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 (with no apostrophe) 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 (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming equivalent albums)".
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 October 10, 2026: WeeksFirst yearat number oneArtistAlbumRef. 972021 Morgan WallenDangerous: The Double Album872023 One Thing at a Time50 1997 Shania Twain Come On Over2017 Luke Combs This One's for You482025Morgan Wallen I'm the Problem431987 Randy TravisAlways & Forever411990 Garth BrooksNo Fences372019 Luke CombsWhat You See Is What You Get36 1999 Dixie ChicksFly35 2000 Original soundtrackO Brother, Where Art Thou? 2008 Taylor SwiftFearless34 1992 Billy Ray CyrusSome Gave All33 1991 Garth BrooksRopin' The Wind31 2010 Lady AntebellumNeed You Now
The figure for "Fearless" by Taylor Swift does not include the weeks spent at number one by Fearless (Taylor's Version), 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 October 10, 2026:
Number onesFirst yearat number oneArtistRef. 271984 George Strait 181975 Willie Nelson 171990 Garth Brooks2000 Kenny Chesney1994 Tim McGraw 161966 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 October 10, 2026. Weeks atnumber one Artist Source 234 Morgan Wallen 173 Garth Brooks 125 Alabama 101 Willie Nelson Taylor Swift 99 Kenny Rogers 97 Shania Twain 89 Luke Combs 85 Charley Pride 80 Randy Travis 76 Tim McGraw Waylon Jennings 73 The Chicks 61 George Strait 60 Buck Owens 57 Johnny Cash 51 Glen Campbell Merle Haggard Eddy Arnold 50 LeAnn Rimes 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 Consecutivenumber ones SourceKenny Chesney12Carrie Underwood9Garth Brooks8Rascal Flatts Taylor Swift Miranda Lambert 7
See also List of Billboard number-one country albums
References
External links Current Top Country Albums chart