List of number-one albums (United States)
Encyclopedia
This is a partial list of number-one albums in the United States
by year from the Billboard Top 200 Albums
chart. Each chart is on a week-ending (w/e) format.
Billboard magazine began publishing album charts on March 24, 1945. The chart expanded to 200 positions on the week ending May 13, 1967 and adopted its current name on March 14, 1992. Since May 25, 1991, the Billboard 200's positions have been derived from Nielsen SoundScan
sales data, currently contributed by approximately 14,000 music retailers.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
by year from the Billboard Top 200 Albums
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
chart. Each chart is on a week-ending (w/e) format.
Billboard magazine began publishing album charts on March 24, 1945. The chart expanded to 200 positions on the week ending May 13, 1967 and adopted its current name on March 14, 1992. Since May 25, 1991, the Billboard 200's positions have been derived from Nielsen SoundScan
Nielsen SoundScan
Nielsen SoundScan is an information and sales tracking system created by Mike Fine and Mike Shalett. Soundscan is the official method of tracking sales of music and music video products throughout the United States and Canada...
sales data, currently contributed by approximately 14,000 music retailers.