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

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.

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.

Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Weeks at
number one		Ref.
2020
February 15The UnravelingDrive-By Truckers1[3]
February 22Texas Sun EPKhruangbin & Leon Bridges1[4]
February 29TravellerChris Stapleton2[5]
March 14American StandardJames Taylor3[6]
April 4TravellerChris Stapleton2
April 18John PrineJohn Prine1[7]
April 25TravellerChris Stapleton5
May 30ReunionsJason Isbell and the 400 Unit1[8]
June 6TravellerChris Stapleton1
June 13Life on the Flip SideJimmy Buffett1[9]
June 20TravellerChris Stapleton2
July 4Rough and Rowdy WaysBob Dylan2[10]
July 18First Rose of SpringWillie Nelson1[11]
July 25TravellerChris Stapleton1
August 1GaslighterThe Chicks3[12]
August 22TravellerChris Stapleton2
September 5Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once WasBright Eyes1[13]
September 12TravellerChris Stapleton3
October 3Long Violent HistoryTyler Childers1[14]
October 10TravellerChris Stapleton3
October 31Sturgill Simpson1[15]
November 7Letter to YouBruce Springsteen3[16]
November 28Starting OverChris Stapleton8[17]
2021
January 23Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook, Vol. IBarry Gibb and Friends1[18]
January 30Starting OverChris Stapleton6
March 13Little OblivionsJulien Baker1[19]
March 20Starting OverChris Stapleton2
April 3ShoreFleet Foxes1[20]
April 10Starting OverChris Stapleton1
April 17Sturgill Simpson1[21]
April 24Starting OverChris Stapleton4
May 22The Marfa TapesJack Ingram, Miranda Lambert and Jon Randall1[22]
May 29Delta KreamThe Black Keys1[23]
June 5Long LostLord Huron1[24]
June 12You Hear GeorgiaBlackberry Smoke1[25]
June 19Starting OverChris Stapleton2
July 3TravellerChris Stapleton4
July 31Sob RockJohn Mayer1[26]
August 7Gold-Diggers SoundLeon Bridges1[27]
August 14Sob RockJohn Mayer1
August 21TravellerChris Stapleton1
August 28Pressure MachineThe Killers1[28]
September 4The Ballad of Dood and JuanitaSturgill Simpson1[29]
September 11TravellerChris Stapleton2
September 25Star-CrossedKacey Musgraves3[30]
October 16In These Silent DaysBrandi Carlile1[31]
October 23Starting OverChris Stapleton5
November 27TravellerChris Stapleton1
December 4Raise the RoofRobert Plant and Alison Krauss1[32]
December 11Starting OverChris Stapleton2
December 25BarnNeil Young and Crazy Horse1[33]
2022
January 1TravellerChris Stapleton1
January 8Starting OverChris Stapleton3
January 29BrightsideThe Lumineers1[34]
February 5TravellerChris Stapleton3
February 26Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in YouBig Thief1[35]
March 5Texas MoonKhruangbin & Leon Bridges1[36]
March 12The Ballad of Dood and JuanitaSturgill Simpson1[37]
March 19Run, Rose, RunDolly Parton1[38]
March 26TravellerChris Stapleton3
April 16Starting OverChris Stapleton1
April 23Chloë and the Next 20th CenturyFather John Misty1[39]
April 30Starting OverChris Stapleton1
May 7Just Like That...Bonnie Raitt1[40]
May 14Starting OverChris Stapleton2
May 28Dropout BoogieThe Black Keys1[41]
June 4American HeartbreakZach Bryan10[42]
August 6Entering Heaven AliveJack White1[43]
August 13American HeartbreakZach Bryan34
2023
April 15The RecordBoygenius1[44]
April 22American HeartbreakZach Bryan9
June 24Stick SeasonNoah Kahan2[45]
July 8American HeartbreakZach Bryan8
September 2Unreal UnearthHozier1[46]
September 9Zach BryanZach Bryan5[47]
October 14Autumn VariationsEd Sheeran1[48]
October 21Zach BryanZach Bryan4
November 18Equal Strain on All PartsJimmy Buffett1[49]
November 25HigherChris Stapleton1[50]
December 2Zach BryanZach Bryan2
December 16Stick SeasonNoah Kahan1
December 23Zach BryanZach Bryan1
December 30Stick SeasonNoah Kahan13
2024
March 30Deeper WellKacey Musgraves1[51]
April 6Stick SeasonNoah Kahan1
April 13Cowboy CarterBeyoncé6[52]
May 25Stick SeasonNoah Kahan3
June 15Where I've Been, Isn't Where I'm GoingShaboozey1[53]
June 22Stick SeasonNoah Kahan2
July 6Where I've Been, Isn't Where I'm GoingShaboozey2
July 20The Great American Bar SceneZach Bryan6[54]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Chart Beat Thursday: John Mayer, Folk Albums, David Guetta. Gary . Trust . November 26, 2009. January 29, 2013 . Billboard.
  2. Billboard Introduces Americana/Folk Albums Chart. Billboard Staff. May 17, 2016. September 29, 2016 . Billboard.
  3. Chart references for The Unraveling:
  4. Chart references for Texas Sun EP:
  5. 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. 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. 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:
  38. Chart references for Run, Rose, Run:
  39. Chart references for Chloë and the Next 20th Century:
  40. Chart references for Just Like That:
  41. Chart references for Dropout Boogie:
  42. Chart references for American Heartbreak:
  43. Chart references for Entering Heaven Alive:
  44. Chart references for The Record:
  45. Chart references for Stick Season:
  46. Chart references for Unreal Unearth:
  47. Chart references for Zach Bryan:
  48. Chart references for Autumn Variations:
  49. Chart references for Equal Strain on All Parts:
  50. Chart references for Higher:
  51. Chart references for Deeper Well:
  52. Chart references for Cowboy Carter:
  53. Chart references for Where I've Been, Isn't Where I'm Going:
  54. Chart references for The Great American Bar Scene:

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