charts discussion Highest ranking solo female album on the Billboard 200 Year-End charts (1980-present)

[KatyPrismSpirit]

The lists showcases the highest ranking album by a female soloist on the Billboard 200 year-end chart (1980-present day)

 

2023 - Taylor Swift - Midnights (#2)

2022 - Adele - 30 (#2)

2021 - Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR (#2)

2020 - Taylor Swift - Folklore (#5)

2019 - Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (#1)

2018 - Taylor Swift - Reputation (#1)

2017 - Rihanna - Anti (#21)

2016 - Adele - 25 (#1)

2015 - Taylor Swift - 1989 (#1)

2014 - Beyoncé - BEYONCÉ (#2)

2013 - Taylor Swift - Red (#2)

2012 - Adele - 21 (#1)

2011 - Adele - 21 (#1)

2010 - Susan Boyle - I Dreamed A Dream (#1)

2009 - Taylor Swift - Fearless (#1)

2008 - Alicia Keys - As I Am (#1)

2007 - Fergie - The Dutchess (#3)

2006 - Carrie Underwood - Some Hearts (#1)

2005 - Mariah Carey - The Emancipation Of Mimi (#4)

2004 - Alicia Keys - The Diary Of Alicia Keys (#4)

2003 - Norah Jones - Come Away With Me (#2)

2002 - P!nk - M!ssundaztood (#4)

2001 - Enya - A Day Without Rain (#8)

2000 - Britney Spears - Oops! I Did It Again! (#4)

1999 - Britney Spears - Baby One More Time  (#2)

1998 - Céline Dion - Let's Talk About Love (#2)

1997 - Céline Dion - Falling Into You (#3)

1996 - Alanis Morossette - Jagged Little Pill (#1)

1995 - Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill (#14)

1994 - Mariah Carey - Music Box (#2)

1993 - Whitney Houston - The Bodyguard (#1)

1992 - Bonnie Raitt - Luck of the Draw (#16)

1991 - Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey (#1)

1990 - Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation 1814 (#1)

1989 - Paula Abdul - Forever Your Girl (#3)

1988 - Debbie Gibson - Out of the Blue (#7)

1987 - Janet Jackson - Control (#5)

1986 - Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston (#1)

1985 - Madonna - Like a Virgin (#3)

1984 - Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual (#11)

1983 - Jane Fonda - Jane Fonda's Workout Record (#7)

1982 - Stevie Nicks - Belladonna (#8)

1981 - Pat Benatar - Crimes of Passion (#5)

1980 - Pat Benatar - In the Heat Of The Night (#7)

 

Artists with multiple rankings:

- Taylor Swift (6)

- Adele (4)

- Mariah Carey (3)

- Pat Benatar (2)

- Britney Spears (2)

- Whitney Houston (2)

- Janet Jackson (2)

- Alanis Morissette (2)

- Alicia Keys (2)

- Céline Dion (2)

 

2017 and 1992 are the worst performing years for female albums, with 2017's best performing female album (ANTI) charting at #21

Edited June 23 by KatyPrismSpirit

[FolkLover1989]

So since 2015 , basically Taylor and Adele with 2 breakput pop girls and Rihanna in between cause both Tay and Adele were on break

 

Makes sense

Edited June 23 by FolkLover1989

[Apolonio ₃₄]

Ok mother Janet

 

 

[Donquizote]

Adele with only 4 albums

[KatyPrismSpirit]

35 minutes ago, FolkLover1989 said:

So since 2015 , basically Taylor and Adele with 2 breakput pop girls and Rihanna in between cause both Tay and Adele were on break

 

Makes sense

They've been the top dominating female artists since 2009 tbh

[LegaMyth]

Wtf happened it 2017?

[KatyPrismSpirit]

5 minutes ago, LegaMyth said:

Wtf happened it 2017?

It was a terrible year for female pop music.

[Zaram]

Teenage Dream and The Fame Monster missing and now they are both staples on the BB200 charts 

[QuanticXplosion]

Pink? Where is this info coming from? Avril, Shakira, Britney and Christina did more than her in 2002. What is this list even about? 

[byzantium]

Gosh, 2017 was a wasteland.  
 

Also Madonna fans like to talk up how insurmountably big Madonna was but the facts don't seem to support that thesis here.  

[KatyPrismSpirit]

2 minutes ago, QuanticXplosion said:

Pink? Where is this info coming from? Avril, Shakira, Britney and Christina did more than her in 2002. What is this list even about? 

This is about the Billboard 200 year end chart of every year from 1980 onwards. The data is from Billboard

[QuanticXplosion]

7 minutes ago, KatyPrismSpirit said:

This is about the Billboard 200 year end chart of every year from 1980 onwards. The data is from Billboard

I need a link showing that Pink sold more than Let Go, Britney, Stripped, Laundry Service because rewriting history is not a possibility. 

[QuanticXplosion]

Not implying Missundaztood flopped but it did not chart better, sold better or was more consumed than the efforts from Avril, Britney, Shakira and Christina in the US and certainly not worldwide. 

[KatyPrismSpirit]

1 minute ago, QuanticXplosion said:

I need a link showing that Pink sold more than Let Go, Britney, Stripped, Laundry Service because rewriting history is not a possibility. 

https://bestsellingalbums.org/year-end/Billboard_Top_Albums_2002

[Badgalbriel]

2017

Did no one release that year at all? 

[QuanticXplosion]

1 minute ago, KatyPrismSpirit said:

https://bestsellingalbums.org/year-end/Billboard_Top_Albums_2002

Where is the Billboard link? This is not billboard. 

[Love4Janet]

Only 1 for Madonna and Beyonce

 

Edited June 23 by Love4Janet

[KatyPrismSpirit]

Just now, QuanticXplosion said:

Where is the Billboard link? This is not billboard. 

This list is literally just the archival billboard data  Stop being in denial omg

[KatyPrismSpirit]

1 minute ago, Badgalbriel said:

2017

Did no one release that year at all? 

Only Taylor in November obviously but she didnt count for 2017's cut off  Otherwise Dua, SZA… but they werent big yet. Very dull pop year. Men dominated

[byzantium]

4 minutes ago, QuanticXplosion said:

I need a link showing that Pink sold more than Let Go, Britney, Stripped, Laundry Service because rewriting history is not a possibility. 

I think pink's record was actually bigger than all those in the U.S. aside from Let go.  Let go was released in the summer so only had a few months to sell while pink's record had the whole tracking year. 

[KatyPrismSpirit]

3 minutes ago, QuanticXplosion said:

Where is the Billboard link? This is not billboard. 

The official archived link

https://web.archive.org/web/20211010092239/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2002/top-billboard-200-albums

[QuanticXplosion]

3 minutes ago, byzantium said:

I think pink's record was actually bigger than all those in the U.S. aside from Let go.  Let go was released in the summer so only had a few months to sell while pink's record had the whole tracking year. 

I had no idea. I don't remember it being that big lol. 

[DevilsRollTheDice]

10 minutes ago, QuanticXplosion said:

I need a link showing that Pink sold more than Let Go, Britney, Stripped, Laundry Service because rewriting history is not a possibility. 

Remember, this is just specific year-end placement which also has the restriction of Billboard's slightly odd calendar year cut offs. Albums released mid year or later in the year also have their units split. This isn't a best selling list, just best selling between a specific date range. 

[QuanticXplosion]

Just now, DevilsRollTheDice said:

Remember, this is just specific year-end placement which also has the restriction of Billboard's slightly odd calendar year cut offs. Albums released mid year or later in the year also have their units split. This isn't a best selling list, just best selling between a specific date range. 

So basically she did not. Thanks for clarifying this

 

[ABeyBraith]

7 minutes ago, Love4Janet said:

Only 1 for Madonna and Beyonce

 

I'd laugh to cope with the fact that Janet is irrelevant these days too. 700k daily streams on Spotify