Morgan Wallen, Garth Brooks, Taylor Swift & More Artists With Most Weeks at No. 1 on Top Country Albums Chart: Full List

Five years ago this week, Morgan Wallen’s debut studio album, If I Know Me, which had been released in April 2018, finally reached No. 1 on Billboard‘s Top Country Albums chart (dated Aug. 15, 2000). It displaced The Chicks’ Gaslighter, which had spent the previous two weeks on top.

No one then could possibly have known what was in store for Wallen, whose latest album, I’m The Problem, this week tops that chart (dated Aug. 16) for the 12th consecutive week. This ups Wallen’s career tally of weeks at No. 1 to a staggering 198 weeks, which allows him to extend his lead as the artist with the most weeks at No. 1 in the chart’s 61-year history.

Top Country Albums originated as Hot Country Albums in the Jan. 11, 1964 issue of Billboard. Johnny Cash’s Ring of Fire (The Best of Johnny Cash) headed the inaugural chart. The compilation was well-timed: “Ring of Fire” had headed Hot Country Songs for seven weeks the previous summer and had crossed over to reach the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The chart was named Hot Country LP’s from 1968 to 1984, when vinyl LPs were king.

Twenty-one artists have logged 50 or more weeks at No. 1 on Top Country Albums. Male solo artists dominate, as you might expect, though three female solo artists have achieved the feat, as have two groups. (One of those groups is an all-female group.) Only one Black artist has amassed 50 or more weeks at No. 1, though that may change as country becomes more inclusive.

Here’s a look at all artists who have topped Top Country Albums for 50 or more weeks.