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Billboard Poll: 'ELV1S' Is Country Fans' Favorite

January 09, 2003 | Other
From Billboard's Year-In-Music Voting Booth wehave the first result.

He was the "King of Rock'n'Roll," but Elvis Presley's country success is well remembered and appreciated by fans of the genre, according to a Billboard.com poll. Out of 12,335 votes, Presley's posthumous "ELV1S: 30 #1 Hits" (RCA) ranked No. 1 among the albums that finished in the top-15 on Billboard's year-end Top Country Albums chart, taking in 54% of the tally. In actuality, the hits set finished at No. 6 on the 2002 country wrap-up.
Source:Billboard