These are the Official Charts Company's UK Country Albums Chart number ones of 2014. 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 5 January, Kacey Musgraves' debut album Same Trailer Different Park spent its tenth nonconsecutive week at number one, having last reached the top spot in November 2013. It would return to the chart peak in July and September of 2014, spending a total of 12 weeks at number one. Out Among the Stars, a posthumous album from legendary singer-songwriter Johnny Cash following his death in 2013, debuted at number one on the chart on 6 April, and held the position for fifteen consecutive weeks, the most of the year. British duo Ward Thomas spent five weeks at the top spot with their debut album From Where We Stand, before being displaced by Brad Paisley's Mud on the Tires which went on to spend three weeks at the chart summit. Lady Antebellum's 747 and Garth Brooks' comeback album Man Against Machine rounded out the year with six weeks each at number one. Other artists who spent multiple weeks at number one include Sheryl Crow, whose first official country album Feels Like Home held the top spot for three weeks, and Billie Joe Armstrong and Norah Jones, Rosanne Cash, and Tim McGraw each reach the summit for two weeks respectively. The final number one of the year was Lady Antebellum's 747.
Chart history
Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record labelRef.5 JanuarySame Trailer Different ParkKacey MusgravesDecca12 JanuaryForeverlyBillie Joe Armstrong and Norah JonesWarner Bros.19 January26 JanuaryUncoveredBeth Nielsen ChapmanBNC2 FebruaryFeels Like HomeSheryl CrowWarner Bros.9 February16 FebruaryThe River & the ThreadRosanne CashDecca23 FebruaryThe WhippoorwillBlackberry SmokeEarache2 MarchThe River & the ThreadRosanne CashDecca9 MarchThe OutsidersEric Church16 MarchReflectionsDon WilliamsWelk23 MarchRiserDierks BentleyDecca30 MarchFeels Like HomeSheryl CrowWarner Bros.6 AprilOut Among the StarsJohnny CashColumbia13 April20 April27 April4 May11 May18 May25 May1 June8 June15 June22 June29 June6 July13 JulySame Trailer Different ParkKacey MusgravesDecca20 JulyOut Among the StarsJohnny CashColumbia27 JulyFrom Where We StandWard ThomasWTW 3 August10 August17 August24 August31 AugustMoonshine in the TrunkBrad PaisleyArista Nashville7 September14 September21 SeptemberSame Trailer Different ParkKacey MusgravesDecca28 SeptemberSundown Heaven TownTim McGrawBig Machine5 October12 October747Lady AntebellumDecca19 October26 October2 November9 November16 NovemberMan Against MachineGarth BrooksRCA23 November30 November7 December14 December21 December28 December747Lady AntebellumDecca
Most weeks at number one Weeks at number oneArtist 15 Johnny Cash 6 Garth Brooks Lady Antebellum 5 Ward Thomas 3 Brad Paisley Kacey Musgraves Sheryl Crow 2 Billie Joe Armstrong and Norah Jones Rosanne Cash Tim McGraw
See also
List of UK Albums Chart number ones of 2014 List of UK Dance Singles Chart number ones of 2014 List of UK Album Downloads Chart number ones of 2014 List of UK Independent Albums Chart number ones of 2014 List of UK R&B Albums Chart number ones of 2014 List of UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number ones of 2014 List of UK Compilation Chart number ones of the 2010s
References
External links UK Country Albums Chart