Husband and wife
Tim McGraw and
Faith Hill each achieved two country number ones in 2000.
Hot Country Songs is a chart that ranks the top-performing
country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. In 2000, 19 different songs topped the chart, then published under the title Hot Country Singles & Tracks, in 52 issues of the magazine, based on weekly
airplay data from country music radio stations compiled by
Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems.[1]
Singer
Faith Hill's song "
Breathe" was at number one at the start of the year, having risen to the top in the issue dated December 25, 1999.[2] The song remained at number one for six consecutive weeks until it was knocked off by "
Cowboy Take Me Away", performed by the girl group the
Dixie Chicks, in the issue dated February 5. "Breathe" was also named the most successful single of the year on the magazine's main singles chart, the
Hot 100.[3] Hill returned to the top of the country charts with her next single, "
The Way You Love Me", which spent four weeks at number one in May and June. Only two other acts,
Lonestar and Hill's husband
Tim McGraw,[3] had more than one Hot Country Songs number one during the year. Other singles with extended runs at number one include "
How Do You Like Me Now?!" by
Toby Keith, "
I Hope You Dance" by
Lee Ann Womack featuring
Sons of the Desert and "
That's the Way" by
Jo Dee Messina, each of which topped the chart for five weeks. "How Do You Like Me Now?!" was ranked number one on Billboard's year-end chart of the most popular country songs.[4]
Husband and wife
Tim McGraw and
Faith Hill each achieved two country number ones in 2000.
Hot Country Songs is a chart that ranks the top-performing
country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. In 2000, 19 different songs topped the chart, then published under the title Hot Country Singles & Tracks, in 52 issues of the magazine, based on weekly
airplay data from country music radio stations compiled by
Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems.[1]
Singer
Faith Hill's song "
Breathe" was at number one at the start of the year, having risen to the top in the issue dated December 25, 1999.[2] The song remained at number one for six consecutive weeks until it was knocked off by "
Cowboy Take Me Away", performed by the girl group the
Dixie Chicks, in the issue dated February 5. "Breathe" was also named the most successful single of the year on the magazine's main singles chart, the
Hot 100.[3] Hill returned to the top of the country charts with her next single, "
The Way You Love Me", which spent four weeks at number one in May and June. Only two other acts,
Lonestar and Hill's husband
Tim McGraw,[3] had more than one Hot Country Songs number one during the year. Other singles with extended runs at number one include "
How Do You Like Me Now?!" by
Toby Keith, "
I Hope You Dance" by
Lee Ann Womack featuring
Sons of the Desert and "
That's the Way" by
Jo Dee Messina, each of which topped the chart for five weeks. "How Do You Like Me Now?!" was ranked number one on Billboard's year-end chart of the most popular country songs.[4]