| Issue date | Album | Artist | | January 13 | I've Always Been Crazy | Waylon Jennings |
| January 20 | I've Always Been Crazy | Waylon Jennings |
| January 27 | Expressions | Don Williams |
| February 3 | Expressions | Don Williams |
| February 10 | The Gambler | Kenny Rogers |
| February 17 | The Gambler | Kenny Rogers |
| February 24 | The Gambler | Kenny Rogers |
| March 3 | The Gambler | Kenny Rogers |
| March 10 | The Gambler | Kenny Rogers |
| March 17 | The Gambler | Kenny Rogers |
| March 24 | Let's Keep It That Way | Anne Murray |
| March 31 | Let's Keep It That Way | Anne Murray |
| April 7 | Every Which Way but Loose | Soundtrack |
| April 14 | Every Which Way but Loose | Soundtrack |
| April 21 | Every Which Way but Loose | Soundtrack |
| April 28 | Every Which Way but Loose | Soundtrack |
| May 5 | Every Which Way but Loose | Soundtrack |
| May 12 | Every Which Way but Loose | Soundtrack |
| May 19 | Every Which Way but Loose | Soundtrack |
| May 26 | Every Which Way but Loose | Soundtrack |
| June 2 | Every Which Way but Loose | Soundtrack |
| June 9 | Conway | Conway Twitty |
| June 16 | Just Like Real People | The Kendalls |
| June 23 | Willie and Family Live | Willie Nelson |
| June 30 | The Oak Ridge Boys Have Arrived | The Oak Ridge Boys |
| July 7 | Our Memories of Elvis | Elvis Presley |
| July 14 | Greatest Hits | Waylon Jennings |
| July 21 | Greatest Hits | Waylon Jennings |
| July 28 | Greatest Hits | Waylon Jennings |
| August 4 | Cross Winds | Conway Twitty |
| August 11 | New Kind of Feeling | Anne Murray |
| August 18 | The Gambler | Kenny Rogers |
| August 25 | Cross Winds | Conway Twitty |
| September 1 | Cross Winds | Conway Twitty |
| September 8 | The Gambler | Kenny Rogers |
| September 15 | The Gambler | Kenny Rogers |
| September 22 | The Gambler | Kenny Rogers |
| September 29 | One for the Road | Willie Nelson and Leon Russell |
| October 6 | Serving 190 Proof | Merle Haggard |
| October 13 | Great Balls of Fire | Dolly Parton |
| October 20 | Greatest Hits | Waylon Jennings |
| October 27 | Kenny | Kenny Rogers |
| November 3 | Kenny | Kenny Rogers |
| November 10 | Kenny | Kenny Rogers |
| November 17 | Kenny | Kenny Rogers |
| November 24 | Kenny | Kenny Rogers |
| December 1 | Kenny | Kenny Rogers |
| December 8 | Kenny | Kenny Rogers |
| December 15 | Kenny | Kenny Rogers |
| December 22 | I'll Always Love You | Anne Murray |
| December 29 | I'll Always Love You | Anne Murray |
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