The chart dates again to March 1956, greater than 33 years earlier than Swift was born.
Taylor Swift, The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Elvis.
Photographs: Gi; Illustration by Lyanne Natividad
As Taylor Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Model) logs a fifth nonconsecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 (dated Jan. 6, 2024), Swift surpasses Elvis Presley for probably the most weeks at No. 1 by a solo artist. As Billboard reported on New Yr’s Eve, Swift has now logged 68 weeks at No. 1, another week than Presley, who logged 67 weeks on prime between 1956 and 2002. The Beatles proceed to steer all artists, with 132 weeks on prime between 1964 and 2001.
Swift’s sturdy displaying is spectacular when you think about that the chart dates again to March 1956, greater than 33 years earlier than she was born.
Additionally of word, whereas Presley’s feats on the Billboard Sizzling 100 are shortchanged by the truth that his breakthrough in 1956 pre-dated the launch of Billboard’s flagship songs chart by greater than two years, the Billboard 200 captures Presley’s total profession. His debut album, Elvis Presley, entered the chart at No. 11 within the challenge dated March 31, 1956 – which was the chart’s second week.
Right here’s a have a look at all acts with 30 or extra weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 since March 24, 1956, when the chart started publishing on a constant weekly foundation. Ties are proven in alphabetical order.
Two fast notes: The Beatles and Presley might add to their weeks-at-No.-1 totals with the arrival of a brand new compilation or if certainly one of their present albums returns or lastly reaches No. 1.
Additionally, In case you rely the Saturday Night time Fever soundtrack (which logged 24 weeks at No. 1 in 1978) as a Bee Gees album, the trio had 31 weeks on prime. Bee Gees had six tracks on the album — 5 of which have been No. 1 hits on the Sizzling 100. However Billboard counts it as a multi-artist soundtrack album.
Mariah Carey (30 weeks)
Picture Credit score: Michael Brennan/GI First week at No. 1: March 2, 1991
Most up-to-date week at No. 1: Could 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.
Eagles (30 weeks)
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 instances platinum, greater than another album in historical past. The group’s tally of No. 1 albums additionally features a stay album, 1994’s Hell Freezes Over.
Eminem (34 weeks)
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 biggest 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 rely towards his whole. 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.
Prince (35 weeks)
Picture Credit score: Richard E. Aaron/Redferns First week at No. 1: Aug. 4, 1984
Most up-to-date week at No. 1: Could 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 Nineteen Eighties. It was certainly one of two No. 1 albums on which Prince shared billing along 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 loss of life in 2016.
Drake (36 weeks)
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 another Canadian artist. His tally features a pair of collabs, with Future (What a Time to Be Alive) and 21 Savage (Her Loss).
Harry Belafonte (37 weeks)
First week at No. 1: March 24, 1956
Most up-to-date week at No. 1: Could 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 certainly 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.
The Monkees (37 weeks)
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 yr – than another 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 another act in the complete 1956-2023 interval.
Fleetwood Mac (38 weeks)
Picture Credit score: CBS through GI 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 bunch or duo in the complete 1956-2023 interval. Fleetwood Mac has had extra weeks at No. 1 than another 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.
The Rolling Stones (38 weeks)
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.
Elton John (39 weeks)
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 mirror 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 Incredible and the Brown Grime Cowboy and Rock of the Westies (each 1975). Biggest Hits spent extra weeks on prime than another biggest 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 rely towards his whole.
Adele (40 weeks)
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 another solo artist who wasn’t born within the U.S. (Runner-up is Elton John, with 39 weeks on prime.) 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 come back.) 21 spent extra weeks at No. 1 than another album of the 2010s. It additionally spent extra weeks at No. 1 than another album by a feminine artist in the complete 1956-2023 interval.
Whitney Houston (46 weeks)
Picture Credit score: Getty Photographs 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 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 capable of unseat Adele’s blockbuster 21. The compilation logged three weeks at No. 2 in March 2012.
The Kingston Trio (46 weeks)
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 folks trio spent extra weeks at No. 1 than another 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.
Michael Jackson (51 weeks)
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 Nineteen Eighties. It had an extended run at No. 1 than another non-soundtrack album in the complete 1956-2023 interval. MJ spent extra weeks at No. 1 than another Black artist. (Houston is runner-up at 46 weeks.) Jackson’s whole features a soundtrack (Michael Jackson’s This Is It) and a singular double-disk album (HIStory: Previous, Current and Future E book I), which was half biggest hits, half new studio recordings.
Garth Brooks (52 weeks)
Picture Credit score: James Schnepf/GI 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 another (pure) nation artist. (Runner-up, with 26 weeks on prime to this point, is Morgan Wallen). Brooks can be the second-highest-ranking male solo artist. Ropin’ the Wind spent extra weeks at No. 1 than another nation album in the complete 1956-2023 interval. Brooks’ tally additionally contains The Hits, which spent eight weeks at No. 1, longer than another biggest hits album of the Nineties; a double-disk stay album, Double Dwell; and a six-CD field set, The Restricted Sequence.
Elvis Presley (67 weeks)
First week at No. 1: Could 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 another male solo artist. His tally of No. 1 albums features a Christmas album (Elvis’ Christmas Album), a stay album (Aloha From Hawaii By way of Satellite tv for pc), a biggest hits set (Elv1s: 30 #1 Hits) and 4 movie soundtracks — Loving You, G.I. Blues, Blue Hawaii and Roustabout.
Taylor Swift (68 weeks)
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, Converse Now, Purple and 1989. The unique Fearless had the longest run at No. 1 of any album within the 2000-09 decade.
The Beatles (132 weeks)
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 another act. 1 topped the chart for eight weeks, longer than another biggest hits set to this point on this century. The group’s tally of No. 1 albums additionally features a double-disk biggest hits set, The Beatles/1967-1970; three editions of the Anthology sequence; and 4 No. 1 soundtracks — A Laborious Day’s Night time, Assist!, Magical Thriller Tour and Let It Be.
