Hot Country Songs is a
chart that ranks the top-performing
country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. In 1982, 48 different singles topped the chart, then published under the title Hot Country Singles, in 52 issues of the magazine, based on playlists submitted by country music radio stations and sales reports submitted by stores.[1]
The band
Alabama achieved the most number ones by a single act, topping the chart four times.
Ronnie Milsap,
T. G. Sheppard,
Ricky Skaggs and
Conway Twitty each had three number ones. Alabama, Twitty and
Willie Nelson tied for the most weeks in the top spot with four each. Nelson's four weeks consisted of two weeks with "
Always on My Mind" followed immediately by a further two with "
Just to Satisfy You", a collaboration with
Waylon Jennings. In October,
Dolly Parton topped the chart with the
double A-sided single "
I Will Always Love You" / "
Do I Ever Cross Your Mind". Both tracks were re-recordings of songs she had previously released in the 1970s, and the original recording of "I Will Always Love You" had reached number one in 1974, making Parton the first artist to top the chart with two different recordings of the same song.[2]
Hot Country Songs is a
chart that ranks the top-performing
country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. In 1982, 48 different singles topped the chart, then published under the title Hot Country Singles, in 52 issues of the magazine, based on playlists submitted by country music radio stations and sales reports submitted by stores.[1]
The band
Alabama achieved the most number ones by a single act, topping the chart four times.
Ronnie Milsap,
T. G. Sheppard,
Ricky Skaggs and
Conway Twitty each had three number ones. Alabama, Twitty and
Willie Nelson tied for the most weeks in the top spot with four each. Nelson's four weeks consisted of two weeks with "
Always on My Mind" followed immediately by a further two with "
Just to Satisfy You", a collaboration with
Waylon Jennings. In October,
Dolly Parton topped the chart with the
double A-sided single "
I Will Always Love You" / "
Do I Ever Cross Your Mind". Both tracks were re-recordings of songs she had previously released in the 1970s, and the original recording of "I Will Always Love You" had reached number one in 1974, making Parton the first artist to top the chart with two different recordings of the same song.[2]