15.98) DD NOW THAT I'VE FOUND YOU A COLLECTION 164 10 TIM MCGRAW As CURB 77659 (9.98/15.98) NOT A MOMENT TOO SOON 289

23 DEANA CARTER A° CAPITOL 37514 (10.98/15.98) DID I SHAVE MY LEGS FOR THIS? 161 11 11 TRISHA YEARWOOD A' MCA NASHVILLE 170011 (10.98/16.98) (SONGBOOK) A COLLECTION OF HITS 111 ME IT MATTERS TO ME 112 12 12 PATSY CLINE As MCA NASHVILLE 320012 (7.98/12.98) 12 GREATEST HITS 655 24 FAITH HILL' WARNER BROS. 45872/WRN (10.98/16.98)

13 14 PATSY CLINE MCA NASHVILLE 420265 (2.98/5.98) HEARTACHES 43 25 21 GEORGE STRAIT' MCA NASHVILLE 442035 (11.98/17.98) GREATEST HITS VOLUME 2 598

Catalog albums 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 week title has appeared on and Top Country Catalog. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for net shipment of 500.000 album units (Gold). RIM cer- tification for net shpment of 1 million units (Platinum). RIM certification for net shipment of 10 million units (Diamond). Numeral following 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 num- 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. al indicates past Heatseeker title. C 1999, BillboarWBPl Communications and SoundScan, Inc.

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