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Courtesy of Beth Garrabrant
The Billboard 200 tracks the biggest albums every week during the weekly tracking period from Friday through Thursday. While the charts were previously determined simply by record sales, the changing technological landscape has led Billboard to expand its methodology in the 21st century.
One of the most significant changes came in 2014 when Billboard transitioned from pure sales to a combination of factors including online streaming performance and individual track sales in addition to traditional album sales. An album sale counts as one album unit. The sale of 10 individual tracks also counts as one album unit. And you need 3,750 ad-supported streams or 1,250 paid subscription streams to equal one album unit. In 2020 Billboard expanded its criteria yet again to include music videos on platforms like YouTube.
The record for the most number-one albums is held by The Beatles with 19 chart-toppers; they also hold the record for the most number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 with 20. Beatles member Paul McCartney actually has 27 top albums when you also count his solo albums and his albums with the band Wings. Jay-Z ranks second with 14 number-one albums, which makes him the top solo artist on the all-time list. Barbra Streisand, Taylor Swift, and Bruce Springsteen are next with 11 number-ones apiece. Streisand is the only artist to claim the top spot in six different decades.
Who’s making history this year? See the full list below, updating throughout 2023.
Taylor Swift, ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’
4 weeks at number-one
This was the most successful debut for any “Taylor’s Version” album. It achieved the most equivalent units of any album in eight years. It had the best streaming week for a “Taylor’s Version” album. It had the biggest vinyl week for any album in the modern era. And it’s Swift’s 13th number-one album overall, extending her record for the most chart-toppers by a female artist.
November 11 — 1.653 million album units
November 18 — 245,000 album units
December 9 — 141,000 album units
December 30 — 136,000 album unitsNicki Minaj, ‘Pink Friday 2’
1 week at number-one
This is Minaj’s third number-one album, the most ever for a female rapper. She also debuted with the best streaming week of her entire career.
December 23 — 228,000 album units
Atee*z, ‘The World EP.Fin: Will’
1 week at number-one
This is the K-pop band’s first chart-topping effort and the fifth Korean release to reach number-one in 2023 alone.
December 16 — 152,000 album units
Drake, ‘For All the Dogs’
2 weeks at number-one
This is the 13th number-one album of Drake’s career, placing him behind The Beatles (19) and Jay-Z (14) on the all-time list. It had the biggest streaming week to date for any album in 2023, and it had the fourth biggest streaming for any album ever. His own “Scorpion” holds the record for the most streams ever in a single week.
October 21 — 402,000 album units
December 2 — 145,000 album unitsStray Kids, ‘Rock-Star’
1 week at number-one
This was the fourth Stray Kids album to debut at number-one in a span of just 20 months. They’re the first act to debut their first four albums on top since Alicia Keys in the 2000s. It’s the 22nd album primarily in a language besides English to top the chart.
November 25 — 224,000 album units
Blink 182, ‘One More Time’
1 week at number-one
This is the third number-one album of their career, following “Take Off Your Pants and Jacket” (2001) and “California” (2016). This is the first album from the complete trio of Travis Barker, Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge since DeLonge left the group in 2015.
November 4 — 125,000 album units
Bad Bunny, ‘Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana’
1 week at number-one
This is the third number-one album for Bad Bunny following “El Ultimo Tour Del Mundo” and “Un Verano Sin Ti.” Overall, it’s the fourth Spanish-language album to top the chart.
October 28 — 184,000 album units
Morgan Wallen, ‘One Thing at a Time’
16 weeks at number-one
Coming two years after the release of his blockbuster album “Dangerous,” Wallen’s collection topped the chart with the best streaming numbers ever for a country album. Wallen becomes the first male solo artist to spend 10 weeks or more at number-one with back-to-back albums. “One Thing at a Time” is also the first album since Whitney Houston’s “Whitney” in 1987 to spend its first 11 weeks on top. And it’s the longest reigning number-one country album since Billy Ray Cyrus’s “Some Gave All.”
March 18 — 501,000 album units
March 25 — 259,000 album units
April 1 — 209,500 album units
April 8 — 197,000 album units
April 15 — 173,000 album units
April 22 — 167,000 album units
April 29 — 166,000 album units
May 6 — 149,000 album units
May 13 — 138,000 album units
May 20 — 141,000 album units
May 27 — 134,500 album units
June 3 — 129,000 album units
June 24 — 115,000 album units
July 1 — 110,000 album units
July 8 — 110,500 album units
October 14 — 74,500 album unitsRod Wave, ‘Nostalgia’
2 weeks at number-one
This is the rapper’s third number-one album following “SoulFly” (2021) and “Beautiful Mind” (2022). It’s his first album to spend multiple weeks at number-one. He’s the only artist besdies Taylor Swift to have a new album top the chart in each of the last three years.
September 30 — 137,000 album units
October 7 — 88,000 album unitsOlivia Rodrigo, ‘Guts’
1 week at number-one
This is Rodrigo’s second straight album to debut at number-one. She’s the first woman since Ariana Grande to debut on top with her two initial chart entries.
September 23 — 302,000 album units
Zach Bryan, ‘Zach Bryan’
2 weeks at number-one
This is the country rocker’s fourth studio album and the first to reach number-one. It achieved the biggest streaming week for any rock album in history.
September 9 — 200,000 album units
September 16 — 115,000 album unitsTravis Scott, ‘Utopia’
4 weeks at number-one
This is the third number-one album for Travis Scott. It had the biggest week of the year to date for a hip-hop album. It’s also the first hip-hop album since Drake’s “Scorpion” to spend its first four weeks at number-one.
August 12 — 496,000 album units
August 19 — 147,000 album units
August 26 — 185,000 album units
September 2 — 161,000 album unitsNewJeans, ‘2nd EP Get Up’
1 week at number-one
This is the first number-one album for the K-pop girl group and their first album to chart anywhere on the Billboard 200.
August 5 — 126,500 album units
Taylor Swift, ‘Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)’
2 weeks at number-one
This is Swift’s 12th number-one album, breaking her tie with Barbra Streisand for the most ever by a woman. It also achieved the most album units for any album in a single week in 2023, surpassing Morgan Wallen’s “One Thing at a Time.” And it’s the first “Taylor’s Version” album to spend its first two weeks on top.
July 22 — 716,000 album units
July 29 — 121,000 album unitsLil Uzi Vert, ‘Pink Tape’
1 week at number-one
This is Lil Uzi Vert’s third album to top the Billboard 200, following “Luv is Rage 2” in 2017 and “Eternal Atake” in 2020. It’s also the first number-one rap album of 2023, making this the longest gap between rap number-ones since 1993.
July 15 — 167,000 album units
Stray Kids, ‘5-Star’
1 week at number-one
The K-pop group achieved their third number-one album in the span of about 16 months. It’s the third chart-topper of the year in a predominantly non-English language.
June 17 — 249,500 album units
Taylor Swift, ‘Midnights’
1 week at number-one in 2023 (6 weeks total)
The album was released in the fall of 2022 and spent five weeks in the top spot, but a couple of special editions released on May 26, 2023, brought the collection back to the top spot. It had the best sales week for any album in 2023 up to that point.
June 10 — 282,000 album units
Karol G, ‘Mañana Será Bonito’
1 week at number-one
This was Karol G’s first album ever to debut in the top 10, let alone reach number-one. By debuting in the top spot, she becomes the first woman ever to do so with an all-Spanish-language album. She also had the best streaming week ever for a Latin album by a woman.
March 11 — 94,000 album units
SZA, ‘SOS’
8 weeks at number-one in 2023 (10 weeks total)
“SOS” began its run at number-one in late 2022, when it made history with the biggest streaming week for any R&B album ever. It’s the first R&B album by a woman to spend nine weeks at number-one since Mariah Carey’s self-titled debut album in 1991.
January 7 — 128,000 album units
January 14 — 125,000 album units
January 21 — 125,000 album units
January 28 — 119,000 album units
February 4 — 111,000 album units
February 18 — 100,000 album units
February 25 — 93,000 album units
March 4 — 87,000 album unitsTomorrow X Together, ‘The Name Chapter: Temptation’
1 week at number-one
This is the first number-one album for the K-pop group, and it had the best sales week since Taylor Swift’s “Midnights.” It’s also the 17th non-English language album to top the chart following releases by artists ranging from BTS to Bad Bunny.
February 11 — 161,500 album units
