List of UK Country Albums Chart number ones of 2020

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These are the Official Charts Company's UK Country Albums Chart number ones of 2020. 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 3 January, Luke Combs's What You See Is What You Getspent its fifth total week at number one, having held the top spot for the final two weeks of 2019. It would go on to remain at the peak for the first three weeks of 2020 before being displaced by Nightfall by Little Big Town, who achieved their second number one album. What You See Is What You Get would return to the chart peak throughout the year, spending a total of seven weeks there in 2020. The Shires spent the most weeks at number one this year, with their fourth album Good Years holding the top spot for eleven weeks, including nine consecutive weeks between March and May. The Chicks spent four weeks at number one with Gaslighter, their first release since 2006. Rumer then spent a cumulative six weeks atop the chart with Nashville Tears. Towards the end of the year, Starting Over by Chris Stapleton became his fourth number one, and held the top spot for five nonconsecutive weeks. Other artists who spent multiple weeks at number one included Ashton Lane, Brothers Osborne, Carrie Underwood, Gretchen Peters, Jason Isbell, The Cadillac Three, and Willie Nelson, who each held the position for two weeks. The final number one of the year was Starting Over.

Singer Luke Combs
What You See Is What You Get by Luke Combs spent seven weeks at number one.
Group The Shires
The Shires spent a leading eleven weeks at number one in 2020, with Good Years.
Group The Chicks
The Chicks held the top spot for four weeks with Gaslighter, their first album since 2006.
Singer Rumer
Nashville Tears by Rumer was number one for five weeks.
Singer Chris Stapleton
Chris Stapleton's Starting Over was number one for five weeks.
Issue date Album Artist(s) Record label Ref.
3 January What You See is What You Get Luke Combs Columbia Nashville/River House [1]
10 January [2]
17 January [3]
24 January Nightfall Little Big Town Decca [4]
31 January [5]
7 February What You See is What You Get Luke Combs Columbia Nashville/River House [6]
14 February Country Fuzz The Cadillac Three Big Machine [7]
21 February [8]
28 February Travelling Mercies Ashton Lane OC [9]
6 March [10]
13 March What You See is What You Get Luke Combs Columbia Nashville/River House [11]
20 March Good Years The Shires BMG [12]
27 March [13]
3 April [14]
10 April [15]
17 April [16]
24 April [17]
1 May [18]
8 May [19]
15 May [20]
22 May Reunions Jason Isbell Southeastern [21]
29 May [22]
5 June Ghosts of West Virginia Steve Earle New West [23]
12 June Good Years The Shires BMG [24]
19 June [25]
26 June The Night You Wrote That Song Gretchen Peters Sony [26]
3 July [27]
10 July First Rose of Spring Willie Nelson Sony [28]
17 July [29]
24 July Gaslighter The Chicks Columbia [30]
31 July [31]
7 August [32]
14 August [33]
21 August Nashville Tears Rumer Cooking Vinyl [34]
28 August [35]
4 September [36]
11 September Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs Colter Wall La Honda [37]
18 September Nashville Tears Rumer Cooking Vinyl [38]
25 September [39]
2 October My Gift Carrie Underwood EMI [40]
9 October [41]
16 October Skeletons Brothers Osborne Spinefarm [42]
23 October [43]
30 October What You See is What You Get Luke Combs Columbia Nashville/River House [44]
6 November [45]
13 November The Otherside Cam Mercury Nashville [46]
20 November Starting Over Chris Stapleton Mercury Nashville [47]
27 November [48]
4 December [49]
11 December The Road to Christmas Derek Ryan Sharpe Music [50]
18 December Starting Over Chris Stapleton Mercury Nashville [51]
25 December [52]

Most weeks at number one

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