List of UK Country Albums Chart number ones of 2026

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These are the Official Charts Company's UK Country Albums Chart number ones of 2025. 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.

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In the iteration of the chart dated 2 January, the self-titled fourth studio album by Zach Bryan remained at number one for a fifth consecutive week, having spent the entirety of December 2024 at the top of the charts. It was displaced by the re-recording of Taylor Swift's Fearless for its 54th week at the chart peak, and its first week at number one since the chart dated 10 January 2025. Chris Stapleton's 2015 debut album Traveller then spent a tenth non-consecutive week at the top spot. Bryan then returned to number one, this time with his sixth album With Heaven on Top , before Stapleton reclaimed the peak.

Chart history

Zach Bryan earned two number one albums: Zach Bryan (2023), and With Heaven on Top(2026). Zach Bryan performing at Crypto.com Arena on 23 Aug 2023 (cropped).jpg
Zach Bryan earned two number one albums: Zach Bryan (2023), and With Heaven on Top (2026).
Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record labelRef.
2 January Zach Bryan Zach Bryan Warner Records [1]
9 January Fearless (Taylor's Version) Taylor Swift EMI [2]
16 January Traveller Chris Stapleton Mercury Nashville [3]
23 January With Heaven on Top Zach BryanWarner Records [4]
16 JanuaryTravellerChris StapletonMercury Nashville [5]

Most weeks at number one

Weeks at number oneArtist
2 Chris Stapleton
Zach Bryan

See also

References

  1. "2nd January 2026". London: Official Charts Company. 2 January 2026.
  2. "9th January 2026". London: Official Charts Company. 9 January 2026.
  3. "16th January 2026". London: Official Charts Company. 16 January 2026.
  4. "23rd January 2026". London: Official Charts Company. 23 January 2026.
  5. "30th January 2026". London: Official Charts Company. 30 January 2026.