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English singer
Adele 's fourth studio album,
30 , had the biggest sales week of 2021 and was the best-selling album of the year.
This is a list of the
albums ranked number one in the United States during 2021. The top-performing albums and
EPs in the U.S. are ranked on the
Billboard 200 chart, which is published by
Billboard magazine. The data is compiled by
Nielsen SoundScan based on multi-metric consumption as measured in
album-equivalent units , which comprise album sales,
track sales , and streams on
digital music platforms. Each unit equals one album sold, or 10 individual digital tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription
on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album.
30 , the fourth studio album by English singer-songwriter
Adele , was the best-selling album of 2021, with 1.464 million copies sold.
[1] It garnered the biggest opening week of 2021 with 839,000
album-equivalent units , and topped the chart for the final four weeks of the year.
[2]
Dangerous: The Double Album by American
country singer
Morgan Wallen was the best-performing album of 2021 and the longest running number-one album of the year, having topped the Billboard 200 for 10 consecutive weeks.
[3] It became the first country album since
The Chase (1992) by American singer
Garth Brooks to reign the Billboard 200 for six or more weeks,
[4] and the first album since
Whitney (1987) by American singer
Whitney Houston , to spend its first 10 weeks at the top spot.
[5]
Dangerous: The Double Album by American singer
Morgan Wallen became the first album since 1987 to spend its first 10 weeks atop the Billboard 200.
American singer-songwriter
Taylor Swift charted three number one albums this year—the most for any artist: her 2020 studio album
Evermore and 2021 re-recordings
Fearless (Taylor's Version) and
Red (Taylor's Version) ; they collectively spent six weeks atop the Billboard 200.
[6] Fearless (Taylor's Version) became the first
re-recorded album in history to top the chart.
[7] American singer-songwriter
Olivia Rodrigo 's debut studio album,
Sour , is the year's second longest reigning number-one album of the Billboard 200 and the longest-reigning by a female artist, with five non-consecutive weeks spent atop the chart.
Chart history
Taylor Swift topped the chart for six weeks with three number-ones: her ninth studio album
Evermore , and the
re-recordings
Fearless (Taylor's Version) and
Red (Taylor's Version) .
Olivia Rodrigo 's debut studio album,
Sour , spent five weeks atop the chart, becoming the longest running number-one album by a female artist in 2021.
Drake 's sixth studio album,
Certified Lover Boy , spent five weeks atop the chart.
Happier Than Ever , the second studio album from
Billie Eilish , topped the chart for three consecutive weeks.
Key
†
Indicates best-performing album of 2021
[3]
Number-one artists
See also
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