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Artists With the Most Weeks at No. 1 on Billboard 200: Taylor Swift, The Beatles, Elvis & More

Drake now shares a spot with Fleetwood Mac and The Rolling Stones among artists with the most weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

Billboard·May 24, 2026·via Billboard

Artists With the Most Weeks at No. 1 on Billboard 200: Taylor Swift, The Beatles, Elvis & More

By debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 (dated May 30) with Iceman, Drake ups his career total of weeks at No. 1 on that chart to 38. That extends his lead as the hip-hop artist with the most weeks at No. 1 and the Canadian artist with the most weeks at No. 1.

Drake is now tied with Fleetwood Mac and The Rolling Stones , who also have each also logged 38 weeks at No. 1. Fleetwood Mac and The Stones are both in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Will Drake one day join them?

Drake’s No. 1 albums span nearly 16 years, from July 2010 to May 2026. How does that compare to The Stones and Fleetwood Mac? The hip-hop star’s span of No. 1 albums is already nearly as long as The Stones’. The rock band’s No. 1 albums span a few months more than 16 years, from August 1965 to November 1981. Fleetwood Mac’s No. 1 albums span 21 years, from September 1976 to September 1997.

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A few quick notes: While Elvis Presley ’s feats on the Billboard Hot 100 are shortchanged by the fact that his breakthrough in 1956 pre-dated the launch of Billboard ’s flagship songs chart by more than two years, the Billboard 200 captures Presley’s entire career. His debut album, Elvis Presley , entered the chart at No. 11 in the issue dated March 31, 1956 — which was the chart’s second week.

If you count the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack (which logged 24 weeks at No. 1 in 1978) as a Bee Gees album, the trio had 31 weeks on top. Bee Gees had six tracks on the album — five of which were No. 1 hits on the Hot 100. But Billboard counts it as a multi-artist soundtrack album.

Here’s a look at all acts with 30 or more weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 since March 24, 1956, when the chart began publishing on a consistent weekly basis. Ties are shown in alphabetical order.

_Originally reported by [Billboard](https://www.billboard.com/lists/most-weeks-at-no-1-billboard-200-taylor-swift-the-beatles/)._