List of UK Country Albums Chart number ones of 2015


These are the Official Charts Company's UK Country Albums Chart number ones of 2015. 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 4 January, 747 by Lady Antebellum was at number one, having returned there in the last week of 2014. The album would remain at the top spot for another week, and returned in February for its ninth total week at number one. On 8 March, British duo The Shires charted at the peak with their debut album Brave and remained there for ten consecutive weeks. They would return to the top spot several times over the year, spending a minimum of four consecutive weeks there each time, and ultimately spent thirty three weeks at number one. Kacey Musgraves also spent four consecutive weeks at the chart summit with her second album Pageant Material. Carrie Underwood's Storyteller became her fourth UK country number one, and spent two nonconsecutive weeks in the top spot in October and December. Likewise, Hair Down To My Grass became Hayseed Dixie's fourth number one on the chart when it spent two consecutive weeks in January, while Steve Earle's Terraplane held the top spot for two weeks in February/March, becoming his eighth number one. The final number one of the year was Brave by The Shires.

Chart history

Issue dateAlbumArtistRecord labelRef.
4 JanuaryLady Antebellum747Decca
11 JanuaryLady Antebellum747Decca
18 JanuaryHayseed DixieHair Down To My GrassHayseed Dixie
25 JanuaryHayseed DixieHair Down To My GrassHayseed Dixie
1 FebruaryBrad PaisleyMoonshine in the TrunkArista Nashville
8 FebruaryLady Antebellum747Decca
22 FebruarySteve EarleTerraplaneNew West
1 MarchSteve EarleTerraplaneNew West
8 MarchThe ShiresBraveDecca
15 MarchThe ShiresBraveDecca
22 MarchThe ShiresBraveDecca
29 MarchThe ShiresBraveDecca
5 AprilThe ShiresBraveDecca
12 AprilThe ShiresBraveDecca
19 AprilThe ShiresBraveDecca
26 AprilThe ShiresBraveDecca
3 MayThe ShiresBraveDecca
10 MayThe ShiresBraveDecca
17 MayNathan CarterBeautiful LifeDecca
24 MayThe ShiresBraveDecca
31 MayThe ShiresBraveDecca
7 JuneThe ShiresBraveDecca
14 JuneThe ShiresBraveDecca
28 JuneKacey MusgravesPageant MaterialMercury Nashville
5 JulyKacey MusgravesPageant MaterialMercury Nashville
10 JulyKacey MusgravesPageant MaterialMercury Nashville
17 JulyKacey MusgravesPageant MaterialMercury Nashville
24 JulyAlan JacksonAngels and AlcoholDHump Head
31 JulyThe ShiresBraveDecca
7 AugustThe ShiresBraveDecca
14 AugustThe ShiresBraveDecca
21 AugustThe ShiresBraveDecca
28 AugustThe ShiresBraveDecca
4 SeptemberThe ShiresBraveDecca
11 SeptemberThe ShiresBraveDecca
18 SeptemberThe ShiresBraveDecca
25 SeptemberDave Rawlings MachineNashville ObsoleteAcony
2 OctoberThe ShiresBraveDecca
9 OctoberThe ShiresBraveDecca
16 OctoberThe ShiresBraveDecca
23 OctoberThe ShiresBraveDecca
30 OctoberCarrie UnderwoodStoryteller19/Arista
6 NovemberThe ShiresBraveDecca
13 NovemberThe ShiresBraveDecca
20 NovemberThe ShiresBraveDecca
27 NovemberThe ShiresBraveDecca
4 DecemberCarrie UnderwoodStoryteller19/Arista
11 DecemberThe ShiresBraveDecca
18 DecemberThe ShiresBraveDecca
25 DecemberThe ShiresBraveDecca