{"id":119071,"date":"2025-01-09T21:02:19","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T21:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2025\/01\/09\/taylor-swift-adele-morgan-wallen-post-malone-have-billboards-top-albums-of-the-21st-century\/"},"modified":"2025-01-09T21:02:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T21:02:19","slug":"taylor-swift-adele-morgan-wallen-post-malone-have-billboards-top-albums-of-the-21st-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2025\/01\/09\/taylor-swift-adele-morgan-wallen-post-malone-have-billboards-top-albums-of-the-21st-century\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift, Adele, Morgan Wallen, Post Malone have ‘Billboard”s Top Albums of the 21st Century"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As part of its ongoing recap of the first 25 years of the 21st Century, Billboard<\/em> has compiled a chart of its Top <\/strong>Billboard<\/strong><\/em> 200 Albums of the 21st Century<\/strong><\/a>. It’s based on chart performance from 2000 through the end of 2024, and as you might imagine, Taylor Swift<\/strong> features prominently on it, but she’s not number one.<\/p>\n

According to Billboard,<\/em> the #1 album of the past 25 years is Morgan Wallen<\/strong>‘s 2021 release\u00a0Dangerous: The Double Album<\/em>, having spent 158 weeks in the top 10. It was also the first album ever to spend its first 10 weeks at #1 since Whitney Houston<\/strong>‘s Whitney <\/em>in 1987.\u00a0<\/em>Morgan’s most recent album, One Thing at a Time,<\/em> ranks #6 on Billboard<\/em>‘s chart.<\/p>\n

Adele<\/strong>‘s 21<\/em>, meanwhile, is #2 on the chart. Released in 2011, it spent 24 nonconsecutive weeks at #1 \u2014 the most of any album in the 21st century. It also holds the record for the most weeks on top by a woman since the album chart started in 1956. Taylor’s 2008 album,\u00a0Fearless<\/em>, is #3, having spent 11 weeks on top.<\/p>\n

Taylor’s album 1989,<\/em> meanwhile, is #4 on the chart. Released in 2014, the singer’s first fully pop album spent 11 weeks at #1 and spent more than 500 weeks in total on the chart, spinning off three #1 hits \u2014 the most of any of her albums.<\/p>\n

Morgan’s “I Had Some Help” duet partner, Post Malone<\/strong>, is #7 with his 2019 album,\u00a0Hollywood’s Bleeding<\/em>. It spent five weeks on top and produced five top-10 hits. Nickelback<\/strong>‘s 2005 album,\u00a0All the Right Reasons<\/em>, which produced\u00a0six hit singles, is at #9.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lady Gaga<\/strong>‘s 2008 debut,\u00a0The Fame<\/em>, is #10, having spent nearly 400 weeks on the chart. It produced two #1 hits.<\/p>\n

Here’s the full top 10:
1. Morgan Wallen, Dangerous: The Double Album<\/em>
2. Adele, 21<\/em>
3. Taylor Swift, Fearless<\/em>
4. Taylor Swift, 1989<\/em>
5. Hamilton<\/em> soundtrack
6. Morgan Wallen, One Thing at a Time<\/em>
7. Post Malone, Hollywood’s Bleeding<\/em>
8. Lil Baby, My Turn<\/em>
9. Nickelback, All The Right Reasons<\/em>
10. Lady Gaga, The Fame<\/em><\/p>\n

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