List of UK Country Albums Chart number ones of 2011


These are the Official Charts Company's UK Country Albums Chart number ones of 2011. 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 2 January, Mary Chapin Carpenter's The Age of Miracles spent its fifth week at number one, retaining its position from the final year of 2010. The album would hold at the top spot for the first four weeks of the year before being displaced by 34 Number Ones, a compilation album by country legend Alan Jackson. After a second week at number one, the album was overtaken by Sugarland's The Incredible Machine, which spent a total of five nonconsecutive weeks at the chart peak. On 26 February, Need You Now by Lady Antebellum spent its twenty-sixth total week at number one. The band's following album, Own the Night later spent thirteen consecutive weeks at number one after debuting on the chart on 9 October. Paper Airplane by bluegrass star Alison Krauss and her band Union Station spent two initial weeks at the chart summit in April immediately after its release, and would return to number one several times throughout the year, occupying the top spot for a total of fourteen weeks. Beginning on 4 September, Dolly Parton's Better Day held at number one for five weeks. The only others artists to spend multiple weeks at number one in 2011 were Josh T. Pearson and his album Last of the Country Gentlemen, which spent two consecutive weeks, and Neil Young's live album A Treasure, which remained for three weeks. The final number one of the year was Own the Night by Lady Antebellum.

Chart history

Issue dateAlbumArtistRecord labelRef.
2 JanuaryThe Age of MiraclesMary Chapin CarpenterDecca/Rounder
9 JanuaryThe Age of MiraclesMary Chapin CarpenterDecca/Rounder
16 JanuaryThe Age of MiraclesMary Chapin CarpenterDecca/Rounder
23 JanuaryThe Age of MiraclesMary Chapin CarpenterDecca/Rounder
30 January34 Number OnesAlan JacksonSony
6 February34 Number OnesAlan JacksonSony
13 FebruaryThe Incredible MachineSugarlandDecca
20 FebruaryThe Incredible MachineSugarlandDecca
27 FebruaryNeed You NowLady AntebellumCapitol
6 MarchThe Incredible MachineSugarlandDecca
13 MarchLow Country BluesGregg AllmanRounder
20 MarchLast of the Country GentlemenJosh T. PearsonMute
27 MarchLast of the Country GentlemenJosh T. PearsonMute
3 AprilThe Incredible MachineSugarlandDecca
10 AprilThe Incredible MachineSugarlandDecca
17 AprilPaper AirplaneAlison Krauss & Union StationRounder
24 AprilPaper AirplaneAlison Krauss & Union StationRounder
1 MayI'll Never Get Out of This World AliveSteve EarleNew West
8 MayPaper AirplaneAlison Krauss & Union StationRounder
15 MayPaper AirplaneAlison Krauss & Union StationRounder
22 MayPaper AirplaneAlison Krauss & Union StationRounder
29 MayPaper AirplaneAlison Krauss & Union StationRounder
5 JunePaper AirplaneAlison Krauss & Union StationRounder
12 JunePaper AirplaneAlison Krauss & Union StationRounder
19 JuneA TreasureNeil YoungReprise
26 JuneA TreasureNeil YoungReprise
3 JulyA TreasureNeil YoungReprise
10 JulyRare Bird AlertSteve Martin & Steep Canyon RangersRounder
17 JulyPaper AirplaneAlison Krauss & Union StationRounder
24 JulyPaper AirplaneAlison Krauss & Union StationRounder
31 JulyPaper AirplaneAlison Krauss & Union StationRounder
7 AugustPaper AirplaneAlison Krauss & Union StationRounder
14 AugustPaper AirplaneAlison Krauss & Union StationRounder
21 AugustCharleston, SC 1966Darius RuckerHumphead
28 AugustPaper AirplaneAlison Krauss & Union StationRounder
4 SeptemberBetter DayDolly PartonSony
11 SeptemberBetter DayDolly PartonSony
18 SeptemberBetter DayDolly PartonSony
25 SeptemberBetter DayDolly PartonSony
2 OctoberBetter DayDolly PartonSony
9 OctoberOwn the NightLady AntebellumCapitol
16 OctoberOwn the NightLady AntebellumCapitol
23 OctoberOwn the NightLady AntebellumCapitol
30 OctoberOwn the NightLady AntebellumCapitol
6 NovemberOwn the NightLady AntebellumCapitol
13 NovemberOwn the NightLady AntebellumCapitol
20 NovemberOwn the NightLady AntebellumCapitol
27 NovemberOwn the NightLady AntebellumCapitol
4 DecemberOwn the NightLady AntebellumCapitol
11 DecemberOwn the NightLady AntebellumCapitol
18 DecemberOwn the NightLady AntebellumCapitol
25 DecemberOwn the NightLady AntebellumCapitol