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Billboard 200

American weekly album chart

Billboard 200

American weekly album chart

Note

the album chart concerning the United States

''Billboard'' logo since 2013

The Billboard 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States. It is published weekly by Billboard magazine to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists. Sometimes, a recording act is remembered for its "number ones" that outperformed all other albums during at least one week. The chart grew from a weekly top 10 list in 1956 to become a top 200 list in May 1967, acquiring its existing name in March 1992. Its previous names include the Billboard Top LPs (1961–1972), Billboard Top LPs & Tape (1972–1984), Billboard Top 200 Albums (1984–1985), Billboard Top Pop Albums (1985–1991), and Billboard 200 Top Albums (1991–1992).

The chart is based mostly on sales—both at retail and digital – of albums in the United States. The weekly sales period was Monday to Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991, but since July 2015, the tracking week begins on Friday (to coincide with the Global Release Day of the music industry) and ends on Thursday. A new chart is published the following Tuesday, post dated to the Saturday of that week, four days later. The chart's streaming schedule is also tracked from Friday to Thursday. Digital downloads of albums are included in Billboard 200 tabulation. Albums that are not licensed for retail sale in the United States (yet purchased in the U.S. as imports) are not eligible to chart. A long-standing policy rendering titles that are sold exclusively by specific retail outlets (such as Walmart and Starbucks) ineligible for charting, was reversed on November 7, 2007, and took effect in the issue dated November 17, 2007.

On December 13, 2014, Billboard began to include on-demand streaming and digital track sales (as measured by Nielsen SoundScan) using a new algorithm with data from all major on-demand audio subscription and online music sales services in the U.S. Starting on the issue dated January 18, 2020, Billboard updated its method again by incorporating video data from YouTube, along with visual plays from digital platforms like Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal, Vevo and, as of the issue dated March 23, 2021, from Facebook.

As of the issue dated January 31, 2026, the number-one album on the chart is Don't Be Dumb by ASAP Rocky.

History

Billboard began an album chart in 1945. Initially only five positions long, the album chart was not published on a weekly basis, with weeks sometimes passing before it was updated. A biweekly (though with a few gaps), 15-position "Best-Selling Popular Albums" chart appeared in 1955. With the increase in album sales as the early 1950s format wars stabilized into market dominance by 45 RPM singles and long-playing 12-inch albums – and with 78 RPM record and long-playing 10-inch album sales decreasing dramatically – Billboard premiered a weekly "Best-Selling Popular Albums" chart on March 24, 1956. The position count varied anywhere from 10 to 30 albums. The first no. 1 album on the new weekly list was Belafonte by Harry Belafonte. The chart was renamed "Best-Selling Pop Albums" later in 1956, and then "Best-Selling Pop LPs" in 1957.

Beginning on May 25, 1959, Billboard split the ranking into two charts: "Best-Selling Stereophonic LPs" for stereo albums (30 positions) and "Best-Selling Monophonic LPs" for mono albums (50 positions). These were renamed "Stereo Action Charts" (30 positions) and "Mono Action Charts" (40 positions), respectively, in 1960. In January 1961, they became "Action Albums – Stereophonic" (15 positions) and "Action Albums – Monophonic" (25 positions), and three months later, they became "Top LPs – Stereo" (50 positions) and "Top LPs – Monaural" (150 positions).

On August 17, 1963, the stereo and mono charts were combined into a 150-position chart called "Top LPs". On April 1, 1967, the chart was expanded to 175 positions, and then finally to 200 positions on May 13, 1967. In February 1972, the album chart's title was changed to "Top LPs & Tape"; in 1984, it was retitled "Top 200 Albums"; in 1985, it was retitled again to "Top Pop Albums"; in 1991, it became the "Billboard 200 Top Albums"; and it was given its current title of the "Billboard 200" on March 14, 1992.

From the end of 1970 to 1985, Billboard also printed a "Bubbling Under the Top LPs" albums chart paired with the "Bubbling Under the Hot 100" singles chart, which listed albums that had not yet charted on what was then the "Top LPs & Tape" chart.

Catalog albums

In 1960, Billboard began concurrently publishing album charts that ranked sales of older or mid-priced titles. These "Essential Inventory" charts were divided by stereo and mono albums, and featured titles that had already appeared on the main stereo and mono album charts. Mono albums were moved to the "Essential Inventory – Mono" chart (25 positions) after spending 40 weeks on the "Mono Action Chart", and stereo albums were moved to the "Essential Inventory – Stereo" chart (20 positions) after 20 weeks on the "Stereo Action Chart".

In January 1961, the "Action Charts" became "Action Albums – Stereophonic" (15 positions) and "Action Albums – Monophonic" (24 positions). Albums appeared on either chart for up to nine weeks, and were then moved to an "Essential Inventory" list of approximately 200 titles and with no numerical ranking. This list continued to be published until the consolidated "Top LPs" chart debuted in 1963.

In 1982, Billboard began publishing a "Midline Albums" chart (alternatively titled "Midline LPs"), which ranked older or mid-priced titles. The chart held 50 positions and was published on a biweekly (and later triweekly) basis.

On May 25, 1991, Billboard premiered the "Top Pop Catalog Albums" chart, the criteria for which were albums that were more than 18 months old and had fallen below no. 100 on the Billboard 200.

"Both Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall should be in the Billboard Top 200," said former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters in 1992. "The Wall still does anything up to four million each year... They've created a catalog chart in which to place all these old albums, leaving the main chart free for all the artists the record companies will want to book advertising space for. It just offers further evidence of the dishonesty that's rife in this business."

Following Michael Jackson's death on June 25, 2009, several of his albums saw a significant surge in sales. Number Ones, The Essential Michael Jackson, and Thriller occupied the top three spots for two consecutive weeks – a first in history. In the third week, six of Jackson's albums were the best-selling albums in the country. The success of catalogue albums led to a change in Billboards chart policies, and starting with the issue dated December 5, 2009, the catalog limitations for the Billboard 200 were lifted, allowing all albums to chart regardless of age or single activity (essentially changing "Top Comprehensive Albums" into the Billboard 200). A new chart that keeps the previous criteria for the Billboard 200 – dubbed the "Top Current Albums" chart – was also introduced in the same issue.

Holiday albums

Billboard has adjusted its policies for Christmas and holiday albums several times. The albums were eligible for the main album charts until 1963, when a "Christmas Albums" chart was created. Albums appearing here were not listed on the "Top LPs" chart, and in 1974, this rule was reverted and holiday albums again appeared within the main list.

In 1983, the "Christmas Albums" chart was resurrected, but a title's appearance here did not disqualify it from appearing on the "Top Pop Albums" chart. In 1990, the chart was retitled "Top Holiday Albums"; , it holds 50 positions and runs for several weeks during the end-of-calendar-year holiday season. Its current policy allows holiday albums to concurrently chart on the "Top Holiday Albums" list and the Billboard 200.

Nielsen SoundScan

Since May 25, 1991, the Billboard 200's positions have been derived from Nielsen SoundScan sales data; , it is contributed to by approximately 14,000 music sellers. Because these numbers are supplied by a subset of sellers rather than record labels, it is common for these numbers to be substantially lower than those reported by the Recording Industry Association of America when Gold, Platinum and Diamond album awards are announced. (RIAA awards reflect wholesale shipments, not retail sales.)

Incorporation of streaming data and track sales

Beginning with the December 13, 2014, issue, Billboard updated the methodology of its album chart again, changing from a "pure sales-based ranking" to one measuring "multi-metric consumption". With this overhaul, the Billboard 200 includes on-demand streaming and digital track sales (as measured by Nielsen SoundScan) by way of a new algorithm, utilizing data from all of the major on-demand audio subscription services, including Spotify, Apple Music, Google Play and Groove Music. Under the new methodology, 10 track sales or 1,500 song streams from an album are treated as equivalent to one purchase of the album. Billboard continues to publish a pure album sales chart, called "Top Album Sales", that maintains the traditional Billboard 200 methodology but is based exclusively on SoundScan's sales data.

Beginning on January 18, 2020, Billboard incorporated video and audio data from YouTube, along with visual plays from streaming services like Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal and Vevo, into the Billboard 200. The change has also impacted Billboard genre-specific album charts.

Year-end charts

Billboard "chart year" runs from the first week of December to the final week in November. This altered calendar allows for Billboard to calculate year-end charts and release them in time for its final print issue in the last week of December. Prior to Nielsen SoundScan, year-end charts were calculated by an inverse-point system based solely on an album's performance on the Billboard 200 (e.g., an album would be given one point for a week spent at No. 200, two points for a week spent at No. 199, etc., up to 200 points for each week spent at No. 1). Other factors, including an album's total weeks spent on the chart and its peak position, are calculated into an album's year-end total.

Since Billboard began obtaining sales information from Nielsen SoundScan, the year-end charts are now calculated by a very straightforward cumulative total of yearlong sales. This gives a more accurate picture of any given year's best-selling albums, as a title that hypothetically spent nine weeks at No. 1 in March could possibly have sold fewer copies than one spending six weeks at No. 3 in January. Albums at the peak of their popularity at the time of the November/December chart-year cutoff many times end up ranked lower than one would expect on a year-end tally, yet are ranked on the following year's chart as well, as their cumulative points are split between the two chart-years.

All-time ''Billboard'' 200 achievements (1963–2015)

In 2015, Billboard compiled a ranking of the 100 best-performing albums on the Billboard 200 over its 52 years, along with the best-performing artists. Shown below are the top 10 albums and top 10 artists over the 52-year period of the Billboard 200, through October 2015. Also shown are the artists placing the most albums on the overall "all-time" top 100 album list.

Top 10 albums of all time (1963–2015)

RankAlbumYear releasedArtistPeak and duration12345678910
*[21](21-adele-album)*2011AdeleNo. 1 for 24 weeks
*The Sound of Music*1965SoundtrackNo. 1 for 2 weeks
*Thriller*1982Michael JacksonNo. 1 for 37 weeks
*Fearless*2008Taylor SwiftNo. 1 for 11 weeks
*Born in the U.S.A.*1984Bruce SpringsteenNo. 1 for 7 weeks
*Ropin' the Wind*1991Garth BrooksNo. 1 for 18 weeks
*Jagged Little Pill*1995Alanis MorissetteNo. 1 for 12 weeks
*Doctor Zhivago*1966Maurice JarreNo. 1 for 1 week
*All the Right Reasons*2005NickelbackNo. 1 for 1 week
*Tapestry*1971Carole KingNo. 1 for 15 weeks

Source:

Top 10 albums artists of all time (1963–2015)

RankArtist12345678910
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
Barbra Streisand
Garth Brooks
Elton John
Mariah Carey
Herb Alpert
Taylor Swift
Chicago
Michael Jackson

Source:

Artists with the most albums on ''Billboard''{{'}}s top 200 albums of all time (1963–2015)

Number of
albumsArtistAlbums (ranking)5432
The Beatles*Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band* (54), *A Hard Day's Night* (105), *[1](1-the-beatles-album)* (131), *Abbey Road* (135), *Meet the Beatles!* (187)
Taylor Swift*Fearless* (4), *Taylor Swift* (18), *[1989](1989-taylor-swift-album)* (64), *Red* (140)
Led Zeppelin*Led Zeppelin II* (146), *Houses of the Holy* (185), *Led Zeppelin IV* (194), *In Through the Out Door* (198)
Michael Jackson*Thriller* (3), *Bad* (138), *Off the Wall* (149)
Nickelback*All the Right Reasons* (9), *Silver Side Up* (162), *Dark Horse* (182)
Whitney Houston*Whitney Houston* (11), *The Bodyguard* (23), *Whitney* (159)
Herb Alpert*Whipped Cream & Other Delights* (13), *Going Places* (44), *What Now My Love* (170)
Elton John*Goodbye Yellow Brick Road* (39), *Honky Château* (145), *Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy* (175)
Mariah Carey*Mariah Carey* (50), *The Emancipation of Mimi* (52), *Music Box* (87)
Janet Jackson*Control* (72), *Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814* (94), *Janet* (119)
Garth Brooks*Ropin' the Wind* (6), *No Fences* (29)
Fleetwood Mac*Rumours* (15), *Fleetwood Mac* (74)
Celine Dion*Falling into You* (21), *Let's Talk About Love* (164)
Pink Floyd*The Dark Side of the Moon* (31), *The Wall* (92)
Creed*Human Clay* (34), *Weathered* (181)
Santana*Supernatural* (36), *Abraxas* (114)
Backstreet Boys*Backstreet Boys* (42), *Millennium* (70)
Eminem*The Eminem Show* (56), *Recovery* (93)
Boyz II Men*II* (61), *Cooleyhighharmony* (129)
Green Day*American Idiot* (73), *Dookie* (172)
Nelly*Country Grammar* (85), *Nellyville* (174)
John Denver*John Denver's Greatest Hits* (86), *Back Home Again* (193)
Chicago*Chicago II* (89), *Chicago V* (165)
The Black Eyed Peas*The E.N.D* (96), *Monkey Business* (134)
Justin Timberlake*FutureSex/LoveSounds* (97), *The 20/20 Experience* (200)
Mumford & Sons*Sigh No More* (106), *Babel* (116)
Alicia Keys*Songs in A Minor* (107), *As I Am* (128)
NSYNC*No Strings Attached* (111), *'N Sync* (137)
The Monkees*The Monkees* (132), *More of the Monkees* (156)
Eagles*The Long Run* (148), *One of These Nights* (155)
Billy Joel*Glass Houses* (168), *[52nd Street](52nd-street-album)* (191)

Source:

Artist milestones

Most number-one albums

AlbumsArtist1915141110
The Beatleslast=Caulfieldfirst=Keithtitle=From The Beatles to Kanye West & Beyond: Artists With the Most No. 1 Albums on the Billboard 200 Charturl=https://www.billboard.com/pro/beatles-jay-z-artists-most-number-1s-billboard-200/access-date=December 6, 2019magazine=Billboarddate=June 10, 2018url-status=livearchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190610231834/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7873993/beatles-jay-z-artists-most-number-1s-billboard-200archive-date=June 10, 2019}}
Taylor Swifttitle=Taylor Swift Achieves Solo Artist Record 15th No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 With 'The Life of a Showgirl'url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swift-life-of-a-showgirl-number-one-billboard-200/last=Caulfieldfirst=Keithmagazine=Billboarddate=October 13, 2025access-date=October 13, 2025}}
Jay-Z
Drakeurl=https://www.billboard.com/artist/drake/chart-history/tlp/title=Drake Chart History (Billboard 200)magazine=Billboardaccess-date=January 6, 2026}}
Barbra Streisand
Bruce Springsteen
Eminem
Kanye Westurl=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/kanye-west-ty-dolla-sign-vultures-1-debuts-number-one-billboard-200-albums-chart-1235610342/title=Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign's 'Vultures 1' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chartlast=Caulfieldfirst=Keithmagazine=Billboarddate=February 18, 2024access-date=February 18, 2024}}
Future
Elvis Presley
  • The Rolling Stones (9) (tie)
  • Garth Brooks (9) (tie)
  • Madonna (9) (tie)
  • Kenny Chesney (9) --
  • As a musician, Paul McCartney has the most number-one albums, with 27. This includes 19 albums from his work with the Beatles, three solo albums and five albums as a part of his 1970s group Wings. John Lennon is in second place with 22, including 19 albums with the Beatles, two solo albums, and one album credited to him and his wife Yoko Ono. George Harrison had 19 number-one albums with the Beatles and two as a solo artist.
  • Barbra Streisand is the only artist to have number-one albums in six different decades. Her first was the 1964 album People, and her most recent was the 2016 album Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway, with a few weeks shy of 52 years between the two hitting number one.

Most number-one albums in a calendar year

AlbumsArtistYear43
The Monkees1967title=Taylor Swift & All the Acts Who Have Topped the Billboard 200 With Two (Or More!) Albums in a Calendar Yearurl=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9501846/taylor-swift-all-acts-two-albums-billboard-200-calendar-year/magazine=Billboardaccess-date=December 22, 2020archive-date=December 22, 2020archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201222005338/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9501846/taylor-swift-all-acts-two-albums-billboard-200-calendar-year/url-status=live }}
Elvis Presley1957
The Kingston Trio1960
Elvis Presley1961
The Beatles1964
1965
1966
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass1966
Elton John1975
Garth Brooks1998
*Glee* Cast2010
Taylor Swift2021url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-tenth-number-one-album-billboard-200-red-taylors-version-1235000860/title=Taylor Swift Scores 10th No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Red (Taylor's Version)'last=Caulfieldfirst=Keithmagazine=Billboarddate=November 21, 2021access-date=November 21, 2021}}
2023url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-1989-taylors-version-number-one-billboard-200-albums-chart-1235463917/title=Taylor Swift's '1989 (Taylor's Version)' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 With Biggest Week in Nearly a Decadelast=Caulfieldfirst=Keithmagazine=Billboarddate=November 5, 2023access-date=November 5, 2023}}
Future2024

Most consecutive number-one studio albums

NumberAct1511109876
Taylor Swift
Kanye West
Eminem
Jay-Zurl=https://www.billboard.com/pro/jay-z-scores-14th-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-album-chart-with-444/title=JAY-Z Scores 14th No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chartmagazine=Billboardaccess-date=June 12, 2018date=July 16, 2017archive-date=June 14, 2018archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614043136/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7866156/jay-z-scores-14th-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-album-chart-with-444url-status=live }}
The Beatles
Beyoncé
The Rolling Stonesurl=https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-rolling-stones/chart-history/tlp/title=The Rolling Stones Chart History (Billboard 200)magazine=Billboardaccess-date=November 6, 2023}}
Dave Matthews Bandurl=https://www.billboard.com/pro/dave-matthews-band-come-tomorrow-billboard-200-no-1-album/title=Dave Matthews Band Scores Seventh No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Come Tomorrow'magazine=Billboarddate=June 17, 2018access-date=June 17, 2018archive-date=June 18, 2018archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618004236/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8461343/dave-matthews-band-come-tomorrow-billboard-200-no-1-albumurl-status=live}}
Drake
Future
Elton John
Metallica
Justin Bieber
J. Cole

Most consecutive studio albums to debut at number one

NumberAct1511108765
Taylor Swift
Jay-Z
Kanye West
Eminemdate=January 26, 2020title=Eminem Scores Historic 10th No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Music to Be Murdered By'url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/eminem-scores-10th-no-1-album-billboard-200-chart-music-to-be-murdered-by/url-status=livearchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818123651/https://www.billboard.com/amp/articles/business/chart-beat/8549077/eminem-scores-10th-no-1-album-billboard-200-chart-music-to-be-murdered-byarchive-date=August 18, 2020access-date=September 9, 2020magazine=Billboard}}
Beyoncéurl=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/beyonce-cowboy-carter-number-one-billboard-200-country-albums-chart-1235650662/title=Beyoncé Achieves Eighth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 With 'Cowboy Carter'magazine=Billboardlast=Caulfieldfirst=Keithdate=April 7, 2024access-date=April 8, 2024}}
Dave Matthews Band
Drakeurl=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/drake-honestly-nevermind-billboard-200-chart-debut-no-1-1235106431/title=Drake Achieves 11th No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Honestly, Nevermind'last=Caulfieldfirst=Keithmagazine=Billboarddate=June 26, 2022access-date=June 26, 2022}}
Justin Bieberdate=March 28, 2021title=Justin Bieber Scores Eighth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Justice'url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9547575/justin-bieber-justice-tops-billboard-200/access-date=June 7, 2021magazine=Billboard}}
Metallicaurl=https://www.billboard.com/pro/billboard-200-metallica-no-1-album/title=Metallica Rocks With Sixth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chartmagazine=Billboardaccess-date=November 28, 2012url-status=livearchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129032704/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7588880/billboard-200-metallica-no-1-albumarchive-date=November 29, 2016 }}
Lady Gagalast1=Caulfieldfirst1=Keithtitle=Lady Gaga's 'MAYHEM' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Charturl=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/lady-gaga-mayhem-debuts-number-one-billboard-200-chart-1235923158/access-date=8 May 2025magazine=Billboarddate=16 March 2025}}
Disturbed
Madonna
U2
DMX
  • On May 1, 2016, Beyoncé became the first artist to have their first six studio albums debut at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, following the release of her sixth studio album, Lemonade, surpassing DMX. Following the release of Renaissance and its debut atop the August 7, 2022, chart, she become the first and only female artist to debut her first seven albums atop the chart. Following the release of Cowboy Carter and its debut atop the April 13, 2024, chart, she extended her record to become the first and only female artist to debut her first eight albums atop the chart.
  • On April 3, 2021, Justin Bieber became the first male act to have his first six studio albums debut at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, following the release of his sixth studio album, Justice.
  • On September 6, 2025, Stray Kids became the first act to debut at number one with their first seven entries on the chart, following the release of their fourth studio album Karma.

Most cumulative weeks at number one

List of acts with the most weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 since August 17, 1963.

Weeks at
number oneArtist132986752514642403938373530
The Beatles
Taylor Swift
Elvis Presley
Garth Brooks
Michael Jackson
Whitney Houston
The Kingston Trio
Morgan Wallen
Adele
Elton John
Fleetwood Mac
The Rolling Stones
Harry Belafonte
The Monkees
Drake
Prince
Eminem
Eagles
Mariah Carey

Most consecutive years at number one

List of acts who reached number one on the Billboard 200 with a new album in consecutive calendar years since August 17, 1963.{{Cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=December 31, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift's '1989 (Taylor's Version)' Tops Billboard 200 for Fifth Week

YearsActStreak875
Taylor Swift2019–2026
The Beatles1964–1970
Drake2015–2019
Jay-Z2000–2004
Paul McCartney1973–1977

Most top-10 albums

The following artists are the only ones with 30 or more top-10 albums:

  • The Rolling Stones (38)
  • Barbra Streisand (34)
  • Frank Sinatra (33)
  • The Beatles (32)

Note: As a musician, Paul McCartney has the most top-10 albums, with 51. This includes 32 with the Beatles, 11 solo albums, seven albums with the group Wings, and one album credited to him and his first wife, Linda McCartney.

Most albums in the top 10 simultaneously

  • Prince (5) – 2016
  • Taylor Swift (5) – 2023
  • The Kingston Trio (4; 5 consecutive times) – 1959
  • Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass (4) – 1966
  • Peter, Paul and Mary (3) – 1963
  • Whitney Houston (3) – 2012
  • Led Zeppelin (3) – 2014
  • Kendrick Lamar (3) – 2025
  • Morgan Wallen (3; four times) — 2025

Note: Swift is the first living artist to chart five albums in the top 10 simultaneously. She was previously the first living soloist to have four albums simultaneously chart in the top 10 for 5 consecutive weeks.

Note: Had the *Billboard *200 allowed catalog albums to chart previous to December 5, 2009, Michael Jackson would have claimed six simultaneous top 10 titles for two consecutive weeks and the Beatles would have claimed five simultaneous top 10 titles that year.

Most albums in the top 25 simultaneously

  • Taylor Swift (8) – 3 times in 2023

Most albums in the top 100 simultaneously

  • Mitch Miller (12) – 1961
  • Taylor Swift (10) – 2023; 2024 (on 14 different weeks)
  • Coldplay (6) – 2016 Note: Had the *Billboard *200 allowed catalog albums to chart previous to December 5, 2009, Michael Jackson would have claimed 9 simultaneous top 100 titles for two consecutive weeks.

Most albums in the top 200 simultaneously

  • Prince (19) – 2016
  • The Beatles (13) – 2014
  • Taylor Swift (11) – 2023 (on 5 different weeks); 2024 (on 20 different weeks); 2025
  • Whitney Houston (10) – 2012
  • David Bowie (10) – 2016
  • Drake (10) – 2023
  • Led Zeppelin (9) – 1979
  • Eminem (8) – 2013
  • Linkin Park (8) – 2017
  • Ariana Grande (8) - 2025
  • Chicago (7) – 1974
  • Elvis Presley (7) – 1977
  • The Monkees (7) – 1986
  • Pearl Jam (7) – 2001
  • Coldplay (7) – 2016
  • Mac Miller (7) – 2018

Most albums spending at least 1 full year (52 weeks) in the top 10

  • Taylor Swift (4)

Most albums spending at least 100 weeks in the top 10

  • Morgan Wallen (2)
  • SZA (1)

Album milestones

Most weeks at number one

WeeksAlbumArtistYear(s)543731242120
*West Side Story*†Various artists1962–63last=Whitburnfirst=Joelurl=https://archive.org/details/billboardbookoft00whittitle=The Billboard Book of Top 40 Albumspublisher=Billboard Booksyear=1991isbn=0-8230-7534-6edition=Revised and enlarged 2ndurl-access=registration}}
*Thriller*Michael Jackson1983–84first=Keithlast=Caulfieldtitle=Adele's '21' Hits 24th Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/483319/adeles-21-hits-24th-week-at-no-1-on-billboard-200magazine=Billboarddate=June 13, 2012access-date=March 20, 2018archive-date=June 5, 2015archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150605140443/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/483319/adeles-21-hits-24th-week-at-no-1-on-billboard-200url-status=live}}
*Rumours*Fleetwood Mac1977–78
*South Pacific*‡Various artists1958–59
*Calypso*Harry Belafonte1956–57
*[21](21-adele-album)*Adele2011–12
*Purple Rain*Prince and the Revolution1984–85
*Saturday Night Fever*Bee Gees/Various artists1978
*Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em*MC Hammer1990
*The Bodyguard*Whitney Houston/Various artists1992–93
*Blue Hawaii* §Elvis Presley1961–62

† The West Side Story soundtrack ran for 53 weeks at number one on the stereo album chart; it was number one for 12 weeks on the mono album chart.

‡ The South Pacific soundtrack ran for 28 weeks at number one on the stereo album chart; it was number one for three weeks on the mono album chart.

§ This is the Blue Hawaii album's run on the mono album chart; it was number one for four weeks on the stereo album chart.

  • Tapestry by Carole King holds the record for the most consecutive weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 for any one album by a female solo artist with 15 weeks.

Most weeks spent in the top-ten

WeeksAlbumArtistYear(s)1731651361151091061059087
*My Fair Lady*Original Cast (Various Artists)1956–1960date=September 11, 2022title=Morgan Wallen's 'Dangerous' Breaks Top 10 Longevity Record on Billboard 200 Charturl=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/morgan-wallen-dangerous-double-album-billboard-200-chart-longevity-record-1235137231/access-date=November 24, 2024magazine=Billboard}}
*Dangerous: The Double Album*Morgan Wallen2021–2025
*One Thing at a Time*2023–2026
*SOS*SZA2022–2026
*The Sound of Music Soundtrack*Soundtrack (Various Artists)1965–1967
*West Side Story*Soundtrack (Various Artists)1962–1963
*The Sound Of Music* *Original Cast*Original Cast (Various Artists)1960–1961
*South Pacific*Soundtrack (Various Artists)1958–1959
*Camelot*Original Cast (Various Artists)1961–1962
*Oklahoma!*Soundtrack (Various Artists)1956–1957

Most weeks on the chart

:Note that totals are for the main albums chart only, catalog chart totals are not factored in. :() indicates that the album is currently charting.*

WeeksAlbumArtist996923*893*817*782*772*764*758*758*714*691*683*673*669*654*644624*617609*599*
*The Dark Side of the Moon*Pink Floyd
*Legend*Bob Marley and the Wailers
*Greatest Hits*Journey
*Metallica*Metallica
*Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits*Creedence Clearwater Revival
*Curtain Call: The Hits*Eminem
*Doo-Wops & Hooligans*Bruno Mars
*Greatest Hits*Guns N' Roses
*Nevermind*Nirvana
*Thriller*Michael Jackson
*Good Kid, M.A.A.D City*Kendrick Lamar
*Greatest Hits*Queen
*Take Care*Drake
*Rumours*Fleetwood Mac
*Greatest Hits*Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
*Back in Black*AC/DC
*Born to Die*Lana Del Rey
*[21](21-adele-album)*Adeleurl=https://www.billboard.com/artist/adele/chart-history/tlp/title=Adele Chart History (Billboard 200)magazine=Billboardaccess-date=January 28, 2025archive-date=March 8, 2021archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308145618/https://www.billboard.com/music/adele/chart-history/billboard-200/song/685131url-status=live}}
*Greatest Hits*[2Pac](2pac)
*Greatest Hits*Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band

|- !scope="row"| 581* | 2014 Forest Hills Drive || J. Cole || |- !scope="row"| 555 | 1 || The Beatles || |- !scope="row"| 550* | 1989 || Taylor Swift || |- !scope="row"| 541* | Traveller || Chris Stapleton || |- !scope="row"| 539 | The Essential Michael Jackson || Michael Jackson || |- !scope="row"| 539* | Hamilton: An American Musical || Original Broadway Cast || |- !scope="row"| 515* | Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) || Eagles || |- !scope="row"| 509* | Nothing Was the Same || Drake || |- !scope="row"| 508* | ANTI || Rihanna || |- !scope="row"| 506* | Views || Drake || |- !scope="row"| 503 | Abbey Road || The Beatles || |- !scope="row"| 490† | Johnny's Greatest Hits || Johnny Mathis || |- !scope="row"| 480† | My Fair Lady || Original Cast Recording || |- !scope="row"| 470* | Blonde || Frank Ocean || |- !scope="row"| 459* | T R A P S O U L || Bryson Tiller || |- !scope="row"| 458* | DAMN. || Kendrick Lamar || |- !scope="row"| 454* | Teenage Dream || Katy Perry || |- !scope="row"| 452* | The Fame || Lady Gaga || |- !scope="row"| 451* | This One's for You || Luke Combs || |- !scope="row"| 450* | Ctrl || SZA || |- !scope="row"| 443 | The Eminem Show || Eminem || |- !scope="row"| 438 | Hot Rocks 1964–1971 || The Rolling Stones || |- !scope="row"| 429* | Starboy || The Weeknd || |- !scope="row"| 428* | Diamonds || Elton John || |- !scope="row"| 425 | Moana || Soundtrack || |- !scope="row"| 416* | Graduation || Kanye West || |- !scope="row"| 414* | More Life || Drake || |- !scope="row"| 414 | Night Visions || Imagine Dragons || |- !scope="row"| 413* | Gold: Greatest Hits || ABBA || |- !scope="row"| 406* | Hozier || Hozier || |- !scope="row"| 402 | Greatest Hits So Far... || Zac Brown Band || |- !scope="row"| 401* | Goodbye & Good Riddance || Juice WRLD || |- !scope="row"| 398 | Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection || Bon Jovi || |- !scope="row"| 394 | Greatest Hits || The Notorious B.I.G. || |- !scope="row"| 385* | Astroworld || Travis Scott || |- !scope="row"| 380 | In the Lonely Hour || Sam Smith || |- !scope="row"| 379* | If I Know Me || Morgan Wallen || |- !scope="row"| 375 | [[÷ (Ed Sheeran album)|÷] || Ed Sheeran || |- !scope="row"| 367 | Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys || The Beach Boys || |- !scope="row"| 361 | Stoney || Post Malone || |- !scope="row"| 350 | Blurryface || Twenty One Pilots || |- !scope="row"| 331 | Highlights from the Phantom of the Opera || Original Cast Recording || |- !scope="row"| 322 | Recovery || Eminem || |- !scope="row"| 318 | Tapestry || Carole King || |}

Largest jumps to number one===

  1. (176 to 1) Life After Death – The Notorious B.I.G. (April 12, 1997)
  2. (173 to 1) Vitalogy – Pearl Jam (December 24, 1994)
  3. (157 to 1) Fearless (Taylor's Version) – Taylor Swift (October 16, 2021)
  4. (156 to 1) In Rainbows – Radiohead (January 19, 2008)
  5. (137 to 1) Ghetto D – Master P (September 20, 1997)
  6. (122 to 1) More of The Monkees – The Monkees (February 11, 1967)
  7. (120 to 1) Call Me If You Get Lost – Tyler, the Creator (April 30, 2022)
  8. (112 to 1) MP da Last Don – Master P (June 20, 1998)
  9. (106 to 1) Days Before Rodeo – Travis Scott (September 28, 2024)
  10. (98 to 1) Beatles '65 – The Beatles (January 9, 1965)

Largest drops from number one===

  1. (1 to 169) This House Is Not for Sale – Bon Jovi (March 17, 2018)
  2. (1 to 139) Call Me If You Get Lost – Tyler, the Creator (May 7, 2022)
  3. (1 to 111) Courage – Celine Dion (December 7, 2019)
  4. (1 to 97) Science Fiction – Brand New (September 16, 2017)
  5. (1 to 88) Iridescence – Brockhampton (October 13, 2018)
  6. (1 to 77) Madame X – Madonna (July 6, 2019)
  7. (1 to 70) Lyfestyle – Yeat (November 9, 2024)
  8. (1 to 62) Boarding House Reach – Jack White (April 14, 2018)
  9. (1 to 59) Wonderful Wonderful – The Killers (October 21, 2017)
  10. (1 to 58) Skeletá – Ghost (May 17, 2025)

Notes:

  • The album Music to Be Murdered By by Eminem has the largest rise for an album that did not top the chart; on January 2, 2021, it jumped from number 199 the previous week to number 3 on the chart.
  • The mixtape Days Before Rodeo by Travis Scott dropped off the chart entirely after reaching number one the previous week (October 5, 2024), becoming the first project to do so.
  • The album Hello from Las Vegas by Lionel Richie dropped off the chart entirely without ever reaching the top spot; on September 7, 2019, it exited the chart after debuting at number 2 the previous week.

Longest climbs to number one in the SoundScan era

Here are the albums to complete the 10 longest rises to number one on the Billboard 200 since the adoption of Nielsen Music data in 1991.

Weeks to No. 1ArtistAlbumDate reached No. 163535249464440312827
Various Artists*O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack*March 23, 2002
The Kid Laroi*F*ck Love*August 7, 2021
Live*Throwing Copper*May 6, 1995
No Doubt*Tragic Kingdom*December 21, 1996
Norah Jones*Come Away with Me*January 25, 2003
Hootie & the Blowfish*Cracked Rear View*May 27, 1995
Prince*The Very Best of Prince*May 7, 2016
Toni Braxton*Toni Braxton*February 26, 1994
Celine Dion*Falling into You*October 5, 1996
Eric Clapton*Unplugged*March 13, 1993
  • Forever Your Girl by Paula Abdul spent 64 consecutive weeks on the Billboard 200 before hitting number one in 1989, making it the longest time spent on the chart before reaching the number one spot.

Albums to top the ''Billboard'' 200 by artists who have never appeared on the Hot 100

ArtistAlbumYearVan CliburnBob NewhartJudy GarlandVaughn MeaderFrank FontaineBlind FaithPanteraBob CarlisleMarilyn MansonIl DivoSlipknotVampire WeekendThe DecemberistsAmos LeeTobyMacVampire WeekendLecraeSlipknotBrand NewLCD SoundsystemVampire WeekendSlipknotSuperMTomorrow X Together
*Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1*1958last1=Trustfirst1=Garytitle=Weekly Chart Notes: Amos Lee, Far*East Movement, Kelly Clarksonurl=https://www.billboard.com/pro/weekly-chart-notes-amos-lee-fareast-movement-kelly-clarkson/access-date=May 29, 2018magazine=Billboarddate=February 3, 2011archive-date=January 4, 2018archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104130435/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/473254/weekly-chart-notes-amos-lee-fareast-movement-kelly-clarksonurl-status=live}}
*The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart*1960
*The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back!*1961
*Judy at Carnegie Hall*
*The First Family*1962
*Songs I Sing on the Jackie Gleason Show*1963
*Blind Faith*1969
*Far Beyond Driven*1994
*Butterfly Kisses (Shades of Grace)*1997
*Mechanical Animals*1998url=https://www.billboard.com/music/marilyn-mansontitle=Marilyn Mansonmagazine=Billboardaccess-date=June 24, 2019archive-date=June 11, 2019archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190611231717/https://www.billboard.com/music/marilyn-mansonurl-status=live}}
*The Golden Age of Grotesque*2003
*Ancora*2006
*All Hope Is Gone*2008
*Contra*2010
*The King Is Dead*2011
*Mission Bell*
*Eye on It*2012
*Modern Vampires of the City*2013
*Anomaly*2014
*[.5: The Gray Chapter](5-the-gray-chapter)*
*Science Fiction*2017
*American Dream*
*Father of the Bride*2019
*We Are Not Your Kind*
*SuperM – The 1st Mini Album*url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8532879/superm-the-1st-mini-album-billboard-200-no-1title=SuperM Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart With 'The 1st Mini Album'magazine=Billboardlast=Caulfieldfirst=Keithdate=October 13, 2019access-date=December 19, 2019archive-date=December 15, 2019archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215065727/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8532879/superm-the-1st-mini-album-billboard-200-no-1url-status=live}}
*The Name Chapter: Temptation*2023

Note: Newhart, Meader and Fontaine's albums were all number one on the mono chart but not on the stereo chart. Garland is listed on a technicality; she has 17 pop hits, but all were from 1939 to 1955 – all before the 1958 establishment of the Hot 100. Lecrae, Brand New, and LCD Soundsystem are on this list per their Billboard chart history pages.--

EPs to reach number one on the ''Billboard'' 200

Artist(s)EPYearAlice In ChainsJay-Z and Linkin Park*Glee* CastBad Meets EvilThe WeekndBTSSuperMStray KidsTomorrow X TogetherStray KidsTwiceStray KidsAteez
*Jar of Flies*1994title=Alice in Chains – Jar of Flies (EP)url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/alice-in-chains/chart-history/tlp/url-status=livearchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180518115342/https://www.billboard.com/music/Alice-in-Chains/chart-history/billboard-200/song/176900archive-date=May 18, 2018access-date=April 21, 2019magazine=Billboard}}
*Collision Course*2004title=Jay-Z/Linkin Park – MTV Ultimate Mash-Ups Presents: Collision Courseurl=https://www.billboard.com/artist/linkin-park/chart-history/tlp/url-status=livearchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507072601/https://www.billboard.com/music/Linkin-Park/chart-history/billboard-200/song/466967archive-date=May 7, 2019access-date=April 21, 2019magazine=Billboard}}
*Glee: The Music, The Power Of Madonna*2010
*Glee: The Music, Journey to Regionals*
*Hell: The Sequel*2011title=Bad Meets Evil – Hell: The Sequel (EP)url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/bad-meets-evil/chart-history/tlp/url-status=livearchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506155536/https://www.billboard.com/music/Bad-Meets-Evil/chart-history/billboard-200/song/700566archive-date=May 6, 2019access-date=April 21, 2019magazine=Billboard}}
*My Dear Melancholy*2018last=Caulfieldfirst=Keithdate=April 8, 2018title=The Weeknd Scores Third Consecutive No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'My Dear Melancholy'url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/the-weeknd-no-1-album-billboard-200-my-dear-melancholy/url-status=livearchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409030041/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8298065/the-weeknd-no-1-album-billboard-200-my-dear-melancholyarchive-date=April 9, 2018access-date=April 21, 2019magazine=Billboard}}
*Map of the Soul: Persona*2019last=Caulfieldfirst=Keithdate=April 21, 2019title=BTS Scores Third No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Map of the Soul: Persona'url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/bts-map-of-the-soul-persona-no-1-album-billboard-200-chart/url-status=livearchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227090309/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8507977/bts-map-of-the-soul-persona-no-1-album-billboard-200-chartarchive-date=February 27, 2020access-date=April 21, 2019magazine=Billboard}}
*SuperM — The 1st Mini Album*
*Oddinary*2022last=Caulfieldfirst=Keithdate=March 28, 2022title=Stray Kids' 'Oddinary' Tops Billboard 200 Albums Chart With Biggest Sales Week of 2022url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/stray-kids-oddinary-tops-billboard-200-albums-chart-1235050415/access-date=March 28, 2022magazine=Billboard}}
*Maxident*last=Caulfieldfirst=Keithdate=October 16, 2022title=Stray Kids Notch Second No. 1 on Billboard 200 With 'Maxident'url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/stray-kids-number-one-billboard-200-chart-maxident-album-1235156753/access-date=October 16, 2022magazine=Billboard}}
*The Name Chapter: Temptation*2023last=Caulfieldfirst=Keithdate=February 5, 2023title=Tomorrow X Together Lands First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Charturl=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/tomorrow-x-together-the-name-chapter-temptation-billboard-200-number-one-1235212853/access-date=February 6, 2023magazine=Billboard}}
*Rock-Star*
*With You-th*2024
*Ate*
*Golden Hour: Part.2*

All-Spanish-language albums to reach number one on ''Billboard'' 200

Artist(s)AlbumPeak dateNo. weeksBad BunnyKarol GBad Bunny
*El Último Tour del Mundo*December 3, 20201
*Un Verano Sin Ti*May 22, 202213
*Mañana Será Bonito*March 11, 20231
*Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana*October 28, 20231
*Debí Tirar Más Fotos*January 25, 20253
May 17, 20251

Additional milestones

  • The first album to debut at number one was Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy by Elton John. John repeated the same feat with the album Rock of the Westies – the second album to debut at number one – making John the first artist to have two consecutive studio albums debut at number one. Whitney Houston's second album, Whitney, was the first album by a female artist to debut at number one.
  • In the early 1960s, Bob Newhart accomplished the feat of having the number one and number two albums simultaneously on the Billboard albums chart, with The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart and The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back! This was equaled by the Beatles multiple times: twice in 1964 with Meet the Beatles! and Introducing... The Beatles, and then with A Hard Day's Night and Something New, followed in 1969 by the album The Beatles (commonly known as The White Album) and the soundtrack for the film Yellow Submarine. In 1991, Guns N' Roses held the top two with Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II; in 2004, Nelly's Suit and Sweat; and in 2017, Future's Future and Hndrxx.
  • The Sound of Music set the record of 109 non-consecutive weeks in the top 10 from May 1, 1965, to July 16, 1966, but only spent two weeks at number one on the Billboard 200.
  • The first U.K. solo artist to debut at number one with a debut album is Leona Lewis on April 26, 2008, with the album Spirit. The first U.K. group to debut at No. 1 with a debut album is One Direction on March 31, 2012, with the album Up All Night.
  • Justin Bieber became the first artist in history to have five albums top the Billboard 200 at the age of 18, as Believe Acoustic debuted at number one on February 16, 2013. He also became the youngest solo artist to achieve this feat. Subsequently, Bieber () became the youngest solo artist to achieve seven No. 1 albums on the chart with Changes, breaking a 59-year-old record set by Elvis Presley at the age of 26. He further extended his record, after turning 27, by becoming the youngest soloist to have eight albums top the Billboard 200, following the release of his sixth studio album, Justice, breaking yet another chart record held by Elvis Presley at the age of 29.
  • Tony Bennett became the oldest male to debut at number one on October 8, 2011 ( old), with the album Duets II. Bennett, who was born on August 3, 1926, later surpassed his own record when his collaborative album with Lady Gaga, Cheek to Cheek, debuted at number one on October 11, 2014 ( old).
  • The issue dated July 11, 2009, was the first time any catalog album outsold the number one album on the Billboard 200. Three of Michael Jackson's albums – Number Ones, The Essential Michael Jackson and Thriller – claimed positions 1–3, respectively, on "Top Pop Catalog Albums" and "Top Comprehensive Albums" in the week following Jackson's death.
  • In 2012, Adam Lambert became the first openly gay musician to debut at number one with his album Trespassing.
  • There have been 41 albums released on an independent label to reach number one on the Billboard 200.
  • Jackie Gleason, at least for a time, held the record for the most albums to top the Billboard 200 without charting any songs in the top 40 of the Hot 100; five of Gleason's mood music albums topped the Billboard 200 in the mid-1950s.
  • One Direction became the first group to debut at number one with its first three albums when Midnight Memories debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart dated December 14, 2013. It later became the first group to debut at number one with its first four albums when Four debuted atop the chart on November 26, 2014.
  • Led Zeppelin holds the record for the longest gap between an album returning to the Top 10. Led Zeppelin first hit the Top 10 on the Billboard "Top LP's" chart for the week ending May 17, 1969, and returned 45 years and 35 days later at number 7 on the Billboard 200, for the week ending June 21, 2014.
  • On November 29, 2015, 25 by Adele became the first album to sell 1 million copies in different weeks, with 1.11 million sold in its second week and 1.16 million sold in its fifth week on the chart.
  • On May 22, 2016, Coloring Book by Chance the Rapper became the first streaming-only album to chart on the Billboard 200, debuting at number 8, with the album being streamed 57.3 million times in its first week, which was equivalent to 38,000 units sold.
  • On March 18, 2017, Future made history by achieving back-to-back number-one album debuts in successive weeks with Future and Hndrxx for the first time in the chart's history.
  • On June 2, 2018, BTS became the first Korean artist to reach number one with its album Love Yourself: Tear.
  • On January 19, 2019, A Boogie wit da Hoodie's Hoodie SZN became the album with the lowest weekly sales figure for a number-one album, with 1,000 sales. It subsequently did not sell enough to enter the sales-only "Top 100 Album Sales" chart. A week later, the album broke its own record when it stayed at number one for a second week, selling 749 copies.
  • In 2017, Taylor Swift became the first artist to debut at the top of the chart with four albums that sold over one million copies within a week, accomplishing the feat with Speak Now, Red, 1989 and Reputation. She extended the record to five with Midnights in 2022, six with 1989 (Taylor's Version) in 2023, seven with The Tortured Poets Department in 2024, and eight with The Life of a Showgirl.
  • Swift charted 10 of her albums on May 6, 2023, breaking a number of records, including the first living act to chart eight albums in the top 40 simultaneously, the first act to chart 9 albums in the top 50 simultaneously, and the first living act to chart ten albums in the top 100 simultaneously. She is also the first act to chart 10 albums simultaneously for four separate times, and the first living soloist to place four albums in the top 10.
  • In July 2023, Swift became the first artist since Luminate tracking began in 1991 to have nine albums sell over 500,000 copies in pure sales in a single week. In November 2023, Swift extended the record to ten. In April 2024, she extended it yet again to eleven.
  • In September 2023, Swift became the first artist to have five albums sell more than 1 million units in a calendar year with Midnights (3.810M), Lover (1.350M), Speak Now (Taylor's Version) (1.260M), Folklore (1.190M) and 1989 (1M). In November 2023, she extended the record to six albums with 1989 (Taylor's Version). In April 2024, she extended this to seven albums with The Tortured Poets Department. In October 2025, she extended it to eight albums with The Life of a Showgirl.
  • In October 2023, Swift also became the first artist to have 11 albums charting for at least 100 weeks each after Red (Taylor's Version) achieved the mark.
  • On October 23, 2023, Swift became the first artist to have four albums charting for at least 52 weeks (1 full year) in the top 10 of the chart with Fearless, 1989, Lover and Midnights - the latter two doing so consecutively. Midnights is the first album released in the 2020s to achieve the mark.
  • On November 4, 2023, the Rolling Stones became the first act with newly charted top 10 albums in seven different decades (1960s to 2020s), when the band's new studio album Hackney Diamonds debuted at number 3.
  • The Grateful Dead hold the record for the most Top 40 albums on the Billboard 200, with 60 having charted at number 40 or higher.
  • Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life (first 13 weeks at number one), Whitney Houston's Whitney (first 11 weeks), Morgan Wallen's Dangerous: The Double Album (first 10 weeks), Wallen's One Thing at a Time (first 12 weeks), and Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department (first 12 weeks) are the only five albums in Billboard 200 history to spend at least their first ten weeks at number one.

Sources

  • Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.

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  109. "Journey Chart History (Billboard 200)".
  110. "Metallica Chart History (Billboard 200)".
  111. "Creedence Clearwater Revival Chart History (Billboard 200)".
  112. "Eminem Chart History (Billboard 200)".
  113. "Bruno Mars Chart History (Billboard 200)".
  114. "Guns N' Roses Chart History (Billboard 200)".
  115. "Nirvana Chart History (Billboard 200)".
  116. "Michael Jackson Chart History (Billboard 200)".
  117. "Kendrick Lamar Chart History (Billboard 200)".
  118. "Queen Chart History (Billboard 200)".
  119. "Fleetwood Mac Chart History (Billboard 200)".
  120. "Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers Chart History (Billboard 200)".
  121. "AC/DC Chart History (Billboard 200)".
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  137. 275 weeks on Pre-''Billboard'' 200 + 215 weeks on ''Billboard'' 200 = 490 total weeks
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  139. "Bryson Tiller Chart History (Billboard 200)".
  140. "Kendrick Lamar Chart History (Billboard 200)".
  141. "Katy Perry (Billboard 200)".
  142. "Lady Gaga Chart History (Billboard 200)".
  143. "Luke Combs Chart History (Billboard 200)".
  144. "SZA Chart History (Billboard 200)".
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  152. "ABBA Chart History (Billboard 200)".
  153. "Hozier Chart History (Billboard 200)".
  154. "Zac Brown Band Chart History (Billboard 200)".
  155. "Juice WRLD Chart History (Billboard 200)".
  156. "Bon Jovi Chart History (Billboard 200)".
  157. "The Notorious B.I.G. Chart History (Billboard 200)".
  158. "Travis Scott Chart History (Billboard 200)".
  159. "Sam Smith Chart History (Billboard 200)".
  160. "Morgan Wallen Chart History (Billboard 200)".
  161. "Ed Sheeran Chart History (Billboard 200)".
  162. "The Beach Boys Chart History (Billboard 200)".
  163. "Post Malone Chart History (Billboard 200)".
  164. "Twenty One Pilots Chart History (Billboard 200)".
  165. "Eminem Chart History (Billboard 200)".
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  168. "Billboard 200 {{!}} Week of December 24, 1994".
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  170. "Billboard 200 {{!}} Week of January 19, 2008".
  171. "Billboard 200 {{!}} Week of September 20, 1997".
  172. "Billboard 200 {{!}} Week of February 11, 1967".
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  177. "Billboard 200 {{!}} Week of March 17, 2018".
  178. "Billboard 200 {{!}} Week of May 7, 2022".
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  180. "Billboard 200 {{!}} Week of October 13, 2018".
  181. "Billboard 200 {{!}} Week of July 6, 2019".
  182. "Billboard 200 {{!}} Week of November 9, 2024".
  183. "Billboard 200 {{!}} Week of April 14, 2018".
  184. "Billboard 200 {{!}} Week of October 21, 2017".
  185. "Billboard 200 {{!}} Week of May 17, 2025".
  186. Allah, Sha Be. (January 2, 2021). "The Source |Eminem's 'Music To Be Murdered By' Jumps To #3 On Billboard 200, Breaking 50-Year-Old Record For Biggest Chart Leap".
  187. Horowitz, Steven. (October 1, 2024). "Why Did Travis Scott's 'Days Before Rodeo' Plummet From No. 1 on the Billboard 200 to... Off the Albums Chart Entirely?".
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  190. Caulfield, Keith. (October 6, 2017). "Rewinding the Charts: In 1989, Paula Abdul Was America's No. 1 'Girl'".
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  192. "Marilyn Manson".
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  197. "Brand New Chart History".
  198. "LCD Soundsystem Chart History".
  199. (May 12, 2019). "Vampire Weekend's 'Father of the Bride' Album Bows at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart".
  200. Caulfield, Keith. (August 18, 2019). "Slipknot Ties Up Third No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'We Are Not Your Kind'".
  201. Caulfield, Keith. (October 13, 2019). "SuperM Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart With 'The 1st Mini Album'".
  202. "Tomorrow X Together".
  203. "Alice in Chains – Jar of Flies (EP)".
  204. "Jay-Z/Linkin Park – MTV Ultimate Mash-Ups Presents: Collision Course".
  205. "Glee Cast Chart History".
  206. "Bad Meets Evil – Hell: The Sequel (EP)".
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  208. Caulfield, Keith. (April 21, 2019). "BTS Scores Third No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Map of the Soul: Persona'".
  209. Caulfield, Keith. (March 28, 2022). "Stray Kids' 'Oddinary' Tops Billboard 200 Albums Chart With Biggest Sales Week of 2022".
  210. Caulfield, Keith. (October 16, 2022). "Stray Kids Notch Second No. 1 on Billboard 200 With 'Maxident'".
  211. Caulfield, Keith. (February 5, 2023). "Tomorrow X Together Lands First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart".
  212. Caulfield, Keith. (November 19, 2023). "Stray Kids Score Fourth No. 1 on ''Billboard'' 200 With ''Rock-Star''".
  213. Caulfield, Keith. (March 3, 2024). "Twice Achieves First No. 1 Album on ''Billboard'' 200 Chart With ''With You-th''".
  214. Caulfield, Keith. (July 28, 2024). "Stray Kids & Jimin Debut at Nos. 1 & 2 on ''Billboard'' 200 — K-Pop Has Top Two Albums for First Time".
  215. Caulfield, Keith. (November 24, 2024). "ATEEZ Achieve Second No. 1 on Billboard 200 With 'GOLDEN HOUR: Part.2'".
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  218. Caulfield, Keith. (2022-05-15). "Bad Bunny's 'Un Verano Sin Ti' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart".
  219. Caulfield, Keith. (2023-03-05). "Karol G Achieves Historic First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Mañana Será Bonito'".
  220. Caulfield, Keith. (2023-10-22). "'Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana' de Bad Bunny debuta en el No. 1 del Billboard 200".
  221. Caulfield, Keith. (2025-01-19). "Bad Bunny's 'Debí Tirar Más Fotos' Climbs to No. 1 on Billboard 200".
  222. Caulfield, Keith. (2025-05-11). "Bad Bunny's 'Debí Tirar Más Fotos' Returns to No. 1 on Billboard 200 After Vinyl Release".
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  225. Caulfield, Keith. (March 5, 2017). "Future Makes History With Back-to-Back No. 1 Debuts on Billboard 200 Albums Chart".
  226. Caulfield, Keith. (November 13, 2015). "50 Years Ago: 'The Sound of Music' Soundtrack Hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200".
  227. [http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1045852/leona-lewis-makes-big-splash-atop-billboard-200 Leona Lewis Makes Big Splash Atop Billboard 200] {{webarchive. link. (November 8, 2016 ''Billboard''. Retrieved March 21, 2012)
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  229. Sinha-Roy, Piya. (February 6, 2013). "Justin Bieber becomes youngest artist with five No. 1 albums".
  230. Caulfield, Keith. (October 1, 2014). "Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga's 'Cheek To Cheek' Debuts at No. 1".
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  236. Gael Fashingbauer Cooper (June 15, 2014). [http://www.today.com/entertainment/casey-kasems-american-top-40-reached-stars-2D79759364 Casey Kasem's 'American Top 40' reached for the stars] {{webarchive. link. (June 15, 2014 . NBC News. Retrieved June 15, 2014. "An unparalleled storyteller, Kasem loved to drop a teasing question about a song or a band, then cut to commercial, making his trivia so tantalizing that listeners just had to stay tuned to find out the answer. (...) Who had the most No. 1 albums without a Top 40 single? (Comic and mood-music expert Jackie Gleason, at least at the time.)")
  237. Caulfield, Keith. (November 26, 2014). "One Direction's 'Four' Makes Historic No. 1 Debut on Billboard 200 Chart".
  238. "Billboard 200 {{!}} Week of May 17, 1969".
  239. Caulfield, Keith. (December 27, 2015). "Adele's '25' Sells Another 1.16 Million in U.S., Spends Fifth Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart".
  240. Caulfield, Keith. (May 22, 2016). "Chance the Rapper's 'Coloring Book' is First Streaming-Exclusive Album to Chart on Billboard 200".
  241. "BTS Earns First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Love Yourself: Tear'".
  242. "A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie Scores First No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart With 'Hoodie SZN'".
  243. McIntyre, Hugh. "A New Record for the Lowest-Selling No. 1 Album Ever Has Just Been Set".
  244. McIntyre, Hugh. "Taylor Swift Is The First Artist To Debut Four Albums With At Least One Million Copies".
  245. Caulfield, Keith. (October 30, 2022). "Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' Blasts in at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart With Biggest Week for an Album in 7 Years".
  246. (April 28, 2024). "Taylor Swift Makes Historic Debut at No. 1 on Billboard 200 With 'The Tortured Poets Department'".
  247. Zellner, Xander. (July 11, 2023). "Taylor Swift Extends Record Run Atop Artist 100 Chart to 72 Weeks".
  248. "Taylor Swift chart history: Billboard 200".
  249. "Billboard 200: October 28, 2023".
  250. Caulfield, Keith. (October 30, 2023). "The Rolling Stones Are First Act With Billboard 200 Top 10 Albums Each Decade Since the 1960s".
  251. Kennedy, Mark. (February 5, 2024). "The Grateful Dead make Billboard chart history despite disbanding in 1995". [[Associated Press]].
  252. Caulfield, Keith. (June 30, 2024). "Taylor Swift's ''The Tortured Poets Department'' Tallies 10th Week at No. 1 on ''Billboard'' 200".
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