List of UK Country Albums Chart number ones of 2024 explained

These are the Official Charts Company's UK Country Albums Chart number ones of 2024. 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 5 January, Taylor Swift's re-recording of her 2008 album Fearless spent it's 37th non-consecutive week at number one, and remained in the top spot for the first four weeks of the year, before being displaced by Sarah Jarosz's seventh album Polaroid Lovers. Swift then returned to number one for one week, and was followed by Chains & Stakes by The Dead South, which spent two consecutive weeks at number one. Kacey Musgraves' Deeper Well also spent two consecutive weeks at number one after premiering on the chart on 22 March. Immediately following its release, Cowboy Carter by Beyoncé debuted in the top spot on 5 April and became the first album by an African American woman to reach number one on the UK Country Albums Chart, remaining at number one for eleven consecutive weeks before eventually being overtaken by Luke Combs' fifth album Fathers & Sons and then Songwriter, the fifth posthumous album by Johnny Cash and his seventh UK number one overall. Swift then reclaimed the top spot for another two weeks.

The current number one album is Stampede by Orville Peck.

Chart history

Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record labelRef.
5 JanuaryFearless (Taylor's Version)Taylor SwiftEMI[1]
12 January[2]
19 January[3]
26 January[4]
2 FebruaryPolaroid LoversSarah JaroszRounder[5]
9 FebruaryFearless (Taylor's Version)Taylor SwiftEMI[6]
16 FebruaryChains & StakesThe Dead SouthSix Shooter[7]
23 February[8]
1 MarchFearless (Taylor's Version)Taylor SwiftEMI[9]
8 March[10]
15 March[11]
22 MarchDeeper WellKacey MusgravesInterscope[12]
29 March[13]
5 AprilCowboy CarterBeyoncéColumbia/Parkwood Ent.[14]
12 April[15]
19 April[16]
26 April[17]
3 May[18]
10 May[19]
17 May[20]
24 May[21]
31 May[22]
7 June[23]
14 June[24]
21 JuneFathers & SonsLuke CombsSony[25]
28 June[26]
5 JulySongwriterJohnny CashEMI[27]
12 July[28]
19 July[29]
26 JulyFearless (Taylor's Version)Taylor Swift[30]
2 August[31]
9 AugustStampedeOrville PeckWarner Records[32]
16 August[33]

Most weeks at number one

scope=colWeeks at number onescope=colArtist
11Beyoncé
10Taylor Swift
3Johnny Cash
2The Dead South
Kacey Musgraves
Luke Combs
Orville Peck

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 5th January 2024. 5 January 2024. Official Charts Company. London.
  2. Web site: 12th January 2024. 12 January 2024. Official Charts Company. London.
  3. Web site: 19th January 2024. 19 January 2024. Official Charts Company. London.
  4. Web site: 26th January 2024. 26 January 2024. Official Charts Company. London.
  5. Web site: 2nd February 2024. 2 February 2024. Official Charts Company. London.
  6. Web site: 9th February 2024. 9 February 2024. Official Charts Company. London.
  7. Web site: 16th February 2024. 16 February 2024. Official Charts Company. London.
  8. Web site: 23rd February 2024. 23 February 2024. Official Charts Company. London.
  9. Web site: 1st March 2024. 1 March 2024. Official Charts Company. London.
  10. Web site: 8th March 2024. 8 March 2024. Official Charts Company. London.
  11. Web site: 15th March 2024. 15 March 2024. Official Charts Company. London.
  12. Web site: 22nd March 2024. 22 March 2024. Official Charts Company. London.
  13. Web site: 29th March 2024. 29 March 2024. Official Charts Company. London.
  14. Web site: 5th April 2024. 5 April 2024. Official Charts Company. London.
  15. Web site: 12th April 2024. 12 April 2024. Official Charts Company. London.
  16. Web site: 19th April 2024. 19 April 2024. Official Charts Company. London.
  17. Web site: 26th April 2024. 26 April 2024. Official Charts Company. London.
  18. Web site: 3rd May 2024. 3 May 2024. Official Charts Company. London.
  19. Web site: 10th May 2024. 10 May 2024. Official Charts Company. London.
  20. Web site: 17th May 2024. 17 May 2024. Official Charts Company. London.
  21. Web site: 24th May 2024. 24 May 2024. Official Charts Company. London.
  22. Web site: 31st May 2024. 31 May 2024. Official Charts Company. London.
  23. Web site: 7th June 2024. 7 June 2024. Official Charts Company. London.
  24. Web site: 14th June 2024. 14 June 2024. Official Charts Company. London.
  25. Web site: 21st June 2024. 21 June 2024. Official Charts Company. London.
  26. Web site: 28th June 2024. 28 June 2024. Official Charts Company. London.
  27. Web site: 5 July 2024. 5 July 2024. Official Charts Company. London.
  28. Web site: 12th July 2024. 12 July 2024. Official Charts Company. London.
  29. Web site: 19th July 2024. 19 July 2024. Official Charts Company. London.
  30. Web site: 26th July 2024. 26 July 2024. Official Charts Company. London.
  31. Web site: 2nd August 2024. 2 August 2024. Official Charts Company. London.
  32. Web site: 9th August 2024. 9 August 2024. Official Charts Company. London.
  33. Web site: 16th August 2024. 16 August 2024. Official Charts Company. London.