All-Time Billboard 200 Albums & Artists (Unofficial Update)

[iHype.]

Last updated in October 2015: www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-billboard-200-albums/

Position	2015 Rank	Change		Artist	Album	Points
1	1	=		Adele	21	4,119,000
2	2	=		Soundtrack	The Sound Of Music	3,166,000
3	3	=		Michael Jackson	Thriller	2,605,000
4	N/A	NEW		Original Broadway Cast	Hamilton: An American Musical	2,535,000
5	15	10		Fleetwood Mac	Rumours	2,523,000
6	4	-2		Taylor Swift	Fearless	2,479,000
7	N/A	NEW		Post Malone	beerbongs & bentleys	2,387,000
8	5	-3		Bruce Springsteen	Born In The U.S.A.	2,337,000
9	N/A	NEW		Ed Sheeran	÷ (Divide)	2,307,000
10	N/A	NEW		Post Malone	Hollywood's Bleeding	2,302,000
11	6	-5		Garth Brooks	Ropin' The Wind	2,271,000
12	7	-5		Alanis Morissette	Jagged Little Pill	2,239,000
13	N/A	NEW		Morgan Wallen	Dangerous: The Double Album	2,232,000
14	N/A	NEW		Billie Eilish	When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?	2,198,000
15	64	49		Taylor Swift	1989	2,194,000
16	8	-8		Soundtrack	Doctor Zhivago	2,143,000
17	9	-8		Nickelback	All The Right Reasons	2,140,000
18	10	-8		Carole King	Tapestry	2,129,000
19	11	-8		Whitney Houston	Whitney Houston	2,085,000
20	12	-8		Lady Gaga	The Fame	2,083,000
21	N/A	NEW		Post Malone	Stoney	2,079,000
22	13	-9		Herb Alpert	Whipped Cream & Other Delights	2,042,000
23	14	-9		Shania Twain	Come On Over	2,028,000
24	17	-7		Soundtrack	Frozen	2,017,000
25	16	-9		Usher	Confessions	2,010,000
26	N/A	NEW		Lil Baby	My Turn	1,961,000
27	18	-9		Taylor Swift	Taylor Swift	1,930,000
28	19	-9		Paula Abdul	Forever Your Girl	1,923,000
29	20	-9		Billy Ray Cyrus	Some Gave All	1,919,000
30	21	-9		Celine Dion	Falling Into You	1,918,000
31	22	-9		Carrie Underwood	Some Hearts	1,916,000
32	23	-9		Whitney Houston	The Bodyguard	1,895,000
33	24	-9		M.C. Hammer	Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em	1,888,000
34	25	-9		Def Leppard	Hysteria	1,887,000
35	28	-7		Linkin Park	[Hybrid Theory]	1,868,000
36	26	-10		Norah Jones	Come Away With Me	1,856,000
37	27	-10		Daughtry	Daughtry	1,856,000
38	N/A	NEW		Drake	Scorpion	1,855,000
39	N/A	NEW		Pop Smoke	Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon	1,806,000
40	29	-11		Garth Brooks	No Fences	1,797,000
41	N/A	NEW		Michael Buble	Christmas	1,789,000
42	37	-5		Imagine Dragons	Night Visions	1,783,000
43	30	-13		Hootie & The Blowfish	Cracked Rear View	1,776,000
44	N/A	NEW		Kendrick Lamar	DAMN.	1,756,000
45	N/A	NEW		Travis Scott	ASTROWORLD	1,755,000
46	31	-15		Pink Floyd	The Dark Side Of The Moon	1,751,000
47	113	66		Ed Sheeran	x	1,745,000
48	N/A	NEW		Drake	Views	1,745,000
49	32	-17		Evanescence	Fallen	1,729,000
50	40	-10		Metallica	Metallica	1,711,000
51	33	-18		Bon Jovi	Slippery When Wet	1,702,000
52	34	-18		Creed	Human Clay	1,700,000
53	N/A	NEW		Chris Stapleton	Traveller	1,698,000
54	35	-19		Soundtrack	Mary Poppins	1,684,000
55	36	-19		Santana	Supernatural	1,680,000
56	N/A	NEW		Juice WRLD	Goodbye & Good Riddance	1,667,000
57	N/A	NEW		Soundtrack	The Greatest Showman	1,663,000
58	38	-20		Peter Frampton	Frampton Comes Alive	1,651,000
59	39	-20		Elton John	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road	1,618,000
60	54	-6		The Beatles	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	1,613,000
61	N/A	NEW		twenty one pilots	Blurryface	1,608,000
62	41	-21		Britney Spears	...Baby One More Time	1,603,000
63	56	-7		Eminem	The Eminem Show	1,600,000
64	42	-22		Backstreet Boys	Backstreet Boys	1,595,000
65	43	-22		Soundtrack	Saturday Night Fever	1,586,000
66	44	-22		Herb Alpert	!!Going Places!!	1,573,000
67	45	-22		Pearl Jam	Ten	1,566,000
68	47	-21		Journey	Escape	1,551,000
69	46	-23		Foreigner	4	1,550,000
70	48	-22		Lionel Richie	Can't Slow Down	1,548,000
71	N/A	NEW		Luke Combs	This One's For You	1,546,000
72	99	27		Sam Smith	In The Lonely Hour	1,541,000
73	49	-24		Spice Girls	Spice	1,534,000
74	50	-24		Mariah Carey	Mariah Carey	1,531,000
75	51	-24		Soundtrack	High School Musical	1,525,000
76	52	-24		Mariah Carey	The Emancipation Of Mimi	1,522,000
77	55	-22		Bruno Mars	Unorthodox Jukebox	1,521,000
78	53	-25		Blood, Sweat & Tears	Blood, Sweat & Tears	1,519,000
79	57	-22		Michael Bolton	Time, Love And Tenderness	1,508,000
80	N/A	NEW		Bruno Mars	24K Magic	1,505,000
81	58	-23		Avril Lavigne	Let Go	1,495,000
82	N/A	NEW		Olivia Rodrigo	Sour	1,489,000
83	59	-24		Various Artists	Jesus Christ Superstar	1,487,000
84	60	-24		Soundtrack	Dirty Dancing	1,485,000
85	65	-20		Guns N' Roses	Appetite For Destruction	1,483,000
86	61	-25		Boyz II Men	II	1,477,000
87	62	-25		Iron Butterfly	In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida	1,475,000
88	N/A	NEW		Luke Combs	What You See Is What You Get	1,465,000
89	63	-26		Kid Rock	Rock N Roll Jesus	1,460,000
90	N/A	NEW		Adele	25	1,458,000
91	110	19		Prince	Purple Rain (Soundtrack)	1,439,000
92	66	-26		REO Speedwagon	Hi Infidelity	1,432,000
93	67	-26		No Doubt	Tragic Kingdom	1,431,000
94	68	-26		Lady Antebellum	Need You Now	1,422,000
95	69	-26		Supertramp	Breakfast In America	1,419,000
96	70	-26		Backstreet Boys	Millennium	1,406,000
97	135	38		The Beatles	Abbey Road	1,396,000
98	76	-22		Florida Georgia Line	Here's To The Good Times	1,393,000
99	71	-28		Miley Cyrus	Hannah Montana 2 (Soundtrack)	1,388,000
100	72	-28		Janet Jackson	Control	1,388,000
101	73	-28		Green Day	American Idiot	1,388,000
102	131	29		The Beatles	1	1,387,000
103	81	-22		George Michael	Faith	1,379,000
104	74	-30		Fleetwood Mac	Fleetwood Mac	1,379,000
105	75	-30		Milli Vanilli	Girl You Know It's True	1,378,000
106	77	-29		Kelly Clarkson	Breakaway	1,371,000
107	78	-29		Justin Bieber	My World 2.0	1,370,000
108	79	-29		Eric Clapton	Unplugged	1,368,000
109	80	-29		Soundtrack	The Lion King	1,367,000
110	82	-28		Bobby Brown	Don't Be Cruel	1,352,000
111	83	-28		Shaggy	Hotshot	1,352,000
112	84	-28		Wilson Phillips	Wilson Phillips	1,351,000
113	118	5		Nirvana	Nevermind	1,345,000
114	85	-29		Nelly	Country Grammar	1,342,000
115	86	-29		John Denver	John Denver's Greatest Hits	1,339,000
116	88	-28		New Kids On The Block	Hangin' Tough	1,335,000
117	87	-30		Mariah Carey	Music Box	1,330,000
118	89	-29		Chicago	Chicago II	1,320,000
119	90	-29		Original Cast	Hello, Dolly!	1,317,000
120	92	-28		Pink Floyd	The Wall	1,316,000
121	91	-30		Ace Of Base	The Sign	1,314,000
122	93	-29		Eminem	Recovery	1,311,000
123	94	-29		Janet Jackson	Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814	1,307,000
124	95	-29		Asia	Asia	1,303,000
125	96	-29		The Black Eyed Peas	The E.N.D.	1,303,000
126	97	-29		Justin Timberlake	FutureSex/LoveSounds	1,299,000
127	98	-29		Dire Straits	Brothers In Arms	1,290,000
128	N/A	NEW		The Weeknd	After Hours	1,287,000
129	109	-20		Luke Bryan	Crash My Party	1,286,000
130	100	-30		Fergie	The Dutchess	1,281,000
131	101	-30		Soundtrack	O Brother, Where Art Thou?	1,273,000
132	102	-30		Men At Work	Business As Usual	1,272,000
133	103	-30		Soundtrack	The Graduate	1,272,000
134	104	-30		Rascal Flatts	Me And My Gang	1,271,000
135	105	-30		The Beatles	A Hard Day's Night (Soundtrack)	1,269,000
136	106	-30		Mumford & Sons	Sigh No More	1,265,000
137	107	-30		Alicia Keys	Songs In A Minor	1,264,000
138	108	-30		Heart	Heart	1,262,000
139	N/A	NEW		Juice WRLD	Legends Never Die	1,249,000
140	111	-29		N Sync	No Strings Attached	1,249,000
141	112	-29		OutKast	Speakerboxxx/The Love Below	1,248,000
142	114	-28		Santana	Abraxas	1,243,000
143	115	-28		Stevie Wonder	Songs In The Key Of Life	1,242,000
144	116	-28		Mumford & Sons	Babel	1,237,000
145	117	-28		Kenny G	Breathless	1,235,000
146	N/A	NEW		Queen	Greatest Hits	1,232,000
147	119	-28		Janet Jackson	janet.	1,227,000
148	120	-28		Paul McCartney	Band On The Run	1,224,000
149	121	-28		Jimi Hendrix	Are You Experienced?	1,222,000
150	122	-28		Huey Lewis & The News	Sports	1,218,000
151	127	-24		U2	The Joshua Tree	1,217,000
152	N/A	NEW		Rihanna	ANTI	1,215,000
153	123	-30		Original Cast Recording	Hair	1,208,000
154	124	-30		The Police	Synchronicity	1,208,000
155	125	-30		Jewel	Pieces Of You	1,206,000
156	126	-30		TLC	CrazySexyCool	1,205,000
157	128	-29		Alicia Keys	As I Am	1,198,000
158	129	-29		Boyz II Men	Cooleyhighharmony	1,194,000
159	130	-29		Phil Collins	No Jacket Required	1,192,000
160	132	-28		The Monkees	The Monkees	1,190,000
161	133	-28		Whitesnake	Whitesnake	1,186,000
162	134	-28		The Black Eyed Peas	Monkey Business	1,184,000
163	N/A	NEW		Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper	A Star Is Born (Soundtrack)	1,182,000
164	N/A	NEW		Khalid	American Teen	1,181,000
165	140			Taylor Swift	Red	1,177,000
166	N/A	NEW		Harry Styles	Fine Line	1,175,000
167	138	-29		Michael Jackson	Bad	1,171,000
168	136	-32		Jason Aldean	My Kinda Party	1,171,000
169	139	-30		50 Cent	Get Rich Or Die Tryin'	1,169,000
170	137	-33		N Sync	N Sync	1,169,000
171	N/A	NEW		XXXTENTACION	?	1,167,000
172	142	-30		Soundtrack	Grease	1,165,000
173	141	-32		Dixie Chicks	Home	1,163,000
174	143	-31		Jefferson Starship	Red Octopus	1,162,000
175	144	-31		Don McLean	American Pie	1,160,000
176	145	-31		Elton John	Honky Chateau	1,158,000
177	149	-28		Michael Jackson	Off The Wall	1,153,000
178	146	-32		Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin II	1,153,000
179	147	-32		Akon	Konvicted	1,151,000
180	148	-32		Eagles	The Long Run	1,149,000
181	150	-31		Amy Winehouse	Back To Black	1,148,000
182	152	-30		Lil Wayne	Tha Carter III	1,145,000
183	151	-32		John Mellencamp	American Fool	1,145,000
184	N/A	NEW		Eminem	Curtain Call: The Hits	1,144,000
185	153	-32		Enya	A Day Without Rain	1,142,000
186	154	-32		Natalie Cole	Unforgettable: With Love	1,139,000
187	N/A	NEW		Cardi B	Invasion Of Privacy	1,138,000
188	155	-33		Eagles	One Of These Nights	1,136,000
189	156	-33		The Monkees	More Of The Monkees	1,135,000
190	157	-33		P!nk	M!ssundaztood	1,128,000
191	158	-33		Kris Kross	Totally Krossed Out	1,117,000
192	159	-33		Whitney Houston	Whitney	1,115,000
193	N/A	NEW		Doja Cat	Planet Her	1,115,000
194	160	-34		Soundtrack	Woodstock	1,111,000
195	N/A	NEW		Drake	Take Care	1,110,000
196	161	-35		Earth, Wind & Fire	That's The Way Of The World (Soundtrack)	1,109,000
197	162	-35		Nickelback	Silver Side Up	1,108,000
198	N/A	NEW		Imagine Dragons	Evolve	1,106,000
199	163	-36		Soundtrack	Titanic	1,100,000
200	N/A	NEW		Dua Lipa	Future Nostalgia	1,099,000

[iHype.]

Reserved. Thanks to strongerq for help with the table coding. 

[phieaglesfan712]

lol, the last 5 years are weighed too heavily. Beerbongs & Bentleys ahead of Born in the USA and Billie’s album ahead of 1989? Dangerous is going to be battling with 21 for the #1 all-time before its run is finished.

[iHype.]

Jun 15, 2022 14:40:52 GMT -5 phieaglesfan712 said:

lol, the last 5 years are weighed too heavily. Beerbongs & Bentleys ahead of Born in the USA and Billie’s album ahead of 1989? Dangerous is going to be battling with 21 for the #1 all-time before its run is finished.

It's the same as Hot 100. The last 5 years is very top-heavy because streaming created different chart runs that their point formula can't adjust for. 

[mikerivera]

I mean, the biggest albums are the ones that moved the most units, not the ones that spent the most time on the Billboard 200. This is probably a better list to use en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums. Not to spoil anything, but Thriller is ahead of 21.

[iHype.]

Jun 16, 2022 7:58:19 GMT -5 mikerivera said:

I mean, the biggest albums are the ones that moved the most units, not the ones that spent the most time on the Billboard 200. This is probably a better list to use en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums. Not to spoil anything, but Thriller is ahead of 21.

This is based on the best charting albums, not the best selling albums. Just as a Hot 100 list.

[iHype.]

All-Time Billboard 200 Artists
Last updated October 2015: www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-billboard-200-artists/

Position	2015 Rank	Change		Album	Points
1	1	=		The Beatles	18,067,000
2	2	=		The Rolling Stones	13,597,000
3	8	+5		Taylor Swift	13,007,000
4	3	-1		Barbra Streisand	12,401,000
5	5	=		Elton John	10,750,000
6	4	-2		Garth Brooks	10,694,000
7	N/A	NEW		Drake	9,456,000
8	6	-2		Mariah Carey	9,331,000
9	14	+5		Eminem	8,581,000
10	7	-3		Herb Alpert	8,442,000
11	10	-1		Michael Jackson	8,144,000
12	9	-3		Chicago	8,139,000
13	11	-2		Led Zeppelin	7,396,000
14	56	-		Paul McCartney	7,372,000
15	12	-3		Bruce Springsteen	7,250,000
16	15	-1		Whitney Houston	7,242,000
17	13	-4		Rod Stewart	7,042,000
18	37	19		Adele	6,972,000
19	20	1		Fleetwood Mac	6,811,000
20	18	-2		Santana	6,791,000
21	N/A	NEW		Post Malone	6,767,000
22	16	-6		Billy Joel	6,727,000
23	17	-6		Madonna	6,706,000
24	19	-5		Eagles	6,527,000
25	21	-4		Bob Dylan	6,392,000
26	23	-3		Celine Dion	6,011,000
27	29	+2		Prince	5,953,000
28	22	-6		Stevie Wonder	5,934,000
29	24	-5		Eric Clapton	5,863,000
30	25	-5		Neil Diamond	5,711,000
31	27	-4		Pink Floyd	5,528,000
32	28	-4		Janet Jackson	5,525,000
33	83	50		Justin Bieber	5,351,000
34	31	-3		Miley Cyrus	5,296,000
35	N/A	NEW		Ed Sheeran	5,265,000
36	26	-10		John Denver	5,235,000
37	32	-5		Nickelback	5,134,000
38	30	-8		Carole King	5,105,000
39	33	-6		Tim McGraw	5,015,000
40	N/A	NEW		The Weeknd	4,988,000
41	36	-5		U2	4,878,000
42	34	-8		Van Halen	4,872,000
43	N/A	NEW		Queen	4,842,000
44	48	+4		Carrie Underwood	4,802,000
45	35	-10		The Beach Boys	4,785,000
46	38	-8		Elvis Presley	4,734,000
47	42	-5		Linkin Park	4,713,000
48	39	-9		Britney Spears	4,661,000
49	40	-9		Usher	4,644,000
50	77	+27		Beyonce	4,618,000
51	41	-10		The Temptations	4,608,000
52	43	-9		JAY-Z	4,522,000
53	54	+1		Metallica	4,516,000
54	N/A	NEW		Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers	4,468,000
55	N/A	NEW		Rihanna	4,436,000
56	96	+40		Lady Gaga	4,427,000
57	94	-		Earth, Wind & Fire	4,399,000
58	45	-13		Bon Jovi	4,337,000
59	46	-13		Guns N' Roses	4,319,000
60	44	-16		Alan Jackson	4,278,000
61	58	-3		Journey	4,258,000
62	47	-15		Shania Twain	4,250,000
63	65	2		Kenny Chesney	4,196,000
64	49	-15		The Monkees	4,149,000
65	53	-12		Alicia Keys	4,105,000
66	N/A	NEW		Juice WRLD	4,094,000
67	50	-17		Aerosmith	4,091,000
68	55	-13		Def Leppard	4,064,000
69	52	-17		The Supremes	4,049,000
70	N/A	NEW		Bruno Mars	4,046,000
71	59	-12		Mary J. Blige	4,021,000
72	51	-21		James Taylor	4,006,000
73	N/A	NEW		Michael Buble	4,005,000
74	67	-7		Andy Williams	3,970,000
75	57	-18		Linda Ronstadt	3,964,000
76	N/A	NEW		Kanye West	3,964,000
77	61	-16		Rascal Flatts	3,944,000
78	63	-15		John Mellencamp	3,940,000
79	66	-13		Kid Rock	3,925,000
80	68	-12		George Strait	3,922,000
81	76	-5		AC/DC	3,918,000
82	62	-20		Foreigner	3,917,000
83	60	-23		Jethro Tull	3,917,000
84	64	-20		Simon & Garfunkel	3,895,000
85	69	-16		Backstreet Boys	3,886,000
86	73	-13		Aretha Franklin	3,858,000
87	75	-12		Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band	3,852,000
88	72	-16		Lionel Richie	3,842,000
89	88	-1		P!nk	3,842,000
90	85	-5		Creedence Clearwater Revival	3,823,000
91	70	-21		Michael Bolton	3,812,000
92	N/A	NEW		Maroon 5	3,805,000
93	71	-22		Peter, Paul & Mary	3,799,000
94	78	-16		Pearl Jam	3,726,000
95	79	-16		Toby Keith	3,681,000
96	74	-22		Cat Stevens	3,674,000
97	81	-16		Paul Simon	3,625,000
98	91	-7		Frank Sinatra	3,600,000
99	80	-19		The Who	3,597,000
100	89	-11		Josh Groban	3,576,000

Notes:
- Paul McCartney & Wings were originally separated in the 2015 list, however all their songs/albums have since been combined on the GOAT Overall Artists (2019) and subsequent GOAT Hot 100 Artists lists. Thus I have combined them in this update.

- Earth, Wind, & Fire did not have the "That's The Way Of The World (Soundtrack)" included in their total in 2015. However it has since been included in their total in GOAT Overall Artists (2019) and is now listed on their artist chart history page. Thus I included it under them in this update.

[wandamaximoff]

@ihype How many points does folklore have and when do you think Taylor will surpass the Stones?

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Nice. Although, I do need to point out the album cover for 21 appears several times in the list for albums.

[85la]

Jun 15, 2022 14:54:14 GMT -5 iHype. said:

Jun 15, 2022 14:40:52 GMT -5 phieaglesfan712 said:

lol, the last 5 years are weighed too heavily. Beerbongs & Bentleys ahead of Born in the USA and Billie’s album ahead of 1989? Dangerous is going to be battling with 21 for the #1 all-time before its run is finished.

It's the same as Hot 100. The last 5 years is very top-heavy because streaming created different chart runs that their point formula can't adjust for. 

I think the biggest discrepancy is that starting in 2009, they removed all recurrency rules for albums charting on the Billboard 200, so this undoubtedly gives an unfair advantage to albums charting from this point forward, unless this list was somehow adjusted for that. It seems though that recurrency rules also weren't as strict before the 1990s, so albums that charted starting roughly sometime during the '90s to 2009 would be the most disadvantaged.

[onebuffalo]

This is my first time in this thread. How in the hell is Herb Alpert ahead of Michael Jackson? Really?

[HolidayGuy]

^He did have five No. 1 albums, 10 top 10s, etc.- and the weighing for certain eras may give him the slight edge.