Top 75 Country Music Albums of 2005

Here are the Top 75 country music albums for 2005, as ranked by Billboard Magazine. All albums are linked to our reviews of that album. If we haven't reviewed the album, I've linked to buying information, should you wish to purchase a copy.

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1. GREATEST HITS Shania Twain
2. FEELS LIKE TODAY Rascal Flatts
3. GREATEST HITS 2 Toby Keith
4. HERE FOR THE PARTY Gretchen Wilson
5. LIVE LIKE YOU WERE DYING Tim McGraw
6. 50 NUMBER ONES George Strait
7. BE HERE Keith Urban
8. HONKYTONK UNIVERSITY Toby Keith
9. HORSE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR Big & Rich
10. TWICE THE SPEED OF LIFE Sugarland
11. BE AS YOU ARE: SONGS FROM AN OLD BLUE CHAIR Kenny Chesney
12. WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN Kenny Chesney
13. FIREFLIES Faith Hill
14. LONELY RUNS BOTH WAYS Alison Krauss + Union Station
15. TOTALLY COUNTRY VOL. 4 Various Artists
16. SOMEWHERE DOWN IN TEXAS George Strait
17. MUD ON THE TIRES Brad Paisley
18. THE RIGHT TO BARE ARMS Larry The Cable Guy
19. ALL JACKED UP Gretchen Wilson
20. TIME WELL WASTED Brad Paisley
21. THIS WOMAN LeAnn Rimes
22. BLAKE SHELTON'S BARN & GRILL Blake Shelton
23. THE GREATEST HITS COLLECTION II Brooks & Dunn
24. THE ROAD AND THE RADIO Kenny Chesney
25. MARTINA Martina McBride
26. MODERN DAY DRIFTER Dierks Bentley
27. YOU DO YOUR THING Montgomery Gentry
28. SONGS ABOUT ME Trace Adkins
29. TIMELESS Martina McBride
30. LICENSE TO CHILL Jimmy Buffett
31. DELICIOUS SURPRISE Jo Dee Messina
32. THERE'S MORE WHERE THAT CAME FROM Lee Ann Womack
33. SHOCK'N Y'ALL Toby Keith
34. JOSH GRACIN Josh Gracin
35. WHAT I DO Alan Jackson
36. HILLBILLY DELUXE Brooks & Dunn
37. KEROSENE Miranda Lambert
38. GET RIGHT WITH THE MAN Van Zant
39. ROOM TO BREATHE Reba McEntire
40. GREATEST HITS VOLUME II Alan Jackson
41. JASPER COUNTY Trisha Yearwood
42. BLUE COLLAR COMEDY TOUR RIDES AGAIN Soundtrack
43. RESTLESS Sara Evans
44. MY KIND OF LIVIN' Craig Morgan
45. LOCO MOTIVE Cowboy Troy
46. REAL FINE PLACE Sara Evans
47. GREATEST HITS 1994-2004 Terri Clark
48. JASON ALDEAN Jason Aldean
49. DIERKS BENTLEY Dierks Bentley
50. SWEET RIGHT HERE SheDaisy
51. THREE CHORD COUNTRY AND AMERICAN ROCK & ROLL Keith Anderson
52. TOUGH ALL OVER Gary Allan
53. LET'S BE US AGAIN Lonestar
54. THE VERY BEST OF DWIGHT YOAKAM Dwight Yoakam
55. PUT THE O BACK IN COUNTRY Shooter Jennings
56. SONGS Willie Nelson
57. COMIN' ON STRONG Trace Adkins
58. GREATEST HITS LeAnn Rimes
59. SEE IF I CARE Gary Allan
60. JULIE ROBERTS Julie Roberts
61. BRAVE Jamie O'Neal
62. OFF TO JOIN THE WORLD Blaine Larsen
63. THE VERY BEST OF RANDY TRAVIS Randy Travis
64. A VERY LARRY CHRISTMAS Larry The Cable Guy
65. PASSING THROUGH Randy Travis
66. DOIN' SOMETHIN' RIGHT Billy Currington
67. TOP OF THE WORLD TOUR LIVE Dixie Chicks
68. SHAKEN NOT STIRRED Phil Vassar
69. ELVIS: ULTIMATE GOSPEL Elvis Presley
70. ANYWHERE BUT HERE Chris Cagle
71. VAN LEAR ROSE Loretta Lynn
72. THIS I GOTTA SEE Andy Griggs
73. GREATEST HITS Lee Ann Womack
74. ULTIMATE ALABAMA: 20 #1 HITS Alabama
75. FROM THERE TO HERE: GREATEST HITS Lonestar