List of Top Country Albums number ones of 2015 explained

Top Country Albums is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music albums in the United States, published by Billboard. In 2015, 23 different albums topped the chart; placings were based on electronic point of sale data from retail outlets.[1]

Luke Bryan was the only act to achieve more than one number one in 2015. In the spring he spent three weeks in the top spot with Spring Break...Checkin' Out, the last in a series of spring break-themed releases released by Bryan since 2009.[2] It included five new tracks as well as the six tracks from the 2014 EP Spring Break 6...Like We Ain't Ever. Bryan returned to the top spot in August with the album Kill the Lights, which spent eight weeks atop the chart, tying for the most weeks spent at number one by an album with Montevallo, the debut album by Sam Hunt. Bryan's total of 11 weeks at number one was the most achieved by any act during the year and Kill the Lights had the longest unbroken run in the top spot of 2015 with its initial spell of five weeks in the peak position.

Several acts topped the chart for the first time in 2015, beginning with the band Blackberry Smoke in the issue of Billboard dated February 28.[3] The following week Aaron Watson entered the chart at number one with The Underdog. It gave the singer his first chart-topper more than ten years after he released his debut album, and was the first self-released and independently distributed album by a male soloist to enter at number one in the chart's history.[4] [5] In July, Easton Corbin reached the top of the chart for the first time with About to Get Real,[6] and the following month Something More Than Free was the first number one for Jason Isbell.[7] In the fall, Brett Eldredge, Chris Stapleton and Chris Young made their first appearances in the top spot with Illinois, Traveller and I'm Comin' Over respectively.[8] [9] [10] In contrast to the various acts topping the chart for the first time, George Strait gained his 26th number one with Cold Beer Conversation,[11] and country music veterans Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard, both of whom had been achieving number ones for more than 40 years,[12] spent a week in the top spot with the collaborative album Django and Jimmie; Haggard would die less than a year later, in April of the following year.[13]

Chart history

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scope=rowMan Against Machine[14]
scope=row[15]
scope=rowOld Boots, New Dirt[16]
scope=rowMan Against Machine[17]
scope=rowMontevallo[18]
scope=row[19]
scope=row[20]
scope=row[21]
scope=rowHolding All the RosesBlackberry Smoke[22]
scope=row[23]
scope=rowMontevallo[24]
scope=row[25]
scope=rowSpring Break...Checkin' Out[26]
scope=row[27]
scope=row[28]
scope=rowSouthern Style[29]
scope=row[30]
scope=rowLove Somebody[31]
scope=row[32]
scope=rowJekyll + Hyde[33]
scope=row[34]
scope=row[35]
scope=rowJust as I Am[36]
scope=rowJekyll + Hyde[37]
scope=rowDjango and Jimmie and Merle Haggard[38]
scope=rowNow That's What I Call Country Volume 8Various Artists[39]
scope=rowJekyll + Hyde[40]
scope=rowPageant Material[41]
scope=rowAbout to Get Real[42]
scope=row[43]
scope=rowMontevallo[44]
scope=rowSomething More Than Free[45]
scope=rowAngels and Alcohol[46]
scope=rowMontevallo[47]
scope=rowKill the Lights[48]
scope=row[49]
scope=row[50]
scope=row[51]
scope=row[52]
scope=rowIllinois[53]
scope=rowKill the Lights[54]
scope=rowCass County[55]
scope=rowCold Beer Conversation[56]
scope=rowKill the Lights[57]
scope=row[58]
scope=rowStoryteller[59]
scope=rowTraveller[60]
scope=row[61]
scope=rowI'm Comin' Over[62]
scope=rowTraveller[63]
scope=rowStoryteller[64]
scope=rowTraveller[65]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Billboard's Genre Album Charts Will Now Incorporate Streams & Track Sales. Billboard. January 26, 2017. April 6, 2020.
  2. Web site: Luke Bryan Announces Details for Final Spring Break EP. Sterling. Whitaker. February 5, 2015. Taste of Country. Townsquare Media. April 14, 2020.
  3. Blackberry Smoke's 'Roses' Blooms at No. 1 on Top Country Albums. February 19, 2015. Wade. Jessen. Billboard. April 14, 2020.
  4. Web site: Aaron Watson Makes Billboard History With 'The Underdog'. Gayle. Thompson. The Boot. Townsquare Media. March 2, 2015. April 14, 2020.
  5. Web site: Aaron Watson Biography & History. Mark. Deming. AllMusic. April 14, 2020.
  6. Web site: Easton Corbin Just Got Real: 'About to Get Real' Debuts at No. 1. Taste of Country. Townsquare Media. Laura. McClellan. July 10, 2015. April 14, 2020.
  7. Web site: Jason Isbell grateful for the people in his life. Gulf Times. Geoffrey . Rowlands. July 11, 2017. April 14, 2020.
  8. Web site: Brett Eldredge picks up fifth straight number one hit single. https://web.archive.org/web/20160805123431/https://www.axs.com/news/brett-eldredge-picks-up-fifth-straight-number-one-hit-single-87904. dead. 2016-08-05. Shawn S.. Lealos. AXS TV. April 2, 2016. April 14, 2020.
  9. Web site: Chris Young learns of new number one on 'Today' show. https://web.archive.org/web/20170611104826/https://www.axs.com/news/chris-young-learns-of-new-number-one-on-today-show-88569. dead. 2017-06-11. Shawn S.. Lealos. AXS TV. November 18, 2015. April 14, 2020.
  10. Chris Stapleton Chart History. April 14, 2020. Billboard.
  11. Brett Eldredge Wins With 'Lose' on Airplay Chart; George Strait Earns 26th No. 1 Album. October 13, 2015. April 14, 2020. Billboard.
  12. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Joel Whitburn Presents Hot Country Albums: Billboard 1964 to 2007. Record Research, Incorporated. 2008. 9780898201734. 106, 175.
  13. Merle Haggard, Country Legend, Dead at 79. Patrick. Doyle. April 6, 2016. April 14, 2020. Rolling Stone.
  14. Country Albums chart for January 3, 2015. Billboard. December 25, 2014.
  15. Country Albums chart for January 10, 2015. Billboard. January 1, 2015.
  16. Country Albums chart for January 17, 2015. Billboard. January 8, 2015.
  17. Country Albums chart for January 24, 2015. Billboard. January 15, 2015.
  18. Country Albums chart for January 31, 2015. Billboard. January 22, 2015.
  19. Country Albums chart for February 7, 2015. Billboard. January 29, 2015.
  20. Country Albums chart for February 14, 2015. Billboard. February 5, 2015.
  21. Country Albums chart for February 21, 2015. Billboard. February 12, 2015.
  22. Country Albums chart for February 28, 2015. Billboard. February 19, 2015.
  23. Country Albums chart for March 7, 2015. Billboard. February 26, 2015.
  24. Country Albums chart for March 14, 2015. Billboard. March 5, 2015.
  25. Country Albums chart for March 21, 2015. Billboard. March 12, 2015.
  26. Country Albums chart for March 28, 2015. Billboard. March 19, 2015.
  27. Country Albums chart for April 4, 2015. Billboard. March 26, 2015.
  28. Country Albums chart for April 11, 2015. Billboard. April 2, 2015.
  29. Country Albums chart for April 18, 2015. Billboard. April 9, 2015.
  30. Country Albums chart for April 25, 2015. Billboard. April 16, 2015.
  31. Country Albums chart for May 2, 2015. Billboard. April 23, 2015.
  32. Country Albums chart for May 9, 2015. Billboard. April 30, 2015.
  33. Country Albums chart for May 16, 2015. Billboard. May 7, 2015.
  34. Country Albums chart for May 23, 2015. Billboard. May 14, 2015.
  35. Country Albums chart for May 30, 2015. Billboard. May 21, 2015.
  36. Country Albums chart for June 6, 2015. Billboard. May 28, 2015.
  37. Country Albums chart for June 13, 2015. Billboard. June 4, 2015.
  38. Country Albums chart for June 20, 2015. Billboard. June 11, 2015.
  39. Country Albums chart for June 27, 2015. Billboard. June 18, 2015.
  40. Country Albums chart for July 4, 2015. Billboard. June 25, 2015.
  41. Country Albums chart for July 11, 2015. Billboard. July 2, 2015.
  42. Country Albums chart for July 18, 2015. Billboard. July 9, 2015.
  43. Country Albums chart for July 25, 2015. Billboard. July 14, 2015.
  44. Country Albums chart for August 1, 2015. Billboard. July 21, 2015.
  45. Country Albums chart for August 8, 2015. Billboard. July 28, 2015.
  46. Country Albums chart for August 15, 2015. Billboard. August 4, 2015.
  47. Country Albums chart for August 22, 2015. Billboard. August 11, 2015.
  48. Country Albums chart for August 29, 2015. Billboard. August 19, 2015.
  49. Country Albums chart for September 5, 2015. Billboard. August 25, 2015.
  50. Country Albums chart for September 12, 2015. Billboard. September 1, 2015.
  51. Country Albums chart for September 19, 2015. Billboard. September 9, 2015.
  52. Country Albums chart for September 26, 2015. Billboard. September 16, 2015.
  53. Country Albums chart for October 3, 2015. Billboard. September 22, 2015.
  54. Country Albums chart for October 10, 2015. Billboard. September 29, 2015.
  55. Country Albums chart for October 17, 2015. Billboard. October 6, 2015.
  56. Country Albums chart for October 24, 2015. Billboard. October 13, 2015.
  57. Country Albums chart for October 31, 2015. Billboard. October 20, 2015.
  58. Country Albums chart for November 7, 2015. Billboard. October 27, 2015.
  59. Country Albums chart for November 14, 2015. Billboard. November 3, 2015.
  60. Country Albums chart for November 21, 2015. Billboard. November 10, 2015.
  61. Country Albums chart for November 28, 2015. Billboard. November 17, 2015.
  62. Country Albums chart for December 5, 2015. Billboard. November 24, 2015.
  63. Country Albums chart for December 12, 2015. Billboard. December 1, 2015.
  64. Country Albums chart for December 19, 2015. Billboard. December 8, 2015.
  65. Country Albums chart for December 26, 2015. Billboard. December 15, 2015.

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