These are the Official Charts Company's UK Country Albums Chart number ones of 2013. 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 6 January, Lady Antebellum's Need You Now held at number one, after returning to the top spot for the last four weeks of 2012. The album remained there for the first three weeks of 2013, being displaced by Glen Campbell's Ghost on the Canvas, before returning to the peak the following week and again on 7 April, spending its thirty ninth total week at number one. Campbell would also return to the top of the charts, spending three weeks there with See You There, for a total of four weeks at number one across both albums. The Mavericks also held the top spot for four weeks with their seventh studio album In Time, their fourth UK chart topper. Kacey Musgraves' debut album Same Trailer Different Park spent nine nonconsecutive weeks at number one following its release in March 2013. Lady Antebellum returned to the charts in May with the release of Golden, which held the top spot for nine consecutive weeks and then another four consecutive weeks, with these streaks being separated by Changed from Rascal Flatts. Other albums which spent multiple weeks at number one included Tim McGraw, whose Two Lanes of Freedom held the top spot for three weeks, Hoodoo from Tony Joe White, which spent four weeks at the summit, and Steve Earle's The Low Highway which peaked twice. Foreverly, a collaborative album between Billie Joe Armstrong and Norah Jones, debuted on 1 December, and remained at number one for the remaining four weeks of the year.
Chart history
Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record labelRef.6 JanuaryNeed You NowLady AntebellumCapitol13 January20 January27 JanuaryGhost on the CanvasGlen CampbellSurfdog3 FebruaryNeed You NowLady AntebellumCapitol10 FebruaryIn TimeThe Mavericks Valory17 February24 February3 March10 MarchOld Yellow MoonEmmylou Harris and Rodney CrowellNonesuch17 MarchTwo Lanes of FreedomTim McGrawBig Machine24 March31 March7 AprilNeed You NowLady AntebellumCapitol14 AprilWheelhouseBrad PaisleyArista Nashville21 AprilThe Low HighwaySteve EarleNew West28 AprilSame Trailer Different ParkKacey MusgravesDecca5 MayThe Low HighwaySteve EarleNew West12 MayGoldenLady AntebellumDecca19 May26 May2 June9 June16 June23 June30 June7 July14 JulyChangedRascal FlattsBig Machine21 JulyGoldenLady AntebellumDecca28 July14 August11 August18 AugustSee You ThereGlen CampbellSurfdog25 August1 September8 SeptemberSame Trailer Different ParkKacey MusgravesDecca15 September22 SeptemberHoodooTony Joe WhiteYep Roc29 September6 October13 OctoberSame Trailer Different ParkKacey MusgravesDecca20 OctoberTo All the Girls...Willie NelsonSony27 OctoberSame Trailer Different ParkKacey MusgravesDecca3 November10 November17 November24 November1 DecemberForeverlyBillie Joe Armstrong and Norah JonesWarner Bros.8 December15 December22 December29 December
Most weeks at number one Weeks at number oneArtist 18 Lady Antebellum 9 Kacey Musgraves 5 Billie Joe Armstrong and Norah Jones 4 Glen Campbell The Mavericks 3 Tim McGraw Tony Joe White 2 Steve Earle
See also
List of UK Albums Chart number ones of 2013 List of UK Dance Singles Chart number ones of 2013 List of UK Album Downloads Chart number ones of 2013 List of UK Independent Albums Chart number ones of 2013 List of UK R&B Albums Chart number ones of 2013 List of UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number ones of 2013 List of UK Compilation Chart number ones of the 2010s
References
External links UK Country Albums Chart