List of UK Country Albums Chart number ones of 2021

These are the Official Charts Company's UK Country Albums Chart number ones of 2021. 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.

Singer Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift spent a leading sixteen weeks at number one throughout 2021 with the re-recording of her 2008 album Fearless.

In the iteration of the chart dated 1 January, Starting Over by Chris Stapleton spent it's sixth week at number one, and would remain there for a seventh week before being displaced by Morgan Wallen's Dangerous: The Double Album, which went on to hold the top spot for six consecutive weeks throughout January and February. Following this, Florida Georgia Line earned their first UK Country chart topper with Life Rolls On, the duo's final album before officially disbanding in 2022. Starting Over would then return to the chart peak in March for an eight and, to date, final week. Steve Earle achieved his eleventh number one album with J.T., a tribute to Earle's son Justin who passed away in 2020. Taylor Swift released Fearless (Taylor's Version), her highly anticipated re-recording of her second album Fearless, on 9 April and it immediately debuted atop the chart, remaining there for five consecutive weeks. The album would continue to return to number one throughout 2021, spending a total of sixteen weeks at the peak, the most of any other album released this year. On the chart dated 4 June, Blackberry Smoke's You Hear Georgia debuted and spent the next five weeks at the peak before being replaced by Lady A's What a Song Can Do (Chapter One) EP, with the full album also reaching the top spot for two weeks following its release in October. British group The Wandering Hearts spent four weeks at number one with their self-titled release, while Kacey Musgraves' Star-Crossed became her fourth consecutive number one album on the chart. The only other artists to spend multiple weeks in the top spot were Alan Jackson with his twenty-first album Where Have You Gone, and Bobbie Gentry via the release of a compilation album of the reclusive singer's more jazz-oriented recordings titled The Windows of the World. The final number one of the year was Swift's Fearless (Taylor's Version).

Chart history

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Dangerous, the second album by Morgan Wallen, spent six week atop the chart.
 
Florida Georgia Line achieved their first chart topping with their fifth and final studio album Life Rolls On.
 
Steve Earle spent two weeks at number one with J.T., a tribute to his son Justin Townes Earle, who passed away in 2020.
 
Blackberry Smoke spent five consecutive weeks at number one with You Hear Georgia.
 
Star-Crossed became Kacey Musgraves' fourth consecutive album to reach number one. It spent three weeks in the top spot.
Issue date Album Artist(s) Record label Ref.
1 January Starting Over Chris Stapleton Mercury Nashville [1]
8 January [2]
15 January Dangerous: The Double Album Morgan Wallen EMI [3]
22 January [4]
29 January [5]
5 February [6]
12 February [7]
19 February [8]
26 February Life Rolls On Florida Georgia Line Big Machine [9]
5 March Starting Over Chris Stapleton Mercury Nashville [10]
12 March All the Good Times Gillian Welch & David Rawlings Acony [11]
19 March That's Life Willie Nelson Legacy [12]
26 March J.T. Steve Earle New West [13]
2 April [14]
16 April Fearless (Taylor's Version) Taylor Swift EMI [15]
23 April [16]
30 April [17]
7 May [18]
14 May [19]
21 May Where Have You Gone Alan Jackson Spinefarm [20]
28 May [21]
4 June You Hear Georgia Blackberry Smoke 3 Legged [22]
11 June [23]
18 June [24]
25 June [25]
2 July [26]
9 July What a Song Can Do (Chapter One) Lady A Big Machine [27]
16 July Fearless (Taylor's Version) Taylor Swift EMI [28]
23 July The Windows of the World Bobbie Gentry UMe [29]
30 July [30]
6 August Triage Rodney Crowell RC1 [31]
13 August The Wandering Hearts The Wandering Hearts Cooking Vinyl [32]
20 August [33]
27 August [34]
3 September The Horses and the Hounds James McMurtry New West [35]
10 September The Wandering Hearts The Wandering Hearts Cooking Vinyl [36]
17 September Star-Crossed Kacey Musgraves Interscope [37]
24 September [38]
1 October [39]
8 October Fearless (Taylor's Version) Taylor Swift EMI [40]
15 October [41]
22 October [42]
29 October What a Song Can Do Lady A Big Machine [43]
5 November [44]
12 November Fearless (Taylor's Version) Taylor Swift EMI [45]
18 November [46]
26 November [47]
3 December [48]
10 December Little Old Town Nathan Carter Sharpe Music [49]
17 December Fearless (Taylor's Version) Taylor Swift EMI [50]
24 December [51]
31 December [52]

Most weeks at number one

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Weeks at number one Artist
16 Taylor Swift
6 Morgan Wallen
5 Blackberry Smoke
4 The Wandering Hearts
3 Chris Stapleton
Kacey Musgraves
Lady A
2 Alan Jackson
Bobbie Gentry
Steve Earle

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1st January 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 1 January 2021.
  2. ^ "8th January 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 8 January 2021.
  3. ^ "15th January 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 15 January 2021.
  4. ^ "22nd January 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 22 January 2021.
  5. ^ "29th January 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 29 January 2021.
  6. ^ "5th February 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 5 February 2021.
  7. ^ "12th February 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 12 February 2021.
  8. ^ "19th February 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 19 February 2021.
  9. ^ "26th February 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 26 February 2021.
  10. ^ "5th March 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 5 March 2021.
  11. ^ "12th March 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 12 March 2021.
  12. ^ "19th March 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 19 March 2021.
  13. ^ "26th March 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 26 March 2021.
  14. ^ "2nd April 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 2 April 2021.
  15. ^ "16th April 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 16 April 2021.
  16. ^ "23rd April 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 23 April 2021.
  17. ^ "30th April 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 30 April 2021.
  18. ^ "7th May 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 7 May 2021.
  19. ^ "14th May 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 14 May 2021.
  20. ^ "21st May 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 21 May 2021.
  21. ^ "28th May 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 28 May 2021.
  22. ^ "4th June 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 4 June 2021.
  23. ^ "11th June 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 11 June 2021.
  24. ^ "18th June 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 18 June 2021.
  25. ^ "25th June 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 25 June 2021.
  26. ^ "2nd July 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 2 July 2021.
  27. ^ "9th July 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 9 July 2021.
  28. ^ "16th July 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 15 July 2021.
  29. ^ "23rd July 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 23 July 2021.
  30. ^ "30th July 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 30 July 2021.
  31. ^ "6th August 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 6 August 2021.
  32. ^ "13th August 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 13 August 2021.
  33. ^ "20th August 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 20 August 2021.
  34. ^ "27th August 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 27 August 2021.
  35. ^ "3rd September 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 3 September 2021.
  36. ^ "10th September 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 10 September 2021.
  37. ^ "17th September 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 17 September 2021.
  38. ^ "24th September 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 24 September 2021.
  39. ^ "1st October 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 1 October 2021.
  40. ^ "8th October 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 8 October 2021.
  41. ^ "15th October 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 15 October 2021.
  42. ^ "22nd October 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 22 October 2021.
  43. ^ "29th October 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 29 October 2021.
  44. ^ "5th November 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 5 November 2021.
  45. ^ "12th November 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 12 November 2021.
  46. ^ "19th November 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 19 November 2021.
  47. ^ "26th November 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 26 November 2021.
  48. ^ "3rd December 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 3 December 2021.
  49. ^ "10th December 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 10 December 2021.
  50. ^ "17th December 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 17 December 2021.
  51. ^ "24th December 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 24 December 2021.
  52. ^ "31st December 2021". London: Official Charts Company. 31 December 2021.
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