Sometimes, time-tested folk traditions infiltrate the most widely-acclaimed albums of the year, and other times, they exist more in the margins, mostly to be consumed by devotees and true believers.

THE WEEK'S MOST POPULAR AMERICANA/FOLK ALBUMS, BASED ON MULTIMETRIC CONSUMPTION, BLENDING TRADITIONAL ALBUM SALES, STREAMING-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS AND TRACK-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS, AS COMPILED BY LUMINATE.