List of Top Country Albums number ones of 2019
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File:Luke_Combs_interview.jpg dominated the top of the chart in 2019, spending a total of 34 weeks at number one with three albums. No other act spent more than one week in the top spot.]]
Top Country Albums is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music albums in the United States, published by Billboard. In 2019, 21 different albums topped the chart, based on multi-metric consumption, blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming equivalent albums.
The number-one position was dominated in 2019 by Luke Combs, who spent 34 weeks in the top spot during the year. His debut album This One's for You had first reached number one in the summer of 2017,{{cite web|url=https://tasteofcountry.com/luke-combs-this-ones-for-you-album-charts/|title=Luke Combs' Debut Album Nestles into Top 5 on Billboard All-Genre Chart|first=Cillea|last=Houghton|work=Taste of Country|publisher=Townsquare Media|date=June 15, 2017|accessdate=April 4, 2020}} but continued to return intermittently to the top of the chart for more than two years, particularly after the release of a deluxe edition in mid-2018. In 2019 the album had ten separate spells at number one, totalling 29 weeks atop the chart. Having already spent 21 weeks at number one in 2017 and 2018, the album reached a total of 50 weeks in the top spot, tying the record set by Shania Twain's album Come On Over for the highest total number of weeks at number one on the Top Country Albums chart.{{Cite web|url=https://tasteofcountry.com/uke-combs-this-ones-for-you-tied-no-1-shania-twain-come-on-over/|work=Taste of Country|publisher=Townsquare Media|date=October 28, 2019|accessdate=April 3, 2020|first=Wendy|last=Hermanson|title=Luke Combs Ties Shania Twain For Longest No.1 Country Album}} In June, The Prequel, a five-track EP,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/luke-combs-the-prequel-album-beer-never-broke-my-heart-838266/|title=Luke Combs Readies New EP 'The Prequel'|first=Joseph|last=Hudak|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=May 21, 2019|accessdate=April 3, 2020}} spent a single week at number one, and in November his second full-length album What You See Is What You Get reached the top spot, where it had spent four non-consecutive weeks by the end of the year. It also became the singer's first album to top the all-genres Billboard 200 chart,{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2019/11/22/luke-combs-smashes-one-of-garth-brooks-most-impressive-records|title=Luke Combs Smashes One Of Garth Brooks' Most Impressive Records|work=Forbes|first=Hugh|last=McIntyre|date=November 22, 2019|accessdate=April 3, 2020}} a feat also achieved by Thomas Rhett's album Center Point Road, which topped both listings in June.{{cite web|title=Thomas Rhett Hits No. 1 Again With New Album 'Center Point Road'|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2019/06/09/thomas-rhett-hits-no-1-again-with-new-album-center-point-road|work=Forbes|first=Hugh|last=McIntyre|date=June 9, 2019|accessdate=April 3, 2020}}
Every other chart-topper of 2019 spent only a single week at number one, and no act other than Combs achieved more than one number one during the year in its own right, although Maren Morris reached number one with her solo album Girl and also as a member of the Highwomen, a supergroup of female country singers.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/the-highwomen-interview-brandi-carlile-maren-morris-860629/|title=The Highwomen: In the Studio With Country's Ballsiest New Supergroup|magazine=Rolling Stone|first=Marissa R.|last=Moss|date=July 19, 2019|accessdate=April 4, 2020}} Several acts reached the top of the chart for the first time in 2019, beginning in the year's first week when former television and film singing cowboy Gene Autry was at number one with Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and Other Christmas Classics, giving him his first chart-topper more than 20 years after his death.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/gene-autry/chart-history/clp/|title=Gene Autry Chart History|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=April 4, 2020}}{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Music/9810/02/autry.obit/|title='Singing Cowboy' Gene Autry dead at 91|publisher=CNN|date=October 2, 1998|accessdate=April 4, 2020}} Other acts to reach the top of the chart for the first time during the year were Cody Johnson with Ain't Nothin' to It,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8495535/cody-johnson-aint-nothin-to-it-country-songs-number-one|title=Cody Johnson Earns First Top Country Albums Chart No. 1 With 'Ain't Nothin' to It'|first=Cameron|last=Powell|magazine=Billboard|date=January 29, 2019|accessdate=April 5, 2020}} Tyler Childers with Country Squire,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527301/tyler-childers-earns-first-top-country-albums-no-1|title=Tyler Childers Earns First Top Country Albums No. 1 With 'Country Squire'|first=Emma|last=Delevante|magazine=Billboard|date=August 13, 2019|accessdate=April 5, 2020}} the Highwomen with their self-titled debut album,{{Cite web|url=https://tasteofcountry.com/the-highwomen-album-no-1/|title=The Highwomen React to Their Self-Titled Debut Album Reaching No. 1|first=Jacklyn|last=Krol|date=September 17, 2019|accessdate=April 5, 2020|work=The Boot|publisher=Townsquare Media}} Midland with Let It Roll,{{cite web|title=Midland's Sophomore Album 'Let It Roll' Debuts at No. 1|url=https://tasteofcountry.com/midland-let-it-roll-number-one-debut/|first=Ryan|last=Reichard|work=Taste of Country|publisher=Townsquare Media|date=September 7, 2019|accessdate=April 4, 2020}} and the band Whiskey Myers with its eponymous album.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8532434/whiskey-myers-no-1-top-country-albums|title=Whiskey Myers Scores First Top Country Albums No. 1, Jon Pardi & Sturgill Simpson Debut in Top 3|magazine=Billboard|date=October 8, 2019|accessdate=April 4, 2020|first=Khris|last=Poage}} In contrast, Honky Tonk Time Machine was the 27th number one for veteran country star George Strait, a record number of chart-toppers for a single artist.{{cite web|url=https://www.aol.com/article/entertainment/2019/04/10/george-strait-scores-his-27th-number-one-album/23709556/|title=George Strait scores his 27th number one album|publisher=AOL|first=Michael|last=Cerio|date=April 10, 2019|accessdate=November 20, 2019}} The year's final number one was Fully Loaded: God's Country, a compilation album by Blake Shelton, which topped the chart in the issue of Billboard dated December 28.
Chart history
File:Maren_Morris_2019_by_Glenn_Francis.jpg topped the chart with a solo album and also as part of the group The Highwomen.]]
File:Tyler_Childers-19_(32662845828).jpg was the first number one for Tyler Childers.]]
File:Thomas_Rhett_2013.jpg was a crossover success for Thomas Rhett, also topping the Billboard 200.]]
File:Whiskey Myers .jpg gained its first number one with its self-titled album.]]
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| scope=row|{{dts|January 5}}
| Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and Other Christmas Classics | {{sortname|Gene|Autry}} | align=center|{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-albums/2019-01-05|title=Country Albums chart for January 5, 2019|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=January 5, 2019}} |
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| scope=row|{{dts|January 12}}
| rowspan="3"| This One's for You | rowspan="3"| {{sortname|Luke|Combs}} |
| scope=row|{{dts|January 19}} |
| scope=row|{{dts|January 26}} |
| scope=row|{{dts|February 2}}
| {{sortname|Cody|Johnson}} |
| scope=row|{{dts|February 9}}
| rowspan="2"| This One's for You | rowspan="2"| {{sortname|Luke|Combs}} |
| scope=row|{{dts|February 16}} |
| scope=row|{{dts|February 23}}
| {{sortname|Kacey|Musgraves}} |
| scope=row|{{dts|March 2}} |
| scope=row|{{dts|March 9}}
| rowspan="2"| This One's for You | rowspan="2"| {{sortname|Luke|Combs}} |
| scope=row|{{dts|March 16}} |
| scope=row|{{dts|March 23}}
| Girl | {{sortname|Maren|Morris}} |
| scope=row|{{dts|March 30}}
| rowspan="2"| This One's for You | rowspan="2"| {{sortname|Luke|Combs}} |
| scope=row|{{dts|April 6}} |
| scope=row|{{dts|April 13}}
| {{sortname|George|Strait}} |
| scope=row|{{dts|April 20}}
| Reboot |
| scope=row|{{dts|April 27}}
| rowspan="7"| This One's for You | rowspan="7"| {{sortname|Luke|Combs}} |
| scope=row|{{dts|May 4}} |
| scope=row|{{dts|May 11}} |
| scope=row|{{dts|May 18}} |
| scope=row|{{dts|May 25}} |
| scope=row|{{dts|June 1}} |
| scope=row|{{dts|June 8}} |
| scope=row|{{dts|June 15}}
| {{sortname|Thomas|Rhett}} |
| scope=row|{{dts|June 22}}
| {{sort|Prequel|The Prequel (EP)}} | rowspan="8"| {{sortname|Luke|Combs}} |
| scope=row|{{dts|June 29}}
| rowspan="7"| This One's for You |
| scope=row|{{dts|July 6}} |
| scope=row|{{dts|July 13}} |
| scope=row|{{dts|July 20}} |
| scope=row|{{dts|July 27}} |
| scope=row|{{dts|August 3}} |
| scope=row|{{dts|August 10}} |
| scope=row|{{dts|August 17}}
| {{sortname|Tyler|Childers}} |
| scope=row|{{dts|August 24}}
| rowspan="2"| This One's for You | rowspan="2"| {{sortname|Luke|Combs}} |
| scope=row|{{dts|August 31}} |
| scope=row|{{dts|September 7}}
| Midland |
| scope=row|{{dts|September 14}}
| {{sortname|Luke|Combs}} |
| scope=row|{{dts|September 21}}
| {{sort|High|The Highwomen}} | {{sort|Highwomen|The Highwomen}} |
| scope=row|{{dts|September 28}}
| {{sortname|Luke|Combs}} |
| scope=row|{{dts|October 5}}
| {{sort|Owl|The Owl}} | {{sort|Brown|Zac Brown Band}} |
| scope=row|{{dts|October 12}} |
| scope=row|{{dts|October 19}}
| {{sortname|Brantley|Gilbert}} |
| scope=row|{{dts|October 26}}
| rowspan="2"| This One's for You | rowspan="2"| {{sortname|Luke|Combs}} |
| scope=row|{{dts|November 2}} |
| scope=row|{{dts|November 9}} |
| scope=row|{{dts|November 16}}
| Wildcard | {{sortname|Miranda|Lambert}} |
| scope=row|{{dts|November 23}}
| rowspan="2"| What You See Is What You Get | rowspan="2"| {{sortname|Luke|Combs}} |
| scope=row|{{dts|November 30}} |
| scope=row|{{dts|December 7}}
| {{sort|Nine|9}} | {{sortname|Jason|Aldean}} |
| scope=row|{{dts|December 14}}
| rowspan="2"| What You See Is What You Get | rowspan="2"| {{sortname|Luke|Combs}} |
| scope=row|{{dts|December 21}} |
| scope=row|{{dts|December 28}}
| {{sortname|Blake|Shelton}} |