Billboard 200
American weekly album chart
Summary
The Billboard 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States. It is published weekly by Billboard magazine to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists. Sometimes, a recording act is remembered for its "number ones" that outperformed all other albums during at least one week. The chart grew from a weekly top 10 list in 1956 to become a top 200 list in May 1967, acquiring its existing name in March 1992. Its previous names include the Billboard Top LPs (1961–1972), Billboard Top LPs & Tapes (1972–1984), Billboard Top 200 Albums (1984–1985), Billboard Top Pop Albums (1985–1991), and Billboard 200 Top Albums (1991–1992).
Originally created by OldakQuill
6/16/2004, 2:45:40 PM
Modified
6/2/2026, 6:31:31 PM
Recent revisions
/* Most number-one albums */ Updated access-date parameter value within reference for the tally of number-one albums for artist [[Drake (musician)|Drake]], as the reference is used elsewhere within the article.
/* Most weeks on the chart */ Incremented accumulated weeks for titles listed on this week's chart (the week of June 6, 2026); also added two new titles to the commented section of titles that are within striking distance of the main list: '[[AM (Arctic Monkeys album)|AM]]' by [[Arctic Monkeys]] and '[[Reputation (album)|reputation]]' by [[Taylor Swift]].
/* Most weeks spent in the top-ten */
/* Most weeks spent in the top-ten */
Removed Golden Hour: Part.4. I was mistaken.
Added Golden Hour Part 4 under EP’s that reached no.1.
/* EPs to reach number one on the Billboard 200 */
/* Artist milestones */
/* Most albums in the top 10 simultaneously */
/* Most albums in the top 10 simultaneously */
Minor text improvements to introduction.
/* Most weeks on the chart */ Where necessary, Wikipedia user [[User:BrothaTimothy|BrothaTimothy]] neglected to update the values of the title, date, and/or access-date parameters within the references of each album requiring an update to the total number of weeks charted.
/* Most weeks on the chart */
/* Most number-one albums */ With [[Iceman (album)|Iceman]] debuting at No. 1 this week, Canadian rapper [[Drake (musician)|Drake]] now has a total of 15 number-one albums.
/* Most top-10 albums */ expand to 10 artists
/* Most albums in the top 200 simultaneously */ trim
/* Most cumulative weeks at number one */ trim
