The Roots Music Report's
Top Country Album Chart
for the Year of 2021
Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
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1 | Starting over | Chris Stapleton | Mercury Nashville | Americana Country |
2 | The Horses and the Hounds | James McMurtry | New West | Americana Country |
3 | From an Old Guitar: Rare and Unreleased Recordings | Dave Alvin | Yep Roc | Americana Country |
4 | Triage | Rodney Crowell | RC1 | Americana Country |
5 | The Waylon Sessions | Shannon McNally | Compass | Americana Country |
6 | Total Freedom | Kathleen Edwards | Dualtone | Americana Country |
7 | Chasing Old Highs | Ross Cooper | Start Swimming | Americana Country |
8 | Same Shirt, Different Day | Rodney Rice | Self-Release | Americana Country |
9 | Rare Bird | Sara Petite | JTM Music | Outlaw Country |
10 | Treasure of Love (feat. Butch Hancock, Joe Ely & Jimmie Dale Gilmore) | The Flatlanders | Rack 'Em | Americana Country |
11 | Electro Melodier | Son Volt | Transmit Sound | Americana Country |
12 | You Don't Really Know Me | Tim Easton | Black Mesa | Americana Country |
13 | You Hear Georgia | Blackberry Smoke | 3 Legend | Americana Country |
14 | Sayin' What I'm Thinkin' | Lainey Wilson | Broken Bow | Hot Country |
15 | Raise a Banner | Zach Schmidt | Boss Dawg | Americana Country |
16 | Bullseye | The Shootouts | Soundly | Americana Country |
17 | J.T. | Steve Earle | New West | Americana Country |
18 | Strawberry Mansion | Langhorne Slim | Dualtone | Americana Country |
19 | Ten Thousand Roses | Dori Freeman | Blue Hens | Americana Country |
20 | Working Woman | Grace Pettis | MPress | Americana Country |
21 | Co-Starring | Ray Wylie Hubbard | Big Machine | Alternative Country |
22 | Waiting out the Storm | Jeremy Ivey | Anti | Americana Country |
23 | Beyond These Walls | Jesse Daniel | Die True | Honky Tonk |
24 | Blonde on the Tracks | Emma Swift | Tiny Ghost | Americana Country |
25 | Daddy's Country Gold | Melissa Carper | Self-Release | Americana Country |
26 | I'll Meet You Here | Dar Williams | Renew | Americana Country |
27 | Rise | Roger Street Friedman | Playroom | Americana Country |
28 | Famous Friends | Chris Young | Sony | Hot Country |
29 | 29: Written in Stone | Carly Pearce | Big Machine | Hot Country |
30 | Migrants | Hayde Bluegrass Orchestra | Unknown | Americana Country |
31 | Dream Rich, Dirt Poor | Aaron Burdett | Organic | Americana Country |
32 | Restless | Wild & Blue | New Favorite | Americana Country |
33 | Glitter & Grits | Deborah Silver | NTL | Western Swing |
34 | Goldmine (Deluxe) | Gabby Barrett | Warner Nashville | Hot Country |
35 | Same Truck | Scotty McCreery | Triple Tigers | Hot Country |
36 | When I Wait for You | Dirk Powell | Compass | Americana Country |
37 | Hope | Jim Lauderdale | Yep Roc | Americana Country |
38 | Depreciated | John R. Miller | Rounder | Americana Country |
39 | Time, Tequila & Therapy | Old Dominion | Sony | Hot Country |
40 | Good at Being Lonely | Hank & Ella with the Fine Country Band | Self-Release | Americana Country |
41 | Eden and Her Borderlands | Anya Hinkle | Organic | Americana Country |
42 | Welcome to the Block Party | Priscilla Block | Mercury Nashville | Hot Country |
43 | These 13 | Jimbo Mathus & Andrew Bird | Thirty Tigers | Americana Country |
44 | Hey World | Lee Brice | Curb | Hot Country |
45 | Country Again (Side A) | Thomas Rhett | Big Machine | Hot Country |
46 | To the Passage of Time | Jason Eady | Old Guitar | Americana Country |
47 | What a Song Can Do | Lady A (Antebellum) | Big Machine | Hot Country |
48 | Play the Hits | The Mavericks | Mono Mundo | Americana Country |
49 | Bettie James | Jimmie Allen | Stoney Creek | Hot Country |
50 | That's How Rumors Get Started | Margo Price | Loma Vista | Americana Country |
51 | In the Blossom of Their Shade | Pokey LaFarge | New West | Americana Country |
52 | Music City USA | Charley Crockett | Thirty Tigers | Americana Country |
53 | A Thousand Turns | The Delevantes | Moon River | Americana Country |
54 | Half a Hundred Years | Asleep At The Wheel | Home | Americana Country |
55 | Just a Little Rain | Ray Cardwell | Bonfire | Americana Country |
56 | Real to Me | Callista Clark | Big Machine | Hot Country |
57 | Keep 'Em on They Toes | Brent Cobb | Thirty Tigers | Americana Country |
58 | Choose Your Own Adventure | The Weber Brothers And Timothy Bracken | Self-Release | Americana Country |
59 | First Time Feeling | Leah Blevins | Crabtree | Americana Country |
60 | Music City Joke | Mac Leaphart | Self-Release | Americana Country |
61 | Changing Faces | The Deep Dark Woods | Six Shooter | Americana Country |
62 | The Ballad of Dood & Juanita | Sturgill Simpson | High Top Mountain | Americana Country |
63 | When You Found Me | Lucero | Liberty & Lament | Americana Country |
64 | Jordan Davis | Jordan Davis | MCA Nashville | Hot Country |
65 | The Highwomen | The Highwomen | Low County/Elektra | Hot Country |
66 | Heartache Medication | Jon Pardi | Capitol | Hot Country |
67 | Prairie Love Letter | Brennen Leigh | Self-Release | Americana Country |
68 | THE SPEED of NOW Part 1 | Keith Urban | Capitol Nashville | Hot Country |
69 | The Album | Chase Rice | Broken Bow | Hot Country |
70 | A Few More Miles to Go | Lee Sims | Adelphos | True Country |
71 | See You Next Time | Joshua Ray Walker | State Fair | Honky Tonk |
72 | Tullahoma | Dustin Lynch | Broken Bow | Hot Country |
73 | Gettin' by on Gettin' Down | Sam Morrow | Forty Below | Americana Country |
74 | Plastic Bouquet | Kacy & Clayton | New West | Americana Country |
75 | Dandelion | Carolina Story | Black River | Americana Country |
76 | Cold Rain and Snow | Jared Rabin | Self-Release | Americana Country |
77 | Could Have Loved You | Fretland | Soundly Music | Americana Country |
78 | October in the Railroad Earth | Tom Russell | Frontera | Americana Country |
79 | Turning Tides | Grayson Jenkins | Self-Release | Americana Country |
80 | Church of Better Daze | Boy Golden | Six Shooter | Americana Country |
81 | Nothing to Do Town | Dylan Scott | Curb | Hot Country |
82 | Wildcard | Miranda Lambert | Vanner | Hot Country |
83 | Solitaire | Ted Russell Kamp | PoMo | Americana Country |
84 | Real Me | Brit Taylor | Cut A Shine | Americana Country |
85 | Mixtape, Vol. 1 | Kane Brown | Sony | Hot Country |
86 | Buy Dirt - Single | Jordan Davis | MCA Nashville | Hot Country |
87 | The Wildmans | The Wildmans | Mountain Fever | Americana Country |
88 | Now and then | Shaye Zadravec | Indelible Music | Americana Country |
89 | Greetings From...Jake | Jake Owen | Big Loud | Hot Country |
90 | Boots No. 2: the Lost Songs, Vol 1. | Gillian Welch | Acony | Americana Country |
91 | Seven Cities of Gold | Moot Davis | Boot Knife | Americana Country |
92 | Blue Blue Blue | Noel McKay | Self-Release | Americana Country |
93 | 9 | Jason Aldean | Broken Bow | Hot Country |
94 | Ride Me Back Home | Willie Nelson | Sony | Outlaw Country |
95 | Tangle of Souls | Scott Cook | Self-Release | Americana Country |
96 | Tiny Little Movies | Will Hoge | EDLO | Americana Country |
97 | Gasoline | Grain Thief | Self-Release | Americana Country |
98 | Solace in the Wild | Erin Ivey | Self-Release | Americana Country |
99 | Born Here Live Here Die Here | Luke Bryan | Capitol Nashville | Hot Country |
100 | Singing River | Chad Elliott | Self-Release | Americana Country |
101 | Ramble on | Charlie Marie | Self-Release | Americana Country |
102 | Lady Like | Ingrid Andress | Warner | Hot Country |
103 | Getting over Him | Lauren Alaina | Mercury | Hot Country |
104 | The Panhandlers | The Panhandlers | The Next Waltz | Americana Country |
105 | The Piano Sessions | Parmalee | Stoney Creek | Hot Country |
106 | Rollin' on | Jesse Daniel | Die True | Honky Tonk |
107 | That Kind of Life | Michigan Rattlers | Massasauga | Americana Country |
108 | How They Remember You | Rascal Flatts | Big Machine | Hot Country |
109 | Reckless | Morgan Wade | Ladylike | Americana Country |
110 | Diamond Stone | Toria Richings | Self-Release | Americana Country |
111 | Almost Daylight | Chris Knight | Thirty Tigers | Americana Country |
112 | Love, Heartbreak, & Everything in Between | Tenille Arts | Reviver | Hot Country |
113 | SOUTHSIDE | Sam Hunt | MCA | Hot Country |
114 | Flames to Ashes | Elissa Pernu | Self-Release | Americana Country |
115 | Pelago | Ryan Hurd | Sony | Hot Country |
116 | Hourglass | Murray McLauchlan | True North | Americana Country |
117 | All Alone | Steven Graves | One Essence | Americana Country |
118 | World Full of Blues | Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley | Compass | Americana Country |
119 | Behind the Bar | Riley Green | Big Machine | Hot Country |
120 | First Rose of Spring | Willie Nelson | Sony | Outlaw Country |
121 | Once in a Blue Moon | Dave Goddess Group | Emotional | Americana Country |
122 | Jump for Joy | Gary Louris | Thirty Tigers | Americana Country |
123 | Bright Lights, Long Drives, First Words | Nora Jane Struthers | Blue Pig | Americana Country |
124 | Hello from the End of the World | Trae Sheehan | Self-Release | Americana Country |
125 | Long Rider | 3 Pairs of Boots | Self-Release | Americana Country |
126 | Island Creek | David Massey | Poetic Debris | Americana Country |
127 | The People You Love | Robbie Mangiardi | Self-Release | Americana Country |
128 | Can't Say I Ain't Country | Florida Georgia Line | Big Machine | Hot Country |
129 | Southern Symphony | Russell Dickerson | Triple Tigers | Hot Country |
130 | Here and Now | Kenny Chesney | Blue Chair | Hot Country |
131 | Ghosts of West Virginia | Steve Earle | New West | Americana Country |
132 | Down in the Den | Ted Russell Kamp | PoMo | Americana Country |
133 | CHICKABOOM! | Tami Neilson | Outside | Americana Country |
134 | Can't Change It | The Mystix | Joe Lilly | Outlaw Country |
135 | Alive | Fred Eaglesmith | Sawdust | Americana Country |
136 | The Incredible Heat Machine | TK & The Holy Know-Nothings | Mama Bird | Americana Country |
137 | Between Us | Ana Egge | Story Sound | Americana Country |
138 | Reclaiming My Time | John Hall | Sunset Blvd | Americana Country |
139 | Yard Sale | Suzanne Santo | Soundly | Americana Country |
140 | What You See is What You Get | Luke Combs | Sony | Hot Country |
141 | GOOD TIME | Niko Moon | Sony | Hot Country |
142 | Such a Long Way | Jess Jocoy | Self-Release | Americana Country |
143 | Sins We Made | Harrow Fair | Roaring Girl | Americana Country |
144 | Rose Songs | Clint Roberts | Carry-On Music | Americana Country |
145 | Peso in My Pocket | Toby Keith | Show Dog | Hot Country |
146 | Leftovers | Le Ren | Secretly Canadian | Americana Country |
147 | Heart | Eric Church | EMI Nashville | Hot Country |
148 | Hold My Beer, Vol. 2 | Randy Rogers & Wade Bowen | Lil' Buddy Toons | Hot Country |
149 | The Marfa Tapes | Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert, Jon Randall | Vanner | Americana Country |
150 | Borrowed Time | Joe Troop | Free Dirt | Alternative Country |
151 | Half Moon Light | The Lone Bellow | Dualtone | Americana Country |
152 | Start It over | Riley Downing | New West | Americana Country |
153 | Rock Botom Rhapsody | Pokey LaFarge | New West | Americana Country |
154 | Not That Fast | Bryan Haraway | Part Time Criminal | Americana Country |
155 | Stage Fright at 50 - an Ovation from Nashville | The Rock House All Stars | Pure | Americana Country |
156 | The Monolith Sessions | Jeremy Ivey | Anti | Americana Country |
157 | A Whole Lot of Nothin' | The Royal Hounds | Self-Release | Americana Country |
158 | American Siren | Emily Scott Robinson | Oh Boy | Americana Country |
159 | Your Life is a Record | Brandy Clark | Warner | Americana Country |
160 | The Tightening of the Screws | Gurf Morlix | Rootball | Americana Country |
161 | Texas to Tennessee | Clay Walker | Show Dog | Hot Country |
162 | Blood | Allison Moorer | Thirty Tigers | Americana Country |
163 | A Horrible Beautiful Dream | Sean McConnell | Silent Desert | Americana Country |
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