List of Billboard number-one Americana/folk albums of the 2020s

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Americana/Folk Albums (formerly Folk Albums) is a music chart published weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks the top selling "current releases by traditional folk artists, as well as appropriate titles by acoustic-based singer-songwriters" in the United States.[1] The chart debuted on the issue dated December 5, 2009, as a 15-position chart with its first number-one title being the Bob Dylan Christmas album Christmas in the Heart.[1]

It has since expanded to a 25-position chart. In May 2016, Billboard renamed the chart to "Americana/Folk Albums", with the increasing popularity of Americana music, giving more recognition to acts which lean more towards Americana than folk.[2]

List of number-one albums[]

These are the albums which have reached number one on the folk albums chart listed in chronological order. Note that Billboard publishes charts with an issue date approximately 3 days in advance.

Contents
Issue date Album Artist(s) Weeks at
number one 		Ref.
2020
February 15 The Unraveling Drive-By Truckers 1 [3]
February 22 Texas Sun EP Khruangbin & Leon Bridges 1 [4]
February 29 Traveller Chris Stapleton 2 [5]
March 14 American Standard James Taylor 3 [6]
April 4 Traveller Chris Stapleton 2 [5]
April 18 John Prine John Prine 1 [7]
April 25 Traveller Chris Stapleton 5 [5]
May 30 Reunions Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit 1 [8]
June 6 Traveller Chris Stapleton 1 [5]
June 13 Life on the Flip Side Jimmy Buffett 1 [9]
June 20 Traveller Chris Stapleton 2 [5]
July 4 Rough and Rowdy Ways Bob Dylan 2 [10]
July 18 First Rose of Spring Willie Nelson 1 [11]
July 25 Traveller Chris Stapleton 1 [5]
August 1 Gaslighter The Chicks 3 [12]
August 22 Traveller Chris Stapleton 2 [5]
September 5 Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was Bright Eyes 1 [13]
September 12 Traveller Chris Stapleton 3 [5]
October 3 Long Violent History Tyler Childers 1 [14]
October 10 Traveller Chris Stapleton 3 [5]
October 31 Cuttin' Grass, Vol. 1: The Butcher Shoppe Sessions Sturgill Simpson 1 [15]
November 7 Letter to You Bruce Springsteen 3 [16]
November 28 Starting Over Chris Stapleton 8 [17]
2021
January 23 Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook, Vol. I Barry Gibb and Friends 1 [18]
January 30 Starting Over Chris Stapleton 6 [17]
March 13 Little Oblivions Julien Baker 1 [19]
March 20 Starting Over Chris Stapleton 2 [17]
April 3 Shore Fleet Foxes 1 [20]
April 10 Starting Over Chris Stapleton 1 [17]
April 17 Cuttin' Grass, Vol. 2: The Cowboy Arms Sessions Sturgill Simpson 1 [21]
April 24 Starting Over Chris Stapleton 4 [17]
May 22 The Marfa Tapes Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert and Jon Randall 1 [22]
May 29 Delta Kream The Black Keys 1 [23]
June 5 Long Lost Lord Huron 1 [24]
June 12 You Hear Georgia Blackberry Smoke 1 [25]
June 19 Starting Over Chris Stapleton 2 [17]
July 3 Traveller Chris Stapleton 4 [5]
July 31 Sob Rock John Mayer 1 [26]
August 7 Gold-Diggers Sound Leon Bridges 1 [27]
August 14 Sob Rock John Mayer 1 [26]
August 21 Traveller Chris Stapleton 1 [5]
August 28 Pressure Machine The Killers 1 [28]
September 4 The Ballad of Dood and Juanita Sturgill Simpson 1 [29]
September 11 Traveller Chris Stapleton 2 [5]
September 25 Star-Crossed Kacey Musgraves 3 [30]
October 16 In These Silent Days Belinda Carlisle 1 [31]
October 23 Starting Over Chris Stapleton 5 [17]
November 27 Traveller Chris Stapleton 1 [5]
December 4 Raise the Roof Robert Plant and Alison Krauss 1 [32]
December 11 Starting Over Chris Stapleton 2 [17]
December 25 Barn Neil Young and Crazy Horse 1 [33]
2022
January 1 Traveller Chris Stapleton 1 [5]
January 8 Starting Over Chris Stapleton 3 [17]
January 29 Brightside The Lumineers 1 [34]
February 5 Traveller Chris Stapleton 3 [5]
February 26 Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You Big Thief 1 [35]
March 5 Texas Moon Khruangbin & Leon Bridges 1 [36]
March 12 The Ballad of Dood and Juanita Sturgill Simpson 1 [37]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Trust, Gary (November 26, 2009). "Chart Beat Thursday: John Mayer, Folk Albums, David Guetta". Billboard. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
  2. ^ Billboard Staff (May 17, 2016). "Billboard Introduces Americana/Folk Albums Chart". Billboard. Retrieved September 29, 2016.
  3. ^ Chart references for The Unraveling:
  4. ^ Chart references for Texas Sun EP:
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Chart references for Traveller:
  6. ^ Chart references for American Standard:
  7. ^ Chart references for John Prine:
  8. ^ Chart references for Reunions:
  9. ^ Chart references for Life On the Flip Side:
  10. ^ Chart references for Rough and Rowdy Ways:
  11. ^ Chart references for First Rose of Spring:
  12. ^ Chart references for Gaslighter:
  13. ^ Chart references for Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was:
  14. ^ Chart references for Long Violent History:
  15. ^ Chart references for Cuttin' Grass, Vol. 1: The Shoppe Sessions:
  16. ^ Chart references for Letter to You:
  17. ^ a b c d e f g h i Chart references for Starting Over:
  18. ^ Chart references for Greenfields:
  19. ^ Chart references for Little Oblivions:
  20. ^ Chart references for Shore:
  21. ^ Chart references for Cuttin' Grass, Vol. 2: The Cowboy Arms Sessions:
  22. ^ Chart references for The Marfa Tapes:
  23. ^ Chart references for Delta Kream:
  24. ^ Chart references for Long Lost:
  25. ^ Chart references for You Hear Georgia:
  26. ^ a b Chart references for Sob Rock:
  27. ^ Chart references for Gold-Diggers Sound:
  28. ^ Chart references for Pressure Machine:
  29. ^ Chart references for The Ballad Of Dood & Juanita:
  30. ^ Chart references for Star-Crossed:
  31. ^ Chart references for In These Silent Days:
  32. ^ Chart references for Raise the Roof:
  33. ^ Chart references for Barn:
  34. ^ Chart references for Brightside:
  35. ^ Chart references for Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You:
  36. ^ Chart references for Texas Moon:
  37. ^ Chart references for The Ballad Of Dood & Juanita:

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