Billboard Music Awards for Top Billboard 200 Album
CountryUnited States
Presented byBillboard
First awarded1991
Currently held byOne Thing at a Time by Morgan Wallen (2023)
Most awards
Most nominationsTaylor Swift (7)
Websitebillboardmusicawards.com

This article lists the winners and nominees for the Billboard Music Award for Top Billboard 200 Album. The award has been given since 1991 and since its conception only five artists have won the award twice: 50 Cent, Adele, Drake, Eminem, and Taylor Swift.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

1990s

A blonde woman wearing a black dress performing
Mariah Carey was inaugural winner.
Year Album Artist Ref
1991
Mariah Carey Mariah Carey
1992 —
1993
The Bodyguard Whitney Houston [1]
1994 —
1995
Cracked Rear View Hootie & the Blowfish [citation needed]
Hell Freezes Over The Eagles
The Hits Garth Brooks
II Boyz II Men
1996
Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette [citation needed]
Daydream Mariah Carey
Falling into You Celine Dion
Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album Whitney Houston
1997
Spice Spice Girls [citation needed]
Falling into You Celine Dion
Space Jam: Music From and Inspired By the Motion Picture Various Artists
Tragic Kingdom No Doubt
1998
Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture Celine Dion [citation needed]
Backstreet Boys Backstreet Boys
Let's Talk About Love Celine Dion
Sevens Garth Brooks
1999
Millennium Backstreet Boys [citation needed]
...Baby One More Time Britney Spears
Come On Over Shania Twain
NSYNC 'N SYNC

2000s

Year Album Artist Ref
2000
No Strings Attached 'N SYNC [citation needed]
The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem
Oops!...I Did It Again Britney Spears
Supernatural Santana
2001
1 The Beatles [citation needed]
Black & Blue Backstreet Boys
Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water Limp Bizkit
Hot Shot Shaggy
2002
The Eminem Show Eminem [citation needed]
M!ssundaztood P!nk
Nellyville Nelly
Weathered Creed
2003
Get Rich or Die Tryin' 50 Cent [citation needed]
Come Away With Me Norah Jones
Home Dixie Chicks
Up! Shania Twain
2004
Confessions Usher [citation needed]
Closer Josh Groban
The Diary of Alicia Keys Alicia Keys
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below Outkast
2005
The Massacre 50 Cent [citation needed]
American Idiot Green Day
The Emancipation of Mimi Mariah Carey
Encore Eminem
2006
Some Hearts Carrie Underwood [citation needed]
All the Right Reasons Nickelback
High School Musical High School Musical Cast
Me and My Gang Rascal Flatts
2007 – 09 —

2010s

Year Album Artist Ref
2010 —
2011
Recovery Eminem [citation needed]
The Gift Susan Boyle
My World 2.0 Justin Bieber
Need You Now Lady Antebellum
Speak Now Taylor Swift
2012
21 Adele [2]
Born This Way Lady Gaga
Tha Carter IV Lil Wayne
Christmas Michael Bublé
Take Care Drake
2013
Red Taylor Swift [3]
21 Adele
Babel Mumford & Sons
Take Me Home One Direction
Up All Night
2014
The 20/20 Experience Justin Timberlake [4]
Beyoncé Beyoncé
Crash My Party Luke Bryan
The Marshall Mathers LP 2 Eminem
Nothing Was the Same Drake
2015
1989 Taylor Swift [5]
In the Lonely Hour Sam Smith
That's Christmas to Me Pentatonix
V Maroon 5
x Ed Sheeran
2016
25 Adele [6]
1989 Taylor Swift
Beauty Behind The Madness The Weeknd
Purpose Justin Bieber
x Ed Sheeran
2017
Views Drake [7]
Anti Rihanna
Blurryface Twenty One Pilots
Lemonade Beyoncé
Starboy The Weeknd
2018
Damn Kendrick Lamar [8]
More Life Drake
Stoney Post Malone
÷ Ed Sheeran
Reputation Taylor Swift
2019
Scorpion Drake [9]
Invasion of Privacy Cardi B
Beerbongs & Bentleys Post Malone
Astroworld Travis Scott
? XXXTentacion

2020s

Year Album Artist Ref
2020
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Billie Eilish [10]
Thank U, Next Ariana Grande
Free Spirit Khalid
Hollywood's Bleeding Post Malone
Lover Taylor Swift
2021
Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon Pop Smoke [11]
Legends Never Die Juice Wrld
My Turn Lil Baby
Folklore Taylor Swift
After Hours The Weeknd
2022
Sour Olivia Rodrigo [12]
30 Adele
Planet Her Doja Cat
Certified Lover Boy Drake
Dangerous: The Double Album Morgan Wallen
2023
One Thing at a Time Morgan Wallen
Her Loss Drake & 21 Savage
Heroes & Villains Metro Boomin
Midnights Taylor Swift
SOS SZA

Multiple wins and nominations

Wins

2 wins

Nominations

References

  1. ^ "Whitney Houston Attains Eleven Awards at 1993 Billboard Music Awards". UPI. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  2. ^ "Adele Wins 12 Gongs at Billboard Music Awards 2012". MTV. 21 May 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  3. ^ "Billboard Music Awards 2013: The Complete Winners List". MTV. May 19, 2013.
  4. ^ "Billboard Music Awards: Full Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. May 18, 2014. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
  5. ^ "2015 Billboard Music Awards". Variety. May 17, 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  6. ^ "2016 Billboard Music Awards". Billboard.com. May 22, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  7. ^ "Here is the Complete List of Winners from the 2017 Billboard Music Awards". Billboard.
  8. ^ "Here Are All the Winners from the 2018 Billboard Music Awards". Billboard. 20 May 2018.
  9. ^ "2019 Billboard Music Awards Winners: The Complete List". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  10. ^ "Nominees Announced for the 2020 Billboard Music Awards". Billboard. September 22, 2020. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
  11. ^ Warner, Denise (May 23, 2021). "Here Are All the Winners From the 2021 Billboard Music Awards". Billboard.
  12. ^ "The Weeknd & Doja Cat Lead 2022 Billboard Music Awards Finalists: Full List". Billboard. April 8, 2022. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
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