Taylor Swift, The Beatles, Elvis & More Artists With the Most Weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200: Full List

By remaining at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for a third week with I’m the Problem, Morgan Wallen ups his career total of weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s flagship albums chart to 32. Wallen is just the 20th artist to log 30 or more weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 – which originated in March 1956. Wallen is only the second core country artist to amass 30 weeks at No. 1, following Garth Brooks, who has headed the chart for 52 weeks. (Eagles, Elvis Presley and Taylor Swift, whose music straddles pop, rock and country, are also on the list.)

Wallen, 32, is the youngest artist on this list. He has landed three No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200: Dangerous: The Double Album (10 weeks on top), One Thing at a Time (19 weeks) and now I’m the Problem (three weeks so far).

A few quick notes: While Presley’s feats on the Billboard Hot 100 are shortchanged by the fact that his breakthrough in 1956 pre-dated the launch of Billboard’s flagship songs chart by more than two years, the Billboard 200 captures Presley’s entire career. His debut album, Elvis Presley, entered the chart at No. 11 in the issue dated March 31, 1956 – which was the chart’s second week.

If you count the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack (which logged 24 weeks at No. 1 in 1978) as a Bee Gees album, the trio had 31 weeks on top. Bee Gees had six tracks on the album — five of which were No. 1 hits on the Hot 100. But Billboard counts it as a multi-artist soundtrack album.

Here’s a look at all acts with 30 or more weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 since March 24, 1956, when the chart began publishing on a consistent weekly basis. Ties are shown in alphabetical order.

Paul Grein

Billboard