The Roots Music Report's
Top Americana Country Album Chart
for the Year of 2020
Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Good Souls Better Angels | Lucinda Williams | Highway 20 |
2 | Play the Hits | The Mavericks | Mono Mundo |
3 | Gypsy | Eilen Jewell | Signature Sounds |
4 | Total Freedom | Kathleen Edwards | Dualtone |
5 | World Full of Blues | Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley | Compass |
6 | Half Moon Light | The Lone Bellow | Dualtone |
7 | Waltz for Abilene | Cindy Cashdollar | Silver Shot |
8 | Big Road | David Bromberg | Red House |
9 | Just Like Moby Dick | Terry Allen | Paradise of Bachelors |
10 | Starting over | Chris Stapleton | Mercury Nashville |
11 | Blonde on the Tracks | Emma Swift | Tiny Ghost |
12 | Old Flowers | Courtney Marie Andrews | Fat Possum |
13 | Caught It from the Rye | Tre Burt | Oh Boy |
14 | CHICKABOOM! | Tami Neilson | Outside |
15 | That's How Rumors Get Started | Margo Price | Loma Vista |
16 | Blindsided | Mark Erelli | Self-Release |
17 | Blood | Allison Moorer | Thirty Tigers |
18 | The Family Songbook | The Haden Triplets | Thirty Tigers |
19 | Rock Botom Rhapsody | Pokey LaFarge | New West |
20 | LP5 | John Moreland | Thirty Tigers |
21 | When You're Ready | Molly Tuttle | Compass |
22 | Prairie Love Letter | Brennen Leigh | Self-Release |
23 | Closer Than Together | The Avett Brothers | American |
24 | Forever | Vandoliers | Bloodshot |
25 | From an Old Guitar: Rare and Unreleased Recordings | Dave Alvin | Yep Roc |
26 | Your Life is a Record | Brandy Clark | Warner |
27 | The Panhandlers | The Panhandlers | The Next Waltz |
28 | Breakdown on 20th Ave. South | Buddy & Julie Miller | New West |
29 | Fever Breaks | Josh Ritter | Pytheas |
30 | Agricultural Tragic | Corb Lund | New West |
31 | Easy Way | The Cactus Blossoms | Walkie Talkie |
32 | Boots No. 2: the Lost Songs, Vol 1. | Gillian Welch | Acony |
33 | Evergreen | Beth Bombara | Lemp Electric |
34 | Once in a Blue Moon | Dave Goddess Group | Emotional |
35 | Over the Trees | The Steel Wheels | Big Ring |
36 | Keep 'Em on They Toes | Brent Cobb | Thirty Tigers |
37 | Bright Lights, Long Drives, First Words | Nora Jane Struthers | Blue Pig |
38 | Gasoline | Grain Thief | Self-Release |
39 | Old Technology | Ben Morrison | Anti-Fragile |
40 | Welcome to Hard Times | Charley Crockett | Son of Davy |
41 | Like I Used to | AJ Lee & Blue Summit | Self-Release |
42 | Tiny Little Movies | Will Hoge | EDLO |
43 | The Dream and the Dreamer | Jeremy Ivey | Anti |
44 | Almost Daylight | Chris Knight | Thirty Tigers |
45 | Floor It!!! | The Texas Gentlemen | New West |
46 | A Long Way Back: the Songs of Glimmer | Kim Richey | Yep Roc |
47 | The Wildmans | The Wildmans | Mountain Fever |
48 | Far from Home | Aubrie Sellers | Soundly Music |
49 | 2020 | Buzz Cason & Sons | Arena |
50 | Same Shirt, Different Day | Rodney Rice | Self-Release |
51 | Ghosts of West Virginia | Steve Earle | New West |
52 | Arizona | Trae Sheehan | Twin Vision |
53 | Rise | Roger Street Friedman | Playroom |
54 | Sins We Made | Harrow Fair | Roaring Girl |
55 | Hollywood and Western | Alisa Wood | Daddy Kool |
56 | Wilderness | Jade Jackson | Anti |
57 | Dandelion | Carolina Story | Black River |
58 | Easy Keeper | Del Barber | Corn Cob |
59 | Tangle of Souls | Scott Cook | Self-Release |
60 | Better Hurry Up | Caleb Caudle | Baldwin County Public |
61 | Such a Long Way | Jess Jocoy | Self-Release |
62 | Come Along | Mac Gayden | ArenA |
63 | Leave Tonight | David Myles | Little Tiny |
64 | Living Life Grand | Chakra Bleu | 1746 |
65 | Down in the Den | Ted Russell Kamp | PoMo |
66 | Absolute Surprise | Craig Cummings | Self-Release |
67 | Right Now | Twisted Pine | Signature Sounds |
68 | Heartbreaker Please | Teddy Thompson | Thirty Tigers |
69 | Resurrection | Kinky Friedman | Self-Release |
70 | How Does It Feel | Zoe Nutt | Self-Release |
71 | Pauline | Ashley Ray | Soundly |
72 | Me and the Ghost of Charlemagne | Amy Speace | Windbone |
73 | '87 | The Bros. Landreth | The Orchard |
74 | Union | Son Volt | Transmit Sound/Thirty Tigers |
75 | We Still Go to Rodeos | Whitney Rose | MCG Recordings |
76 | Waiting out the Storm | Jeremy Ivey | Anti |
77 | One | Bryan Haraway | Part Time Criminal |
78 | Bones and Gravity | Lizanne Knott | Good Dog Jake |
79 | Texas | Rodney Crowell | RC1 |
80 | Trouble in Town | Wild Rabbit Salad | Regi Music |
81 | Just a Little Rain | Ray Cardwell | Bonfire |
82 | Burnt the Sawmill Down | The Caleb Daugherty Band | KDM |
83 | Stand on My Own | Ray Cardwell | Bonfire |
84 | Guy | Steve Earle | New West |
85 | The Maze | Ariana Gillis | Self-Release |
86 | Superstar | Caroline Rose | New West |
87 | Bluebonnet Highway | Buddy Jewell | Diamond Dust |
88 | Gettin' by on Gettin' Down | Sam Morrow | Forty Below |
89 | Dusty Streets | Jon Spear | Self-Release |
90 | Life on the Flip Side | Jimmy Buffett | Mailboat |
91 | Sharing the Covers | Chatham County Line | Yep Roc |
92 | Walking Proof | Lilly Hiatt | New West |
93 | When I Wait for You | Dirk Powell | Compass |
94 | When Carolina Comes Home Again | Jim Lauderdale | Yep Roc |
95 | Great American Saturday Night | Bobby Bare | BFD |
96 | Harvest Day | Teague Brothers Band | Self-Release |
97 | Strange Fascination | Chatham County Line | Yep Roc |
98 | Now and then | Shaye Zadravec | Indelible Music |
99 | Brand New Me | Bill Filipiak | Self-Release |
100 | Band of Gypsies | Don Ray | Margdon |
101 | My Love is a Hurricane | David Ramirez | Sweetworld |
102 | Love, ~ Pearl | Cheryl Cawood | Self-Release |
103 | Welcome Back: a Collection | Michael Gaither | Self-Release |
104 | White Noise / White Lines | Kelsey Waldon | Oh Boy |
105 | Worn out Dream | Daybreakers | Self-Release |
106 | Songs from the Rocky Fork Tavern | Bill Wence | 615 Records |
107 | Sigourney Fever | Trampled by Turtles | Banjodad |
108 | Love Me for Who I Am | Johnny Collier | Self-Release |
109 | Flames to Ashes | Elissa Pernu | Self-Release |
110 | Alive | Fred Eaglesmith | Sawdust |
111 | Shine | The Danberrys | Self-Release |
112 | American Jackpot / American Girls | Reckless Kelly | Thirty Tigers |
113 | Little Black Dress | Jonell Mosser | Siren Songs |
114 | Close to Home | Chuck Mead | Plowboy |
115 | Tales of America | J.S. Ondara | Verve |
116 | It's a Hard Life | Ruby Lovett | Puff Bunny |
117 | Recollections | Wynonna | Anti |
118 | Boots No. 2: the Lost Songs, Vol. 3 | Gillian Welch | Acony |
119 | Soar | Joselyn & Don | Paintbrush |
120 | Die Midwestern | Arlo McKinley | Oh Boy |
121 | No Direction | Jared Rabin | Golden Twine |
122 | The Country | Tennessee Jet | Thirty Tigers |
123 | Lucky Girl | Claudia Nygaard | Bet The Ranch |
124 | Steel Blossoms | Steel Blossoms | Billy Jam |
125 | As We Go Wandering | Possessed By Paul James | Hillgrass Bluebilly |
126 | Ruffled Feathers: Songs in the Key of Me | Sugarcane Jane | MTS |
127 | Love Drought | Emily Ortego | Self-Release |
128 | The Devil Between My Ears | James Leblanc & The Winchesters | Self-Release |
129 | The Stories We Are Told | Heathcote Hill | 311 Music |
130 | Color Outside the Lines | Jim Stanard | Manatee |
131 | Strawberry Mansion | Langhorne Slim | Dualtone |
132 | Sinner | Leslie Stevens | LyricLand |
133 | Destiny Hotel | Cordovas | ATO |
134 | Daytime Highs and Overnight Lows | Eric Brace & Last Train Home | Red Beet |
135 | The Singin' Hills Sessions, Vol. I Sunset | Billy Ray Cyrus | This Is Hit |
136 | Sing Your Dreams | Ace Of Cups | High Moon |
137 | The Nature of Storms | Whippoorwill | Self-Release |
138 | Southern Gentleman | Dee White | Warner |
139 | J.T. | Steve Earle | New West |
140 | Liquor Store Flowers | Damhnait Doyle | Self-Release |
141 | The Troth Sessions | Rich Krueger | Self-Release |
142 | Plastic Bouquet | Kacy & Clayton | New West |
143 | Turn Back the Clock | Tommy Townsend | Black Country Rock |
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