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

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ntFirst week at No. 1:</strong> July 26, 1975</p>nnnn

ntMost recent week at No. 1:</strong> Nov. 17, 2007</p>nnnn

ntLongest-running No. 1:</strong> The Long Run</em>(nine weeks in 1979).</p>nnnn

ntNotes:</strong> The long run at No. 1 for The Long Run</em> is one week more than the bandu2019s most famous album,u00a0Hotel California</em>u00a0(eight weeks in 1977). The RIAA has certified Eagles/Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975</em>, which logged five weeks at No. 1 in 1976, at 38 times platinum, higher than any other album in history. The groupu2019s tally of No. 1 albums also includes a live album, 1994u2019s Hell Freezes Over</em>.</p>n</div>”,”alt”:””,”image_credit”:””,”url”:”https://www.billboard.com/lists/most-weeks-at-no-1-billboard-200-taylor-swift-the-beatles/”,”image_id”:0,”image”:””,”sizes”:{“pmc-gallery-s”:[],”pmc-gallery-m”:[],”pmc-gallery-l”:[],”pmc-gallery-xl”:[],”pmc-gallery-xxl”:[]},”fullWidth”:0,”fullHeight”:0,”mime_type”:”image”,”ad”:””,”appleSongID”:null,”enableAppleGA”:false,”additionalDescription”:null,”subtitleColor”:null,”additionalSubtitle”:null,”additionalSubtitleColor”:null,”ads”:{“html”:”t

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ntFirst week at No. 1:</strong> Aug. 4, 1984</p>nnnn

ntMost recent week at No. 1:</strong> May 7, 2016</p>nnnn

ntLongest-running No. 1:</strong> Purple Rain</em>soundtrack (24 weeks in 1984-85)</p>nnnn

ntNotes:</strong> Princeu2019s No. 1 albums include two soundtracks, Purple Rain </em>and Batman</em>. Purple Rain</em>had the longest run at No. 1 of any soundtrack in the 1980s. It was one of two No. 1 albums on which Prince shared billing with his band,The Revolution. The other wasAround the World in a Day</em>. Princeu2019s tally also includes a 2001 hits compilation, The Very Best of Prince</em>, which reached No. 1 following his death in 2016.</p>n</div>”,”alt”:”Prince”,”image_credit”:”Richard E. Aaron/Redferns”,”url”:”https://www.billboard.com/lists/most-weeks-at-no-1-billboard-200-taylor-swift-the-beatles/”,”image_id”:1235179756,”image”:”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/prince-1984-billboard-1240.jpg?w=1024″,”sizes”:{“pmc-gallery-s”:{“src”:”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/prince-1984-billboard-1240.jpg?w=320″,”width”:320,”height”:218},”pmc-gallery-m”:{“src”:”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/prince-1984-billboard-1240.jpg?w=640″,”width”:640,”height”:435},”pmc-gallery-l”:{“src”:”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/prince-1984-billboard-1240.jpg?w=800″,”width”:800,”height”:544},”pmc-gallery-xl”:{“src”:”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/prince-1984-billboard-1240.jpg?w=1024″,”width”:1024,”height”:696},”pmc-gallery-xxl”:{“src”:”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/prince-1984-billboard-1240.jpg?w=1240″,”width”:1240,”height”:843}},”fullWidth”:846,”fullHeight”:575,”mime_type”:”image”,”ad”:””,”appleSongID”:null,”enableAppleGA”:false,”additionalDescription”:null,”subtitleColor”:null,”additionalSubtitle”:null,”additionalSubtitleColor”:null,”ads”:{“html”:”t

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ntFirst week at No. 1:</strong> June 10, 2000</p>nnnn

ntMost recent week at No. 1:</strong> July 27, 2024</p>nnnn

ntLongest-running No. 1:</strong> The Marshall Mathers LP</em>(eight weeks in 2000)</p>nnnn

ntNotes: </strong>Eminemu2019s tally of No. 1 albums includes a 2005 greatest hits set, Curtain Call: The Hits</em>. Eminem was the key artist on 8 Mile: Music From and Inspired by the Motion Picture</em>, which logged four weeks at No. 1 in 2002-03, but that doesnu2019t count toward his total. Neither do a pair of No. 1 albums he recorded as a member of the group D12, which logged a combined three weeks at No. 1.</p>n</div>”,”alt”:””,”image_credit”:””,”url”:”https://www.billboard.com/lists/most-weeks-at-no-1-billboard-200-taylor-swift-the-beatles/”,”image_id”:0,”image”:””,”sizes”:{“pmc-gallery-s”:[],”pmc-gallery-m”:[],”pmc-gallery-l”:[],”pmc-gallery-xl”:[],”pmc-gallery-xxl”:[]},”fullWidth”:0,”fullHeight”:0,”mime_type”:”image”,”ad”:””,”appleSongID”:null,”enableAppleGA”:false,”additionalDescription”:null,”subtitleColor”:null,”additionalSubtitle”:null,”additionalSubtitleColor”:null,”ads”:{“html”:”t

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ntFirst week at No. 1:</strong> March 24, 1956</p>nnnn

ntMost recent week at No. 1:</strong> May 20, 1957</p>nnnn

ntLongest-running No. 1:</strong> Calypso</em>(31 weeks in 1956-57)</p>nnnn

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ntFirst week at No. 1:</strong> Nov. 12, 1966</p>nnnn

ntMost recent week at No. 1:</strong> Dec. 30, 1967</p>nnnn

ntLongest-running No. 1:</strong> More of the Monkees</em>(18 weeks in 1967)</p>nnnn

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ntFirst week at No. 1:</strong> July 3, 2010</p>nnnn

ntMost recent week at No. 1:</strong> May 30, 2026</p>nnnn

ntLongest-running No. 1: </strong>Views</em>(13 weeks in 2016)</p>nnnn

ntNotes:</strong> Drake is the hip-hop artist with the most weeks at No. 1. Also, he has logged more weeks at No. 1 than any other Canadian artist. His tally includes three collabs, with Future (What a Time to Be Alive</em>), 21 Savage (Her Loss</em>) and PARTYNEXTDOOR ($ome $exy $ongs 4U</em>).</p>n</div>”,”alt”:””,”image_credit”:””,”url”:”https://www.billboard.com/lists/most-weeks-at-no-1-billboard-200-taylor-swift-the-beatles/”,”image_id”:0,”image”:””,”sizes”:{“pmc-gallery-s”:[],”pmc-gallery-m”:[],”pmc-gallery-l”:[],”pmc-gallery-xl”:[],”pmc-gallery-xxl”:[]},”fullWidth”:0,”fullHeight”:0,”mime_type”:”image”,”ad”:””,”appleSongID”:null,”enableAppleGA”:false,”additionalDescription”:null,”subtitleColor”:null,”additionalSubtitle”:null,”additionalSubtitleColor”:null,”ads”:{“html”:”t

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ntFirst week at No. 1:</strong> Sept. 4, 1976</p>nnnn

ntMost recent week at No. 1:</strong> Sept. 6, 1997</p>nnnn

ntLongest-running No. 1: </strong>Rumours</em>(31 weeks in 1977)</p>nnnn

ntNotes:</strong> Rumours</em> had the longest run at No. 1 of any album in the 1970s. It also had the longest run at No. 1 of any album by a group or duo in the entire 1956-2026 period. Fleetwood Mac has had more weeks at No. 1 than any other mixed-gender (and mixed-nationalities) group. Their most recent No. 1 album, The Dance</em>, was recorded live on a soundstage.</p>n</div>”,”alt”:”Fleetwood Mac”,”image_credit”:”CBS via Getty Images”,”url”:”https://www.billboard.com/lists/most-weeks-at-no-1-billboard-200-taylor-swift-the-beatles/”,”image_id”:1235179755,”image”:”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/fleetwood-mac-1976-billboard-1548.jpg?w=1024″,”sizes”:{“pmc-gallery-s”:{“src”:”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/fleetwood-mac-1976-billboard-1548.jpg?w=320″,”width”:320,”height”:212},”pmc-gallery-m”:{“src”:”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/fleetwood-mac-1976-billboard-1548.jpg?w=640″,”width”:640,”height”:423},”pmc-gallery-l”:{“src”:”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/fleetwood-mac-1976-billboard-1548.jpg?w=800″,”width”:800,”height”:529},”pmc-gallery-xl”:{“src”:”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/fleetwood-mac-1976-billboard-1548.jpg?w=1024″,”width”:1024,”height”:677},”pmc-gallery-xxl”:{“src”:”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/fleetwood-mac-1976-billboard-1548.jpg?w=1280″,”width”:1280,”height”:847}},”fullWidth”:870,”fullHeight”:575,”mime_type”:”image”,”ad”:””,”appleSongID”:null,”enableAppleGA”:false,”additionalDescription”:null,”subtitleColor”:null,”additionalSubtitle”:null,”additionalSubtitleColor”:null,”ads”:{“html”:”t

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ntFirst week at No. 1:</strong> Aug. 21, 1965</p>nnnn

ntMost recent week at No. 1:</strong> Nov. 14, 1981</p>nnnn

ntLongest-running No. 1:</strong> Tattoo You</em>(nine weeks in 1981)</p>nnnn

ntNotes:</strong> The Stones are the third-highest ranking group on this list, behind The Beatles and The Kingston Trio.</p>n</div>”,”alt”:””,”image_credit”:””,”url”:”https://www.billboard.com/lists/most-weeks-at-no-1-billboard-200-taylor-swift-the-beatles/”,”image_id”:0,”image”:””,”sizes”:{“pmc-gallery-s”:[],”pmc-gallery-m”:[],”pmc-gallery-l”:[],”pmc-gallery-xl”:[],”pmc-gallery-xxl”:[]},”fullWidth”:0,”fullHeight”:0,”mime_type”:”image”,”ad”:””,”appleSongID”:null,”enableAppleGA”:false,”additionalDescription”:null,”subtitleColor”:null,”additionalSubtitle”:null,”additionalSubtitleColor”:null,”ads”:{“html”:”t

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ntFirst week at No. 1:</strong> July 15, 1972</p>nnnn

ntMost recent week at No. 1:</strong> Nov. 22, 1975</p>nnnn

ntLongest-running No. 1: </em></strong>Greatest Hits</em>u00a0(10 weeks in 1974-75).</p>nnnn

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ntFirst week at No. 1:</strong> March 12, 2011</p>nnnn

ntMost recent week at No. 1:</strong> Jan. 8, 2022</p>nnnn

ntLongest-running No. 1:</strong> 21</em>(24 weeks in 2011-12)</p>nnnn

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ntFirst week at No. 1: </strong>Jan. 23, 2021</p>nnnn

ntMost recent week at No. 1: </strong>Jan. 17, 2026</p>nnnn

ntLongest-running No. 1: </strong>One Thing at a Time</em> (19 weeks in 2023-24)</p>nnnn

ntNotes: </em></strong>One Thing at a Time</em>u00a0spent more weeks at No. 1 than any other country album in the entire 1956-2026 period. Wallen, 32, is the youngest artist on this list.</p>n</div>”,”alt”:””,”image_credit”:””,”url”:”https://www.billboard.com/lists/most-weeks-at-no-1-billboard-200-taylor-swift-the-beatles/”,”image_id”:0,”image”:””,”sizes”:{“pmc-gallery-s”:[],”pmc-gallery-m”:[],”pmc-gallery-l”:[],”pmc-gallery-xl”:[],”pmc-gallery-xxl”:[]},”fullWidth”:0,”fullHeight”:0,”mime_type”:”image”,”ad”:””,”appleSongID”:null,”enableAppleGA”:false,”additionalDescription”:null,”subtitleColor”:null,”additionalSubtitle”:null,”additionalSubtitleColor”:null,”ads”:{“html”:”t

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ntFirst week at No. 1:</strong> March 8, 1986</p>nnnn

ntMost recent week at No. 1: </strong>Sept. 19, 2009</p>nnnn

ntLongest-running No. 1:</strong> The Bodyguard</em>soundtrack (20 weeks in 1992-93)</p>nnnn

ntNotes: </strong>Houston is the second-highest-ranking female solo artist. Houstonu2019s tally includes The Bodyguard</em> soundtrack, which had the most weeks at No. 1 of any soundtrack in the 1990s. Houston recorded just six of the 12 songs on The Bodyguard</em>, but they were the ones that sold the album. Houston’s tally does not include the Waiting to Exhale</em> soundtrack, which logged five weeks at No. 1 in 1996, as she sang just three of the songs on that album. Houston very nearly notched a posthumous No. 1, but her The</em> Greatest Hits</em> album wasnu2019t able to unseat Adeleu2019s blockbuster 21</em>. The compilation logged three weeks at No. 2 in March 2012.</p>n</div>”,”alt”:”Whitney Houston”,”image_credit”:”Getty Images”,”url”:”https://www.billboard.com/lists/most-weeks-at-no-1-billboard-200-taylor-swift-the-beatles/”,”image_id”:1235179754,”image”:”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/whitney-houston-1986-billboard-1240.jpg?w=1024″,”sizes”:{“pmc-gallery-s”:{“src”:”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/whitney-houston-1986-billboard-1240.jpg?w=159″,”width”:159,”height”:240},”pmc-gallery-m”:{“src”:”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/whitney-houston-1986-billboard-1240.jpg?w=318″,”width”:318,”height”:480},”pmc-gallery-l”:{“src”:”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/whitney-houston-1986-billboard-1240.jpg?w=398″,”width”:398,”height”:600},”pmc-gallery-xl”:{“src”:”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/whitney-houston-1986-billboard-1240.jpg?w=509″,”width”:509,”height”:768},”pmc-gallery-xxl”:{“src”:”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/whitney-houston-1986-billboard-1240.jpg?w=679″,”width”:679,”height”:1024}},”fullWidth”:381,”fullHeight”:575,”mime_type”:”image”,”ad”:””,”appleSongID”:null,”enableAppleGA”:false,”additionalDescription”:null,”subtitleColor”:null,”additionalSubtitle”:null,”additionalSubtitleColor”:null,”ads”:{“html”:”t

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ntFirst week at No. 1:</strong> Nov. 24, 1958</p>nnnn

ntMost recent week at No. 1:</strong> Dec. 26, 1960</p>nnnn

ntLongest-running No. 1:</strong> The Kingston Trio at Large</em>(15 weeks in 1959)</p>nnnn

ntNotes:</strong> The folk trio spent more weeks at No. 1 than any other American group or duo. Among groups and duos where all the members were born in 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 list, and the highest-ranking artist whose No. 1 albums are all studio releases consisting of songs the act hadnu2019t previously recorded.</p>n</div>”,”alt”:””,”image_credit”:””,”url”:”https://www.billboard.com/lists/most-weeks-at-no-1-billboard-200-taylor-swift-the-beatles/”,”image_id”:0,”image”:””,”sizes”:{“pmc-gallery-s”:[],”pmc-gallery-m”:[],”pmc-gallery-l”:[],”pmc-gallery-xl”:[],”pmc-gallery-xxl”:[]},”fullWidth”:0,”fullHeight”:0,”mime_type”:”image”,”ad”:””,”appleSongID”:null,”enableAppleGA”:false,”additionalDescription”:null,”subtitleColor”:null,”additionalSubtitle”:null,”additionalSubtitleColor”:null,”ads”:{“html”:”t

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ntFirst week at No. 1: </strong>Feb. 26, 1983</p>nnnn

ntMost recent week at No. 1:</strong> Nov. 14, 2009</p>nnnn

ntLongest-running No. 1:</strong> Thriller</em>(37 weeks in 1983-84)</p>nnnn

ntNotes:</strong> Thriller</em> had the longest run at No. 1 of any album in the 1980s. It had a longer run at No. 1 than any other non-soundtrack album in the entire 1956-2026 period. MJ spent more weeks at No. 1 than any other Black artist. (Houston is runner-up at 46 weeks.)u00a0Jacksonu2019s total includes a soundtrack (Michael Jacksonu2019s This Is It</em>) and a unique double-disk album (HIStory: Past, Present and Future Book I</em>), which was half greatest hits, half new studio recordings.</p>n</div>”,”alt”:””,”image_credit”:””,”url”:”https://www.billboard.com/lists/most-weeks-at-no-1-billboard-200-taylor-swift-the-beatles/”,”image_id”:0,”image”:””,”sizes”:{“pmc-gallery-s”:[],”pmc-gallery-m”:[],”pmc-gallery-l”:[],”pmc-gallery-xl”:[],”pmc-gallery-xxl”:[]},”fullWidth”:0,”fullHeight”:0,”mime_type”:”image”,”ad”:””,”appleSongID”:null,”enableAppleGA”:false,”additionalDescription”:null,”subtitleColor”:null,”additionalSubtitle”:null,”additionalSubtitleColor”:null,”ads”:{“html”:”t

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ntFirst week at No. 1:</strong> Sept. 28, 1991</p>nnnn

ntMost recent week at No. 1:</strong> Dec. 21, 2013</p>nnnn

ntLongest-running No. 1:</strong> Ropinu2019 the Wind</em>(18 weeks in 1991-92).</p>nnnn

ntNotes</strong>: Brooks has spent more weeks at No. 1 than any other (pure) country artist. u00a0Brooks is also the second-highest-ranking male solo artist. Brooks’ tally also includes The Hits</em>, which spent eight weeks at No. 1, longer than any other greatest hits album of the 1990s; a double-disk live album, Double Live</em>; and a six-CD box set, The Limited Series.</em></p>n</div>”,”alt”:”Garth Brooks”,”image_credit”:”James Schnepf/GI”,”url”:”https://www.billboard.com/lists/most-weeks-at-no-1-billboard-200-taylor-swift-the-beatles/”,”image_id”:1235179753,”image”:”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/garth-brooks-1991-billboard-1240.jpg?w=1024″,”sizes”:{“pmc-gallery-s”:{“src”:”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/garth-brooks-1991-billboard-1240.jpg?w=239″,”width”:239,”height”:240},”pmc-gallery-m”:{“src”:”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/garth-brooks-1991-billboard-1240.jpg?w=478″,”width”:478,”height”:480},”pmc-gallery-l”:{“src”:”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/garth-brooks-1991-billboard-1240.jpg?w=597″,”width”:597,”height”:600},”pmc-gallery-xl”:{“src”:”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/garth-brooks-1991-billboard-1240.jpg?w=764″,”width”:764,”height”:768},”pmc-gallery-xxl”:{“src”:”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/garth-brooks-1991-billboard-1240.jpg?w=1019″,”width”:1019,”height”:1024}},”fullWidth”:572,”fullHeight”:575,”mime_type”:”image”,”ad”:””,”appleSongID”:null,”enableAppleGA”:false,”additionalDescription”:null,”subtitleColor”:null,”additionalSubtitle”:null,”additionalSubtitleColor”:null,”ads”:{“html”:”t

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