Here are the Official Folk Albums Chart top 40 for May 2021.
See the Press Release here
Published on Monday 7th June 2021.
The next chart will be published on Tuesday 6th July 2021 at 8pm
| Last Month | This Month | Title | Artist |
| 3 | 1 | SONG FOR OUR DAUGHTER | LAURA MARLING |
| 4 | 2 | WE GET BY | JAMIE WEBSTER |
| 6 | 3 | GOOD WOMAN | STAVES |
| NEW | 4 | LOST IN THE CEDAR WOOD | JOHNNY FLYNN/ROBERT MACFARLANE |
| 1 | 5 | THIS IS REALLY GOING TO HURT | FLYTE |
| 2 | 6 | ARRIVALS | DECLAN O’ROURKE |
| 7 | 7 | NATURE’S LIGHT | BLACKMORE’S NIGHT |
| 11 | 8 | OFF OFF ON | THIS IS THE KIT |
| 8 | 9 | HAND ME DOWN | KATE RUSBY |
| 9 | 10 | CURES WHAT AILS YA | LONGEST JOHNS |
| 12 | 11 | BOSS | JAMIE WEBSTER |
| 5 | 12 | FIRST FAREWELL | PEGGY SEEGER |
| 13 | 13 | GLASTONBURY 92 | LEVELLERS |
| 14 | 14 | PEACE | LEVELLERS |
| NEW | 15 | GIRL FROM THE NORTH | LAUREN HOUSLEY |
| 17 | 16 | LIVE AT BARROWLANDS 2020 | PEAT & DIESEL |
| 15 | 17 | SETTLEMENT | STRAWBS |
| 10 | 18 | THE FRAY | JOHN SMITH |
| 16 | 19 | OLD WOW | SAM LEE |
| 18 | 20 | LAST MILE HOME | JON BODEN |
| NEW | 21 | ORIGIN MYTHS | BOBBY LEE |
| 23 | 22 | HEART’S EASE | SHIRLEY COLLINS |
| 22 | 23 | A PILGRIM’S TALE | SETH LAKEMAN |
| 25 | 24 | THE BBC SESSIONS 1984-1986 | POGUES |
| 24 | 25 | INTO THE DEPTHS OF HELL | JOSHUA BURNSIDE |
| 32 | 26 | WHERE THE WORLD IS THIN | KRIS DREVER |
| 30 | 27 | HOME RECORDINGS | MARTIN SIMPSON |
| 19 | 28 | ONE LEGEND – TWO CONCERTS – LIVE | RUNRIG |
| 26 | 29 | FAME AND GLORY | FAIRPORT CONVENTION |
| 34 | 30 | SLEEP ON THE WING | BIBIO |
| 37 | 31 | LIVE ACROSS SCOTLAND | SKERRYVORE |
| 28 | 32 | STILL TIME | KAREN MATHESON |
| RE | 33 | BUDDIES II – STILL BUDDIES | FRANK TURNER & JON SNODGRASS |
| 33 | 34 | BWNCATH II | BWNCATH |
| 39 | 35 | INVISIBLE MUSIC – FOLK SONGS THAT | POLLY PAULUSMA |
| RE | 36 | DIVERSIONS VOL 5 – LIVE & UNACCOMPANIED | UNTHANKS |
| 31 | 37 | HOLD FAST | STICK IN THE WHEEL |
| 27 | 38 | HUNGER OF THE SKIN | BRIAN FINNEGAN |
| RE | 39 | IN THE FURROWS OF COMMON PLACE | JIM GHEDI |
| RE | 40 | WRACKLINE | FAY HIELD |
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