List of UK Country Albums Chart number ones of 2026

These are the Official Charts Company's UK Country Albums Chart number ones of 2026. 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 2 January, the self-titled fourth studio album by Zach Bryan remained at number one for a fifth consecutive week, having spent the entirety of December 2024 at the top of the charts. It was displaced by the re-recording of Taylor Swift's Fearless for its 54th week at the chart peak, and its first week at number one since the chart dated 10 January 2025. Chris Stapleton's 2015 debut album Traveller then spent a tenth non-consecutive week at the top spot. Bryan then returned to number one, this time with his sixth album With Heaven on Top, before Stapleton reclaimed the peak for an additional three weeks. British artist Kezia Gill achieved her first number one on the iteration of the chart dated 20 February with her major label debut, All On Red. Megan Moroney earned her first UK number one with Cloud 9, which spent two weeks at the top spot before Stapleton returned for a fifth week of 2026 and a fifteenth week at number one overall. In the week following his performance at the C2C: Country to Country festival, Drake Milligan's second studio album Tumbleweed climbed to number one. Luke Combs then spent three weeks at the top with his fifth consecutive number one album, The Way I Am, followed by a trio of female solo artists: Ella Langley's Dandelion spent three weeks at number one, followed by two week chart-topper Middle of Nowhere, the fifth consecutive number one for Kacey Musgraves, and then Ashley McBryde's Wild, before Dandelion reclaimed the chart peak for an additional week. Grey by Kiefer Sutherland spent two weeks at the top before Dandelion returned for another three weeks. The Shires earned their sixth consecutive number one album with Bonfire.

Chart history

Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record labelRef.2 JanuaryZach BryanZach BryanWarner Records9 JanuaryFearless (Taylor's Version)Taylor SwiftEMI16 JanuaryTravellerChris StapletonMercury Nashville23 JanuaryWith Heaven on TopZach BryanWarner Records30 JanuaryTravellerChris StapletonMercury Nashville6 February13 February20 FebruaryAll On RedKezia GillSnakefarm27 FebruaryCloud 9Megan MoroneyColumbia Nashville6 March13 MarchTravellerChris StapletonMercury Nashville20 MarchTumbleweedDrake MilliganBBR Music Group27 MarchThe Way I AmLuke CombsColumbia Nashville3 April10 April17 AprilDandelionElla LangleyColumbia Records24 April1 May8 MayMiddle of NowhereKacey MusgravesLost Highway Records15 May22 MayWildAshley McBrydeWarner Records29 MayDandelionElla LangleyColumbia Records5 JuneGreyKiefer SutherlandMaple Creek Records12 June19 JuneDandelionElla LangleyColumbia Records26 June3 July10 JulyBonfireThe ShiresBig Machine Records17 July24 JulyDandelionElla LangleyColumbia Records31 JulyLittle Miss TwainShania TwainEMI Records7 August14 AugustDandelionElla LangleyColumbia Records21 August28 AugustThrasherBrandon FlowersEMI Records4 September11 September18 September25 SeptemberMuleOrville PeckWarner Records

Most weeks at number one Weeks at number oneArtist10Ella Langley5Chris Stapleton4Brandon Flowers3Luke Combs2Kacey MusgravesKiefer SutherlandMegan MoroneyShania TwainThe ShiresZach Bryan

List of UK Country Albums Chart number ones of 2026

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