These are the Official Charts Company's UK Country Albums Chart number ones of 2011. 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 2 January, Mary Chapin Carpenter's The Age of Miracles spent its fifth week at number one, retaining its position from the final year of 2010. The album would hold at the top spot for the first four weeks of the year before being displaced by 34 Number Ones, a compilation album by country legend Alan Jackson. After a second week at number one, the album was overtaken by Sugarland's The Incredible Machine, which spent a total of five nonconsecutive weeks at the chart peak. On 26 February, Need You Now by Lady Antebellum spent its twenty-sixth total week at number one. The band's following album, Own the Night later spent thirteen consecutive weeks at number one after debuting on the chart on 9 October. Paper Airplane by bluegrass star Alison Krauss and her band Union Station spent two initial weeks at the chart summit in April immediately after its release, and would return to number one several times throughout the year, occupying the top spot for a total of fourteen weeks. Beginning on 4 September, Dolly Parton's Better Day held at number one for five weeks. The only others artists to spend multiple weeks at number one in 2011 were Josh T. Pearson and his album Last of the Country Gentlemen, which spent two consecutive weeks, and Neil Young's live album A Treasure, which remained for three weeks. The final number one of the year was Own the Night by Lady Antebellum.
Chart history
Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record labelRef.2 JanuaryThe Age of MiraclesMary Chapin CarpenterDecca/Rounder9 January16 January23 January30 January34 Number OnesAlan JacksonSony6 February13 FebruaryThe Incredible MachineSugarlandDecca20 February27 FebruaryNeed You NowLady AntebellumCapitol6 MarchThe Incredible MachineSugarlandDecca13 MarchLow Country BluesGregg AllmanRounder20 MarchLast of the Country GentlemenJosh T. PearsonMute27 March3 AprilThe Incredible MachineSugarlandDecca10 April17 AprilPaper AirplaneAlison Krauss & Union StationRounder24 April1 MayI'll Never Get Out of This World AliveSteve EarleNew West8 MayPaper AirplaneAlison Krauss & Union StationRounder15 May22 May29 May5 June12 June19 JuneA TreasureNeil YoungReprise26 June3 July10 JulyRare Bird AlertSteve Martin & Steep Canyon RangersRounder17 JulyPaper AirplaneAlison Krauss & Union Station24 July31 July7 August14 August21 AugustCharleston, SC 1966Darius RuckerHumphead28 AugustPaper AirplaneAlison Krauss & Union StationRounder4 SeptemberBetter DayDolly PartonSony11 September18 September25 September2 October9 OctoberOwn the NightLady AntebellumCapitol16 October23 October30 October6 November13 November20 November27 November4 December11 December18 December25 December
Most weeks at number one Weeks at number oneArtist 14 Alison Krauss & Union Station 13 Lady Antebellum 5 Dolly Parton Sugarland 4 Mary Chapin Carpenter 3 Neil Young 2 Alan Jackson Josh T. Pearson
See also
List of UK Albums Chart number ones of 2011 List of UK Dance Singles Chart number ones of 2011 List of UK Album Downloads Chart number ones of 2011 List of UK Independent Albums Chart number ones of 2011 List of UK R&B Albums Chart number ones of 2011 List of UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number ones of 2011 List of UK Compilation Chart number ones of the 2010s
References
External links UK Country Albums Chart