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Musicians The Chicks
The Chicks reached number one with Gaslighter, their first new album since 2006 and their first since they changed their name from the Dixie Chicks.

Top Country Albums is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music albums in the United States, published by Billboard. In 2020, 16 different albums topped the chart, based on multi-metric consumption, blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming equivalent albums.

In the issue of Billboard dated January 4, Burl Ives topped the chart with Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, the soundtrack album of the 1964 Rankin/Bass television special of the same name. It was the first number-one country album for Ives, a musician and Academy Award-winning actor who had died in 1995. It was the first of two posthumous chart-toppers in 2020; Kenny Rogers, who died on March 20, entered the chart at number one in the issue dated April 4 with The Best of Kenny Rogers: Through the Years. The compilation album was the first number-one country album for Rogers since 1986. Beginning with the January 11 issue, the number-one position was dominated in 2020 by Luke Combs, who spent 31 weeks in the top spot during the year with his album What You See Is What You Get; no other act spent more than four weeks at number one. Combs's album also topped the all-genre Billboard 200 albums chart in November following the release of a deluxe edition with additional tracks; in the first week after that release the album set a new streaming record for a country music album.

One act topped the chart for the first time in 2020: Morgan Wallen spent two non-consecutive weeks in the top spot with his debut full-length album If I Know Me. Two acts each reached number one for the first time since 2006: Jimmy Buffett with Life on the Flip Side and the Chicks with Gaslighter. The latter album was the all-female trio's first album of new material for fourteen years and their first since they changed their name from the Dixie Chicks. The year's final chart-topper was the Christmas album My Gift by Carrie Underwood. Having spent a single week at number one in October, it returned to the peak position in the issue of Billboard dated December 12 and stayed there for the remainder of the year. It was one of two holiday albums to top the chart in 2020, along with A Holly Dolly Christmas by veteran country star Dolly Parton.

Chart history

Singer Burl Ives
Singer and actor Burl Ives spent a week at number one in January, nearly 25 years after he died.
Singer Luke Combs
Luke Combs dominated the top of the chart in 2020, spending more than half of the year at number one.
Singer Kenny Rogers
Kenny Rogers topped the chart shortly after he died in March.
Singer Carrie Underwood
Carrie Underwood ended the year at number one with her holiday album My Gift.
Issue date Title Artist(s) Ref.
January 4 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Burl Ives
January 11 What You See Is What You Get Luke Combs
January 18
January 25
February 1 Nightfall Little Big Town
February 8 What You See Is What You Get Luke Combs
February 15
February 22
February 29
March 7
March 14
March 21
March 28
April 4 The Best of Kenny Rogers: Through the Years Kenny Rogers
April 11 What You See Is What You Get Luke Combs
April 18 Southside Sam Hunt
April 25
May 2 What You See Is What You Get Luke Combs
May 9
May 16 Here and Now Kenny Chesney
May 23 What You See Is What You Get Luke Combs
May 30 Reunions Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
June 6 What You See Is What You Get Luke Combs
June 13 Life on the Flip Side Jimmy Buffett
June 20 What You See Is What You Get Luke Combs
June 27
July 4
July 11
July 18
July 25
August 1 Gaslighter The Chicks
August 8
August 15 If I Know Me Morgan Wallen
August 22 Born Here Live Here Die Here Luke Bryan
August 29 If I Know Me Morgan Wallen
September 5 Here on Earth Tim McGraw
September 12 What You See Is What You Get Luke Combs
September 19
September 26
October 3 The Speed of Now Part 1 Keith Urban
October 10 My Gift Carrie Underwood
October 17 A Holly Dolly Christmas Dolly Parton
October 24 What You See Is What You Get Luke Combs
October 31
November 7
November 14
November 21
November 28 Starting Over Chris Stapleton
December 5 What You See Is What You Get Luke Combs
December 12 My Gift Carrie Underwood
December 19
December 26

See also

References

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