Top Billboard 200 Albums

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TOP BILLBOARD 200 ALBUMS

This year's most popular albums across all genres, ranked by album sales as well as audio on-demand streaming activity and digital sales of tracks from albums as compiled by Nielsen Music.

2016
1

25

Adele

2

VIEWS

Drake

3

PURPOSE

Justin Bieber

4

LEMONADE

Beyonce

5

ANTI

Rihanna

7

TRAVELLER

Chris Stapleton

8

MADE IN THE A.M.

One Direction

9

BEAUTY BEHIND THE MADNESS

The Weeknd

11

T R A P S O U L

Bryson Tiller

12

WHEN IT'S DARK OUT

G-Eazy

13

A HEAD FULL OF DREAMS

Coldplay

14

THE VERY BEST OF PRINCE

Prince

15

FETTY WAP

Fetty Wap

16

ISLAH

Kevin Gates

17

1989

Taylor Swift

18

REVIVAL

Selena Gomez

19

MONTEVALLO

Sam Hunt

20

SUICIDE SQUAD: THE ALBUM

Soundtrack

21

TANGLED UP

Thomas Rhett

22

THIS IS ACTING

Sia

24

21

Adele

25

WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE

Drake & Future

26

DANGEROUS WOMAN

Ariana Grande

27

THE LIFE OF PABLO

Kanye West

28

DS2

Future

29

KILL THE LIGHTS

Luke Bryan

30

2014 FOREST HILLS DRIVE

J. Cole

31

THAT'S CHRISTMAS TO ME

Pentatonix

32

EVOL

Future

33

HANDWRITTEN

Shawn Mendes

34

BADLANDS

Halsey

35

IF YOU'RE READING THIS IT'S TOO LATE

Drake

36

STORYTELLER

Carrie Underwood

37

X

Ed Sheeran

39

ROYALTY

Chris Brown

40

TITLE

Meghan Trainor

41

IF I'M HONEST

Blake Shelton

42

KNOW-IT-ALL

Alessia Cara

43

NINE TRACK MIND

Charlie Puth

45

THANK YOU

Meghan Trainor

46

IMMORTALIZED

Disturbed

47

RELOADED: 20 #1 HITS

Blake Shelton

48

BLONDE

Frank Ocean

49

MY HOUSE (EP)

Flo Rida

50

MR. MISUNDERSTOOD

Eric Church

51

RIPCORD

Keith Urban

53

BLUE NEIGHBOURHOOD

Troye Sivan

54

HYMNS

Joey + Rory

56

MIND OF MINE

Zayn

57

IN THE LONELY HOUR

Sam Smith

58

TAKE CARE

Drake

59

CHAOS AND THE CALM

James Bay

60

LUKAS GRAHAM

Lukas Graham

61

TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY

Kendrick Lamar

62

HOW CAN IT BE

Lauren Daigle

63

THE INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY

Logic

65

LATE NIGHTS: THE ALBUM

Jeremih

66

1

The Beatles

67

I'M COMIN' OVER

Chris Young

68

NOTHING WAS THE SAME

Drake

69

CALIFORNIA

Blink-182

70

VHS

X Ambassadors

71

THESE THINGS HAPPEN

G-Eazy

73

A MOON SHAPED POOL

Radiohead

74

"GOOD KID, M.A.A.D CITY"

Kendrick Lamar

75

BOUQUET (EP)

The Chainsmokers

76

MAJOR KEY

DJ Khaled

78

AMERICAN BEAUTY / AMERICAN PSYCHO

Fall Out Boy

80

7/27

Fifth Harmony

82

UNTITLED UNMASTERED.

Kendrick Lamar

83

SWAAY (EP)

DNCE

84

THE EMINEM SHOW

Eminem

85

HOZIER

Hozier

86

BEST OF BOWIE

David Bowie

87

MEAT AND CANDY

Old Dominion

88

JOURNEY'S GREATEST HITS

Journey

89

DELIRIUM

Ellie Goulding

91

LOVE STUFF

Elle King

92

METALLICA

Metallica

93

NOW 57

Various Artists

94

THE PINKPRINT

Nicki Minaj

95

DAMN COUNTRY MUSIC

Tim McGraw

97

BEYONCE

Beyonce

98

GREATEST HITS: DECADE #1

Carrie Underwood

99

"I LIKE IT WHEN YOU SLEEP, FOR YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL YET SO UNAWARE OF IT"

The 1975

100

CONFIDENT

Demi Lovato

101

WILDFIRE

Rachel Platten

102

BIRDS IN THE TRAP SING MCKNIGHT

Travis Scott

103

PENTATONIX

Pentatonix

104

NOW 56

Various Artists

105

DARK SKY PARADISE

Big Sean

106

SREMMLIFE

Rae Sremmurd

107

GREATEST HITS I II & III: THE PLATINUM COLLECTION

Queen

108

JOANNE

Lady Gaga

109

NIGHT VISIONS

Imagine Dragons

110

CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS

Eminem

112

JEKYLL + HYDE

Zac Brown Band

113

V

Maroon 5

114

THEY DON'T KNOW

Jason Aldean

115

CRASH MY PARTY

Luke Bryan

117

THE FIRST TIME

Kelsea Ballerini

118

SKIN

Flume

119

DAYA (EP)

Daya

120

PEACE IS THE MISSION

Major Lazer

121

GREATEST HITS

2Pac

122

TRILOGY

The Weeknd

123

GREATEST HITS SO FAR...

Zac Brown Band

125

CHRISTMAS

Michael Buble

126

19

Adele

127

ENCORE: MOVIE PARTNERS SING BROADWAY

Barbra Streisand

128

ILLUMINATE

Shawn Mendes

129

1000 FORMS OF FEAR

Sia

130

THE ART OF HUSTLE

Yo Gotti

131

RODEO

Travis Scott

133

GREATEST HITS

Guns N' Roses

134

BLANK FACE LP

ScHoolboy Q

135

FREE TC

Ty Dolla $ign

136

LOW KII SAVAGE (EP)

Kiiara

137

THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP 2

Eminem

138

ENCORE

DJ Snake

139

US (EP)

gnash

141

EPIC AF

Various Artists

142

AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP

A$AP Rocky

143

STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS

Soundtrack

144

EVERYBODY LOOKING

Gucci Mane

145

HERO

Maren Morris

146

THEIR GREATEST HITS 1971-1975

Eagles

147

DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS

Bruno Mars

148

RECOVERY

Eminem

149

NOW 59

Various Artists

150

THIS IS WHAT THE TRUTH FEELS LIKE

Gwen Stefani

151

SREMMLIFE 2

Rae Sremmurd

152

LAST YEAR WAS COMPLICATED

Nick Jonas

153

BORN SINNER

J. Cole

154

I AM...SASHA FIERCE

Beyonce

155

THE VERY BEST OF THE EAGLES

Eagles

157

GRADUATION

Kanye West

158

CHURCH IN THESE STREETS

Jeezy

159

THE HITS/THE B-SIDES

Prince

160

BACK IN BLACK

AC/DC

161

NEVERMIND

Nirvana

162

BOBBY TARANTINO

Logic

163

"AT NIGHT, ALONE."

Mike Posner

164

I TOLD YOU

Tory Lanez

166

THE INTRO (EP)

Ruth B

167

UNTAMED

Cam

168

LIL UZI VERT VS. THE WORLD

Lil Uzi Vert

169

SOUND & COLOR

Alabama Shakes

170

NOW 58

Various Artists

171

"TOO WEIRD TO LIVE, TOO RARE TO DIE!"

Panic! At The Disco

172

GLORY

Britney Spears

173

GREATEST HITS

Fleetwood Mac

174

COLLEGROVE

2 Chainz

175

KIDZ BOP 31

Kidz Bop Kids

176

PROFESSIONAL RAPPER

Lil Dicky

177

THE TRUTH (EP)

Mike Posner

179

BLACK MARKET

Rick Ross

180

A SEAT AT THE TABLE

Solange

181

ILLINOIS

Brett Eldredge

182

STILL BRAZY

YG

183

KIDZ BOP 30

Kidz Bop Kids

184

GREATEST HITS 1970-2002

Elton John

186

MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY

Kanye West

187

PARTYNEXTDOOR 3 (P3)

PARTYNEXTDOOR

188

OWSLA WORLD WIDE BROADCAST

Various Artists

189

A PENTATONIX CHRISTMAS

Pentatonix

190

2016 GRAMMY NOMINEES

Various Artists

191

DARK SKY ISLAND

Enya

192

SOUNDS GOOD FEELS GOOD

5 Seconds Of Summer

193

UNDER PRESSURE

Logic

194

UNLEASHED

Skillet

195

REVOLUTION RADIO

Green Day

197

CALIFORNIA SUNRISE

Jon Pardi

198

STAGES

Josh Groban

199

BLACKSUMMERS'NIGHT

Maxwell

200

1999

Prince