List of Billboard number-one country albums of 1988

These are the U.S. number-one country albums of 1988, per the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.

Note that Billboard publishes charts with an issue date approximately 7–10 days in advance.

Issue date	Album	Artist(s)
January 2	Always & Forever	Randy Travis
January 9
January 16
January 23
January 30
February 6
February 13
February 20
February 27	80's Ladies	K.T. Oslin
March 5	Wild-Eyed Dream	Ricky Van Shelton
March 12	Always & Forever	Randy Travis
March 19
March 26
April 2
April 9
April 16	Wild-Eyed Dream	Ricky Van Shelton
April 23	If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin'	George Strait
April 30
May 7	Always & Forever	Randy Travis
May 14
May 21
May 28
June 4
June 11	Reba	Reba McEntire
June 18
June 25
July 2
July 9
July 16
July 23
July 30
August 6	Alabama Live	Alabama
August 13	Wild Streak	Hank Williams, Jr.
August 20
August 27	Old 8x10	Randy Travis
September 3
September 10
September 17
September 24
October 1
October 8
October 15
October 22	Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room	Dwight Yoakam
October 29	Greatest Hits	The Judds
November 5	Loving Proof	Ricky Van Shelton
November 12
November 19
November 26
December 3
December 10
December 17
December 24
December 31