How Have Album & Record of the Year Grammy Winners Performed on Billboard’s Charts?

7 October, 2022

How well do the winners at the Grammy Awards align with Billboard chart success? Perhaps not surprisingly, very closely — especially when it comes to trophy recipients reaching the top 10 of the Billboard 200 albums chart and the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart.

Billboard looks at the crossroads of Recording Academy and commercial success in two of the most prominent Grammy categories – album of the year and record of the year – over the last 65 years, from the first awards presented in 1959, a year after the Hot 100 launched and three years after the Billboard 200 began – through music’s latest biggest night in 2023.

Album of the Year Winners on the Billboard 200

Of the 65 album of the year winners, 62 – or 95% – have hit the Billboard 200’s top 10 (two of which did so for the first time following their Grammy victories). Harry Styles’ Harry’s House is the latest contributor to that overwhelming majority, having reigned for two weeks starting upon its debut in June 2022.

A year earlier, Jon Batiste’s victory with We Are contrasted that sharp trend, and halted a run of 26 top 10s winning consecutively since 1996 – the longest streak all-time. Still, We Are surged back onto the April 16, 2022-dated Billboard 200 at a new No. 25 high; it previously spent a week on the survey, at No. 86, in April 2021. The two previous winning sets not to have hit the top 10: Tony Bennett’s MTV Unplugged, which rose to No. 48 after its 1995 win (after it had reached No. 69 before that year’s ceremony), and Glen Campbell’s By the Time I Get to Phoenix, which reached its No. 15 peak ahead of its win in 1969.

Historically, 68% of all winners (44 of 65) have led the list.

Here’s a recap of how all album of the year Grammy Award winners have performed on the Billboard 200. (Album of the year is awarded to artist[s] and featured artist[s], songwriter[s] of new material, producer[s], recording engineer[s], mixer[s] and mastering engineer[s].)

Year, Artist, Title / Billboard 200 Peak

2023, Harry Styles, Harry’s House / No. 1 – 2 weeks
2022, Jon Batiste, We Are / No. 25 (post-Grammys; previously reached No. 86)
2021, Taylor Swift, Folklore / No. 1 – 8 weeks
2020, Billie Eilish, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? / No. 1 – 3 weeks
2019, Kacey Musgraves, Golden Hour / No. 4

2018, Bruno Mars, 24K Magic / No. 2
2017, Adele, 25 / No. 1 – 10 weeks
2016, Taylor Swift, 1989 / No. 1 – 11 weeks
2015, Beck, Morning Phase / No. 3
2014, Daft Punk, Random Access Memories / No. 1 – 2 weeks
2013, Mumford & Sons, Babel / No. 1 – 5 weeks
2012, Adele, 21 / No. 1 – 24 weeks
2011, Arcade Fire, The Suburbs / No. 1 – 1 week
2010, Taylor Swift, Fearless / No. 1 – 11 weeks
2009, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Raising Sand / No. 2
2008, Herbie Hancock, River: The Joni Letters / No. 5 (post-Grammys; previously reached No. 118)
2007, The Chicks, Taking the Long Way / No. 1 – 2 weeks
2006, U2, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb / No. 1 – 1 week
2005, Ray Charles, Genius Loves Company / No. 1 – 1 week (post-Grammys; previously reached No. 2)
2004, OutKast, Speakerboxx/The Love Below / No. 1 – 7 weeks

2003, Norah Jones, Come Away With Me / No. 1 – 4 weeks
2002, Soundtrack, O Brother, Where Art Thou? / No. 1 – 2 weeks (post-Grammys; previously reached No. 10)
2001, Steely Dan, Two Against Nature / No. 6
2000, Santana, Supernatural / No. 1 – 12 weeks
1999, Lauryn Hill, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill / No. 1 – 4 weeks
1998, Bob Dylan, Time Out of Mind / No. 10
1997, Celine Dion, Falling Into You / No. 1 – 3 weeks

1996, Alanis Morissette, Jagged Little Pill / No. 1 – 12 weeks
1995, Tony Bennett, MTV Unplugged / No. 48 (post-Grammys; previously reached No. 69)
1994, Whitney Houston, The Bodyguard soundtrack / No. 1 – 20 weeks
1993, Eric Clapton, Unplugged / No. 1 – 3 weeks (post-Grammys; previously reached No. 2)
1992, Natalie Cole, Unforgettable: With Love / No. 1 – 5 weeks
1991, Quincy Jones, Back on the Block / No. 9
1990, Bonnie Raitt, Nick of Time / No. 1 – 3 weeks (post-Grammys; previously reached No. 22)
1989, George Michael, Faith / No. 1 – 12 weeks
1988, U2, The Joshua Tree / No. 1 – 9 weeks

1987, Paul Simon, Graceland / No. 3
1986, Phil Collins, No Jacket Required / No. 1 – 7 weeks
1985, Lionel Richie, Can’t Slow Down / No. 1 – 3 weeks
1984, Michael Jackson, Thriller / No. 1 – 37 weeks
1983, Toto, Toto IV / No. 4
1982, John Lennon & Yoko Ono, Double Fantasy / No. 1 – 8 weeks
1981, Christopher Cross, Christopher Cross / No. 6
1980, Billy Joel, 52nd Street / No. 1 – 8 weeks

1979, Soundtrack, Saturday Night Fever / No. 1 – 24 weeks
1978, Fleetwood Mac, Rumours / No. 1 – 31 weeks
1977, Stevie Wonder, Songs in the Key of Life / No. 1 – 14 weeks
1976, Paul Simon, Still Crazy After All These Years / No. 1 – 1 week
1975, Stevie Wonder, Fulfillingness’ First Finale / No. 1 – 2 weeks
1974, Stevie Wonder, Innervisions / No. 4
1973, Various artists, The Concert for Bangladesh / No. 2
1972, Carole King, Tapestry / No. 1 – 15 weeks
1971, Simon & Garfunkel, Bridge Over Troubled Water / No. 1 – 10 weeks
1970, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Blood, Sweat & Tears / No. 1 – 7 weeks
1969, Glen Campbell, By the Time I Get to Phoenix / No. 15

1968, The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band / No. 1 – 15 weeks
1967, Frank Sinatra, A Man and His Music / No. 9
1966, Frank Sinatra, September of My Years / No. 5
1965, Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto, Getz/Gilberto / No. 2
1964, Barbra Streisand, The Barbra Streisand Album / No. 9
1963, Vaughn Meader, The First Family / No. 1 – 12 weeks
1962, Judy Garland, Judy at Carnegie Hall / No. 1 – 13 weeks
1961, Bob Newhart, The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart / No. 1 – 14 weeks
1960, Frank Sinatra, Come Dance With Me / No. 2
1959, Henry Mancini, The Music From Peter Gunn / No. 1 – 10 weeks

Record of the Year Winners on the Hot 100

Of the 65 record of the year winners, 54 – or 83% – have hit the Hot 100’s top 10 (one of which did so for the first time following its Grammy coronation). Lizzo’s “About Damn Time” continues that trend, as 14 winners in a row since 2010 have reached the top 10, the second-longest streak, after a 23-year run in 1965-87.

Historically, 54% of all winners (35 of 65) have topped the tally, with “About Damn Time” likewise upping that share.

Here’s a rundown of how all record of the year Grammy Award winners have fared on the Hot 100. (Record of the year is awarded to artist/producer[s], recording engineer[s] and/or mixer[s] and mastering engineer[s], if other than artist.)

Year, Title, Artist / Hot 100 Peak

2023, “About Damn Time,” Lizzo / No. 1 – 2 weeks
2022, “Leave the Door Open,” Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak) / No. 1 – 2 weeks
2021, “Everything I Wanted,” Billie Eilish / No. 8
2020, “Bad Guy,” Billie Eilish / No. 1 – 1 week
2019, “This Is America,” Childish Gambino / No. 1 – 2 weeks
2018, “24K Magic,” Bruno Mars / No. 4

2017, “Hello,” Adele / No. 1 – 10 weeks
2016, “Uptown Funk!,” Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars / No. 1 – 14 weeks
2015, “Stay With Me,” Sam Smith / No. 2
2014, “Get Lucky,” Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams / No. 2
2013, “Somebody That I Used To Know,” Gotye feat. Kimbra / No. 1 – 8 weeks
2012, “Rolling in the Deep,” Adele / No. 1 – 7 weeks
2011, “Need You Now,” Lady A / No. 2
2010, “Use Somebody,” Kings of Leon / No. 4
2009, “Please Read the Letter,” Robert Plant & Alison Krauss / did not chart
2008, “Rehab,” Amy Winehouse / No. 9

2007, “Not Ready To Make Nice,” Dixie Chicks / No. 4 (post-Grammys; previously reached No. 23)
2006, “Boulevard of Broken Dreams,” Green Day / No. 2
2005, “Here We Go Again,” Ray Charles & Norah Jones / did not chart
2004, “Clocks,” Coldplay / No. 29
2003, “Don’t Know Why,” Norah Jones / No. 30
2002, “Walk On,” U2 / did not chart
2001, “Beautiful Day,” U2 / No. 21
2000, “Smooth,” Santana feat. Rob Thomas / No. 1 – 12 weeks
1999, “My Heart Will Go On,” Celine Dion / No. 1 – 2 weeks
1998, “Sunny Came Home,” Shawn Colvin / No. 7
1997, “Change the World,” Eric Clapton / No. 5
1996, “Kiss From a Rose,” Seal / No. 1 – 1 week
1995, “All I Wanna Do,” Sheryl Crow / No. 2