Top New Album Releases
See also: List of number-one country albums of 1996 (U.S.) and List of number-one country albums of 1996 (Canada)| Album | Artist | Record Label | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | All the Good 'Uns (The Best of Ian Tyson) | Ian Tyson | Stony Plain | |
| 10 | Anne Murray | Anne Murray | SBK/Capitol | |
| 13 | The Best of Country Heat | Various Artists | BMG | |
| 17 | 9 | The Best of Country Sing the Best of Disney | Various Artists | Walt Disney |
| 7 | 3 | Between Now and Forever | Bryan White | Asylum |
| 12 | 18 | Big Love | Tracy Byrd | MCA Nashville |
| 13 | The Birth of a Star | Patsy Cline | Razor & Tie | |
| 1 | 1 | Blue | LeAnn Rimes | Curb |
| 1 | 3 | Blue Clear Sky | George Strait | MCA Nashville |
| 6 | Blue Moon | Toby Keith | A&M | |
| 5 | Blue Plate Special | Prairie Oyster | Velvel | |
| 1 | 1 | Borderline | Brooks & Dunn | Arista Nashville |
| 33 | 12 | BR5-49 | BR5-49 | Arista Nashville |
| 14 | 1 | Calm Before the Storm | Paul Brandt | Reprise |
| 23 | Christmas: The Gift | Collin Raye | Epic | |
| 18 | Christmas Volume II | Alabama | RCA Nashville | |
| 1 | CMT Canada '96 | Various Artists | BMG | |
| 1 | Collection | The Rankin Family | EMI | |
| 3 | Crank It Up: The Music Album | Jeff Foxworthy | Warner Bros. | |
| 2 | 1 | Did I Shave My Legs for This? | Deana Carter | Capitol Nashville |
| 6 | 16 | Dreamin' Out Loud | Trace Adkins | Capitol Nashville |
| 6 | 22 | Everybody Knows | Trisha Yearwood | MCA Nashville |
| 1 | 1 | Everything I Love | Alan Jackson | Arista Nashville |
| 9 | 9 | Faces | John Berry | Capitol Nashville |
| 74 | 6 | For Me It's You | Michelle Wright | Arista Nashville |
| 4 | Friends & Lovers | Various Artists | Sony | |
| 9 | 10 | Full Circle | Randy Travis | Warner Bros. |
| 12 | 6 | Gettin' Out the Good Stuff | David Lee Murphy | MCA Nashville |
| 10 | The Gift | Kenny Rogers | Magnatone | |
| 21 | Goodnight Sweetheart | David Kersh | Curb | |
| 8 | 9 | Greater Need | Lorrie Morgan | BNA |
| 2 | 5 | Greatest Hits | Clint Black | RCA Nashville |
| 18 | 14 | Greatest Hits | Mark Chesnutt | Decca Nashville |
| 3 | 5 | High Lonesome Sound | Vince Gill | MCA Nashville |
| 27 | 21 | Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best | Marty Stuart | MCA Nashville |
| 23 | I Stoled This Record | Cledus T. Judd | Razor & Tie | |
| 18 | It's What I Do | Billy Dean | Capitol Nashville | |
| 14 | 4 | IV | Diamond Rio | Arista Nashville |
| 22 | 8 | Jo Dee Messina | Jo Dee Messina | Curb |
| 10 | 3 | Just the Same | Terri Clark | Mercury/PolyGram |
| 17 | Learning as You Go | Rick Trevino | Columbia | |
| 74 | 18 | Lisa Brokop | Lisa Brokop | Capitol Nashville |
| 6 | 18 | Living in a Moment | Ty Herndon | Epic |
| 11 | Makin' Hay | Farmer's Daughter | Universal | |
| 9 | Me and You | Kenny Chesney | BNA | |
| 4 | 2 | Measure of a Man | Kevin Sharp | Asylum |
| 7 | 7 | Neal McCoy | Neal McCoy | Atlantic |
| 3 | New Country 3 | Various Artists | Warner | |
| 19 | 11 | Not Fade Away (Remembering Buddy Holly) | Various Artists | Decca Nashville |
| 11 | On a Good Night | Wade Hayes | Columbia | |
| 61 | 14 | One Ride in Vegas | Deryl Dodd | Columbia |
| 3 | 13 | A Place in the World | Mary Chapin Carpenter | Columbia |
| 17 | Politics, Religion and Her | Sammy Kershaw | Mercury/PolyGram | |
| 36 | 13 | Reflections: Songs of Love | John Denver | RCA |
| 7 | 8 | The Restless Kind | Travis Tritt | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | 1 | Revelations | Wynonna | Curb/MCA Nashville |
| 14 | 12 | Ricochet | Ricochet | Columbia |
| 4 | The Road to Ensenada | Lyle Lovett | Curb | |
| 19 | Shady Grove | Jerry Garcia & David Grisman | Acoustic Disc | |
| 72 | 11 | Solid Ground | Ricky Skaggs | Atlantic |
| 13 | Somebody New | Rhett Akins | Decca Nashville | |
| 21 | Somewhere Inside | Chris Cummings | Warner | |
| 20 | 4 | Spirit | Willie Nelson | Island |
| 12 | 11 | Stars and Stripes Vol. 1 | The Beach Boys | River North |
| 21 | Steppin' Country 2 | Various Artists | Columbia | |
| 5 | 1 | Ten Thousand Angels | Mindy McCready | BNA |
| 3 | 3 | Tennessee Moon | Neil Diamond | Columbia |
| 43 | 20 | That's Enough of That | Mila Mason | Atlantic |
| 4 | 4 | Time Marches On | Tracy Lawrence | Atlantic |
| 20 | 14 | Trail of Tears | Billy Ray Cyrus | Mercury/PolyGram |
| 21 | 24 | Treasures | Dolly Parton | Rising Tide |
| 10 | 16 | The Trouble with the Truth | Patty Loveless | Epic |
| 8 | Untamed and True 3 | Various Artists | MCA | |
| 20 | Used Heart for Sale | Gary Allan | Decca Nashville | |
| 5 | 14 | What I Do the Best | John Michael Montgomery | Atlantic |
| 16 | What I Live to Do | James Bonamy | Epic | |
| 1 | 3 | What If It's You | Reba McEntire | MCA Nashville |
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