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
9	Lady A
9	Willie Nelson
8	Dolly Parton
7	Carrie Underwood
7	Johnny Cash
7	LeAnn Rimes
6	-	-
6	Alison Krauss
6	Mary Chapin Carpenter
6	Nathan Carter
5	-	-
5	Chris Stapleton
5	Garth Brooks
5	Glen Campbell
5	Kacey Musgraves
5	The Shires

'''Notes'''

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	Ref.
161	Daniel O'Donnell	The Very Best Of, A Date with Daniel Live, Last Waltz, Especially for You, Timeless, Songs of Inspiration, Love Songs, Faith & Inspiration, Live Laugh Love, Yesterday's Memories, At the End of the Day, The Jukebox Years, Welcome to My World, Country Boy, Peace in the Valley, Wish You Well
137	Shania Twain	The Woman in Me, Come On Over, Up!
107	Lady A	Need You Now, Own the Night, Need You Now/Own the Night, Golden 747, Ocean, What a Song Can Do: Chapter One, What a Song Can Do
105	Taylor Swift	Fearless, Taylor Swift, Fearless
87	The Shires	Brave, My Universe, Accidentally on Purpose, Good Years, 10 Year Plan
87	Johnny Cash	American IV: The Man Comes Around, At San Quentin, American V: A Hundred Highways, American VI: Ain't No Grave, The Classics, Out Among the Stars, Songwriter
45	Garth Brooks	In Pieces, Fresh Horses, Sevens, Scarecrow, Man Against Machine
42	Eagles	The Very Best Of, Long Road Out of Eden

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.
42	Willie Nelson
31	Johnny Cash
25	Daniel O'Donnell
23	Dolly Parton
19	Alan Jackson
17	Tim McGraw
16	Steve Earle
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	Mary Chapin Carpenter
12	Toby Keith
11	Martina McBride
11	Nathan Carter
10	Keith Urban
10	Vince Gill

Album milestones

Most weeks at number one

Weeks	Album	Artist	Year	Ref.
118	Come On Over	Shania Twain	1997-2023
54	Fearless	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	Ref.
550	Come On Over	Shania Twain	1997-2024
343	The Woman in Me	Shania Twain	1996-2023
343	Traveller	Chris Stapleton	2016-2026
314	American IV: The Man Comes Around	Johnny Cash	2003-2009
309	Wide Open Spaces	Dixie Chicks	1998-2016
262	What You See Is What You Get	Luke Combs	2019-2025
251	Fearless	Taylor Swift	2021-2025
231	Songs of Inspiration	Daniel O'Donnell	1996-2001
226	In Pieces	Garth Brooks	1994-1998
204	Taylor Swift	Taylor Swift	2009-2025
198	Need You Now	Lady Antebellum	2010-2017
196	Fearless	Taylor Swift	2009-2025
193	Long Road Out of Eden	Eagles	2007-2021
188	Up!	Shania Twain	2002-2019
165	Sittin' on Top of the World	LeAnn Rimes	1998-2002
162	Fly	Dixie Chicks	1999-2003
158	Home	Dixie Chicks	2002-2006

Year-end number-one albums

The following albums spent the most cumulative weeks at number one in their respective year:

2007: Easy Tiger - Ryan Adams
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 Swift
2022: 10 Year Plan - The Shires
2023: Gettin' Old - Luke Combs
2024: Fearless - Taylor Swift
2025: Look Up - Ringo Starr