List of UK Country Albums Chart number ones of 2024

These are the Official Charts Company's UK Country Albums Chart number ones of 2024. 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 5 January, Taylor Swift's re-recording of her 2008 album Fearless spent it's 37th non-consecutive week at number one, and remained in the top spot for the first four weeks of the year, before being displaced by Sarah Jarosz's seventh album Polaroid Lovers. Swift then returned to number one for one week, and was followed by Chains & Stakes by The Dead South, which spent two consecutive weeks at number one. Kacey Musgraves' Deeper Well also spent two consecutive weeks at number one after premiering on the chart on 22 March. Immediately following it's release, Cowboy Carter by Beyoncé debuted in the top spot on 5 April and remained at number one for eleven consecutive weeks, becoming the first album by an African American woman to reach number one on the UK Country Albums Chart.

The current number one album is "Fathers & Sons" by Luke Combs.

Chart history

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Fearless by Taylor Swift was the first number-one album of the year, and has spent 8 weeks at number one.
 
In April, Beyoncé became the first female African-American artist ever to achieve a number-one country album in the UK, with her Cowboy Carter album spending 11 consecutive weeks at the top spot to date.
Issue date Album Artist(s) Record label Ref.
5 January Fearless (Taylor's Version) Taylor Swift EMI [1]
12 January [2]
19 January [3]
26 January [4]
2 February Polaroid Lovers Sarah Jarosz Rounder [5]
9 February Fearless (Taylor's Version) Taylor Swift EMI [6]
16 February Chains & Stakes The Dead South Six Shooter [7]
23 February [8]
1 March Fearless (Taylor's Version) Taylor Swift EMI [9]
8 March [10]
15 March [11]
22 March Deeper Well Kacey Musgraves Interscope [12]
29 March [13]
5 April Cowboy Carter Beyoncé Columbia/Parkwood Ent. [14]
12 April [15]
19 April [16]
26 April [17]
3 May [18]
10 May [19]
17 May [20]
24 May [21]
31 May [22]
7 June [23]
14 June [24]
21 June Fathers & Sons Luke Combs Sony [25]

Most weeks at number one

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Weeks at number one Artist
11 Beyoncé
8 Taylor Swift
2 The Dead South
Kacey Musgraves

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "5th January 2024". London: Official Charts Company. 5 January 2024.
  2. ^ "12th January 2024". London: Official Charts Company. 12 January 2024.
  3. ^ "19th January 2024". London: Official Charts Company. 19 January 2024.
  4. ^ "26th January 2024". London: Official Charts Company. 26 January 2024.
  5. ^ "2nd February 2024". London: Official Charts Company. 2 February 2024.
  6. ^ "9th February 2024". London: Official Charts Company. 9 February 2024.
  7. ^ "16th February 2024". London: Official Charts Company. 16 February 2024.
  8. ^ "23rd February 2024". London: Official Charts Company. 23 February 2024.
  9. ^ "1st March 2024". London: Official Charts Company. 1 March 2024.
  10. ^ "8th March 2024". London: Official Charts Company. 8 March 2024.
  11. ^ "15th March 2024". London: Official Charts Company. 15 March 2024.
  12. ^ "22nd March 2024". London: Official Charts Company. 22 March 2024.
  13. ^ "29th March 2024". London: Official Charts Company. 29 March 2024.
  14. ^ "5th April 2024". London: Official Charts Company. 5 April 2024.
  15. ^ "12th April 2024". London: Official Charts Company. 12 April 2024.
  16. ^ "19th April 2024". London: Official Charts Company. 19 April 2024.
  17. ^ "26th April 2024". London: Official Charts Company. 26 April 2024.
  18. ^ "3rd May 2024". London: Official Charts Company. 3 May 2024.
  19. ^ "10th May 2024". London: Official Charts Company. 10 May 2024.
  20. ^ "17th May 2024". London: Official Charts Company. 17 May 2024.
  21. ^ "24th May 2024". London: Official Charts Company. 24 May 2024.
  22. ^ "31st May 2024". London: Official Charts Company. 31 May 2024.
  23. ^ "7th June 2024". London: Official Charts Company. 7 June 2024.
  24. ^ "14th June 2024". London: Official Charts Company. 14 June 2024.
  25. ^ "21st June 2024". London: Official Charts Company. 21 June 2024.
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