Longest Billboard #1 Album Every Year (1956-2024)

[@SnowghostFilms]

Remember, this isn’t a selection. This is just reporting Billboard’s stats and not an opinion. That being said, remember some albums (Abbey Road for a likely example) had their #1 period spread over multiple years (1969-1970), reducing its potential for placement in this video.

[@frantruff]

So basically throughout the entire 60's, people would rather buy soundtracks to movies than standalone albums. Even the two Beatles albums are soundtracks.

[@ricardo_miguel13]

half of Magical Mystery Tour was a soundtrack album

[@danielburger1775]

Soundtracks were the only consistent albums. The Beatles albums in the UK were totally different to the Beatles albums in the USA. Same with the Rolling Stones, the Kinks, pretty much everyone.

[@hollstrom]

It doesn't necessarily say something about actual sales. For example, Beatles LPs and those of other rock acts sold high amounts in very short time, which bizarrely restricted the time they spent at no. 1. The soundtracks were generally bought by older generation people who had the money to invest in all kinds of soundtrack LPs. These sales were usually spread over long periods of time.

[@danielburger1775]

@hollstrom RIAA awarded Gold Records to singles that sold a million copies. For albums it was a million DOLLARS' worth of albums, not a million copies. Singles far outsold albums. An album selling a million copies was rare.

[@joe6096]

Since Sgt Pepper was really the first rock album that was designed as a complete work to be listened to from start to finish, it was still sort of “alternative” at the time. Dont forget, up to the moment it was released, the world knew the Beatles as 4 fun guys from Liverpool with mop tops and played 3 minute toe tapping ditties. Sgt Pepper turned them into bonafide, serious artists and a lit of people didn’t quite know what to think.

[@ScottRandolph-dd7dr]

🎉 Retro music greetings from coastal Mississippi. Thanks for this countdown. Thanks for the information. I been listening to music since 1969❤

[@CentipedeMKDS]

The Wall Dark, complex but so successful

[@Gary-tm1kx]

" The Wall " is THE most influential album of my life. Especially being fatherless at age 8, and raised in a boarding school at age 14 . Only difference: my Dad passed away, and hadn't " flown ' cross the ocean " .

[@chrisitalia8868]

A true masterpiece, and a double album to boot.

[@purefoldnz3070]

music in 2020's dumb, wafer thin and awful.

[@Gary-tm1kx]

@@purefoldnz3070 Agree. Today 's " music" is all style, no substance. Even the style is questionable. GREED DESTROYED THE ARTISTRY OF MUSIC.

[@purefoldnz3070]

@@Gary-tm1kx its all simple generic crap designed to fit a short tik tok clip.

[@jacknedry5119]

Nice Job

[@coyote4237]

That was very interesting. Thank you.

[@michaelgreisinger5255]

People forget how iconic Whitney really is.

[@Wolfie66]

I remember when she was hugely popular in the 80s and 90s.

[@matheusmiranda4969]

Exactly!

[@lwh7301]

Great singer.....songs not so much.

[@cameronleerodriguez]

Who honestly listens to Morgan Wallen 😭, I have yet to hear someone say they love his music

[@boxthebox8659]

It’s better than other garbage today so I’ll listen to him over others

[@cameronleerodriguez]

@@boxthebox8659 I just don’t like him as a person and I don’t like how his voice sounds, the lyrics are fine it’s just him

[@dyna6448]

​@@boxthebox8659it is the garbage of today

[@carolyns.9377]

I live in Nebraska... everyone here loves him, especially college students in frats or sororities

[@boxthebox8659]

@@dyna6448 idk if you know a lot about current music to able to say that

[@Fyre-Yak]

Not what I expected, that's interesting

[@christineobrien7707]

So when 2000 hit, not one Rock n' Roll album.😔😧😬☹️ I'm so glad I remember the incredible 60s-80s Rock!😎👍👍

[@boxthebox8659]

Well I mean Santana was at 2000, but yeah

[@BackWordsJane]

I love black artists especially old school funk and soul but I can't stand black music of the 2000s for the most part. Missy Elliott was the only exception

[@christineobrien7707]

@@BackWordsJane In my opinion, the 70s R&B was the best. A lot of the artists were from the early days of Motown records . The 70s R&B was so polished and smooth. You can't beat it .👍

[@BackWordsJane]

​@@christineobrien7707 I loved me some Gap Band,Earth Wind & Fire , Parliament,Brothers Johnson in the '70s I also owned that Stevie Wonder album Songs In The Key of Life 👍

[@purefoldnz3070]

music went down the sh***er

[@bricefleckenstein9666]

Says something about Rumours is that it's the ONLY album to achieve more than a half year on the charts at #1 in this list. I think it also had some time in an adjacent year TOO - just not the longest of that year. Thriller, on the other hand, and a GIANT spike in it's sales when it was #1.

[@RJS1974]

Rumors doesn’t hold up today. It was an album of its time. It sounds like dated soft rock today. It was always a safe album thy sounded good to everyone in the family. Mom liked it as much as the teenagers in the house. I know cause I was there.

[@bricefleckenstein9666]

@@RJS1974 Debateable. I do prefer the album Fleetwood Mac released before it (Fleetwood Mac, aka their White Album) by a narrow margin, but I certainly still listen to a lot of the songs on both. And quite bluntly, neither of my parents would have anything to do with it, and though my sister liked it she preferred Billy Joel.

[@thebelen2359]

@@RJS1974Idk, I'm young and listened to it for the first time this year, and I liked it.

[@gclip9883]

@@RJS1974 Hard disagree. It holds up phenomenally. Rumors is still charting on the Billboard 200 RIGHT NOW at number 38. That TikTok video a few years ago really introduced them to a younger audience, and it has since held its ground. And it's one of the best produced albums of all time. Everything about the mix is basically perfect, it's super crisp and spacious, which makes it sound better than even most music today (especially if you have a great hifi system or headphones).

[@dollarmansihombing7567]

billboard chart rules since 2016, it's been different since they counted streams. That's why popular albums on the billboard 200, such as Taylor Swift or Adele, have always been on the charts from 2017 until now with a count of 1500 streams equivalent to 1 unit. It was different in the physical era, albums that left the Billboard 200 chart, no longer existed or fewer people bought the album, but they still played it at home but Billboard didn't count the CDs they played as Billboard continued to count streams in the streaming era which caused the album to always it's on the billboard 200 and will never leave the charts. Even old albums from the 1970s to the 2010s are still on the Billboard 200 because of streaming and will always be there. That's the difference between billboard charts and physical calculation systems and streaming. it's very very different.

[@purefoldnz3070]

simply put its shite.

[@dollarmansihombing7567]

@@purefoldnz3070 you can check out now, 90% albums on billboard 200 are old albums and it's all count based on stresming.That's why 10 taylor swift's album are there and always stay since 2017. Billboard has no competition anymore in this streaming era

[@fredaurelezehoumoussock3122]

Thriller 37 weeks at#1.

[@jorgearias3940]

Greetings from Costa Rica. *Like a Prayer by Madonna spent 6 weeks in 1989. Long live The Queen❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Let's remember having an album on number one, do not make a singer, the best. 🎉 7:35

[@whfan007]

The bodyguard was number one for 20 weeks, but 3 of those weeks were in 1992.

[@loganjamieson4176]

And I-I-I-I-I...

[@Gary-tm1kx]

1972 When Chicago had Terry Kath , they were a different, and MUCH BETTER band. Far removed from the junk they did in the ' 80s. R.I.P. Terry 🙏🙏🙏 .

[@Thomasthewhomas]

Taylor Swift: 3 Whitney Houston: 3 Elton John: 3 The Beatles: 2 Eminem: 2 Drake: 2 50 Cent: 2 Adele: 2

[@danielvilela7139]

Ew

[@Thomasthewhomas]

@@danielvilela7139 ikr

[@boxthebox8659]

@@ThomasthewhomasMorgan wallen also got three I guess

[@Peeh_Souza]

You can now put Taylor at 4 lol.

[@arkhamguard6479]

The Beatles and Elton John are the only ones I respect here

[@ashitaka6212]

Whitney ❤❤❤ Adele❤❤. I love my divas.

[@RJS1974]

I’ve decided I don’t like Adele. It sounds like she’s always shouting or yelling her songs. HELLO!!!! Lol

[@demonslayer5613]

billy ray efffin cyrus who woulda thought

[@swagerty-wl7bn]

2024 : the tortured Poets departemen 15 weeks

[@levibachiller1410]

Whwere is paula abdul that was 1989,britney spears, and shania twain,celine dion's falling into you?

[@edgarmusiclover1967]

Morgan wallen is only a USA artist

[@Ariesguy41499]

Last night was the most streamed song on Apple Music global in 2023 and he’s headlining BST Hyde Park festival in London this summer so take from that what you will…..

[@URJAMES10]

Nah really....

[@hollstrom]

From 2000 onwards I switched off the sound and hit the highest speed just to get the info but without having to indulge anymore in what was offered.

[@steamboatwill3.367]

You were missing out

[@lwh7301]

I did that a decade earlier.

[@mr.mealldaylong8013]

2:08...FUN FACT... THIS ALBUM was THE FIRST ALBUM to DEBUT AT #1 on THE BILLBOARD 200 ALBUMS CHART 😮🎉❤

[@MzK985fm]

Absolute qlt🤍

[@winky3]

will anyone see the artist with the most recurring appearances here? also I can’t believe nirvana wasn’t on this at all.

[@matthewcole4753]

Elton John or Whitney Houston

[@TheKidwonda]

Nirvana’s best chance was probably Nevermind and the month before it came out Metallica had released the Black Album and Pearl Jam had release Ten and the month it actually came out Garth Brooks released Ropin the Wind, Guns n Roses released Use your Illusion 1 & 2 and RHCP released Blood Sugar Sex Magik so yeah they were screwed.

[@winky3]

@@TheKidwondahonestly nevermind is the drake album. nirvanas is just nevermind lol.

[@TheKidwonda]

@@winky3 my bad bro not sure how the hell i fucked that up

[@winky3]

@@TheKidwondayou’re good lmao. shit was funny as hell.

[@prodigaldsd2003]

Looking at this fully emphasizes just how "out of IT" I am and have been for quite some time. Laughing and muttering "who the f---k is that?!"

[@anthonybirkholz6104]

The Queen is on this list three years. Whitney Houston. She is the Greatest singer of all time and NOBODY comes close.

[@jota8193]

Please. More videos about best critic acclaimed music and less about most popular. Thanks

[@Gary-tm1kx]

Bad Bunny : Fine artist , terrific wrestler. 😊😊😊

[@cjulian163]

It's a Horrible Artist The decadence of The Músic

[@Gary-tm1kx]

@@cjulian163 Yeah, I know. I was trying to be funny, but I guess that fell flat . The " fine artist " part was sarcastic, but seriously he is a surprisingly good wrestler doing it part time in the WWE .

[@Gary-tm1kx]

@@cjulian163 By the way, I agree that today's music can't hold a candle to the great stuff we had in the past.

[@katyapervaya]

The Bodyguard album 20 weeks not 17

[@DaveNetWorld]

3 of its 20 weeks comes from the end of 1992. These are the album's with the most weeks at #1 of any given YEAR Jan 1st to Dec 31st, in this case 1993.

[@loganjamieson4176]

You forgot 1979!

[@JuanLopez-ef5pr]

And yet the group that out sold , out charted everyone else and impacted the industry and culture the most had only 2 entries.... and everyone still try to copy and feed from them....and still are selling and talked about ( disbanded in 1970)........The Beatles . Best music was produced from 1964 /74 .

[@Pig_Man06]

Justin Timberlake had his insomniac on

[@fob1xxl]

1978 "Blew It Out Of The Water" ! From 2017 on, I no longer cared......

[@karanrai2408]

2022 Taylor Swift midnight and 2024 Taylor Swift ttpd

[@19thriller83]

Michael Jackson still the undisputed holder for the best selling album

[@jamesbrice6619]

No wonder the world is so f..ked up

[@limitqa]

how is hybrid theory not here? i am biased but rlly where is it

[@crazeverseben7583]

Only hit number 2

[@limitqa]

@@crazeverseben7583 dang

[@dansavik7137]

Rock disappeared from the top of the charts and did not come back, that was surprising.

[@moses1004]

American fool(1982)-John cougar

[@ceciliacruz-bw8bo]

7:11 JAJAJJAAJJA XD

[@gotreowen7272]

que da tanta gracia

[@nyw4861]

4:02 opening song marvel studios

[@AyuRosma-c3v]

Ttpd :17 weeks

[@Keith-ug7zi]

What happened in 2013 only three weeks

[@dontreadmyprofilepic2124]

The fact that you've got no Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan, Queen, Black Sabbath, Rolling Stones, Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix and no Dark Side of the Moon really goes to show people have always had crap taste

[@orange_guice]

Alright grandpa

[@dontreadmyprofilepic2124]

@@orange_guice I'm 14

[@marcusdanelon8253]

@orange_guice i'm with him too

[@bahbaroni9955]

Dude just beacuse people have other interests doesnt mean they have crap taste. This is all subjective. I love all of the artists you just mentioned but for the life of me will never understand music fans who criticize others for their tast

[@ZombieKillaGDB]

@@bahbaroni9955he’s not being serious, and he’s right. If people had any taste, there would be a Led Zeppelin album up there (still joking)

[@fern_2148]

2:35 JOJO REFERENCE

[@HectorTWE]

Who the F is Morgan Wallen lmao

[@anthonybirkholz6104]

where is 1979?

[@zanussidish5685]

Somewhere after 1978

[@yoyea2807]

Jajaja, desde hace 20 años, cada año peor que el anterior, y los últimos el colmo de lo mediocre y amusical

[@moonwalkerfr]

thriller spent 32 weeks, not 22

[@JhenuarieDelmendo]

so many micjackson songs missing.. BLACK OR WHITE THEY DONT CARE ABOUT US ROCK WITH U WANNA BE STARTING SOMETHING THRILLER

[@getawaycat.rep13]

they are talking about albums

[@robob3586]

A surprising lack of rock/metal on there

[@danielburger1775]

Sadly, not surprising.

[@19thriller83]

George Michael and Ricky Martin have the same category

[@AndresGrimace]

Billboard and Rolling Stone magazine are shit!!!

[@adele.british]

30 2021 or 22

[@ウルトララトルウ]

なんでビートルズが一枚だけやねん。しかもマジカル〜って😨

[@bestsongsbb6681]

Quando vejo backstreet boys, Eminem e outros lixo já paro de ver 😅

[@spaghettisauce445]

how is dark side of the moon not for 73

[@TheManInMeOfficial]

Believe it or not it was only #1 for one week

[@spaghettisauce445]

@@TheManInMeOfficial that's absolutely sad but yellow brick road is still one of the greatest ever so its fine

[@wolfis07x4]

​@@TheManInMeOfficialbut didn't he have a record 900 weeks on the billboard?

[@RJS1974]

Dark Side of the Moon was number one for one week in 73. But it had legs as they say in the entertainment industry. It kept selling and selling over the years.

[@OnlyGoodMusic_]

​@@TheManInMeOfficialThe craziest thing is that in the UK it wasn't even number 1.

[@bebebe6090]

51%

[@chrisrj9871]

A little depressing that we're all devolving into country bumpkins all of a sudden. At least some years didn't have worse album predictions coming true like 2017 or 2020 (Ed Sheeran and WAP, resp.)

[@Ariesguy41499]

Oh cmon there’s worse things going on in music than country, which has sort of become the new rap in terms of popularity

[@chrisrj9871]

@@Ariesguy41499 - rap was bad in the millennium, but country's so much worse. I gave it a shot between 1999-2001, then 9-11 hit and more country singers started showing their "true patriotic colors" and I was like, "ohhh that's why people my age hate country" (I'm a Xennial). Some artists were fine, like the Dixie Chicks, but yeah I more/less weened off of it. While I hope rap stays relevant and gets better (like 90s better), I hope rock comes back in a BIG way (it's trying) and I hope country gets out of its trump cult phase _quick._

[@Ariesguy41499]

@@chrisrj9871 You’re judging an entire genre based on your 20+ yr old listening experience there’s your first mistake acting like it’s just like it was at that time. Also it sounds like You don’t necessarily have a problem with the sound as much as you do the politics of it. Of which I must point out that there are alot more openly progressive/liberal artists than there were in post 9/11 country.

[@chrisrj9871]

@@Ariesguy41499 - it's all a bunch of country bumpkin stuff from 1950, that's not me. I like rock and dance and rap when they're done right. Going backwards just isn't working. Anytime I hear it, it's like I'm devolving into somebody I'm not.

[@Ariesguy41499]

@@chrisrj9871 You do realize it’s not “50s country pumpkin” stuff anymore and alot of modern country sounds like rock, pop and hiphop right? Hell one of the biggest reasons millennial fans in particular love Morgan is because he doesn’t just do traditional country but he incorporates alot of hiphop flows and 808 beats into his music like in the studio versions of the two songs that were played in the video (Wasted On You, Last Night, and You Proof).🤷‍♂️

[@edicionanimacion8879]

morgan whaaaat!!! xD no way, dont force people to hear that shit kind of music

[@ROYBATTY2019]

AND 1979????? WHERE IS IT????

[@Bella-yb2qm]

Seriously no madonna and Britney? Queen and princess of pop.🤔

[@gamerfordreamermlbb2573]

2024 : the Tortured Poets departemen

[@juanignaciocavaliere8417]

🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@Criensiu]

There is no entry for 1979.

[@vinilivicious]

Rap is bored; better never mind the bollocks

[@albertmiller2electricbooga897]

How is Last Night still number 1 it's so mid

[@Ariesguy41499]

It was the most streamed song globally on Apple Music last year so obviously alot of people disagree with you

[@eileenryan2248]

Elton.

[@lwh7301]

How can anyone actually want to listen to Taylor Swift?

[@morbidlyobeserobocop3038]

Boy that went downhill real quick lol

[@วสากรมะลิแก้ว]

Would tour rad hot chili papers

[@zanussidish5685]

The last few years seem instantly forgettable?

[@jonestoke1180]

No body better than michael jackson thriller ❤❤❤❤

[@SilviocesarmonteiromarinhoMari]

Beatles 2 vezes

[@adele.british]

Adele 2015 not that rat

[@l.d.rt.s169]

No it's not Adele since 25 didn't stay at number 1 for more than 6 weeks in 2015 (because she released it mid November) it continued its run at number 1 in 2016.

[@adele.british]

@@l.d.rt.s169 so why isn’t it there

[@l.d.rt.s169]

@@adele.british in 2016 you mean? Well because drake's album stayed at no 1 for 13 weeks in 2016 and 25 didn't ..that's why

[@adele.british]

@@l.d.rt.s169 yes, but 25 was way more successful it’s weird but whateves

[@l.d.rt.s169]

@@adele.british I know it was more successful but the album was front loaded in its first 5-6 weeks but then it faded the next year so thats probably why drake won over.

[@eskenazibeth]

Horrible selections 💯%

[@crazycube32]

Recovery is an awesome album.

[@jacobcote5528]

This is not personal choice list

[@hans-peter43]

Buhlshit Elvis Blue Hawaii was 20 weeks.nr.1,.GI Blues 10 Weeks,. Elvis presley 10Weeks, Elvis 10 weeks.