Top Dance Albums

Top Dance Albums (formerly Top Electronic Albums and Top Dance/Electronic Albums) is a music chart published weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks the top-selling dance 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.

The Fame by Lady Gaga holds the record for the most weeks at number one (193 weeks) as well as the most weeks on the chart (568 weeks).^[1]

Top Dance Albums features full-length albums by artists who are associated with electronic dance 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. Starting with the first full chart week of 2025, the chart was renamed to Top Dance Albums "to better represent the cross-reference of dance titles that appear on the ranking".^[3]

The current number-one album on the chart is Brat by Charli XCX.^[4]

Artist milestones

Most number-one albums

Albums	Artist	Source
7	Louie DeVito	[5]
	Lady Gaga	[6][1]
6	Daft Punk	[7]
	The Chainsmokers	[8]
4	Aphex Twin (One as "AFX")	[9]
	Lindsey Stirling	[10]
	M.I.A.	[11]
	Pet Shop Boys	[12]
	Marshmello	[13]
	FKA Twigs	[14]

Most cumulative weeks at number one

Weeks	Artist	Source
262	Lady Gaga	[1]
91	The Chainsmokers	[8]
57	Beyoncé[a]	[15]
47	Gnarls Barkley	[16]
38	Daft Punk	[7]
35	Gorillaz	[17]
33	Charli XCX	[18]
32	Louie DeVito
29	Lindsey Stirling	[10]
23	Calvin Harris	[19]
	Marshmello	[13]

Most entries on the chart

Entries	Artist	Source
33	Armin van Buuren	[20]
23	Tiësto	[21]
19	Louie DeVito
18	The Happy Boys
17	Pet Shop Boys	[12]
16	Moby	[22]
	Bassnectar	[23]
13	Bad Boy Joe
	David Waxman	[24]
12	Johnny Vicious

Album milestones

Most weeks at number one

Weeks	Album	Artist	Year(s)	Source
193	The Fame	Lady Gaga	2008–24	[1]
57	Renaissance[a]	Beyoncé	2022–24	[15]
46	Memories...Do Not Open	The Chainsmokers	2017–18	[8]
39	St. Elsewhere	Gnarls Barkley	2006–07	[16]
36	Chromatica	Lady Gaga	2020–21	[1]
34	Demon Days	Gorillaz	2005–06	[17]
33	Brat	Charli XCX	2024–25	[18]
22	Random Access Memories	Daft Punk	2013–23	[7]
20	Marshmello Fortnite Extended Set	Marshmello	2019	[13]
	Honestly, Nevermind	Drake	2022	[25]
19	Shatter Me	Lindsey Stirling	2014–15	[10]
	Sorry for Party Rocking	LMFAO	2011–12	[26]
	Born This Way	Lady Gaga	2011	[1]
	Kala	M.I.A.	2007–08	[11]
	Give Up	The Postal Service	2004–05

Most weeks on the chart

Weeks	Album	Artist	Source
568	The Fame	Lady Gaga	[1]
524	Nothing but the Beat	David Guetta	[27]
521	Demon Days	Gorillaz	[17]
482	Random Access Memories	Daft Punk	[7]
433	Born This Way	Lady Gaga	[1]
430	Collage	The Chainsmokers	[8]
427	True	Avicii	[28]
408	Memories...Do Not Open	The Chainsmokers	[8]
383	Motion	Calvin Harris	[19]
365	Discovery	Daft Punk	[7]

1. 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.

• 2001: Pulse – Various Artists
• 2002: 18 – Moby
• 2003: N.Y.C. Underground Party 5 – Louie DeVito
• 2004: Fired Up! – Various Artists
• 2005: Demon Days – Gorillaz
• 2006: Confessions on a Dance Floor – Madonna
• 2007: St. Elsewhere – Gnarls Barkley
• 2008: Kala – M.I.A.
• 2009: The Fame – Lady Gaga
• 2010: The Fame – Lady Gaga
• 2011: Born This Way – Lady Gaga
• 2012: Sorry for Party Rocking – LMFAO
• 2013: Random Access Memories – Daft Punk
• 2014: Artpop – Lady Gaga
• 2015: Listen – David Guetta
• 2016: Now That's What I Call a Workout 2016 – Various Artists
• 2017: Memories...Do Not Open – The Chainsmokers
• 2018: Memories...Do Not Open – The Chainsmokers
• 2019: Marshmello Fortnite Extended Set – Marshmello
• 2020: Chromatica – Lady Gaga
• 2021: The Fame – Lady Gaga
• 2022: Honestly, Nevermind – Drake
• 2023: Renaissance – Beyoncé
• 2024: Brat – Charli XCX

References

1. "Lady Gaga Chart History". Billboard. February 11, 2025.
2. "Billboard Bows New Electronic Chart". Billboard. June 19, 2001. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
3. Zellner, Xander (December 10, 2024). "Billboard to Revamp Hot Dance/Electronic Songs Chart, Launch Hot Dance/Pop Songs Ranking". Billboard. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
4. "Top Dance/Electronic Albums". Billboard. Retrieved February 11, 2025.
5. Artist Biography by David Jeffries. "Louie DeVito | Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
6. "Lady Gaga's 'Dawn of Chromatica' Crowns Top Dance/Electronic Albums Chart in Record-Setting Week". Billboard. September 14, 2021. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
7. "Daft Punk Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
8. "The Chainsmokers Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
9. 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.
10. "Lindsey Stirling Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
11. "M.I.A. Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved August 25, 2022.
12. "Pet Shop Boys Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
13. "Marshmello Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
14. "FKA Twigs Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved February 11, 2025.
15. "Beyoncé Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
16. "Gnarls Barkley Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
17. "Gorillaz Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
18. "Charli XCX Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved January 31, 2025.
19. "Calvin Harris Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
20. "Armin van Buuren Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
21. "Tiësto Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
22. "Moby Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
23. "Bassnectar Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
24. "David Waxman Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
25. "Drake Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
26. "LMFAO Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved October 13, 2022.
27. "David Guetta Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved February 11, 2025.
28. "Avicii Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved February 11, 2025.

External links

• Current Dance/Electronic Albums