These are the Official Charts Company's UK Country Albums Chart number ones of 2022. 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.
In the iteration of the chart dated 7 January, Taylor Swift's Fearless re-recording continued its run at number one, and remained in the top spot for the first three weeks of 2022 before being displaced by Kiefer Sutherland's third album Bloor Street . Swift would subsequently spend a total of ten weeks at number one throughout the year. 10 Year Plan, the fifth studio album by British duo The Shires spent the most weeks at number one in 2022, with twelve nonconsecutive weeks atop the chart. Carrie Underwood's Denim & Rhinestones reached the top spot for two weeks before Luke Combs's third album Growin' Up debuted on the chart dated 1 July, and spent eight weeks at number one throughout the year. Miranda Lambert and Steve Earle were the only other artists to spend more than one week at number one with their albums Palomino and Jerry Jeff respetively. The final chart topper of the year was The Morning After by Irish singer Nathan Carter, his fifth album to reach number one.
Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Record label | Ref. |
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7 January | Fearless (Taylor's Version) | Taylor Swift | EMI | [1] |
14 January | [2] | |||
21 January | [3] | |||
28 January | Bloor Street | Kiefer Sutherland | Cooking Vinyl | [4] |
4 February | [5] | |||
11 February | Lu's Jukebox Vol 6: You Are Cordially Invited... A Tribute to The Rolling Stones | Lucinda Williams | Highway 20 | [6] |
18 February | Bloor Street | Kiefer Sutherland | Cooking Vinyl | [7] |
25 February | Fearless (Taylor's Version) | Taylor Swift | EMI | [8] |
4 March | [9] | |||
11 March | Run, Rose, Run | Dolly Parton | Butterfly | [10] |
18 March | 10 Year Plan | The Shires | BMG | [11] |
25 March | [12] | |||
1 April | [13] | |||
8 April | [14] | |||
15 April | [15] | |||
22 April | [16] | |||
29 April | [17] | |||
6 May | Palomino | Miranda Lambert | Sony | [18] |
13 May | [19] | |||
20 May | The Last Resort: Greetings From | Midland | Big Machine | [20] |
27 May | 10 Year Plan | The Shires | BMG | [21] |
3 June | [22] | |||
10 June | [23] | |||
17 June | Denim & Rhinestones | Carrie Underwood | EMI | [24] |
24 June | [25] | |||
1 July | Growin' Up | Luke Combs | Sony | [26] |
8 July | [27] | |||
15 July | [28] | |||
22 July | [29] | |||
29 July | [30] | |||
5 August | Tornillo | Whiskey Myers | Wiggy Thump | [31] |
12 August | [32] | |||
19 August | [33] | |||
26 August | 10 Year Plan | The Shires | BMG | [34] |
2 September | [35] | |||
9 September | Jerry Jeff | Steve Earle | New West | [36] |
16 September | [37] | |||
23 September | Growin' Up | Luke Combs | Sony | [38] |
30 September | CrazyTown | Beth Nielsen Chapman | Cooking Vinyl | [39] |
7 October | Subject to Change | Kelsea Ballerini | Black River | [40] |
14 October | Lindeville | Ashley McBryde | Rhino | [41] |
21 October | Rolling Golden Holy | Bonny Light Horseman | 37d03d | [42] |
28 October | Fearless (Taylor's Version) | Taylor Swift | EMI | [43] |
4 November | [44] | |||
11 November | Growin' Up | Luke Combs | Sony | [45] |
18 November | I Wish You Well | Daniel O'Donnell | DMG | [46] |
25 November | Fearless (Taylor's Version) | Taylor Swift | EMI | [47] |
2 December | [48] | |||
9 December | [49] | |||
16 December | Pure & Simple | Derek Ryan | Sharpe Music | [50] |
23 December | Growin' Up | Luke Combs | Sony | [51] |
30 December | The Morning After | Nathan Carter | Sharpe Music | [52] |
Weeks at number one | Artist |
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12 | The Shires |
10 | Taylor Swift |
8 | Luke Combs |
3 | Kiefer Sutherland |
Whiskey Myers | |
2 | Carrie Underwood |
Miranda Lambert | |
Steve Earle |