Comedy Albums

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Comedy Albums is a Billboard chart that lists the "top-selling spoken word and musical comedy albums" each week, as ranked by sales data compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The chart debuted as Top Comedy Albums in October 2004 when it was published for the first time exclusively in Billboard's websites. [1] The first number-one album on the Top Comedy Albums chart was Lord, I Apologize by Larry the Cable Guy. [1] [2] As of November 2023, the longest leading number-one album on the chart is Inside (The Songs) by Bo Burnham. [3]

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Its Billboard Year-End chart has been archived for public viewing back to 2006, with 15 entries for each year. [4]

On May 16, 2014, Billboard published "Top 20 Best Selling Comedy Albums", featuring albums from as far back as 1991, the start of the Nielsen SoundScan era. [5]

Year-End #1 Comedy Albums

YearAlbumArtistRef.
2006 Retaliation Dane Cook [4]
2007 Straight Outta Lynwood "Weird Al" Yankovic [6]
2008 Rough Around the Edges: Live from Madison Square Garden Dane Cook [7]
2009 Incredibad The Lonely Island [8]
2010 [9]
2011 Turtleneck & Chain [10]
2012 Rize of the Fenix Tenacious D [11]
2013 The Wack Album The Lonely Island [12]
2014 Mandatory Fun "Weird Al" Yankovic [13]
2015 Professional Rapper Lil Dicky [14]
2016 [15]
2017 The Bob's Burgers Music Album Soundtrack [16]
2018 Cool Patrol Ninja Sex Party [17]
2019 Rick and Morty Soundtrack [18]
2020Professional RapperLil Dicky [19]
2021 Inside (The Songs) Bo Burnham [20]
2022 [21]
2023 [22]
2024 Hazbin Hotel Soundtrack [23]

References

  1. 1 2 Mayfield, Geoff (November 20, 2004). "Over the Counter: 'Now' Leads New List". Billboard . Vol. 116, no. 47. VNU Business Media. p. 81. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
  2. "Comedy Albums: Top Stand Up Comedy Chart" . Billboard . October 2, 2004. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
  3. Zellner, Xander (2023-11-21). "Bo Burnham's 'Inside (The Songs)' Breaks Record for Most Weeks Spent at No. 1 on Comedy Albums Chart". Billboard. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
  4. 1 2 "Top Comedy Albums – Year-End" . Billboard . Retrieved October 3, 2018.
  5. Caulfield, Keith (May 16, 2014). "Top 20 Best Selling Comedy Albums (Nielsen SoundScan Era)". Billboard . Retrieved October 3, 2018.
  6. "Top Comedy Albums – Year-End" . Billboard . Retrieved September 17, 2025.
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