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The Billboard 200 tracks the most popular albums every week in the US.
Only 13 albums have spent 10 or more weeks at No. 1 on the chart so far this century.
Taylor Swift, Morgan Wallen, and Adele all have multiple albums on the list.
Since 2000, only 13 albums have spent double-digit weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, widely considered the definitive weekly ranking of best-selling albums in the US.
Taylor Swift is the only woman to have four albums spend at least 10 weeks atop the Billboard 200, joining The Beatles and Elvis as the only artists in history to achieve this feat.
Keep reading to see a complete list of the chart's longest leaders in chronological order.
1. "Fearless" by Taylor SwiftTaylor Swift's sophomore album, "Fearless," was released in 2008.
4. "1989" by Taylor Swift"1989" was released on October 27, 2014.
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Swift's fifth studio album spent 11 weeks at No. 1 and went on to win album of the year at the Grammys, becoming Swift's second win after "Fearless." (She has since won four times, more than anyone else in history.)
Drake's fourth studio album, "Views," spent 13 weeks at No. 1, besting Adele's "25" for the top-charting album of 2016.
7. "Dangerous: The Double Album" by Morgan Wallen
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Morgan Wallen's second studio album spent 10 consecutive weeks at No. 1, becoming just the third album in history to spend its first 10 weeks atop the chart, joining Whitney Houston's "Whitney" (1987) and Stevie Wonder's "Songs in the Key of Life" (1976).
8. "Un Verano Sin Ti" by Bad Bunny"Un Verano Sin Ti" was released on May 6, 2022.
Morgan Wallen's third studio album spent 19 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1, surpassing "Un Verano Sin Ti" for the most weeks atop the chart this decade.
It's also the biggest country album in the history of the Billboard 200; Garth Brooks previously held the record with "Ropin' the Wind," which reigned for 18 weeks in the early '90s.
11. "The Tortured Poets Department" by Taylor SwiftTaylor Swift's 11th album, "The Tortured Poets Department," was released in 2024.
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Swift's 11th studio album spent its first 12 weeks at No. 1, the longest post-release run by a female artist since Houston's "Whitney."
"The Tortured Poets Department" joined Wallen's "One Thing at a Time" and Wonder's "Songs in the Key of Life" as the only three albums to spend their first 12 weeks in the chart's top position. (Wonder holds the record with a 13-week streak.)
"Poets" later returned for five more weeks atop the Billboard 200 for a grand total of 17, the longest reign of Swift's career.
12. "I'm the Problem" by Morgan Wallen"I'm the Problem" was released in 2025.