The Official Top 40 Biggest Americana Albums of 2022

We reveal 2022's best-sellers - from Taylor Swift to Frank Turner

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Taylor Swift claims 2022's Official biggest Americana album with evermore.

Taylor tops the end-of-year Official Americana Albums Chart powered by Sweet Home Alabama with her ninth studio LP, as Bruce Springsteen's 2022 release Only The Strong Survive takes the Number 2 spot. Bruce - known affectionately as 'The Boss' - managed this in less then two months, the record having being released on November 11.

His 21st studio album, Only The Strong Survive also peaked at Number 2 on the Official Albums Chart upon its release last year.

In third place in the year-end list is Phoebe Bridgers, with her second studio release Punisher. The Californian singer-songwriter scored her first Official UK Top 10 album with the record upon its release, debuting at Number 6.

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The UK's best-selling Americana albums of 2022

It's Frank Turner who claims 2022's biggest UK Americana album of the year, with his ninth studio LP FTHC - an initialism for Frank Turner Hardcore - landing at Number 6 on the overall end-of-year list.

FTHC topped the Official Albums Chart upon its release in February 2022.

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Elsewhere, Marcus Mumford's solo debut (self-titled) enjoys a Top 10 placing at Number 7, as Bear's Den land at Number 17 with Blue Hours.

Bristol-born singer-songwriter Yola is at Number 25 with the sublime Stand For Myself, while fellow Bristolian Katy J Pearson boasts the year's 31st biggest-seller with Sound of the Morning.

Brighton artist Passenger sees his collection Birds That Flew and Ships That Sailed enter the year-end Top 40 (32), as does Laura Marling's Song for Our Daughter (36).

And, finally, Elles Bailey makes 2022's Top 40 with her fifth studio LP Shining in the Half Light (39).

The Official Top 40 biggest Americana Albums of 2022 - powered by Sweet Home Alabama

POS	Title	Artist
1	EVERMORE	TAYLOR SWIFT
2	ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE	BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
3	PUNISHER	PHOEBE BRIDGERS
4	FTHC	FRANK TURNER
5	PALOMINO	FIRST AID KIT
6	RAISE THE ROOF	ROBERT PLANT & ALISON KRAUSS
7	(SELF-TITLED)	MARCUS MUMFORD
8	DROPOUT BOOGIE	BLACK KEYS
9	DRAGON NEW WARM MOUNTAIN I BELIEVE IN	BIG THIEF
10	THE BOY NAMED IF	ELVIS COSTELLO & THE IMPOSTERS
11	RUN ROSE RUN	DOLLY PARTON
12	I DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE	WAR ON DRUGS
13	BRIGHTSIDE	LUMINEERS
14	ANGEL IN REALTIME	GANG OF YOUTHS
15	ENTERING HEAVEN ALIVE	JACK WHITE
16	RECKLESS	MORGAN WADE
17	BLUE HOURS	BEAR'S DEN
18	STARTING OVER	CHRIS STAPLETON
19	AND IN THE DARKNESS HEARTS AGLOW	WEYES BLOOD
20	TOAST	NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE
21	BIG TIME	ANGEL OLSEN
22	BLOOR STREET	KIEFER SUTHERLAND
23	SHERYL - MUSIC FROM THE FEATURE	SHERYL CROW
24	(WATCH MY MOVES)	KURT VILE
25	STAND FOR MYSELF	YOLA
26	BARN	NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE
27	LETTER TO YOU	BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
28	STICK SEASON	NOAH KAHAN
29	GET ON BOARD	TAJ MAHAL & RY COODER
30	SURFACE SOUNDS	KALEO
31	SOUND OF THE MORNING	KATY J PEARSON
32	BIRDS THAT FLEW AND SHIPS THAT SAILED	PASSENGER
33	WORLD RECORD	NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE
34	A VERY LONELY SOLSTICE	FLEET FOXES
35	AMERICAN HEARTBREAK	ZACH BRYAN
36	SONG FOR OUR DAUGHTER	LAURA MARLING
37	ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS	BOB DYLAN
38	LUCIFER ON THE SOFA	SPOON
39	SHINING IN THE HALF LIGHT	ELLES BAILEY
40	BRONCO	ORVILLE PECK