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.
In the issue of Billboard dated January 1, Taylor Swift was at number one with Red (Taylor's Version) , which retained its place atop the chart from the previous week. Two weeks later, it was replaced by Dangerous: The Double Album by Morgan Wallen, which returned to number one having already spent 39 weeks in the top spot in 2021. The album remained at number one for 20 consecutive weeks, during which it broke the record for the highest number of weeks spent at number one on the Top Country Albums chart, which had previously stood at 50. [1]
Wallen's album was replaced at number one by American Heartbreak by Zach Bryan in the issue dated June 4, 2022. It was the first number one for Bryan; the album also topped Billboard's Top Rock Albums chart. Wallen's album returned to the peak position the following week and spent four weeks atop the chart before being displaced by Growin' Up by Luke Combs in the issue dated July 9. Growin' Up spent only a single week in the top spot, in contrast to the singer's previous album, 2019's What You See Is What You Get , which spent 37 weeks at number one. Wallen's album once again returned to number one the following week and as of the issue dated December 31 had spent a total of 88 weeks atop the chart.
Issue date | Title | Artist(s) | Ref. |
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January 1 | Red (Taylor's Version) | Taylor Swift | [2] |
January 8 | [3] | ||
January 15 | Dangerous: The Double Album | Morgan Wallen | [4] |
January 22 | [5] | ||
January 29 | [6] | ||
February 5 | [7] | ||
February 12 | [8] | ||
February 19 | [9] | ||
February 26 | [10] | ||
March 5 | [11] | ||
March 12 | [12] | ||
March 19 | [13] | ||
March 26 | [14] | ||
April 2 | [15] | ||
April 9 | [16] | ||
April 16 | [17] | ||
April 23 | [18] | ||
April 30 | [19] | ||
May 7 | [20] | ||
May 14 | [21] | ||
May 21 | [22] | ||
May 28 | [23] | ||
June 4 | American Heartbreak | Zach Bryan | [24] |
June 11 | Dangerous: The Double Album | Morgan Wallen | [25] |
June 18 | [26] | ||
June 25 | [27] | ||
July 2 | [28] | ||
July 9 | Growin' Up | Luke Combs | [29] |
July 16 | Dangerous: The Double Album | Morgan Wallen | [30] |
July 23 | [31] | ||
July 30 | [32] | ||
August 6 | [33] | ||
August 13 | [34] | ||
August 20 | [35] | ||
August 27 | [36] | ||
September 3 | [37] | ||
September 10 | [38] | ||
September 17 | [39] | ||
September 24 | [40] | ||
October 1 | [41] | ||
October 8 | [42] | ||
October 15 | [43] | ||
October 22 | [44] | ||
October 29 | [45] | ||
November 5 | [46] | ||
November 12 | [47] | ||
November 19 | [48] | ||
November 26 | [49] | ||
December 3 | [50] | ||
December 10 | [51] | ||
December 17 | [52] | ||
December 24 | [53] | ||
December 31 | [54] |
Top Country Albums is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. The 50-position chart lists the most popular country music albums in the country, calculated weekly by Broadcast Data Systems based on physical sales along with digital sales and streaming. The chart was first published in the issue of Billboard dated January 11, 1964, under the title Hot Country Albums, when the number one album was Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash by Johnny Cash.
Luke Albert Combs is an American country music singer and songwriter. Born and raised in North Carolina, Combs began performing as a child, most notably performing at Carnegie Hall. After dropping out of college to pursue a career in music, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where he released his debut extended play, The Way She Rides, in 2014.
Morgan Cole Wallen is an American country music singer and songwriter. He competed in the sixth season of The Voice, originally as a member of Usher's team, but later as a member of Adam Levine's team. After being eliminated in the playoffs of that season, he signed to Panacea Records, releasing his debut EP, Stand Alone, in 2015.
If I Know Me is the debut studio album by American country music singer Morgan Wallen. It was released April 27, 2018, through Big Loud Records. The production on the album was handled by Joey Moi and features a guest appearance by Florida Georgia Line.
Dangerous: The Double Album is the second studio album by American country music singer Morgan Wallen. The double album was released on January 8, 2021, via Big Loud Records and Republic Records on CD, vinyl, and digital download. The production on the album was handled by Joey Moi, Jacob Durrett, Charlie Handsome, Matt Dragstrem and Dave Cohen. It also features guest appearances by Chris Stapleton and Ben Burgess.
American country music singer and songwriter Luke Combs has released four studio albums, four extended plays and sixteen singles.
"You Proof" is a song by American country music singer Morgan Wallen. It was released as a promotional single on May 13, 2022, before being released to country radio on July 18, 2022. The song was written by Wallen, along with Ashley Gorley, Ernest Keith Smith, and Charlie Handsome and is the lead single from Wallen's third studio album One Thing at a Time.