This article lists the albums ranked number one in the United States during the 2020s decade. The top-performing albums and EPs in the U.S. are ranked on the Billboard 200 chart, which is published by Billboard magazine. The data is compiled by Luminate Data based on multi-metric consumption as measured in album-equivalent units, which comprise album sales, track sales, and streams on digital music platforms. For issues dated January 4, 2020, to January 10, 2026, each unit equals one album sold, or ten individual digital tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. Starting on the issue dated January 17, 2026, each unit equals one album sold, or ten individual digital tracks sold from an album, or 2,500 ad-supported or 1,000 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album.
One Thing at a Time, the third studio album by American country singer Morgan Wallen, is the longest-running number-one album of the decade, topping the chart for 19 non-consecutive weeks. It also became the most consumed album of 2023. Taylor Swift's eleventh studio album, The Tortured Poets Department (2024), is the longest-running number-one on the Billboard 200 by a female artist in the 2020s, topping the chart for 17 weeks.
Number-one albums
Key
* – The current number one – Number-one album of the year Note: The best-performing album on the Billboard 200 of 2020 was Post Malone's Hollywood's Bleeding, but its reign at number one on the Billboard 200 occurred in September and November 2019.
Reached number oneAlbumArtist(s)Weeks atnumber oneReferences2020 January 11 JackBoys JackBoys and Travis Scott January 18 Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial Roddy Ricch January 25 Rare Selena Gomez February 1 Music to Be Murdered By Eminem February 15 Funeral Lil Wayne February 29 Changes Justin Bieber March 7 Map of the Soul: 7 BTS March 14 My Turn Lil Baby March 21 Eternal Atake Lil Uzi Vert April 4 After Hours The Weeknd May 2 Blame It on Baby DaBaby May 9 38 Baby 2 YoungBoy Never Broke Again May 16 Here and Now Kenny Chesney May 23 Good Intentions Nav May 30 High Off Life Future June 6 Wunna Gunna June 13 Chromatica Lady Gaga July 18 Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon Pop Smoke July 25 Legends Never Die Juice Wrld August 8 Folklore Taylor Swift September 19 Detroit 2 Big Sean September 26 Top YoungBoy Never Broke Again October 10 Tickets to My Downfall Machine Gun Kelly October 17 Savage Mode II 21 Savage and Metro Boomin November 7 What You See Is What You Get Luke Combs November 14 Positions Ariana Grande November 28 Power Up AC/DC December 5 Be BTS December 12 El Último Tour Del Mundo Bad Bunny December 19 Wonder Shawn Mendes December 26 Evermore Taylor Swift 2021 January 9 Whole Lotta Red Playboi Carti January 23Dangerous: The Double Album ♪ Morgan Wallen April 3 Justice Justin Bieber April 10 SoulFly Rod Wave April 24 Fearless (Taylor's Version) Taylor Swift May 1 Slime Language 2 Young Thug and Gunna May 8 A Gangsta's Pain Moneybagg Yo May 15 Khaled Khaled DJ Khaled May 29 The Off-Season J. Cole June 5 Sour Olivia Rodrigo June 19 The Voice of the Heroes Lil Baby and Lil Durk June 26 Hall of Fame Polo G July 10 Call Me If You Get Lost Tyler, the Creator July 31 Faith Pop Smoke August 7 F*ck Love The Kid Laroi August 14 Happier Than Ever Billie Eilish September 11 Donda Kanye West September 18 Certified Lover Boy Drake October 9 Sincerely, Kentrell YoungBoy Never Broke Again October 30 Punk Young Thug November 13 = Ed Sheeran November 20 Still Over It Summer Walker November 27 Red (Taylor's Version) Taylor Swift December 4 30 Adele 2022 January 15 Encanto (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Various artists January 22 DS4Ever Gunna March 26 7220 Lil Durk April 2 Oddinary Stray Kids April 9 Mainstream Sellout Machine Gun Kelly April 16 Unlimited Love Red Hot Chili Peppers May 7 It's Almost Dry Pusha T May 14 I Never Liked You Future May 21Un Verano Sin Ti ♪ Bad Bunny May 28 Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers Kendrick Lamar June 4 Harry's House Harry Styles June 25 Proof BTS July 2 Honestly, Nevermind Drake August 13 Renaissance Beyoncé August 27 Beautiful Mind Rod Wave September 10 God Did DJ Khaled October 1 Born Pink Blackpink October 22 Maxident Stray Kids October 29 It's Only Me Lil Baby November 5 Midnights Taylor Swift November 19 Her Loss Drake and 21 Savage December 17 Heroes & Villains Metro Boomin December 24 SOS SZA 2023 February 11 The Name Chapter: Temptation Tomorrow X Together March 11 Mañana Será Bonito Karol G March 18One Thing at a Time ♪ Morgan Wallen June 17 5-Star Stray Kids July 15 Pink Tape Lil Uzi Vert July 22 Speak Now (Taylor's Version) Taylor Swift August 5 Get Up NewJeans August 12 Utopia Travis Scott September 9 Zach Bryan Zach Bryan September 23 Guts Olivia Rodrigo September 30 Nostalgia Rod Wave October 21 For All the Dogs Drake October 28 Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana Bad Bunny November 4 One More Time... Blink-182 November 11 1989 (Taylor's Version) Taylor Swift November 25 Rock-Star Stray Kids December 16 The World EP.Fin: Will Ateez December 23 Pink Friday 2 Nicki Minaj 2024 January 27 American Dream 21 Savage February 17 35 Biggest Hits Toby Keith February 24 Vultures 1 ¥$: Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign March 9 With You-th Twice March 23 Eternal Sunshine Ariana Grande April 6 We Don't Trust You Future and Metro Boomin April 13 Cowboy Carter Beyoncé April 27 We Still Don't Trust You Future and Metro Boomin May 4The Tortured Poets Department ♪ Taylor Swift July 27 The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) Eminem August 3 Ate Stray Kids August 31 F-1 Trillion Post Malone September 7 Short n' Sweet Sabrina Carpenter September 28 Days Before Rodeo Travis Scott October 5 Mixtape Pluto Future October 19 Moon Music Coldplay October 26 Beautifully Broken Jelly Roll November 2 Lyfestyle Yeat November 9 Chromakopia Tyler, the Creator November 30 Golden Hour: Part.2 Ateez December 7 GNX Kendrick Lamar December 28 Hop Stray Kids 2025 January 18 WHAM Lil Baby January 25 Debí Tirar Más Fotos Bad Bunny February 15 Hurry Up Tomorrow The Weeknd March 1 Some Sexy Songs 4 U PartyNextDoor and Drake March 8 So Close to What Tate McRae March 22 Mayhem Lady Gaga March 29 Music Playboi Carti April 26 More Chaos Ken Carson May 10 Skeletá Ghost May 24 Even in Arcadia Sleep Token May 31 I'm the Problem Morgan Wallen July 26 JackBoys 2 JackBoys and Travis Scott August 2 Don't Tap the Glass Tyler, the Creator September 6 Karma Stray Kids September 13 Man's Best Friend Sabrina Carpenter September 20 KPop Demon Hunters (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film) Various artists September 27 Breach Twenty One Pilots October 4 Am I the Drama? Cardi B October 18The Life of a Showgirl ♪ Taylor Swift December 6 Do It Stray Kids 2026 January 24 With Heaven on Top Zach Bryan January 31 Don't Be Dumb ASAP Rocky February 7 Megadeth Megadeth February 14 Octane Don Toliver February 21 The Fall-Off J. Cole March 7 Cloud 9 Megan Moroney March 14 The Romantic Bruno Mars March 21 Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally Harry Styles April 4 Arirang BTS April 25 Dandelion Ella Langley May 9 The Great Divide Noah Kahan May 30 Iceman Drake June 27 You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love Olivia Rodrigo July 11 Golden Hour: Part.5 Ateez July 18 Confessions II Madonna July 25 The Real Me Future August 1 Daughter from Hell Gracie Abrams August 15 Petal Ariana Grande August 22 This & That Stray Kids August 29 Wild Katseye September 5 The Sin: Bliss Enhypen September 12 Don't Look Down Rod Wave September 26 Westside Whimsy Jhené Aiko October 3 Bass Persuades Miley Cyrus
Statistics
Artists by total number-one albums
The following artists achieved three or more number-one albums during the 2020s. A number of artists had number-one albums on their own as well as part of a collaboration. An asterisk (*) denotes that an artist is currently at number one.
Artist Number-onealbums Albums Stray Kids9 Oddinary—Maxident—5-Star—Rock-Star—Ate—Hop—Karma—Do It—This & That Taylor Swift* Folklore—Evermore—Fearless (Taylor's Version)—Red (Taylor's Version)—Midnights—Speak Now (Taylor's Version)—1989 (Taylor's Version)—The Tortured Poets Department—The Life of a Showgirl Drake6 Certified Lover Boy—Honestly, Nevermind—Her Loss—For All the Dogs—Some Sexy Songs 4 U—Iceman Future High Off Life—I Never Liked You—We Don't Trust You—We Still Don't Trust You—Mixtape Pluto—The Real Me Bad Bunny4 El Último Tour Del Mundo—Un Verano Sin Ti—Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana—Debí Tirar Más Fotos BTS Map of the Soul: 7—Be—Proof—Arirang Lil Baby My Turn—The Voice of the Heroes—It's Only Me—WHAM Metro Boomin Savage Mode II—Heroes & Villains—We Don't Trust You—We Still Don't Trust You Rod Wave SoulFly—Beautiful Mind—Nostalgia—Don't Look Down Travis Scott JackBoys—Utopia—Days Before Rodeo—JackBoys 2 21 Savage3 Savage Mode II—Her Loss—American Dream Ariana Grande Positions—Eternal Sunshine—Petal Ateez The World EP.Fin: Will—Golden Hour: Part.2—Golden Hour: Part.5 Morgan Wallen Dangerous: The Double Album—One Thing at a Time—I'm the Problem Olivia Rodrigo Sour—Guts—You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love Tyler, the Creator Call Me If You Get Lost—Chromakopia—Don't Tap the Glass YoungBoy Never Broke Again 38 Baby 2—Top—Sincerely, Kentrell
Artists by total cumulative weeks at number one
The following artists were featured at the top of the Billboard 200 for the highest cumulative number of weeks during the 2020s. Some totals include in part or in whole weeks spent at number one as part of a collaboration. An asterisk (*) denotes that an artist is currently at number one.
Artist Weeks atnumber one Albums Taylor Swift* 59 Folklore (8 weeks)Evermore (4 weeks)Fearless (Taylor's Version) (2 weeks)Red (Taylor's Version) (1 week)Midnights (6 weeks)Speak Now (Taylor's Version) (2 weeks)1989 (Taylor's Version) (6 weeks)The Tortured Poets Department (17 weeks)The Life of a Showgirl (13 weeks) Morgan Wallen 43 Dangerous: The Double Album (10 weeks)One Thing at a Time (19 weeks)I'm the Problem (14 weeks) Bad Bunny 20 El Último Tour Del Mundo (1 week)Un Verano Sin Ti (13 weeks)Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana (1 week)Debí Tirar Más Fotos (5 weeks) Drake 14 Certified Lover Boy (5 weeks)Honestly, Nevermind (1 week)Her Loss (1 week)For All the Dogs (2 weeks)Some Sexy Songs 4 U (1 week)Iceman (4 weeks) SZA 13 SOS (13 weeks) Stray Kids 9 Oddinary (1 week)Maxident (1 week)5-Star (1 week)Rock-Star (1 week)Ate (1 week)Hop (1 week)Karma (1 week)Do It (1 week)This & That (1 week) Lil Baby8 My Turn (5 weeks)The Voice of the Heroes (1 week)It's Only Me (1 week)WHAM (1 week) Olivia Rodrigo Sour (5 weeks)Guts (1 week)You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love (2 weeks) Travis Scott 7 JackBoys (1 week)Utopia (4 weeks)Days Before Rodeo (1 week)JackBoys 2 (1 week) Adele6 30 (6 weeks) Ariana Grande Positions (2 weeks)Eternal Sunshine (3 weeks)Petal (1 week) BTS Map of the Soul: 7 (1 week)Be (1 week)Proof (1 week)Arirang (3 weeks) Future High Off Life (1 week)I Never Liked You (1 week)We Don't Trust You (1 week)We Still Don't Trust You (1 week)Mixtape Pluto (1 week)The Real Me (1 week) Tyler, the Creator Call Me If You Get Lost (2 weeks)Chromakopia (3 weeks)Don't Tap the Glass (1 week)
Albums by total number of weeks at number one
The following albums were featured at the top of the Billboard 200 for the highest number of weeks during the 2020s. An asterisk (*) denotes that an album is currently at number one.
Album Artist(s) Weeks atnumber one One Thing at a Time Morgan Wallen 19 The Tortured Poets Department Taylor Swift 17 I'm the Problem Morgan Wallen 14 SOS SZA13 Un Verano Sin Ti Bad Bunny The Life of a Showgirl* Taylor Swift Dangerous: The Double Album Morgan Wallen 10 Encanto (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Various artists 9 Folklore Taylor Swift 8 30 Adele6 MidnightsTaylor Swift 1989 (Taylor's Version)