Top Country Albums

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Johnny Cash had the first number one on the country albums chart.

Top Country Albums is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. The 50-position chart lists the most popular country music albums in the country, calculated weekly by Broadcast Data Systems based on physical sales along with digital sales and streaming. The chart was first published in the issue of Billboard dated January 11, 1964, under the title Hot Country Albums, when the number one album was Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash by Johnny Cash.[1]

The chart changed its name to Top Country LP's in the issue of Billboard dated January 13, 1968, Top Country LPs (with no apostrophe) in the issue dated May 31, 1980, and Top Country Albums in the issue dated October 20, 1984. The record for the highest number of weeks spent at number one by an album is held by Dangerous: The Double Album by Morgan Wallen, which spent a total of 97 non-consecutive weeks atop the chart.

Methodology

From its launch until May 1991, the chart was compiled based on sales reports submitted by a representative sample of record stores nationwide. In 1991 the sales reports were replaced by electronic point of sale data.[1] Since February 2017 the chart has been "based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming equivalent albums)".[2]

Chart records

Albums with most weeks at number one

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Luke Combs has had two albums spend over 30 weeks at number one.

The following albums have spent more than 30 weeks at number one, as of the chart dated December 30, 2023:

Weeks First year
at number one		 Artist Album Ref.
97 2021 Morgan Wallen Dangerous: The Double Album [3]
50 1997 Shania Twain Come On Over [4][5]
2017 Luke Combs This One's for You [4][5]
43 1987 Randy Travis Always & Forever [6]
41 1990 Garth Brooks No Fences [7]
37 2019 Luke Combs What You See Is What You Get [8]
36 2002 Dixie Chicks Fly [7]
35 2000 Original soundtrack O Brother, Where Art Thou? [9]
2008 Taylor Swift Fearless [10]
34 1992 Billy Ray Cyrus Some Gave All [7]
33 1991 Garth Brooks Ropin' The Wind [7]
33 2023 Morgan Wallen One Thing at a Time [3]
31 2010 Lady Antebellum Need You Now [11]

The figure for "Fearless" by Taylor Swift does not include the weeks spent at number one by Fearless (Taylor's Version), her 2021 complete re-recording of the album. Dixie Chicks and Lady Antebellum subsequently changed their names to The Chicks and Lady A respectively.

Artist with most number ones

George Strait has achieved the most number ones, reaching the top spot with 27 albums.[12]

Artists with most cumulative weeks at number one

Singer Garth Brooks
Garth Brooks has spent a total of more than three years at number one.

The followings acts have achieved at least 50 weeks at number one, as of the chart dated December 30, 2023.

Weeks at
number one		 Artist Source
173 Garth Brooks [13]
132 Morgan Wallen [3]
125 Alabama [14]
101 Willie Nelson [15]
101 Taylor Swift [10]
99 Kenny Rogers [16]
97 Shania Twain [17]
88 Luke Combs [8]
85 Charley Pride [18]
80 Randy Travis [19]
76 Tim McGraw [20]
76 Waylon Jennings [21]
73 The Chicks [22][23]
61 George Strait [24]
60 Buck Owens [25]
57 Johnny Cash [26]
51 Glen Campbell [27]
51 Eddy Arnold [28]
50 Kenny Chesney [29]

The total for The Chicks consists of 71 weeks under the band's previous name, Dixie Chicks, and 2 under its new name.

Artists with most consecutive number one albums

The following artists have garnered the most consecutive number one albums on the Top Country Albums chart.

Artist Consecutive
number ones		 Source
Kenny Chesney 12
Carrie Underwood 9 [30]
Garth Brooks 8
Rascal Flatts 8
Taylor Swift 8
Miranda Lambert 7

See also

References

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