List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2021
This is a list of the
30, the fourth studio album by English singer-songwriter Adele, was the best-selling album of 2021, with 1.464 million copies sold.[1] It garnered the biggest opening week of 2021 with 839,000 album-equivalent units, and topped the chart for the final four weeks of the year.[2] Dangerous: The Double Album by American country singer Morgan Wallen was the best-performing album of 2021 and the longest running number-one album of the year, having topped the Billboard 200 for 10 consecutive weeks.[3] It became the first country album since The Chase (1992) by American singer Garth Brooks to reign the Billboard 200 for six or more weeks,[4] and the first album since Whitney (1987) by American singer Whitney Houston, to spend its first 10 weeks at the top spot.[5]
American singer-songwriter
Chart history
† | Indicates best-performing album of 2021[3] |
Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Album- equivalent units |
Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
January 2 | Evermore
|
Taylor Swift | 169,000 | [8][9] |
January 9 | Whole Lotta Red | Playboi Carti | 100,000 | [10][11] |
January 16 | Evermore | Taylor Swift | 56,000 | [12][13] |
January 23 | Dangerous: The Double Album † | Morgan Wallen | 265,000 | [14][15] |
January 30 | 159,000 | [16][17] | ||
February 6 | 130,000 | [18][19] | ||
February 13 | 149,000 | [20][21] | ||
February 20 | 150,000 | [22][23] | ||
February 27 | 93,000 | [24][4] | ||
March 6 | 89,000 | [25][26] | ||
March 13 | 82,000 | [27][28] | ||
March 20 | 78,000 | [29][30] | ||
March 27 | 69,000 | [31][5] | ||
April 3 | Justice | Justin Bieber | 154,000 | [32][33] |
April 10 | SoulFly | Rod Wave | 130,000 | [34][35] |
April 17 | Justice | Justin Bieber | 75,000 | [36][37] |
April 24 | Fearless (Taylor's Version) | Taylor Swift | 291,000 | [38][7] |
May 1 | Slime Language 2 | Young Thug and various artists | 113,000 | [39][40] |
May 8 | A Gangsta's Pain | Moneybagg Yo | 110,000 | [41][42] |
May 15 | Khaled Khaled | DJ Khaled | 94,000 | [43][44] |
May 22 | A Gangsta's Pain | Moneybagg Yo | 61,000 | [45][46] |
May 29 | The Off-Season | J. Cole | 282,000 | [47][48] |
June 5 | Sour | Olivia Rodrigo | 295,000 | [49][50] |
June 12 | Evermore | Taylor Swift | 202,000 | [51][52] |
June 19 | The Voice of the Heroes | Lil Baby and Lil Durk | 150,000 | [53][54] |
June 26 | Hall of Fame | Polo G | 143,000 | [55][56] |
July 3 | Sour | Olivia Rodrigo | 105,000 | [57][58] |
July 10 | Call Me If You Get Lost | Tyler, the Creator | 169,000 | [59][60] |
July 17 | Sour | Olivia Rodrigo | 88,000 | [61][62] |
July 24 | 83,000 | [63][64] | ||
July 31 | Faith | Pop Smoke | 88,000 | [65][66] |
August 7 | F*ck Love | The Kid Laroi | 85,000 | [67][68] |
August 14 | Happier Than Ever | Billie Eilish | 238,000 | [69][70] |
August 21 | 85,000 | [71][72] | ||
August 28 | 60,000 | [73][74] | ||
September 4 | Sour | Olivia Rodrigo | 133,000 | [75][76] |
September 11 | Donda | Kanye West | 309,000 | [77][78] |
September 18 | Certified Lover Boy | Drake | 613,000 | [79][80] |
September 25 | 236,000 | [81][82] | ||
October 2 | 171,000 | [83][84] | ||
October 9 | Sincerely, Kentrell | YoungBoy Never Broke Again | 137,000 | [85][86] |
October 16 | Fearless (Taylor's Version) | Taylor Swift | 152,000 | [87][88] |
October 23 | Certified Lover Boy | Drake | 94,000 | [89][90] |
October 30 | Punk | Young Thug | 90,000 | [91][92] |
November 6 | Certified Lover Boy | Drake | 74,000 | [93][94] |
November 13 | = | Ed Sheeran | 118,000 | [95][96] |
November 20 | Still Over It | Summer Walker | 166,000 | [97][98] |
November 27 | Red (Taylor's Version) | Taylor Swift | 605,000 | [6][99] |
December 4 | 30 | Adele | 839,000 | [2][100] |
December 11 | 288,000 | [101][102] | ||
December 18 | 193,000 | [103][104] | ||
December 25 | 183,000 | [105][106] |
Number-one artists
Position | Country | Artist | Weeks at No. 1 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | USA | Morgan Wallen | 10 |
2 | USA | Taylor Swift | 6 |
3 | CAN | Drake | 5 |
US | Olivia Rodrigo | ||
5 | UK | Adele | 4 |
6 | US | Billie Eilish | 3 |
7 | CAN | Justin Bieber | 2 |
US | Moneybagg Yo | ||
US | Young Thug | ||
10 | US | Playboi Carti | 1 |
US | Rod Wave | ||
US | DJ Khaled | ||
US | J. Cole | ||
US | Lil Baby | ||
US | Lil Durk | ||
US | Polo G | ||
US | Tyler, the Creator | ||
US | Pop Smoke | ||
AUS | The Kid Laroi | ||
US | Kanye West | ||
US | YoungBoy Never Broke Again | ||
UK | Ed Sheeran | ||
US | Summer Walker |
See also
- List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2021
- List of Billboard Global 200 number ones of 2021
- List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of the 2020s
- 2021 in American music
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