Morgan Wallen Claims No. 1 Spot On Top Billboard 200 Albums For 21st Century

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Morgan Wallen. Photo: David Lehr

Morgan Wallen‘s Dangerous: The Double Album has been named the No.1 album on the Top Billboard 200 Albums of the 21st Century Chart. The 200-position ranking summarizes performance on the weekly Billboard 200 albums chart from the beginning of 2000 through the end of 2024.

The project first debuted at No. 1 on the weekly chart dated January 23, 2021 and held the top spot through the March 27, 2021 chart, making it the first album since 1987 to spend its first 10 weeks at No. 1. The last album to achieve this was Whitney Houston’s Whitney, which spent all 11 of its weeks at No. 1 following its debut.

Dangerous has continued to rack up chart milestones since then. In September 2022, it marked its 86th week in the Billboard 200’s top 10, surpassing Peter, Paul and Mary’s self-titled album for the most weeks spent in the top 10 by an album from a solo artist, since the chart began its weekly publication in March 1956.

As of the December 28, 2024-dated Billboard 200, Dangerous: The Double Album has spent 158 weeks in the top 10. The only album with more weeks in the top 10 is the original cast recording of My Fair Lady, which accumulated 173 weeks between 1956 and 1960.

Wallen has two albums in the top 10 of the Top Billboard 200 Albums of the 21st Century chart, with his One Thing at a Time holding the No. 6 spot. His debut project If I Know Me, ranks at No. 159 on the same chart.

Other albums in the top 10 on the chart include Adele‘s 21 (No. 2), Taylor Swift‘s Fearless (No. 3) and 1989 (No. 4), Hamilton: An American Musical (No. 5), Post Malone‘s Hollywood’s Bleeding (No. 7), Lily Baby‘s My Turn (No. 8), Nickelback‘s All The Right Reasons (No. 9) and Lady Gaga‘s The Fame (No. 10).

Additional country albums landing on the top-200 chart include Swift’s Taylor Swift (No. 18), Red (No. 85), Speak Now (No. 120) and Red (Taylor’s Version) (No. 197); Carrie Underwood‘s Some Hearts (No. 19) and Carnival Ride (No. 142); Chris Stapleton‘s Traveller (No. 30); Luke Comb‘s This One’s For You (No. 35) and What You See Is What You Get (No. 44); Lady A‘s Need You Now (No. 51); Florida Georgia Line‘s Here’s To The Good Times (No. 54); Luke Bryan‘s Crash My Party (No. 71) and Tailgates & Tanlines (No. 130); Rascal Flatts‘ Me And My Gang (No. 74) and Feels Like Today (No. 160); Jason Aldean‘s My Kinda Party (No. 88); Dixie Chicks‘ Home (No. 89); Zach Bryan‘s American Heartbreak (No. 114) and Zach Bryan (No. 156); Sam Hunt‘s Montevallo (No. 129); Gretchen Wilson‘s Here For The Party (No. 136); Zac Brown Band‘s The Foundation (No. 137); Blake Shelton‘s Based On A True Story… (No. 138) and Alan Jackson‘s Drive (No. 179).

See more data at Billboard.com.

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