List of Billboard number-one Americana/folk albums of the 2010s explained

These are the albums which have reached number one on the Folk Albums chart in Billboard Magazine, listed in chronological order.

Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Weeks at
number one		Ref.
2009
December 5Christmas in the HeartBob Dylan6[1]
2010
January 16I and Love and YouThe Avett Brothers2[2]
January 30July FlameLaura Veirs1[3]
February 6I and Love and YouThe Avett Brothers1
February 13Downtown ChurchPatty Griffin2[4]
February 27XOBCBrandi Carlile1[5]
March 6Sigh No MoreMumford & Sons1[6]
March 13Have One on MeJoanna Newsom4[7]
April 10Volume TwoShe & Him3[8]
May 1Leave Your SleepNatalie Merchant2[9]
May 15The Age of MiraclesMary Chapin Carpenter1[10]
May 22So Runs the World AwayJosh Ritter1[11]
May 29Love Is StrangeJackson Browne and David Lindley1[12]
June 5Volume TwoShe & Him1
June 12In Person & On StageJohn Prine1[13]
June 19Sigh No MoreMumford & Sons3
July 10Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John PrineVarious artists1[14]
July 17Sigh No MoreMumford & Sons7
September 4God Willin' and the Creek Don't RiseRay LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs3[15]
September 25Sigh No MoreMumford & Sons5
October 30The Age of AdzSufjan Stevens1[16]
November 6Bob Dylan1[17]
November 13Sigh No MoreMumford & Sons13
2011
February 12Kiss Each Other CleanIron & Wine1[18]
February 19Sigh No MoreMumford & Sons10
April 30Paper AirplaneAlison Krauss and Union Station2[19]
May 14Sigh No MoreMumford & Sons1
May 21Helplessness BluesFleet Foxes2[20]
June 4Sigh No MoreMumford & Sons2
June 18Ukulele SongsEddie Vedder2[21]
July 2Sigh No MoreMumford & Sons2
July 16The Harrow & The HarvestGillian Welch1[22]
July 23Sigh No MoreMumford & Sons16
November 12A Very She & Him ChristmasShe & Him3[23]
December 3Cities 97 Sampler, Vol. 23: Live from Studio CVarious artists1[24]
December 10A Very She & Him ChristmasShe & Him5
2012
January 14Sigh No MoreMumford & Sons3
February 4¿Which Side Are You On?Ani DiFranco1[25]
February 11Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob DylanVarious artists1[26]
February 18Old IdeasLeonard Cohen1[27]
February 25Sigh No MoreMumford & Sons1
March 3Barton HollowThe Civil Wars1[28]
March 10Voice of AgesThe Chieftains1[29]
March 17Old IdeasLeonard Cohen1
March 24Break It YourselfAndrew Bird2[30]
April 7Soundtrack6[31]
May 19BlessingsLaura Story2[32]
June 2The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and BeyondSoundtrack1
June 9Sigh No MoreMumford & Sons1
June 16HereEdward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros1[33]
June 23Bear CreekBrandi Carlile1[34]
June 30+Ed Sheeran1[35]
July 7Rhythm and ReposeGlen Hansard1[36]
July 14Sigh No MoreMumford & Sons1
July 21The LumineersThe Lumineers2[37]
August 4Carry Me BackOld Crow Medicine Show1[38]
August 11The LumineersThe Lumineers7
September 29TempestBob Dylan2[39]
October 13BabelMumford & Sons15[40]
2013
January 26The LumineersThe Lumineers3
February 16BabelMumford & Sons13
May 18The LumineersThe Lumineers1
May 25Volume 3She & Him2[41]
June 8Fix Me UpA Firm Handshake1[42]
June 15The LumineersThe Lumineers1
June 22The Hurry and the HarmCity and Colour1[43]
June 29The LumineersThe Lumineers2
July 13BabelMumford and Sons1
July 20The LumineersThe Lumineers1
July 27BabelMumford and Sons2
August 10Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic ZerosEdward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros1[44]
August 17The LumineersThe Lumineers1
August 24The Civil WarsThe Civil Wars2[45]
September 7Paradise ValleyJohn Mayer2[46]
September 21The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love YouNeko Case1[47]
September 28Paradise ValleyJohn Mayer1
October 5From Here to Now to YouJack Johnson3[48]
October 26Mountains of Sorrow, Rivers of SongAmos Lee1[49]
November 2Magpie and the DandelionThe Avett Brothers1[50]
November 9Let's Be StillThe Head and the Heart1[51]
November 16All the Little LightsPassenger3[52]
December 7Shangri LaJake Bugg1[53]
December 14BabelMumford & Sons1
December 21 All the Little LightsPassenger1
December 28Live at the Cellar DoorNeil Young2[54]
2014
January 11All the Little LightsPassenger1
January 18Inside Llewyn Davis: Original Soundtrack RecordingSoundtrack2[55]
February 1The River & the ThreadRosanne Cash2[56]
February 15All the Little LightsPassenger9
April 19A Dotted LineNickel Creek3[57]
May 10From Here to Now to You Live EPJack Johnson1[58]
May 17 SupernovaRay LaMontagne3[59]
June 7Upside Down MountainConor Oberst1[60]
June 14A Letter HomeNeil Young1[61]
June 21Fire WithinBirdy1[62]
June 28WhispersPassenger1[63]
July 5MutineersDavid Gray2[64]
July 19Remedy Old Crow Medicine Show1[65]
July 26CSNY 1974 (Deluxe)Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young1[66]
August 2Wild AnimalsTrampled by Turtles1[67]
August 9CSNY 1974Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young1
August 16RemedyOld Crow Medicine Show2
August 30WhispersPassenger1
September 6RemedyOld Crow Medicine Show1
September 13Swimmin' TimeShovels & Rope1[68]
September 20 Songs from an Open BookJustin Furstenfeld1[69]
September 27Ryan AdamsRyan Adams2[70]
October 11Popular ProblemsLeonard Cohen1[71]
October 18Down Where the Spirit Meets the BoneLucinda Williams1[72]
October 25HozierHozier1[73]
November 1rose ave.You+Me1[74]
November 8HozierHozier3
November 29My Favourite Faded FantasyDamien Rice1[75]
December 6HozierHozier2
December 20ClassicsShe & Him1[76]
December 27HozierHozier6
2015
February 7What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful WorldThe Decemberists1[77]
February 14Wanted on VoyageGeorge Ezra1[78]
February 21Shadows in the NightBob Dylan1[79]
February 28HozierHozier3
March 21The Firewatcher's DaughterBrandi Carlile1[80]
March 28HozierHozier1
April 4TrackerMark Knopfler1[81]
April 11Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just SitCourtney Barnett1[82]
April 18Carrie & LowellSufjan Stevens1[83]
April 25Strange TrailsLord Huron1[84]
May 2 Carrie & LowellSufjan Stevens1
May 9HozierHozier3
May 30Dark Bird Is HomeThe Tallest Man on Earth1[85]
June 6The Voice: The Complete Season 8 CollectionSawyer Fredericks1[86]
June 13HozierHozier1
June 20All Your Favorite BandsDawes1[87]
June 27Beneath the SkinOf Monsters and Men1[88]
July 4Before This WorldJames Taylor5[89]
August 8Something More Than FreeJason Isbell3[90]
August 29Another OneMac DeMarco1[91]
September 5Something More Than FreeJason Isbell1
September 12Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night SweatsNathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats1[92]
September 19Brand NewBen Rector1[93]
September 26Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night SweatsNathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats1
October 3Picking Up the PiecesJewel1[94]
October 101989Ryan Adams3[95]
October 31If I Should Go Before YouCity & Colour1[96]
November 7Sermon on the RocksJosh Ritter1[97]
November 14DiversJoanna Newsom1[98]
November 211989Ryan Adams1
November 28The Bootleg Series, Vol. 12: 1965 - 1966, The Best Of The Cutting EdgeBob Dylan1[99]
December 5Bluenote CaféNeil Young1[100]
December 12Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night SweatsNathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats1
December 19HozierHozier1
December 26ONXRT: Live From the Archives, Volume 17Various Artists1[101]
2016
January 21989Ryan Adams1
January 9Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night SweatsNathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats3
January 30Tomorrow Is My TurnRhiannon Giddens1[102]
February 6Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night SweatsNathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats1
February 13FifteenGreen River Ordinance1[103]
February 20Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night SweatsNathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats1
February 27The Ghosts of Highway 20Lucinda Williams1[104]
March 5Chaos and the CalmJames Bay1[105]
March 12Side PonyLake Street Dive1[106]
March 19Dig In DeepBonnie Raitt1[107]
March 26OuroborosRay LaMontagne1[108]
April 2You and IJeff Buckley1[109]
April 9Southern FamilyVarious Artists1[110]
April 16Beautiful LiesBirdy1[111]
April 23Are You SeriousAndrew Bird1[112]
April 30CleopatraThe Lumineers1[113]
May 7A Sailor's Guide to EarthSturgill Simpson1[114]
May 14CleopatraThe Lumineers3
June 4TravellerChris Stapleton1[115]
June 11Fallen AngelsBob Dylan1[116]
June 18TravellerChris Stapleton1
June 25Stranger to StrangerPaul Simon1[117]
July 2TravellerChris Stapleton1
July 9Johannesburg (EP)Mumford & Sons with Baaba Maal, The Very Best & Beatenberg1[118]
July 16True SadnessThe Avett Brothers1[119]
July 23TravellerChris Stapleton7
September 10Pure and SimpleDolly Parton2[120]
September 24TravellerChris Stapleton1
October 1Signs of LightThe Head and the Heart1[121]
October 8We're All Gonna DieDawes1[122]
October 15TravellerChris Stapleton1
October 2222, A MillionBon Iver2[123]
November 5Like an ArrowBlackberry Smoke1[124]
November 12You Want It DarkerLeonard Cohen1[125]
November 19TravellerChris Stapleton2
December 3You Want It DarkerLeonard Cohen1
December 10TravellerChris Stapleton9
2017
February 11John Mayer1[126]
February 18TravellerChris Stapleton3
March 11PrisonerRyan Adams1[127]
March 18John Mayer1[128]
March 25Windy CityAlison Krauss1[129]
April 1TravellerChris Stapleton3
April 22Big Little Lies: Music From The HBO Limited SeriesSoundtrack1[130]
April 29Pure ComedyFather John Misty1[131]
May 6The Search for EverythingJohn Mayer2[132]
May 20Sad Clowns & HillbilliesJohn Mellencamp featuring Carlene Carter1[133]
May 27Chris Stapleton6[134]
July 8The Nashville SoundJason Isbell & The 400 Unit1[135]
July 15From A Room: Volume 1Chris Stapleton5
August 19Traveller4
September 16Beast EpicIron & Wine1[136]
September 23TravellerChris Stapleton1
September 30All the Light Above It TooJack Johnson1[137]
October 7Southern BloodGregg Allman1[138]
October 14Roll with the PunchesVan Morrison1[139]
October 21TravellerChris Stapleton2
November 4Carry FireRobert Plant1[140]
November 11A Long Way From Your HeartThe Turnpike Troubadours1[141]
November 18TravellerChris Stapleton1
November 25From A Room: Volume 12
December 9Traveller2
December 23From A Room: Volume 26[142]
2018
January 27TravellerChris Stapleton2
February 10From A Room: Volume 23
March 3By the Way, I Forgive YouBrandi Carlile1[143]
March 10Nation of TwoVance Joy1[144]
March 17TravellerChris Stapleton1
March 24Tearing At the SeamsNathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats1[145]
March 31I'll Be Your GirlThe Decemberists1[146]
April 7TravellerChris Stapleton1
April 14Golden HourKacey Musgraves2[147]
April 28The Tree of ForgivenessJohn Prine1[148]
May 5Vide NoirLord Huron1[149]
May 12Last Man StandingWillie Nelson1[150]
May 19Good ThingLeon Bridges1[151]
May 26TravellerChris Stapleton1
June 2Tell Me How You Really FeelCourtney Barnett1[152]
June 9TravellerChris Stapleton1
June 16God's Favourite CustomerFather John Misty1[153]
June 23TravellerChris Stapleton2
July 7MagicBen Rector1[154]
July 14TravellerChris Stapleton4
August 11LifersCody Jinks1[155]
August 18TravellerChris Stapleton9
October 20Evening MachinesGregory Alan Isakov1[156]
October 27Look NowElvis Costello & the Imposters1[157]
November 3Live From the RymanJason Isbell & The 400 Unit1[158]
November 10TravellerChris Stapleton1
November 17Interstate GospelPistol Annies1[159]
November 24TravellerChris Stapleton1
December 1DeltaMumford & Sons3[160]
December 22Other People's StuffJohn Mellencamp1[161]
December 29DeltaMumford & Sons2
2019
January 12TravellerChris Stapleton6
February 23 Golden HourKacey Musgraves3
March 16Wasteland, Baby!Hozier4[162]
April 13TravellerChris Stapleton2
April 27Golden HourKacey Musgraves1
May 4TravellerChris Stapleton3
May 25Here Comes the CowboyMac Demarco1[163]
June 1Living MirageThe Head and the Heart1[164]
June 8TravellerChris Stapleton3
June 29Western StarsBruce Springsteen1[165]
July 6Ride Me Back HomeWillie Nelson1[166]
July 13TravellerChris Stapleton5
August 17Country SquireTyler Childers1[167]
August 24I,IBon Iver1[168]
August 31TravellerChris Stapleton2
September 14ThreadsSheryl Crow1[169]
September 21The HighwomanThe Highwomen1[170]
September 28IIIThe Lumineers1[171]
October 5JaimeBrittany Howard1[172]
October 12Whiskey MyersWhiskey Myers1[173]
October 19Ode to JoyWilco1[174]
October 26After the FireCody Jinks1[175]
November 2The Wanting1[176]
November 9ColoradoNeil Young/Crazy Horse1[177]
November 16Bob Dylan featuring Johnny Cash1[178]
November 23TravellerChris Stapleton2
December 7Thanks for the DanceLeonard Cohen1[179]
December 14TravellerChris Stapleton9

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Notes and References

  1. Chart references for Christmas in the Heart:
  2. Chart references for I and Love and You:
  3. Chart references for July Flame:
  4. Chart references for Downtown Church:
  5. Chart references for XOBC:
  6. Chart references for Sigh No More:
  7. Chart references for Have One on Me:
  8. Chart references for Volume 2:
  9. Chart references for Leave Your Sleep:
  10. Chart references for The Age of Miracles:
  11. Chart references for So Runs the World Away:
  12. Chart references for Love Is Strange:
  13. Chart references for In Person & On Stage:
  14. Chart references for Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows:
  15. Chart references for God Willin' and the Creek Don't Rise:
  16. Chart references for The Age of Adz:
  17. Chart references for The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964:
  18. Chart references for Kiss Each Other Clean:
  19. Chart references for Paper Airplane:
  20. Chart references for Helplessness Blues:
  21. Chart references for Ukulele Songs:
  22. Chart references for The Harrow & The Harvest:
  23. Chart references for A Very She & Him Christmas:
  24. Chart references for Cities 97 Sampler Vol. 23:
  25. Chart references for ¿Which Side Are You On?:
  26. Chart references for Chimes of Freedom:
  27. Chart references for Old Ideas:
  28. Chart references for Barton Hollow:
  29. Chart references for Voice of Ages:
  30. Chart references for Break It Yourself:
  31. Chart references for The Hunger Games:
  32. Chart references for Blessings:
  33. Chart references for Here:
  34. Chart references for Bear Creek:
  35. Chart references for +:
  36. Chart references for Rhythm and Repose:
  37. Chart references for The Lumineers:
  38. Chart references for Carry Me Back:
  39. Chart references for Tempest:
  40. Chart references for Babel:
  41. Chart references for Volume 3:
  42. Chart references for Fix Me Up:
  43. Chart references for The Hurry and the Harm:
  44. Chart references for Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros:
  45. Chart references for The Civil Wars:
  46. Chart references for Paradise Valley:
  47. Chart references for Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight:
  48. Chart references for From Here to Now to You:
  49. Chart references for Mountains of Sorrow, Rivers of Song:
  50. Chart references for Magpie and the Dandelion:
  51. Chart references for Let's Be Still:
  52. Chart references for All the Little Lights:
  53. Chart references for Shangri La:
  54. Chart references for Live at the Cellar Door:
  55. Chart references for Inside Llewyn Davis: Original Soundtrack Recording:
  56. Chart references for The River & the Thread:
  57. Chart references for A Dotted Line:
  58. Chart references for From Here to Now to You Live EP:
  59. Chart references for Supernova:
  60. Chart references for Upside Down Mountain:
  61. Chart references for A Letter Home:
  62. Chart references for Fire Within:
  63. Chart references for Whispers:
  64. Chart references for Mutineers:
  65. Chart references for Remedy:
  66. Chart references for CSNY 1974:
  67. Chart references for Wild Animals:
  68. Chart references for Swimmin' Time:
  69. Chart references for Songs from an Open Book:
  70. Chart references for Ryan Adams:
  71. Chart references for Popular Problems:
  72. Chart references for Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone:
  73. Chart references for Hozier:
  74. Chart references for rose ave.:
  75. Chart references for My Favorite Faded Fantasy:
  76. Chart references for Classics:
  77. Chart references for What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World:
  78. Chart references for Wanted on Voyage:
  79. Chart references for Shadows in the Night:
  80. Chart references for The Firewatcher's Daughter:
  81. Chart references for Tracker:
  82. Chart references for Sometimes I Sit and Think and Sometimes I Just Sit:
  83. Chart references for Carrie & Lowell:
  84. Chart references for Strange Trails:
  85. Chart references for Dark Bird is Home:
  86. Chart references for The Voice : The Complete Season Collection:
  87. Chart references for All Your Favorite Bands:
  88. Chart references for Beneath the Skin:
  89. Chart References for Before This World:
  90. Chart references for Something More Than Free:
  91. Chart references for Another One:
  92. Chart references for Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats:
  93. Chart references for Brand New:
  94. Chart references for Picking Up the Pieces:
  95. Chart references for Nineteen Eighty Nine:
  96. Chart references for If I Should Go Before You:
  97. Chart references for Sermon on the Rocks:
  98. Chart references for Divers:
  99. Chart references for The Bootleg Series, Vol. 12: 1965 - 1966, The Best Of The Cutting Edge:
  100. Chart references for Bluenote Café:
  101. Chart references for ONXRT: Live From the Archives, Volume 17:
  102. Chart references for Tomorrow Is My Turn:
  103. Chart references for Fifteen:
  104. Chart references for The Ghosts of Highway 20:
  105. Chart references for Chaos and the Calm:
  106. Chart references for Side Pony:
  107. Chart references for Dig In Deep:
  108. Chart references for Ouroboros:
  109. Chart references for You and I:
  110. Chart references for Southern Family:
  111. Chart references for Beautiful Lies:
  112. Chart references for Are You Serious:
  113. Chart references for Cleopatra:
  114. Chart references for A Sailors Guide to Earth:
  115. Chart references for Traveller:
  116. Chart references for Fallen Angels:
  117. Chart references for Stranger to Stranger:
  118. Chart references for Johannesburg (EP):
  119. Chart references for True Sadness:
  120. Chart references for Pure and Simple:
  121. Chart references for Signs of Light:
  122. Chart references for We're All Gonna Die:
  123. Chart references for 22, a Million:
  124. Chart references for Like an Arrow:
  125. Chart references for You Want It Darker:
  126. Chart references for The Search for Everything: Wave One:
  127. Chart references for Prisoner:
  128. Chart references for The Search for Everything: Wave Two:
  129. Chart references for Windy City:
  130. Chart references for Big Little Lies: Music From The HBO Limited Series:
  131. Chart references for Pure Comedy:
  132. Chart references for The Search for Everything:
  133. Chart references for Sad Clowns & Hillbillies:
  134. Chart references for From A Room: Volume 1:
  135. Chart references for The Nashville Sound:
  136. Chart references for Beast Epic:
  137. Chart references for All the Light Above It Too:
  138. Chart references for Southern Blood:
  139. Chart references for Roll With The Punches:
  140. Chart references for Carry Fire:
  141. Chart references for A Long Way From Your Heart:
  142. Chart references for From A Room Volume 2:
  143. Chart references for By the Way, I Forgive You:
  144. Chart references for Nation of Two:
  145. Chart references for Tearing At The Seams:
  146. Chart references for I'll Be Your Girl:
  147. Chart references for Golden Hour:
  148. Chart references for The Tree of Forgiveness:
  149. Chart references for Vide Noir:
  150. Chart references for Last Man Standing:
  151. Chart references for Good Thing:
  152. Chart references for Tell Me How You really Feel:
  153. Chart references for God's Favourite Customer:
  154. Chart references for Magic:
  155. Chart references for Lifers:
  156. Chart references for Evening Machines:
  157. Chart references for Look Now:
  158. Chart references for Live From the Ryman:
  159. Chart references for Interstate Gospel:
  160. Chart references for Delta:
  161. Chart references for Other People's Stuff:
  162. Chart references for Wasteland, Baby
  163. Chart references for Here Comes the Cowboy:
  164. Chart references for Living Mirage:
  165. Chart references for Western Stars:
  166. Chart references for Ride Me Back Home:
  167. Chart references for Country Squire:
  168. Chart references for I,I:
  169. Chart references for Threads:
  170. Chart references for The Highwoman:
  171. Chart references for III:
  172. Chart references for Jaime:
  173. Chart references for Whiskey Myers:
  174. Chart references for Ode to Joy:
  175. Chart references for After the Fire:
  176. Chart references for The Wanting:
  177. Chart references for Colorado:
  178. Chart references for The Bootleg Series Vol. 15: Travelin' Thru, 1967–1969:
  179. Chart references for Thanks For The Dance:

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