List of Top Country LPs number ones of 1980
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Top Country Albums is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music albums in the United States, published by Billboard. In 1980, ten different albums topped the chart, based on sales reports submitted by a representative sample of stores nationwide. The chart was published under the title Top Country LP's (with an apostrophe) through the issue of Billboard dated May 24, and Top Country LPs (without an apostrophe) thereafter.
In the issue of Billboard dated January 5, Kenny Rogers was at number one with his album Kenny, its ninth week in the top spot. The album remained atop the chart through the issue dated April 26 for a final total of 25 consecutive weeks at number one, the longest uninterrupted run atop the chart in its history. Two weeks after the album was displaced from the top spot, Rogers was back at number one with Gideon, a concept album featuring songs co-written by Kim Carnes which spent seven weeks atop the listing. Later in the year he returned once more to number one with Greatest Hits, which spent six weeks in the top spot before the year's end, meaning that he spent 30 weeks at number one during 1980. Rogers was at the peak of his career at the time, with the smooth production of his records appealing to both country and pop audiences. Between 1978 and 1980 he reached number one on the Hot Country Singles chart with five consecutive releases, including the title track from the album The Gambler.
The album that ended the record-breaking run at number one by Kenny was Charley Pride's There's a Little Bit of Hank in Me.
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