Taylor Swift, The Beatles, Elvis & More Artists With the Most Weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200: Full List
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Will Swift eventually equal or top the Fab Four's record?
By returning to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 (dated Oct. 10) with The Life of a Showgirl , Taylor Swift ups her career tally of weeks at No. 1 on that chart to 99. Swift long ago topped both Whitney Houston for the most weeks at No. 1 by a female artist (46 weeks) and Elvis Presley for the most weeks at No. 1 by a solo artist (67 weeks). She now trails only The Beatles , who logged 132 weeks on top from February 1964 to February 2001.
Swift and Paul McCartney have a warm relationship. She took to her Instagram Stories to congratulate him on his latest album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane , with the caption, “Never not inspired by this eternally exceptional artist.” He performed The Beatles’ “I Want to Hold Your Hand” at her recent wedding .
A few quick notes: While Presley’s feats on the Billboard Hot 100 are shortchanged by the fact that his breakthrough in 1956 pre-dated the launch of Billboard ’s flagship songs chart by more than two years, the Billboard 200 captures Presley’s entire career. His debut album, Elvis Presley , entered the chart at No. 11 in the issue dated March 31, 1956 — which was the chart’s second week.
If you count the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack (which logged 24 consecutive weeks at No. 1 in 1978) as a Bee Gees album, the trio had 31 weeks on top. Bee Gees had six tracks on the album — five of which were No. 1 hits on the Hot 100. But Billboard counts it as a multi-artist soundtrack album.
Here’s a look at all acts with 30 or more weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 since March 24, 1956, when the chart began publishing on a consistent weekly basis. Ties are shown in alphabetical order.