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

First week at No. 1: March 2, 1991

Most up-to-date week at No. 1: Might 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 up-to-date week at No. 1: Nov. 17, 2007

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

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

First week at No. 1: June 10, 2000

Most up-to-date 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 Name: The Hits. Eminem was the important thing artist on 8 Mile: Music From and Impressed by the Movement Image, which logged 4 weeks at No. 1 in 2002-03, however that doesn’t depend 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 up-to-date week at No. 1: Might 7, 2016

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

Notes: Prince’s No. 1 albums embrace two soundtracks, Purple Rain and Batman. Purple Rain had the longest run at No. 1 of any soundtrack within the Eighties. It was one in all two No. 1 albums on which Prince shared billing together with his band, The Revolution. The opposite was Across the World in a Day. Prince’s tally additionally features a 2001 hits compilation, The Very Better of Prince, which reached No. 1 following his dying in 2016.

First week at No. 1: July 3, 2010

Most up-to-date week at No. 1: Dec. 2, 2023

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

Notes: Drake is the hip-hop artist with probably the most weeks at No. 1. Additionally, he has logged extra weeks at No. 1 than every 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 up-to-date week at No. 1: Might 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 because 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’s one in all 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 up-to-date week at No. 1: Dec. 30, 1967

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

Notes: The group had a briefer span of No. 1 albums – just a bit greater than a 12 months – than every other act on this listing. However that additionally underscores how sizzling they have been on the time. They held the No. 1 spot for 31 consecutive weeks, longer than every other act in your complete 1956-2023 interval.

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

Most up-to-date 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 within the Nineteen Seventies. It additionally had the longest run at No. 1 of any album by a gaggle or duo in your complete 1956-2023 interval. Fleetwood Mac has had extra weeks at No. 1 than every other mixed-gender (and mixed-nationalities) group. Their most up-to-date No. 1 album, The Dance, was recorded dwell on a soundstage. The group’s Christine McVie died in November 2022.

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

Most up-to-date 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 up-to-date week at No. 1: Nov. 22, 1975

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

Notes: Elton’s span of No. 1 albums – not fairly 3-1/2 years – doesn’t replicate his standing as a dominant determine in pop music for greater than half a century. Elton had the primary two albums to enter the Billboard 200 at No. 1 – Captain Improbable and the Brown Dust Cowboy and Rock of the Westies (each 1975). Biggest Hits spent extra weeks on high than every other best hits album within the Nineteen Seventies. Elton was the important thing artist on The Lion King soundtrack, which logged 10 weeks at No. 1 in 1994-95, however that doesn’t depend towards his complete.

First week at No. 1: March 12, 2011

Most up-to-date 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 every other solo artist who wasn’t born within the U.S. (Runner-up is Elton John, with 39 weeks on high.) Adele and Harry Belafonte are the one 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 every other album of the 2010s. It additionally spent extra weeks at No. 1 than every other album by a feminine artist in your complete 1956-2023 interval.

First week at No. 1: March 8, 1986

Most up-to-date 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 contains The Bodyguard soundtrack, which had probably the most weeks at No. 1 of any soundtrack within the Nineteen Nineties. Houston recorded simply six of the 12 songs on The Bodyguard, however they have been those that offered the album. Houston’s tally doesn’t embrace the Ready 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 practically notched a posthumous No. 1 – as Prince, Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley, of the artists on this listing, did – however her The Biggest Hits album wasn’t in a position to 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 up-to-date week at No. 1: Dec. 26, 1960

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

Notes: The people trio spent extra weeks at No. 1 than every other American group or duo. Amongst teams and duos the place all of the members have been born within 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 up-to-date 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 within the Eighties. It had an extended run at No. 1 than every other non-soundtrack album in your complete 1956-2023 interval. MJ spent extra weeks at No. 1 than every 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: Previous, Current and Future Ebook I), which was half best hits, half new studio recordings.

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

Most up-to-date 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 every other (pure) nation artist. (Runner-up, with 26 weeks on high 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 every other nation album in your complete 1956-2023 interval. Brooks’ tally additionally contains The Hits, which spent eight weeks at No. 1, longer than every other best hits album of the Nineteen Nineties; a double-disk dwell album, Double Dwell; and a six-CD field set, The Restricted Sequence.

First week at No. 1: Might 5, 1956

Most up-to-date 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 every other male solo artist. His tally of No. 1 albums features a Christmas album (Elvis’ Christmas Album), a dwell album (Aloha From Hawaii By way of Satellite tv for pc), 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 up-to-date 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: Along with being the highest solo artist on this listing, Swift, 34, is the youngest artist and the highest American artist. Her tally contains each the unique and re-recorded Taylor’s Model editions of Fearless, Communicate Now, Pink and 1989. The unique Fearless had the longest run at No. 1 of any album within the 2000-09 decade.

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

Most up-to-date week at No. 1: Feb. 3, 2001

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

Notes: The Fab 4 have spent practically twice as lengthy at No. 1 as every other act. 1 topped the chart for eight weeks, longer than every 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 Onerous Day’s Night time, Assist!, Magical Thriller Tour and Let It Be.