{"id":1953803,"date":"2026-05-25T03:28:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T00:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1953803"},"modified":"2026-05-25T03:28:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T00:28:43","slug":"drake-ties-taylor-swift-for-the-most-billboard-200-no-1-albums-among-soloists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1953803","title":{"rendered":"Drake Ties Taylor Swift for the Most Billboard 200 No. 1 Albums Among Soloists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/drake-chile-2023-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\ta-content lrv-a-floated-parent lrv-a-glue-parent a-font-body-m\n\t\t\t\tu-font-size-19 u-max-width-690 lrv-u-margin-lr-auto pmc_list pmc-paywall\n\t\t\t\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWith Drake\u2019s <em>ICEMAN<\/em> 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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tTake a look at the list of every act with at least 10 No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 \u2014 since the chart began publishing on a regular, weekly basis in March 1956 \u2014 below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn addition to his latest No. 1 achievement, Drake now has 20 top 10 albums on the Billboard 200, counting the debuts of <em>ICEMAN<\/em>, <em>HABIBTI<\/em> and <em>MAID OF HONOUR<\/em>. That makes him the rap act with the most top 10s, surpassing Future, who has 18.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \"><em>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\u00a0<\/em>Billboard<em>\u2018s 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.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"pmc-gallery-vertical\">\n<div class=\"c-gallery-vertical-loader u-gallery-app-shell-loader\">\n<ul class=\"pmc-fallback-list-items lrv-a-unstyle-list lrv-u-margin-t-2\">\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Elvis Presley, 10<\/h2>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tPresley scored his first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in 1956 with his self-titled album. His 10th leader came with the posthumous collection <em>ELV1S: 30 #1 Hits<\/em>, which spent three weeks atop the list in 2002.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Ye (formerly Kanye West), 11<\/h2>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tYe notched his first No. 1 with <em>Late Registration<\/em> in 2005, and collected his most recent No. 1 with 2024\u2019s <em>Vultures 1<\/em> (with Ty Dolla $ign).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Barbra Streisand, 11<\/h2>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tStreisand\u2019s first No. 1 was <em>People<\/em> in 1964, and her most recent chart-topper was 2016\u2019s <em>Encore: Movie Partners Singer Broadway<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Bruce Springsteen, 11<\/h2>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tSpringsteen first led the Billboard 200 in 1980 with <em>The River<\/em>, and most recently with 2014\u2019s <em>High Hopes<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Future, 11<\/h2>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tFuture first hit No. 1 with <em>DS2<\/em> in 2015, and logged his 9th, 10th and 11th No. 1s all in 2024 with <em>We Don\u2019t Trust You<\/em>, <em>We Still Don\u2019t Trust You<\/em> (both with Metro Boomin) and <em>Mixtape Pluto<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Eminem, 11<\/h2>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tEminem claimed his first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with <em>The Marshall Mathers LP<\/em>, and scored his 11th No. 1 with <em>The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Gr\u00e2ce)<\/em> in 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>JAY-Z, 14<\/h2>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tJAY-Z\u2019s first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 was <em>Vol. 2\u2026 Hard Knock Life<\/em> in 1998, while his 14th and most recent No. 1 was 2017\u2019s <em>4:44<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Taylor Swift, 15<\/h2>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tSwift collected her first No. 1 with <em>Fearless<\/em> in 2008, and her newest No. 1 in 2025 with <em>The Life of a Showgirl<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Drake, 15<\/h2>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tDrake got his first No. 1 in 2010 with <em>Thank Me Later<\/em>, and his newest No. 1 with <em>ICEMAN<\/em> in 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>The Beatles, 19<\/h2>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe Fab Four achieved their first three No. 1s in 1964 with <em>Meet the Beatles!<\/em>, <em>The Beatles\u2019 Second Album<\/em> and the soundtrack to <em>A Hard Day\u2019s Night<\/em>. The group\u2019s most recent No. 1 was the greatest hits collection <em>1<\/em> in 2000.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/drake-taylor-swift-most-billboard200-no1-albums-soloists\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/drake-chile-2023-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024&#8243;] With Drake\u2019s 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. 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