The Official Americana Albums Chart is a weekly music chart based on physical sales of albums in the United Kingdom. It is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the Americana Music Association UK. The launch of the chart came at a time when Americana music was growing in popularity in the UK. In 2017, it was reported that sales of Americana albums in the UK had increased by 35 percent year-on-year.
The first chart was announced on 28 January 2016 on the Bob Harris Country show on BBC Radio 2. As part of the launch, the best selling Americana album of 2015 was also announced. This went to Swedish duo First Aid Kit with their album Stay Gold
Number ones
+Keynth album to top the Official Americana Albums ChartreReturn of an album to number one 20162017201820192020202120222023 ArtistAlbumRecord labelReached number oneWeeks atnumber one1Love StuffColumbia52Dig In DeepRedwing Records1reLove StuffColumbia13PainkillersRedwing Records14Richmond FontaineYou Can't Go Back If There's Nothing To Go Back ToDecor1reLove StuffColumbia15 & Kelly JonesLittle WindowsCooking Vinyl16LumineersCleopatraDecca4reLove StuffColumbia17The Wild SwanGingerbread Man18Mudcrutch2Reprise1reLove StuffColumbia19WhitneyLight Upon the LakeSecretly Canadian110KaleoA/BAtlantic111case/lang/veirscase/lang/veirsAnti1reLumineersCleopatraDecca412Bear's DenRed Earth & Pouring RainCommunion213Cadillac ThreeBury Me In My BootsBig Machine1reBear's DenRed Earth & Pouring RainCommunion2reKaleoA/BAtlantic1reBear's DenRed Earth & Pouring RainCommunion114Acoustic Recordings 1998–2016XL115Ballads of the Broken FewCooking Vinyl116 & Joe HenryShine a Light: Field Recordings from the Great American RailroadCooking Vinyl117Keep Me SingingCaroline118Seasick SteveKeepin' the Horse Between Me and the GroundThere's A Dead Skunk119Blackberry SmokeLike an ArrowEarache1reKeep Me SingingCaroline11reLumineersCleopatraDecor220Honest LifeLoose Music121Hey Mr FerrymanLoose Music1reKeep Me SingingCaroline222PrisonerBlue Note/PAX AM223Windy CityCapitol124Semper FeminaMore Alarming1reWindy CityCapitol1reSemper FeminaMore Alarming125Mental IllnessSuperEgo126Father John MistyPure ComedyBella Union127The Search for EverythingColumbia127Life Love Flesh BloodDecca628Waiting on a SongNonesuch129AdiósUMC1130A Deeper UnderstandingAtlantic231HitchhikerReprise1reAdiósUMC132Roll with the PunchesCaroline333Carry FireEast West/Rhino634SongbookPolydor135 & Promise of the RealThe VisitorReprise1reCarry FireEast West/Rhino2reA Deeper UnderstandingAtlantic2reCarry FireEast West/Rhino136First Aid KitRuinsColumbia137 & Joe BonamassaBlack CoffeeProvogue1reFirst Aid KitRuinsColumbia138SleepwalkersEMI1reFirst Aid KitRuinsColumbia139Nation of TwoAtlantic1reFirst Aid KitRuinsColumbia140 & The Night SweatsTearing At The SeamsStax141I'll Be Your GirlRough Trade142May Your Kindness RemainLoose Music143Sometimes Just The SkyLambent Light144Blackberry SmokeFind A LightEarache145Isaac GracieVirgin246Last Man StandingLegacy Recordings147Be More KindPolydor148The Prodigal SonFantasy149Part of the LightColumbia1reFirst Aid KitRuinsColumbia150Father John MistyGod's Favorite CustomerBella Union251Blow Your MindUMC252Our Country: Americana Act IILegacy Recordings253Cowboy JunkiesAll That ReckoningProper154From The FiresEMI155LiftedLoose Music1reFirst Aid KitRuinsColumbia156Magpie SaluteHigh Water IProvogue257E.G.O.Furthest Point158PassengerRunawayBlack Crow25913 RiversProper1rePassengerRunawayBlack Crow260PhosphorescentC'est La VieDead Oceans161The Eclipse SessionsNew West162 and The 400 UnitLive from the RymanSoutheastern163The Well Worn PathCooking Vinyl164Pistol AnniesInterstate GospelSony Music CG165Black VelvetDaptone166Down the Road WhereverEMI867The ImperialDecor268Wandering HeartsWild SilenceDecca1reDown the Road WhereverEMI169True NorthParadise of Bachelors168Tedeschi Trucks BandSignsSpinefarm169CrushingTransgressive1reWandering HeartsWild SilenceDecca170YolaWalk Through FireNonesuch171October in the Railroad EarthProper172On the LineWarner Bros173 & The DukesGuyNew West174Weyes BloodTitanic RisingSub Pop275Jade BirdGlassnote176Reckless & MeBMG277Big ThiefU.F.O.F.4AD178Small World TurningShameless179We Get ByAnti1reJade BirdGlassnote280Western StarsColumbia981No Man's LandPolydor1reWestern StarsColumbia182ThreadsBig Machine283IIIDecca284War in My MindProvogue185WilcoOde to JoydBpm186Big ThiefTwo Hands4AD1reWestern StarsColumbia187Three Chords & The TruthExile3reWestern StarsColumbia988El DoradoFantasy/Snakefarm189Bonny Light HorsemanBonny Light Horseman37d03d190Drive-By TruckersThe UnravelingATO Records291Nathaniel RateliffAnd It's Still AlrightStax Records192Courtney BarnettMTV Unplugged (Live in Melbourne)Marathon Artists193Robert Cray BandThat's What I HeardNozzle194Jonathan WilsonDixie BlurBella Union195Maria McKeeLa Vita NuovaAmerican Fire196Father John MistyOff-Key in HamburgCripple Creek197Brian FallonLocal HoneyLesser Known298Laura MarlingSong for Our DaughterChrysalis/Partisan299Lucinda WilliamsGood Souls Better AngelsHighway 202reLaura MarlingSong for Our DaughterChrysalis/Partisan1100Jason Isbell and the 400 UnitReunionsSoutheastern1101Steve Earle & the DukesGhosts of West VirginiaNew West1reJason Isbell and the 400 UnitReunionsSoutheastern1102Teddy ThompsonHeartbreaker PleaseChalky Sounds1103Larkin Poe Self Made ManTricki-woo1104Bob DylanRough and Rowdy WaysColumbia3reLaura MarlingSong for Our DaughterChrysalis/Partisan1reBob DylanRough and Rowdy WaysColumbia4105RumerNashville TearsCooking Vinyl1reBob DylanRough and Rowdy WaysColumbia1106Angel OlsenWhole New MessJagjaguwar1107Emily BarkerA Dark Murmuration of WordsEveryone Sang1108Suzanne VegaAn Evening of New York Songs and StoriesCooking Vinyl1reBob DylanRough and Rowdy WaysColumbia1reLaura MarlingSong for Our DaughterChrysalis/Partisan1reBob DylanRough and Rowdy WaysColumbia1reLaura MarlingSong for Our DaughterChrysalis/Partisan1109Kevin MorbySundownerDead Oceans1110Bruce SpringsteenLetter to YouColumbia7111Taylor SwiftEvermoreEMI4112Barry GibbGreenfieldsEMI3reTaylor SwiftEvermore1113The StavesGood WomanAtlantic1reTaylor SwiftEvermoreEMI2114Neil YoungWay Down in the Rust BucketReprise Records1reTaylor SwiftEvermoreEMI3115Neil YoungYoung ShakespeareReprise1reTaylor SwiftEvermoreEMI3116KaleoSurface SoundsAtlantic1reTaylor SwiftEvermoreEMI2117The Black KeysDelta KreamNonesuch2reTaylor SwiftEvermoreEMI3118Joan ArmatradingConsequencesBMG1reTaylor SwiftEvermoreEMI4119Jackson BrowneDownhill from EverywhereInside Recordings1120YolaStand for MyselfEasy Eye Sound1121The Wandering HeartsThe Wandering HeartsCooking Vinyl1122Jade BirdDifferent Kinds of LightGlassnote1reTaylor SwiftEvermoreEMI1123Big Red MachineHow Long Do You Think It's Gonna Last?Jagjaguwar1124Gerry RaffertyRest in BlueRhino1reTaylor SwiftEvermoreEMI1125Bob DylanThe Bootleg Series Vol. 16: Springtime in New YorkSony Music1reTaylor SwiftEvermoreEMI1126Neil YoungCarnegie Hall 1970Reprise1127Johnny Flynn & Robert MacfarlaneLost in the Cedar WoodTransgressive1reTaylor SwiftEvermoreEMI2128The War on DrugsI Don't Live Here AnymoreAtlantic2129Courtney BarnettThings Take Time, Take TimeMarathon Artists1130Robert Plant & Alison KraussRaise the RoofEast West/Rhino3131Neil Young & Crazy HorseBarnReprise1reRobert Plant & Alison KraussRaise the RoofEast West/Rhino3reTaylor SwiftEvermoreEMI1132Elvis Costello & Elvis Costello & the ImpostersThe Boy Named If1133Kiefer SutherlandBloor StreetCooking VinylreTaylor SwiftEvermoreEMI2134Frank TurnerFTHCPolydor2135Gang of YouthsAngel in RealtimeWarner1136Dolly PartonRun, Rose, RunButterfly2137MidlakeFor the Sake of Bethel WoodsBella Union1reTaylor SwiftEvermoreEMI2138PassengerBirds That Flew And Ships That SailedBlack Crow1139Kurt VileWatch My MovesFiction1140Taj Mahal & Ry CooderGet On BoardNonesuch1reTaylor SwiftEvermoreEMI2141The Black KeysDropout BoogieNonesuch2reTaylor SwiftEvermoreEMI1142Angel OlsenBig TimeJagjaguwar1reTaylor SwiftEvermoreEMI2reRobert Plant & Alison KraussRaise the RoofEast West/Rhino1reTaylor SwiftEvermoreEMI1143Neil Young & Crazy HorseToastReprise1reTaylor SwiftEvermoreEMI1144Jack WhiteEntering Heaven AliveThird Man1reTaylor SwiftEvermoreEMI7145Marcus MumfordSelf-TitledIsland1reTaylor SwiftEvermoreEMI6147First Aid KitPalominoColumbia1148Bruce SpringsteenOnly the Strong Survive9149Margo PriceStraysLoma Vista1150WilcoCruel CountryDPBM1reBruce SpringsteenOnly the Strong SurviveColumbia2151Lisa O'NeillAll of This Is ChanceRough Trade1reBruce SpringsteenOnly the Strong SurviveColumbia2152Eva CassidyI Can Only Be MeBlix Street1153Ward ThomasMusic in the MadnessWTW Music1reEva CassidyI Can Only Be MeBlix Street1154Noah KahanStick SeasonRepublic Records1155BoygeniusThe RecordInterscope4156SkerryvoreTempusCooking Vinyl1reBoygeniusThe RecordInterscope2157Paul SimonSeven PsalmsSony Music1reBoygeniusThe RecordInterscope1158Bob DylanShadow KingdomColumbia1reNoah KahanStick SeasonRepublic1159Far from SaintsFar from SaintsIgnition1reNoah KahanStick SeasonRepublic7160Neil YoungChrome DreamsReprise/Warner1reNoah KahanStick SeasonRepublic1161Zach BryanZach BryanBelting Bronco/Warner2reNoah KahanStick SeasonRepublic1162MitskiThe Land Is Inhospitable and So Are WeDead Oceans1reNoah KahanStick SeasonRepublic5163Billy BraggThe Roaring Forty (1983–2023)Cooking Vinyl1reNoah KahanStick SeasonRepublic2164Dolly PartonRockstarButterfly/Big Machine1reNoah KahanStick SeasonRepublic15
Best-selling albums by year Each January, the Official Charts Company releases a summary of the previous year on the Official Americana Albums Chart, listing the top ten best-selling albums of that year, including the best-selling album overall and the best-selling album by a homegrown artist. + Year Best-selling album Artist Best-selling UK album Artist Ref. 2015 Stay Gold First Aid Kit N/A 2016 Cleopatra The Lumineers Keep Me Singing Van Morrison 2017 Adiós Glen Campbell Life Love Flesh Blood Imelda May 2018 Not announced 2019 Western Stars Bruce Springsteen Three Chords & the Truth Van Morrison 2020 Letter to You Song for Our Daughter Laura Marling 2021 Evermore Taylor Swift Greenfields Barry Gibb 2022 FTHC Frank Turner 2023 The Roaring Forty (1983–2023) Billy Bragg
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