List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2019
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]
Chart history
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References
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- "Year-End Charts, Billboard 200 Albums". Billboard. 2019. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
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- Caulfield, Keith (January 6, 2018). "21 Savage Spends Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart With 'I Am > I Was'". Billboard. Retrieved January 7, 2018.(subscription required)
- Caulfield, Keith (January 14, 2018). "A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie Scores First No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart With 'Hoodie SZN'". Billboard. Retrieved January 15, 2018.(subscription required)
- Caulfield, Keith (January 21, 2018). "A Boogie Wit da Hoodie's 'Hoodie SZN' Spends Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
- Caulfield, Keith (January 27, 2019). "Future Earns Sixth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'WIZRD'". Billboard. Retrieved January 28, 2019.(subscription required)
- Caulfield, Keith (February 3, 2019). "Backstreet Boys Score First No. 1 Album in Nearly 20 Years on Billboard 200 Chart With 'DNA'". Billboard. Retrieved February 4, 2019.(subscription required)
- Caulfield, Keith (February 10, 2019). "A Boogie Wit da Hoodie's 'Hoodie SZN' Returns to No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart". Billboard. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
- Caulfield, Keith (February 17, 2019). "Ariana Grande's 'Thank U, Next' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart With Biggest Streaming Week Ever for a Pop Album". Billboard. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
- Caulfield, Keith (February 24, 2018). "Ariana Grande's 'Thank U, Next' Spends Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart". Billboard. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
- Caulfield, Keith (March 3, 2019). "Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper's 'A Star Is Born' Soundtrack Back at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Post-Oscars". Billboard. Retrieved March 4, 2019.(subscription required)
- Caulfield, Keith (March 10, 2019). "Hozier Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart With 'Wasteland, Baby!'". Billboard. Retrieved March 11, 2019.(subscription required)
- Caulfield, Keith (March 17, 2019). "Juice WRLD Scores First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 With 'Death Race for Love'". Billboard. Retrieved March 18, 2019.(subscription required)
- Caulfield, Keith (March 24, 2019). "Juice WRLD's 'Death Race for Love' Rules for Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
- Caulfield, Keith (March 31, 2019). "NAV Nets First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Bad Habits'". Billboard. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
- Caulfield, Keith (April 7, 2019). "Billie Eilish's 'When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
- Caulfield, Keith (April 14, 2019). "Khalid's 'Free Spirit' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart". Billboard. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
- Caulfield, Keith (April 21, 2019). "BTS Scores Third No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Map of the Soul: Persona'". Billboard. Retrieved April 22, 2019.(subscription required)
- Caulfield, Keith (April 28, 2019). "Billie Eilish's 'When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?' Returns to No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart". Billboard. Retrieved April 29, 2019.(subscription required)
- Caulfield, Keith (May 6, 2019). "P!nk's 'Hurts 2B Human' Album Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard. Retrieved May 7, 2019.(subscription required)
- Caulfield, Keith (May 12, 2019). "Vampire Weekend's 'Father of the Bride' Album Bows at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard. Retrieved May 13, 2019.(subscription required)
- Caulfield, Keith (May 19, 2019). "Logic Scores Third No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Confessions of a Dangerous Mind'". Billboard. Retrieved May 20, 2019.(subscription required)
- Caulfield, Keith (May 30, 2019). "Tyler, the Creator's 'Igor' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2019.(subscription required)
- Caulfield, Keith (June 2, 2019). "Billie Eilish Returns to No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart". Billboard. Retrieved June 2, 2019.(subscription required)
- Caulfield, Keith (June 9, 2019). "Thomas Rhett Scores Second No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart With 'Center Point Road'". Billboard. Retrieved June 10, 2019.(subscription required)
- Caulfield, Keith (June 17, 2019). "Jonas Brothers' 'Happiness Begins' Album Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart With Biggest Week of 2019". Billboard. Retrieved June 18, 2019.(subscription required)
- Caulfield, Keith (June 23, 2019). "Madonna Achieves Ninth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Madame X'". Billboard. Retrieved June 24, 2019.(subscription required)
- Caulfield, Keith (June 30, 2019). "The Raconteurs Land First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Help Us Stranger'". Billboard. Retrieved July 1, 2019.(subscription required)
- Caulfield, Keith (July 8, 2019). "Chris Brown Earns Third No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Indigo'". Billboard. Retrieved July 9, 2019.(subscription required)
- Caulfield, Keith (July 14, 2019). "'Revenge of the Dreamers III' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart". Billboard. Retrieved July 15, 2019.(subscription required)
- Caulfield, Keith (July 21, 2019). "Ed Sheeran's 'No. 6 Collaborations Project' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart". Billboard. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
- Caulfield, Keith (July 28, 2019). "Ed Sheeran's 'No. 6' Spends Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart, Beyonce & Nas Bow in Top 10". Billboard. Retrieved July 29, 2019.(subscription required)
- Caulfield, Keith (August 4, 2019). "NF Scores Second No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'The Search'". Billboard. Retrieved August 5, 2019.(subscription required)
- Caulfield, Keith (August 11, 2019). "Drake Achieves Ninth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Care Package'". Billboard. Retrieved August 12, 2019.(subscription required)
- Caulfield, Keith (August 18, 2019). "Slipknot Ties Up Third No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'We Are Not Your Kind'". Billboard. Retrieved August 18, 2019.(subscription required)
- Caulfield, Keith (August 25, 2019). "Young Thug Scores First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'So Much Fun'". Billboard. Retrieved August 26, 2019.(subscription required)
- Caulfield, Keith (September 1, 2019). "Official: Taylor Swift's 'Lover' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart With 867,000 Units Earned in First Week in U.S." Billboard. Retrieved September 2, 2019.(subscription required)
- Caulfield, Keith (September 8, 2019). "Tool's 'Fear Inoculum' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart With Biggest Week For a Rock Album in Over 1 Year". Billboard. Retrieved September 9, 2019.(subscription required)
- Caulfield, Keith (September 15, 2019). "Post Malone Scores Second No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 With 'Hollywood's Bleeding'". Billboard. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
- Caulfield, Keith (September 23, 2019). "Post Malone Spends Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200, The Lumineers & Korn Debut in Top 10". Billboard. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
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- Caulfield, Keith (October 6, 2019). "DaBaby Earns First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Kirk'". Billboard. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
- Caulfield, Keith (October 13, 2019). "SuperM Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart With 'The 1st Mini Album'". Billboard. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
- Caulfield, Keith (October 20, 2019). "YoungBoy Never Broke Again Nabs First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
- Caulfield, Keith (October 27, 2019). "Post Malone's 'Hollywood's Bleeding' Bounces Back to No. 1 for Fourth Week on Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
- Caulfield, Keith (November 3, 2019). "Kanye West's 'Jesus Is King' Arrives as His Record-Tying Ninth Consecutive No. 1 Debut on Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
- Caulfield, Keith (November 10, 2019). "Post Malone's 'Hollywood's Bleeding' Earns Honor Atop Billboard 200 Not Achieved In Over a Year". Billboard. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
- Caulfield, Keith (November 17, 2019). "Luke Combs Lands First No. 1 Album With Record-Setting Week on Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
- Caulfield, Keith (November 24, 2019). "Celine Dion Scores First No. 1 Album in Over 17 Years on Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
- Caulfield, Keith (December 1, 2019). "Trippie Redd Rules With First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
- Caulfield, Keith (December 8, 2019). "'Frozen II' Soundtrack Hits No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart". Billboard. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
- Caulfield, Keith (December 15, 2019). "Roddy Ricch Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 With 'Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial'". Billboard. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
- Caulfield, Keith (December 22, 2019). "Harry Styles' 'Fine Line' Album Earns Huge No. 1 Debut on Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard. Retrieved December 22, 2019.