The Fame by Lady Gaga holds the record for the most weeks at number one (183 weeks) as well as the most weeks on the chart (522 weeks).[1]

Top Dance/Electronic Albums, Dance/Electronic Albums (formerly Top Electronic Albums) is a music chart published weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks the top-selling electronic music albums in the United States based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The chart debuted on the issue dated June 30, 2001 under the title Top Electronic Albums, with the first number-one title being the original soundtrack to the film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.[2] It originally began as a fifteen-position chart and has since expanded to twenty-five positions.

Top Electronic Albums features full-length albums by artists who are associated with electronic music genres (house, techno, IDM, trance, etc.) as well as pop-oriented dance music and electronic-leaning hip hop. Also eligible for this chart are remix albums by otherwise non-electronic-based artists and DJ-mixed compilation albums and film soundtracks which feature a majority of electronic or dance music.

In 2019, Billboard added a companion chart, Dance/Electronic Album Sales, which tracks the top 15 albums based solely on physical sales, but with an emphasis on core dance/electronic artists.

The current number-one album on the chart is The Fame by Lady Gaga.[3]

Artist milestones

Most number-one albums

Albums Artist Source
7 Louie DeVito [4]
Lady Gaga [5][1]
6 Daft Punk [6]
The Chainsmokers [7]
4 Aphex Twin (One as "AFX") [8]
Lindsey Stirling [9]
M.I.A. [10]
Pet Shop Boys [11]
Marshmello [12]

Most cumulative weeks at number one

Weeks Artist Source
252
 Lady Gaga [1]
91
 The Chainsmokers [7]
56
 Beyoncé[a] [13]
47
 Gnarls Barkley [14]
38
 Daft Punk [6]
35
 Gorillaz [15]
32
 Louie DeVito
29
 Lindsey Stirling [9]
23
 Calvin Harris [16]
Marshmello [12]
22
 M.I.A [10]
20
 Drake [17]

Most entries on the chart

Entries Artist Source
33
 Armin van Buuren [18]
23
 Tiësto [19]
19
 Louie DeVito
18
 The Happy Boys
16
 Moby [20]
Bassnectar [21]
Pet Shop Boys [11]
13
 Bad Boy Joe
David Waxman [22]
12
 Johnny Vicious

Album milestones

Most weeks at number one

Weeks Album Artist Year(s) Source
183
 The Fame Lady Gaga 2008–24 [1]
56
 Renaissance[a] Beyoncé 2022–24 [13]
46
 Memories...Do Not Open The Chainsmokers 2017–18 [7]
39
 St. Elsewhere Gnarls Barkley 2006–07 [14]
36
 Chromatica Lady Gaga 2020–21 [1]
34
 Demon Days Gorillaz 2005–06 [15]
22
 Random Access Memories Daft Punk 2013–23 [6]
20
 Marshmello Fortnite Extended Set Marshmello 2019 [12]
Honestly, Nevermind Drake 2022 [17]
19
 Shatter Me Lindsey Stirling 2014–15 [9]
Sorry for Party Rocking LMFAO 2011–12 [23]
Born This Way Lady Gaga 2011 [1]
Kala M.I.A. 2007–08 [10]
Give Up The Postal Service 2004–05

Most weeks on the chart

Weeks Album Artist Source
522
 The Fame Lady Gaga [1]
478
 Nothing but the Beat David Guetta [24]
475
 Demon Days Gorillaz [15]
436
 Random Access Memories Daft Punk [6]
387
 True Avicii [25]
Born This Way Lady Gaga [1]
384
 Collage The Chainsmokers [7]
362
 Memories...Do Not Open The Chainsmokers [7]
337
 Motion Calvin Harris [16]
330
 Discovery Daft Punk [6]
  1. ^ a b Renaissance was not classified as a Dance/Electronic album until its 16th week. Had Billboard classified it as such upon release, the album would have spent an additional 15 weeks at number one.

Year-end number-one albums

List of albums that ranked number-one on the Billboard Top Dance/Electronic Albums Year-End chart.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Lady Gaga Chart History". Billboard. March 21, 2024.
  2. ^ "Billboard Bows New Electronic Chart". Billboard. June 19, 2001. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  3. ^ "Hot Dance/Electronic Albums". Billboard. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  4. ^ Artist Biography by David Jeffries. "Louie DeVito | Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
  5. ^ "Lady Gaga's 'Dawn of Chromatica' Crowns Top Dance/Electronic Albums Chart in Record-Setting Week". Billboard. September 14, 2021. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Daft Punk Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
  7. ^ a b c d e "The Chainsmokers Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
  8. ^ Murray, Gordon (July 21, 2016). "Calvin Harris & Rihanna Rule Hot Dance/Electronic Songs With 'This Is What You Came For'". Billboard. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
  9. ^ a b c "Lindsey Stirling Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
  10. ^ a b c "M.I.A. Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved August 25, 2022.
  11. ^ a b "Pet Shop Boys Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
  12. ^ a b c "Marshmello Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
  13. ^ a b "Beyoncé Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
  14. ^ a b "Gnarls Barkley Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  15. ^ a b c "Gorillaz Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
  16. ^ a b "Calvin Harris Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
  17. ^ a b "Drake Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  18. ^ "Armin van Buuren Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
  19. ^ "Tiësto Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
  20. ^ "Moby Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
  21. ^ "Bassnectar Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
  22. ^ "David Waxman Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  23. ^ "LMFAO Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved October 13, 2022.
  24. ^ "David Guetta Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  25. ^ "Avicii Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved March 21, 2024.

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