charts discussion Acts with most Top 5s in the BB200 Year-End ever

[alestevens]

Top 5 of the Billboard 200 year end from 1956 to 2021. Will be updated each year!

 

Acts with most years at #1:

3 - Adele

3 - Taylor Swift

2 - Michael Jackson

2 - Whitney Houston

2 - My Fair Lady's Original Cast

2 - Elton John

2 - 50 Cent

2 - Morgan Wallen

 

Acts with most albums at #1:

3 - Taylor Swift

2 - Adele

2 - Whitney Houston

2 - Elton John

2 - 50 Cent

2 - Morgan Wallen

 

Acts with most entries in the Top 5 (4 or more):

14 - Taylor Swift

7 - Drake

5 - Eagles

5 - Eminem

5 - Michael Jackson

5 - The Beatles

4 - Adele

4 - Billy Joel

4 - Garth Brooks

4 - Mariah Carey

4 - Morgan Wallen

 

Acts with most albums in the Top 5 (4 or more):

11 - Taylor Swift

6 - Drake

5 - Eminem

5 - The Beatles

4 - Billy Joel

4 - Garth Brooks

4 - Mariah Carey

4 - Michael Jackson

 

Most years with the #1 female release:

6 - Taylor Swift

4 - Adele

3 - Mariah

2 - Alicia Keys

2 - Britney Spears

2 - Janet Jackson

2 - Whitney Houston

 

Most albums as the #1 female release:

5 - Taylor Swift

3 - Mariah

3 - Adele

2 - Alicia Keys

2 - Britney Spears

2 - Janet Jackson

2 - Whitney Houston

 

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Detailed stats for each year:

 

1956:

#1 Harry Belafonte - Calypso
#2 Original Cast - My Fair Lady
#4 Soundtrack - The King And I
#4 Soundtrack - The Eddy Duchin Story
#5 Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley

 

1957:

#1 Original Cast - My Fair Lady
#2 Tennesse Ernie Ford - Hymns
#3 Soundtrack - Oklahoma!
#4 Soundtrack - Around The World In 80 Days
#5 Soundtrack - The King And I

 

1958:

#1 Original Cast - My Fair Lady
#2 Original Cast - The Music Man
#3 Johnny Mathis - Johnny's Greatest Hits
#4 Soundtrack - South Pacific
#5 Frank Sinatra - Come Fly With Me

 

1959:
#1 Henry Mancini - Music From "Peter Gunn"
#2 Soundtrack - Gigi
#3 Soundtrack - South Pacific
#4 Kingston Trio - ...From The Hungry I
#5 Kingston Trio - The Kingston Trio At Large

 

1960:
#1 Original Cast - The Sound Of Music
#2 Shelley Berman - Inside Shelley Berman
#3 Bob Newhart - The Button-Down Mind Of Bob Newhart
#4 Various Artists - Sixty YEars Of Music America Loves Best, Vol. I
#5 Kingston Trio - Here We Go Again

 

1961:
#1 Original Cast - Camelot
#2 Various Artists - Great Motion Picture Themes
#3 Soundtrack - Never On Sunday
#4 Original Cast - The Sound Of Music
#5 Soundtrack - Exodus

 

1962:
#1 Soundtrack - West Side Story
#2 Henry Mancini - Breakfast At Tiffany's
#3 Elvis Presley - Blue Hawaii
#4 Original Cast - West Side Story
#5 Original Cast - The Sound Of Music

 

1963:
#1 Soundtrack - West Side Story
#2 Peter / Paul / Mary - Peter, Paul and Mary
#3 Peter / Paul / Mary - Moving
#4 Joan Baez - Joan Baez in Concert
#5 Tony Bennett - I Left My Heart In San Francisco

 

1964:
#1 Original Cast - Hello, Dolly!
#2 Peter / Paul / Mary - In The Wind
#3 Al Hirt - Honey In The Horn
#4 Barbra Streisand - The Barbra Streisand Album
#5 Soundtrack - West Side Story

 

1965:
#1 Soundtrack - Mary Poppins
#2 Beatles - Beatles 65
#3 Soundtrack - The Sound Of Music
#4 Soundtrack - My Fair Lady
#5 Original Cast - Fiddler On The Roof

 

1966:
#1 Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - Whipped Cream And Other Delights
#2 Soundtrack - The Sound Of Music
#3 Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - Going Places
#4 Beatles - Rubber Soul
#5 Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - What Now My Love

 

1967:
#1 Monkees - More Of The Monkees
#2 Monkees - The Monkees
#3 Soundtrack - Dr. Zhivago
#4 Soundtrack - The Sound Of Music
#5 Temptations - The Temptations' Greatest Hits

 

1968:
#1 Jimi Hendnrix Experience - Are You Experienced?
#2 Simon & Garfunkel - The Graduate
#3 Cream - Disraeli Gears
#4 Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
#5 Diana Ross & The Supremes - Greatest Hits

 

1969:
#1 Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
#2 Original Cast - Hair
#3 Blood, Sweat & Tears - Blood, Sweat & Tears
#4 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bayou Country
#5 Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin

 

1970:
#1 Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
#2 Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
#3 Chicago - Chicago
#4 Beatles - Abbey Road
#5 Santana - Santana

 

1971:
#1 Various Artists - Jesus Christ Superstar
#2 Carole King - Tapestry
#3 Carpenters - Close To You
#4 Janis Joplin - Pearl
#5 Santana - Abraxas

 

1972:
#1 Neil Young - Harvest
#2 Carole King - Tapestry
#3 Don McLean - American Pie
#4 Cat Stevens - Teaser And The Firecat
#5 Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks 1964-71

 

1973:
#1 War - The World Is A Ghetto
#2 Seals & Crofts - Summer Breeze
#3 Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
#4 Carly Simon - No Secrets
#5 Diana Ross - Lady Sings The Blues

 

1974:
#1 Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
#2 John Denver - Greatest Hits
#3 Paul McCartney / Wings - Band On The Run
#5 Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
#5 Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around With Jim

 

1975:
#1 Elton John - Greatest Hits
#2 John Denver - Greatest Hits
#3 Earth, Wind & Fire - That's The Way Of The World
#4 John Denver - Back Home Again
#5 Phoebe Snow

 

1976:
#1 Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive
#2 Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
#3 Wings - Wings At The Speed Of Sound
#4 Eagles - Greatest Hits 1971-1975
#5 Chicago - Chicago IX Greatest Hits

 

1977:
#1 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
#2 Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life
#3 Barbra Streisand & Kris Kristofferson - A Star Is Born
#4 Eagles - Hotel California
#5 Boston - Boston

 

1978:
#1 Bee Gees - Saturday Night Fever
#2 John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - Grease
#3 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
#4 Billy Joel - The Stranger
#5 Steely Dan - Aja

 

1979:
#1 Billy Joel - 52nd Street
#2 Bee Gees - Spirits Having Flown
#3 Doobie Brothers - Minute By Minute
#4 Cars - Cars
#5 Supertramp - Breakfast In America

 

1980:
#1 Pink Floyd - The Wall
#2 Eagles - The Long Run
#3 Michael Jackson - Off The Wall
#4 Billy Joel - Glass Houses
#5 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

 

1981:
#1 REO Speedwagon - Hi Infidelity
#2 John Lennon & Yoko Ono - Double Fantasy
#3 Kenny Rogers - Greatest Hits
#4 Christopher Cross - Christopher Cross
#5 Pat Benatar - Crimes Of Passion

 

1982:
#1 Asia - Asia
#2 Go-Go's - Beauty And The Beat
#3 Foreigner - 4
#4 John Cougar - American Fool
#5 J. Geils Band - Freeze-Frame

 

1983:
#1 Michael Jackson - Thriller
#2 Men At Work - Business As Usual
#3 Police - Synchronicity
#4 Hall & Oates - H20
#5 Prince - 1999

 

1984:
#1 Michael Jackson - Thriller
#2 Huey Lewis & The News - Sports
#3 Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down
#4 Billy Joel - An Innocent Man
#5 Culture Club - Colour By Numbers

 

1985:
#1 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The U.S.A.
#2 Bryan Adams - Reckless
#3 Madonna - Like A Virgin
#4 Wham! - Make It Big
#5 Tina Turner - Private Dancer

 

1986:
#1 Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston
#2 Heart - Heart
#3 John Cougar - Scarecrow
#4 ZZ Top - Afterburner
#5 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms

 

1987:
#1 Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
#2 Paul Simon - Graceland
#3 Beastie Boys - Licensed To III
#4 Bruce Hornsby & The Range - The Way It Is
#5 Janet Jackson - Control

 

1988:
#1 George Michael - Faith
#2 Soundtrack - Dirty Dancing
#3 Def Leppard - Hysteria
#4 INXS - Kick
#5 Michael Jackson - Bad

 

1989:
#1 Bobby Brown - Don't Be Cruel
#2 New Kids On The Block - Hangin' Tough
#3 Paula Abdul - Forever Your Girl
#4 Bon Jovi - New Jersey
#5 Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction

 

1990:
#1 Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation 1814
#2 Phil Collins - ...But Seriously
#3 Michael Bolton - Soul Provider
#4 Aerosmith - Pump
#5 M.C. Hammer - Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em

 

1991:
#1 Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey
#2 Garth Brooks - No Fences
#3 The Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker
#4 C&C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat
#5 Wilson Philips - Wilson Philips

1992:
#1 Garth Brooks - Ropin' The Wind
#2 Michael Jackson - Dangerous
#3 Nirvana - Nevermind
#4 Billy Ray Cyrus - Some Gave All
#5 U2 - Achtung Baby

 

1993:
#1 Whitney Houston - The Bodyguard
#2 Kenny G - Breathless
#3 Eric Clapton - Unplugged
#4 Janet Jackson - Janet
#5 Billy Ray Cyrus - Some Gave All

 

1994:
#1 Ace Of Base - The Sign
#2 Mariah Carey - Music Box
#3 Snoop Dogg - Doggy Style
#4 Soundtrack - The Lion King
#5 Counting Crows - August And Everything After

 

1995:
#1 Hootie & The Blowfish - Cracked Rear View
#2 Garth Brooks - The Hits
#3 Boyz II Men - II
#4 Eagles - Hell Freezes Over
#5 TLC - CrazySexyCool

 

1996:
#1 Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
#2 Mariah Carey - Daydream
#3 Celine Dion - Falling Into You
#4 Soundtrack - Waiting To Exhale
#5 Fugees - The Score

 

1997:
#1 Spice Girls - Spice
#2 No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom
#3 Celine Dion - Falling Into You
#4 Soundtrack - Space Jam
#5 Jewel - Pieces Of You

 

1998:
#1 Soundtrack - Titanic
#2 Celine Dion - Let's Talk About Love
#3 Garth Brooks - Sevens
#4 Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys
#5 Shania Twain - Come On Over

 

1999:
#1 Backstreet Boys - Millenium
#2 Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time
#3 Shania Twain - Come On Over
#4 NSYNC - NSYNC
#5 Ricky Martin - Ricky Martin

 

2000:
#1 NSYNC - No Strings Attached
#2 Santana - Supernatural
#3 Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
#4 Britney Spears - Oops!... I Did It Again
#5 Dr. Dre - 2001

 

2001:
#1 The Beatles - 1
#2 Shaggy - Hotshot
#3 Backstreet Boys - Black & Blue
#4 Various Artists - Now 5
#5 Limp Bizkit - Chocolate Starfish And THe Hot Dog Flavored Water

 

2002:
#1 Eminem - The Eminem Show
#2 Creed - Weathered
#3 Nelly - Nellyville
#4 P!nk - M!ssundaztood
#5 Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory

 

2003:
#1 50 Cent- Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
#2 Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
#3 Shania Twain - Up!
#4 Dixie Chicks - Home
#5 Avril Lavigne - Let Go

 

2004:
#1 Usher - Confessions
#2 OutKast - Speakerboxxx / The Love Below
#3 Josh Groban - Closer
#4 Alicia Keys - Diary Of Alicia Keys
#5 Norah Jones - Feels Like Home

 

2005:
#1 50 Cent - The Massacre
#2 Eminem - Encore
#3 Green Day - American Idiot
#4 Mariah Carey - The Emancipation Of Mimi
#5 Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway

 

2006:
#1 Carrie Underwood - Some Hearts
#2 Soundtrack - High School Musical
#3 Nickelback - All The Right Reasons
#4 Rascal Flatts - Me & My Gang
#5 Mary J. Blige - The Breakthrough

 

2007:
#1 Daughtry - Daughtry
#2 Akon - Konvicted
#3 Fergie - The Dutchess
#4 Soundtrack - Hannah Montana
#5 Carrie Underwood - Some Hearts

 

2008:
#1 Alicia Keys - As I Am
#2 Josh Groban - Noel
#3 Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
#4 Eagles - Long Road Out Of Eden
#5 Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift

 

2009:
#1 Taylor Swift - Fearless
#2 Beyoncé - I Am... Sasha Fierce
#3 Nickelback - Dark Horse
#4 Soundtrack - Twilight
#5 Soundtrack - Hannah Montana: The Movie

 

2010:
#1 Susan Boyle - I Dreamed A Dream
#2 Eminem - Recovery
#3 Lady Antebellum - Need You Now
#4 Lady Gaga - The Fame
#5 Justin Bieber - My World 2.0

 

2011:
#1 Adele - 21
#2 Taylor Swift - Speak Now
#3 Lady Gaga - Born This Way
#4 Jason Aldean - My Kinda Party
#5 Susan Boyle - The Gift

 

2012:
#1 Adele - 21
#2 Michael Buble - Christmas
#3 Drake - Take Care
#4 Taylor Swift - Red
#5 One Direction - Up All Night

 

2013:
#1 Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience
#2 Taylor Swift - Red
#3 One Direction - Take Me Home
#4 Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox
#5 Mumford & Sons - Babel

 

2014:
#1 Soundtrack - Frozen
#2 Beyoncé - BEYONCÉ
#3 Taylor Swift - 1989
#4 One Direction - Midnight Memories
#5 Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2

 

2015:
#1 Taylor Swift - 1989
#2 Ed Sheeran - X
#3 Sam Smith - In The Lonely Hour
#4 Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late
#5 Meghan Trainor - Title

 

2016:
#1 Adele - 25
#2 Drake - Views
#3 Justin Bieber - Purpose
#4 Beyonce - Lemonade
#5 Rihanna - ANTi

 

2017:
#1 Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
#2 Bruno Mars - 24K Magic
#3 The Weeknd - Starboy
#4 Ed Sheeran - Divide
#5 Drake - More Life

 

2018:
#1 Taylor Swift - reputation
#2 Drake - Scorpion
#3 Post Malone - beerbongs & bentleys
#4 Soundtrack - The Greatest Showman
#5 Ed Sheeran - Divide

 

2019:
#1 Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
#2 Ariana Grande - thank u, next
#3 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - A Star Is Born
#4 Taylor Swift - Lover
#5 Post Malone - beerbongs & bentleys

 

2020:

#1 Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding

#2 Lil Baby - My Turn

#3 Roddy Ricch - Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial

#4 Harry Styles - Fine Line

#5 Taylor Swift - folklore

 

2021:

#1 Morgan Wallen - Dangerous: The Double Album

#2 Olivia Rodrigo - Sour

#3 Pop Smoke - Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon

#4 Taylor Swift - evermore

#5 Drake - Certified Lover Boy

 

2022:

#1 Bad Bunny - Un Verano Sin Ti

#2 Adele - 30

#3 Morgan Wallen - Dangerous: The Double Album

#4 Taylor Swift - Midnights

#5 Taylor Swift - Red (Taylor's Version)

 

2023:

#1 Morgan Wallen - One Thing At A Time

#2 Taylor Swift - Midnights

#3 SZA - SOS

#4 Drake & 21 Savage - Her Loss

#5 Morgan Wallen - Dangerous: The Double Album

Edited December 30, 2023 by alestevens

[Miss Americana]

Lorddddd.....

 

[MingYouToo]

the Lord truly Top 5 of All Time in the US

[LosingHimWasBlue]

Taylord 

[PrinceMichaelFan]

BOY GEORGE dominated 1983-84!!!

 

1984:
#1 Michael Jackson - Thriller
#2 Huey Lewis & The News - Sports
#3 Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down
#4 Billy Joel - An Innocent Man
#5 Culture Club - Colour By Numbers

[peterstyles13]

Taylor WHEW

[By the Water]

Oh wow

 

[mcohen]

2 hours ago, alestevens said:

2008:
#1 Alicia Keys - As I Am
#2 Josh Groban - Noel
#3 Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
#4 Eagles - Long Road Out Of Eden
#5 Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift

 

2009:
#1 Taylor Swift - Fearless
#2 Beyoncé - I Am... Sasha Fierce
#3 Nickelback - Dark Horse
#4 Soundtrack - Twilight
#5 Soundtrack - Hannah Montana: The Movie

 

2011:
#1 Adele - 21
#2 Taylor Swift - Speak Now
#3 Lady Gaga - Born This Way
#4 Jason Aldean - My Kinda Party
#5 Susan Boyle - The Gift

 

2012:
#1 Adele - 21
#2 Michael Buble - Christmas
#3 Drake - Take Care
#4 Taylor Swift - Red
#5 One Direction - Up All Night

 

2013:
#1 Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience
#2 Taylor Swift - Red
#3 One Direction - Take Me Home
#4 Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox
#5 Mumford & Sons - Babel

 

2014:
#1 Soundtrack - Frozen
#2 Beyoncé - BEYONCÉ
#3 Taylor Swift - 1989
#4 One Direction - Midnight Memories
#5 Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2

 

2015:
#1 Taylor Swift - 1989
#2 Ed Sheeran - X
#3 Sam Smith - In The Lonely Hour
#4 Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late
#5 Meghan Trainor - Title

 

2018:
#1 Taylor Swift - reputation
#2 Drake - Scorpion
#3 Post Malone - beerbongs & bentleys
#4 Soundtrack - The Greatest Showman
#5 Ed Sheeran - Divide

 

2019:
#1 Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
#2 Ariana Grande - thank u, next
#3 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - A Star Is Born
#4 Taylor Swift - Lover
#5 Post Malone - beerbongs & bentleys

What a monster 

 

The Red-1989 punch is historic  

 

 

Edited September 30, 2020 by mcohen

[MingYouToo]

15 minutes ago, mcohen said:

What a monster 

 

The Red-1989 punch is historic  

 

 

the way she never LEFT the top 5 ever since DEBUTs historic rise in 2008.

[Ash12345]

Her BB200 dominance is kinda insane when you think about it.

[Gaia]

Didn’t Adele top in 2015? She got 3M first week. What’s not adding up?

[littlebodybigheart]

taylor 

[trainsskyscrapers]

5 hours ago, alestevens said:

2009:
#1 Taylor Swift - Fearless
#2 Beyoncé - I Am... Sasha Fierce
#3 Nickelback - Dark Horse
#4 Soundtrack - Twilight
#5 Soundtrack - Hannah Montana: The Movie

 

2014:
#1 Soundtrack - Frozen
#2 Beyoncé - BEYONCÉ
#3 Taylor Swift - 1989
#4 One Direction - Midnight Memories
#5 Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 

 

2016:
#1 Adele - 25
#2 Drake - Views
#3 Justin Bieber - Purpose
#4 Beyonce - Lemonade
#5 Rihanna - ANTi

This is impressive for Beyoncé. 

I think the craziest thing here is the fact both Beyoncé's #2 chartings here (IASF / BEYONCÉ), lost their 3-8 largest weeks of sales as they were released in Q4 of the previous year.   

 

Dangerously In Love / B'Day were in the same boat, as "Me, Myself & I"/"Naughty Girl" and "Irreplaceable"/"Beautiful Liar" respectively kept the sales of the albums they were housed on buoyant for an additional year. Both are probably in the lower half of the year-end Top 10 in their respective years.

Edited September 30, 2020 by trainsskyscrapers

[ithinkheknowsoutsold]

The Lord is a phenomenon.

[fridayteenage]

yes taylor yes best of all time

[alestevens]

2 hours ago, Gaia said:

Didn’t Adele top in 2015? She got 3M first week. What’s not adding up?

The Billboard year doesnt have the same tracking period as the calendar year. 25 was released the first few weeks, if not the first week period, of the tracking year, so all its units counted for 2016. Same with reputation in 2018.

[EarthJang]

Taylor 

That was insane

[Feanor]

Taylor

[Quenn]

Taylor, Whitney, Beyoncé and Adele

[Yellowfever]

Taylor will go #1 this year right?

[Ash12345]

16 minutes ago, Yellowfever said:

Taylor will go #1 this year right?

It's SPS not pure so I think not quite.

[Holiest Dreams]

1 hour ago, Yellowfever said:

Taylor will go #1 this year right?

No, she’ll end up at #4 or maybe #3 if she has a couple more big sales weeks. But at least she’ll add another top 5.

[alestevens]

7 hours ago, Yellowfever said:

Taylor will go #1 this year right?

Sadly not. But she should be getting another Top 5 and the top female release again!

[alestevens]

2020:

#1 Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding

#2 Lil Baby - My Turn

#3 Roddy Ricch - Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial

#4 Harry Styles - Fine Line

#5 Taylor Swift - folklore

 

Out of these, Post and Taylor are the only ones who already had Top 5 placements before. Got to update the following overall rankings:

 

Acts with most years in the Top 5 (4 or more):

10 - Taylor Swift

5 - Drake

5 - Eagles

5 - Eminem

5 - Garth Brooks

5 - Michael Jackson

5 - The Beatles

4 - Billy Joel

4 - Garth Brooks

4 - Mariah Carey

 

Acts with most albums in the Top 5 (4 or more):

8 - Taylor Swift

5 - Drake

5 - Eminem

5 - The Beatles

4 - Billy Joel

4 - Garth Brooks

4 - Mariah Carey

4 - Michael Jackson

 

Most years with the #1 female release:

5 - Taylor Swift

3 - Adele

3 - Mariah

2 - Alicia Keys

2 - Britney Spears

2 - Janet Jackson

2 - Whitney Houston

 

Most albums as the #1 female release:

5 - Taylor Swift

3 - Mariah

2 - Adele

2 - Alicia Keys

2 - Britney Spears

2 - Janet Jackson

2 - Whitney Houston

[Armani?]

B'Day and Dangerously In Love's sales being split in between 2 years