| The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1986 |
| TOP 50 COUNTRY ALBUMS (As published in the December 27, 1986, issue) |
| POS | TITLE – Artist (Label) |
| 1 | ROCKIN’ WITH THE RHYTHM – The Judds (RCA/Curb) |
| 2 | WHOEVER’S IN NEW ENGLAND – Reba McEntire (MCA) |
| 3 | SOMETHING SPECIAL – George Strait (MCA) |
| 4 | GREATEST HITS – Alabama (RCA) |
| 5 | GUITARS, CADILLACS, ETC., ETC. – Dwight Yoakam (Reprise) |
| 6 | WON’T BE BLUE ANYMORE – Dan Seals (EMI America) |
| 7 | STORMS OF LIFE – Randy Travis (Warner Bros.) |
| 8 | FIVE- O – Hank Williams Jr. (Warner/Curb) |
| 9 | RHYTHM AND ROMANCE – Rosanne Cash (Columbia) |
| 10 | #7 – George Strait (MCA) |
| 11 | LIVE IN LONDON – Ricky Skaggs (Epic) |
| 12 | GREATEST HITS – Ronnie Milsap (RCA) |
| 13 | SHAKIN’ – Sawyer Brown (Capitol/Curb) |
| 14 | MONTANA CAFE – Hank Williams Jr. (Warner/Curb) |
| 15 | PARDNERS IN RHYME – The Statler Brothers (Mercury) |
| 16 | GREATEST HITS – Earl Thomas Conley (RCA) |
| 17 | ANYTHING GOES – Gary Morris (Warner Bros.) |
| 18 | 40 HOUR WEEK – Alabama (RCA) |
| 19 | HIGHWAYMAN – Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson (Columbia) |
| 20 | A FRIEND IN CALIFORNIA – Merle Haggard (Epic) |
| 21 | A MEMORY LIKE YOU – John Schneider (MCA) |
| 22 | THE HEART OF THE MATTER – Kenny Rogers (RCA) |
| 23 | LOST IN THE FIFTIES TONIGHT – Ronnie Milsap (RCA) |
| 24 | THE FORESTER SISTERS (Warner Bros.) |
| 25 | THERE’S NO STOPPING YOUR HEART – Marie Osmond (Capitol/Curb) |
| 26 | I HAVE RETURNED – Ray Stevens (MCA) |
| 27 | STREAMLINE – Lee Greenwood (MCA) |
| 28 | TWENTY YEARS OF DIRT/ THE BEST OF – The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Warner Bros.) |
| 29 | HALF NELSON – Willie Nelson (Columbia) |
| 30 | THE PROMISELAND – Willie Nelson (Columbia) |
| 31 | GREATEST HITS – VOLUME 2 – Hank Williams Jr. (Warner Bros.) |
| 32 | FOUR FOR THE SHOW – The Statler Brothers (Mercury) |
| 33 | WILL THE WOLF SURVIVE – Waylon Jennings (MCA) |
| 34 | RABBITT TRAX – Eddie Rabbitt (RCA) |
| 35 | BLACK & WHITE – Janie Frickie (Columbia) |
| 36 | SWEET DREAMS – THE LIFE AND TIMES OF PATSY CLINE – Original Soundtrack (MCA) |
| 37 | HOWARD & DAVID – The Bellamy Brothers (MCA/Curb) |
| 38 | I TELL IT LIKE IT USED TO BE – T. Graham Brown (Capitol) |
| 39 | OLD FLAME – Juice Newton (RCA) |
| 40 | PARTNERS, BROTHERS AND FRIENDS – The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Warner Bros.) |
| 41 | WHO’S GONNA FILL THEIR SHOES – George Jones (Epic) |
| 42 | HANG ON TO YOUR HEART – Exile (Epic) |
| 43 | GREATEST HITS – Exile (Epic) |
| 44 | SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT – Anne Murray (Capitol) |
| 45 | GUITAR TOWN – Steve Earle (MCA) |
| 46 | LAST MANGO IN PARIS – Jimmy Buffett (MCA) |
| 47 | KERN RIVER – Merle Haggard (Epic) |
| 48 | THIRTEEN – Emmylou Harris (Warner Bros.) |
| 49 | SAWYER BROWN (Capitol/Curb) |
| 50 | SEASONS – The Oak Ridge Boys (MCA) |