:Template:Billboard Year-End number one albums
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| group1 = 1956–1975
| list1 =
- 1956: Calypso – Harry Belafonte
- 1957: Music from My Fair Lady – Original Cast
- 1958: Music from My Fair Lady – Original Cast
- 1959: The Music from Peter Gunn – Henry Mancini
- 1960: Music from The Sound of Music – Original Cast
- 1961: Music from Camelot – Original Cast
- 1962: West Side Story – Soundtrack
- 1963: West Side Story – Soundtrack
- 1964: Music from Hello, Dolly! – Original Cast
- 1965: Mary Poppins: Original Cast Soundtrack – Soundtrack
- 1966: Whipped Cream & Other Delights – Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
- 1967: More of the Monkees – The Monkees
- 1968: Are You Experienced – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
- 1969: In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida – Iron Butterfly
- 1970: Bridge over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel
- 1971: Jesus Christ Superstar – Soundtrack
- 1972: Harvest – Neil Young
- 1973: The World Is a Ghetto – War
- 1974: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – Elton John
- 1975: Greatest Hits – Elton John
| group2 = 1976–2000
| list2 =
- 1976: Frampton Comes Alive! – Peter Frampton
- 1977: Rumours – Fleetwood Mac
- 1978: Saturday Night Fever – Soundtrack
- 1979: 52nd Street – Billy Joel
- 1980: The Wall – Pink Floyd
- 1981: Hi Infidelity – REO Speedwagon
- 1982: Asia – Asia
- 1983: Thriller – Michael Jackson
- 1984: Thriller – Michael Jackson
- 1985: Born in the U.S.A. – Bruce Springsteen
- 1986: Whitney Houston – Whitney Houston
- 1987: Slippery When Wet – Bon Jovi
- 1988: Faith – George Michael
- 1989: Don't Be Cruel – Bobby Brown
- 1990: Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 – Janet Jackson
- 1991: Mariah Carey – Mariah Carey
- 1992: Ropin' the Wind – Garth Brooks
- 1993: The Bodyguard – Soundtrack
- 1994: The Sign – Ace of Base
- 1995: Cracked Rear View – Hootie & the Blowfish
- 1996: Jagged Little Pill – Alanis Morissette
- 1997: Spice – Spice Girls
- 1998: Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture – James Horner
- 1999: Millennium – Backstreet Boys
- 2000: No Strings Attached – NSYNC
| group3 = 2001–present
| list3 =
- 2001: 1 – The Beatles
- 2002: The Eminem Show – Eminem
- 2003: Get Rich or Die Tryin' – 50 Cent
- 2004: Confessions – Usher
- 2005: The Massacre – 50 Cent
- 2006: Some Hearts – Carrie Underwood
- 2007: Daughtry – Daughtry
- 2008: As I Am – Alicia Keys
- 2009: Fearless – Taylor Swift
- 2010: I Dreamed a Dream – Susan Boyle
- 2011: 21 – Adele
- 2012: 21 – Adele
- 2013: The 20/20 Experience – Justin Timberlake
- 2014: Frozen – Soundtrack
- 2015: 1989 – Taylor Swift
- 2016: 25 – Adele
- 2017: Damn – Kendrick Lamar
- 2018: Reputation – Taylor Swift
- 2019: When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? – Billie Eilish
- 2020: Hollywood's Bleeding – Post Malone
- 2021: Dangerous: The Double Album – Morgan Wallen
- 2022: Un Verano Sin Ti – Bad Bunny
- 2023: One Thing at a Time – Morgan Wallen
- 2024: The Tortured Poets Department – Taylor Swift
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