# List of UK Country Albums Chart number ones of 2023

These are the Official Charts Company's UK Country Albums Chart number ones of 2023. The chart week runs from Friday to Thursday with the chart-date given as the following Thursday. Chart positions are based the multi-metric consumption of country music in the United Kingdom, blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming equivalent albums. The chart contains 20 positions.
In the iteration of the chart dated 6 January, Nathan Carter's The Morning After spent its second week at number one after reaching the top spot in the final week of 2022. He returned to the chart peak in December with his follow-up album Music Man. Taylor Swift's re-recording of her 2008 album Fearless hit number one for the 28th non-consecutive week, and would spend a total of ten weeks atop the chart throughout 2023. Luke Combs spent the most weeks at number one during the year, with his album Growin' Up and its successor Gettin' Old spanning a cumulative thirteen weeks at the chart peak. Welsh/American group Far from Saints spent a total of six weeks at number one with their self-titled debut album, while Margo Price and Chris Stapleton's albums Strays and Higher each held the top spot for three consecutive weeks in January/February and November/December respectively. Notably, Shania Twain's seminal Come On Over album re-entered the chart as she began the UK leg of her Queen of Me Tour, and reached number one for the 117th week on the chart dated 1 September, and remaining there for a record-extending 118th week before being displaced by Ashley McBryde's fourth album The Devil I Know, which spent two weeks at the top. Other artists to spend multiple weeks at number one include Brothers Osborne, Cowboy Junkies, Robert Forster, and Ward Thomas. The final number one of the year was Fearless (Taylor's Version) by Swift.

## Chart history

| Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Record label |
| 6 January | The Morning After | Nathan Carter | Sharpe Music |
| 13 January | Fearless (Taylor's Version) | Taylor Swift | EMI |
| 20 January | Strays | Margo Price | Loma Vista |
| 27 January | Strays | Margo Price | Loma Vista |
| 3 February | Strays | Margo Price | Loma Vista |
| 10 February | The Candle and the Flame | Robert Forster | Tapete |
| 17 February | The Candle and the Flame | Robert Forster | Tapete |
| 24 February | Growin' Up | Luke Combs | Sony |
| 3 March | Growin' Up | Luke Combs | Sony |
| 10 March | One Thing at a Time | Morgan Wallen | EMI |
| 17 March | Music in the Madness | Ward Thomas | WTW |
| 24 March | Music in the Madness | Ward Thomas | WTW |
| 31 March | Gettin' Old | Luke Combs | Sony |
| 7 April | Gettin' Old | Luke Combs | Sony |
| 14 April | Gettin' Old | Luke Combs | Sony |
| 21 April | Gettin' Old | Luke Combs | Sony |
| 28 April | Gettin' Old | Luke Combs | Sony |
| 5 May | Gettin' Old | Luke Combs | Sony |
| 12 May | Damn Love | Kip Moore | Spinefarm |
| 19 May | Gettin' Old | Luke Combs | Sony |
| 26 May | Gettin' Old | Luke Combs | Sony |
| 2 June | Gettin' Old | Luke Combs | Sony |
| 9 June | Such Ferocious Beauty | Cowboy Junkies | Ignition |
| 16 June | Such Ferocious Beauty | Cowboy Junkies | Ignition |
| 23 June | Far from Saints | Far from Saints | Ignition |
| 30 June | Far from Saints | Far from Saints | Ignition |
| 7 July | Far from Saints | Far from Saints | Ignition |
| 14 July | Fearless (Taylor's Version) | Taylor Swift | EMI |
| 21 July | Fearless (Taylor's Version) | Taylor Swift | EMI |
| 28 July | Far from Saints | Far from Saints | Ignition |
| 4 August | Far from Saints | Far from Saints | Ignition |
| 11 August | Far from Saints | Far from Saints | Ignition |
| 18 August | Fearless (Taylor's Version) | Taylor Swift | EMI |
| 25 August | Fearless (Taylor's Version) | Taylor Swift | EMI |
| 1 September | Come On Over | Shania Twain | Universal |
| 8 September | Come On Over | Shania Twain | Universal |
| 15 September | The Devil I Know | Ashley McBryde | Rhino |
| 22 September | The Devil I Know | Ashley McBryde | Rhino |
| 29 September | Brothers Osborne | Brothers Osborne | Spinefarm |
| 6 October | Brothers Osborne | Brothers Osborne | Spinefarm |
| 13 October | Fearless (Taylor's Version) | Taylor Swift | EMI |
| 20 October | Gettin' Old | Luke Combs | Sony |
| 27 October | Gettin' Old | Luke Combs | Sony |
| 3 November | The Years Go Fast | The Cadillac Three | Big Machine |
| 10 November | Fearless (Taylor's Version) | Taylor Swift | EMI |
| 17 November | Higher | Chris Stapleton | EMI |
| 24 November | Higher | Chris Stapleton | EMI |
| 1 December | Higher | Chris Stapleton | EMI |
| 8 December | Fearless (Taylor's Version) | Taylor Swift | EMI |
| 15 December | Fearless (Taylor's Version) | Taylor Swift | EMI |
| 22 December | Music Man | Nathan Carter | Sharpe Music |
| 29 December | Fearless (Taylor's Version) | Taylor Swift | EMI |

## Most weeks at number one

| Weeks at number one | Artist |
| 13 | Luke Combs |
| 10 | Taylor Swift |
| 6 | Far from Saints |
| 3 | Chris Stapleton |
| 3 | Margo Price |
| 2 | Ashley McBryde |
| 2 | Brothers Osborne |
| 2 | Cowboy Junkies |
| 2 | Nathan Carter |
| 2 | Robert Forster |
| 2 | Shania Twain |
| 2 | Ward Thomas |