Official Americana Albums Chart

The Official Americana Albums Chart is a weekly music chart based on physical sales of albums in the United Kingdom.[1] It is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the Americana Music Association UK. The launch of the chart came at a time when Americana music was growing in popularity in the UK.[2] In 2017, it was reported that sales of Americana albums in the UK had increased by 35 percent year-on-year.[3]

The first chart was announced on 28 January 2016 on the Bob Harris Country show on BBC Radio 2. As part of the launch, the best selling Americana album of 2015 was also announced. This went to Swedish duo First Aid Kit with their album Stay Gold[4]

Number ones
Key
No. nth album to top the Official Americana Albums Chart
re Return of an album to number one
Contents
2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019
No. Artist[lower-alpha 1] Album[lower-alpha 1] Record label[lower-alpha 2] Reached number one[lower-alpha 1] Weeks at
number one[lower-alpha 1]
2016
1 Elle King Love Stuff Columbia 29 January 2016 5
2 Bonnie Riatt Dig in Deep Redwing Records 4 March 2016 1
re Elle King Love Stuff Columbia 11 March 2016 1
3 Brian Fallon Painkillers Redwing Records 18 March 2016 1
4 Richmond Fontaine You Can't Go Back If There's Nothing To Go Back To Decor 25 March 2016 1
re Elle King Love Stuff Columbia 1 April 2016 1
5 Teddy Thompson & Kelly Jones Little Windows Cooking Vinyl 8 April 2016 1
6 Lumineers Cleopatra Decca 15 April 2016 4
re Elle King Love Stuff Columbia 13 May 2016 1
7 Foy Vance The Wild Swan Gingerbread Man 20 May 2016 1
8 Mudcrutch 2 Reprise 27 May 2016 1
re Elle King Love Stuff Columbia 3 June 2016 1
9 Whitney Light Upon the Lake Secretly Canadian 10 June 2016 1
10 Kaleo A/B Atlantic 17 June 2016 1
11 case/lang/veirs case/lang/veirs Anti 24 June 2016 1
re Lumineers Cleopatra Decca 1 July 2016 4
12 Bear's Den Red Earth & Pouring Rain Communion 29 July 2016 2
13 Cadillac Three Bury Me In My Boots Big Machine 12 August 2016 1
re Bear's Den Red Earth & Pouring Rain Communion 19 August 2016 2
re Kaleo A/B Atlantic 2 September 2016 1
re Bear's Den Red Earth & Pouring Rain Communion 9 September 2016 1
14 Jack White Acoustic Recordings 1998–2016 XL 16 September 2016 1
15 Seth Lakeman Ballads of the Broken Few Cooking Vinyl 23 September 2016 1
16 Billy Bragg & Joe Henry Shine a Light: Field Recordings from the Great American Railroad Cooking Vinyl 30 September 2016 1
17 Van Morrison Keep Me Singing Caroline 7 October 2016 1
18 Seasick Steve Keepin' the Horse Between Me and the Ground There's A Dead Skunk 14 October 2016 1
19 Blackberry Smoke Like an Arrow Earache 21 October 2016 1
re Van Morrison Keep Me Singing Caroline 28 October 2016 11
2017
re Lumineers Cleopatra Decor 13 January 2017 2
20 Courtney Marie Andrews Honest Life Loose Music 27 January 2017 1
21 Mark Eitzel Hey Mr Ferryman Loose Music 3 February 2017 1
re Van Morrison Keep Me Singing Caroline 10 February 2017 2
22 Ryan Adams Prisoner Blue Note/PAX AM 24 February 2017 2
23 Alison Krauss Windy City Capitol 10 March 2017 1
24 Laura Marling Semper Femina More Alarming 17 March 2017 1
re Alison Krauss Windy City Capitol 24 March 2017 1
re Laura Marling Semper Femina More Alarming 31 March 2017 1
25 Aimee Mann Mental Illness SuperEgo 7 April 2017 1
26 Father John Misty Pure Comedy Bella Union 14 April 2017 1
27 John Mayer The Search for Everything Columbia 21 April 2017 1
27 Imelda May Life Love Flesh Blood Decca 27 April 2017 6
28 Dan Auerbach Waiting on a Song Nonesuch 9 June 2017 1
29 Glen Campbell Adiós UMC 16 June 2017 11
30 The War on Drugs A Deeper Understanding Atlantic 1 September 2017 2
31 Neil Young Hitchhiker Reprise 15 September 2017 1
re Glen Campbell Adiós UMC 22 September 2017 1
32 Van Morrison Roll with the Punches Caroline 29 September 2017 3
33 Robert Plant Carry Fire East West/Rhino 20 October 2017 6
34 Frank Turner Songbook Polydor 1 December 2017 1
35 Neil Young & Promise of the Real The Visitor Reprise 8 December 2017 1
re Robert Plant Carry Fire East West/Rhino 15 December 2017 2
re The War on Drugs A Deeper Understanding Atlantic 29 December 2017 2
2018
re Robert Plant Carry Fire East West/Rhino 19 January 2018 1
36 First Aid Kit Ruins Columbia 26 January 2018 1
37 Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa Black Coffee Provogue 2 February 2018 1
re First Aid Kit Ruins Columbia 9 February 2018 1
38 Brian Fallon Sleepwalkers EMI 16 February 2018 1
re First Aid Kit Ruins Columbia 23 February 2018 1
39 Vance Joy Nation of Two Atlantic 2 March 2018 1
re First Aid Kit Ruins Columbia 9 March 2018 1
40 Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Tearing At The Seams Stax 16 March 2018 1
41 The Decemberists I'll Be Your Girl Rough Trade 23 March 2018 1
42 Courtney Marie Andrews May Your Kindness Remain Loose Music 30 March 2018 1
43 Mary Chapin Carpenter Sometimes Just The Sky Lambent Light 6 April 2018 1
44 Blackberry Smoke Find A Light Earache 13 April 2018 1
45 Isaac Gracie Isaac Gracie Virgin 20 April 2018 2
46 Willie Nelson Last Man Standing Legacy Recordings 4 May 2018 1
47 Frank Turner Be More Kind Polydor 11 May 2018 1
48 Ry Cooder The Prodigal Son Fantasy 18 May 2018 1
49 Ray LaMontagne Part of the Light Columbia 25 May 2018 1
re First Aid Kit Ruins Columbia 1 June 2018 1
50 Father John Misty God's Favorite Customer Bella Union 8 June 2018 2
51 Wilko Johnson Blow Your Mind UMC 22 June 2018 2
52 Ray Davies Our Country: Americana Act II Legacy Recordings 6 July 2018 2
53 Cowboy Junkies All That Reckoning Proper 20 July 2018 1
54 Greta Van Fleet From The Fires EMI 27 July 2018 1
55 Israel Nash Lifted Loose Music 3 August 2018 1
re First Aid Kit Ruins Columbia 10 August 2018 1
56 Magpie Salute High Water I Provogue 17 August 2018 2
57 Lucie Silvas E.G.O. Furthest Point 31 August 2018 1
58 Passenger Runaway Black Crow 7 September 2018 2
59 Richard Thompson 13 Rivers Proper 21 September 2018 1
re Passenger Runaway Black Crow 28 September 2018 2
60 Phosphorescent C'est La Vie Dead Oceans 12 October 2018 1
61 John Hiatt The Eclipse Sessions New West 19 October 2018 1
62 Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit Live from the Ryman Southeastern 26 October 2018 1
63 Seth Lakeman The Well Worn Path Cooking Vinyl 2 November 2018 1
64 Pistol Annies Interstate Gospel Sony Music CG 9 November 2018 1
65 Charles Bradley Black Velvet Daptone 16 November 2018 1
66 Mark Knopfler Down the Road Wherever EMI 23 November 2018 8
2019
67 The Delines The Imperial Decor 18 January 2019 2
68 Wandering Hearts Wild Silence Decca 1 February 2019 1
re Mark Knopfler Down the Road Wherever EMI 8 February 2019 1
69 Michael Chapman True North Paradise of Bachelors 15 February 2019 1
68 Tedeschi Trucks Band Signs Spinefarm 22 February 2019 1
69 Julia Jacklin Crushing Transgressive 1 March 2019 1
re Wandering Hearts Wild Silence Decca 8 March 2019 1
70 Yola Walk Through Fire Nonesuch 15 March 2019 1
71 Tom Russell October in the Railroad Earth Proper 22 March 2019 1
72 Jenny Lewis On the Line Warner Bros 29 March 2019 1
73 Steve Earle & The Dukes Guy New West 5 April 2019 1
74 Weyes Blood Titanic Rising Sub Pop 12 April 2019 2
75 Jade Bird Jade Bird Glassnote 26 April 2019 1
76 Kiefer Sutherland Reckless & Me BMG 3 May 2019 2
77 Big Thief U.F.O.F. 4AD 17 May 2019 1
78 Thea Gilmore Small World Turning Shameless 24 May 2019 1
79 Mavis Staples We Get By Anti 31 May 2019 1
re Jade Bird Jade Bird Glassnote 7 June 2019 2
80 Bruce Springsteen Western Stars Columbia 21 June 2019 9
81 Frank Turner No Man's Land Polydor 23 August 2019 1
re Bruce Springsteen Western Stars Columbia 30 August 2019 1
82 Sheryl Crow Threads Big Machine 6 September 2019 2
83 The Lumineers III Decca 20 September 2019 2
84 Beth Hart War in My Mind Provogue 4 October 2019 1
85 Wilco Ode to Joy dBpm 11 October 2019 1
86 Big Thief Two Hands 4AD 18 October 2019 1
re Bruce Springsteen Western Stars Columbia 25 October 2019 1
87 Van Morrison Three Chords & The Truth Exile 1 November 2019 3
re Bruce Springsteen Western Stars Columbia 22 November 2019 6
  1. The artist, album, date of reaching number one and number of weeks at number one are those given by the OCC.[5]
  2. The record labels are those given by the OCC.[6]

References
  1. "Mumford and Sons fail authenticity test as first UK Americana chart launches". The Independent. Independent News & Media. 29 January 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  2. "Could the future of Americana be ... British?". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. 28 September 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  3. "U.K. Americana Hits America, and Vice Versa, In New Roots Exchange". Billboard. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  4. "The Official Americana Albums Chart". The Americana Music Association UK. 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  5. "Official Americana Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  6. "Official Americana Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
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