Top Traditional Folk Music Albums
Rank All Time Artist Album Subgenre(s) Other Genre(s) Year
1
635
 Rosalía El mal querer Flamenco Nuevo Art Pop, Flamenco Pop 2018
2
658
 The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Will the Circle Be Unbroken Bluegrass 1972
3
959
 Aretha Franklin Amazing Grace Gospel Southern Soul 1972
4
1044
 Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares Bulgarian Folk Music 1975
5
1173
 Marty Robbins Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs Cowboy 1959
6
1233
 Clifton Chenier Bogalusa Boogie Zydeco 1975
7
1274
 The Pentangle Basket of Light Folk Baroque British Folk Rock 1969
8
1593
 The Art Tatum - Ben Webster Quartet The Art Tatum - Ben Webster Quartet/The Tatum Group Masterpieces, Vol. 8 Stride Cool Jazz 1958
9
1624
 Babatunde Olatunji Drums of Passion Apala 1960
10
1677
 Van Morrison & The Chieftains Irish Heartbeat Celtic Folk Music 1988
11
1729
 The Everly Brothers The Everly Brothers (They're Off and Rolling) Close Harmony Pop, Rock & Roll 1957
12
1759
 Camarón La leyenda del tiempo Flamenco Nuevo 1979
13
1896
 Planxty Planxty Irish Folk Music 1973
14
1902
 Muddy Waters Folk Singer Delta Blues 1964
15
1905
 Ketama/Toumani Diabaté/Danny Thompson Songhai African Folk Music, Flamenco Nuevo Songhai Music 1988
16
1992
 Bob Dylan Bob Dylan Country Blues Contemporary Folk 1962
17
1999
 Pata Negra Blues de la frontera Flamenco Nuevo 1988
18
2063
 Lightnin' Hopkins The Roots of Lightnin' Hopkins/Lightnin' Hopkins Acoustic Texas Blues 1959
19
2070
 The Original Soundtrack O Brother, Where Art Thou? American Folk Music Country, Film Soundtrack 2000
20
2156
 The Everly Brothers Songs Our Daddy Taught Us Close Harmony Country Pop, Folk Pop 1958
21
2157
 Harry Belafonte Belafonte at Carnegie Hall Caribbean Folk Music 1959
22
2337
 Kiko Veneno Échate un cantecito Rumba Flamenca Singer/Songwriter 1992
23
2454
 Master Musicians of Jajouka Brian Jones Presents The Pipes of Pan at Joujouka Arabic Folk Music 1971
24
2541
 The Louvin Brothers Tragic Songs of Life Close Harmony 1956
25
2641
 The Everly Brothers Roots Close Harmony Country Pop 1968
26
2644
 The Everly Brothers It's Everly Time Close Harmony Pop 1960
27
2734
 Veneno Veneno Flamenco Nuevo Andalusian Rock 1977
28
2807
 Bruce Springsteen We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions American Folk Music Americana, Folk Rock 2006
29
2870
 Skip James Today! Delta Blues 1966
30
2907
 The Chieftains The Chieftains 4 Irish Folk Music 1973
31
2939
 Mahalia Jackson Newport 1958 Gospel 1958
32
2956
 Planxty The Well Below the Valley Irish Folk Music 1973
33
2995
 Ladysmith Black Mambazo Shaka Zulu Nguni Folk Music Mbube 1987

Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
Balfa Brothers Play Traditional Cajun Music Cajun 1965
James Cleveland and The Angelic Choir Peace Be Still Gospel 1962
The Bothy Band The Bothy Band/1975 Irish Folk Music 1975
Dixie Chicks Home Bluegrass Contemporary Country 2002
Bert Jansch Bert Jansch Folk Baroque Singer/Songwriter 1965
Geoffrey Oryema Exile African Folk Music 1990
Huun-Huur-Tu The Orphan's Lament Tuvan Throat Singing 1994
Mississippi Fred McDowell Delta Blues Delta Blues 1964
Elvis Presley How Great Thou Art Gospel 1967
The Pentangle Sweet Child Folk Baroque British Folk Rock, Progressive Folk 1968
Andy Irvine & Paul Brady Andy Irvine & Paul Brady Celtic Folk Music Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter 1976
Shirley Collins & Davy Graham Folk Roots, New Routes Folk Baroque 1964
Nic Jones Penguin Eggs English Folk Music Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter 1980
Dick Gaughan Handful of Earth Scottish Folk Music 1981
Elvis Presley His Hand in Mine Gospel Pop 1960
Reverend Gary Davis Pure Religion and Bad Company Gospel Acoustic Blues 1957
The Holy Modal Rounders The Holy Modal Rounders Old-Time Contemporary Folk 1964
Altan Island Angel Irish Folk Music 1993
Mavis Staples You Are Not Alone Gospel Rhythm & Blues, Soul 2010
Bukka White The Legacy of the Blues Delta Blues 1969
Steeleye Span Please to See the King English Folk Music British Folk Rock 1971
Susana Baca Susana Baca Música Criolla Peruana 1997
Shirley & Dolly Collins Love, Death & the Lady English Folk Music 1970
Taraf de Haidouks Band of Gypsies L?ut?reasc? 2001
Bert Jansch Jack Orion Folk Baroque 1966
Christy Moore Ride On Celtic Folk Music Contemporary Folk 1984
Eliza Carthy Red Rice English Folk Music Contemporary Folk 1998
Elvis Presley Elvis' Christmas Album Gospel Christmas Music, Rock & Roll 1957
Zeal and Ardor Devil Is Fine Spirituals Avant-Garde Metal 2016
Elvis Presley He Touched Me Gospel Pop 1972
Rhiannon Giddens Freedom Highway American Folk Music 2017
The Everly Brothers A Date with The Everly Brothers Close Harmony Pop 1960
Lankum The Livelong Day Irish Folk Music 2019
Skip James Devil Got My Woman Delta Blues 1968
Shirley Collins Lodestar English Folk Music 2016
Rhiannon Giddens There is No Other American Folk Music 2019
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu Gurrumul Indigenous Australian Music Singer/Songwriter 2008
Rhiannon Giddens Tomorrow is My Turn American Folk Music 2015
Mavis Staples One True Vine Gospel Deep Soul 2013
Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda World Spirituality Classics 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda Kirtan New Age 2017
Natalia Lafourcade Musas (Un Homenaje al Folclore Latinoamericano en Manos de Los Macorinos, Vol. 1) Mexican Folk Music Nueva canción latinoamericana 2017
Rosalía Los ángeles Flamenco Nuevo 2017
Zeal and Ardor Stranger Fruit Spirituals Avant-Garde Metal 2018
Niño de Elche Antologia del cante flamenco heterodoxo Flamenco Nuevo Avant-Folk 2018