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* * *No.1 * ** 37 33 30 I 44 I KEVIN SHARP 143 /ASYLUM 61930/EEG (10.98/15.98) M MEASURE OF A MAN 4
EPIC I YOU 1 1 1 11 TIM MCGRAW CURB 77886 (10.98/16.98) 11 weeks at No. 1 EVERYWHERE 1 38 40 40 I 104 I COLLIN RAYE 67033/SONY (10.98 EQ/15.98) THINK ABOUT 5
41 42 I MINDY MCCREADY BNA 66806/RCA (9.98/15.98) TEN THOUSAND ANGELS 5 * * *GREATEST GAINER* * * 39 68 I ®
39 38 I 9 I LONESTAR BNA 67422/RCA (10.98/16.98) CRAZY NIGHTS 16 (2) 3 3 58 LEANN RIMES3 CURB 77821 (10.98/15:98) BLUE 40
ASYLUM NOW AND FOREVER 1 42 46 I 13 61880/EEG (10.98/15.98) BETWEEN 3 2 2 17 GEORGE STRAIT MCA 11584 (10.98/16.98) CARRYING YOUR LOVE WITH ME 1 41 I BRYAN WHITE PATSY CLINE LEANN RIMES 42 32 37 PATSY CLINE LIVE AT THE CIMARRON BALLROOM 32 5 5 27 UNCHAINED MELODY/THE EARLY YEARS 1 MCA 11579(10.98/16.98) (4) CURB 77856 (10.98/15.98) TRAVIS TRITT 5 4 4 3 CLINT BLACK RCA 67515 (10.98/16.98) NOTHIN' BUT THE TAILLIGHTS 4 43 44 47 101 I GREATEST HITS - FROM THE BEGINNING 3 WARNER BROS. 46001 (10.98/16.98)
I THE KIND (s) 7 7 10 NEAL MCCOY ATLANTIC 83011 /AG (10.98/16.98) GREATEST HITS 6 44 45 48 51 I TRAVIS TRITT WARNER BROS. 46304 (10.98/16.98) RESTLESS 7 MCA 1 DEANA CARTER A' 45 46 44 I 69 I GEORGE STRAIT A 11428 (10.98/16.98) BLUE CLEAR SKY 7 6 6 50 DID I SHAVE MY LEGS FOR THIS? 2 CAPITOL NASHVILLE 37514 (10.98/15.98)
10 11 9 LILA MCCANN ASYLUM 62042/EEG LILA 8 * * * PACESETTER* * * VARIOUS ARTISTS (46) 58 62 3 COWBOY UP - THE OFFICIAL PRCA RODEO ALBUM 46 9 9 8 11 PAM TILLIS ARISTA 18836 (10.98/16.98) GREATEST HITS 6 EDEL AMERICA 3699 (10.98/16.98)
47 38 32 I 48 I JOHN BERRY CAPITOL NASHVILLE 35464 (10.98/15.98) FACES 9 10 8 9 3 BLACKHAWK ARISTA 18837 (10 98/16 98) LOVE & GRAVITY 8
48 43 34 I 46 RICK TREVINO COLUMBIA 67452/SONY (10.98 EQ/15.98) LEARNING AS YOU GO 17 11 11 10 5 DIAMOND RIO ARISTA 18844 (10.98/16.98) GREATEST HITS 8
49 49 55 I 91 I VINCE GILL MCA 11394(10.98/16.98) SOUVENIRS 3 12 12 13 42 ALAN JACKSON ARISTA 18813 (10.98/16.98) EVERYTHING I LOVE 1
50 47 63 I 3 I JOHN DENVER LEGACY 65183 /SONY (9.98 EQ/13.98) THE BEST OF JOHN DENVER LIVE 47 13 13 14 19 ALABAMA RCA 67426 (10 98/16 98) DANCIN' ON THE BOULEVARD 5
51 48 51 m CLEDUS "T." JUDD RAZOR & TIE 2825 (10.98/16.98) I3 I STOLED THIS RECORD 23 * * * HOT SHOT DEBUT* * * AARON TIPPIN 52 55 53 m GREATEST HITS...AND THEN SOME 17 14 NEW 1 LORRIE MORGAN BNA 67499/RCA (10.98/16.98) SHAKIN' THINGS UP 14 RCA 67427 (10.98/16.98) 53 51 52 60 KENNY CHESNEY BNA 66908/RCA (10.98/15.981 ME AND YOU 9 15 17 18 ALAN JACKSON A ARISTA 18801 (10.98,16 98) THE GREATEST HITS COLLECTION 1
54 56 54 il TIM MCGRAW A` CURB 77800 (10.98/16.98) ALL I WANT 1 16 20 20 LEE ANN WOMACK DECCA 11585/MCA (10.98/15.981 DI LEE ANN WOMACK 9 55 52 43 0 JAMES BONAMY EPIC 67878/SONY (10.98 EQ/16.98)1021 ROOTS AND WINGS 25 17 15 15 KENNY CHESNEY BNA 67498/RCA (10.98/16.98) I WILL STAND 10 56 57 56 39 MARK CHESNUTT DECCA 11529/MCA(I0.98/16.98) GREATEST HITS 18 18 16 16 TOBY KEITH MERCURY 534836 (10.98 EQ/16.98) DREAM WALKIN' 8 51 50 50 RICOCHET COLUMBIA 67773/SONY (10.98 EQ/15.98) RI BLINK OF AN EYE 24 19 18 17 CLAY WALKER GIANT 24674/WARNER BROS. (10.98/16.98) RUMOR HAS IT 4 58 59 59 FAITH HILL A' WARNER BROS. 45872 (10.98/16.98) IT MATTERS TO ME 20 14 12 DWIGHT YOAKAM REPRISE 46690/WARNER BROS. (10.98/16.98) UNDER THE COVERS 8 59 54 31 1 KENNY ROGERS MAGNATONE 116 (10.98/16.98) ACROSS MY HEART 26 1) 25 45 91 GARTH BROOKS A° CAPITOL NASHVILLE 32080 (10.98/15.98) FRESH HORSES 1 6 68 m NEAL MCCOY ATLANTIC 82907/AG (10.98/15.98) NEAL MCCOY 7 22 19 24 3 JOHN ANDERSON MERCURY 536004 (10.98 EQ/16.98) TAKIN' THE COUNTRY BACK 19 61 53 49 SHERRIE AUSTIN ARISTA 18843 (10.98/16.981 Mg WORDS 41 23 21 19 31 BILL ENGVALL WARNER BROS. 46263 (10.98/16.98) RI HERE'S YOUR SIGN 5 62 61 65 NID GEORGE STRAIT " MCA 11263 (39.98/49.98) STRAIT OUT OF THE BOX 9 24 22 21 60 TRACE ADKINS CAPITOL NASHVILLE 37222 (10.98/15.98) I:11 DREAMIN' OUT LOUD 6 ROY D. MERCER 63 60 58 15 HOW BIGA BOY ARE YA? VOLUME 1 57 25 23 22 22 TRACY LAWRENCE ATLANTIC 82985/AG (10.98/16.98) THE COAST IS CLEAR 4 CAPITOL NASHVILLE 54781 (9.98/15.98) 64 62 57 21 TANYA TUCKER CAPITOL NASHVILLE 36885 (10.98/16.98) COMPLICATED 15 26 24 23 MICHAEL PETERSON REPRISE 46618/WARNER BROS. (10.98/16.98)1M MICHAEL PETERSON 18 65 63 73 TRISHA YEARWOOD MCA 11477 (10.98/16.98) EVERYBODY KNOWS 6 21 26 25 18 SAWYER BROWN CURB 77883 (10.98/16.98) SIX DAYS ON THE ROAD 8 ROY D. MERCER 66 66 66 m HOW BIGA BOY ARE YA? VOLUME 2 63 28 28 27 70 BROOKS & DUNN A2 ARISTA 18810 (10.98/15.981 BORDERLINE 1 CAPITOL NASHVILLE 54782 (9.98/15.981 VARIOUS ARTISTS JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY 67 67 68 m THE BEST OF COUNTRY SING THE BEST OF DISNEY 17 29 27 28 47 WHAT I DO THE BEST 5 WALT DISNEY 60902 (10.98/16.98) ATLANTIC 82947/AG (10.98/16.98) 68 65 61 fkl TRACY BYRD MCA 11485 (10.98/16.981 BIG LOVE 12 30 30 26 41 REBA MCENTIRE MCA 11500(10.98/16.98) WHAT IF IT'S YOU 1 69 75 75 m LYLE LOVETT CURB 11409/MCA (10.98/16.98) THE ROAD TO ENSENADA 4 31 31 29 47 CLINT BLACK RCA66671 (10.98/16.98) THE GREATEST HITS 2 70 70 72 11 SONS OF THE DESERT EPIC 67619/SONY (7.98 EQ/11.98) 1111 WHATEVER COMES FIRST 38 32 35 33 CHRIS LEDOUX CAPITOL NASHVILLE 52775 (10.98/16.98) LIVE 26 71 69 69 ROY ORBISON COLUMBIA 67297/SONY (5.98 EO/9.981 SUPER HITS 54 BILLY RAY CYRUS 33 29 35 THE BEST OF BILLY RAY CYRUS COVER TO COVER 23 MERCURY (10.98 EQ/16.98) 534837 72 64 67 58 ALABAMA RCA 66848 (4.98/9.98) SUPER HITS 47 ALISON KRAUSS & UNION STATION 37 39 21 SO LONG SO WRONG 4 72 60 TY HERNDON EPIC 67564/SONY (10.98 EQ/15.98) LIVING IN A MOMENT 6 ® ROUNDER 0365 (9.98/15.98) 73 ® 35 36 41 64 VINCE GILL MCA 11422 (10.98/16.98) HIGH LONESOME SOUND 3 14 73 70 m LORRIE MORGAN BNA 66847/RCA (10.98/16.98) GREATER NEED 8 GOODNIGHT SWEETHEART 21 36 34 36 19 WYNONNA CURB 11583/MCA (10.98/16.98) COLLECTION 9 15 RE-ENTRY m DAVID KERSH CURB 77848 (10.98/15.9811M
°Albums with the greatest sales gains this week. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for sales of 500,000 units. R AA certification for sales of 1 million units, with multimillion sellers indicated by a numeral following the symbol. For boxed sets, and double albums with a running time that exceeds two hours, the RIM multiplies shipments by the number of discs and/or tapes. *Asterisk indicates LP is avai 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 equivalen 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. ® indicates past or present Heatseeker title. ©1997, Billboard /BPI Communications, and SoundScan, Inc.
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MCA 10651 (10.98/15.98) PURE COUNTRY (SOUNDTRACK) 257 1 1 GARTH BROOKS A CAPITOL NASHVILLE 29689 (10.98/15.98) 10 weeks at No. 1 THE HITS 140 14 10 GEORGE STRAIT A' THE CHASE 148 2 2 GARTH BROOKS 3 CAPITOL NASHVILLE 93866 (9.98/13.98) NO FENCES 333 15 15 GARTH BROOKS A' CAPITOL NASHVILLE 98743 (10.98/16.981 3 3 SHANIA TWAIN ' MERCURY 522886 (10.98 E0/16.98)11111 THE WOMAN IN ME 132 16 13 VINCE GILL A' MCA 11047 (10.98/15.98) WHEN LOVE FINDS YOU 167 GARTH BROOKS 333 4 5 GARTH BROOKS A' CAPITOL NASHVILLE 90897 (9.98/13.981 17 16 HANK WILLIAMS MERCURY 823293 (7.98 EQ/11.98) 24 OF HANK WILLIAMS GREATEST HITS 156
ELVIS PRESLEY RCA 67462 (11.98/16.981 ELVIS' GOLDEN RECORDS 5 18 GEORGE JONES EPIC 40776/SONY (5.98 EQ/9.98) SUPER HITS 334
6 9 12 GREATEST HITS 543 19 20 ALABAMA RCA 66410 (10.98/15.98) GREATEST HITS VOL. III 150 4 CHARLIE DANIELS EPIC 64182/SONY (5.98 E0/9.98) SUPER HITS 144 20 19 ALISON KRAUSS A' ROUNDER 0325*(9.98/15.981E NOW THAT I'VE FOUND YOU: A COLLECTION 132 8 TIM MCGRAW A' CURB 77659 (9.98/15.981 NOT A MOMENT TOO SOON 178 21 17 REBA MCENTIRE A° ma 10906 (10.98/15.98) GREATEST HITS VOLUME TWO 203 9 6 WILLIE NELSON COLUMBIA 64184/SONY (5.98 E0/9.98) SUPER HITS 161 22 22 MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER A' COLUMBIA 48881/SONY (10.98 EO/16.98) COME ON COME ON 245 10 12 GARTH BROOKS" CAPITOL NASHVILLE 96330 (10.98/15.98) ROPIN' THE WIND 186 23 21 JOHNNY CASH COLUMBIA 66773/SONY (5.98 EQ/9.98) SUPER HITS 37 11 8 HANK WILLIAMS, JR. CURB 77638 (6.98/9.98) GREATEST HITS, VOL. 1 171 24 PATSY CLINE MCA 4038 (7.98/12.98) THE PATSY CLINE STORY 159 EQ/11 98) A DECADE OF HITS 408 - 12 11 THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND A' EPIC 38795/SONY (7.98 130 25 23 TRACY BYRD A' MCA 10991 (10.98/15.98) NO ORDINARY MAN 167 13 14 GARTH BROOKS A' CAPITOL NASHVILLE 80857 (10.98/16.98) IN PIECES Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for sales of 500,000 units. RIAA certification for sales of 1 mil- 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 Catalog a burns are 2-year-old titles that have fallen below No. 100 on The Billboard 200 from wholesale prices. indicates past Heatseeker title. 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 ion units, with mul irnillion sellers indicated by a numeral following the symbol. *Asterisk indicates vinyl LP is available. Most tape C 1997, Billboard/BPI C,ommunications and SoundScan, Inc.
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