List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2016

The highest-selling albums and EPs in the United States are ranked in the Billboard 200, which is published by Billboard magazine. The data are compiled by Nielsen Soundscan based on each album's weekly physical and digital sales, as well as on-demand streaming and digital sales of its individual tracks. In 2016, a total of 33 albums claimed the top position of the chart. One of which, English singer Adele's 25 started its peak issue dated December 12, 2015.^[1]

English singer Adele's (pictured) third studio album, 25, was the best-seller of 2016 and continued its run at the top slot on the Billboard 200 for an additional seven weeks as the calendar year had started.

Canadian rapper Drake's fourth studio album, Views, became the second best-selling overall album with 1.04 million equivalent album units, selling 852,000 copies in its first week of release, and achieving over 245 million streams, more than previous record 115.2 million by Beyoncé's Lemonade.^[2][3] Lemonade is the third overall best-seller, incurring 485,000 copies in its first week (653,000 with additional album-equivalent units).^[4]

Chart history

Views was the sixth number-one album in Canadian rapper Drake's career. It topped the chart for 13 weeks as the longest reigning number one album of 2016, and was the most consumed album of the year, and the second best-selling album.

Rihanna gained her second number one album with her eighth studio album, Anti, which spent two weeks atop the chart. It was the fourth most consumed album of 2016.

Beyoncé's sixth studio album, Lemonade, helped the singer score her sixth number-one effort. It was the third best-selling album of the year.

Following his death on January 10, 2016, David Bowie's (archived) twenty-fifth and final studio album, Blackstar, released on his sixty-ninth birthday, two days before his death, reached number-one on the Billboard 200, posthumously.

Key

†	Indicates best performing album of 2016[5]

Issue date	Album	Artist(s)	Album- equivalent units	Ref.
January 2	25 †	Adele	825,000	[6][7]
January 9			1,160,000	[8][9]
January 16			363,000	[10][11]
January 23			194,000	[12][13]
January 30	Blackstar	David Bowie	181,000	[14][15]
February 6	Death of a Bachelor	Panic! at the Disco	190,000	[16][17]
February 13	25 †	Adele	116,000	[18][19]
February 20	Anti	Rihanna	166,000	[20][21]
February 27	Evol	Future	134,000	[22][23]
March 5	25 †	Adele	151,000	[24][25]
March 12			100,000	[26][27]
March 19	I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It	The 1975	108,000	[28][29]
March 26	Untitled Unmastered.	Kendrick Lamar	178,000	[30][31]
April 2	Anti	Rihanna	54,000	[32][33]
April 9	This Is What the Truth Feels Like	Gwen Stefani	84,000	[34][35]
April 16	Mind of Mine	Zayn	157,000	[36][37]
April 23	The Life of Pablo	Kanye West	94,000	[38][39]
April 30	Cleopatra	The Lumineers	125,000	[40][41]
May 7	The Very Best of Prince	Prince	179,000	[42][43]
May 14	Lemonade	Beyoncé	653,000	[44][45]
May 21	Views	Drake	1,040,000	[46][47]
May 28			313,000	[48][49]
June 4			239,000	[50][51]
June 11			189,000	[52][53]
June 18			152,000	[54][55]
June 25			135,000	[56][57]
July 2			121,000	[58][59]
July 9			124,000	[60][61]
July 16			111,000	[62][63]
July 23	California	Blink-182	186,000	[64][65]
July 30	Views	Drake	92,000	[66][67]
August 6			89,000	[68][69]
August 13			85,000	[70][71]
August 20	Major Key	DJ Khaled	95,000	[72][73]
August 27	Suicide Squad: The Album	Soundtrack	182,000	[74][75]
September 3			93,000	[76][77]
September 10	Blonde	Frank Ocean	276,000	[78][79]
September 17	Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway	Barbra Streisand	149,000	[80][81]
September 24	Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight	Travis Scott	88,000	[82][83]
October 1	They Don't Know	Jason Aldean	138,000	[84][85]
October 8	Views	Drake	53,000	[86][87]
October 15	Illuminate	Shawn Mendes	145,000	[88][89]
October 22	A Seat at the Table	Solange	72,000	[90][91]
October 29	Revolution Radio	Green Day	95,000	[92][93]
November 5	Walls	Kings of Leon	77,000	[94][95]
November 12	Joanne	Lady Gaga	201,000	[96][97]
November 19	Trap or Die 3	Jeezy	89,000	[98][99]
November 26	This House Is Not for Sale	Bon Jovi	129,000	[100][101]
December 3	We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service	A Tribe Called Quest	135,000	[102][103]
December 10	Hardwired... to Self-Destruct	Metallica	291,000	[104][105]
December 17	Starboy	The Weeknd	348,000	[106][107]
December 24	The Hamilton Mixtape	Various artists	187,000	[108][109]
December 31	4 Your Eyez Only	J. Cole	492,000	[110][111]

Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one

Weeks at No. 1
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See also

• 2016 in American music
• List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2016