Top Country Albums

Top Country Albums is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. The 50-position chart lists the most popular country music albums in the country, calculated weekly by Broadcast Data Systems based on physical sales along with digital sales and streaming. The chart was first published in the issue of Billboard dated January 11, 1964, under the title Hot Country Albums, when the number one album was Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash by Johnny Cash.
The chart changed its name to Top Country LP's in the issue of Billboard dated January 13, 1968, Top Country LPs in the issue dated May 31, 1980, and Top Country Albums in the issue dated October 20, 1984. The record for the highest number of weeks spent at number one by an album is held by Dangerous: The Double Album by Morgan Wallen, which spent a total of 97 non-consecutive weeks atop the chart.

Methodology

From its launch until May 1991, the chart was compiled based on sales reports submitted by a representative sample of record stores nationwide. In 1991 the sales reports were replaced by electronic point of sale data. Since February 2017 the chart has been "based on multi-metric consumption ".

Chart records

Albums with most weeks at number one

The following albums have spent more than 30 weeks at number one, as of the chart dated January 31, 2026:

Weeks	First year at number one	Artist	Album	Ref.
97	2021	Morgan Wallen	Dangerous: The Double Album
87	2023	Morgan Wallen	One Thing at a Time
50	1997	Shania Twain	Come On Over
50	2017	Luke Combs	This One's for You
43	1987	Randy Travis	Always & Forever
41	1990	Garth Brooks	No Fences
37	2019	Luke Combs	What You See Is What You Get
36	1999	Dixie Chicks	Fly
35	2000	Original soundtrack	O Brother, Where Art Thou?
35	2008	Taylor Swift	Fearless
35	2025	Morgan Wallen	I'm the Problem
34	1992	Billy Ray Cyrus	Some Gave All
33	1991	Garth Brooks	Ropin' The Wind
31	2010	Lady Antebellum	Need You Now

The figure for "Fearless" by Taylor Swift does not include the weeks spent at number one by Fearless , her 2021 complete re-recording of the album. Dixie Chicks and Lady Antebellum subsequently changed their names to The Chicks and Lady A respectively.

Artist with most number ones

The following acts have had more than 15 number ones as of the chart dated January 31, 2026:

Number ones	First year at number one	Artist	Ref.
27	1984	George Strait
18	1975	Willie Nelson
17	1990	Garth Brooks
17	2000	Kenny Chesney
17	1994	Tim McGraw
16	1966	Merle Haggard

Artists with most cumulative weeks at number one

The followings acts have achieved at least 50 weeks at number one, as of the chart dated January 31, 2026.

Weeks at number one	Artist	Source
221	Morgan Wallen
173	Garth Brooks
125	Alabama
101	Willie Nelson
101	Taylor Swift
99	Kenny Rogers
97	Shania Twain
88	Luke Combs
85	Charley Pride
80	Randy Travis
76	Tim McGraw
76	Waylon Jennings
73	The Chicks
61	George Strait
60	Buck Owens
57	Johnny Cash
51	Glen Campbell
51	Merle Haggard
51	Eddy Arnold
50	LeAnn Rimes
50	Kenny Chesney

The total for The Chicks consists of 71 weeks under the band's previous name, Dixie Chicks, and 2 under its new name.

Artists with most consecutive number one albums

The following artists have garnered the most consecutive number one albums on the Top Country Albums chart.

Artist	Consecutive number ones	Source
Kenny Chesney	12
Carrie Underwood	9
Garth Brooks	8
Rascal Flatts	8
Taylor Swift	8
Miranda Lambert	7