Top Albums: Most Weeks on the Billboard 200 Chart

Here are the top albums with 20 or more weeks at No. 1 in the 56 year history of the Billboard 200 chart:

Weeks at No. 1, Title, Artist, Peak Year

54, “West Side Story” soundtrack, 1962**

37, “Thriller,” Michael Jackson, 1983

31, “Rumours,” Fleetwood Mac, 1977

31, “South Pacific” soundtrack, 1958

31, “Calypso,” Harry Belafonte, 1956

24, “21,” Adele, 2011

24, “Purple Rain,” Prince and the Revolution/Soundtrack, 1984

24, “Saturday Night Fever” soundtrack, 1978

21, “Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ‘Em,” M.C. Hammer, 1990

20, “The Bodyguard,” Whitney Houston/Soundtrack, 1992

20, “Blue Hawaii,” Elvis Presley/Soundtrack, 1961

** (The figure of 54 weeks at No. 1 combines the set’s time atop separate stereo and mono LP charts before the Billboard 200 became a singular ranking the week of Aug. 17, 1963.)