# UK Country Albums Chart

The UK Country Artists Albums Chart is a music charts compiled in the United Kingdom by the Official Charts Company from sales of songs in the country music genre in record stores and digital 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 being K.d. lang's Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, the soundtrack to the film of the same name.
Digital downloads became eligible on the Country Albums chart in June 2009. Prior to that, only vinyl and CD 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 of compilation albums. On March 10, 2024, the UK Country Airplay chart debuted. Monitored by Radiomonitor and the UK wing of the Country 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 on Holler Country.

## Number ones by year

* Lists of UK Country Albums Chart number ones

## Artist milestones
### Most number-one albums

The following artists have had five or more of their albums reach number one on the UK Country Albums Chart:
| Albums | Artist | Ref. |
| 16 | Daniel O'Donnell | |
| 13 | Steve Earle | [4] [5] |
| 9 | Lady A | [6] [7] |
| 8 | Dolly Parton | |
| 7 | Carrie Underwood | |
| 7 | Johnny Cash | |
| 7 | LeAnn Rimes | |
| 7 | Willie Nelson | |
| 6 |
| 6 | Nathan Carter | |
| 5 | Alison Krauss | |
| 5 | Chris Stapleton | |
| 5 | Garth Brooks | |
| 5 | Glen Campbell | |
| 5 | Kacey Musgraves | |
| 5 | Mary Chapin Carpenter | |
| 5 | The Shires | |
Notes
* ↑ Including five credited with the Dukes, and one with Shawn Colvin.
* ↑ Including three credited with Union Station.

### Most cumulative weeks at number one

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) |
| 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) |
| 137 | Shania Twain | The Woman in Me (6), Come On Over (118), Up! (49) |
| 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) |
| 103 | Taylor Swift | Fearless (46), Taylor Swift (4), Fearless (Taylor's Version) (53) |
| 87 | The Shires | Brave (37), My Universe (11), Accidentally on Purpose (15), Good Years (11), 10 Year Plan (12) |
| 87 | 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) |
| 45 | Garth Brooks | In Pieces (13), Fresh Horses (16), Sevens (9), Scarecrow (1), Man Against Machine (6) |
| 42 | Eagles | The Very Best Of (1), Long Road Out of Eden (41) |
Note: Albums are listed in the order they reached number one, which may not necessarily be the order they were released.

### Most entries on the chart

The following artists have had ten or more of their albums appear on the UK Country Albums Chart:
| Albums | Artist | Ref. |
| 40 | Willie Nelson | |
| 31 | Johnny Cash | |
| 25 | Daniel O'Donnell | |
| 23 | Dolly Parton | |
| 19 | Alan Jackson | |
| 17 | Tim McGraw | |
| 16 | Steve Earle | [4] [5] |
| 15 | Dwight Yoakam | |
| 15 | Emmylou Harris | |
| 15 | Kenny Chesney | |
| 15 | Reba McEntire | |
| 14 | George Strait | |
| 13 | Garth Brooks | |
| 13 | LeAnn Rimes | |
| 12 | Brad Paisley | |
| 12 | Toby Keith | |
| 11 | Martina McBride | |
| 11 | Mary Chapin Carpenter | |
| 11 | Nathan Carter | |
| 10 | Keith Urban | |
| 10 | Vince Gill | |

## Album milestones
### Most weeks at number one

The following albums have spent more than 30 weeks at number one:
| Weeks | Album | Artist | Year(s) |
| 118 | Come On Over | Shania Twain | 1997-2023 |
| 53 | Fearless (Taylor's Version) | Taylor Swift | 2021-2024 |
| 49 | Up! | Shania Twain | 2002-2004 |
| 46 | Fearless | Taylor Swift | 2008-2010 |
| 43 | American IV: The Man Comes Around | Johnny Cash | 2003-2007 |
| 41 | Long Road Out of Eden | Eagles | 2007-2009 |
| 39 | Need You Now | Lady Antebellum | 2010-2013 |
| 37 | Brave | The Shires | 2015-2016 |
| 36 | Own the Night | Lady Antebellum | 2011-2012 |
| 36 | Songs of Inspiration | Daniel O'Donnell | 1996-1997 |
| 30 | Trampoline | The Mavericks | 1998-1999 |

### Most weeks on the chart

The following albums have spent more than 150 weeks on the UK Country Albums chart:
| Weeks | Album | Artist | Year(s) |
| 550 | Come On Over | Shania Twain | 1997-2024 |
| 343 | The Woman in Me | Shania Twain | 1996-2023 |
| 314 | American IV: The Man Comes Around | Johnny Cash | 2003-2009 |
| 309 | Wide Open Spaces | Dixie Chicks | 1998-2016 |
| 303 | Traveller | Chris Stapleton | 2016-2025 |
| 246 | What You See Is What You Get | Luke Combs | 2019-2025 |
| 231 | Songs of Inspiration | Daniel O'Donnell | 1996-2001 |
| 226 | In Pieces | Garth Brooks | 1994-1998 |
| 198 | Need You Now | Lady Antebellum | 2010-2017 |
| 196 | Fearless (Taylor's Version) | Taylor Swift | 2021-2025 |
| 193 | Long Road Out of Eden | Eagles | 2007-2021 |
| 188 | Up! | Shania Twain | 2002-2019 |
| 185 | Fearless | Taylor Swift | 2009-2024 |
| 165 | Sittin' on Top of the World | LeAnn Rimes | 1998-2002 |
| 162 | Fly | Dixie Chicks | 1999-2003 |
| 158 | Home | Dixie Chicks | 2002-2006 |
| 156 | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | 2009-2025 |

## Year-end number-one albums

The following albums spent the most cumulative weeks at number one in the respective year:
* 2008: Long Road Out of Eden - Eagles
* 2009: Fearless - Taylor Swift
* 2010: Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
* 2011: Paper Airplane - Alison Krauss & Union Station
* 2012: Own the Night - Lady Antebellum
* 2013: Golden - Lady Antebellum
* 2014: Out Among the Stars - Johnny Cash
* 2015: Brave - The Shires
* 2016: My Universe - The Shires
* 2017: Adiós - Glen Campbell
* 2018: Accidentally on Purpose - The Shires
* 2019: Reckless & Me - Kiefer Sutherland
* 2020: Good Years - The Shires
* 2021: Fearless (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift
* 2022: 10 Year Plan - The Shires
* 2023: Gettin' Old - Luke Combs
* 2024: Fearless (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift