Billboard 200#Top 10 albums of All Time (1963–2015)

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.

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.{{cite news|first=Mitchell |last=Peters |title=New Chart Parameters for Billboard, Nielsen SoundScan |url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003694233 |magazine=Billboard |date=January 8, 2008 |access-date=January 8, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080930165102/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003694233 |archive-date=September 30, 2008 }}

"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."{{cite magazine|first=Mark|last=Blake|title=Still Waters|magazine=RCD|issue= 3 |date= 1992 |volume=1 |page= 56}}

Starting with the issue dated December 5, 2009, however, the catalog limitations – which removed albums over 18 months old that had dropped below No. 100 and had no currently running singles – for the Billboard 200 were lifted, turning the chart into an all-inclusive list of the 200 highest-selling albums in the country (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.{{cite news |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=November 17, 2009 |title=Billboard 200 Undergoes Makeover |magazine=Billboard |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/266686/billboard-200-undergoes-makeover |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=November 17, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703041316/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/266686/billboard-200-undergoes-makeover |archive-date=July 3, 2014}}

Billboard has adjusted its policies for Christmas{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1047872/billboard-holiday-albums-chart-goes-live-early |title=Billboard Holiday Albums Chart Goes Live Early |magazine=Billboard |date=June 29, 2010 |access-date=June 30, 2010 |last=Taylor |first=Chuck |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330044538/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1047872/billboard-holiday-albums-chart-goes-live-early |archive-date=March 30, 2013}} 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"; {{As of|2009|lc=y}}, 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.

Since May 25, 1991, the Billboard 200's positions have been derived from Nielsen SoundScan sales data; {{As of|2008|lc=y}}, 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.)

{{see also|album-equivalent unit|Top Album 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{{'s}} genre-specific album charts.

Billboard{{'s}} "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.

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.{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/greatest-of-all-time/6760797/adele-the-beatles-billboard-200-albums-artists-all-time |title=Greatest Billboard 200 Albums & Artists of All Time: Adele's '21' & The Beatles Are Tops |magazine=Billboard |date=November 12, 2015 |access-date=October 2, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009210944/http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/greatest-of-all-time/6760797/adele-the-beatles-billboard-200-albums-artists-all-time |archive-date=October 9, 2016 }} 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.

Source:{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-billboard-200-albums |title=Greatest of All Time: Billboard 200 Albums |magazine=Billboard |date=November 12, 2015 |access-date=October 2, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161001122709/http://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-billboard-200-albums |archive-date=October 1, 2016 }}

Source:{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-billboard-200-artists |title=Greatest of All Time: Billboard 200 Artists |magazine=Billboard |date=November 12, 2015 |access-date=October 2, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160926155922/http://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-billboard-200-artists |archive-date=September 26, 2016 }}

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• 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.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/paul-mccartney/chart-history/tlp/|title=Paul McCartney Chart History (Billboard 200)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=March 20, 2018|archive-date=May 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515095802/https://www.billboard.com/music/paul-mccartney/chart-history/billboard-200|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/wings/chart-history/tlp/|title=Wings Chart History (Billboard 200)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=March 20, 2018|archive-date=May 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515095615/https://www.billboard.com/music/wings/chart-history/billboard-200|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/paul-mccartney-and-wings/chart-history/billboard-200|title=Paul McCartney and Wings Chart History (Billboard 200)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 17, 2018|archive-date=September 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918104215/https://www.billboard.com/music/paul-mccartney-and-wings/chart-history/billboard-200|url-status=dead}} 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.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/john-lennon/chart-history/tlp/|title=John Lennon Chart History (Billboard 200)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=March 20, 2018|archive-date=April 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401002915/https://www.billboard.com/music/john-lennon/chart-history/billboard-200|url-status=live}} George Harrison had 19 number-one albums with the Beatles and two as a solo artist.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/george-harrison/chart-history/tlp/|title=George Harrison Chart History (Billboard 200)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=March 20, 2018|archive-date=February 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215190819/https://www.billboard.com/music/george-harrison/chart-history/billboard-200|url-status=live}}
• 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.{{cite news|first=Keith|last=Caulfield|title=Barbra Streisand Earns 11th No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Encore'|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7495997/barbra-streisand-earns-11th-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-album-chart|magazine=Billboard|date=September 4, 2016|access-date=March 20, 2018|archive-date=April 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180411111728/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7495997/barbra-streisand-earns-11th-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-album-chart|url-status=live}}

• On May 1, 2016, Beyoncé became the only 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.{{cite news|first=Keith|last=Caulfield|title=Beyonce Earns Sixth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Lemonade'|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7350372/beyonce-earns-sixth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with-lemonade|magazine=Billboard|date=May 1, 2016|access-date=March 20, 2018|archive-date=July 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724083541/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7350372/beyonce-earns-sixth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with-lemonade|url-status=live}} Following the release of Renaissance and its debut atop the August 7, 2022, chart, she become the first artist to debut their first seven albums atop the chart.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/beyonce-renaissance-billboard-200-debut-no-1-1235123568/|title=Beyonce's 'Renaissance' Bows at No. 1 on Billboard 200 With Year's Biggest Debut By a Woman|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|magazine=Billboard|date=August 7, 2022|access-date=August 7, 2022}}{{cite magazine|last=Chan|first=Tim|title=Billie Eilish, Beyonce, Anitta Land New Guinness World Records|magazine=Rolling Stone|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/product-recommendations/books/guinness-world-records-2023-book-music-musicians-1234592782/|date=September 15, 2022}} Following the release of Cowboy Carter and its debut atop the April 13, 2022, chart, she extended her record to become the first and only artist to debut their 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.{{Cite magazine|date=April 3, 2012|title=Chart History - Justin Bieber|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/justin-bieber/chart-history/tlp/|access-date=June 7, 2021|magazine=Billboard}}

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

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=July 16, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift's Re-Recorded 'Speak Now' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 With 2023's Biggest Week |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-speak-now-taylors-version-number-one-debut-billboard-200-chart-1235372565/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=July 16, 2023}}{{Cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=December 31, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift's '1989 (Taylor's Version)' Tops Billboard 200 for Fifth Week

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The following artists are the only ones with 30 or more top-10 albums:{{cite news|first=Keith |last=Caulfield |title=The Beatles Earn 32nd Top 10 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Live at the Hollywood Bowl' |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7511380/the-beatles-32nd-top-10-album-billboard-200-chart-hollywood-bowl |magazine=Billboard |date=September 20, 2016 |access-date=September 20, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921185911/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7511380/the-beatles-32nd-top-10-album-billboard-200-chart-hollywood-bowl |archive-date=September 21, 2016 }}

• The Rolling Stones (38)
• Barbra Streisand (34)
• Frank Sinatra (32) {{small|(tie)}}
• The Beatles (32) {{small|(tie)}}

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.

• Prince (5) – 2016{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7356812/prince-sets-record-five-albums-top-10-billboard-200|title=Prince Sets Record With Five Albums in Top 10 of Billboard 200 Chart|magazine=Billboard|date=May 3, 2016|access-date=May 4, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505064944/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7356812/prince-sets-record-five-albums-top-10-billboard-200|archive-date=May 5, 2016}}
• Taylor Swift (5) – 2023{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-makes-history-five-top-10-albums-billboard-200-1235531141/ |title=Taylor Swift Makes History With Five of the Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200 |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |magazine=Billboard |date=December 3, 2023 |access-date=December 5, 2023}}
• The Kingston Trio (4 for 5 consecutive weeks) – 1959{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9wcEAAAAMBAJ |page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9wcEAAAAMBAJ/page/n29 30] |title=Billboard Chart 11/16/59 |date= November 16, 1959|publisher=Nielsen Business Media |access-date=August 14, 2010 }}{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RAoEAAAAMBAJ |page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RAoEAAAAMBAJ/page/n28 29] |title=Billboard Chart 11/23/59 |date= November 23, 1959|publisher=Nielsen Business Media |access-date=August 14, 2010 }}{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-gcEAAAAMBAJ&q=billboard+november+30+1959&pg=PA26 |title=Billboard Chart, 11/30/59 |date=November 30, 1959 |access-date=August 14, 2010 |archive-date=April 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401002915/https://books.google.com/books?id=-gcEAAAAMBAJ&q=billboard+november+30+1959&pg=PA26 |url-status=live }}{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5QcEAAAAMBAJ&q=grammy++kingston+trio&pg=PA37 |title=Billboard Chart, 12/7/59 |date=December 7, 1959 |access-date=August 14, 2010 }} [https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/50s/1959/Billboard%201959-12-14.pdf Alt URL]{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5QcEAAAAMBAJ&q=grammy++kingston+trio&pg=PA37 |title=Billboard Chart, 12/14/59 |date=December 14, 1959 |access-date=May 16, 2023 |archive-date=April 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401002947/https://books.google.com/books?id=5QcEAAAAMBAJ&q=grammy++kingston+trio&pg=PA37 |url-status=live }}
• Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass (4) – 1966{{cite magazine|title=Billboard Top 200 Albums April 2, 1966|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1966-04-02|magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 11, 2019|date=May 28, 1966|archive-date=June 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190619182102/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1966-04-02|url-status=live}}
• Peter, Paul and Mary (3) – 1963{{cite news|last1=Lindsay|first1=Jay|title=Mary Travers of Peter, Paul And Mary Dead at 72|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/267372/mary-travers-of-peter-paul-and-mary-dead-at-72|access-date=March 15, 2018|magazine=Billboard|date=September 17, 2009|quote=At one point in 1963, three of their albums were in the top six Billboard best-selling LPs as they became the biggest stars of the folk revival movement.|archive-date=May 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515040200/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/267372/mary-travers-of-peter-paul-and-mary-dead-at-72|url-status=live}}
• Whitney Houston (3) – 2012{{cite magazine|last1=Caulfield |first1=Keith |title=Whitney Houston: First Woman With Three Albums in Billboard 200's Top 10 |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/502976/whitney-houston-first-woman-with-three-albums-in-billboard-200s-top-10 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=July 28, 2015 |date=February 29, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705164222/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/502976/whitney-houston-first-woman-with-three-albums-in-billboard-200s-top-10 |archive-date=July 5, 2015 }}
• Led Zeppelin (3) – 2014{{cite magazine|title=Billboard Top 200 Albums June 21, 2014|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2014-06-21|magazine=Billboard|access-date=March 15, 2018|date=June 21, 2014|archive-date=July 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717232626/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2014-06-21|url-status=live}}
• Kendrick Lamar (3) – 2025{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/kendrick-lamar-gnx-returns-number-one-billboard-200-super-bowl-1235903744/ |title=Kendrick Lamar's 'GNX' Returns to No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |magazine=Billboard |date=February 16, 2025 |access-date=February 17, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250217071523/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/kendrick-lamar-gnx-returns-number-one-billboard-200-super-bowl-1235903744/ |archive-date=February 17, 2025 |url-status=live}}

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.

• Taylor Swift (8) - 3 times in 2023{{Cite magazine |last= |first= |date= |title=Billboard 200 {{!}} Week of July 22, 2023 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2023-07-22/ |access-date=July 19, 2023 |magazine=Billboard}}

• Mitch Miller (12) – 1961{{cite magazine |last1=Whitburn |first1=Joel |title=Joel Whitburn's Record Research Report |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tAcEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PAPT9 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=May 25, 2021 |language=en |date=October 19, 1974}}{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1961/Billboard%201961-05-29.pdf |page=24 |title=Billboard Chart, 6/4/61 |magazine=Billboard |date= May 29, 1961|publisher=Nielsen Business Media |access-date=May 4, 2023 }}
• Taylor Swift (10) – 2023; 2024 (on 14 different weeks){{Cite web |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=May 2, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift Lands a Record 10 Albums in the Top 100 of Billboard 200 Chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-10-albums-top-100-billboard-200-chart-1235320572/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=May 3, 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2023-11-11/ |title=Billboard 200 {{!}} Week of November 11, 2023 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=November 7, 2023}}{{Cite magazine |title=Billboard 200™ {{!}} Week of January 13, 2024 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2024-01-13/ |access-date=February 21, 2024 |magazine=Billboard}}{{Synthesis inline|date=February 2024}}
• Coldplay (6) – 2016{{Cite magazine |date=February 19, 2016 |title=Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Coldplay Takes Over After Super Bowl 50 |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/coldplay-super-bowl-sales-billboard-200-chart-moves/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20231025002003/https://www.billboard.com/pro/coldplay-super-bowl-sales-billboard-200-chart-moves/ |archive-date=October 25, 2023 |access-date=October 25, 2023 |magazine=Billboard}}

• Prince (19) – 2016
• The Beatles (13) – 2014{{cite magazine|last1=Caulfield |first1=Keith |title=Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Classic David Bowie Albums Hit New Highs |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6851577/billboard-200-chart-moves-classic-david-bowie-albums-highs |magazine=Billboard |access-date=January 22, 2016 |date=January 21, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122223252/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6851577/billboard-200-chart-moves-classic-david-bowie-albums-highs |archive-date=January 22, 2016 }}
• Taylor Swift (11) – 2023 (on 5 different weeks); 2024 (on 20 different weeks){{Cite web |last=X |first=X |date=April 29, 2024 |title=.@taylorswift13 has 11 albums on this week's #Billboard200, the most among all acts |url=https://x.com/billboardcharts/status/1785071260906504252}}
• Whitney Houston (10) – 2012
• David Bowie (10) – 2016
• Drake (10) – 2023{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2023-09-30|title=Billboard 200 Chart|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 30, 2023}}
• Led Zeppelin (9) – 1979{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xyQEAAAAMBAJ|title=Billboard magazine, issue dated 27 October 1979|access-date=May 12, 2015|pages=95, 97|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422104902/https://books.google.com/books?id=xyQEAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0|archive-date=April 22, 2016|date=October 27, 1979}}
• Eminem (8) – 2013{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2013-11-23|title=Billboard 200 Chart|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 26, 2021|archive-date=April 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426231100/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2013-11-23|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.xxlmag.com/eight-eminem-albums-charted-in-billboard-200-this-week/|title=Eight Eminem Albums Charted On Billboard 200 This Week – XXL|website=XXL Mag|date=November 13, 2013 |access-date=January 26, 2021|archive-date=December 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204112316/https://www.xxlmag.com/eight-eminem-albums-charted-in-billboard-200-this-week/|url-status=live}}
• Linkin Park (8) – 2017{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7889899/billboard-200-chart-moves-the-weeknd-halsey|title=Billboard 200 Chart Moves: The Weeknd & Halsey Earn 100 Straight Weeks on the Chart With 'Beauty' & 'Badlands'|magazine=Billboard|date=August 3, 2017|access-date=August 4, 2017|archive-date=August 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804054559/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7889899/billboard-200-chart-moves-the-weeknd-halsey|url-status=live}}
• Chicago (7) – 1974
• Elvis Presley (7) – 1977{{Cite web|date=November 26, 1977|title=BILLBOARD MAGAZINE: American music magazine 1920's to 2017 (Issue November 26, 1977)|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard-Magazine.htm|url-status=live|access-date=January 8, 2022|website=worldradiohistory.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201221043128/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard-Magazine.htm |archive-date=December 21, 2020 }}
• The Monkees (7) – 1986{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9SQEAAAAMBAJ&q=when+did+the+monkees+have+seven+albums+on+the+chart+at+the+same+time&pg=PA6|title=Billboard|date=November 22, 1986|publisher=|via=Google Books|access-date=March 22, 2017|archive-date=March 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323070922/https://books.google.com/books?id=9SQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA6&lpg=PA6&dq=when+did+the+monkees+have+seven+albums+on+the+chart+at+the+same+time&source=bl&ots=dK4OEDlNzI&sig=OeDNjOAz9qA4hgoaqSscwIVF7Uw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjj1a2v9urSAhWO3oMKHalHAcQQ6AEISTAJ#v=onepage&q=when+did+the+monkees+have+seven+albums+on+the+chart+at+the+same+time&f=false|url-status=live}}
• Pearl Jam (7) – 2001{{cite web|url=https://www.courant.com/2001/06/12/tour-de-force-3/ |title=Tour De Force |work=Hartford Courant |date=June 12, 2001 |access-date=May 11, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518064255/http://articles.courant.com/2001-06-12/features/0106120393_1_pearl-jam-bootlegs-chart-history |archive-date=May 18, 2015}}
• Coldplay (7) – 2016
• Mac Miller (7) – 2018{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8475713/mac-miller-swimming-returns-top-10-billboard-200|title=Mac Miller's 'Swimming' Returns to Top 10 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart Following Death|magazine=Billboard|date=September 18, 2018|access-date=September 18, 2018|archive-date=September 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918094309/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8475713/mac-miller-swimming-returns-top-10-billboard-200|url-status=live}}

• Taylor Swift (4)

• Morgan Wallen (2; also the only artist with 1){{Cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=2025-03-13 |title=Morgan Wallen Becomes First Artist to Have Two Albums Spend 100 Weeks in Billboard 200 Top 10 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/morgan-wallen-two-albums-100th-week-top-10-billboard-200-1235920931/ |access-date=2025-03-13 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}

† 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.{{citation |last=Grein |first=Paul |title=Chart Watch Extra: King's 50-Year Reign |date=November 12, 2010 |url=http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/69353/chart-watch-extra-kings-50-year-reign |access-date=May 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120042513/http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/69353/chart-watch-extra-kings-50-year-reign/ |archive-date=November 20, 2010 |url-status=dead |publisher=Yahoo! Music}}

:Note that totals are for the main albums chart only, catalog chart totals are not factored in.

:(*) indicates that the album is currently charting.

===Largest jumps to number one===

1. (176 to 1) Life After Death – The Notorious B.I.G.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1997-04-12|title=Billboard 200 {{!}} Week of April 12, 1997|magazine=Billboard|access-date=March 15, 2018|archive-date=February 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219205056/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1997-04-12|url-status=live}} {{small|(April 12, 1997)}}
2. (173 to 1) Vitalogy – Pearl Jam{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1994-12-24 |title=Billboard 200 {{!}} Week of December 24, 1994 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=March 15, 2018 |archive-date=February 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219203636/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1994-12-24 |url-status=live }} {{small|(December 24, 1994)}}
3. (157 to 1) Fearless (Taylor's Version) – Taylor Swift{{Cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=October 10, 2021 |title=Taylor Swift's Fearless (Taylor's Version) Returns to No. 1 on Billboard 200 |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9643266/taylor-swift-fearless-taylors-version-billboard-200-return-number-1/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011202353/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9643266/taylor-swift-fearless-taylors-version-billboard-200-return-number-1/ |archive-date=October 11, 2021 |access-date=October 11, 2021}} {{small|(October 16, 2021)}}
4. (156 to 1) In Rainbows – Radiohead{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2008-01-19 |title=Billboard 200 {{!}} Week of January 19, 2008 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=March 15, 2018 |archive-date=February 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219220026/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2008-01-19 |url-status=live }} {{small|(January 19, 2008)}}
5. (137 to 1) Ghetto D – Master P{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1997-09-20 |title=Billboard 200 {{!}} Week of September 20, 1997 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=March 15, 2018 |archive-date=February 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219205458/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1997-09-20 |url-status=live }} {{small|(September 20, 1997)}}
6. (122 to 1) More of The Monkees – The Monkees{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1967-02-11 |title=Billboard 200 {{!}} Week of February 11, 1967 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=March 15, 2018 |archive-date=February 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219122739/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1967-02-11 |url-status=live }} {{small|(February 11, 1967)}}
7. (120 to 1) Call Me If You Get Lost – Tyler, the Creator{{cite magazine | access-date=April 24, 2022 | url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/tyler-the-creator-call-me-if-you-get-lost-vinyl-number-one-billboard-200-chart-1235062880/ | title=Vinyl Release Pushes Tyler, the Creator's 'Call Me If You Get Lost' Back to No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart | date=April 24, 2022 | last=Caulfield | first=Keith | magazine=Billboard}} {{small|(April 30, 2022)}}
8. (112 to 1) MP da Last Don – Master P{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1998-06-20 |title=Billboard 200 {{!}} Week of June 20, 1998 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=March 15, 2018 |archive-date=February 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219205906/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1998-06-20 |url-status=live }} {{small|(June 20, 1998)}}
9. (106 to 1) Days Before Rodeo – Travis Scott{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/travis-scott-days-before-rodeo-number-one-billboard-200-chart-1235781313/|title=Travis Scott's 'Days Before Rodeo' Rises to No. 1 on Billboard 200|magazine=Billboard|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=September 22, 2024|access-date=September 23, 2024}} {{Small|(September 28, 2024)}}
10. (98 to 1) Beatles '65 – The Beatles{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1965-01-09 |title=Billboard 200 {{!}} Week of January 9, 1965 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=March 15, 2018 |archive-date=February 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219121526/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1965-01-09 |url-status=live }} {{small|(January 9, 1965)}}

===Largest drops from number one===

1. (1 to 169) This House Is Not for Sale – Bon Jovi{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2018-03-17 |title=Billboard 200 {{!}} Week of March 17, 2018 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=March 14, 2018 |archive-date=June 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190610214851/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2018-03-17 |url-status=live }} {{small|(March 17, 2018)}}
2. (1 to 139) Call Me If You Get Lost – Tyler, the Creator{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2022-05-07|title=Billboard 200 {{!}} Week of May 7, 2022 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=May 3, 2022 |archive-date=May 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503145934/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2022-05-07|url-status=live }} {{small|(May 7, 2022)}}
3. (1 to 111) Courage – Celine Dion {{small|(December 7, 2019)}}
4. (1 to 97) Science Fiction – Brand New{{cite news |first=Paul |last=Grein |title=Chart Watch: Look what you made Taylor do! |work=Yahoo Music |url=http://www.yahoo.com/music/chart-watch-look-made-taylor-192216472.html |date=September 5, 2017 |access-date=September 10, 2017 |archive-date=September 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909142010/https://www.yahoo.com/music/chart-watch-look-made-taylor-192216472.html |url-status=live }} {{small|(September 16, 2017)}}
5. (1 to 88) Iridescence – Brockhampton{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2018-10-13 |title=Billboard 200 {{!}} Week of October 13, 2018 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=October 11, 2018 |archive-date=October 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009152410/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2018-10-13 |url-status=live }} {{small|(October 13, 2018)}}
6. (1 to 77) Madame X – Madonna {{small|(July 6, 2019)}}{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2019-07-06 |title=Billboard 200 {{!}} Week of July 6, 2019 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=July 2, 2019 |archive-date=July 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702090228/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2019-07-06 |url-status=live }}
7. (1 to 70) Lyfestyle – Yeat {{small|(November 9, 2024)}}{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2024-11-09 |title=Billboard 200 {{!}} Week of November 9, 2024 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=November 5, 2024 |archive-date=November 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241105120219/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2024-11-09/ |url-status=live }}
8. (1 to 62) Boarding House Reach – Jack White{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2018-04-14 |title=Billboard 200 {{!}} Week of April 14, 2018 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=April 10, 2018 |archive-date=April 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413220454/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2018-04-14 |url-status=live }} {{small|(April 14, 2018)}}
9. (1 to 59) Wonderful Wonderful – The Killers{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2017-10-21 |title=Billboard 200 {{!}} Week of October 21, 2017 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=March 14, 2018 |archive-date=March 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317054352/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2017-10-21 |url-status=live }} {{small|(October 21, 2017)}}
10. (1 to 56) American Dream – LCD Soundsystem{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2017-09-30 |title=Billboard 200 {{!}} Week of September 30, 2017 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=March 14, 2018 |archive-date=March 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317055016/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2017-09-30 |url-status=live }} {{small|(September 30, 2017)}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://thesource.com/2021/01/02/eminems-music-to-be-murdered-by-jumps-to-3-on-billboard-200-breaking-50-year-old-record-for-biggest-chart-leap/|title=The Source |Eminem's 'Music To Be Murdered By' Jumps To #3 On Billboard 200, Breaking 50-Year-Old Record For Biggest Chart Leap|first=Sha Be|last=Allah|date=January 2, 2021|access-date=January 5, 2021|archive-date=January 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104052010/https://thesource.com/2021/01/02/eminems-music-to-be-murdered-by-jumps-to-3-on-billboard-200-breaking-50-year-old-record-for-biggest-chart-leap/|url-status=live}}
• 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.{{Cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2024/music/news/travis-scott-days-before-rodeo-plummet-off-billboard-200-1236162387/|title=Why Did Travis Scott's 'Days Before Rodeo' Plummet From No. 1 on the Billboard 200 to... Off the Albums Chart Entirely?|magazine=Variety|first=Steven|last=Horowitz|date=October 1, 2024}}
• 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.[https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2019-09-07 Billboard, September 7, 2019] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905204928/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2019-09-07 |date=September 5, 2019 }} Billboard 200 for September 7, 2019

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.{{cite magazine|last=Trust|first=Gary|title=Ask Billboard: Remembering the Time When Michael Jackson Kept Hitting the Hot 100's Top 10, From 'Thriller' to 'Dangerous'|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8095269/michael-jackson-bruno-mars-ed-sheeran-ask-billboard|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 23, 2018|date=January 21, 2018|archive-date=May 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180510101751/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8095269/michael-jackson-bruno-mars-ed-sheeran-ask-billboard|url-status=live}}

• 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.{{cite news|first=Keith|last=Caulfield|title=Rewinding the Charts: In 1989, Paula Abdul Was America's No. 1 'Girl'|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7990139/paula-abdul-forever-your-girl-1989-number-1-billboard-200|magazine=Billboard|date=October 6, 2017|access-date=March 20, 2018|archive-date=May 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180521231203/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7990139/paula-abdul-forever-your-girl-1989-number-1-billboard-200|url-status=live}}

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.

==Additional milestones==

• The first album to debut at number one was Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy by Elton John.[http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/61880/elton-expands-captain-fantastic-with-live-tracks "Elton Expands 'Captain Fantastic' With Live Tracks"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161215233658/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/61880/elton-expands-captain-fantastic-with-live-tracks |date=December 15, 2016 }}. Billboard. Retrieved December 3, 2014 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.{{cite news|first=Keith|last=Caulfield|title=This Week in Billboard Chart History: In 1987, Whitney Houston Made History on the Billboard 200|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7842090/this-week-in-billboard-chart-history-in-1987-whitney-houston|magazine=Billboard|date=June 26, 2017|access-date=March 20, 2018|archive-date=May 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515095550/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7842090/this-week-in-billboard-chart-history-in-1987-whitney-houston|url-status=live}}
• 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.{{cite news|first=Keith |last=Caulfield |title=Future Makes History With Back-to-Back No. 1 Debuts on Billboard 200 Albums Chart |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7710203/future-makes-history-back-to-back-no-1-debuts-billboard-200-album-chart-hndrxx |magazine=Billboard |date=March 5, 2017 |access-date=March 5, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306010103/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7710203/future-makes-history-back-to-back-no-1-debuts-billboard-200-album-chart-hndrxx |archive-date=March 6, 2017 }}
• 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.{{cite news|first=Keith|last=Caulfield|title=50 Years Ago: 'The Sound of Music' Soundtrack Hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6762397/sound-of-music-soundtrack-no-1-anniversary|magazine=Billboard|date=November 13, 2015|access-date=March 20, 2018|archive-date=May 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505211626/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6762397/sound-of-music-soundtrack-no-1-anniversary|url-status=live}}
• 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.[http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1045852/leona-lewis-makes-big-splash-atop-billboard-200 Leona Lewis Makes Big Splash Atop Billboard 200] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108031951/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1045852/leona-lewis-makes-big-splash-atop-billboard-200 |date=November 8, 2016 }} Billboard. Retrieved March 21, 2012 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.{{cite news|first=Keith |last=Caulfield |title=One Direction Makes History With No. 1 Debut on Billboard 200 |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/499420/one-direction-makes-history-with-no-1-debut-on-billboard-200 |magazine=Billboard |date=March 21, 2012 |access-date=March 21, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130214140936/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/499420/one-direction-makes-history-with-no-1-debut-on-billboard-200 |archive-date=February 14, 2013 }}
• 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 ({{age in years and days|1994|3|1|2020|2|24}}) 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.{{cite news|first=Keith|last=Caulfield|title=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/|date=March 28, 2021|access-date=June 7, 2021|magazine=Billboard}}{{cite news|first=Piya|last=Sinha-Roy|title=Justin Bieber becomes youngest artist with five No. 1 albums|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/entertainment-us-justinbieber-charts-idUSBRE91512820130206|date=February 6, 2013|access-date=June 7, 2021|website=Reuters}}
• Tony Bennett became the oldest male to debut at number one on October 8, 2011 ({{age in years and days|1926|8|3|2011|10|8}} 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 ({{age in years and days|1926|8|3|2014|10|11}} old).{{cite news|first=Keith|last=Caulfield|title=Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga's 'Cheek To Cheek' Debuts at No. 1|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6266758/tony-bennett-lady-gagas-cheek-to-cheek-debuts-at-no-1|magazine=Billboard|date=October 1, 2014|access-date=March 20, 2018|archive-date=November 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122110259/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6266758/tony-bennett-lady-gagas-cheek-to-cheek-debuts-at-no-1|url-status=live}}
• 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.{{cite news|first=Keith |last=Caulfield |title=Michael Jackson Breaks Billboard Charts Records |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/268238/michael-jackson-breaks-billboard-charts-records |magazine=Billboard |date=July 1, 2009 |access-date=July 1, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130130032031/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/268238/michael-jackson-breaks-billboard-charts-records |archive-date=January 30, 2013 }}{{cite news|title=Michael Jackson's music tops charts |url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/01/michael.jackson.sales/index.html |work=CNN|date=July 1, 2009 |access-date=July 1, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090704060620/http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/01/michael.jackson.sales/index.html |archive-date=July 4, 2009 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/c8ojrs/michael-jackson-dominates-billboard-charts|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206055718/https://www.mtv.com/news/c8ojrs/michael-jackson-dominates-billboard-charts|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 6, 2022|title=Michael Jackson Dominates 'Billboard' Charts|website=MTV|accessdate=December 19, 2022}}
• In 2012, Adam Lambert became the first openly gay musician to debut at number one with his album Trespassing.[http://www.starpulse.com/news/Kevin_Blair/2012/05/23/adam_lamberts_trespassing_is_first_alb Adam Lambert's 'Trespassing' Is First Album From An Openly Gay Male Artist To Top The Billboard Charts] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529051626/http://www.starpulse.com/news/Kevin_Blair/2012/05/23/adam_lamberts_trespassing_is_first_alb |date=May 29, 2012 }}. Starpulse.com (May 23, 2012). Retrieved August 18, 2013.
• There have been 41 albums released on an independent label to reach number one on the Billboard 200.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/959634/ask-billboard-indies-no-2-hits-teddy-pendergrass |title=Ask Billboard: Indies, No. 2 Hits & Teddy Pendergrass |first=Gary |last=Trust |magazine=Billboard |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530223223/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/959634/ask-billboard-indies-no-2-hits-teddy-pendergrass |archive-date=May 30, 2013 }}
• 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.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|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140615181757/http://www.today.com/entertainment/casey-kasems-american-top-40-reached-stars-2D79759364 |date=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.)"
• 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.{{cite news|first=Keith |last=Caulfield |title=One Direction's 'Four' Makes Historic No. 1 Debut on Billboard 200 Chart |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6327789/one-direction-four-no-1-debut-billboard-200 |date=November 26, 2014 |access-date=November 26, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141126233033/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6327789/one-direction-four-no-1-debut-billboard-200 |archive-date=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,{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1969-05-17|title=Billboard 200 {{!}} Week of May 17, 1969|magazine=Billboard|access-date=March 20, 2018|archive-date=May 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515095604/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1969-05-17|url-status=live}} and returned 45 years and 35 days later at number 7 on the Billboard 200, for the week ending June 21, 2014.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2014-06-21|title=Billboard 200 {{!}} Week of June 21, 2014|magazine=Billboard|access-date=March 20, 2018|archive-date=July 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717232626/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2014-06-21|url-status=live}}
• On November 29, 2015, 25 by Adele registered the highest weekly sales figure for a number one album in the Billboard 200 chart history, with 3.38 million units sold.{{Cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=November 29, 2015 |title=Adele's '25' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart, '21' Returns to Top 10 |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/adele-25-debuts-no-1-billboard-200-albums-chart/ |access-date=May 9, 2022 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}} It also 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.{{Cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=December 27, 2015 |title=Adele's '25' Sells Another 1.16 Million in U.S., Spends Fifth Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/adele-25-billboard-200-fifth-week-sells-another-million/ |access-date=May 9, 2022 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}
• 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.{{cite news|first=Keith |last=Caulfield |title=Chance the Rapper's 'Coloring Book' is First Streaming-Exclusive Album to Chart on Billboard 200 |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7378361/chance-the-rapper-coloring-book-first-streaming-exclusive |date=May 22, 2016 |access-date=March 11, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320132802/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7378361/chance-the-rapper-coloring-book-first-streaming-exclusive |archive-date=March 20, 2017 }}
• 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.{{Cite news |title=BTS Earns First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Love Yourself: Tear' |magazine=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8458036/bts-earns-first-no-1-album-billboard-200-chart-love-yourself-tear |url-status=live |access-date=May 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180528011902/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8458036/bts-earns-first-no-1-album-billboard-200-chart-love-yourself-tear |archive-date=May 28, 2018}}
• 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.{{Cite magazine |title=A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie Scores First No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart With 'Hoodie SZN' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8493282/a-boogie-wit-da-hoodie-first-number-1-album-billboard-200-chart |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127094311/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8493282/a-boogie-wit-da-hoodie-first-number-1-album-billboard-200-chart |archive-date=January 27, 2020 |access-date=January 17, 2019}} A week later, the album broke its own record when it stayed at number one for a second week, selling 749 copies.{{Cite web |last=McIntyre |first=Hugh |title=A New Record for the Lowest-Selling No. 1 Album Ever Has Just Been Set |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2019/01/22/a-new-record-for-the-lowest-selling-no-1-album-ever-has-just-been-set/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190124021928/https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2019/01/22/a-new-record-for-the-lowest-selling-no-1-album-ever-has-just-been-set/ |archive-date=January 24, 2019 |access-date=February 10, 2019 |website=Forbes}}
• 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.{{Cite web |last=McIntyre |first=Hugh |title=Taylor Swift Is The First Artist To Debut Four Albums With At Least One Million Copies |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2017/11/15/taylor-swift-is-the-first-artist-to-start-four-albums-with-at-least-one-million-copies/ |website=Forbes}} She extended the record to five with Midnights in 2022,{{cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=October 30, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' Blasts in at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart With Biggest Week for an Album in 7 Years |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-midnights-debut-number-one-billboard-200-albums-chart-1235163377/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=October 30, 2022}} six with 1989 (Taylor's Version) in 2023, and seven with The Tortured Poets Department in 2024.{{Cite magazine |last=Caufield |first=Keith |date=April 28, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift Makes Historic Debut at No. 1 on Billboard 200 With 'The Tortured Poets Department' |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-debut-number-one-billboard-200-chart/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=May 1, 2024}}
• 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.{{Cite magazine |date=May 2, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift Lands a Record 10 Albums in the Top 100 of Billboard 200 Chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-10-albums-top-100-billboard-200-chart-1235320572/ |access-date=May 3, 2023 |magazine=Billboard}} She is also the first act to chart 10 albums simultaneously for four separate times,{{Cite magazine |last=Zellner |first=Xander |date=July 11, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift Extends Record Run Atop Artist 100 Chart to 72 Weeks |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-number-one-artist-100-chart-record-72-weeks-1235369431/ |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |access-date=July 11, 2023}} 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 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.{{Cite magazine |title=Taylor Swift chart history: Billboard 200 |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/taylor-swift/chart-history/tlp/ |access-date=October 21, 2023 |magazine=Billboard }}
• 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.{{Cite magazine |last= |first= |date= |title=Billboard 200: October 28, 2023 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2023-10-28/ |access-date=October 25, 2023 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}
• 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.{{Cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=October 30, 2023 |title=The Rolling Stones Are First Act With Billboard 200 Top 10 Albums Each Decade Since the 1960s |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/the-rolling-stones-first-act-billboard-200-top-10-albums-each-decade-1960s-1235457987/ |access-date=November 7, 2023 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}
• 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.{{cite web|last=Kennedy|first=Mark|date=February 5, 2024|url=https://apnews.com/article/grateful-dead-record-chart-history-a02b9b007bc548efc0f04e23496b8378|title=The Grateful Dead make Billboard chart history despite disbanding in 1995|publisher=Associated Press|access-date=February 7, 2024}}
• 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.{{cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=June 30, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department Tallies 10th Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-10th-week-number-one-billboard-200-chart-1235720993/ |access-date=June 30, 2024 |magazine=Billboard}}

• Lists of Billboard 200 number-one albums
• List of highest-certified music artists in the United States

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• Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's [http://www.billboard.biz/ online archive services] and print editions of the magazine.

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