Posted January 26, 20232 yr https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/t...of-2022__38315/ 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. 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. 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
January 26, 20232 yr The obvious question of course being why is 'evermore' here but not 'folklore'... Seems like a pretty nebulously defined 'genre' anyway.
January 26, 20232 yr It's not exactly a much talked about 'genre' so I'm surprised they'd do an article about it!
January 26, 20232 yr Americana Albums Chart powered by Sweet Home Alabama, what does even mean Don't think anybody in the list fits in the Americana tag imho It's more like a list of US-centric singer-songwriters and certainly Folklore should be #1
January 26, 20232 yr Author Americana Albums Chart powered by Sweet Home Alabama, what does even mean Well it’s a chart for apparently “Americana” albums, sponsored by some company called Sweet Home Alabama!
January 26, 20232 yr I've been into pop music for ages yet there is this genre I've never heard of all this time? I did a quick Google. Maybe it's a slightly useful category given how many genre-blending/undefined songs there are these days.
January 26, 20232 yr It seems to just be a kind of catch-all term for a lot of vaguely country-ish/folk-ish singer-songwriter music. Think there is a good reason it's not a more widely used term, I don't think there's anything on this list that isn't better described by a different genre :lol:
January 26, 20232 yr I feel like Marcus Mumford, First Aid Kit, Gang Of Youths etc should be disqualified on principle, though v funny to see the latter described as such :heehee:
January 26, 20232 yr Author so Americana is Indie-Folk? Americana is a music genre that encompasses traditional music styles including folk, country, bluegrass, blues, gospel, singer-songwriter, and roots music.
January 26, 20232 yr Perhaps the intern who’s putting together the data for these things keeps missing off the top row of the spreadsheet. Hence Folklore missing from this and Dandelions from the non Top 40 hits one. :lol:
Create an account or sign in to comment