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Ever wondered which albums produced the most US Top 10 singles?

 

This is a list of all albums that have spawned 4 or more US top 10 singles. Stats taken from the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

 

Breakdown by decade: 

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60's - 1 title 

70's - 4 titles 

80's - 36 titles (the era of the blockbuster pop album) 

90's - 8 titles 

00's - 14 titles 

10's - 10 titles

 

Breakdown by gender: 

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33 - Female solo or group 

30 - Male solo or group 

5 - Mixed gender group or soundtrack

 

Artists with the most albums on the list: 

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4 - Michael Jackson 

3 - Whitney Houston, Janet Jackson, Madonna, Taylor Swift 

2 - Beyonce, Phil Collins, Lady Gaga, Huey Lewis, Lionel Richie

 

Titles on the list that didn’t achieve a #1 hit:

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Ariana Grande - My Everything (2-3-4-7)

Taylor Dayne - Tell It to My Heart (2-3-7-7)

Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway (2-6-6-7)

The Pointer Sisters - Break Out (3-5-6-9)

Taylor Swift - Fearless (2-4-9-10)

Huey Lewis and The News - Sports (6-6-6-8)

 

Top 10:

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Rhythm Nation 1814

1. Janet Jackson

Rhythm Nation (1989)
 

 

Seven Top 5 Hits: 
1-1-1-1-2-2-4 

The only album to ever produce seven Top 5 hits (remarkably, this could have likely produced 2 more top 10 hits had radio favorites "State of the World" and "Someday is Tonight" also been released as singles) 

#1 Miss You Much 
#1 Escapade 
#1 Black Cat 
#1 Love Will Never Do (Without You) 
#2 Rhythm Nation 
#2 Come Back to Me 
#4 Alright 

#5 [Airplay Chart] State of the World

 

Thriller

2. Michael Jackson

Thriller (1982)
 

 

Seven Top 10 hits: 
1-1-2-4-5-7-10 

The first album to produce seven top 10 hits.

#1 Billie Jean 
#1 Beat It 
#2 The Girl Is Mine 
#4 Thriller 
#5 Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 
#7 Human Nature 
#10 P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)

 

Born in the U.S.A.

3. Bruce Springsteen

Born in the U.S.A. (1984)
 

 

Seven Top 10 hits: 
2-5-6-6-7-9-9 

The second of only three albums to produce Seven Top 10 hits.

#2 Dancing in the Dark 
#5 Glory Days 
#6 I'm on Fire 
#6 My Hometown 
#7 Cover Me 
#9 Born in the U.S.A. 
#9 I'm Goin' Down 

#40 [Rock Airplay] No Surrender

 

Teenage Dream

4. Katy Perry

Teenage Dream (2010)
 

 

Six Top 5 Hits: 
1-1-1-1-1-3 

Tied with Michael Jackson's Bad as the only 2 albums with five #1 singles. 

#1 California Gurls
#1 Teenage Dream
#1 E.T.
#1 Firework
#1 Last Friday Nighy (T.G.I.F.)
#3 The One That Got Away

#53 Not Like the Movies
#58 Circle the Drain
#105 Peacock

Note: After the album had run it's course, an expanded version, Teenage Dream (The Complete Confection), was released, which included 2 more Top 10 hits. If this expanded version counted, the album would jump to #1 on this list, with 8 Top 10 hits. 
(1-1-1-1-1-1-2-3)

 

Faith

5. George Michael

Faith (1987)
 

 

Six Top 5 hits: 
1-1-1-1-2-5 

#1 Faith 
#1 One More Try 
#1 Father Figure 
#1 Monkey
#2 I Want Your Sex
#5 Kissing A Fool

#5 [Dance/Club Play Chart] Hard Day

 

Bad

6. Michael Jackson

Bad (1987)
 

 

Six Top 10 hits: 
1-1-1-1-1-7 

The first, and until 2011, only album to produce five #1 pop singles. 

#1 I Just Can't Stop Loving You 
#1 Bad 
#1 The Way You Make Me Feel 
#1 Man in the Mirror 
#1 Dirty Diana 
#7 Smooth Criminal 

#11 Another Part of Me

 

janet.

7. Janet Jackson

janet. (1993)
 

 

Six Top 10 hits: 
1-1-2-4-8-10 

#1 That's the Way Love Goes 
#1 Again
#2 Any Time, Any Place 
#4 If 
#8 You Want This
#10 Because of Love 

#2 [Dance/Club Play Chart] Throb
#12 [Rhythmic Top 40] Where Are You Now

 

Forever Your Girl

8. Paula Abdul

Forever Your Girl (1988)
 

 

Five Top 5 hits: 
1-1-1-1-3 

#1 Straight Up 
#1 Opposites Attract 
#1 Forever Your Girl 
#1 Cold Hearted 
#3 (It’s Just) The Way That You Love Me 

#41 Knocked Out

 

Girl You Know It's True

9. Milli Vanilli

Girl You Know It’s True (1989)
 

 

Five Top 5 hits: 
1-1-1-2-4 

#1 Baby Don't Forget My Number 
#1 Girl I'm Gonna Miss You 
#1 Blame It on the Rain 
#2 Girl You Know It's True 
#4 All or Nothing

 

True Blue

10. Madonna

True Blue (1986)
 

 

Five Top 5 hits: 
1-1-1-3-4 

#1 Live to Tell 
#1 Papa Don't Preach 
#1 Open Your Heart 
#3 True Blue 
#4 La Isla Bonita

 

ATRL highlights:

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1989

15. Taylor Swift

1989 (2014)
 

 

Five Top 10 hits: 
1-1-1-5-6 

#1 Shake It off
#1 Blank Space
#1 Bad Blood
#5 Wildest Dreams
#6 Style

#18 Out of the Woods
#46 New Romantics
#48 Welcome to New York 
#51 Wonderland
#83 You Are in Love

 

Mariah Carey

23. Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey (1990)
 

 

Four Top 5 hits: 
1-1-1-1 

#1 Vision of Love 
#1 Love Takes Time 
#1 Someday 
#1 I Don’t Wanna Cry

Christina Aguilera

24. Christina Aguilera

Christina Aguilera  (1999)
 

 

Four Top 5 hits: 
1-1-1-3 

#1 Genie in a Bottle
#1 What A Girl Wants
#1 Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)
#3 I Turn to You

 

Dangerously in Love

30. Beyoncé

Dangerously in Love (2003)
 

 

Four Top 5 hits: 
1-1-3-4 

#1 Crazy in Love
#1 Baby Boy
#3 Naughty Girl
#4 Me, Myself and I

#57 Dangerously in Love 2

 

Like a Virgin

36. Madonna

Like a Virgin (1984)
 

 

Four Top 5 hits: 
1-2-5-5 

#1 Like a Virgin 
#2 Material Girl 
#5 Angel 
#5 Dress You Up

 

Loud

38. Rihanna

Loud (2010)
 

 

Four Top 10 hits: 
1-1-1-7 

#1 Only Girl (In the World)
#1 What’s My Name
#1 S&M
#7 Cheers (Drink to That)

#37 California King Bed
#59 Man Down

 

Like a Prayer

41. Madonna

Like a Prayer (1989)
 

 

Four Top 10 hits: 
1-2-2-8 

#1 Like a Prayer 
#2 Express Yourself 
#2 Cherish 
#8 Keep It Together

#20 Oh Father

 

Survivor

43. Destiny’s Child

Survivor (2001)
 

 

Four Top 10 hits: 
1-1-2-10 

#1 Independent Women Part I
#1 Bootylicious
#2 Survivor
#10 Emotion

 

The Fame

46. Lady Gaga

The Fame (2008)
 

 

Four Top 10 hits: 
1-1-5-6 

#1 Just Dance
#1 Poker Face
#5 LoveGame
#6 Paparazzi

 

My Everything

52. Ariana Grande

My Everything (2014)
 

 

Four Top 10 Hits: 
2-3-4-7 

#2 Problem
#3 Bang Bang
#4 Break Free
#7 Love Me Harder

#13 One Last Time
#49 Best Mistake

 

I Am... Sasha Fierce

54. Beyoncé

I Am... Sasha Fierce (2008)
 

 

Four Top 10 hits: 
1-3-5-10 

#1 Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)
#3 If I Were a Boy
#5 Halo
#10 Sweet Dreams

#39 Ego
#65 Video Phone

 

Red

56. Taylor Swift

Red (2012)
 

 

Four Top 10 hits: 
1-2-6-7 

#1 We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
#2 I Knew You Were Trouble.
#6 Red
#7 Begin Again

#13 State of Grace
#20 22
#32 Everything Has Changed
#64 The Moment I Knew
#65 I Almost Do 
#80 All Too Well 
#91 Stay Stay Stay

 

Born This Way

61. Lady Gaga

Born This Way (2011)
 

 

Four Top 10 Hits: 
1-3-6-10 

#1 Born This Way
#3 The Edge of Glory
#6 Yoü and I
#10 Judas

#12 Hair
#29 Marry the Night

 

Animal

62. Ke$ha

Animal (2010)
 

 

Four Top 10 hits: 
1-4-7-8 

#1 Tik Tok
#4 Your Love Is My Drug
#7 Blah Blah Blah
#8 Take It Off

 

Fearless

68. Taylor Swift

Fearless (2008)
 

 

Four Top 10 hits: 
2-4-9-10 

+ another #10 hit, "Jump Then Fall", if the expanded re-issue, Fearless (Platinum Edition), is counted. 

#2 You Belong With Me
#4 Love Story
#9 Fearless
#10 Change

#11 You’re Not Sorry
#13 White Horse
#23 Fifteen
#34 Forever & Always 
#72 The Way I Loved You 
#87 Breathe 
#94 Hey Stephen

 

Close but no cigar:

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Good Girl Gone Bad

72. Rihanna

Good Girl Gone Bad (2007)
 

 

This one would have five top 10 hits if the expanded re-issue, Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded, were counted.
(1-1-1-3-7)

However, the original album doesn't qualify for the list, as it only included 3 of the total 5. 
(1-3-7)

 

Did your favorite artists make it?

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camila coming 

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Janet's Control had 5 Top 10 hits

- What Have You Don't For Me Lately

- Nasty

- When I think Of You

- Control

- Lets Wait Awhile

 

* Pleasure Principle only hit #14 due to only being available as a vinyl single and not a cd or cassette single. 

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5 minutes ago, channel orange said:

3 - Whitney Houston, Janet Jackson, Madonna, Taylor Swift 

Legends only. :clap3:

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Gaga :jonny: 

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1 minute ago, Adonis said:

Janet's Control had 5 Top 10 hits

- What Have You Don't For Me Lately

- Nasty

- When I think Of You

- Control

- Lets Wait Awhile

 

* Pleasure Principle only hit #14 due to only being available as a vinyl single and not a cd or cassette single. 

yes, it’s at #13 on the list

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Lady Gaga

7 with The Fame Monster 

Just Dance #1

Poker Face #1

Paparazzi #6

Love Game #5

Bad Romance #2

Telephone #3

Alejandro #5 

 

also Born This Way 4 solo top10 hits

Born This Way #1

Judas #10

Edge Of Glory #3

You and I #6

 

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2 minutes ago, AlexStexaul said:

Lady Gaga

7 with The Fame Monster 

Just Dance #1

Poker Face #1

Paparazzi #6

Love Game #5

Bad Romance #2

Telephone #3

Alejandro #5 

 

also Born This Way 4 solo top10 hits

Born This Way #1

Judas #10

Edge Of Glory #3

You and I #6

 

The Fame and Monster are counted as separate albums

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Christina slaying. 

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GGGB: Reloaded not being included makes no sense since Billboard, RIAA and every official album chart around the world counts GGGB & the re-issue as 1 album

 

It would count as a separate album if the re-issue had more than 3 new songs (Billboard rule)

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Just now, channel orange said:

The Fame and Monster are counted as separate albums

Oh okey. Too bad Gaga would easly get another top10 from The Fame or The Fame Monster alone , i wish she released another quick single from The Fame Monster at least.

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Just now, istan4badgalriri said:

GGGB: Reloaded not being included makes no sense since Billboard, RIAA and every official album chart around the world counts GGGB & the re-issue as 1 album

this is same with The Fame Monster too. 

For RIAA and Billboard they counted as together too and other chart sites.

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Just now, AlexStexaul said:

Oh okey. Too bad Gaga would easly get another top10 from The Fame or The Fame Monster alone , i wish she released another quick single from The Fame Monster at least.

at that point of her career everything she touched turned to gold so i wouldn’t be too surprised if she pushed at least one or even two more singles

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Just now, channel orange said:

at that point of her career everything she touched turned to gold so i wouldn’t be too surprised if she pushed at least one or even two more singles

yeah , she moved to Born This Way really quick , she would 've released Monster during Halloween to get another quick Top10 too bad.

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2 minutes ago, istan4badgalriri said:

GGGB: Reloaded not being included makes no sense since Billboard, RIAA and every official album chart around the world counts GGGB & the re-issue as 1 album

 

It would count as a separate album if the re-issue had more than 3 new songs (Billboard rule)

true, but TDTCC isn’t counted for Katy either

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What about Purpose?

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Faith should be higher :biblio:

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Legend Janet!

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Ugh, why couldnt it be a minimum of 3 Top 10s. Revival robbed 

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I love how these lists always count The Complete Confection as a different album, when it's TD + 3 new songs. She would be #1. But still, 6 top 10s is amazing too :clap3: 

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1 hour ago, channel orange said:

4 - Michael Jackson 

3 - Whitney Houston, Janet Jackson, Madonna, Taylor Swift 

2 - Beyonce, Phil Collins, Lady Gaga, Huey Lewis, Lionel Richie

LEGENDS only

 

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Katy, Madonna :clap3:

 

Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection having the most top 10s EVER :clap3:

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35 minutes ago, novembers17th said:

What about Purpose?

Three Top 10 hits:

 

#1 What Do You Mean

#1 Sorry

#1 Love Yourself

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#19 I’ll Show You

#31 The Feeling

#42 Mark My Words

#43 Purpose

#53 Company

#54 No Sense

#67 Life Is Worth Living

#74 Children

#81 Been You

#88 We Are

#90 Get Used To It

#98 Trust

 

Where Are Ü Now doesn’t count as a single from Purpose, no idea why, it’s not on the wikipedia page either

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Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual

Madonna - Like a Virgin, True Blue, Like a Prayer

Janet - Control, Rhythm Nation 1814, Janet.

Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey

Beyonce - Dangerously in Love, I Am... Sasha Fierce

Lady Gaga - The Fame, Born This Way

 

TALENT :clap3:

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