List of Billboard number-one Americana/folk albums of the 2020s

Americana/Folk Albums (formerly Folk Albums) is a music chart published weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks the top selling "current releases by traditional folk artists, as well as appropriate titles by acoustic-based singer-songwriters" in the United States.[1] The chart debuted on the issue dated December 5, 2009, as a 15-position chart with its first number-one title being the Bob Dylan Christmas album Christmas in the Heart.[1]

It has since expanded to a 25-position chart. In May 2016, Billboard renamed the chart to "Americana/Folk Albums", with the increasing popularity of Americana music, giving more recognition to acts which lean more towards Americana than folk.[2]

List of number-one albums

These are the albums which have reached number one on the folk albums chart listed in chronological order. Note that Billboard publishes charts with an issue date approximately 3 days in advance.

Contents
Issue date Album Artist(s) Weeks at
number one		 Ref.
2020
February 15 The Unraveling Drive-By Truckers 1 [3]
February 22 Texas Sun EP Khruangbin & Leon Bridges 1 [4]
February 29 Traveller Chris Stapleton 2 [5]
March 14 American Standard James Taylor 3 [6]
April 4 Traveller Chris Stapleton 2 [5]
April 18 John Prine John Prine 1 [7]
April 25 Traveller Chris Stapleton 5 [5]
May 30 Reunions Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit 1 [8]
June 6 Traveller Chris Stapleton 1 [5]
June 13 Life on the Flip Side Jimmy Buffett 1 [9]
June 20 Traveller Chris Stapleton 2 [5]
July 4 Rough and Rowdy Ways Bob Dylan 2 [10]
July 18 First Rose of Spring Willie Nelson 1 [11]
July 25 Traveller Chris Stapleton 1 [5]
August 1 Gaslighter The Chicks 3 [12]
August 22 Traveller Chris Stapleton 2 [5]
September 5 Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was Bright Eyes 1 [13]
September 12 Traveller Chris Stapleton 3 [5]
October 3 Long Violent History Tyler Childers 1 [14]
October 10 Traveller Chris Stapleton 3 [5]
October 31 Cuttin' Grass, Vol. 1: The Shoppe Sessions Sturgill Simpson 1 [15]
November 7 Letter to You Bruce Springsteen 3 [16]
November 28 Starting Over Chris Stapleton 8 [17]
January 23 Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook, Vol. I Barry Gibb and Friends 1 [18]
January 30 Starting Over Chris Stapleton 2 [17]

References
  1. Trust, Gary (November 26, 2009). "Chart Beat Thursday: John Mayer, Folk Albums, David Guetta". Billboard. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
  2. Billboard Staff (May 17, 2016). "Billboard Introduces Americana/Folk Albums Chart". Billboard. Retrieved September 29, 2016.
  3. Chart references for The Unraveling:
  4. Chart references for Texas Sun EP:
  5. Chart references for Traveller:
  6. Chart references for American Standard:
  7. Chart references for John Prine:
  8. Chart references for Reunions:
  9. Chart references for Life On the Flip Side:
  10. Chart references for Rough and Rowdy Ways:
  11. Chart references for First Rose of Spring:
  12. Chart references for Gaslighter:
  13. Chart references for Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was:
  14. Chart references for Long Violent History:
  15. Chart references for Cuttin' Grass, Vol. 1: The Shoppe Sessions:
  16. Chart references for Letter to You:
  17. Chart references for Starting Over:
  18. Chart references for Greenfields:
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