TheUK Country Artists Albums Chart is amusic charts compiled in theUnited Kingdom by theOfficial Charts Company from sales of songs in thecountry music genre inrecord stores anddigital downloads. The chart can be viewed on the Official Charts Company's website and is released weekly. The archive on the Official Charts Company website goes back to 30 January 1994, with the first listed number one album beingK.d. lang'sEven Cowgirls Get the Blues, the soundtrack to the film of thesame name.[1]
Digital downloads became eligible on the Country Albums chart in June 2009. Prior to that, onlyvinyl andCD sales were compiled into the chart.
The Official Country Artists Albums Chart contains 20 positions.
Another chart complied by the Official Charts Company, the UK Country Compilations Chart, collates data on the sales ofcompilation albums. On March 10, 2024, theUK Country Airplay chart debuted. Monitored byRadiomonitor and the UK wing of theCountry Music Association, chart rankings collate information from a range of participating radio stations to identify the most listened to country music single in the UK each week. The chart itself is posted onHoller Country.[2]
The following artists have had five or more of their albums reach number one on the UK Country Albums Chart:
Notes
The following artists have spent more than 40 weeks at number one overall on the UK Country Albums Chart:
| Weeks at no.1 | Artist | Albums (Weeks at number one) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 161 | Daniel O'Donnell | The Very Best Of (4),A Date with Daniel Live (4),Last Waltz (9),Especially for You (11),Timeless (8),Songs of Inspiration (36), Love Songs (7),Faith & Inspiration (10),Live Laugh Love (6),Yesterday's Memories (1),At the End of the Day (11), The Jukebox Years (15),Welcome to My World (15),Country Boy (15),Peace in the Valley (9),Wish You Well (1) | [3] |
| 137 | Shania Twain | The Woman in Me (6),Come On Over (118),Up! (49) | [21] |
| 107 | Lady A | Need You Now (41),Own the Night (36),Need You Now/Own the Night (2),Golden (13) 747 (9),Ocean (3),What a Song Can Do: Chapter One (1),What a Song Can Do (2) | [6][7] |
| 104 | Taylor Swift | Fearless (46),Taylor Swift (5),Fearless (Taylor's Version) (53) | [22] |
| 87 | The Shires | Brave (37),My Universe (11),Accidentally on Purpose (15), Good Years (11),10 Year Plan (12) | [20] |
| Johnny Cash | American IV: The Man Comes Around (43),At San Quentin (10),American V: A Hundred Highways (11), American VI: Ain't No Grave (4),The Classics (1),Out Among the Stars (15),Songwriter (3) | [11] | |
| 45 | Garth Brooks | In Pieces (13),Fresh Horses (16),Sevens (9),Scarecrow (1),Man Against Machine (6) | [17] |
| 42 | Eagles | The Very Best Of (1),Long Road Out of Eden (41) | [23] |
Note: Albums are listed in the order they reached number one, which may not necessarily be the order they were released.
The following artists have had ten or more of their albums appear on the UK Country Albums Chart:
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The following albums have spent more than 30 weeks at number one:
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| Weeks | Album | Artist | Year(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 118 | Come On Over | Shania Twain | 1997-2023 | [39] |
| 53 | Fearless (Taylor's Version) | Taylor Swift | 2021-2024 | [40] |
| 49 | Up! | Shania Twain | 2002-2004 | [41] |
| 46 | Fearless | Taylor Swift | 2008-2010 | [42] |
| 43 | American IV: The Man Comes Around | Johnny Cash | 2003-2007 | [43] |
| 41 | Long Road Out of Eden | Eagles | 2007-2009 | [44] |
| 39 | Need You Now | Lady Antebellum | 2010-2013 | [45] |
| 37 | Brave | The Shires | 2015-2016 | [46] |
| 36 | Own the Night | Lady Antebellum | 2011-2012 | [47] |
| Songs of Inspiration | Daniel O'Donnell | 1996-1997 | [48] | |
| 30 | Trampoline | The Mavericks | 1998-1999 | [49] |
The following albums have spent more than 150 weeks on the UK Country Albums chart:
| Weeks | Album | Artist | Year(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 550 | Come On Over | Shania Twain | 1997-2024 | [39] |
| 343 | The Woman in Me | 1996-2023 | [50] | |
| 327 | Traveller | Chris Stapleton | 2016-2025 | [51] |
| 314 | American IV: The Man Comes Around | Johnny Cash | 2003-2009 | [43] |
| 309 | Wide Open Spaces | Dixie Chicks | 1998-2016 | [52] |
| 246 | What You See Is What You Get | Luke Combs | 2019-2025 | [53] |
| 233 | Fearless (Taylor's Version) | Taylor Swift | 2021-2025 | [40] |
| 231 | Songs of Inspiration | Daniel O'Donnell | 1996-2001 | [48] |
| 226 | In Pieces | Garth Brooks | 1994-1998 | [54] |
| 198 | Need You Now | Lady Antebellum | 2010-2017 | [45] |
| 193 | Long Road Out of Eden | Eagles | 2007-2021 | [44] |
| 190 | Fearless | Taylor Swift | 2009-2025 | [55] |
| 188 | Up! | Shania Twain | 2002-2019 | [41] |
| Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | 2009-2025 | [56] | |
| 165 | Sittin' on Top of the World | LeAnn Rimes | 1998-2002 | [57] |
| 162 | Fly | Dixie Chicks | 1999-2003 | [58] |
| 158 | Home | 2002-2006 | [59] |
The following albums spent the most cumulative weeks at number one in the respective year:
