List of Top Country Albums number ones of 2022

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Morgan Wallen's Dangerous: The Double Album broke the record for the most weeks at number one on the chart when it spent its 51st week in the top spot in the issue dated April 2. Morgan Wallen Concert November 13 landscape.jpg
Morgan Wallen's Dangerous: The Double Album broke the record for the most weeks at number one on the chart when it spent its 51st week in the top spot in the issue dated April 2.

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.

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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.

Chart history

Taylor Swift was at number one on the first chart of the year. Taylor Swift 2 - 2019 by Glenn Francis.jpg
Taylor Swift was at number one on the first chart of the year.
Luke Combs topped the chart in July with his album Growin' Up. Luke Combs interview.jpg
Luke Combs topped the chart in July with his album Growin' Up .
Issue dateTitleArtist(s)Ref.
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]

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