Kid Albums (formerly known as Top Kid Audio) is a music chart published weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks the top selling children's music albums in the United States. The chart debuted on the issue dated September 9, 1995. [1] It originally began as a 15-position chart, but has now been expanded to 25. [1] Rankings are compiled by point-of-purchase sales obtained by Nielsen Soundscan data and from legal digital downloads from an all music digital retailers. [1]
The Kid Albums chart features full-length albums that are geared towards children or preteen audiences. Some genres can extend to music for younger children around 1 to 5 years in age, like lullabies, to soundtracks for films that are targeted to children of the age 5-9 to pop, teen pop and other subdivisions of it. Studio albums, EPs, compilation albums and soundtracks are also eligible for the chart.
The first number-one title on the Top Kid Audio chart was a compilation album from Walt Disney Records titled Classic Disney, Vol. 1. [1] As of the week of October 4, 2025, the number-one album on the chart is the soundtrack to the 2016 film Moana . [2]
Year | Album | Artist | Ref. |
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2006 | High School Musical | Various Artists | [3] |
2007 | Hannah Montana | Miley Cyrus | [4] |
2008 | Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus | [5] | |
2009 | Hannah Montana 3 | [6] | |
2010 | Kidz Bop 18 | Kidz Bop | [7] |
2011 | BTR | Big Time Rush | [8] |
2012 | Kidz Bop 21 | Kidz Bop | [9] |
2013 | Kidz Bop 23 | [10] | |
2014 | Kidz Bop 25 | [11] | |
2015 | Kidz Bop 27 | [12] | |
2016 | Kidz Bop 31 | [13] | |
2017 | Moana | Various Artists | [14] |
2018 | [15] | ||
2019 | Mary Poppins Returns | Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman | [16] |
2020 | Frozen 2 | Various Artists | [17] |
2021 | A Charlie Brown Christmas | Vince Guaraldi | [18] |
2022 | Encanto | Various Artists | [19] |
2023 | A Charlie Brown Christmas | Vince Guaraldi | [20] |
2024 | [21] | ||