List of Billboard number-one Americana/folk albums of the 2020s

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Americana/Folk Albums (formerly Folk Albums) is a music chart published weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks the top selling "current releases by traditional folk artists, as well as appropriate titles by acoustic-based singer-songwriters" in the United States. [1] The chart debuted on the issue dated December 5, 2009, as a 15-position chart with its first number-one title being the Bob Dylan Christmas album Christmas in the Heart . [1]

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It has since expanded to a 25-position chart. In May 2016, Billboard renamed the chart to "Americana/Folk Albums", with the increasing popularity of Americana music, giving more recognition to acts which lean more towards Americana than folk. [2]

List of number-one albums

These are the albums which have reached number one on the folk albums chart listed in chronological order. Note that Billboard publishes charts with an issue date approximately 3 days in advance.

Contents
Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Weeks at
number one		Ref.
2020
February 15 The Unraveling Drive-By Truckers 1 [3]
February 22 Texas Sun EP Khruangbin & Leon Bridges 1 [4]
February 29 Traveller Chris Stapleton 2 [5]
March 14 American Standard James Taylor 3 [6]
April 4TravellerChris Stapleton2 [5]
April 18 John Prine John Prine 1 [7]
April 25TravellerChris Stapleton5 [5]
May 30 Reunions Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit1 [8]
June 6TravellerChris Stapleton1 [5]
June 13 Life on the Flip Side Jimmy Buffett 1 [9]
June 20TravellerChris Stapleton2 [5]
July 4 Rough and Rowdy Ways Bob Dylan 2 [10]
July 18 First Rose of Spring Willie Nelson 1 [11]
July 25TravellerChris Stapleton1 [5]
August 1 Gaslighter The Chicks 3 [12]
August 22TravellerChris Stapleton2 [5]
September 5 Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was Bright Eyes 1 [13]
September 12TravellerChris Stapleton3 [5]
October 3 Long Violent History Tyler Childers 1 [14]
October 10TravellerChris Stapleton3 [5]
October 31 Cuttin' Grass, Vol. 1: The Butcher Shoppe Sessions Sturgill Simpson 1 [15]
November 7 Letter to You Bruce Springsteen 3 [16]
November 28 Starting Over Chris Stapleton8 [17]
2021
January 23 Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook, Vol. I Barry Gibb and Friends1 [18]
January 30Starting OverChris Stapleton6 [17]
March 13 Little Oblivions Julien Baker 1 [19]
March 20Starting OverChris Stapleton2 [17]
April 3 Shore Fleet Foxes 1 [20]
April 10Starting OverChris Stapleton1 [17]
April 17 Cuttin' Grass, Vol. 2: The Cowboy Arms Sessions Sturgill Simpson 1 [21]
April 24Starting OverChris Stapleton4 [17]
May 22 The Marfa Tapes Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert and Jon Randall 1 [22]
May 29 Delta Kream The Black Keys 1 [23]
June 5 Long Lost Lord Huron 1 [24]
June 12 You Hear Georgia Blackberry Smoke 1 [25]
June 19Starting OverChris Stapleton2 [17]
July 3TravellerChris Stapleton4 [5]
July 31 Sob Rock John Mayer 1 [26]
August 7 Gold-Diggers Sound Leon Bridges 1 [27]
August 14Sob RockJohn Mayer1 [26]
August 21TravellerChris Stapleton1 [5]
August 28 Pressure Machine The Killers 1 [28]
September 4 The Ballad of Dood and Juanita Sturgill Simpson 1 [29]
September 11TravellerChris Stapleton2 [5]
September 25 Star-Crossed Kacey Musgraves 3 [30]
October 16 In These Silent Days Brandi Carlile 1 [31]
October 23Starting OverChris Stapleton5 [17]
November 27TravellerChris Stapleton1 [5]
December 4 Raise the Roof Robert Plant and Alison Krauss 1 [32]
December 11Starting OverChris Stapleton2 [17]
December 25 Barn Neil Young and Crazy Horse1 [33]
2022
January 1TravellerChris Stapleton1 [5]
January 8Starting OverChris Stapleton3 [17]
January 29 Brightside The Lumineers 1 [34]
February 5TravellerChris Stapleton3 [5]
February 26 Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You Big Thief 1 [35]
March 5 Texas Moon Khruangbin & Leon Bridges 1 [36]
March 12 The Ballad of Dood and Juanita Sturgill Simpson 1 [37]
March 19 Run, Rose, Run Dolly Parton 1 [38]
March 26TravellerChris Stapleton3 [5]
April 16Starting OverChris Stapleton1 [17]
April 23 Chloë and the Next 20th Century Father John Misty 1 [39]
April 30Starting OverChris Stapleton1 [17]
May 7Just Like That... Bonnie Raitt 1 [40]
May 14Starting OverChris Stapleton2 [17]
May 28 Dropout Boogie The Black Keys 1 [41]
June 4 American Heartbreak Zach Bryan 10 [42]
August 6 Entering Heaven Alive Jack White 1 [43]
August 13American HeartbreakZach Bryan34 [42]
2023
April 15 The Record Boygenius 1 [44]
April 22American HeartbreakZach Bryan9 [42]
June 24 Stick Season Noah Kahan 2 [45]
July 8American HeartbreakZach Bryan8 [42]
September 2 Unreal Unearth Hozier 1 [46]
September 9 Zach Bryan Zach Bryan 5 [47]
October 14 Autumn Variations Ed Sheeran 1 [48]
October 21Zach BryanZach Bryan4 [47]
November 18 Equal Strain on All Parts Jimmy Buffett 1 [49]
November 25 Higher Chris Stapleton 1 [50]
December 2Zach BryanZach Bryan2 [47]
December 16Stick SeasonNoah Kahan1 [45]
December 23Zach BryanZach Bryan1 [47]
December 30Stick SeasonNoah Kahan13 [45]
2024
March 30 Deeper Well Kacey Musgraves 1 [51]
April 6Stick SeasonNoah Kahan1 [45]
April 13 Cowboy Carter Beyoncé 3 [52]

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References

  1. 1 2 Trust, Gary (November 26, 2009). "Chart Beat Thursday: John Mayer, Folk Albums, David Guetta". Billboard . Retrieved January 29, 2013.
  2. ↑ Billboard Staff (May 17, 2016). "Billboard Introduces Americana/Folk Albums Chart". Billboard . Retrieved September 29, 2016.
  3. ↑ Chart references for The Unraveling:
  4. ↑ Chart references for Texas Sun EP:
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Chart references for Traveller:
  6. ↑ Chart references for American Standard:
  7. ↑ Chart references for John Prine:
  8. ↑ Chart references for Reunions:
  9. ↑ Chart references for Life On the Flip Side:
  10. ↑ Chart references for Rough and Rowdy Ways:
  11. ↑ Chart references for First Rose of Spring:
  12. ↑ Chart references for Gaslighter:
  13. ↑ Chart references for Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was:
  14. ↑ Chart references for Long Violent History:
  15. ↑ Chart references for Cuttin' Grass, Vol. 1: The Shoppe Sessions:
  16. ↑ Chart references for Letter to You:
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Chart references for Starting Over:
  18. ↑ Chart references for Greenfields:
  19. ↑ Chart references for Little Oblivions:
  20. ↑ Chart references for Shore:
  21. ↑ Chart references for Cuttin' Grass, Vol. 2: The Cowboy Arms Sessions:
  22. ↑ Chart references for The Marfa Tapes:
  23. ↑ Chart references for Delta Kream:
  24. ↑ Chart references for Long Lost:
  25. ↑ Chart references for You Hear Georgia:
  26. 1 2 Chart references for Sob Rock:
  27. ↑ Chart references for Gold-Diggers Sound:
  28. ↑ Chart references for Pressure Machine:
  29. ↑ Chart references for The Ballad Of Dood & Juanita:
  30. ↑ Chart references for Star-Crossed:
  31. ↑ Chart references for In These Silent Days:
  32. ↑ Chart references for Raise the Roof:
  33. ↑ Chart references for Barn:
  34. ↑ Chart references for Brightside:
  35. ↑ Chart references for Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You:
  36. ↑ Chart references for Texas Moon:
  37. ↑ Chart references for The Ballad Of Dood & Juanita:
  38. ↑ Chart references for Run, Rose, Run:
  39. ↑ Chart references for Chloë and the Next 20th Century:
  40. ↑ Chart references for Just Like That:
  41. ↑ Chart references for Dropout Boogie:
  42. 1 2 3 4 Chart references for American Heartbreak:
  43. ↑ Chart references for Entering Heaven Alive:
  44. ↑ Chart references for The Record:
  45. 1 2 3 4 Chart references for Stick Season:
  46. ↑ Chart references for Unreal Unearth:
  47. 1 2 3 4 Chart references for Zach Bryan:
  48. ↑ Chart references for Autumn Variations:
  49. ↑ Chart references for Equal Strain on All Parts:
  50. ↑ Chart references for Higher:
  51. ↑ Chart references for Deeper Well:
  52. ↑ Chart references for Cowboy Carter:
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