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Billboard Ranks The Top 200 Albums of the 21st Century | Billboard News
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1/10/2025
Billboard is ranking the Top 200 Albums of the 21st Century, and we’re sharing our top five and how they broke records on the Billboard 200..
What’s your favorite album of all time? Let us know in the comments!
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♪ But it's true, girls, I'm just sayin' ♪
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Billboard has ranked the top 200 albums
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of the 21st century.
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And while the list is full of your faves
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that have been killing it since the year 2000,
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right now we're giving you a taste of the top five.
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At number five is Hamilton, an American musical.
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♪ The $10, found a father without a father ♪
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♪ Got a lot for the ♪
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The show's soundtrack peaked at number two
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on the Billboard 200 after the show's Disney Plus premiere,
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becoming the highest charting cast recording since 1969,
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when Hair spent 13 weeks at number one.
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At number three is Taylor Swift's Fearless.
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♪ Said marry me, Juliet, you'll never have to be alone ♪
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T. Swift's first number one on the Billboard 200
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topped the chart upon its debut in 2008
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and tallied 11 weeks in the spot,
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becoming the first of 14 number one albums
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for the superstar, the most of any act in the 25-year span.
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And at number one, Morgan Wallen's Dangerous,
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the double album.
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♪ I've wasted on you all of this time ♪
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♪ And all of this money ♪
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After debuting at number one on the Billboard 200
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in January 2021, it remained on top through March 27th,
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becoming the first album to spend its first 10 weeks
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atop the list since Whitney Houston in 1987.
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Billboard's top albums of the 21st century recap
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reflects performance on weekly charts
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dated January 1st, 2000 through December 28th, 2024.
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Stay tuned for the top songs coming at you tomorrow
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on Billboard's socials.
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