Morgan Wallen, Garth Brooks, Taylor Swift & More Artists With Most Weeks at No. 1 on Top Country Albums Chart: Full List

Morgan Wallen’s I’m the Problem leads Billboard‘s Top Country Albums chart (dated Aug. 1) for the 46th nonconsecutive week. This ups Wallen’s career tally of weeks at No. 1 to 232, allowing him to extend his lead as the artist with the most weeks at No. 1 in the chart’s 62-year history.

Wallen’s achievement is especially impressive because he has amassed this hefty total of weeks at No. 1 in a little less than six years. He first topped the chart on Aug. 15, 2020.

Before returning to No. 1 last week, I’m the Problem spent 13 weeks at No. 2 behind Ella Langley‘s Dandelion. That was the longest Wallen has been locked out of the top spot since he rose to superstar status in January 2021 with Dangerous: The Double Album.

Top Country Albums originated as Hot Country Albums in the Jan. 11, 1964 issue of Billboard. Johnny Cash’s Ring of Fire (The Best of Johnny Cash) headed the inaugural chart. The compilation was well-timed: “Ring of Fire” had headed Hot Country Songs for seven weeks the previous summer and had crossed over to reach the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The chart was named Hot Country LP’s from 1968 to 1984, when vinyl LPs were king.

Twenty-one artists have logged 50 or more weeks at No. 1 on Top Country Albums. Male solo artists dominate, as you might expect, though three female solo artists have achieved the feat, as have two groups. (One of those groups is an all-female group.) Only one Black artist has amassed 50 or more weeks at No. 1, though that may change as country becomes more inclusive.

Here’s a look at all artists who have topped Top Country Albums for 50 or more weeks.

Longest-running No. 1: When the Sun Goes Down (14 weeks in 2004)

Notes: Chesney’s tally of No. 1 albums includes two live albums, LIVE: Live Those Songs Again (2006) and Live in No Shoes Nation (2017).

Most recent week at No. 1: Feb. 17, 2001

Longest-running No. 1: Blue (28 weeks in 1996-97)

Notes: Rimes’ total includes a 1997 compilation of early recordings, Unchained Melody: The Early Years. Rimes was just 14 in February 1997 when she won a Grammy for best new artist. She remains the youngest winner ever in that category.

Longest-running No. 1: My World (17 weeks in 1965-66)

Notes: My World was the first country album to receive a Grammy nod for album of the year. The album included the crossover hit “Make the World Go Away,” which all but defined the “countrypolitan” sound.

Longest-running No. 1: Wichita Lineman (20 weeks in 1968-69)

Notes: Wichita Lineman is tied with Johnny Cash at San Quentin for the longest run at No. 1 of any album in the 1960s. Campbell’s tally of No. 1 albums also includes Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell, a collab with the singer of “Ode to Billie Joe.” The 1968 album was the first collaborative album to reach No. 1 on the chart.

Most recent week at No. 1: June 20, 2015

Longest-running No. 1: Pancho & Lefty (with Willie Nelson) (eight weeks in 1983)

Notes: Haggard’s tally of No. 1s includes eight albums on which his backing group, The Strangers, was also credited. Hag’s tally includes three live albums, Okie From Muskogee (1970), The Fightin’ Side of Me (1970)and I Love Dixie Blues … So I Recorded ‘Live’ in New Orleans (1973). It also includes two collabs with Willie Nelson, Pancho & Lefty and Django and Jimmie (2015).

Most recent week at No. 1: April 12, 2014

Longest-running No. 1: Johnny Cash at San Quentin (20 weeks in 1969)

Notes: Cash’s No. 1 albums spanned more than 50 years. Johnny Cash at San Quentin (which received a Grammy nod for album of the year) has had the longest run at No. 1 of any live album. It is also tied with Glen Campbell’s Wichita Lineman as the longest-running No. 1 album of the 1960s. Cash also reached No. 1 with two other live albums – Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison (1968) and The Johnny Cash Show (1970), which was recorded at the Grand Ole Opry. He also topped the chart with a 1985 collab LP with Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson and with two posthumous albums – American V: A Hundred Highways (2006) and Out Among the Stars (2014).

Most recent week at No. 1: April 20, 1968

Longest-running No. 1: I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail (15 weeks in 1965)

Notes: Owens’ first No. 1 album, Buck Owens Sings Tommy Collins (1964), was a tribute album to the singer/songwriter whose biggest hits included “You Better Not Do That” and “If You Can’t Bite, Don’t Growl.” Owens’ tally of No. 1 albums includes two live albums, Carnegie Hall Concert (1966) and Buck Owens and His Buckaroos in Japan! (1967).

Most recent week at No. 1: April 13, 2019

Longest-running No. 1s: Ocean Front Property (six weeks in 1987) and Carrying Your Love With Me (six weeks in 1997)

Notes: Strait made this list the hard way – without a single album that logged more than six weeks at No. 1. Strait’s tally of No. 1 albums includes the 1992 soundtrack to Pure Country, in which he starred.

Longest-running No. 1: Fly (36 weeks in 1999-2000)

Notes: The Chicks, formerly Dixie Chicks, are the second-highest ranking group on this list. Three of the group’s No. 1 albums – Fly, Home and Taking the Long Way – received Grammy nods for album of the year. The latter album won the award. The group’s most recent No. 1 album, Gaslighter, was bumped from the top spot by the debut album by a promising newcomer named Morgan Wallen.