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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) and Billboard Top Pop Albums (1985–1992).
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) and Billboard Top Pop Albums (1985–1992).
37. 4. 360. The week’s most popular albums as compiled by Luminate, based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming equivalent albums).
The chart grew from a weekly top 10 list in 1956 to become a top 200 list in May 1967, and acquired its current 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) and Billboard Top Pop Albums (1985–1992).
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- Year-End Charts
- All-Time Billboard 200 Achievements
- Artist Milestones
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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 st...
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 a...
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 Billboard200, through October 2015. Also shown are the artists placing the most albums on the overall "all-time" t...
Most number-one albums
1. 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 Harrisonhad 19 number-one albums with the Beatles and two as a solo artist. 2. Barbra Streisand is the only artist to have number-one albums i...
Most consecutive studio albums to debut at number one
1. 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. Following the release of Renaissance and its debut atop the August 7, 2022, chart, she extended that record, becoming the only artist to debut their first sevenalbums atop the chart. 2. On April 3, 2021, Justin Bieber became the first male act to have his first six studio albums debut...
Most cumulative weeks at number one
List of acts with the most weeks at number one on the Billboard200 since August 17, 1963.
Most weeks at number one
† The West Side Storysoundtrack 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 Pacificsoundtrack 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 Hawaiialbum's run on the mono album chart; it was number one for four weeks on the stereo album chart. 1. Tapestry by Carole King holds the record for most consecutive weeks at number o...
Most weeks on the chart
1. Note that totals are for the main albums chart only, catalog chart totals are not factored in. 2. (*) indicates that the album is currently charting.
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...
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 n...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 B...The only EPs to reach number one on the chart are Alice in Chains's Jar of Flies in 1994; Linkin Park and Jay-Z's collaboration EP, Collision Course, in 2004; the cast of the television series Glee...List of Billboard200 number-one albumsWhitburn, Joel (1991). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Albums (Revised and enlarged 2nd ed.). ISBN 0-8230-7534-6.Whitburn, Joel (2006). The Billboard Albums (6th ed.). Record Research Incorporated. ISBN 0-89820-166-7.Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive servicesand print editions of the magazine.Mar 3, 2023 · Here’s how it works. Here are the 20 longest-charting albums in the history of the Billboard 200. 1. Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon (1973) Since its upgrade from an initial weekly top 10 ranking to its iconic top 200 list in May 1967, the Billboard 200 has remained the definitive barometer for chart success in the music world. Over the ...
In 1972, the chart’s name became Top LP’s & Tape; in 1984, it became Top 200 Albums; in 1985, Top Pop Albums (again, just like the precursor Best-Selling Pop Albums chart, this chart took into consideration albums of all genres; the “pop” in this case mostly just means “popular”); in 1991, Billboard 200 Top Albums; finally, in 1992 ...
