Acts With the Most Albums That Have Spent a Year or More on the Billboard 200

When Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department logged its 52nd week on the Billboard 200 a few weeks ago, it became the singer’s 15th album to remain on Billboard’s flagship album chart for a full year. Just one other act in the history of the Billboard 200 has had 15 albums that spent a full year on the chart, and no one has had more. (I could tell you who that other act is, but I’d rather have you scroll down to find out. And besides, you probably can guess.)

Eleven acts have had 10 or more albums that each logged a full year on the Billboard 200. One act on the list may surprise you. Mitch Miller & the Gang sold tons of Sing Along With Mitch albums from 1958-62. The act was rewarded with a weekly TV series that ran from 1961-64. But they became a footnote in music history the minute their TV show was canceled.

Three of the 10 acts come from the world of country music and specifically from a new wave of country stars that emerged in the early 1990s. Two of the 10 acts are from hip-hop.

Swift is the only woman on the list, which also includes seven male solo artists, two bands and one choral group (that would be the Mitch Miller ensemble).

Here are the 11 acts with 10 or more albums that each spent a full year on the Billboard 200. We show the date they made their first appearance on the Billboard 200 and tell you their five albums that had the longest runs on the chart.