These are the Official Charts Company's UK Country Albums Chart number ones of 2015. 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 4 January, 747 by Lady Antebellum was at number one, having returned there in the last week of 2014. The album would remain at the top spot for another week, and returned in February for its ninth total week at number one. On 8 March, British duo The Shires charted at the peak with their debut album Brave and remained there for ten consecutive weeks. They would return to the top spot several times over the year, spending a minimum of four consecutive weeks there each time, and ultimately spent thirty three weeks at number one. Kacey Musgraves also spent four consecutive weeks at the chart summit with her second album Pageant Material. Carrie Underwood's Storyteller became her fourth UK country number one, and spent two nonconsecutive weeks in the top spot in October and December. Likewise, Hair Down To My Grass became Hayseed Dixie's fourth number one on the chart when it spent two consecutive weeks in January, while Steve Earle's Terraplane held the top spot for two weeks in February/March, becoming his eighth number one. The final number one of the year was Brave by The Shires.
Chart history
Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record labelRef.4 JanuaryLady Antebellum747Decca11 January18 JanuaryHayseed DixieHair Down To My GrassHayseed Dixie25 January1 FebruaryBrad PaisleyMoonshine in the TrunkArista Nashville8 FebruaryLady Antebellum747Decca22 FebruarySteve EarleTerraplaneNew West1 March8 MarchThe ShiresBraveDecca15 March22 March29 March5 April12 April19 April26 April3 May10 May17 MayNathan CarterBeautiful Life24 MayThe ShiresBrave31 May7 June14 June28 JuneKacey MusgravesPageant MaterialMercury Nashville5 July10 July17 July24 JulyAlan JacksonAngels and AlcoholDHump Head31 JulyThe ShiresBraveDecca7 August 14 August 21 August 28 August 4 September11 September18 September25 SeptemberDave Rawlings MachineNashville ObsoleteAcony2 OctoberThe ShiresBraveDecca9 October16 October23 October30 OctoberCarrie UnderwoodStoryteller19/Arista6 NovemberThe ShiresBraveDecca13 November20 November27 November4 DecemberCarrie UnderwoodStoryteller19/Arista11 DecemberThe ShiresBraveDecca18 December25 December
Most weeks at number one Weeks at number oneArtist 33 The Shires 4 Kacey Musgraves 3 Lady Antebellum 2 Carrie Underwood Hayseed Dixie Steve Earle
See also
List of UK Albums Chart number ones of 2015 List of UK Dance Singles Chart number ones of 2015 List of UK Album Downloads Chart number ones of 2015 List of UK Independent Albums Chart number ones of 2015 List of UK R&B Albums Chart number ones of 2015 List of UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number ones of 2015 List of UK Compilation Chart number ones of the 2010s
References
External links UK Country Albums Chart