List of UK Country Albums Chart number ones of 2020

These are the Official Charts Company's UK Country Albums Chart number ones of 2020. The chart week runs from Friday to Thursday with the chart-date given as the following Thursday. Chart positions are based the multi-metric consumption of country music in the United Kingdom, blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming equivalent albums. The chart contains 20 positions.

In the iteration of the chart dated 3 January, Luke Combs's What You See Is What You Getspent its fifth total week at number one, having held the top spot for the final two weeks of 2019. It would go on to remain at the peak for the first three weeks of 2020 before being displaced by Nightfall by Little Big Town, who achieved their second number one album. What You See Is What You Get would return to the chart peak throughout the year, spending a total of seven weeks there in 2020. The Shires spent the most weeks at number one this year, with their fourth album Good Years holding the top spot for eleven weeks, including nine consecutive weeks between March and May. The Chicks spent four weeks at number one with Gaslighter, their first release since 2006. Rumer then spent a cumulative six weeks atop the chart with Nashville Tears. Towards the end of the year, Starting Over by Chris Stapleton became his fourth number one, and held the top spot for five nonconsecutive weeks. Other artists who spent multiple weeks at number one included Ashton Lane, Brothers Osborne, Carrie Underwood, Gretchen Peters, Jason Isbell, The Cadillac Three, and Willie Nelson, who each held the position for two weeks. The final number one of the year was Starting Over.

Chart history

Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record labelRef.3 JanuaryWhat You See is What You GetLuke CombsColumbia Nashville/River House10 January17 January24 JanuaryNightfallLittle Big TownDecca31 January7 FebruaryWhat You See is What You GetLuke CombsColumbia Nashville/River House14 FebruaryCountry FuzzThe Cadillac ThreeBig Machine21 February28 FebruaryTravelling MerciesAshton LaneOC6 March13 MarchWhat You See is What You GetLuke CombsColumbia Nashville/River House20 MarchGood YearsThe ShiresBMG27 March3 April10 April17 April24 April1 May8 May15 May22 MayReunionsJason IsbellSoutheastern29 May5 JuneGhosts of West VirginiaSteve EarleNew West12 JuneGood YearsThe ShiresBMG19 June26 JuneThe Night You Wrote That SongGretchen PetersSony3 July10 JulyFirst Rose of SpringWillie NelsonSony17 July24 JulyGaslighterThe ChicksColumbia31 July7 August14 August21 AugustNashville TearsRumerCooking Vinyl28 August4 September11 SeptemberWestern Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy SongsColter WallLa Honda18 SeptemberNashville TearsRumerCooking Vinyl25 September2 OctoberMy GiftCarrie UnderwoodEMI9 October16 OctoberSkeletonsBrothers OsborneSpinefarm23 October30 OctoberWhat You See is What You GetLuke CombsColumbia Nashville/River House6 November13 NovemberThe OthersideCamMercury Nashville20 NovemberStarting OverChris StapletonMercury Nashville27 November4 December11 DecemberThe Road to ChristmasDerek RyanSharpe Music18 DecemberStarting OverChris StapletonMercury Nashville25 December

Most weeks at number one Weeks at number oneArtist 11 The Shires 7 Luke Combs 5 Chris Stapleton Rumer 4 The Chicks 2 Ashton Lane Brothers Osborne Carrie Underwood Gretchen Peters Jason Isbell Little Big Town The Cadillac Three Willie Nelson

List of UK Country Albums Chart number ones of 2020

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