The highest-selling albums and EPs in the United States are ranked in the Billboard 200, which is published by Billboard magazine. The data are compiled by Nielsen Soundscan based on each album's weekly physical and digital sales, as well as on-demand streaming and digital sales of its individual tracks.
In 2017, a total of 38 albums claimed the top position of the chart. Beginning with vocal group Pentatonix's Christmas album, A Pentatonix Christmas, issue dated January 7, another one of which, Canadian singer The Weeknd's third studio album, Starboy returned to the top slot a week later after three weeks from the slot, issue dated December 17, 2016.
Ed Sheeran's third studio album, ÷ (Divide) was the most consumed album of 2017 with 2.764 million equivalent album units with 1.1 million of that sum coming from traditional album sales according to Nielsen Music. Kendrick Lamar's fourth studio album Damn was the second best-selling album of 2017 with 2.747 million equivalent album units according to Nielsen Music. Taylor Swift's sixth studio album, Reputation, was the best-selling album of 2017 with 1.9 million sales, and the third most consumed, with 2.336 million units moved in 2017.
Rapper Future also made Billboard history releasing two different albums in a week apart: his fifth self-titled album and sixth follow-up, Hndrxx. Both managed to peak atop the chart. Aside from A Pentatonix Christmas, Starboy, ÷, More Life, Damn and Reputation, the only two number-ones with extended chart runs include: Grateful by DJ Khaled and 4:44 by Jay-Z, four of which spent only two weeks at the top position.
Chart history
+KeyIndicates best performing album of 2017 Issue date Album Artist(s) Album-equivalent units A Pentatonix Christmas Pentatonix 206,000 101,000 Starboy The Weeknd 69,000 63,000 61,000 56,000 Culture Migos 131,000 I Decided. Big Sean 151,000 Fifty Shades Darker Soundtrack 123,000 Future Future 140,000 Hndrxx 121,000 ÷ 451,000 180,000 More Life Drake 505,000 226,000 136,000 Memories...Do Not Open The Chainsmokers 221,000 Damn 603,000 239,000 173,000 Everybody Logic 247,000 Harry Styles 230,000 One More Light Linkin Park 111,000 True to Self 107,000 Hopeless Fountain Kingdom Halsey 106,000 Witness 180,000 Melodrama Lorde 109,000 Grateful DJ Khaled 149,000 70,000 4:44 Jay-Z 262,000 87,000 Lust for Life 107,000 Everything Now Arcade Fire 100,000 Damn Kendrick Lamar 47,000 Rainbow Kesha 117,000 Science Fiction Brand New 58,000 Luv Is Rage 2 Lil Uzi Vert 135,000 American Dream LCD Soundsystem 85,000 Life Changes 123,000 Concrete and Gold Foo Fighters 127,000 Wonderful Wonderful The Killers 118,000 Now 137,000 Perception NF 55,000 Beautiful Trauma Pink 408,000 Flicker 152,000 Live in No Shoes Nation 219,000 The Thrill of It All 237,000 Reputation 1,238,000 256,000 147,000 Songs of Experience U2 186,000 What Makes You Country 108,000
Number-one artists + List of number-one artists by total weeks at number onePositionArtist Weeks at No. 11The Weeknd 4Kendrick Lamar4Drake 3Taylor Swift9Pentatonix 2FutureEd SheeranDJ KhaledJay-Z13Migos 1Big SeanThe ChainsmokersLogicHarry StylesLinkin ParkBryson TillerHalseyKaty PerryLordeLana Del ReyArcade FireKeshaBrand NewLil Uzi VertLCD SoundsystemThomas RhettFoo FightersThe KillersShaina TwainNFPinkNiall HoranKenny ChesneySam SmithU2Luke Bryan
See also 2017 in American music List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2017
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