{"id":12743,"date":"2023-12-17T13:44:05","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T18:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acousticmusicscene.com\/?p=12743"},"modified":"2023-12-17T13:44:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T18:44:05","slug":"the-top-100-americana-albums-of-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acousticmusicscene.com\/2023\/12\/17\/the-top-100-americana-albums-of-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"The Top 100 Americana Albums of 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Americana Music Association has released a listing of the top 100 albums of 2023 as reported to the Americana Radio Airplay Albums Chart (powered by CDX) during the period extending from January 1\u2014December 12, 2023. Topping the chart is Weathervanes<\/em> by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, which also had the #1 and #3 singles with \u201cWhen We Were Close\u201d and \u201cDeath Wish,\u201d respectively. Charley Crockett had the #2 album (The Man From Waco<\/em>) and #2 song (\u201cTrinity River\u201d).<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a link to listen to Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit\u2019s \u201cWhen We Were Close\u201d:
\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cF141kKZ-nc<\/a><\/p>\n

\"AmericanaEstablished in 1999, the Americana Music Association is a professional not-for-profit trade association whose mission is to advocate for the authentic voice of American roots music around the world. In addition to publishing the weekly Americana Airplay Chart, it hosts an annual AmericanaFest in Nashville, Tennessee each September, of which its Americana Honors & Awards is a highlight. Visit americanamusic.org<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n

1\tJason Isbell and the 400 Unit\/Weathervanes<\/em>
\n2 \tCharley Crockett\/The Man From Waco<\/em>
\n3 \tLukas Nelson + POTR\/Sticks and Stones<\/em>
\n4\tThe Band of Heathens\/Simple Things<\/em>
\n5\tMargo Price\/Strays<\/em>
\n6\tLucinda Williams\/Stories From a Rock N Roll Heart<\/em>
\n7 \tTurnpike Troubadours\/A Cat in the Rain<\/em>
\n8\tRodney Crowell\/The Chicago Sessions<\/em>
\n9\tSlaid Cleaves\/Together Through the Dark<\/em>
\n10 \tMolly Tuttle & Golden Highway\/City of Gold<\/em>
\n11 \tMarty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives\/Altitude<\/em>
\n12 \tThe Wood Brothers\/Heart is the Hero <\/em>
\n13 \tJosh Ritter\/Spectral Lines<\/em>
\n14 \tDevon Gilfillian\/Love You Anyway<\/em>
\n15 \tHiss Golden Messenger\/Jump for Joy<\/em>
\n16 \tTyler Childers\/Rustin’ in the Rain<\/em>
\n17 \tPlains\/I Walked With You a Ways<\/em>
\n18 \tSunny War\/Anarchist Gospel<\/em>
\n19 \tThe Revivalists\/Pour It Out Into the Night <\/em>
\n20 \tThe Teskey Brothers\/The Winding Way<\/em>
\n21 \tNikki Lane\/Denim & Diamonds<\/em>
\n22 \tDrew Holcomb & the Neighbors\/Strangers No More
\n23 \tSunny Sweeney\/Married Alone<\/em>
\n24 \tCharley Crockett\/Live from the Ryman
\n25 \tBrent Cobb\/Southern Star<\/em>
\n26 \tThe Shootouts\/Stampede<\/em>
\n27 \tRhiannon Giddens\/You’re the One<\/em>
\n28 \tEilen Jewell\/Get Behind the Wheel<\/em>
\n29 \tNickel Creek\/Celebrants<\/em>
\n30 \tBlack Pumas\/Chronicles of a Diamond<\/em>
\n31 \tBilly Strings\/Me\/And\/Dad <\/em>
\n32 \tOld Crow Medicine Show\/Jubilee <\/em>
\n33 \tDeer Tick\/Emotional Contracts<\/em>
\n34 \tBrandy Clark\/Brandy Clark<\/em>
\n35 \tChris Stapleton\/Higher<\/em>
\n36 \tEddie 9V\/Capricorn <\/em>
\n37 \tAllison Russell\/The Returner<\/em>
\n38 \tGrace Potter\/Mother Road <\/em>
\n39 \tThe Lone Bellow\/Love Songs for Losers<\/em> (Deluxe Edition)
\n40 \tFlatland Cavalry\/Songs to Keep You Warm<\/em> – EP
\n41 \tBrennen Leigh\/Ain’t Through Honky Tonkin’ Yet<\/em>
\n42\tIris Dement\/Workin’ on a World<\/em>
\n43 \tParker Millsap\/Wilderness Within You<\/em>
\n44 \tThe Lone Bellow\/Love Songs for Losers <\/em>
\n45 \tColter Wall\/Little Songs <\/em>
\n46 \tMelissa Carper\/Ramblin’ Soul<\/em>
\n47 \tJaime Wyatt\/Feel Good<\/em>
\n48 \tEmily Nenni\/On the Ranch<\/em>
\n49 \tPony Bradshaw\/North Georgia Rounder <\/em>
\n50 \tThe War and Treaty\/Lover’s Game<\/em>
\n51 \tVarious Artists\/More Than a Whisper: Celebrating the Music of Nanci Griffith<\/em>
\n52 \tRob Ickes & Trey Hensley\/Living in a Song<\/em>
\n53 \tSon Volt\/Day of the Doug<\/em>
\n54 \tMargo Cilker\/Valley of Heart’s Delight<\/em>
\n55 \tThe Arcs\/Electrophonic Chronic<\/em>
\n56 \tTyler Childers\/Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven? <\/em>
\n57 \tShakey Graves\/Movie of the Week<\/em>
\n58 \tKyle Nix & the 38’s\/After the Flood<\/em>
\n59 \tNatalie Merchant\/Keep Up Your Courage<\/em>
\n60 \tAbraham Alexander\/Sea\/Sons<\/em>
\n61 \tTrampled by Turtles\/Alpenglow<\/em>
\n62 \tTommy Emmanuel\/Accomplice Two<\/em>
\n63 \tJobi Riccio\/Whiplash<\/em>
\n64 \tWilder Woods\/Fever<\/em>
\n65 \tCaamp\/Lavender Days<\/em>
\n66 \tRyan Bingham\/Watch Out for the Wolf – EP<\/em>
\n67 \tRandy Rogers Band\/Homecoming<\/em>
\n68 \tBonnie Raitt\/Just Like That… <\/em>
\n69 \tBahamas\/Bootcut <\/em>
\n70 \tJaimee Harris\/Boomerang Town<\/em>
\n71 \tVince Herman\/Enjoy the Ride<\/em>
\n72 \tMiko Marks & the Resurrectors\/Feel Like Going Home <\/em>
\n73 \tDuane Betts\/Wild & Precious Life<\/em>
\n74\tZach Bryan\/American Heartbreak<\/em>
\n75 \tLucero\/Should’ve Learned by Now <\/em>
\n76 \tGov’t Mule\/Peace… like a River<\/em>
\n77 \tGabe Lee\/The Hometown Kid<\/em>
\n78 \tBrit Taylor\/Kentucky Blue <\/em>
\n79 \tCarter Simpson\/Gold <\/em>
\n80 \tWillie Nelson\/Bluegrass<\/em>
\n81 \tBruce Cockburn\/0 Sun 0 Moon<\/em>
\n82 \tSam Bush\/Radio John: Songs of John Hartford <\/em>
\n83 \tCharles Wesley Godwin\/Family Ties <\/em>
\n84 \tDom Flemons\/Traveling Wildfire<\/em>
\n85 \tJoshua Ray Walker\/What Is It Even? <\/em>
\n86 \tRobbie Fulks\/Bluegrass Vacation <\/em>
\n87 \tJason Carter\/Lowdown Hoedown<\/em>
\n88 \tZach Bryan\/Zach Bryan<\/em>
\n89 \tWill Hoge\/Wings on My Shoes <\/em>
\n90 \tDarrell Scott String Band\/Old Cane Back Rocker <\/em>
\n91 \tJD Clayton\/Long Way From Home<\/em>
\n92 \tAmy Grant\/If All Goes South<\/em>
\n93 \tThe Great Divide\/Providence<\/em>
\n94 \tSeth Avett\/Seth Avett Sings Greg Brown<\/em>
\n95 \tAdeem the Artist\/White Trash Revelry<\/em>
\n96 \tWilliam Prince\/Stand in the Joy<\/em>
\n97\tVarious Artists\/One Night in Texas: the Next Waltz’s Tribute to the Red Headed Stranger<\/em>
\n98 \tLori McKenna\/1988<\/em>
\n99\tThe Watson Twins\/Holler <\/em>
\n100 \tTedeschi Trucks Band\/I Am the Moon: IV. Farewell <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Americana Music Association has released a listing of the top 100 albums of 2023 as reported to the Americana Radio Airplay Albums Chart (powered by CDX) during the period extending from January 1\u2014December 12, 2023. Topping the chart is Weathervanes<\/em> by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, which also had the #1 and #3 singles with \u201cWhen We Were Close\u201d and \u201cDeath Wish,\u201d respectively. Charley Crockett had the #2 album (The Man From Waco<\/em>) and #2 song (\u201cTrinity River\u201d).<\/p>\n

[Click on the headline to view the Top 100 Americana Albums Radio Airplay Chart for 2023. Editor’s Note: Not all of these albums are strictly acoustic.]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"","ocean_second_sidebar":"","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"","ocean_custom_header_template":"","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"","ocean_post_oembed":"","ocean_post_self_hosted_media":"","ocean_post_video_embed":"","ocean_link_format":"","ocean_link_format_target":"self","ocean_quote_format":"","ocean_quote_format_link":"post","ocean_gallery_link_images":"on","ocean_gallery_id":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1],"tags":[197,3546,8185,3090,2243],"class_list":["post-12743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-acoustic-radio-waves","category-uncategorized","tag-americana-music-association","tag-americana-music-on-the-radio","tag-charley-crockett","tag-jason-isbell","tag-radio-airplay-charts","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acousticmusicscene.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acousticmusicscene.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acousticmusicscene.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acousticmusicscene.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acousticmusicscene.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12743"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/acousticmusicscene.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12748,"href":"https:\/\/acousticmusicscene.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12743\/revisions\/12748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acousticmusicscene.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acousticmusicscene.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acousticmusicscene.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}