List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1993

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The Bodyguard soundtrack by Whitney Houston was the best-selling album of 1993. Whitney Houston (cropped3).JPEG
The Bodyguard soundtrack by Whitney Houston was the best-selling album of 1993.

These are the Billboard magazine number-one albums of 1993, per the Billboard 200.

Contents

Chart history

Key
†Indicates best performing album of 1993
Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)LabelSalesRef.
January 2 The Bodyguard † Whitney Houston / Soundtrack Arista 831,000 [1] [2]
January 91,061,000 [3] [4]
January 16520,000 [5] [6]
January 23361,000 [7] [8]
January 30264,000 [9] [10]
February 6235,000 [11] [12]
February 13209,000 [13] [14]
February 20200,000 [15] [16]
February 27200,000 [17] [18]
March 6195,000 [19] [20]
March 13 Unplugged Eric Clapton Reprise 207,000 [21] [22]
March 20220,000 [23] [24]
March 27150,000 [25] [26]
April 3The Bodyguard†Whitney Houston / SoundtrackArista147,000 [27] [28]
April 10 Songs of Faith and Devotion Depeche Mode Mute 150,000 [29] [30]
April 17The Bodyguard†Whitney Houston / SoundtrackArista152,000 [31] [32]
April 24159,000 [33] [34]
May 1135,000 [35] [36]
May 8 Get a Grip Aerosmith Geffen 170,000 [37] [38]
May 15The Bodyguard†Whitney Houston / SoundtrackArista105,000 [39] [40]
May 22109,000 [41] [42]
May 2991,000 [43] [44]
June 5 janet. Janet Jackson Virgin 350,000 [45] [46]
June 12238,000 [47] [48]
June 19177,000 [49] [50]
June 26N/A [51]
July 3N/A [52]
July 10N/A [53]
July 17 Back to Broadway Barbra Streisand Columbia121,000 [54] [55]
July 24 Zooropa U2 Island 377,000 [56] [57]
July 31204,000 [58] [59]
August 7 Black Sunday Cypress Hill Ruffhouse 261,000 [60] [61]
August 14230,000 [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 4173,000 [68] [69]
September 11156,000 [70] [71]
September 18 In Pieces Garth Brooks Liberty 404,000 [72] [73]
September 25315,000 [74] [75]
October 2230,000 [76] [77]
October 9 In Utero Nirvana DGC 180,000 [78] [79]
October 16In PiecesGarth BrooksLiberty151,000 [80] [81]
October 23125,000 [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 13391,000 [88] [89]
November 20269,000 [90] [91]
November 27229,000 [92] [93]
December 4189,000 [94] [95]
December 11 Doggystyle Snoop Doggy Dogg Death Row 802,858 [96] [97]
December 18378,000 [98] [99]
December 25 Music Box Mariah Carey Columbia295,000 [100] [101]

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