Artists With the Most Weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200: Full List – Billboard

First week at No. 1: March 2, 1991

Most current week at No. 1: May 10, 2008

Longest-running No. 1: Mariah Carey (11 weeks in 1991)

Notes: All of Carey’s No. 1 albums have been common studio releases. The Queen of Christmas’ 1994 vacation album, Merry Christmas, peaked at No. 3.

First week at No. 1: July 26, 1975

Most current week at No. 1: Nov. 17, 2007

Longest-running No. 1: The Long Run (9 weeks in 1979).

Notes: The long term at No. 1 for The Long Run is one week greater than the band’s most well-known album, Hotel California (eight weeks in 1977). The RIAA has licensed Eagles/Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975, which logged 5 weeks at No. 1 in 1976, at 38 instances platinum, greater than some other album in historical past. The group’s tally of No. 1 albums additionally features a stay album, 1994’s Hell Freezes Over.

First week at No. 1: June 10, 2000

Most current week at No. 1: Jan. 23, 2020

Longest-running No. 1: The Marshall Mathers LP (eight weeks in 2000)

Notes: Eminem’s tally of No. 1 albums features a 2005 best hits set, Curtain Call: The Hits. Eminem was the key artist on 8 Mile: Music From and Inspired by the Motion Picture, which logged 4 weeks at No. 1 in 2002-03, however that doesn’t rely towards his complete. Neither do a pair of No. 1 albums he recorded as a member of the group D12, which logged a mixed three weeks at No. 1.

First week at No. 1: Aug. 4, 1984

Most current week at No. 1: May 7, 2016

Longest-running No. 1: Purple Rain soundtrack (24 weeks in 1984-85)

Notes: Prince’s No. 1 albums embody two soundtracks, Purple Rain and Batman. Purple Rain had the longest run at No. 1 of any soundtrack in the Nineteen Eighties. It was considered one of two No. 1 albums on which Prince shared billing together with his band, The Revolution. The different was Around the World in a Day. Prince’s tally additionally features a 2001 hits compilation, The Very Best of Prince, which reached No. 1 following his demise in 2016.

First week at No. 1: July 3, 2010

Most current week at No. 1: Dec. 2, 2023

Longest-running No. 1: Views (13 weeks in 2016)

Notes: Drake is the hip-hop artist with the most weeks at No. 1. Also, he has logged extra weeks at No. 1 than some other Canadian artist. His tally features a pair of collabs, with Future (What a Time to Be Alive) and 21 Savage (Her Loss).

First week at No. 1: March 24, 1956

Most current week at No. 1: May 20, 1957

Longest-running No. 1: Calypso (31 weeks in 1956-57)

Notes: The legendary singer’s Belafonte album was No. 1 on the very first weekly Billboard 200 chart. Calypso is tied with the South Pacific soundtrack as the longest-running No. 1 album of the 1956-59 interval. Belafonte had the second shortest span of weeks at No. 1 of any act on this listing, with solely The Monkees having a barely shorter span. He is considered one of simply two artists on this listing who has had simply two No. 1 albums. Belafonte died on April 25, 2023 at age 96.

First week at No. 1: Nov. 12, 1966

Most current week at No. 1: Dec. 30, 1967

Longest-running No. 1: More of the Monkees (18 weeks in 1967)

Notes: The group had a briefer span of No. 1 albums – just a bit greater than a yr – than some other act on this listing. But that additionally underscores how sizzling they had been at the time. They held the No. 1 spot for 31 consecutive weeks, longer than some other act in the whole 1956-2023 interval.

First week at No. 1: Sept. 4, 1976

Most current week at No. 1: Sept. 6, 1997

Longest-running No. 1: Rumours (31 weeks in 1977)

Notes: Rumours had the longest run at No. 1 of any album in the Seventies. It additionally had the longest run at No. 1 of any album by a bunch or duo in the whole 1956-2023 interval. Fleetwood Mac has had extra weeks at No. 1 than some other mixed-gender (and mixed-nationalities) group. Their most up-to-date No. 1 album, The Dance, was recorded stay on a soundstage. The group’s Christine McVie died in November 2022.

First week at No. 1: Aug. 21, 1965

Most current week at No. 1: Nov. 14, 1981

Longest-running No. 1: Tattoo You (9 weeks in 1981)

Notes: The Stones are the third-highest rating group on this listing, behind The Beatles and The Kingston Trio.

First week at No. 1: July 15, 1972

Most current week at No. 1: Nov. 22, 1975

Longest-running No. 1: Greatest Hits (10 weeks in 1974-75).

Notes: Elton’s span of No. 1 albums – not fairly 3-1/2 years – doesn’t mirror his standing as a dominant determine in pop music for greater than half a century. Elton had the first two albums to enter the Billboard 200 at No. 1 – Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy and Rock of the Westies (each 1975). Greatest Hits spent extra weeks on prime than some other best hits album in the Seventies. Elton was the key artist on The Lion King soundtrack, which logged 10 weeks at No. 1 in 1994-95, however that doesn’t rely towards his complete.

First week at No. 1: March 12, 2011

Most current week at No. 1: Jan. 8, 2022

Longest-running No. 1: 21 (24 weeks in 2011-12)

Notes: Adele has spent extra weeks at No. 1 than some other solo artist who wasn’t born in the U.S. (Runner-up is Elton John, with 39 weeks on prime.) Adele and Harry Belafonte are the solely artists on this listing who’ve had simply two No. 1 albums. (Adele will certainly have extra to return.) 21 spent extra weeks at No. 1 than some other album of the 2010s. It additionally spent extra weeks at No. 1 than some other album by a feminine artist in the whole 1956-2023 interval.

First week at No. 1: March 8, 1986

Most current week at No. 1: Sept. 19, 2009

Longest-running No. 1: The Bodyguard soundtrack (20 weeks in 1992-93)

Notes: Houston is the second-highest-ranking feminine solo artist. Houston’s tally consists of The Bodyguard soundtrack, which had the most weeks at No. 1 of any soundtrack in the Nineties. Houston recorded simply six of the 12 songs on The Bodyguard, however they had been the ones that bought the album. Houston’s tally doesn’t embody the Waiting to Exhale soundtrack, which logged 5 weeks at No. 1 in 1996, as she sang simply three of the songs on that album. Houston very almost notched a posthumous No. 1 – as Prince, Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley, of the artists on this listing, did – however her The Greatest Hits album wasn’t capable of unseat Adele’s blockbuster 21. The compilation logged three weeks at No. 2 in March 2012.

First week at No. 1: Nov. 24, 1958

Most current week at No. 1: Dec. 26, 1960

Longest-running No. 1: The Kingston Trio at Large (15 weeks in 1959)

Notes: The folks trio spent extra weeks at No. 1 than some other American group or duo. Among teams and duos the place all the members had been born in the U.S., runners-up are the Eagles, with 30 weeks at No. 1. The Kingston Trio is the second-highest-ranking group on this listing, and the highest-ranking artist whose No. 1 albums are all studio releases consisting of songs the act hadn’t beforehand recorded.

First week at No. 1: Feb. 26, 1983

Most current week at No. 1: Nov. 14, 2009

Longest-running No. 1: Thriller (37 weeks in 1983-84)

Notes: Thriller had the longest run at No. 1 of any album in the Nineteen Eighties. It had an extended run at No. 1 than some other non-soundtrack album in the whole 1956-2023 interval. MJ spent extra weeks at No. 1 than some other Black artist. (Houston is runner-up at 46 weeks.) Jackson’s complete features a soundtrack (Michael Jackson’s This Is It) and a singular double-disk album (HIStory: Past, Present and Future Book I), which was half best hits, half new studio recordings.

First week at No. 1: Sept. 28, 1991

Most current week at No. 1: Dec. 21, 2013

Longest-running No. 1: Ropin’ the Wind (18 weeks in 1991-92).

Notes: Brooks has spent extra weeks at No. 1 than some other (pure) nation artist. (Runner-up, with 26 weeks on prime up to now, is Morgan Wallen). Brooks can also be the second-highest-ranking male solo artist. Ropin’ the Wind spent extra weeks at No. 1 than some other nation album in the whole 1956-2023 interval. Brooks’ tally additionally consists of The Hits, which spent eight weeks at No. 1, longer than some other best hits album of the Nineties; a double-disk stay album, Double Live; and a six-CD field set, The Limited Series.

First week at No. 1: May 5, 1956

Most current week at No. 1: Oct. 26, 2002

Longest-running No. 1: Blue Hawaii soundtrack (20 weeks in 1961-62)

Notes: Presley spent extra weeks at No. 1 than some other male solo artist. His tally of No. 1 albums features a Christmas album (Elvis’ Christmas Album), a stay album (Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite), a best hits set (Elv1s: 30 #1 Hits) and 4 movie soundtracks — Loving You, G.I. Blues, Blue Hawaii and Roustabout.

First week at No. 1: Nov. 29, 2008

Most current week at No. 1: Jan. 6, 2024

Longest-running No. 1s: Fearless (11 weeks in 2008-09) and 1989 (11 weeks in 2014-15)

Notes: In addition to being the prime solo artist on this listing, Swift, 34, is the youngest artist and the prime American artist. Her tally consists of each the unique and re-recorded Taylor’s Version editions of Fearless, Speak Now, Red and 1989. The unique Fearless had the longest run at No. 1 of any album in the 2000-09 decade.

First week at No. 1: Feb. 15, 1964

Most current week at No. 1: Feb. 3, 2001

Longest-running No. 1: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (15 weeks in 1967).

Notes: The Fab Four have spent almost twice as lengthy at No. 1 as some other act. 1 topped the chart for eight weeks, longer than some other best hits set up to now on this century. The group’s tally of No. 1 albums additionally features a double-disk best hits set, The Beatles/1967-1970; three editions of the Anthology collection; and 4 No. 1 soundtracks — A Hard Day’s Night, Help!, Magical Mystery Tour and Let It Be.