| The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1989 |
| TOP 50 COUNTRY ALBUMS (As published in the December 30, 1989, issue) |
| POS | TITLE – Artist (Label) |
| 1 | GREATEST HITS III – Hank Williams Jr. (Warner/Curb) |
| 2 | OLD 8 x10 – Randy Travis (Warner Bros.) |
| 3 | THIS WOMAN – K.T. Oslin (RCA) |
| 4 | BEYOND THE BLUE NEON – George Strait (MCA) |
| 5 | LOVING PROOF – Ricky Van Shelton (Columbia) |
| 6 | SWEET SIXTEEN – Reba McEntire (MCA) |
| 7 | RIVER OF TIME – The Judds (Curb/RCA) |
| 8 | KILLIN’ TIME – Clint Black (RCA) |
| 9 | SOUTHERN STAR – Alabama (RCA) |
| 10 | DIAMONDS & DIRT – Rodney Crowell (Columbia) |
| 11 | HONKY TONK ANGEL – Patty Loveless (MCA) |
| 12 | BUENAS NOCHES FROM A LONELY ROOM – Dwight Yoakam (Reprise) |
| 13 | REBA – Reba McEntire (MCA) |
| 14 | WHITE LIMOZEEN – Dolly Parton (Columbia) |
| 15 | GREATEST HITS – The Judds (RCA/Curb) |
| 16 | THE ROAD NOT TAKEN – Shenandoah (Columbia) |
| 17 | WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN, VOLUME TWO – The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Universal) |
| 18 | I WONDER DO YOU THINK OF ME – Keith Whitley (RCA) |
| 19 | ABSOLUTE TORCH AND TWANG – k.d. lang & The Reclines (Sire) |
| 20 | A HORSE CALLED MUSIC – Willie Nelson (Columbia) |
| 21 | STRONG ENOUGH TO BEND – Tanya Tucker (Capitol) |
| 22 | COPPERHEAD ROAD – Steve Earle (Uni) |
| 23 | DON’T CLOSE YOUR EYES – Keith Whitley (RCA) |
| 24 | HITS 1979-1989 – Rosanne Cash (Columbia) |
| 25 | LYLE LOVETT & HIS LARGE BAND (MCA/Curb) |
| 26 | 1012 – Highway 101 (Warner Bros.) |
| 27 | WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD – Willie Nelson (Columbia) |
| 28 | TELL IT LIKE IT IS – Billy Joe Royal (Atlantic America) |
| 29 | BLUEBIRD – Emmylou Harris (Reprise) |
| 30 | RAGE ON – Dan Seals (Capitol) |
| 31 | WILD STREAK – Hank Williams Jr. (Warner/Curb) |
| 32 | IF YOU AIN’T LOVIN’ (You Ain’t Livin’) – George Strait (MCA) |
| 33 | BIG DREAMS IN A SMALL TOWN – Restless Heart (RCA) |
| 34 | ONE WOMAN MAN – George Jones (Epic) |
| 35 | WILLOW IN THE WIND – Kathy Mattea (Mercury) |
| 36 | KENTUCKY THUNDER – Ricky Skaggs (Epic) |
| 37 | SOMETHING INSIDE SO STRONG – Kenny Rogers (Reprise) |
| 38 | REBA LIVE – Reba McEntire (MCA) |
| 39 | MONONGAHELA – The Oak Ridge Boys (MCA) |
| 40 | KING’S RECORD SHOP – Rosanne Cash (Columbia) |
| 41 | NO HOLDIN’ BACK – Randy Travis (Warner Bros.) |
| 42 | CHISELED IN STONE – Vern Gosdin (Columbia) |
| 43 | HOMESICK HEROES – The Charlie Daniels Band (Epic) |
| 44 | MYSTERY GIRL – Roy Orbison (Virgin) |
| 45 | ALONE – Vern Gosdin (Columbia) |
| 46 | GREATEST HITS – Tanya Tucker (Capitol) |
| 47 | ALWAYS & FOREVER – Randy Travis (Warner Bros.) |
| 48 | GREATEST HITS, VOLUME THREE – The Oak Ridge Boys (MCA) |
| 49 | GARTH BROOKS (Capitol) |
| 50 | UNTASTED HONEY – Kathy Mattea (Mercury) |