List of Top Country Albums number ones of 2021

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

Singer Kacey Musgraves
Kacey Musgraves topped the chart in September with Star-Crossed.

In the issue of Billboard dated January 2, My Gift by Carrie Underwood was at number one, retaining the position it had held the previous week.[1] Underwood would return to number one in April with her next album, My Savior. The only other artist with multiple number ones in 2021 was Taylor Swift, who spent time in the peak position with both Fearless (Taylor's Version) and Red (Taylor's Version). Both were complete re-recordings of albums from earlier in her career, which she released following a dispute regarding ownership of the masters to her first six studio albums.

For much of the year, the number-one position was dominated by Dangerous: The Double Album by Morgan Wallen. The album entered the chart at number one in the issue of Billboard dated January 23,[2] and held the top spot for 11 consecutive weeks. It returned to the peak position for a single week in the issue dated April 17, and reached number one again in the issue dated May 8. By the end of the year, the album had spent a total of 39 weeks atop the chart. It also debuted at number one on the all-genres Billboard 200 chart, more than doubling the record for the highest weekly number of on-demand streams by a country album.[3]

Chart history

Morgan Wallen's record-breaking Dangerous: The Double Album spent most of 2021 at the number one spot on the chart.
Taylor Swift had two number ones with re-recorded versions of earlier albums.
Issue dateTitleArtist(s)Ref.
January 2My GiftCarrie Underwood[1]
January 9What You See Is What You GetLuke Combs[4]
January 16[5]
January 23Dangerous: The Double AlbumMorgan Wallen[2]
January 30[6]
February 6[7]
February 13[8]
February 20[9]
February 27[10]
March 6[11]
March 13[12]
March 20[13]
March 27[14]
April 3[15]
April 10My SaviorCarrie Underwood[16]
April 17Dangerous: The Double AlbumMorgan Wallen[17]
April 24Fearless (Taylor's Version)Taylor Swift[18]
May 1[19]
May 8Dangerous: The Double AlbumMorgan Wallen[20]
May 15[21]
May 22[22]
May 29[23]
June 5[24]
June 12[25]
June 19[26]
June 26[27]
July 3[28]
July 10[29]
July 17[30]
July 24[31]
July 31[32]
August 7[33]
August 14[34]
August 21[35]
August 28[36]
September 4[37]
September 11[38]
September 18[39]
September 25Star-CrossedKacey Musgraves[40]
October 2Dangerous: The Double AlbumMorgan Wallen[41]
October 9[42]
October 16Fearless (Taylor's Version)Taylor Swift[43]
October 23Dangerous: The Double AlbumMorgan Wallen[44]
October 30[45]
November 6[46]
November 13[47]
November 20[48]
November 27Red (Taylor's Version)Taylor Swift[49]
December 4[50]
December 11[51]
December 18[52]
December 25[53]

See also

References