These are the U.S. number-one country albums of 1973, per the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.
| Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | | January 6 | The Best of the Best of Merle Haggard | Merle Haggard |
| January 13 | Got the All Overs for You | Freddie Hart |
| January 20 |
| January 27 | It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad) | Merle Haggard |
| February 3 |
| February 10 |
| February 17 | Songs of Love by Charley Pride | Charley Pride |
| February 24 |
| March 3 |
| March 10 |
| March 17 | Dueling Banjos | Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell |
| March 24 |
| March 31 |
| April 7 |
| April 14 | Via Satellite | Elvis Presley |
| April 21 |
| April 28 |
| May 5 |
| May 12 | My Second Album | Donna Fargo |
| May 19 | Super Kind of Woman | Freddie Hart |
| May 26 | Introducing Johnny Rodriguez | Johnny Rodriguez |
| June 2 | Entertainer of the Year – Loretta | Loretta Lynn |
| June 9 | Behind Closed Doors | Charlie Rich |
| June 16 |
| June 23 |
| June 30 |
| July 7 | Good Time Charlie | Charlie McCoy |
| July 14 | Behind Closed Doors | Charlie Rich |
| July 21 | Satin Sheets | Jeanne Pruett |
| July 28 |
| August 4 |
| August 11 |
| August 18 |
| August 25 |
| September 1 |
| September 8 |
| September 15 | Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man | Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn |
| September 22 | I Love Dixie Blues | Merle Haggard |
| September 29 |
| October 6 | You've Never Been This Far Before | Conway Twitty |
| October 13 |
| October 20 |
| October 27 | Love Is the Foundation | Loretta Lynn |
| November 3 | Jesus Was a Capricorn | Kris Kristofferson |
| November 10 | Full Moon | Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge |
| November 17 | Paper Roses | Marie Osmond |
| November 24 |
| December 1 |
| December 8 | Primrose Lane / Don't Give Up On Me | Jerry Wallace |
| December 15 | Behind Closed Doors | Charlie Rich |
| December 22 |
| December 29 |
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