Kid Albums

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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]

Contents

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-End #1 Kid Albums

YearAlbumArtistRef.
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]
2023A Charlie Brown ChristmasVince Guaraldi [20]
2024 [21]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Billboard Kid Albums". Billboard.com. September 9, 1995. p. 1. Archived from the original on August 22, 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2009.
  2. "Kid Albums". Billboard . August 16, 2025. Retrieved August 18, 2025.
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