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,
Folk/Americana chart achievements
Albums with most weeks at number one
Weeks | Album | Artist | Year(s) | Source |
---|---|---|---|---|
131 | Traveller | Chris Stapleton | 2016-2022 | [14] |
66 | Sigh No More | Mumford & Sons | 2010-2012 | [15] |
61 | American Heartbreak | Zach Bryan | 2022-2023 | [16] |
36 | Starting Over | Chris Stapleton | 2021-2022 | [17] |
32 | Babel | Mumford & Sons | 2012-2013 | [18] |
21 | Hozier | Hozier |
2014-2015 | [19] |
18 | The Lumineers | The Lumineers | 2012-2013 | [20] |
16 | Stick Season | Noah Kahan | 2023-2024 | [21] |
14 | All the Little Lights | Passenger | 2013-2014 | [22] |
13 | From A Room: Volume 1 | Chris Stapleton | 2017-2018 | [23] |
12 | Zach Bryan | Zach Bryan | 2023 | [24] |
Artists with most cumulative weeks at number one
Weeks at number one |
Artist |
---|---|
190 | Chris Stapleton |
98 | Mumford & Sons |
73 | Zach Bryan |
26 | Hozier |
23 | The Lumineers |
16 | Passenger |
15 | Bob Dylan |
15 | She & Him |
15 | Noah Kahan |
Artists with the most number-one albums
Number of albums |
Artist |
---|---|
8 | Bob Dylan |
5 | Brandi Carlile |
5 | Chris Stapleton |
5 | John Mayer |
5 | Sturgill Simpson |
See also
- List of Billboard number-one Americana/folk albums of the 2010s
- List of Billboard number-one Americana/folk albums of the 2020s
References
- ^ 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". Billboard. March 26, 2024. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
- ^ "Americana/Folk Albums Chart". Billboard.
- ^ "Americana/Folk Albums Chart". Billboard.
- ^ "Americana/Folk Albums Chart". Billboard.
- ^ "Americana/Folk Albums Chart". Billboard.
- ^ "Americana/Folk Albums Chart". Billboard.
- ^ "Americana/Folk Albums Chart". Billboard.
- ^ "Americana/Folk Albums Chart". Billboard.
- ^ "Americana/Folk Albums Chart". Billboard.
- ^ "Americana/Folk Albums Chart". Billboard.
- ^ "Americana/Folk Albums Chart". Billboard.
- ^ "Americana/Folk Albums Chart". Billboard.