official chart Billboard's Top 200 Albums Of The 21st Century - Morgan Wallen #1

[Chartman]

Lover people joked about just one week at #1 and no 1M first week. But it's the biggest female album on this chart since the release of 1989. 

[sunbathinganimal]

[Burn]

It's funny how yall pick and choose when you want to believe Billboard's lists.

 

When they put Beyoncé at the top of the Greatest Popstar list, it was a sham. Then they name Taylor Swift as their Top Artist and suddenly we trust Billboard again! And now they put Morgan Wallen at the top of their Top Albums list and suddenly we don't trust Billboard again. Shocker!

 

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[Loca]

21 minutes ago, Hector said:

112 A Star Is Born (Soundtrack) | Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
113 Teenage Dream | Katy Perry

@KatyPrismSpirit thank you Bradley Cooper or something like that?

[Almighty Gaga]

What's Lil Baby doing in the top 10

[Wicked]

2 minutes ago, Burn said:

It's funny how yall pick and choose when you want to believe Billboard's lists.

 

When they put Beyoncé at the top of the Greatest Popstar list, it was a sham. Then they put Taylor Swift as the Top Selling Pop Star and suddenly we trust Billboard again! And now they put Morgan Wallen at the top of the Top Selling Album list and suddenly we don't trust Billboard again. Shocker!

 

They just argued with me about Morgan's popularity yesterday. So they should remain consistent, looks like facts is facts numbers is numbers.

 

And who cares about global numbers when the Billboard 200 is for US. Deflection.

[Popboi.]

4 minutes ago, Burn said:

It's funny how yall pick and choose when you want to believe Billboard's lists.

 

When they put Beyoncé at the top of the Greatest Popstar list, it was a sham. Then they put Taylor Swift as the Top Selling Pop Star and suddenly we trust Billboard again! And now they put Morgan Wallen at the top of the Best Selling Album list and suddenly we don't trust Billboard again. Shocker!

 

Because one list is a tabloid like "greatest pop star" list based on the editor, another is based on chart run and not units, and another that is comprehensive of every release in the past 25 years.

 

No one argues that Morgan's has the most chart points.

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[Dear Reader]

Taylor is the only one on the list with a 2024 album.

 

#105. The Tortured Poets Department

 

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[wish]

WWAFA top 20, Billie #4 highest female after Taylor, Adele, and Gaga

[Klein]

The list is about the best charting albums of the century. Idk why you act shocked or outraged. 

[RideOrDie]

112 A Star Is Born (Soundtrack) | Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
113 Teenage Dream | Katy Perry

 

i just burst out laughing

[RideOrDie]

anyways another stoopid list from billboard, the fact that one of the longest charting and the most impactful alboom of the 21st century is missing... they are so silly

[By the Water]

3. Fearless

4. 1989

14. Lover

18. Taylor Swift

29. Midnights

37. folklore

85. Red

105. The Tortured Poets Department

109. reputation

120. Speak Now

184. evermore

195. 1989 (Taylor's Version)

197. Red (Taylor's Version)

 

Honestly the inverse points system doesn't work as well as it does for singles but slay Taylor  An unmatched discography

[KatyPrismSpirit]

14 minutes ago, Loca said:

@KatyPrismSpirit thank you Bradley Cooper or something like that?

and only one of them is Diamond

[Cruel Summer]

Every single Taylor album charting, plus two rerecordings 

 

Just imagine if she didn't lose out so much on all her massive first weeks being counted the same as the weakest #1 weeks!

 

Regardless, given the methodology we know Billboard uses, this list makes sense. We just need to remember this isn't quite the same as "biggest" albums in a general sense - it's the biggest albums on the positional weekly charts, completely agnostic of weekly or total units consumed.

[Green]

1 hour ago, Teen Spirit said:

I was coming to post this lol. It's insane that Morgan has now surpassed Adele. Adele's "21" is #1 on the overall chart. So does this mean that Morgan's album is now #1 on the overall chart?

 

Yes. A mess, it's bigger than Thriller and 21 according to these Billboard lists   

[Rep2000]

28 minutes ago, pride4jc1222 said:

It either means Dangerous is #1 on the all-time chart, or the multiplier for more recent albums (especially 2010 and forward) has been lowered. It would be pretty ridiculous if all the top albums on the all-time chart came from the last 15 years (which represents less than 25% the amount of time the Billboard 200 has been around).

 

In my opinion, the #1 album should be between Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours", The Sound of Music soundtrack, or Michael Jackson's "Thriller".

"of the 21st century"

[Green]

49 Rock N Roll Jesus | Kid Rock (2007) 3x Platinum
50 25 | Adele  (2015) Diamond

 

[istan4badgalriri]

the list is a bit weird omg

[Sabrina Carpenter]

how is Morgan Wallen in that list twice? 

 

while being such a local act (US & Canada)  

[pride4jc1222]

Just now, Rep2000 said:

"of the 21st century"

I know this chart is about the 21st century, but I'm talking about all-time chart. I assume Billboard is going to do a new one sooner rather than later, with 21 no longer the biggest album of all-time. No way should Rumours or Thriller be ranked lower than any of these 21st century albums when the all-time chart is refreshed.

[Green]

32 minutes ago, Rep2000 said:

"of the 21st century"

 

21 was already the biggest album of all time on the overall list, so that means Morgan is #1 there too now (when it's updated)

 

https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-billboard-200-albums/

[zoldyck]

Just now, Sabrina Carpenter said:

how is Morgan Wallen in that list twice? 

 

while being such a local act (US & Canada)  

Well to start off, the list is based on points gained through a US chart (BB200)

[Sabrina Carpenter]

Just now, zoldyck said:

Well to start off, the list is based on points gained through a US chart (BB200)

oh okay i thought it's a global list  i didn't read it properly 

[Klein]

13 minutes ago, Green said:

 

Yes. A mess, it's bigger than Thriller and 21 according to these Billboard lists   

No. It just means it has a better chart-run. 

 

If you want to extrapolate, at best it means that Morgan's album had a stronger dominance on its market than the others had on their own market.  

 

But it doesn't mean that it's bigger overall, Thriller and 21 still amassed a lot more album units than Dangerous. 

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