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- Only 5 artists have charted 10 or more albums on the Billboard 200 simultaneously
Only 5 artists have charted 10 or more albums on the Billboard 200 simultaneously
Callie Ahlgrim
- Only five artists have had at least 10 albums charting concurrently on the Billboard 200.
- Taylor Swift is the latest artist to achieve the feat.
Taylor Swift
In March 2023, Taylor Swift became the latest artist to chart 10 albums simultaneously on the Billboard 200 — just the fifth to do so since the chart was founded in 1963.
Swift's short EP "Lover: Live From Paris" debuted at No. 58 after a flash sale of heart-shaped vinyls.
It joined "Midnights" (No. 3), "Folklore" (No. 28), "Lover" (No. 41), "1989" (No. 50), "Red (Taylor's Version)" (No. 56), "Reputation" (No. 100), "Evermore" (No. 103), "Fearless (Taylor's Version)" (No. 172), and "Speak Now" (No. 192).
Prince
Shortly after Prince's unexpected death in 2016, a surge of interest in his music drove 19 of his albums to the Billboard 200 — the most of any artist in history.
The following week, 10 of his albums charted simultaneously. He repeated the feat for a third week with 13 albums.
David Bowie
David Bowie had 10 albums charting concurrently on the Billboard 200 in January 2016, less than one month after he died from cancer.
Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston had 10 albums charting concurrently on the Billboard 200 in March 2012, less than one month after her sudden death, which was ruled as an accidental drowning.
The Beatles
The Beatles have achieved this rare feat three times in two separate years.
They became the first artist with double-digit entries in early 2010 — 11, to be precise — shortly after the Billboard 200 began allowing older albums to appear on the chart.
Later that year, they charted 14 albums after the band's catalog finally became available on iTunes.
In March 2014, 13 albums by The Beatles appeared concurrently on the chart after the premiere of the CBS-TV concert special "The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to The Beatles."
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