THE WEEK'S MOST POPULAR COUNTRY ALBUMS, BASED ON MULTIMETRIC CONSUMPTION, BLENDING TRADITIONAL ALBUM SALES, STREAMING-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS AND TRACK-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS, AS COMPILED BY LUMINATE.

Musically speaking, in 2024 mainstream culture is stuck in a nostalgia trap and has been for several years. Fueled by Spotify ...

Two of country music's top male artists of the 21st century have new albums planned for 2025. You'll also find new projects from a heralded duo, country music's quietest crossover star ...

albums, including Kaitlin Butts’ Oklahoma!-inspired concept LP, Shaboozey’s Western hip-hop, and Zach Top’s Nineties gold. Country’s hot. And it shows no signs of cooling its cowboy-boot ...

In 2024, the most memorable country albums were the projects that fell on one end or the other of a stylistic extreme. Some of the biggest splashes came from young-gun traditionalists, who ...

This year’s best country albums list is once again presented in partnership with Don’t Rock The Inbox, the amazing country music newsletter run by Stereogum contributors Marissa R. Moss and ...

Brenda Lee reaches another landmark as the legend notches her first chart-topper on Billboard's Top Country Albums survey ...

Nearly every week this year saw the release of a country or Americana record that could be a contender for album of the year. With so much great music, there are surely several albums and EPs that ...