charts discussion Females with most #1 albums accross Europe

[alestevens]

Hi. I wanted to make a list out of this, thought it would make an interesting stat since Europe is always discussed as an important market for popstars to crack. I included 16 European countries for this list, because they are the ones one of the main sources for the thread tracks (acharts.co): UK, Ireland, Sweden, Netherlands, Norway, Belgium (Flanders), Austria, Switzerland, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Denmark, France, Germany, Poland and Finland.

 

Disclaimer: Acharts.co only tracks all the way back to 2003, so stats before those were briefly researched, if there are any mistakes please provide receipts and they'll be fixed. If there are any acts missing, please let me know of the receipts and they'll be added too!

 

OVERALL EUROPEAN RANKING:

 

1. Madonna - 134 #1 albums in 16/16 countries

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12 in the UK

12 in Italy

12 in Germany

12 in Finland

11 in Netherlands

9 in Austria

9 in Switzerland

9 in Spain

8 in Belgium

8 in Portugal

7 in France

6 in Sweden

5 in Ireland

5 in Norway

5 in Denmark

4 in Poland

2. Taylor Swift - 91 #1 albums in 16/16 countries:

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12 in UK
11 in Ireland
8 in Belgium 
8 in Norway
7 in Netherlands 
7 in Portugal 
5 in Switzerland

5 in Sweden
5 in Spain 

5 in Austria 
4 in Denmark
3 in Finland

3 in Germany

3 in France

3 in Italy

1 in Poland

3. Céline Dion - 79 #1 albums in 15/16 countries:

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14 in France

13 in Switzerland

7 in Netherlands

6 in Norway

6 in Belgium

5 in the UK

5 in Ireland

5 in Denmark

4 in Sweden

4 in Austria

3 in Finland

2 in Italy

2 in Germany

1 in Poland

1 in Spain

 

 

4. Adele - 48 #1 albums in 16/16 countries:

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5 in Netherlands 

4 in UK
3 in Ireland

3 in Sweden
3 in Norway 
3 in Belgium 
3 in Austria 
3 in Switzerland

3 in Denmark
3 in France
3 in Germany
3 in Poland
3 in Finland

2 in Italy 
2 in Portugal
2 in Spain 

5. Lady Gaga - 40 #1 albums in 15/16 countries:

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5 in the UK

4 in Ireland

4 in Switzerland

4 in Austria

3 in Portugal

3 in Belgium

3 in France

2 in Norway

2 in Denmark

2 in Italy

2 in Germany

2 in Poland

2 in Finland

1 in Sweden

1 in Netherlands

 

 6. Beyoncé - 39 #1 albums in 14/16 countries:

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6 in Ireland

5 in the UK

4 in Netherlands

3 in Norway

3 in Belgium 

3 in Sweden

2 in Denmark 

2 in France 

2 in Germany

2 in Poland

2 in Portugal

2 in Spain

2 in Switzerland

1 in Austria

7. Ariana Grande - 37 #1 albums in 14/16 countries:

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6 in Norway

5 in the UK

5 in Ireland

4 in Belgium

3 in Netherlands

2 in Denmark

2 in Italy

2 in Portugal

2 in Sweden

2 in Spain

1 in Austria

1 in Switzerland

1 in Finland

1 in Poland

8. Whitney Houston - 34 #1 albums in 13/16 countries:

 

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4 in Austria

3 in Sweden

3 in Netherlands

3 in Norway

3 in Italy

3 in Germany

3 in Poland

2 in Finland

2 in the UK

2 in Ireland

1 in France

1 in Spain

9. Lana Del Rey - 33 #1 albums in 15/16 countries:

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6 in the UK

3 in Norway
4 in Portugal
3 in Switzerland
3 in Ireland
2 in Poland
2 in Spain

2 in Netherlands 
2 in Belgium

1 in Austria
1 in Denmark
1 in Finland
1 in France
1 in Germany
1 in Sweden

10. Billie Eilish - 27 #1 albums in 16/16 countries:

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2 in the UK

2 in Ireland

2 in Sweden

2 in Netherlands

2 in Norway

2 in Belgium

2 in Austria

2 in Switzerland

2 in Portugal

2 in Denmark

2 in Finland

1 in France

1 in Germany

1 in Italy

1 in Spain

1 in Poland

11. Britney Spears - 23 #1 albums in 13/16 countries:

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4 in Switzerland

3 in Ireland

3 in Germany

2 in Portugal

2 in Austria

2 in France

1 in Spain

1 in Italy

1 in Denmark

1 in Sweden

1 in Netherlands

1 in Norway

1 in Belgium

11. P!nk - 23 #1 albums in 8/16 countries:

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6 in Switzerland

3 in the UK

3 in Austria

3 in Ireland

3 in Netherlands

2 in Germany

2 in Belgium

1 in Sweden

13. Shakira - 20 #1 albums in 14/16 countries:

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4 in Spain

2 in Switzerland

2 in Portugal

2 in Italy

1 in Ireland

1 in Sweden

1 in Netherlands

1 in Norway

1 in Belgium

1 in Austria

1 in Denmark

1 in France

1 in Germany

1 in Finland

 13. Olivia Rodrigo - 19 #1 albums in 11/16 countries:

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2 in UK
2 in Ireland
2 in Sweden
2 in Netherlands
2 in Norway
2 in Portugal
2 in Belgium

2 in Spain
1 in Denmark
1 in Austria

1 in Germany

 

15. Mariah Carey - 18 #1 albums in 11/16 countries:

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4 in Netherlands

2 in the UK

2 in Switzerland

2 in France

2 in Germany

1 in Denmark

1 in Finland

1 in Ireland

1 in Belgium

1 in Austria

1 in Portugal

 

15. Rihanna - 18 #1 albums in 5/16 countries:

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5 in Norway

5 in Switzerland

4 in the UK

3 in Ireland

1 in Austria

 

17. Barbra Streisand - 16 #1 albums in 8/16 countries:

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7 in the UK

2 in Sweden

2 in Norway

1 in Austria

1 in Italy

1 in France

1 in Ireland

1 in Netherlands

18. Kylie Minogue - 12 #1 albums in 4/16 countries

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8 in the UK

2 in Ireland

1 in Austria

1 in Germany

18. Cher - 12 #1 albums in 7/16 countries:

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3 in Austria

2 in the UK

2 in Denmark

2 in Germany

1 in Portugal

1 in Norway

1 in Ireland

UNRANKED (less than 10):

 

Jennifer Lopez - 9 #1 albums in 5/16 countries:

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4 in Switzerlands

2 in Netherlands

1 in Spain

1 in Germany

1 in Poland

Christina Aguilera - 8 #1 albums in 7/16 countries:

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2 in the UK

1 in Ireland

1 in Netherlands

1 in Austria

1 in Switzerland

1 in Spain

1 in Germany

Katy Perry - 6 #1 albums in 4/16 countries:

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2 in the UK

2 in Ireland

1 in Austria

1 in Spain

Dua Lipa - 6 #1 albums in 6 countries:

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#1 in the UK

#1 in Ireland

#1 in Spain

#1 in Finland

#1 in Portugal

#1 in Netherlands

Janet Jackson - 2 #1 albums in 2/16 countries:

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1 in the UK

1 in Denmark

 

Edited May 6 by alestevens

[Kyungsoowift]

Taylor  Did not expect her to be at #6, yet alone Top 10 cause ATRL keep calling me she's local to US & Australia only!

[Cute]

My fav did that 

[Rith]

not spain paying dust to gaga like that, after ALEJANDRO 

[TheRealGâteau]

131 

[Kylizzle]

Impressive for Tay considering her albums didn't have much international appeal in her country era 

[Holiest Dreams]

Wait @ Taylor. It can’t be... I mean, ATRL has spent years assuring us she’s local because Europe is her weakest market (despite dominating everywhere else) and yet she’s still slaying there? Could it be that they lied?  

[dweebz]

Madonna and Adele doing the damn thing.

[StrangerInTheDark]

13 minutes ago, Kylizzle said:

Impressive for Tay considering her albums didn't have much international appeal in her country era 

her pop era is longer than her country era. She had like only 3 country albums.

[Kylizzle]

Just now, StrangerInTheDark said:

her pop era is longer than her country era. She had like only 3 country albums.

Technically Red was marketed as a country album, though that's really up to the listener. It was labelled as country in stores though, 1989 was her first album labeled as pop on iTunes / in-market upon release. 

[Mezik]

3 minutes ago, StrangerInTheDark said:

her pop era is longer than her country era. She had like only 3 country albums.

Red was a country album, minus 3ish songs.

[Feanor]

Taylor

[StrangerInTheDark]

Just now, Kylizzle said:

Technically Red was marketed as a country album, though that's really up to the listener. It was labelled as country in stores though, 1989 was her first album labeled as pop on iTunes / in-market upon release. 

Red had more pop sounding singles than some pop albums from 2012 

[One Rude Boy]

Wow Taylor did that with three pop albums, considering debut-Red is undeniably without a doubt country albums.

 

Madonna’s absolute stomp is insane

[LanaDelSex]

having trouble using the site, but what are lana’s numbers like?

[LanaDelSex]

3 minutes ago, LanaDelSex said:

having trouble using the site, but what are lana’s numbers like?

update: lana has 23, which would tie her with britney for 7th overall 

[Ms. Togekiss]

I thought Taylor was super local to the US and a complete flop? Why do these numbers tell me otherwise? should I believe ATRLers or actual facts? 

And if she’s a mega flop what does that say about everyone below her?? 

[Shelter]

The most shocking thing is the UK not being on Britney’s list. 

[bluebirdsforever]

Oh wow 

[TaylorFantasy]

I spent the last 6 years being told Taylor's local / irrelevant in Europe, I assumed her global peers would easily have more. I can't even begin to tell you how shocked I was to find out that not only did they have less, but they weren't even close for the most part!

[Post Malone]

Gaga global 

 

[kyris89]

I'm pretty sure that my queen Avril Lavigne is somewhere there

[Zaram]

Gaga a global legend. Competing with the big girls only

[JawBreaker]

ohhh wow so Taylor is indeed GLOBAL  I can't wait for her to build her touring power all over Europe whewwwww  I'm sure even France and Italy that keeps ignoring her will BOW DOWN one day 

[ariananext]

Ariana's are wrong, she has 2 #1s in italy

dangerous woman: https://www.fimi.it/top-of-the-music/classifiche.kl#/charts/1/2016/21 

sweetener (2 weeks at #1) https://www.fimi.it/top-of-the-music/classifiche.kl#/charts/1/2018/34 https://www.fimi.it/top-of-the-music/classifiche.kl#/charts/1/2018/35

 

i'll check the others lately