charts discussion Women: Most Albums to Spend at least 1 Year on Billboard 200

[GreatestLoveofAll]

So I was looking at the charts for my own fave ofc and thought this might be interesting to document. As we know, a year on the charts is equal to 52 weeks and I was a little surprised at who had the most and who had less than you'd think.

 

Taylor Swift- 11

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1989- 377 weeks (#1, 2014)

Taylor Swift- 275 weeks (#5, 2006)

Fearless- 261 weeks (#1, 2008)

Red- 185 weeks (#1, 2012)

Reputation- 180 weeks (#1, 2017)

Speak Now-152 weeks (#1, 2010)

Lover- 152 weeks (#1, 2019)

Folklore- 104 weeks (#1, 2020)

Evermore- 84 weeks (#1, 2020)

Fearless (Taylor's Version)- 54 weeks

Red (Taylor's Version)- 52 weeks

 

 

Mariah Carey- 9

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Music Box- 128 weeks (#1, 1993)

Mariah Carey- 113 weeks (#1, 1990)

Merry Christmas- 100 weeks (#3, 1994)

Daydream- 81 weeks (#1, 1995)

The Emancipation of Mimi- 74 weeks (#1, 2005)

#1’s- 62 weeks (#4, 1998)

MTV Unplugged (EP)- 57 weeks (#3, 1992)

Butterfly- 55 weeks (#1, 1997)

Emotions- 54 weeks (#4, 1991)

 

Madonna- 8

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Madonna- 168 weeks (#8, 1983)

The Immaculate Collection- 148 weeks (#2, 1990)

Like A Virgin- 109 weeks (#1, 1984)

True Blue- 82 weeks (#1, 1986)

Ray of Light- 78 weeks (#2, 1998)

Like A Prayer- 77 weeks (#1, 1989)

Music- 55 weeks (#1, 2000)

Erotica- 53 weeks (#2, 1992)

 

Barbra Streisand-7

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Funny Girl (soundtrack)- 108 weeks (#12, 1969)

Memories- 104 weeks (#10, 1981)

People- 84 weeks (#1, 1964)

The Barbra Streisand Album- 83 weeks (#9, 1963)

The Third Album- 74 weeks (#5, 1964)

The Second Barbra Streisand Album- 74 weeks (#2, 1963)

My Name Is Barbra- 68 weeks (#2, 1965)

 

 

Celine Dion- 7

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The Colour Of My Love- 149 weeks (#4, 1993)

Falling into You- 113 (#1, 1996)

All the Way… A Decade of Song- 89 weeks (#1, 1999)

Let’s Talk About Love- 84 weeks (#1, 1997)

These Are Special Times- 79 weeks (#2, 1998)

Celine Dion- 76 weeks (#34, 1992)

A New Day Has Come- 60 weeks (#1, 2002)

 

Carrie Underwood- 7

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Some Hearts- 157 weeks (#2, 2005)

Greatest Hits: #1 Decade- 145 weeks (#4, 2014)

Carnival Ride- 101 weeks (#1, 2007)

Blown Away- 92 weeks (#1, 2012)

Play On- 77 weeks (#1, 2009)

Storyteller- 72 weeks (#2, 2015)

Cry Pretty- 52 weeks (#1, 2018)

 

P!nk- 7

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Greatest Hits...So Far!- 131 weeks (#5, 2010)

Funhouse- 115 weeks (#2, 2008)

The Truth About Love- 94 weeks (#1, 2012)

M!ssundaztood- 90 weeks (#6, 2001)

I’m Not Dead- 88 weeks (#6, 2006)

Can’t Take Me Home- 59 weeks (#26, 2000)

Beautiful Trauma- 56 weeks (#1, 2017)

 

Whitney Houston-7

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Whitney Houston- 176 weeks (#1, 1985)

The Bodyguard (soundtrack)- 155 weeks (#1, 1992)

I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston- 106 weeks (#14, 2012)

Whitney- 88 weeks (#1, 1987)

My Love Is Your Love- 87 weeks (#13, 1998)

Whitney: The Greatest Hits- 63 weeks (#2, 2000)

I’m Your Baby Tonight- 57 weeks (#3, 1990)

 

Beyonce-6

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I Am… Sasha Fierce- 193 weeks (#1, 2008)

Beyonce- 186 weeks (#1, 2013)

Dangerously in Love- 102 weeks (#1, 2003)

Lemonade- 87 weeks (#1, 2016)

4- 78 weeks (#1, 2011)

B’Day- 74 weeks (#1, 2006)

 

Ariana Grande- 6

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Thank U, Next- 159 weeks (#1, 2019)

Dangerous Woman- 154 weeks (#2, 2016)

Sweetener- 89 weeks (#1, 2018)

My Everything- 89 weeks (#1, 2014)

Positions- 70 weeks (#1, 2020)

Yours Truly- 53 weeks (#1, 2013)

 

Janet Jackson- 5

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Rhythm Nation 1814- 108 weeks (#1, 1989)

Janet.- 106 weeks (#1, 1993)

Control- 106 weeks (#1, 1986)

The Velvet Rope- 76 weeks (#1, 1997)

All for You- 52 weeks (#1, 2001)

 

Rihanna- 5

Spoiler

 

Anti- 262 weeks (#1, 2016)

Good Girl Gone Bad- 99 weeks (#2, 2007)

Loud- 75 weeks (#3, 2010)

Unapologetic- 66 weeks (#1, 2012)

Talk That Talk- 55 weeks (#3, 2011)

 

Lady Gaga- 4

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The Fame- 239 weeks (#2, 2008)

A Star Is Born- 109 weeks (#1, 2018)

The Fame Monster (EP)- 74 weeks (#5, 2009)

Born This Way- 55 weeks (#1, 2011)

 

Miley Cyrus- 4

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Hannah Montana (soundtrack)- 78 weeks (#1, 2006)

Hannah Montana: The Movie- 71 weeks (#1, 2009)

Hannah Montana 2 (soundtrack)/Meet Miley Cyrus- 65 weeks (#1, 2007)

Bangerz- 55 weeks (#1, 2013)

 

Shania Twain-4

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Come On Over- 151 weeks (#1, 1997)

The Woman in Me- 107 weeks (#5, 1995)

Up!- 93 weeks (#1, 2002)

Greatest Hits- 77 weeks (#2, 2004)

 

Linda Ronstandt- 4

Spoiler

 

What’s New- 80 weeks (#3, 1983)

Greatest Hits- 80 weeks (#6, 1976)

Cry Like A Rainstorm, Howl Like The Wind- 58 weeks (#7, 1989)

Dont Cry Now- 56 weeks (#45, 1973)

 

Britney Spears-3 

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...Baby One More Time- 103 weeks (#1, 1998)

Oops!... I Did It Again- 84 weeks (#1, 2000)

Britney- 58 weeks (#1, 2001)

 

Alicia Keys-3

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The Diary of Alicia Keys- 87 weeks (#1, 2003)

Songs In A Minor- 70 weeks (#1, 2001)

As I Am- 63 weeks (#1, 2007)

 

 

Nicki Minaj-3

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The Pinkprint- 123 weeks (#2, 2014)

Pink Friday- 75 weeks (#1, 2010)

Queen- 57 weeks (#2, 2018)

 

Adele-4

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21- 531 weeks (#1, 2011)

19- 222 weeks (#4, 2008)

25- 207 weeks (#1, 2015)

30- 52 weeks (#1, 2021)

 

Christina Aguilera- 3

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Christina Aguilera- 97 weeks (#1, 1999)

Stripped- 79 weeks (#2, 2002)

Burlesque- 53 weeks (#18, 2010)

 

 

Katy Perry- 3

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Teenage Dream- 241 weeks (#1, 2010)

Prism- 102 weeks (#1, 2013)

One of the Boys- 92 weeks (#9)

 

Halsey- 3

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Badlands- 159 weeks (#2, 2015)

hopeless fountain kingdom- 119 weeks (#1, 2017)

Maniac- 101 weeks (#2, 2020)

Note: Some albums listed are still charting. Feel free to tell me who I missed.

 

Note #2: The large amount of younger acts on this list/ younger acts with longer charting albums is a result of the lack of catalog albums (albums 18 months or older according to Billboard) charting after a certain amount of time after a certain position. This is why albums like The Bodyguard have considerably less weeks than albums like Bey's self-titled and 1989. The streaming era has only given albums much longer legs even without radio hits than they would have 20 years ago. 

Edited November 24, 2022 by GreatestLoveofAll
Adding more stats

[Mezik]

Honestly quite surprised to see Carrie so high. I didn't know CP had a decent run on the BB200!

[byzantium]

I am genuinely surprised to see Carrie so high.  I did not even know she had 7 albums to be honest.  

[Cruel Summer]

Notably, you have Taylor’s debut record as peaking at #1 - it actually peaked at #5.

 

until the rerelease 

[GreatestLoveofAll]

3 minutes ago, Cruel Summer said:

Notably, you have Taylor’s debut record as peaking at #1 - it actually peaked at #5.

 

until the rerelease 

Oh thanks!

[ThomasTea]

Not 'single artist' Katy Perry having three and Teenage Dream at 241 weeks! 

[Pleeny]

Burlesque- 53 weeks (#18, 2010)

 

[JC96]

Taylor Is coming for Mariah on December I guess

[RULES]

Burlesque SLAYAGE

[Skirt]

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Anti- 262 weeks (#1, 2016)

Good Girl Gone Bad- 99 weeks (#2, 2007)

Loud- 75 weeks (#3, 2010)

Unapologetic- 66 weeks (#1, 2012)

Talk That Talk- 55 weeks (#3, 2011)

 

Album artists only!

 

[allforyou]

Mariah being #1 

[Saint luv]

Adele 508 weeks 

[Brando]

4 minutes ago, JC96 said:

Taylor Is coming for Mariah on December I guess

Will evermore chart that long?

[ariananext]

Ariana with ALL her albums  Yours Truly charting for 53 weeks is actually insane, considering some think it was a flop era. Positions is coming  

 

Also Dangerous Woman being her only album not to peak at #1 yet it was her longest charting one so far 

[JC96]

11 minutes ago, Brando said:

Will evermore chart that long?

Maybe... Definitely it will be her album with less weeks but still a year is possible.

[bad guy]

38 minutes ago, GreatestLoveofAll said:

Anti- 262 weeks (#1, 2016)

Good Girl Gone Bad- 99 weeks (#2, 2007)

Loud- 75 weeks (#3, 2010)

Unapologetic- 66 weeks (#1, 2012)

Talk That Talk- 55 weeks (#3, 2011)

An albums artist. Wow 

 

[Godly]

Billboard considers the HM/The Scene albums as Miley and Selena's, so...

 

Miley Cyrus (4)

Hannah Montana - 78 weeks

Hannah Montana: The Movie - 71 weeks

Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus - 65 weeks

Bangerz - 55 weeks

 

Selena Gomez (3)

Revival - 69 weeks

Kiss & Tell - 59 weeks

A Year Without Rain - 55 weeks

 

[Icarus]

I'm surprised that Britney only has her first three albums

[Kimi]

Lana has Born To Die, Paradise and Ultraviolence 

[GreatestLoveofAll]

15 minutes ago, Godly said:

Billboard considers the HM/The Scene albums as Miley and Selena's, so...

 

Miley Cyrus (4)

Hannah Montana - 78 weeks

Hannah Montana: The Movie - 71 weeks

Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus - 65 weeks

Bangerz - 55 weeks

 

Selena Gomez (3)

Revival - 69 weeks

Kiss & Tell - 59 weeks

A Year Without Rain - 55 weeks

 

I had miley down but left her off last minute unless i got backlash for the hannah montana albums but slay

 

[Tylerbv]

Carrie  all her albums so far.

 

Her Christmas album will join soon (in like 5 years  )

[moonlitdick]

Ariana albums artist

 

[moonlitdick]

1 hour ago, Godly said:

Billboard considers the HM/The Scene albums as Miley and Selena's, so...

 

Miley Cyrus (4)

Hannah Montana - 78 weeks

Hannah Montana: The Movie - 71 weeks

Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus - 65 weeks

Bangerz - 55 weeks

 

Selena Gomez (3)

Revival - 69 weeks

Kiss & Tell - 59 weeks

A Year Without Rain - 55 weeks

 

How many weeks did Rare get?

[Stallo]

Wait, Burlesque? Slay X 

[Holiest Dreams]

Taylor’s gonna tear this list up ajdjdhs 

 

 

My other queen at #1

Edit: and #2

Edited April 6, 2021 by Holiest Dreams