Billboard 200 Album chart longevity records

[Gary]

Billboard 200 - updated through the 7/7/18



Weeks Title, Artist

1 937 The Dark Side Of The Moon , Pink Floyd

2 528 Legend: The Best Of... , Bob Marley And The Wailers

3 518 Journey's Greatest Hits , Journey

4 490 Johnny's Greatest Hits, Johnny Mathis

5 489 Metallica , Metallica

6 480 My Fair Lady, Original Cast

7 441 Greatest Hits , Guns N' Roses

8 399 Nevermind , Nirvana

9 399 Curtain Call: The Hits , Eminem

10 381 Doo-Wops & Hooligans , Bruno Mars

11 373 21, Adele

12 373 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits , Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty

13 354 The Eminem Show, Eminem

14 333 Thriller , Michael Jackson

15 331 Phantom Of The Opera Highlights, Original London Cast  

16 323 1, The Beatles

17 318 Tapestry, Carole King

18 314 Back In Black , AC/DC

19 312 Recovery , Eminem

20 311 Born To Die , Lana Del Rey

21 300 Night Visions , Imagine Dragons

[Gary]

Imagine Dragons join the 300 week club this week with 'Night Visions'

[Keelzit]

Lana's so close to having the longest-charting album by a female not named Adele on top of being the lowest-selling on the list. Only a modern classic.

[iHype.]

Albums with Most Weeks Top 10

Overall Top 25:
1. Soundtrack — The Sound of Music: 109 (1964)
2. Adele — 21: 84 (2011)
2. Bruce Springsteen — Born in the USA: 84 (1984)
4. Michael Jackson — Thriller: 78 (1982)
4. Def Leppard — Hysteria: 78 (1987)
6. Alanis Morissette — Jagged Little Pill: 72 (1995)
7. Soundtrack — Doctor Zhivago: 71 (1966)
8. Paula Abdul — Forever Your Girl: 64 (1988)
9. Celine Dion — Falling Into You: 61(1996)
9. Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass — Whipped Cream & Other Delights: 61 (1965)
11. Taylor Swift — 1989: 59 (2014)
11. Lionel Richie — Can't Slow Down: 59 (1983)
13. Taylor Swift — Fearless: 58 (2008)
14. Hootie & the Blowfish — Cracked Rear View: 55 (1994)
15. Shania Twain — Come On Over: 53 (1997)
15. Ed Sheeran — Divide: 53 (2017)
17. MC Hammer — Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em: 52 (1990)
17. Wilson Phillips — Wilson Phillips: 52 (1990)
17. Guns N' Roses — Appetite For Destruction: 52 (1987)
17. Fleetwood Mac — Rumours: 52 (1977)
17. Peter Frampton — Frampton Comes Alive!: 52 (1976)
22. George Michael — Faith: 51 (1987)
22. Lady Gaga — The Fame: 51 (2008)
24. Britney Spears — ...Baby One More Time: 50 (1999)
24. Garth Brooks — Ropin' the Wind: 50 (1991)
24. Blood, Sweat & Tears — Blood, Sweat & Tears: 50 (1969)


1960s:
1. Soundtrack — The Sound of Music: 109
2. Soundtrack — Doctor Zhivago: 71
3. Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass — Whipped Cream & Other Delights: 61
4. Iron Butterfly — In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida: 49
5. Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass — Going Places: 48
6. Soundtrack — Mary Poppins: 48
7. Blood, Sweat & Tears — Blood, Sweat & Tears: 45 (50 total including 1970s)
8. Original Cast — Hello, Dolly!: 35
9. The Beatles — Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band: 33
10. The Monkees — The Monkees: 32
10. Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass — What Now My Love: 32

1970s:
1. Fleetwood Mac — Rumours: 52
1. Peter Frampton — Frampton Comes Alive!: 52
3. Carole King — Tapestry: 46
4. Original London Cast — Jesus Christ Superstar: 41
5. Fleetwood Mac — Fleetwood Mac: 37
6. Elton John — Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: 36
7. Soundtrack — Saturday Night Fever: 35
7. Stevie Wonder — Songs In The Key Of Life : 35
9. Chicago — Chicago II: 33
10. Paul McCartney & Wings — Band on the Run: 32

1980s:
1. Bruce Springsteen — Born in the USA: 84
2. Michael Jackson — Thriller: 78
3. Def Leppard — Hysteria: 78
4. Lionel Richie — Can't Slow Down: 59
5. Guns N' Roses — Appetite For Destruction: 52
6. George Michael — Faith: 51
7. Soundtrack — Dirty Dancing: 48
8. Whitney Houston — Whitney Houston: 46 (48 total including 2010s)
9. Bon Jovi — Slippery When Wet: 46
10. New Kids On The Block — Hangin' Tough: 45
10. Bobby Brown — Don't Be Cruel: 45

1990s:
1. Alanis Morissette — Jagged Little Pill: 72
2. Celine Dion — Falling Into You: 61
3. Hootie & the Blowfish — Cracked Rear View: 55
4. Shania Twain — Come On Over: 53
5. MC Hammer — Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em: 52
6. Wilson Phillips — Wilson Phillips: 52
7. Garth Brooks — Ropin' the Wind: 50
8. Mariah Carey — Mariah Carey: 49
9. Britney Spears — ...Baby One More Time: 48 (50 total including 2000s)
10. Backstreet Boys — Backstreet Boys: 45

2000s:
1. Taylor Swift — Fearless: 48 (58 total including 2010s)
2. Evanescene — Fallen: 43
3. Usher — Confessions: 41
4. Creed — Human Clay: 39 (44 total including 1990s)
5. Norah Jones — Come Away With Me: 36
6. Mariah Carey — The Emancipation of Mimi: 34
7. Linkin Park — [Hybrid Theory]: 33
8. 'N Sync — No Strings Attached: 31
9. Carrie Underwood — Some Hearts: 30
10. Nickelback — All the Right Reasons: 29

2010s:
1. Adele — 21: 84
2. Taylor Swift — 1989: 59
3. Ed Sheeran — Divide: 53
4. Sam Smith — In the Lonely Hour: 41
4. Soundtrack — Frozen: 41
4. Twenty One Pilots —  Blurryface: 41
7. Bruno Mars — 24K Magic: 40
8. Ed Sheeran — x: 39
9. Kendrick Lamar — DAMN.: 36
9. Post Malone — Stoney: 36
9. Adele — 25: 36

[Gary]

Here is my list for the top 10s


109 SOUND OF MUSIC SOUNDTRACK
84 21 ADELE
84 BORN IN THE U.S.A. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
78 HYSTERIA DEF LEPPARD
78 THRILLER MICHAEL JACKSON*
72 JAGGED LITTLE PILL ALANIS MORISSETTE
71 DOCTOR ZHIVAGO SOUNDTRACK
64 FOREVER YOUR GIRL PAULA ABDUL
61 FALLING INTO YOU CELINE DION
61 WHIPPED CREAM & OTHER DELIGHTS HERB ALPERT'S TIJUANA BRASS
59 CAN'T SLOW DOWN LIONEL RICHIE
59 1989 TAYLOR SWIFT
58 FEARLESS TAYLOR SWIFT
55 CRACKED REAR VIEW HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH
53 DIVIDE ED SHEERAN
53 COME ON OVER SHANIA TWAIN
53 APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION GUNS N' ROSES
52 RUMORS FLEETWOOD MAC

52 PLEASE HAMMER DON'T HURT 'EM M.C. HAMMER
52 FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE! PETER FRAMPTON
52 WILSON PHILLIPS WILSON PHILLIPS
51 FAITH GEORGE MICHAEL
51 THE FAME LADY GAGA
50 BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS
50 …BABY ONE MORE TIME BRITNEY SPEARS
50 ROPIN' THE WIND GARTH BROOKS


*Thriller logged an extra 13 weeks in the top 10 of the Comprehensive chart in 2008-2009

[Gary]

The leading contender for this list among current albums is "The Greatest Showman" currently at 26 weeks

[owenlovesmusic]

I think Beerbongs & Bentleys will be able to make this list

[iHype.]

Jul 4, 2018 9:51:24 GMT -5 Gary said:

Here is my list for the top 10s

Only difference between ours was The Fame by 1 week, I forgot to add the week it re-entered top 10 in 2017 after the Superbowl. Fixed.

Do you have a list for top 20/top 40? Or should I try to compile one

[Gary]

Expanded top 10 list back to 30 weeks


top 10 TITLE ARTIST

109 SOUND OF MUSIC SOUNDTRACK

84 21 ADELE

84 BORN IN THE U.S.A. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

78 HYSTERIA DEF LEPPARD

78 THRILLER MICHAEL JACKSON

72 JAGGED LITTLE PILL ALANIS MORISSETTE

71 DOCTOR ZHIVAGO SOUNDTRACK

64 FOREVER YOUR GIRL PAULA ABDUL

61 FALLING INTO YOU CELINE DION

61 WHIPPED CREAM & OTHER DELIGHTS HERB ALPERT'S TIJUANA BRASS

59 CAN'T SLOW DOWN LIONEL RICHIE

59 1989 TAYLOR SWIFT

58 FEARLESS TAYLOR SWIFT

55 CRACKED REAR VIEW HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH

53 DIVIDE ED SHEERAN

53 COME ON OVER SHANIA TWAIN

53 APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION GUNS N' ROSES

52 RUMORS FLEETWOOD MAC



52 PLEASE HAMMER DON'T HURT 'EM M.C. HAMMER

52 FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE! PETER FRAMPTON

52 WILSON PHILLIPS WILSON PHILLIPS

51 FAITH GEORGE MICHAEL

51 THE FAME LADY GAGA

50 BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS

50 …BABY ONE MORE TIME BRITNEY SPEARS

50 ROPIN' THE WIND GARTH BROOKS

49 IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA IRON BUTTERFLY

49 MARIAH CAREY MARIAH CAREY

48 GOING PLACES HERB ALPERT & THE TIJUANA BRASS

48 DIRTY DANCING SOUNDTRACK

48 MARY POPPINS SOUNDTRACK

48 WHITNEY HOUSTON WHITNEY HOUSTON

46 SLIPPERY WHEN WET BON JOVI

46 TAPESTRY CAROLE KING

45 BACKSTREET BOYS BACKSTREET BOYS

45 DON'T BE CRUEL BOBBY BROWN

45 HANGIN' TOUGH NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK

44 HUMAN CLAY CREED

44 X ED SHEERAN

44 SUPERNATURAL SANTANA

43 SOME GAVE ALL BILLY RAY CYRUS

43 II BOYZ II MEN

43 FALLEN EVANESCENCE

42 SPORTS HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS

42 BODYGUARD SOUNDTRACK

41 GIRL YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE MILLI VANILLI

41 IN THE LONELY HOUR SAM SMITH

41 FROZEN SOUNDTRACK

41 BLURRYFACE TWENTY ONE PILOTS

41 CONFESSIONS USHER

41 JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR VARIOUS ARTISTS

41 WHITESNAKE WHITESNAKE

40 24K MAGIC BRUNO MARS

40 RECKLESS BRYAN ADAMS

40 SYNCHRONICITY POLICE

40 CRAZYSEXYCOOL TLC

39 BAD MICHAEL JACKSON

39 PRIVATE DANCER TINA TURNER

38 PYROMANIA DEF LEPPARD

38 UNPLUGGED ERIC CLAPTON

38 ESCAPE JOURNEY

38 TIME, LOVE & TENDERNESS MICHAEL BOLTON

37 LET GO AVRIL LAVIGNE

37 MILLENIUM BACKSTREET BOYS

37 BROTHERS IN ARMS DIRE STRAITS

37 FLEETWOOD MAC FLEETWOOD MAC

37 HEART HEART

37 CONTROL JANET JACKSON

37 PURPLE RAIN PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION/SOUNDTRACK

36 25 ADELE

36 GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD ELTON JOHN

36 NO FENCES GARTH BROOKS

36 JANET. JANET JACKSON

36 DAMN. KENDRICK LAMAR

36 TRAGIC KINGDOM NO DOUBT

36 COME AWAY WITH ME NORAH JONES

36 STONEY POST MALONE

35 SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND BEATLES

35 VIEWS DRAKE

35 JANET JACKSON'S RHYTHM NATION 1814 JANET JACKSON

35 BREATHLESS KENNY G

35 TEN PEARL JAM

35 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER SOUNDTRACK

35 SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE STEVIE WONDER

35 FULL MOON FEVER TOM PETTY

35 THE JOSHUA TREE U2

34 4 FOREIGNER

34 [HYBRID THEORY] LINKIN PARK

34 THE EMANCIPATION OF MIMI MARIAH CAREY

33 CHICAGO II CHICAGO

33 H2O DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES

33 LIKE A VIRGIN MADONNA

33 MUSIC BOX MARIAH CAREY

33 ANTI RIHANNA

33 SPICE SPICE GIRLS

32 AUGUST AND EVERYTHING AFTER COUNTING CROWS

32 WHAT NOW MY LOVE HERB ALPERT & THE TIJUANA BRASS

32 ARE YOU EXPERIENCED? JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE

32 MONKEES MONKEES

32 BAND ON THE RUN PAUL MCCARTNEY & WINGS

32 SONGS FROM THE BIG CHAIR TEARS FOR FEARS

31 HEARTBEAT CITY CARS

31 MY WORLD 2.0 JUSTIN BIEBER

31 BUSINESS AS USUAL MEN AT WORK

31 METALLICA METALLICA

31 'N SYNC 'N SYNC

31 NO STRINGS ATTACHED 'N SYNC

31 PETER, PAUL & MARY PETER, PAUL & MARY

31 NO JACKET REQUIRED PHIL COLLINS

31 LION KING SOUNDTRACK

31 WHITNEY WHITNEY HOUSTON

30 THE SIGN ACE OF BASE

30 PUMP AEROSMITH

30 AN INNOCENT MAN BILLY JOEL

30 THE E.N.D. (THE ENERGY NEVER DiES) BLACK EYED PEAS

30 BOSTON BOSTON

30 SOME HEARTS CARRIE UNDERWOOD

30 DISRAELI GEARS CREAM

30 COLOUR BY NUMBERS CULTURE CLUB

30 DOOKIE GREEN DAY

30 DEVIL WITHOUT A CAUSE KID ROCK

30 HI INFIDELITY REO SPEEDWAGON

30 ABRAXAS SANTANA

30 MY FAIR LADY SOUNDTRACK

30 FLY LIKE AN EAGLE STEVE MILLER BAND

[Gary]

Digital Album Chart - Most weeks


Weeks Title, Artist
126 Hamilton: An American Musical , Original Broadway Cast Recording
112 Sigh No More, Mumford & Sons
103 The Fame, Lady Gaga
97 21, Adele
97 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons
89 Traveller , Chris Stapleton
82 Blurryface, twenty one pilots
71 1989, Taylor Swift
69 x, Ed Sheeran
65 19, Adele
64 Only By The Night, Kings Of Leon 
62 Fearless, Taylor Swift 
60 Montevallo, Sam Hunt
60 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry
60 The Lumineers, The Lumineers
58 Frozen, Soundtrack
58 Some Nights, fun.
57 Divide , Ed Sheeran
56 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 , Soundtrack
56 How To Save A Life, The Fray  
55 The Foundation, Zac Brown Band
53 Evolve , Imagine Dragons
52 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line
51 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith
50 The E.N.D., The Black Eyed Peas  

[Gary]

Appetite For Destruction by Guns N Roses spent 5 weeks at #1 in 1988


This week returns to the top 10 for the 53rd week for the first time since the 4-15-1989 chart

[Gary]

Albums currently charting 200 weeks or greater 7/14/18 chart

Weeks Title, Artist
529 Legend: The Best Of... , Bob Marley And The Wailers
519 Journey's Greatest Hits , Journey
490 Metallica , Metallica
400 Curtain Call: The Hits , Eminem
382 Doo-Wops & Hooligans , Bruno Mars
374 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits , Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty
324 1, The Beatles
315 Back In Black , AC/DC
301 Night Visions , Imagine Dragons
297 good kid, m.A.A.d city , Kendrick Lamar
295 Greatest Hits , Queen
279 Take Care , Drake
277 Rumours , Fleetwood Mac
274 Greatest Hits , Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
271 Hot Rocks 1964-1971 , The Rolling Stones
259 Mothership , Led Zeppelin
252 Here's To The Good Times , Florida Georgia Line
244 Nothing Was The Same , Drake
232 The Essential Michael Jackson , Michael Jackson
232 Greatest Hits , Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
232 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 , Eagles
225 Crash My Party , Luke Bryan
215 [Hybrid Theory] , Linkin Park
212 In The Lonely Hour , Sam Smith
211 x , Ed Sheeran

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Ironically, Appetite for Destruction's re-entry into the Billboard 200 prevented G'NR's Greatest Hits from charting there. Same thing happened in Catalog Albums this week.

[Gary]

bump

[owenlovesmusic]

Gary are u gonna update these

[Gary]

yeah I can do that probably tonight

[Gary]

Jul 3, 2018 17:12:13 GMT -5 Gary said:

Billboard 200 - updated through the 7/7/18



Weeks Title, Artist

1 937 The Dark Side Of The Moon , Pink Floyd

2 528 Legend: The Best Of... , Bob Marley And The Wailers

3 518 Journey's Greatest Hits , Journey

4 490 Johnny's Greatest Hits, Johnny Mathis

5 489 Metallica , Metallica

6 480 My Fair Lady, Original Cast

7 441 Greatest Hits , Guns N' Roses

8 399 Nevermind , Nirvana

9 399 Curtain Call: The Hits , Eminem

10 381 Doo-Wops & Hooligans , Bruno Mars

11 373 21, Adele

12 373 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits , Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty

13 354 The Eminem Show, Eminem

14 333 Thriller , Michael Jackson

15 331 Phantom Of The Opera Highlights, Original London Cast  

16 323 1, The Beatles

17 318 Tapestry, Carole King

18 314 Back In Black , AC/DC

19 312 Recovery , Eminem

20 311 Born To Die , Lana Del Rey

21 300 Night Visions , Imagine Dragons

Update to 7/4/2020

The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 950
Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 632
Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 622
Metallica, Metallica 578
Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 499
Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 494
Johnny's Greatest Hits, Johnny Mathis 490
My Fair Lady, Original Cast 482
Nevermind, Nirvana 479
Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 477
Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 476
21, Adele 471
1, The Beatles 426
Thriller, Michael Jackson 424
Back In Black, AC/DC 417
good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 400
Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 399
Greatest Hits, Queen 392
The Eminem Show, Eminem 383
Take Care, Drake 382
Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 378
Abbey Road, The Beatles 367
Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 363
Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 358
Hot Rocks 1964-1971, The Rolling Stones 338
Nothing Was The Same, Drake 337
Greatest Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 335
Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975, Eagles 332
Phantom Of The Opera Highlights, Original London Cast 331
The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 330
Greatest Hits, 2Pac 330
Recovery, Eminem 320
Tapestry, Carole King 318
x, Ed Sheeran 305
In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 302

[Gary]

top 10 TITLE ARTIST
109 SOUND OF MUSIC SOUNDTRACK
84 21 ADELE
84 BORN IN THE U.S.A. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
78 HYSTERIA DEF LEPPARD
78 THRILLER MICHAEL JACKSON (13 additional weeks on the Comprehensive chart in 2008-2009 for 91 weeks total)
72 JAGGED LITTLE PILL ALANIS MORISSETTE
71 DOCTOR ZHIVAGO SOUNDTRACK
64 FOREVER YOUR GIRL PAULA ABDUL
61 FALLING INTO YOU CELINE DION
61 WHIPPED CREAM & OTHER DELIGHTS HERB ALPERT'S TIJUANA BRASS
59 CAN'T SLOW DOWN LIONEL RICHIE
59 1989 TAYLOR SWIFT
58 FEARLESS TAYLOR SWIFT
55 CRACKED REAR VIEW HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH
53 DIVIDE ED SHEERAN
53 APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION GUNS N' ROSES
53 COME ON OVER SHANIA TWAIN
52 RUMORS FLEETWOOD MAC
52 PLEASE HAMMER DON'T HURT 'EM M.C. HAMMER
52 FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE! PETER FRAMPTON
52 WILSON PHILLIPS WILSON PHILLIPS
51 FAITH GEORGE MICHAEL
51 THE FAME LADY GAGA
50 BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS
50 …BABY ONE MORE TIME BRITNEY SPEARS
50 ROPIN' THE WIND GARTH BROOKS
49 IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA IRON BUTTERFLY
49 MARIAH CAREY MARIAH CAREY
49 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS POST MALONE
48 GOING PLACES HERB ALPERT & THE TIJUANA BRASS
48 DIRTY DANCING SOUNDTRACK
48 MARY POPPINS SOUNDTRACK
48 WHITNEY HOUSTON WHITNEY HOUSTON
47 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? BILLIE EILISH
46 SLIPPERY WHEN WET BON JOVI
46 TAPESTRY CAROLE KING
45 BACKSTREET BOYS BACKSTREET BOYS
45 DON'T BE CRUEL BOBBY BROWN
45 HANGIN' TOUGH NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK
44 HUMAN CLAY CREED
44 X ED SHEERAN
44 SUPERNATURAL SANTANA
43 SOME GAVE ALL BILLY RAY CYRUS
43 II BOYZ II MEN
43 FALLEN EVANESCENCE
42 SPORTS HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS
42 BODYGUARD SOUNDTRACK
42 HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING POST MALONE
41 GIRL YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE MILLI VANILLI
41 IN THE LONELY HOUR SAM SMITH
41 FROZEN SOUNDTRACK
41 BLURRYFACE TWENTY ONE PILOTS
41 CONFESSIONS USHER
41 JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR VARIOUS ARTISTS
41 WHITESNAKE WHITESNAKE

40 24K MAGIC BRUNO MARS
40 RECKLESS BRYAN ADAMS
40 SYNCHRONICITY POLICE
40 CRAZYSEXYCOOL TLC

[Gary]

Post Malone week 41

[Gary]

Post Malone week 42

[WolfSpear]

Curious if you can do an update to this Gary.

[Studio Cart]

Jul 4, 2018 0:27:58 GMT -5 iHype. said:

1990s:
1. Alanis Morissette — Jagged Little Pill: 72
2. Celine Dion — Falling Into You: 61
3. Hootie & the Blowfish — Cracked Rear View: 55
4. Shania Twain — Come On Over: 53
5. MC Hammer — Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em: 52
6. Wilson Phillips — Wilson Phillips: 52
7. Garth Brooks — Ropin' the Wind: 50
8. Mariah Carey — Mariah Carey: 49
9. Britney Spears — ...Baby One More Time: 48 (50 total including 2000s)
10. Backstreet Boys — Backstreet Boys: 45

2000s:
1. Taylor Swift — Fearless: 48 (58 total including 2010s)
2. Evanescene — Fallen: 43
3. Usher — Confessions: 41
4. Creed — Human Clay: 39 (44 total including 1990s)
5. Norah Jones — Come Away With Me: 36
6. Mariah Carey — The Emancipation of Mimi: 34
7. Linkin Park — [Hybrid Theory]: 33
8. 'N Sync — No Strings Attached: 31
9. Carrie Underwood — Some Hearts: 30
10. Nickelback — All the Right Reasons: 29

I'm always confused why albums in 1990s spent way more weeks in top 10 than albums in 2000s. It's just pure sales, how's the album turnover rate so different when there's no streaming factored in it?!

[WolfSpear]

Some of the 90’s albums didn’t debut at #1 but slowly gravitated to their peak position; that’s the case for Alanis. None of those albums came crashing through with a million first week sales, and they maintained incredible stability. In Shania’s case, Come On Over had massive crossover appeal and an international (non-countrified) edition that kept it in the top 40 through the year 2000. Some of these are pre-Nielsen, but I can attest that MC Hammer was on another level of fame during 1990 as well. His 21 weeks at the top coupled with “Can’t Touch This” made him a cultural phenomenon.

The 2000’s list is rather impressive in its own right, but the level of domination is toned down a bit. Overall album sales so decline by the middle of the decade, and the turnover rate increases dramatically by 2006.

[Gary]

Some didn't...most did

all total ....117 debuted at #1 in the 1990s prior to the 90s, there were just 6

Now...now rising to #1 almost never happens

[Studio Cart]

Jan 31, 2024 7:41:44 GMT -5 Gary said:

Some didn't...most did

all total ....117 debuted at #1 in the 1990s prior to the 90s, there were just 6

Now...now rising to #1 almost never happens

Update on this thread?!

[Studio Cart]

Any update?!

You know, I would looooove to see a list with most weeks in top 1/2/3/5/10/25/50.



You guys with da database should post those lists. Or I’ll cry

Hahahahahaha

[Studio Cart]

Gary, iHype.