List of number-one country albums of 2010 (U.S.)
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These are the U.S. number-one country albums of 2010
, per the Billboard
Top Country Albums chart.
Note that Billboard publishes charts with an issue date approximately 7-10 days in advance.
2010 in country music
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 2010.-Events:*January 31 — Taylor Swift becomes the youngest country music artist and also youngest person to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year for her album Fearless...
, per the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Top Country Albums chart.
Note that Billboard publishes charts with an issue date approximately 7-10 days in advance.
| Issue Date | Album | Artist |
| January 2 | Fearless Fearless (Taylor Swift album) Fearless has been well-received by music professionals, with many praising Swift for her introspective lyrics, as well as her mature sound. According to the music review aggregator Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an... |
Taylor Swift Taylor Swift Taylor Alison Swift is an American country pop singer-songwriter, musician and actress.In 2006, she released her debut single "Tim McGraw", then her self-titled debut album, which was subsequently certified multi-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America... |
| January 9 | Fearless | Taylor Swift |
| January 16 | Fearless | Taylor Swift |
| January 23 | Fearless | Taylor Swift |
| January 30 | Fearless | Taylor Swift |
| February 6 | Fearless | Taylor Swift |
| February 13 | Need You Now Need You Now "Need You Now" is a country pop song performed by American country music group Lady Antebellum. The song was co-written by Lady Antebellum and Josh Kear, and produced by the trio along with Paul Worley. It serves as the lead-off single and title track to their second studio album, Need You Now,... |
Lady Antebellum Lady Antebellum Lady Antebellum is an American country pop music group formed in Nashville, Tennessee in 2006. The trio is composed of Charles Kelley , Dave Haywood and Hillary Scott .The group made its debut in 2007 as guest vocalists on Jim Brickman's single "Never Alone", before signing to Capitol... |
| February 20 | Need You Now | Lady Antebellum |
| February 27 | Need You Now | Lady Antebellum |
| March 6 | Need You Now | Lady Antebellum |
| March 13 | Need You Now | Lady Antebellum |
| March 20 | Need You Now | Lady Antebellum |
| March 27 | Need You Now | Lady Antebellum |
| April 3 | Need You Now | Lady Antebellum |
| April 10 | Need You Now | Lady Antebellum |
| April 17 | Need You Now | Lady Antebellum |
| April 24 | Need You Now | Lady Antebellum |
| May 1 | Need You Now | Lady Antebellum |
| May 8 | Need You Now | Lady Antebellum |
| May 15 | Need You Now | Lady Antebellum |
| May 22 | Need You Now | Lady Antebellum |
| May 29 | Need You Now | Lady Antebellum |
| June 5 | Need You Now | Lady Antebellum |
| June 12 | Need You Now | Lady Antebellum |
| June 19 | Need You Now | Lady Antebellum |
| June 26 | Need You Now | Lady Antebellum |
| July 3 | Need You Now | Lady Antebellum |
| July 10 | Need You Now | Lady Antebellum |
| July 17 | Need You Now | Lady Antebellum |
| July 24 | Need You Now | Lady Antebellum |
| July 31 | Judge Jerrod & the Hung Jury Judge Jerrod & the Hung Jury -Musicians:*Rachel Bradshaw – background vocals*Dave Brainard – background vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, 12-string guitar, bass guitar, ukulele, keyboards, programming*Taryn Brainard – background vocals*Cliff Canterbury – bass guitar, background vocals... |
Jerrod Niemann Jerrod Niemann Jerrod Lee Niemann is an American country music artist. Active since 2001, he has recorded two independent albums. In 2006, he signed to Category 5 Records and charted with the single "I Love Women "... |
| August 7 | Need You Now | Lady Antebellum |
| August 14 | Need You Now | Lady Antebellum |
| August 21 | Need You Now | Lady Antebellum |
| August 28 | All About Tonight All About Tonight Upon its release, All About Tonight received generally positive reviews from most music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 71, based on 5 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable... |
Blake Shelton Blake Shelton Blake Tollison Shelton is an American country music artist. In 2001, he made his debut with the single "Austin". Released as the lead-off single from his self-titled debut album, "Austin" went on to spend five weeks at Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts... |
| September 4 | Cowboy's Back in Town Cowboy's Back in Town Upon its release, Cowboys Back in Town received generally positive reviews from most music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 71, based on 4 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable... |
Trace Adkins Trace Adkins Tracy Darrell "Trace" Adkins is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1996 with the album Dreamin' Out Loud, released on Capitol Records Nashville. Since then, Adkins has released seven more studio albums and two Greatest Hits compilations... |
| September 11 | The Reason Why The Reason Why -Album:The Reason Why debuted at number 5 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and became their first number 1 record on the U.S. Billboard Country Albums charts, with first week sales of 41,939. As of the chart date January 8, 2011, the album has sold 150,298 copies in the U.S.-End of year charts:-Singles:... |
Little Big Town Little Big Town Little Big Town is an American country music vocal group. Founded in 1998, the group has comprised the same four members since its inception: Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman, Jimi Westbrook, and Phillip Sweet. The quartet's musical style relies heavily on four-part vocal harmonies, with all... |
| September 18 | Need You Now | Lady Antebellum |
| September 25 | Need You Now | Lady Antebellum |
| October 2 | The Guitar Song The Guitar Song Upon its release, The Guitar Song received generally positive reviews from most music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 91, based on 9 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim".Thom... |
Jamey Johnson Jamey Johnson Jamey Johnson is an American Grammy Award nominated country music artist. Signed to BNA Records in 2005, Johnson made his debut with his single "The Dollar," the title track to his 2006 album The Dollar... |
| October 9 | You Get What You Give You Get What You Give (album) Upon its release, You Get What You Give received generally positive reviews from most music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 80, based on 6 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable... |
Zac Brown Band Zac Brown Band Zac Brown Band is an American country music, southern rock, and folk band based in Atlanta, Georgia. The lineup consists of Zac Brown , Jimmy De Martini , John Driskell Hopkins , Coy Bowles , Chris Fryar and Clay Cook... |
| October 16 | Hemingway's Whiskey Hemingway's Whiskey Upon its release, Hemingway’s Whiskey received generally positive reviews from most music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 67, based on 6 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable... |
Kenny Chesney Kenny Chesney Kenneth "Kenny" Arnold Chesney is an American country music singer and songwriter. Chesney has recorded 15 albums, 14 of which have been certified gold or higher by the RIAA. He has also produced more than 30 Top Ten singles on the U.S... |
| October 23 | Bullets in the Gun Bullets in the Gun Upon its release, Bullets in the Gun received generally positive reviews from most music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 76, based on 6 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable... |
Toby Keith Toby Keith Toby Keith Covel , best known as Toby Keith, is an American country music singer-songwriter, record producer and actor. Keith released his first four studio albums — 1993's Toby Keith, 1994's Boomtown, 1996's Blue Moon and 1997's Dream Walkin, plus a Greatest Hits package for various divisions of... |
| October 30 | Charleston, SC 1966 Charleston, SC 1966 Upon its release, Charleston, SC 1966 received generally positive reviews from most music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 68, based on 9 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable... |
Darius Rucker Darius Rucker Darius Rucker is an American musician. He first gained fame as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Hootie & the Blowfish, which he founded in 1986 at the University of South Carolina along with Mark Bryan, Jim "Soni" Sonefeld and Dean Felber... |
| November 6 | The Incredible Machine The Incredible Machine (album) The Incredible Machine is the fourth studio album by American country music duo Sugarland. It was released on October 19, 2010 via Mercury Nashville Records. Byron Gallimore along with both members Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush teamed up for production of the album.Upon its release, The... |
Sugarland |
| November 13 | Speak Now Speak Now Speak Now is the third studio album by American singer–songwriter Taylor Swift, released on October 25, 2010 by Big Machine Records. Production for the album took place during 2008 to 2010 at several recording studios, and was handled by Swift and country music producer Nathan Chapman... |
Taylor Swift |
| November 20 | Speak Now | Taylor Swift |
| November 27 | Speak Now | Taylor Swift |
| December 4 | Nothing Like This Nothing Like This Nothing Like This received positive reviews from most critics. Stephen Thomas Erlewine with Allmusic gave it a four-star review, saying "Nothing Like This doesn’t offer anything new, it’s Rascal Flatts who have never strayed from the sunny sound of their 2000 debut - but everything from the... |
Rascal Flatts Rascal Flatts Rascal Flatts is an American country music band that originated in Columbus, Ohio, United States of America. Since its inception, Rascal Flatts has been composed of three members: Gary LeVox , Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney... |
| December 11 | Speak Now | Taylor Swift |
| December 18 | Speak Now | Taylor Swift |
| December 25 | Speak Now | Taylor Swift |