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Best of 2021 | Top 10 Country / Americana Albums
December 17, 2021
For our second best-of 2021 list (did you miss the first list?), we’re highlighting our Top 10 Country / Americana Albums. For this, and our other upcoming Albums lists (Hip hop/Rap, Christian/Gospel coming soon!), any container set that wasn’t released as a “single” (EP, LP, etc.) was counted as an “album.”
As before, this list was determined by a combination of streaming, download, and overall sales statistics at all measurable platforms beginning Jan. 1, 2021—it is in no particular order:
- Heritage & Hope | Williamson Branch
- Moxie & Mettle | Balsam Range
- Ups, Downs and No Name Towns | Sideline
- Pressing Onward | The Barefoot Movement
- Singing Up There: A Tribute to the Easter Brothers | Lonesome River Band
- Songs of a Simple Life | Merle Monroe
- Fall Like Rain | Justin Moses
- Things She Couldn’t Get Over | Dale Ann Bradley
- Up All Night | The Grascals
- Narrowing the Gap | Amanda Cook
You can stream all of these songs—and much more—on these playlists: Bluegrass | Banjos, Mandos, Pickin ‘n Grinnin (Follow on Spotify | All Platforms), The Bellow and Bluster (Follow on Spotify | All Platforms).
For a weekly digest of our new releases, follow our New Music Friday playlist on Spotify (or, all platforms HERE), and of course, don’t forget about our Christmas playlist: An Eclectic Christmas.
Up next: The Top 10 Christian / Gospel singles of 2021!

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