These are the albums which have reached number one on the Folk Albums chart in Billboard Magazine, listed in chronological order.

Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Weeks atnumber oneRef.2009December 5Christmas in the HeartBob Dylan6Chart references for Christmas in the Heart:2010January 16I and Love and YouThe Avett Brothers2Chart references for I and Love and You:January 30July FlameLaura Veirs1Chart references for July Flame:February 6I and Love and YouThe Avett Brothers1February 13Downtown ChurchPatty Griffin2Chart references for Downtown Church:February 27XOBCBrandi Carlile1Chart references for XOBC:March 6Sigh No MoreMumford & Sons1Chart references for Sigh No More:March 13Have One on MeJoanna Newsom4Chart references for Have One on Me:April 10Volume TwoShe & Him3Chart references for Volume 2:May 1Leave Your SleepNatalie Merchant2Chart references for Leave Your Sleep:May 15The Age of MiraclesMary Chapin Carpenter1Chart references for The Age of Miracles:May 22So Runs the World AwayJosh Ritter1Chart references for So Runs the World Away:May 29Love Is StrangeJackson Browne and David Lindley1Chart references for Love Is Strange: June 5Volume TwoShe & Him1June 12In Person & On StageJohn Prine1Chart references for In Person & On Stage:June 19Sigh No MoreMumford & Sons3July 10Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John PrineVarious artists1Chart references for Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows:July 17Sigh No MoreMumford & Sons7September 4God Willin' and the Creek Don't RiseRay LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs3Chart references for God Willin' and the Creek Don't Rise:September 25Sigh No MoreMumford & Sons5October 30The Age of AdzSufjan Stevens1Chart references for The Age of Adz:November 6The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 – The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964Bob Dylan1Chart references for The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964:November 13Sigh No MoreMumford & Sons132011February 12Kiss Each Other CleanIron & Wine1Chart references for Kiss Each Other Clean:February 19Sigh No MoreMumford & Sons10April 30Paper AirplaneAlison Krauss and Union Station2Chart references for Paper Airplane:May 14Sigh No MoreMumford & Sons1May 21Helplessness BluesFleet Foxes2Chart references for Helplessness Blues:June 4Sigh No MoreMumford & Sons2June 18Ukulele SongsEddie Vedder2Chart references for Ukulele Songs:July 2Sigh No MoreMumford & Sons2July 16The Harrow & The HarvestGillian Welch1Chart references for The Harrow & The Harvest:July 23Sigh No MoreMumford & Sons16November 12A Very She & Him ChristmasShe & Him3Chart references for A Very She & Him Christmas:December 3Cities 97 Sampler, Vol. 23: Live from Studio CVarious artists1Chart references for Cities 97 Sampler Vol. 23:December 10A Very She & Him ChristmasShe & Him52012January 14Sigh No MoreMumford & Sons3February 4¿Which Side Are You On?Ani DiFranco1Chart references for ¿Which Side Are You On?:February 11Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob DylanVarious artists1Chart references for Chimes of Freedom:February 18Old IdeasLeonard Cohen1Chart references for Old Ideas:February 25Sigh No MoreMumford & Sons1March 3Barton HollowThe Civil Wars1Chart references for Barton Hollow:March 10Voice of AgesThe Chieftains1Chart references for Voice of Ages:March 17Old IdeasLeonard Cohen1March 24Break It YourselfAndrew Bird2Chart references for Break It Yourself:April 7The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and BeyondSoundtrack6Chart references for The Hunger Games:May 19BlessingsLaura Story2Chart references for Blessings:June 2The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and BeyondSoundtrack1June 9Sigh No MoreMumford & Sons1June 16HereEdward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros1Chart references for Here:June 23Bear CreekBrandi Carlile1Chart references for Bear Creek:June 30+Ed Sheeran1Chart references for +:July 7Rhythm and ReposeGlen Hansard1Chart references for Rhythm and Repose:July 14Sigh No MoreMumford & Sons1July 21The LumineersThe Lumineers2Chart references for The Lumineers:August 4Carry Me BackOld Crow Medicine Show1Chart references for Carry Me Back:August 11The LumineersThe Lumineers7September 29TempestBob Dylan2Chart references for Tempest:October 13BabelMumford & Sons15Chart references for Babel:2013January 26The LumineersThe Lumineers3February 16BabelMumford & Sons13May 18The LumineersThe Lumineers1May 25Volume 3She & Him2Chart references for Volume 3:June 8Fix Me UpA Firm Handshake1Chart references for Fix Me Up:June 15The LumineersThe Lumineers1June 22The Hurry and the HarmCity and Colour1Chart references for The Hurry and the Harm:June 29The LumineersThe Lumineers2July 13BabelMumford and Sons1July 20The LumineersThe Lumineers1July 27BabelMumford and Sons2August 10 Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros1Chart references for Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros:August 17The LumineersThe Lumineers1August 24 The Civil Wars The Civil Wars2Chart references for The Civil Wars: September 7 Paradise Valley John Mayer2Chart references for Paradise Valley: September 21 The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You Neko Case1Chart references for Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight: September 28 Paradise Valley John Mayer1 October 5 From Here to Now to You Jack Johnson3Chart references for From Here to Now to You: October 26 Mountains of Sorrow, Rivers of Song Amos Lee1Chart references for Mountains of Sorrow, Rivers of Song: November 2 Magpie and the Dandelion The Avett Brothers1Chart references for Magpie and the Dandelion: November 9 Let's Be Still The Head and the Heart1Chart references for Let's Be Still: November 16 All the Little Lights Passenger3Chart references for All the Little Lights: December 7 Shangri La Jake Bugg1Chart references for Shangri La: December 14 Babel Mumford & Sons1 December 21 All the Little Lights Passenger1 December 28 Live at the Cellar Door Neil Young2Chart references for Live at the Cellar Door:2014 January 11 All the Little Lights Passenger1 January 18 Inside Llewyn Davis: Original Soundtrack Recording Soundtrack2Chart references for Inside Llewyn Davis: Original Soundtrack Recording: February 1 The River & the Thread Rosanne Cash2Chart references for The River & the Thread: February 15 All the Little Lights Passenger9 April 19 A Dotted Line Nickel Creek3Chart references for A Dotted Line: May 10 From Here to Now to You Live EP Jack Johnson1Chart references for From Here to Now to You Live EP: May 17 Supernova Ray LaMontagne3Chart references for Supernova: June 7 Upside Down Mountain Conor Oberst1Chart references for Upside Down Mountain: June 14 A Letter Home Neil Young1Chart references for A Letter Home: June 21 Fire Within Birdy1Chart references for Fire Within: June 28 Whispers Passenger1Chart references for Whispers: July 5 Mutineers David Gray2Chart references for Mutineers: July 19 Remedy Old Crow Medicine Show1Chart references for Remedy: July 26 CSNY 1974 (Deluxe) Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young1Chart references for CSNY 1974: August 2 Wild Animals Trampled by Turtles1Chart references for Wild Animals: August 9 CSNY 1974 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young1 August 16 Remedy Old Crow Medicine Show2 August 30 Whispers Passenger1 September 6 Remedy Old Crow Medicine Show1 September 13 Swimmin' Time Shovels & Rope1Chart references for Swimmin' Time: September 20 Songs from an Open Book Justin Furstenfeld1Chart references for Songs from an Open Book: September 27 Ryan Adams Ryan Adams2Chart references for Ryan Adams: October 11 Popular Problems Leonard Cohen1Chart references for Popular Problems: October 18 Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone Lucinda Williams1Chart references for Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone: October 25 Hozier Hozier1Chart references for Hozier: November 1 rose ave. You+Me1Chart references for rose ave.: November 8 Hozier Hozier3 November 29 My Favourite Faded Fantasy Damien Rice1Chart references for My Favorite Faded Fantasy: December 6 Hozier Hozier2 December 20 Classics She & Him1Chart references for Classics: December 27 Hozier Hozier62015 February 7 What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World The Decemberists1Chart references for What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World: February 14 Wanted on Voyage George Ezra1Chart references for Wanted on Voyage: February 21 Shadows in the Night Bob Dylan1Chart references for Shadows in the Night: February 28 Hozier Hozier3 March 21 The Firewatcher's Daughter Brandi Carlile1Chart references for The Firewatcher's Daughter: March 28 Hozier Hozier1 April 4 Tracker Mark Knopfler1Chart references for Tracker: April 11 Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit Courtney Barnett1Chart references for Sometimes I Sit and Think and Sometimes I Just Sit: April 18 Carrie & Lowell Sufjan Stevens1Chart references for Carrie & Lowell: April 25 Strange Trails Lord Huron1Chart references for Strange Trails: May 2 Carrie & Lowell Sufjan Stevens1 May 9 Hozier Hozier3 May 30 Dark Bird Is Home The Tallest Man on Earth1Chart references for Dark Bird is Home: June 6 The Voice: The Complete Season 8 Collection Sawyer Fredericks1Chart references for The Voice : The Complete Season Collection: June 13 Hozier Hozier1 June 20 All Your Favorite Bands Dawes1Chart references for All Your Favorite Bands: June 27 Beneath the Skin Of Monsters and Men1Chart references for Beneath the Skin: July 4 Before This World James Taylor5Chart References for Before This World: August 8Something More Than Free Jason Isbell3Chart references for Something More Than Free: August 29 Another One Mac DeMarco1Chart references for Another One: September 5 Something More Than Free Jason Isbell1 September 12 Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats1Chart references for Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats: September 19 Brand New Ben Rector1Chart references for Brand New: September 26 Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats1 October 3 Picking Up the Pieces Jewel1Chart references for Picking Up the Pieces: October 10 1989 Ryan Adams3Chart references for Nineteen Eighty Nine: October 31 If I Should Go Before You City & Colour1Chart references for If I Should Go Before You: November 7 Sermon on the Rocks Josh Ritter1Chart references for Sermon on the Rocks: November 14 Divers Joanna Newsom1Chart references for Divers: November 21 1989 Ryan Adams1 November 28 The Bootleg Series, Vol. 12: 1965 - 1966, The Best Of The Cutting Edge Bob Dylan1Chart references for The Bootleg Series, Vol. 12: 1965 - 1966, The Best Of The Cutting Edge: December 5 Bluenote Café Neil Young1Chart references for Bluenote Café: December 12 Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats1 December 19 Hozier Hozier1 December 26 ONXRT: Live From the Archives, Volume 17 Various Artists1Chart references for ONXRT: Live From the Archives, Volume 17:2016 January 2 1989 Ryan Adams1 January 9 Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats3 January 30 Tomorrow Is My Turn Rhiannon Giddens1Chart references for Tomorrow Is My Turn: February 6 Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats1 February 13 Fifteen Green River Ordinance1Chart references for Fifteen: February 20 Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats1 February 27 The Ghosts of Highway 20 Lucinda Williams1Chart references for The Ghosts of Highway 20: March 5 Chaos and the Calm James Bay1Chart references for Chaos and the Calm: March 12 Side Pony Lake Street Dive1Chart references for Side Pony: March 19 Dig In Deep Bonnie Raitt1Chart references for Dig In Deep: March 26 Ouroboros Ray LaMontagne1Chart references for Ouroboros: April 2 You and I Jeff Buckley1Chart references for You and I: April 9 Southern Family Various Artists1Chart references for Southern Family: April 16 Beautiful Lies Birdy1Chart references for Beautiful Lies: April 23 Are You Serious Andrew Bird1Chart references for Are You Serious: April 30 Cleopatra The Lumineers1Chart references for Cleopatra: May