This is a list of the albums ranked number one in the United States during 2019. The top-performing albums and EPs in the United States are ranked on the Billboard 200 chart, which is published by Billboard magazine. The data is compiled by Nielsen SoundScan based on each album's weekly physical and digital sales, as well as on-demand streaming and digital sales of their individual tracks.
Multiple artists received their first number-one album in 2019, including: 21 Savage, A Boogie wit da Hoodie, Hozier, Juice Wrld (which would be his last released during his lifetime following his death later in the year), Nav, Billie Eilish, Khalid, Tyler, the Creator, The Raconteurs, Young Thug, Luke Combs, DaBaby, SuperM, YoungBoy Never Broke Again, Trippie Redd, and Roddy Ricch.
The year also featured many artists return to the number-one spot after years of absence: the band Tool released their first number-one album in 13 years, the Jonas Brothers released their first in 10 (becoming the third consecutive number-one for both artists), the Backstreet Boys released their first album in 6 years, and their first number-one since 2000, and Celine Dion had her first number-one since 2002. Billie Eilish's debut album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? was the best performing album of 2019. Taylor Swift's seventh studio album, Lover , was the best-selling album of 2019, and had the year's biggest sales week with 867,000 units. [1]
† | Indicates best-performing album of 2019 [2] |
Position | Country | Artist | Weeks at No. 1 |
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1 | US | Post Malone | 5 |
2 | US | A Boogie wit da Hoodie | 3 |
US | Billie Eilish | ||
3 | UK | 21 Savage | 2 |
US | Ariana Grande | ||
US | Juice Wrld | ||
UK | Ed Sheeran | ||
4 | US | Future | 1 |
US | Backstreet Boys | ||
US | Lady Gaga | ||
US | Bradley Cooper | ||
UK | Hozier | ||
Canada | Nav | ||
US | Khalid | ||
Korea | BTS | ||
US | Pink | ||
US | Vampire Weekend | ||
US | Logic | ||
US | Tyler, the Creator | ||
US | Thomas Rhett | ||
US | Jonas Brothers | ||
US | Madonna | ||
US | The Raconteurs | ||
US | Chris Brown | ||
US/ France | Various Dreamville artists | ||
US | NF (rapper) | ||
Canada | Drake | ||
US | Slipknot | ||
US | Young Thug | ||
US | Taylor Swift | ||
US | Tool | ||
US | DaBaby | ||
Korea | SuperM | ||
US | YoungBoy Never Broke Again | ||
US | Kanye West | ||
US | Luke Combs | ||
Canada | Celine Dion | ||
US | Trippie Redd | ||
US | Various artists | ||
US | Roddy Ricch | ||
UK | Harry Styles |
The Billboard 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States. It is published weekly by Billboard magazine to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists. Sometimes, a recording act is remembered for its "number ones" that outperformed all other albums during at least one week. The chart grew from a weekly top 10 list in 1956 to become a top 200 list in May 1967, acquiring its existing name in March 1992. Its previous names include the Billboard Top LPs (1961–1972), Billboard Top LPs & Tape (1972–1984), Billboard Top 200 Albums (1984–1985) and Billboard Top Pop Albums (1985–1992).
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