As we come to a close in 2021, Billboard has released a list of the Top 10 Country Albums Artists sales.
We’ve gathered the list for you and added some facts about what country fans were listening to and buying in 2021.
10. Florida Georgia Line
ShareThe guys' 'Life Rolls On' album was released on February 12, 2021. It includes the hit singles "I Love My Country" and "Long Live."
9. Jason Aldean
ShareJason his tenth studio album 'Macon,' on November 12, 2021; 'Georgia,' the second half, is set to follow on April 22, 2022. Preceding the release of Macon was the release of the single "If I Didn't Love You", featuring Carrie Underwood.
8. Luke Bryan
ShareLuke's 'Born Here, Live Here, Die Here' - A deluxe edition with six extra songs, including the album's fifth single "Waves" and its sixth single, "Up", was released on April 9, 2021. The project was previously released on August 7, 2020.
7. Kane Brown
ShareKane released his 'Mixtape, Vol. 1' extended play (EP) on August 14, 2020. He has also released multiple singles in 2021, including “One Mississippi.”
6. Blake Shelton
Share'Body Language' is Blake’s twelfth studio released on May 21, 2021. He released a deluxe version of the album with a few new songs in December 2021.
5. Carrie Underwood
Share'My Savior' is the eighth studio album and first gospel album by Carrie Underwood. It was released on March 26, 2021. The album features thirteen tracks. Carrie also released a deluxe version of her 2020 'My Gift' Christmas album in 2021.
4. Chris Stapleton
ShareChris released 'Starting Over,' his fourth studio album on November 13, 2020. 'Starting Over' debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200 selling 103,000 units in its first week. Stapleton also took home multiple CMA Awards for the project in November of 2021.
3. Taylor Swift
ShareTaylor came back into the country music fans' lives with the re-release of two of her previous albums in 2021. 'Red (Taylor's Version)' is the second re-recorded album released on November 12, 2021. It is a re-recording of Swift's fourth studio album, 'Red' (2012). It followed her first re-recorded album, 'Fearless (Taylor's Version),' which was released in April 2021.
2. Luke Combs
ShareLuke released 'What You See Is What You Get,' his second studio album on November 8, 2019. He then released the Deluxe album, 'What You See Ain’t Always What You Get' on October 23, 2020.
1. Morgan Wallen
ShareMorgan was recently announced as the top-selling album artist in 2021 for all genres. 'Dangerous: The Double Album' is his second studio album. The double album was released on January 8, 2021. Despite his controversy after using a racial slur in February of 2021, 'Dangerous: The Double Album 'debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 and US Top Country Albums charts, earning 265,000 album-equivalent units. The album also accumulated a total of 240.18 million on-demand streams of the album’s songs, becoming the largest streaming week ever for a country album.