User:FraDany/List of artists by number of Albums Chart number ones

This is a list of artists and the titles of their number-one albums in order of total number-one albums in the Albums Chart since it began in 1960. To qualify for entry on the list, they must have ten or more number one albums.

The Beatles has amassed 15 number ones on the Albums Chart, more than any other artist in history. American singer Michael Jackson holds the record for the most number-ones albums by a male artist with 14, while American singer and actress Cher holds the record for a female artist, also with 14.

Artists by number of Albums Chart number ones

The Beatles topped the Albums Chart with 15 releases and spent 234 weeks at number one with 12 studio albums, 1 EP and 2 compilations, more than any other artist in music history. The Beatles holds the record for the most consecutive number one albums with fourteen and the most consecutive years (eight) charting a number one, from Please Please Me (1963) to Let It Be (1970). The Beatles are also the only act in history to have four self-replacing number one.

Michael Jackson topped the Albums Chart with 14 releases and spent 162 weeks at number one with 6 studio albums, 4 compilations, 2 soundtracks, 1 remix album and 1 reissue.

Cher topped the Albums Chart with 14 releases and spent 123 weeks at number one with 9 studio albums and 5 compilations, more than any other female artist.

Madonna topped the Albums Chart with 13 releases and spent 114 weeks at number one with 10 studio albums, 2 compilations and 1 soundtrack.

Elton John topped the Albums Chart with 12 releases and spent 116 weeks at number one with 9 studio albums, 2 compilations and 1 soundtrack.

Led Zeppelin topped the Albums Chart with 10 releases and spent 122 weeks at number one with 8 studio albums and 2 compilations.

ABBA topped the Albums Chart with 10 releases and spent 106 weeks at number one with 5 studio albums and 5 compilations.

Queen topped the Albums Chart with 10 releases and spent 96 weeks at number one with 7 studio albums, 2 compilations and 1 soundtrack.

Total	Artist	Albums	Year	Weeks	Total weeks	Notes
15	The Beatles	Please Please Me	1963	13	234
		With the Beatles		22
		A Hard Day's Night	1964	21
		Beatles for Sale		18
		Help!	1965	11
		Rubber Soul		19
		Revolver	1966	18
		A Collection of Beatles Oldies		16
		Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	1967	28
		Magical Mystery Tour		6
		The Beatles	1968	22
		Yellow Submarine	1969	5		with George Martin
		Abbey Road		13
		Let It Be	1970	4
		1	2000	18
Total	Artist	Albums	Year	Weeks	Total weeks	Notes
14	Michael Jackson	Off the Wall	1979	10	162
		Thriller	1982	35
		Bad	1987	20
		Dangerous	1991	13
		HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I	1995	14
		Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix	1997	12
		Invincible	2001	1
		Number Ones	2003	18
		The Essential Michael Jackson	2005	8
		Thriller 25	2008	5		Reissue
		King of Pop		12
		Michael Jackson's This Is It	2009	4		Posthumous release
		Immortal	2011	2
		Xscape	2014	6
Total	Artist	Albums	Year	Weeks	Total weeks	Notes
14	Cher	Look at Us	1965	6	123	as Sonny & Cher
		Sonny & Cher's Greatest Hits	1967	19
		Greatest Hits	1974	8
		Cher	1987	9
		Heart of Stone	1989	10
		Love Hurts	1991	18
		Greatest Hits: 1965–1992	1992	6
		It's a Man's World	1995	5
		Believe	1998	15
		The Greatest Hits	1999	4
		Living Proof	2001	3
		The Very Best of Cher	2003	10
		Closer to the Truth	2013	4
		Dancing Queen	2018	6
Total	Artist	Albums	Year	Weeks	Total weeks	Notes
13	Madonna	Like a Virgin	1984	7	114
		True Blue	1986	17
		Like a Prayer	1989	10
		The Immaculate Collection	1990	15
		Evita	1996	6		with various artists
		Ray of Light	1998	9
		Music	2000	9
		Confessions on a Dance Floor	2005	11
		Hard Candy	2008	8
		Celebration	2009	6
		MDNA	2012	7
		Rebel Heart	2015	5
		Madame X	2019	4
Total	Artist	Albums	Year	Weeks	Total weeks	Notes
12	Elton John	Honky Château	1972	9	116
		Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player	1973	9
		Goodbye Yellow Brick Road		16
		Caribou	1974	9
		Elton John's Greatest Hits		10
		Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy	1975	18
		Rock of the Westies		7
		Sleeping with the Past	1989	7
		The One	1992	6
		The Lion King: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	1994	14		with Hans Zimmer and various artists
		Made in England	1995	5
		Greatest Hits 1970–2002	2002	6
Total	Artist	Albums	Year	Weeks	Total weeks	Notes
10	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin	1969	17	122
		Led Zeppelin II		19
		Led Zeppelin III	1970	14
		Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV)	1971	33
		Houses of the Holy	1973	8
		Physical Graffiti	1975	11
		The Song Remains the Same	1976	3
		In Through the Out Door	1979	2
		Led Zeppelin Remasters	1990	5
		Mothership	2007	10
Total	Artist	Albums	Year	Weeks	Total weeks	Notes
10	ABBA	ABBA	1975	9	106
		The Best of ABBA		16
		Arrival	1976	18
		ABBA: The Album	1977	11
		Voulez-Vous	1979	8
		Greatest Hits Vol. 2		4
		Super Trouper	1980	17
		The Singles: The First Ten Years	1982	6
		Gold: Greatest Hits	1992	13
		The Definitive Collection	2001	4
Total	Artist	Albums	Year	Weeks	Total weeks	Notes
10	Queen	A Night at the Opera	1975	10	96
		News of the World	1977	8
		The Game	1980	7
		Greatest Hits	1981	18
		The Works	1984	10
		The Miracle	1989	7
		Innuendo	1991	4
		Greatest Hits II		13
		Made in Heaven	1995	8
		Bohemian Rhapsody: The Original Soundtrack	2018	11