List of Top Country Albums number ones of 2020 explained

Top Country Albums is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music albums in the United States, published by Billboard. In 2020, 16 different albums topped the chart, based on multi-metric consumption, blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming equivalent albums.

In the issue of Billboard dated January 4, Burl Ives topped the chart with Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, the soundtrack album of the 1964 Rankin/Bass television special of the same name. It was the first number-one country album for Ives,[1] a musician and Academy Award-winning actor who had died in 1995.[2] It was the first of two posthumous chart-toppers in 2020; Kenny Rogers, who died on March 20,[3] entered the chart at number one in the issue dated April 4 with The Best of Kenny Rogers: Through the Years. The compilation album was the first number-one country album for Rogers since 1986.[4] Beginning with the January 11 issue, the number-one position was dominated in 2020 by Luke Combs, who spent 31 weeks in the top spot during the year with his album What You See Is What You Get; no other act spent more than four weeks at number one. Combs's album also topped the all-genre Billboard 200 albums chart in November following the release of a deluxe edition with additional tracks; in the first week after that release the album set a new streaming record for a country music album.[5]

One act topped the chart for the first time in 2020: Morgan Wallen spent two non-consecutive weeks in the top spot with his debut full-length album If I Know Me.[6] [7] Two acts each reached number one for the first time since 2006: Jimmy Buffett with Life on the Flip Side and the Chicks with Gaslighter.[8] [9] The latter album was the all-female trio's first album of new material for fourteen years and their first since they changed their name from the Dixie Chicks.[10] [11] The year's final chart-topper was the Christmas album My Gift by Carrie Underwood.[12] Having spent a single week at number one in October, it returned to the peak position in the issue of Billboard dated December 12 and stayed there for the remainder of the year. It was one of two holiday albums to top the chart in 2020, along with A Holly Dolly Christmas by veteran country star Dolly Parton.

Chart history

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scope=row NightfallLittle Big Town[17]
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scope=row Southside[28]
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scope=row Here and Now[32]
scope=row What You See Is What You Get[33]
scope=row Reunions and the 400 Unit[34]
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scope=row Life on the Flip Side[36]
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scope=row Gaslighter[43]
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scope=row If I Know Me[45]
scope=row Born Here Live Here Die Here[46]
scope=row If I Know Me[47]
scope=row Here on Earth[48]
scope=row What You See Is What You Get[49]
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scope=row My Gift[53]
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scope=row What You See Is What You Get[55]
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scope=row Starting Over[60]
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scope=row My Gift[62]
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See also

Notes and References

  1. Burl Ives Chart History: Top Country Albums. Billboard. April 28, 2021.
  2. Web site: Burl Ives Biography & History. AllMusic. William. Ruhlmann. April 28, 2021.
  3. Web site: Kenny Rogers Biography & History. AllMusic. David. Vinopal. April 28, 2021.
  4. Web site: Kenny Rogers Lands No. 1 Country Album for First Time Since. Philip. Trapp. Taste of Country. Townsquare Media. April 1, 2020. April 28, 2021.
  5. Luke Combs' 'What You See Is What You Get' Back at No. 1 on Billboard 200, Sets New Streaming Record. April 28, 2021. November 1, 2020. Keith. Caulfield. Billboard.
  6. Web site: Morgan Wallen Biography & History. AllMusic. Mark. Deming. April 28, 2021.
  7. Morgan Wallen Chart History. Billboard. April 28, 2021.
  8. Jimmy Buffett Chart History. Billboard. April 29, 2021.
  9. Dixie Chicks Chart History. Billboard. April 29, 2021.
  10. Web site: Willman. Chris. June 25, 2020. Dixie Chicks Officially Change Name to 'The Chicks'. Variety. April 29, 2021.
  11. News: The 'Dixie' is gone. The Chicks are forever.. The Washington Post. Emily. Yahr. July 16, 2020. April 29, 2021.
  12. News: Carrie Underwood sings holiday classics on 'My Gift': 'Christmas is needed now more than ever'. Mark. Daniell. Toronto Sun. December 17, 2020. April 29, 2021.
  13. Country Albums chart for January 4, 2020. Billboard. December 31, 2019.
  14. Country Albums chart for January 11, 2020. Billboard. January 7, 2020.
  15. Country Albums chart for January 18, 2020. Billboard. January 14, 2020.
  16. Country Albums chart for January 25, 2020. Billboard. January 23, 2020.
  17. Country Albums chart for February 1, 2020. Billboard. January 28, 2020.
  18. Country Albums chart for February 8, 2020. Billboard. February 4, 2020.
  19. Country Albums chart for February 15, 2020. Billboard. February 25, 2020.
  20. Country Albums chart for February 22, 2020. Billboard. February 25, 2020.
  21. Country Albums chart for February 29, 2020. Billboard. February 25, 2020.
  22. Country Albums chart for March 7, 2020. Billboard. March 3, 2020.
  23. Country Albums chart for March 14, 2020. Billboard. March 10, 2020.
  24. Country Albums chart for March 21, 2020. Billboard. March 18, 2020.
  25. Country Albums chart for March 28, 2020. Billboard. March 25, 2020.
  26. Country Albums chart for April 4, 2020. Billboard. March 31, 2020.
  27. Country Albums chart for April 11, 2020. Billboard. April 8, 2020.
  28. Country Albums chart for April 18, 2020. Billboard. April 15, 2020.
  29. Country Albums chart for April 25, 2020. Billboard. May 7, 2020.
  30. Country Albums chart for May 2, 2020. Billboard. May 7, 2020.
  31. Country Albums chart for May 9, 2020. Billboard. 2 January 2013. May 7, 2020.
  32. Country Albums chart for May 16, 2020. Billboard. 2 January 2013. May 12, 2020.
  33. Country Albums chart for May 23, 2020. Billboard. 2 January 2013. May 19, 2020.
  34. Country Albums chart for May 30, 2020. Billboard. 2 January 2013. May 27, 2020.
  35. Country Albums chart for June 6, 2020. Billboard. 2 January 2013. June 3, 2020.
  36. Country Albums chart for June 13, 2020. Billboard. 2 January 2013. June 11, 2020.
  37. Country Albums chart for June 20, 2020. Billboard. June 25, 2020.
  38. Country Albums chart for June 27, 2020. Billboard. June 25, 2020.
  39. Country Albums chart for July 4, 2020. Billboard. June 30, 2020.
  40. Country Albums chart for July 11, 2020. Billboard. July 7, 2020.
  41. Country Albums chart for July 18, 2020. Billboard. July 14, 2020.
  42. Country Albums chart for July 25, 2020. Billboard. July 21, 2020.
  43. Country Albums chart for August 1, 2020. Billboard. July 29, 2020.
  44. Country Albums chart for August 8, 2020. Billboard. August 4, 2020.
  45. Country Albums chart for August 15, 2020. Billboard. August 11, 2020.
  46. Country Albums chart for August 22, 2020. Billboard. August 18, 2020.
  47. Country Albums chart for August 29, 2020. Billboard. August 25, 2020.
  48. Country Albums chart for September 5, 2020. Billboard. September 1, 2020.
  49. Country Albums chart for September 12, 2020. Billboard. September 9, 2020.
  50. Country Albums chart for September 19, 2020. Billboard. September 15, 2020.
  51. Country Albums chart for September 26, 2020. Billboard. September 22, 2020.
  52. Country Albums chart for October 3, 2020. Billboard. September 29, 2020.
  53. Country Albums chart for October 10, 2020. Billboard. October 6, 2020.
  54. Country Albums chart for October 17, 2020. Billboard. October 13, 2020.
  55. Country Albums chart for October 24, 2020. Billboard. October 20, 2020.
  56. Country Albums chart for October 31, 2020. Billboard. October 27, 2020.
  57. Country Albums chart for November 7, 2020. Billboard. November 3, 2020.
  58. Country Albums chart for November 14, 2020. Billboard. November 10, 2020.
  59. Country Albums chart for November 21, 2020. Billboard. November 17, 2020.
  60. Country Albums chart for November 28, 2020. Billboard. November 24, 2020.
  61. Country Albums chart for December 05, 2020. Billboard. December 1, 2020.
  62. Country Albums chart for December 12, 2020. Billboard. December 8, 2020.
  63. Country Albums chart for December 19, 2020. Billboard. December 15, 2020.
  64. Country Albums chart for December 26, 2020. Billboard. December 22, 2020.

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