These are the Billboard magazine number-one albums of 1993, per the Billboard 200.
† | Indicates best performing album of 1993 |
Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Label | Sales | Ref. |
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January 2 | The Bodyguard † | Whitney Houston / Soundtrack | Arista | 831,000 | [1] [2] |
January 9 | 1,061,000 | [3] [4] | |||
January 16 | 520,000 | [5] [6] | |||
January 23 | 361,000 | [7] [8] | |||
January 30 | 264,000 | [9] [10] | |||
February 6 | 235,000 | [11] [12] | |||
February 13 | 209,000 | [13] [14] | |||
February 20 | 200,000 | [15] [16] | |||
February 27 | 200,000 | [17] [18] | |||
March 6 | 195,000 | [19] [20] | |||
March 13 | Unplugged | Eric Clapton | Reprise | 207,000 | [21] [22] |
March 20 | 220,000 | [23] [24] | |||
March 27 | 150,000 | [25] [26] | |||
April 3 | The Bodyguard† | Whitney Houston / Soundtrack | Arista | 147,000 | [27] [28] |
April 10 | Songs of Faith and Devotion | Depeche Mode | Mute | 150,000 | [29] [30] |
April 17 | The Bodyguard† | Whitney Houston / Soundtrack | Arista | 152,000 | [31] [32] |
April 24 | 159,000 | [33] [34] | |||
May 1 | 135,000 | [35] [36] | |||
May 8 | Get a Grip | Aerosmith | Geffen | 170,000 | [37] [38] |
May 15 | The Bodyguard† | Whitney Houston / Soundtrack | Arista | 105,000 | [39] [40] |
May 22 | 109,000 | [41] [42] | |||
May 29 | 91,000 | [43] [44] | |||
June 5 | janet. | Janet Jackson | Virgin | 350,000 | [45] [46] |
June 12 | 238,000 | [47] [48] | |||
June 19 | 177,000 | [49] [50] | |||
June 26 | N/A | [51] | |||
July 3 | N/A | [52] | |||
July 10 | N/A | [53] | |||
July 17 | Back to Broadway | Barbra Streisand | Columbia | 121,000 | [54] [55] |
July 24 | Zooropa | U2 | Island | 377,000 | [56] [57] |
July 31 | 204,000 | [58] [59] | |||
August 7 | Black Sunday | Cypress Hill | Ruffhouse | 261,000 | [60] [61] |
August 14 | 230,000 | [62] [63] | |||
August 21 | Sleepless in Seattle | Soundtrack | Epic Soundtrax | 149,455 | [64] [65] |
August 28 | River of Dreams | Billy Joel | Columbia | 232,000 | [66] [67] |
September 4 | 173,000 | [68] [69] | |||
September 11 | 156,000 | [70] [71] | |||
September 18 | In Pieces | Garth Brooks | Liberty | 404,000 | [72] [73] |
September 25 | 315,000 | [74] [75] | |||
October 2 | 230,000 | [76] [77] | |||
October 9 | In Utero | Nirvana | DGC | 180,000 | [78] [79] |
October 16 | In Pieces | Garth Brooks | Liberty | 151,000 | [80] [81] |
October 23 | 125,000 | [82] [83] | |||
October 30 | Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell | Meat Loaf | MCA | 120,000 | [84] [85] |
November 6 | Vs. | Pearl Jam | Epic Associated | 950,377 | [86] [87] |
November 13 | 391,000 | [88] [89] | |||
November 20 | 269,000 | [90] [91] | |||
November 27 | 229,000 | [92] [93] | |||
December 4 | 189,000 | [94] [95] | |||
December 11 | Doggystyle | Snoop Doggy Dogg | Death Row | 802,858 | [96] [97] |
December 18 | 378,000 | [98] [99] | |||
December 25 | Music Box | Mariah Carey | Columbia | 295,000 | [100] [101] |