The Official Top 40 Biggest Americana Albums of 2022
We reveal 2022's best-sellers - from Taylor Swift to Frank Turner
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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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 |
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This chart is compiled using sales and streaming equivalent sales combined.
See this week's Official Americana Albums Chart powered by Sweet Home Alabama, published Fridays at 5.45pm.
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