Americana Music Association’s 2011 Top 10 Most Played Albums
Kyla Fairchild
Posted On December 15, 2011
The Americana Music Association has announced its year-end Top 10 & Top 100 Albums of the Year.
The Top 100 albums are based on those records reported to the Americana Airplay Chart during the period of November 16, 2010 through November 14, 2011.
This years’ Top Ten most played albums are:
1) Hayes Carll- KMAG YOYO / Lost Highway
2) Lucinda Williams – Blessed / Lost Highway
3) Steve Earle – I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive / New West
4) Alison Krauss & Union Station- Paper Airplane / Rounder
5) Emmylou Harris- Hard Bargain / Nonesuch
6) Gregg Allman- Low Country Blues / Rounder
7) Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit- Here We Rest / Lightning Rod
8) John Hiatt- Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns / New West
9) Decemberists- The King Is Dead / Capitol
10) Band of Heathens- Top Hat Crown & The Clapmaster’s Son / BOH Records
Here is the rest of the top 100 starting with #11 at the top:
| Gillian Welch | The Harrow & The Harvest |
| Jayhawks | Mocking Bird Time |
| Buddy Miller | Majestic Silver Strings |
| Joe Ely | Satisfied At Last |
| Tedeschi Trucks Band | Revelator |
| Robert Plant | Band of Joy |
| Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs | God Willin’ & The Creek Don’t Rise |
| Robbie Robertson | How To Become Clairvoyant |
| Robert Earl Keen | Ready For Confetti |
| Sarah Jarosz | Follow Me Down |
| Civil Wars | Barton Hollow |
| Gurf Morlix | Blaze Foley’s 113th Wet Dream |
| Wanda Jackson | The Party Ain’t Over |
| Abigail Washburn | City Of Refuge |
| Steve Martin And The Steep Canyon Rangers | Rare Bird Alert |
| North Mississippi Allstars | Keys To The Kingdom |
| Old 97s | The Grand Theatre |
| Matraca Berg | The Dreaming Fields |
| Eilen Jewell | Queen of the Minor Key |
| Cody Canada & The Departed | This Is Indian Land |
| Kasey Chambers | Little Bird |
| Black Lillies | 100 Miles Of Wreckage |
| Marcia Ball | Roadside Attractions |
| Blackie and the Rodeo Kings | Kings And Queens |
| Dave Alvin | Eleven Eleven |
| Greencards | The Brick Album |
| Bruce Cockburn | Small Source Of Comfort |
| Foster & Lloyd | It’s Already Tomorrow |
| Dawes | Nothing Is Wrong |
| Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses | Junky Star |
| Old 97s | The Grand Theatre Volume Two |
| G. Love | Fixin’ To Die |
| Hot Tuna | Steady As She Goes |
| Ollabelle | Neon Blue Bird |
| Guy Clark | Songs And Stories |
| Carrie Rodriguez & Ben Kyle | We Still Love Our Country |
| Paul Simon | So Beautiful Or So What |
| Secret Sisters | The Secret Sisters |
| Steeldrivers | Reckless |
| Eleven Hundred Springs | Eight The Hard Way |
| Raul Malo | Sinners & Saints |
| Jim Lauderdale | Reason And Rhyme |
| Marty Stuart | Studio B Sessions |
| Greg Trooper | Upside-Down Town |
| Elvis Costello | National Ransom |
| Levon Helm | Ramble At The Ryman |
| Various Artists | Rave On Buddy Holly |
| Shawn Mullins | Light You Up |
| Chris Thile & Michael Daves | Sleep With One Eye Open |
| Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez | The New Bye & Bye |
| Justin Townes Earle | Harlem River Blues |
| Amos Lee | Mission Bell |
| Teddy Thompson | Bella |
| Greg Brown | Freak Flag |
| Lori McKenna | Lorraine |
| Mavis Staples | You Are Not Alone |
| Tara Nevins | Wood And Stone |
| Lynn Miles | Fall For Beauty |
| Ry Cooder | Pull Up Some Dust And Sit Down |
| Jessica Lea Mayfield | Tell Me |
| Amanda Shires | Carrying Lightning |
| Imelda May | Mayhem |
| Blame Sally | Speeding Ticket And A Valentine |
| Grayson Capps | The Lost Cause Minstrels |
| Jeff Bridges | Jeff Bridges |
| Jamey Johnson | The Guitar Song |
| Los Lobos | Tin Can Trust |
| Kim Richey | Wreck Your Wheels |
| Warren Haynes Band | Man In Motion |
| Tony Furtado | Golden |
| Drive-By Truckers | Go-Go Boots |
| Eric Clapton | Clapton |
| John Mellencamp | No Better Than This |
| Ben Sollee | Inclusions |
| Will Hoge | Number Seven |
| Bridge | National Bohemian |
| Hot Club of Cowtown | What Makes Bob Holler |
| Tejas Brothers | Rich Man |
| Sierra Hull | Daybreak |
| David Bromberg | Use Me |
| Jonathan Byrd | Cackalack |
| Grant Peeples | Okra And Ecclesiastes |
| Ted Russell Kamp | Get Back To The Land |
| Bow Thayer & Perfect Trainwreck | Bottom Of The Sky |
| Elton John & Leon Russell | The Union |
| Blind Boys of Alabama | Take The High Road |
| Sweetback Sisters | Looking For A Fight |
| Gourds | Old Mad Joy |
| Robert Ellis | Photographs |
| Ryan Adams | Ashes & Fire |
