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List of Top Country Albums number ones of 2011

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Singer Brad Paisley
Brad Paisley spent two weeks at number one with This Is Country Music.

Top Country Albums is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music albums in the United States, published by Billboard. In 2011, 19 different albums topped the chart; placings were based on electronic point of sale data from retail outlets.[1]

In the issue of Billboard dated January 1, Taylor Swift was at number one with Speak Now, the album's seventh week in the top spot.[2] Swift's album held the peak position for the first seven weeks of 2011 before being displaced by Jason Aldean's My Kinda Party. The latter album was the year's longest-running chart-topper, spending 12 weeks atop the chart in five separate spells between February and July. It was displaced from the top spot for the first time in the issue dated March 5 by Need You Now by the group Lady Antebellum, which returned to number one having already spent 29 weeks at the top of the chart the previous year.[3] The group was the only act to achieve more than one number one during 2011, as it returned to the top spot in October with Own the Night, which spent five non-consecutive weeks atop the chart before the end of the year and was the final chart-topper of 2011.

Half of the eighteen acts to top the chart in 2011 did so for the first time. In March, Aaron Lewis topped the chart with his first solo release, which was recorded in the country genre in contrast to his previous role as the lead vocalist of the alternative metal band Staind.[4] In April, Alison Krauss & Union Station reached number one for the first time nearly 20 years after first entering the chart,[5] and Ronnie Dunn achieved his first solo chart-topper two months later, following years of success as one half of the duo Brooks & Dunn.[6] In July Justin Moore gained his first number one,[7] and in August and September four consecutive chart-toppers were by acts which had not previously reached the top spot: Eric Church, Luke Bryan, Pistol Annies (although one member of the group, Miranda Lambert, had previously achieved number ones as a solo artist),[8] and Jake Owen.[9][10][11][12] Bryan, along with Jason Aldean, was associated with the so-called bro-country style, an emerging sub-genre which incorporated influences from rock music and hip hop and often featured lyrics relating to partying, attractive young women, and pick-up trucks.[13][14] The final artist to reach number one for the first time was Scotty McCreery,[15] who had won the tenth season of the TV singing competition American Idol earlier in the year.[16] His album Clear as Day entered the chart at number one in the issue of Billboard dated October 22,[17] and spent six weeks at number one before the end of the year in three separate spells.

Chart history

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Singer Ronnie Dunn
Ronnie Dunn had his first solo number one after many years of success as half of the duo Brooks & Dunn.
Singer Scotty McCreery
American Idol winner Scotty McCreery topped the chart in October.
Singer Jason Aldean
Jason Aldean's My Kinda Party was the year's longest-running number one.
Singer Justin Moore
Outlaws Like Me was the first number one for Justin Moore.
Issue date Title Artist(s) Ref.
January 1 Speak Now Taylor Swift [2]
January 8 [18]
January 15 [19]
January 22 [20]
January 29 [21]
February 5 [22]
February 12 [23]
February 19 My Kinda Party Jason Aldean [24]
February 26 [25]
March 5 Need You Now Lady Antebellum [26]
March 12 [3]
March 19 Town Line Aaron Lewis [27]
March 26 Stronger Sara Evans [28]
April 2 [29]
April 9 My Kinda Party Jason Aldean [30]
April 16 [31]
April 23 [32]
April 30 Paper Airplane Alison Krauss & Union Station [33]
May 7 [34]
May 14 My Kinda Party Jason Aldean [35]
May 21 [36]
May 28 [37]
June 4 [38]
June 11 This Is Country Music Brad Paisley [39]
June 18 [40]
June 25 Ronnie Dunn Ronnie Dunn [41]
July 2 My Kinda Party Jason Aldean [42]
July 9 Outlaws Like Me Justin Moore [43]
July 16 My Kinda Party Jason Aldean [44]
July 23 [45]
July 30 Red River Blue Blake Shelton [46]
August 6 [47]
August 13 Chief Eric Church [48]
August 20 [49]
August 27 Tailgates & Tanlines Luke Bryan [50]
September 3 [51]
September 10 Hell on Heels Pistol Annies [52]
September 17 Barefoot Blue Jean Night Jake Owen [53]
September 24 Here for a Good Time George Strait [54]
October 1 Own the Night Lady Antebellum [55]
October 8 [56]
October 15 [57]
October 22 Clear as Day Scotty McCreery [17]
October 29 [58]
November 5 [59]
November 12 Clancy's Tavern Toby Keith [60]
November 19 Four the Record Miranda Lambert [61]
November 26 [62]
December 3 Clear as Day Scotty McCreery [63]
December 10 [64]
December 17 Own the Night Lady Antebellum [65]
December 24 Clear as Day Scotty McCreery [66]
December 31 Own the Night Lady Antebellum [67]

References

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  14. ^ McClellan, Laura (July 1, 2017). "So Long Bro: Chase Rice Rejects Bro-Country Past With New Label + Album". Taste of Country. Townsquare Media. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
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  40. ^ "Country Albums chart for June 18, 2011". Billboard. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  41. ^ "Country Albums chart for June 25, 2011". Billboard. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
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  58. ^ "Country Albums chart for October 29, 2011". Billboard. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  59. ^ "Country Albums chart for November 5, 2011". Billboard. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
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  61. ^ "Country Albums chart for November 19, 2011". Billboard. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  62. ^ "Country Albums chart for November 26, 2011". Billboard. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  63. ^ "Country Albums chart for December 3, 2011". Billboard. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  64. ^ "Country Albums chart for December 10, 2011". Billboard. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
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