These are the Official Charts Company's UK Country Albums Chart number ones of 2007. 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 7 January, Johnny Cash's 2002 release American IV: The Man Comes Around spent its thirty seventh week at number one, having also held the top spot in the final week of 2006. The album remained there for the first five weeks of 2007, and later returned for a week in May. Cash's seminal live album At San Quentin also spent ten weeks at number one throughout the year. Taking the Long Way by the Dixie Chicks spent a fifth and sixth total week at number one, having previously reached the chart peak the previous year, while Alison Krauss held the top spot for two weeks with her greatest hits collection A Hundred Miles or More. Carrie Underwood's debut album Some Hearts also earned its first and only week at number one on the chart dated 3 June, having debuted in January 2006. Ryan Adams' Easy Tiger spent the most weeks at number one in 2007, holding the top spot for eleven consecutive weeks from July to September before being displaced by Prism by Beth Nielsen Chapman, her second UK number one. LeAnn Rimes achieved her seventh UK number one when her Family album spent three consecutive weeks at number one. It was displaced on 4 November by Long Road Out of Eden, the final studio release by the Eagles, which remained there for the remaining nine weeks of the year.

Chart history

Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record labelRef.7 JanuaryAmerican IV: The Man Comes AroundJohnny CashAmerican Recordings14 January21 January28 January4 February11 February13 CitiesRichmond FontaineDecor18 FebruaryTaking the Long WayDixie ChicksOpen Wide25 FebruaryAt San QuentinJohnny CashColumbia4 March11 March18 March25 March1 April8 AprilA Hundred Miles or More: A CollectionAlison KraussRounder15 April22 AprilWeapons of Grass DestructionHayseed DixieCooking Vinyl29 AprilAt San QuentinJohnny CashColumbia6 May13 MayAmerican IV: The Man Comes AroundAmerican Recordings20 MayAt San QuentinColumbia27 MayOne of the BoysGretchen Wilson3 JuneSome HeartsCarrie UnderwoodArista Nashville10 JuneTaking the Long WayDixie ChicksOpen Wide17 JuneAt San QuentinJohnny CashColumbia24 JuneLittle Amber BottlesBlancheLoose1 JulyEasy TigerRyan AdamsLost Highway8 July15 July22 July29 July5 August12 August19 August26 August2 September9 September23 SeptemberPrismBeth Nielsen ChapmanBNC30 September7 OctoberWashington Square SerenadeSteve EarleNew West14 OctoberFamilyLeAnn RimesCurb21 October28 October4 NovemberLong Road Out of EdenEaglesPolydor11 November18 November25 November2 December9 December16 December23 December30 December

Most weeks at number one Weeks at number oneArtist 16 Johnny Cash11 Ryan Adams 9 Eagles 3 LeAnn Rimes 2 Alison Krauss Beth Nielsen Chapman Dixie Chicks

See also

List of UK Albums Chart number ones of 2007 List of UK Dance Singles Chart number ones of 2007 List of UK Album Downloads Chart number ones of 2007 List of UK Independent Albums Chart number ones of 2007 List of UK R&B Albums Chart number ones of 2007 List of UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number ones of 2007 List of UK Compilation Chart number ones of the 2000s

References

External links UK Country Albums Chart