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List of Top Country Albums number ones of 2020

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.

Musicians The Chicks
The Chicks reached number one with Gaslighter, their first new album since 2006 and their first since they changed their name from the Dixie Chicks.

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.[4] The compilation album was the first number-one country album for Rogers since 1986.[5] 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.[6]

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.[7][8] 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.[9][10] 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.[11][12] The year's final chart-topper was the Christmas album My Gift by Carrie Underwood.[13] 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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Singer and actor Burl Ives spent a week at number one in January, nearly 25 years after he died.
 
Luke Combs dominated the top of the chart in 2020, spending more than half of the year at number one.
 
Kenny Rogers topped the chart shortly after he died in March.
 
Carrie Underwood ended the year at number one with her holiday album My Gift.
Issue date Title Artist(s) Ref.
January 4 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Burl Ives [14]
January 11 What You See Is What You Get Luke Combs [15]
January 18 [16]
January 25 [17]
February 1 Nightfall Little Big Town [18]
February 8 What You See Is What You Get Luke Combs [19]
February 15 [20]
February 22 [21]
February 29 [22]
March 7 [23]
March 14 [24]
March 21 [25]
March 28 [26]
April 4 The Best of Kenny Rogers: Through the Years Kenny Rogers [4]
April 11 What You See Is What You Get Luke Combs [27]
April 18 Southside Sam Hunt [28]
April 25 [29]
May 2 What You See Is What You Get Luke Combs [30]
May 9 [31]
May 16 Here and Now Kenny Chesney [32]
May 23 What You See Is What You Get Luke Combs [33]
May 30 Reunions Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit [34]
June 6 What You See Is What You Get Luke Combs [35]
June 13 Life on the Flip Side Jimmy Buffett [36]
June 20 What You See Is What You Get Luke Combs [37]
June 27 [38]
July 4 [39]
July 11 [40]
July 18 [41]
July 25 [42]
August 1 Gaslighter The Chicks [43]
August 8 [44]
August 15 If I Know Me Morgan Wallen [45]
August 22 Born Here Live Here Die Here Luke Bryan [46]
August 29 If I Know Me Morgan Wallen [47]
September 5 Here on Earth Tim McGraw [48]
September 12 What You See Is What You Get Luke Combs [49]
September 19 [50]
September 26 [51]
October 3 The Speed of Now Part 1 Keith Urban [52]
October 10 My Gift Carrie Underwood [53]
October 17 A Holly Dolly Christmas Dolly Parton [54]
October 24 What You See Is What You Get Luke Combs [55]
October 31 [56]
November 7 [57]
November 14 [58]
November 21 [59]
November 28 Starting Over Chris Stapleton [60]
December 5 What You See Is What You Get Luke Combs [61]
December 12 My Gift Carrie Underwood [62]
December 19 [63]
December 26 [64]

See also

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References

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  2. ^ Ruhlmann, William. "Burl Ives Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
  3. ^ Vinopal, David. "Kenny Rogers Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
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  6. ^ Caulfield, Keith (November 1, 2020). "Luke Combs' 'What You See Is What You Get' Back at No. 1 on Billboard 200, Sets New Streaming Record". Billboard. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
  7. ^ Deming, Mark. "Morgan Wallen Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
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  10. ^ "Dixie Chicks Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
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  13. ^ Daniell, Mark (December 17, 2020). "Carrie Underwood sings holiday classics on 'My Gift': 'Christmas is needed now more than ever'". Toronto Sun. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
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  21. ^ "Country Albums chart for February 22, 2020". Billboard. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
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  26. ^ "Country Albums chart for March 28, 2020". Billboard. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
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  28. ^ "Country Albums chart for April 18, 2020". Billboard. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
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  32. ^ "Country Albums chart for May 16, 2020". Billboard. 2 January 2013. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  33. ^ "Country Albums chart for May 23, 2020". Billboard. 2 January 2013. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  34. ^ "Country Albums chart for May 30, 2020". Billboard. 2 January 2013. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  35. ^ "Country Albums chart for June 6, 2020". Billboard. 2 January 2013. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  36. ^ "Country Albums chart for June 13, 2020". Billboard. 2 January 2013. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
  37. ^ "Country Albums chart for June 20, 2020". Billboard. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  38. ^ "Country Albums chart for June 27, 2020". Billboard. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  39. ^ "Country Albums chart for July 4, 2020". Billboard. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  40. ^ "Country Albums chart for July 11, 2020". Billboard. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
  41. ^ "Country Albums chart for July 18, 2020". Billboard. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
  42. ^ "Country Albums chart for July 25, 2020". Billboard. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
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  46. ^ "Country Albums chart for August 22, 2020". Billboard. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
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  51. ^ "Country Albums chart for September 26, 2020". Billboard. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
  52. ^ "Country Albums chart for October 3, 2020". Billboard. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  53. ^ "Country Albums chart for October 10, 2020". Billboard. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
  54. ^ "Country Albums chart for October 17, 2020". Billboard. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  55. ^ "Country Albums chart for October 24, 2020". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
  56. ^ "Country Albums chart for October 31, 2020". Billboard. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  57. ^ "Country Albums chart for November 7, 2020". Billboard. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
  58. ^ "Country Albums chart for November 14, 2020". Billboard. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  59. ^ "Country Albums chart for November 21, 2020". Billboard. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  60. ^ "Country Albums chart for November 28, 2020". Billboard. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
  61. ^ "Country Albums chart for December 05, 2020". Billboard. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  62. ^ "Country Albums chart for December 12, 2020". Billboard. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
  63. ^ "Country Albums chart for December 19, 2020". Billboard. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  64. ^ "Country Albums chart for December 26, 2020". Billboard. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
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