| The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1990 |
| TOP 50 COUNTRY ALBUMS (As published in the December 29, 1990, issue) |
| POS | TITLE – Artist (Label) |
| 1 | KILLIN’ TIME – Clint Black (RCA) |
| 2 | PICKIN’ ON NASHVILLE – The Kentucky Headhunters (Mercury) |
| 3 | LIVIN’ IT UP – George Strait (MCA) |
| 4 | GARTH BROOKS (Capitol) |
| 5 | REBA LIVE – Reba McEntire (MCA) |
| 6 | PASS IT ON DOWN – Alabama (RCA) |
| 7 | I WONDER DO YOU THINK OF ME – Keith Whitley (RCA) |
| 8 | NO HOLDIN’ BACK – Randy Travis (Warner Bros.) |
| 9 | LONE WOLF – Hank Williams Jr. (Warner/Curb) |
| 10 | A COLLECTION OF HITS – Kathy Mattea (Mercury) |
| 11 | WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME – Vince Gill (MCA) |
| 12 | DUETS – HEROES AND FRIENDS – Randy Travis (Warner Bros.) |
| 13 | A HORSE CALLED MUSIC – Willie Nelson (Columbia) |
| 14 | SOUTHERN STAR – Alabama (RCA) |
| 15 | BEYOND THE BLUE NEON – George Strait (MCA) |
| 16 | HERE IN THE REAL WORLD – Alan Jackson (Arista) |
| 17 | COUNTRY CLUB – Travis Tritt (Warner Bros.) |
| 18 | GREATEST HITS – Keith Whitley (RCA) |
| 19 | RUMOR HAS IT – Reba McEntire (MCA) |
| 20 | HIGHWAYMAN 2 – Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash (Columbia) |
| 21 | PUT YOURSELF IN MY SHOES – Clint Black (RCA) |
| 22 | WHITE LIMOZEEN – Dolly Parton (Columbia) |
| 23 | SIMPLE MAN – The Charlie Daniels Band (Epic) |
| 24 | THE BOYS ARE BACK – Sawyer Brown (Capitol/Curb) |
| 25 | PASS IT ON DOWN – Alabama (RCA) |
| 26 | AMERICA (The Way I See It) – Hank Williams Jr. (Warner/Curb) |
| 27 | LOVE CAN BUILD A BRIDGE – The Judds (Curb/RCA) |
| 28 | FAST MOVIN’ TRAIN – Restless Heart (RCA) |
| 29 | HONKY TONK ANGEL – Patty Loveless (MCA) |
| 30 | ABSOLUTE TORCH AND TWANG – k.d. lang & The Reclines (Sire) |
| 31* | A COLLECTION OF HITS – Kathy Mattea (Mercury) |
| 32 | EXTRA MILE – Shenandoah (Columbia) |
| 33 | I FELL IN LOVE – Carlene Carter (Reprise) |
| 34 | TOO COLD AT HOME – Mark Chesnutt (MCA) |
| 35 | LOVE IN A SMALL TOWN – K.T. Oslin (RCA) |
| 36 | ON ARRIVAL – Dan Seals (Capitol Nashville) |
| 37 | ALONE – Vern Gosdin (Columbia) |
| 38 | DOUG STONE (Epic) |
| 39 | LEAVE THE LIGHT ON – Lorrie Morgan (RCA) |
| 40 | JUST LOOKIN’ FOR A HIT – Dwight Yoakam (Reprise) |
| 41 | WILLOW IN THE WIND – Kathy Mattea (Mercury) |
| 42 | THE EAGLE – Waylon Jennings (Epic) |
| 43 | KEYS TO THE HIGHWAY – Rodney Crowell (Columbia) |
| 44 | ON DOWN THE LINE – Patty Loveless (MCA) |
| 45 | THE ROAD NOT TAKEN – Shenandoah (Columbia) |
| 46 | SOWIN’ LOVE – Paul Overstreet (RCA) |
| 47 | IF THERE WAS A WAY – Dwight Yoakam (Reprise) |
| 48 | TENNESSEE WOMAN – Tanya Tucker (Capitol Nashville) |
| 49 | HILLBILLY ROCK – Marty Stuart (MCA) |
| 50 | JERSEY BOY – Eddie Rabbitt (Capitol Nashville) |