List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2019
This is a list of the albums ranked number one in the United States during 2019. The top-performing albums and EPs in the United States are ranked on the Billboard 200 chart, which is published by Billboard magazine. The data is compiled by Nielsen SoundScan based on each album's weekly physical and digital sales, as well as on-demand streaming and digital sales of their individual tracks.
Multiple artists received their first number-one album in 2019, including: 21 Savage, A Boogie wit da Hoodie, Hozier, Juice Wrld (which would be his last released during his lifetime following his death later in the year), Nav, Billie Eilish, Khalid, Tyler, the Creator, The Raconteurs, Young Thug, Luke Combs, DaBaby, SuperM, YoungBoy Never Broke Again, Trippie Redd, and Roddy Ricch.
The year also featured many artists return to the number-one spot after years of absence: the band Tool released their first number-one album in 13 years, the Jonas Brothers released their first in 10 (becoming the third consecutive number-one for both artists), the Backstreet Boys released their first album in 6 years, and their first number-one since 2000, and Celine Dion had her first number-one since 2002. Billie Eilish's debut album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? was the best performing album of 2019. Taylor Swift's seventh studio album, Lover, was the best-selling album of 2019, and had the year's biggest sales week with 867,000 units.
Chart history
† | Indicates best-performing album of 2019 |
Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Album- equivalent units |
Ref. |
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January 5 | I Am > I Was | 21 Savage | 131,000 | |
January 12 | 65,000 | |||
January 19 | Hoodie SZN | A Boogie wit da Hoodie | 58,000 | |
January 26 | 56,000 | |||
February 2 | Future Hndrxx Presents: The Wizrd | Future | 126,000 | |
February 9 | DNA | Backstreet Boys | 234,000 | |
February 16 | Hoodie SZN | A Boogie wit da Hoodie | 47,000 | |
February 23 | Thank U, Next | Ariana Grande | 360,000 | |
March 2 | 151,000 | |||
March 9 | A Star Is Born | Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper | 129,000 | |
March 16 | Wasteland, Baby! | Hozier | 89,000 | |
March 23 | Death Race for Love | Juice Wrld | 165,000 | |
March 30 | 74,000 | |||
April 6 | Bad Habits | Nav | 82,000 | |
April 13 | When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? † | Billie Eilish | 313,000 | |
April 20 | Free Spirit | Khalid | 202,000 | |
April 27 | Map of the Soul: Persona | BTS | 230,000 | |
May 4 | When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? † | Billie Eilish | 88,000 | |
May 11 | Hurts 2B Human | Pink | 115,000 | |
May 18 | Father of the Bride | Vampire Weekend | 138,000 | |
May 25 | Confessions of a Dangerous Mind | Logic | 80,000 | |
June 1 | Igor | Tyler, the Creator | 165,000 | |
June 8 | When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? † | Billie Eilish | 62,000 | |
June 15 | Center Point Road | Thomas Rhett | 76,000 | |
June 22 | Happiness Begins | Jonas Brothers | 414,000 | |
June 29 | Madame X | Madonna | 95,000 | |
July 6 | Help Us Stranger | The Raconteurs | 88,000 | |
July 13 | Indigo | Chris Brown | 108,000 | |
July 20 | Revenge of the Dreamers III | Various Dreamville artists | 115,000 | |
July 27 | No.6 Collaborations Project | Ed Sheeran | 173,000 | |
August 3 | 78,000 | |||
August 10 | The Search | NF | 130,000 | |
August 17 | Care Package | Drake | 109,000 | |
August 24 | We Are Not Your Kind | Slipknot | 118,000 | |
August 31 | So Much Fun | Young Thug | 131,000 | |
September 7 | Lover | Taylor Swift | 867,000 | |
September 14 | Fear Inoculum | Tool | 270,000 | |
September 21 | Hollywood's Bleeding | Post Malone | 489,000 | |
September 28 | 198,000 | |||
October 5 | 149,000 | |||
October 12 | Kirk | DaBaby | 146,000 | |
October 19 | SuperM – The 1st Mini Album | SuperM | 168,000 | |
October 26 | AI YoungBoy 2 | YoungBoy Never Broke Again | 110,000 | |
November 2 | Hollywood's Bleeding | Post Malone | 93,000 | |
November 9 | Jesus Is King | Kanye West | 264,000 | |
November 16 | Hollywood's Bleeding | Post Malone | 78,000 | |
November 23 | What You See Is What You Get | Luke Combs | 172,000 | |
November 30 | Courage | Celine Dion | 113,000 | |
December 7 | A Love Letter to You 4 | Trippie Redd | 104,000 | |
December 14 | Frozen II | Various artists | 80,000 | |
December 21 | Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial | Roddy Ricch | 101,000 | |
December 28 | Fine Line | Harry Styles | 478,000 |
Number-one artists
Position | Country | Artist | Weeks at No. 1 |
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1 | US | Post Malone | 5 |
2 | US | A Boogie wit da Hoodie | 3 |
US | Billie Eilish | ||
3 | UK | 21 Savage | 2 |
US | Ariana Grande | ||
US | Juice Wrld | ||
UK | Ed Sheeran | ||
4 | US | Future | 1 |
US | Backstreet Boys | ||
US | Lady Gaga | ||
US | Bradley Cooper | ||
UK | Hozier | ||
Canada | Nav | ||
US | Khalid | ||
Korea | BTS | ||
US | Pink | ||
US | Vampire Weekend | ||
US | Logic | ||
US | Tyler, the Creator | ||
US | Thomas Rhett | ||
US | Jonas Brothers | ||
US | Madonna | ||
US | The Raconteurs | ||
US | Chris Brown | ||
US/ France | Various Dreamville artists | ||
US | NF (rapper) | ||
Canada | Drake | ||
US | Slipknot | ||
US | Young Thug | ||
US | Taylor Swift | ||
US | Tool | ||
US | DaBaby | ||
Korea | SuperM | ||
US | YoungBoy Never Broke Again | ||
US | Kanye West | ||
US | Luke Combs | ||
Canada | Celine Dion | ||
US | Trippie Redd | ||
US | Various artists | ||
US | Roddy Ricch | ||
UK | Harry Styles |