This chart shows which artists have topped the Billboard 200 album chart the most times as of 2025. The Beatles remain far ahead with 19 number-one albums, while Taylor Swift holds the record among solo artists with 15, passing Jay-Z's 14.
About: Most Number-One Albums on the Billboard 200 by Artist
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The Beatles' 19 number-one albums came from roughly a single decade of recording - a pace no one has matched since. Taylor Swift's 15 is the story of the modern era: she claimed the solo-artist record from Jay-Z by sending every single album she has released since 2008, including four re-recorded versions of her old albums, straight to number one. That re-recording strategy effectively let her top the chart twice with the same songs, something chart historians had never seen before. The heavy hip-hop presence (Jay-Z, Drake, Kanye West, Eminem) reflects the genre's dominance of album consumption since the 2000s, while Barbra Streisand's 11 - spread across six different decades - is the longest span of chart-topping success on the list.
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Most Number-One Albums on the Billboard 200 by Artist
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Number-One Albums · As of 2025| # | Category | As of 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | The Beatles | 19 |
| 🥈 | Taylor Swift | 15 |
| 🥉 | Jay-Z | 14 |
| 4 | Drake | 13 |
| 5 | Barbra Streisand | 11 |
| 6 | Bruce Springsteen | 11 |
| 7 | Eminem | 11 |
| 8 | Kanye West | 11 |
| 9 | Elvis Presley | 10 |
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