The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1986
TOP 50 COUNTRY ALBUMS (As published in the December 27, 1986, issue)
POSTITLE – Artist (Label)
  1ROCKIN’ WITH THE RHYTHM – The Judds (RCA/Curb)
  2WHOEVER’S IN NEW ENGLAND – Reba McEntire (MCA)
  3SOMETHING SPECIAL – George Strait (MCA)
  4GREATEST HITS – Alabama (RCA)
  5GUITARS, CADILLACS, ETC., ETC. – Dwight Yoakam (Reprise)
  6WON’T BE BLUE ANYMORE – Dan Seals (EMI America)
  7STORMS OF LIFE – Randy Travis (Warner Bros.)
  8FIVE- O – Hank Williams Jr. (Warner/Curb)
  9RHYTHM AND ROMANCE – Rosanne Cash (Columbia)
10#7 – George Strait (MCA)
11LIVE IN LONDON – Ricky Skaggs (Epic)
12GREATEST HITS – Ronnie Milsap (RCA)
13SHAKIN’ – Sawyer Brown (Capitol/Curb)
14MONTANA CAFE – Hank Williams Jr. (Warner/Curb)
15PARDNERS IN RHYME – The Statler Brothers (Mercury)
16GREATEST HITS – Earl Thomas Conley (RCA)
17ANYTHING GOES – Gary Morris (Warner Bros.)
1840 HOUR WEEK – Alabama (RCA)
19HIGHWAYMAN – Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson (Columbia)
20A FRIEND IN CALIFORNIA – Merle Haggard (Epic)
21A MEMORY LIKE YOU – John Schneider (MCA)
22THE HEART OF THE MATTER – Kenny Rogers (RCA)
23LOST IN THE FIFTIES TONIGHT – Ronnie Milsap (RCA)
24THE FORESTER SISTERS (Warner Bros.)
25THERE’S NO STOPPING YOUR HEART – Marie Osmond (Capitol/Curb)
26I HAVE RETURNED – Ray Stevens (MCA)
27STREAMLINE – Lee Greenwood (MCA)
28TWENTY YEARS OF DIRT/ THE BEST OF – The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Warner Bros.)
29HALF NELSON – Willie Nelson (Columbia)
30THE PROMISELAND – Willie Nelson (Columbia)
31GREATEST HITS – VOLUME 2 – Hank Williams Jr. (Warner Bros.)
32FOUR FOR THE SHOW – The Statler Brothers (Mercury)
33WILL THE WOLF SURVIVE – Waylon Jennings (MCA)
34RABBITT TRAX – Eddie Rabbitt (RCA)
35BLACK & WHITE – Janie Frickie (Columbia)
36SWEET DREAMS – THE LIFE AND TIMES OF PATSY CLINE – Original Soundtrack (MCA)
37HOWARD & DAVID – The Bellamy Brothers (MCA/Curb)
38I TELL IT LIKE IT USED TO BE – T. Graham Brown (Capitol)
39OLD FLAME – Juice Newton (RCA)
40PARTNERS, BROTHERS AND FRIENDS – The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Warner Bros.)
41WHO’S GONNA FILL THEIR SHOES – George Jones (Epic)
42HANG ON TO YOUR HEART – Exile (Epic)
43GREATEST HITS – Exile (Epic)
44SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT – Anne Murray (Capitol)
45GUITAR TOWN – Steve Earle (MCA)
46LAST MANGO IN PARIS – Jimmy Buffett (MCA)
47KERN RIVER – Merle Haggard (Epic)
48THIRTEEN – Emmylou Harris (Warner Bros.)
49SAWYER BROWN (Capitol/Curb)
50SEASONS – The Oak Ridge Boys (MCA)
SINGLES  |  1986