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Drake Ties Taylor Swift for the Most Billboard 200 No. 1 Albums Among Soloists
He passes JAY-Z among solo males and R&B/hip-hop acts.
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With Drake’s ICEMAN debuting at No. 1 on the latest Billboard 200 albums chart (dated May 30), the superstar picks up his 15th leader. In turn, he ties Taylor Swift for the most No. 1s among soloists. Drake and Swift trail just one act, The Beatles, who have the most No. 1s among all acts, with 19. JAY-Z now follows Drake and Swift, with 14 leaders.
Take a look at the list of every act with at least 10 No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 — since the chart began publishing on a regular, weekly basis in March 1956 — below.
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In addition to his latest No. 1 achievement, Drake now has 20 top 10 albums on the Billboard 200, counting the debuts of ICEMAN, HABIBTI and MAID OF HONOUR. That makes him the rap act with the most top 10s, surpassing Future, who has 18.
The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 2,500 ad-supported or 1,000 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new May 30, 2026-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on May 27 (a day later than usual due to the Memorial Day holiday in the U.S. on May 25). For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.
Elvis Presley, 10
Presley scored his first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in 1956 with his self-titled album. His 10th leader came with the posthumous collection ELV1S: 30 #1 Hits, which spent three weeks atop the list in 2002.
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Ye (formerly Kanye West), 11
Ye notched his first No. 1 with Late Registration in 2005, and collected his most recent No. 1 with 2024’s Vultures 1 (with Ty Dolla $ign).
Barbra Streisand, 11
Streisand’s first No. 1 was People in 1964, and her most recent chart-topper was 2016’s Encore: Movie Partners Singer Broadway.
Bruce Springsteen, 11
Springsteen first led the Billboard 200 in 1980 with The River, and most recently with 2014’s High Hopes.
Future, 11
Future first hit No. 1 with DS2 in 2015, and logged his 9th, 10th and 11th No. 1s all in 2024 with We Don’t Trust You, We Still Don’t Trust You (both with Metro Boomin) and Mixtape Pluto.
Eminem, 11
Eminem claimed his first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with The Marshall Mathers LP, and scored his 11th No. 1 with The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) in 2024.
JAY-Z, 14
JAY-Z’s first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 was Vol. 2… Hard Knock Life in 1998, while his 14th and most recent No. 1 was 2017’s 4:44.
Taylor Swift, 15
Swift collected her first No. 1 with Fearless in 2008, and her newest No. 1 in 2025 with The Life of a Showgirl.
Drake, 15
Drake got his first No. 1 in 2010 with Thank Me Later, and his newest No. 1 with ICEMAN in 2026.
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The Beatles, 19
The Fab Four achieved their first three No. 1s in 1964 with Meet the Beatles!, The Beatles’ Second Album and the soundtrack to A Hard Day’s Night. The group’s most recent No. 1 was the greatest hits collection 1 in 2000.
This article was first published by Billboard U.S.
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