Americana/Folk Albums
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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]
Over the chart's fourteen-year history Bob Dylan holds the record for the most number-one albums with eight. Chris Stapleton has spent 190 weeks at the chart's peak with his five number-one albums, including the longest-running number-one in the chart's history Traveller.
On the year-end Billboard charts, Sigh No More by Mumford & Sons was the best performing album of 2010 and 2011, Babel by Mumford & Sons was the best performing album of 2012 and 2013, All the Little Lights by Passenger was the best performing album of 2014, Hozier by Hozier was the best performing album of 2015, and Traveller by Chris Stapleton was the best performing album of 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] [12] [13] [14] As of the issue dated December 21, 2024, Stick Season by Noah Kahan is the number one album on the chart.[15]
Folk/Americana chart achievements
[edit]Albums with most weeks at number one
[edit]| Weeks | Album | Artist | Year(s) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 131 | Traveller | Chris Stapleton | 2016-2022 | [16] |
| 66 | Sigh No More | Mumford & Sons | 2010-2012 | [17] |
| 61 | American Heartbreak | Zach Bryan | 2022-2023 | [18] |
| 36 | Starting Over | Chris Stapleton | 2021-2022 | [19] |
| 34 | Stick Season | Noah Kahan | 2023-2024 | [20] |
| 32 | Babel | Mumford & Sons | 2012-2013 | [21] |
| 21 | Hozier | Hozier | 2014-2015 | [22] |
| 18 | The Lumineers | The Lumineers | 2012-2013 | [23] |
| 14 | All the Little Lights | Passenger | 2013-2014 | [24] |
| 13 | From A Room: Volume 1 | Chris Stapleton | 2017-2018 | [25] |
Artists with most cumulative weeks at number one
[edit]| Weeks at number one |
Artist |
|---|---|
| 190 | Chris Stapleton |
| 98 | Mumford & Sons |
| 84 | Zach Bryan |
| 34 | Noah Kahan |
| 26 | Hozier |
| 23 | The Lumineers |
| 16 | Passenger |
| 15 | Bob Dylan |
| 15 | She & Him |
Artists with the most number-one albums
[edit]| Number of albums |
Artist |
|---|---|
| 8 | Bob Dylan |
| 5 | Brandi Carlile |
| 5 | Chris Stapleton |
| 5 | John Mayer |
| 5 | Sturgill Simpson |
See also
[edit]- List of Billboard number-one Americana/folk albums of the 2010s
- List of Billboard number-one Americana/folk albums of the 2020s
References
[edit]- ^ a b Trust, Gary (November 26, 2009). "Chart Beat Thursday: John Mayer, Folk Albums, David Guetta". Billboard. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
- ^ Billboard Staff (May 17, 2016). "Billboard Introduces Americana/Folk Albums Chart". Billboard. Retrieved September 29, 2016.
- ^ "Americana/Folk Albums - Year-End 2010". Billboard. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
- ^ "Americana/Folk Albums - Year-End 2011". Billboard. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
- ^ "Americana/Folk Albums - Year-End 2012". Billboard. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
- ^ "Americana/Folk Albums - Year-End 2013". Billboard. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
- ^ "Americana/Folk Albums - Year-End 2014". Billboard. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
- ^ "Americana/Folk Albums - Year-End 2015". Billboard. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
- ^ "Americana/Folk Albums - Year-End 2016". Billboard. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
- ^ "Americana/Folk Albums - Year-End 2017". Billboard. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
- ^ "Americana/Folk Albums - Year-End 2018". Billboard. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
- ^ "Americana/Folk Albums - Year-End 2019". Billboard. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
- ^ "Americana/Folk Albums - Year-End 2020". Billboard. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
- ^ "These Were the Top-Selling Americana and Folk ALbums of 2020". theboot.com. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
- ^ "Americana Folk". Billboard. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
- ^ "Americana/Folk Albums Chart". Billboard.
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