| The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1979 |
| TOP 50 COUNTRY ALBUMS (As published in the December 29, 1979, issue) |
| POS | TITLE – Artist (Label) |
| 1 | THE GAMBLER – Kenny Rogers (United Artists) |
| 2 | WHEN I DREAM – Crystal Gayle (United Artists) |
| 3 | STARDUST – Willie Nelson (Columbia) |
| 4 | WILLIE AND FAMILY LIVE – Willie Nelson (Columbia) |
| 5 | EXPRESSIONS – Don Williams (MCA) |
| 6 | GREATEST HITS – Waylon [Jennings] (RCA) |
| 7 | HEARTBREAKER Dolly Parton (RCA) |
| 8 | TNT – Tanya Tucker (MCA) |
| 9 | LET’S KEEP IT THAT WAY – Anne Murray (Capitol) |
| 10 | I’VE ALWAYS BEEN CRAZY – Waylon Jennings (RCA) |
| 11 | NEW KIND OF FEELING – Anne Murray (Capitol) |
| 12 | CLASSICS – Kenny Rogers & Dottie West (United Artists) |
| 13 | EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE – Original Soundtrack (Elektra) |
| 14 | THE OAK RIDGE BOYS HAVE ARRIVED (MCA) |
| 15 | BLUE KENTUCKY GIRL – Emmylou Harris (Warner Bros.) |
| 16 | LOVELINE – Eddie Rabbitt (Elektra) |
| 17 | GREAT BALLS OF FIRE – Dolly Parton (RCA) |
| 18 | ONE FOR THE ROAD – Willie & Leon (Columbia) |
| 19 | MILLION MILE REFLECTIONS – The Charlie Daniels Band (Epic) |
| 20 | LARRY GATLIN’S GREATEST HITS – VOLUME 1 (Monument) |
| 21 | IMAGES – Ronnie Milsap (RCA) |
| 22 | LOVE OR SOMETHING LIKE IT – Kenny Rogers (United Artists) |
| 23 | TOTALLY HOT – Olivia Newton-John (MCA) |
| 24 | SWEET MEMORIES – Willie Nelson (RCA) |
| 25 | THE BEST OF DON WILLIAMS – VOLUME II (MCA) |
| 26 | THE ORIGINALS – The Statler Brothers (Mercury) |
| 27 | MOODS – Barbara Mandrell (MCA) |
| 28 | LIVING IN THE USA – Linda Ronstadt (Asylum) |
| 29 | ROSE COLORED GLASSES – John Conlee (MCA) |
| 30 | THE BEST OF BARBARA MANDRELL (MCA) |
| 31 | WAYLON & WILLIE – Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson (RCA) |
| 32 | ONLY ONE LOVE IN MY LIFE – Ronnie Milsap (RCA) |
| 33 | TEAR TIME – Dave & Sugar (RCA) |
| 34 | TEN YEARS OF GOLD – Kenny Rogers (United Artists) |
| 35 | JOHN DENVER (RCA) |
| 36 | CROSS WINDS – Conway Twitty (MCA) |
| 37 | WE SHOULD BE TOGETHER – Crystal Gayle (United Artists) |
| 38 | PROFILE / BEST OF EMMYLOU HARRIS (Warner Bros.) |
| 39 | A CANADIAN TRIBUTE – Elvis Presley (RCA) |
| 40 | BURGERS AND FRIES / WHEN I STOP LEAVING (I’ll Be Gone) – Charley Pride (RCA) |
| 41 | FAMILY TRADITION – Hank Williams, Jr. (Elektra) |
| 42 | ARMED AND CRAZY – Johnny Paycheck (Epic) |
| 43 | ENTERTAINERS... ON AND OFF THE ROAD – The Statler Brothers (Mercury) |
| 44 | ELVIS SINGS FOR CHILDREN AND GROWNUPS TOO! – Elvis Presley (RCA) |
| 45 | THE BEST OF THE STATLER BROTHERS (Mercury) |
| 46 | WOMANHOOD – Tammy Wynette (Epic) |
| 47 | OUR MEMORIES OF ELVIS – Elvis Presley (RCA) |
| 48 | I’M ALWAYS ON A MOUNTAIN WHEN I FALL – Merle Haggard (MCA) |
| 49 | VARIATIONS – Eddie Rabbitt (Elektra) |
| 50 | ELVIS – A LEGENDARY PERFORMER VOLUME 3 – Elvis Presley (RCA) |