List of UK Country Albums Chart number ones of 2021

These are the Official Charts Company's UK Country Albums Chart number ones of 2021. The chart week runs from Friday to Thursday with the chart-date given as the following Thursday. Chart positions are based the multi-metric consumption of country music in the United Kingdom, blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming equivalent albums. The chart contains 20 positions.

In the iteration of the chart dated 1 January, Starting Over by Chris Stapleton spent its sixth week at number one, and would remain there for a seventh week before being displaced by Morgan Wallen's Dangerous: The Double Album, which went on to hold the top spot for six consecutive weeks throughout January and February. Following this, Florida Georgia Line earned their first UK Country chart topper with Life Rolls On, the duo's final album before officially disbanding in 2022. Starting Over would then return to the chart peak in March for an eight and, to date, final week. Steve Earle achieved his eleventh number one album with J.T., a tribute to Earle's son Justin, who died in 2020. Taylor Swift released Fearless (Taylor's Version), her highly anticipated re-recording of her second album Fearless, on 9 April and it immediately debuted atop the chart, remaining there for five consecutive weeks. The album would continue to return to number one throughout 2021, spending a total of sixteen weeks at the peak, the most of any other album released this year. On the chart dated 4 June, Blackberry Smoke's You Hear Georgia debuted and spent the next five weeks at the peak before being replaced by Lady A's What a Song Can Do (Chapter One) EP, with the full album also reaching the top spot for two weeks following its release in October. British group The Wandering Hearts spent four weeks at number one with their self-titled release, while Kacey Musgraves' Star-Crossed became her fourth consecutive number one album on the chart. The only other artists to spend multiple weeks in the top spot were Alan Jackson with his twenty-first album Where Have You Gone, and Bobbie Gentry via the release of a compilation album of the reclusive singer's more jazz-oriented recordings titled The Windows of the World. The final number one of the year was Swift's Fearless (Taylor's Version).

Chart history

Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record labelRef.1 JanuaryStarting OverChris StapletonMercury Nashville8 January15 JanuaryDangerous: The Double AlbumMorgan WallenEMI22 January29 January5 February12 February19 February26 FebruaryLife Rolls OnFlorida Georgia LineBig Machine5 MarchStarting OverChris StapletonMercury Nashville12 MarchAll the Good TimesGillian Welch & David RawlingsAcony19 MarchThat's LifeWillie NelsonLegacy26 MarchJ.T.Steve EarleNew West2 April16 AprilFearless (Taylor's Version)Taylor SwiftEMI23 April30 April7 May14 May21 MayWhere Have You GoneAlan JacksonSpinefarm28 May4 JuneYou Hear GeorgiaBlackberry Smoke3 Legged11 June18 June25 June2 July9 JulyWhat a Song Can Do (Chapter One)Lady ABig Machine16 JulyFearless (Taylor's Version)Taylor SwiftEMI23 JulyThe Windows of the WorldBobbie GentryUMe30 July6 AugustTriageRodney CrowellRC113 AugustThe Wandering HeartsThe Wandering HeartsCooking Vinyl20 August27 August3 SeptemberThe Horses and the HoundsJames McMurtryNew West10 SeptemberThe Wandering HeartsThe Wandering HeartsCooking Vinyl17 SeptemberStar-CrossedKacey MusgravesInterscope24 September1 October8 OctoberFearless (Taylor's Version)Taylor SwiftEMI15 October22 October29 OctoberWhat a Song Can DoLady ABig Machine5 November12 NovemberFearless (Taylor's Version)Taylor SwiftEMI18 November26 November3 December10 DecemberLittle Old TownNathan CarterSharpe Music17 DecemberFearless (Taylor's Version)Taylor SwiftEMI24 December31 December

Most weeks at number one Weeks at number oneArtist 16 Taylor Swift 6 Morgan Wallen 5 Blackberry Smoke 4 The Wandering Hearts 3 Chris Stapleton Kacey Musgraves Lady A 2 Alan Jackson Bobbie Gentry Steve Earle

List of UK Country Albums Chart number ones of 2021

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