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Global music is constantly evolving. While pop stars like Adele, Taylor Swift, and Post Malone are globally loved icons whose music has attained a permanent place in the hearts of music lovers, here are the top 10 prominent and indelible musical albums in the Billboard Charts for the 21st century.
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1. Morgan Wallen: Dangerous: The Double Album:
Dangerous: The Double Album by Morgan Wallen is currently the No. 1 album of the first 25 years of the 21st century, as it is unanimously on the number one spot at the Top Billboard 200 Albums of the 21st Century chart. It is the number-one musical album on the Billboard musical charts.
2. Adele: 21:
Twenty-One (21) is the sophomore hit album of Adele. It had (been released) in 2011. For those unaware, 21 has spent almost twenty-four non-consecutive weeks atop the weekly Billboard 200 charts. It is easily the title with the most weeks at No. 1 on the chart in the 21st century. This album is in the second spot.
3. Taylor Swift: Fearless:
Fearless is the first number-one musical album by pop queen Taylor Swift on the weekly Billboard 200. It peaked at the top of the chart upon its debut (Nov. 29, 2008). This album of Swift had stayed approximately eleven weeks on the top spot. It became the first of fourteen number-one albums for the superstar. Interestingly, all of these smash-hit musical albums have been made during the 21st century and the most of any act in those 25 years.
4. Taylor Swift: 1989:
After four globally chart-topping country-pop full-length studio album sets, Swift announced her 2014 release 1989 to be her first verified, documented, and full-length self-made official pop album. And undoubtedly the global #Swifties Fandom saw the musical album 1989 explode and dominate in a big way on the Billboard 200. It is a fact that 1989 spent almost eleven weeks at number one position and remains her album with the most total weeks on the chart: more than 500.
5. Original Broadway Cast Recording, Hamilton: An American Musical:
The authentic Broadway cast recording of Hamilton: An American Musical hit the top ten on the weekly Billboard 200 charts for the first time in June 2016. It was after following the incredible success of the drama series as it won eleven coveted Tony Awards. This set became just the third cast recording to reach the region over the previous years. It exploded even more musical acclaim, glory, and global music lovers’ recognition four years later, when it hit the second position, after the Disney+ premiere of the show, becoming the highest-charting cast recording since 1969, when Hair spent thirteen weeks at number one.
6. Morgan Wallen: One Thing at a Time:
The album by Country Music pop icon Morgan Wallen climbed quickly at the top of the weekly Billboard 200 dated March 18, 2023. It then spent nineteen weeks at number one level. With a nineteenth week atop the all-genre chart, One Thing at a Time created history and made a whole new benchmark for the most weeks at the number one position by a country album.
7. Post Malone: Hollywood’s Bleeding:
This album is the second number-one chart-topping musical album by American popstar Post Malone on the weekly Billboard 200 charts. It opened on the top of the list dated Sept. 21, 2019. It has spent five weeks in the penthouse. This means that it is the most of his three number-one musical albums in the first quarter of the 21st century. Hollywood’s Bleeding, which generated five top ten smash-global hits on the Billboard Hot 100, also remained in the top ten list of the Billboard 200 for 50 weeks.
8. Lil Baby: My Turn:
The first number-one chart-topping musical album by Lil Baby, titled My Turn, was a smash global hit. It debuted at the apex and first position on the Billboard 200 Musical Albums charts list dated March 14, 2020. Besides, it has stayed for over five weeks at the undefeated numero uno position. The sustained success of My Turn is incredible as the album has spent almost 119 weeks in the weekly top 20 during the first quarter of the century.
9. Nickelback: All The Right Reasons:
The highest-ranked rock album on the Top Billboard 200 Albums of the 21st Century is All The Right Reasons by Nickelback. It may have only spent a single week at the number one level on the Billboard 200 musical album charts weekly list. But, All The Right Reasons is also the only chart-topping album by Nickelback, which boomed globally in a massive way as it shattered all the geographical boundaries with its snash-hit rock album songs and also garnered a captivating run on the chart. All the Right Reasons stayed for over 29 weeks in the top ten. Also, a solid unshakeable 122 weeks in the top forty, and 206 on the chart overall.
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10. Lady Gaga: The Fame:
The Fame is the first and globally iconic chart-topping debut album of Grammy-award-winning American pop queen and actress Lady Gaga. It is one of her first musical albums that reached the top ten on the weekly Billboard 200 in March 2009. Later on, this album became a globally gigantic phenomenal super-success and also spent 396 weeks on the list during the first two and a half decades of the 21st century. Moreover, The Fame accounts for forty-eight percent of the entire 825 weeks spent on the chart in the first quarter of the century, across her fourteen globally prominent and chart-topping musical albums.
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