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] Canadian hip hop soul artist 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]

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.

Chart history
Beyoncé's (pictured) sixth studio album, Lemonade, helped the singer score her sixth number-one effort.
Views became the second best-seller of the year and the sixth overall number-one album in Drake's (pictured) career.
Lady Gaga (pictured) gained her fourth number one album with Joanne, becoming the first female artist to have four number one albums this decade
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) Ref.
January 2 25 Adele [6]
January 9 [7]
January 16 [8]
January 23 [9]
January 30 Blackstar David Bowie [10]
February 6 Death of a Bachelor Panic! at the Disco [11]
February 13 25 Adele [12]
February 20 Anti Rihanna [13]
February 27 Evol Future [14]
March 5 25 Adele [15]
March 12 [16]
March 19 I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It The 1975 [17]
March 26 untitled unmastered. Kendrick Lamar [18]
April 2 Anti Rihanna [19]
April 9 This Is What the Truth Feels Like Gwen Stefani [20]
April 16 Mind of Mine Zayn [21]
April 23 The Life of Pablo Kanye West [22]
April 30 Cleopatra The Lumineers [23]
May 7 The Very Best of Prince Prince [24]
May 14 Lemonade Beyoncé [25]
May 21 Views Drake [26]
May 28 [27]
June 4 [28]
June 11 [29]
June 18 [30]
June 25 [31]
July 2 [32]
July 9 [33]
July 16 [34]
July 23 California Blink-182 [35]
July 30 Views Drake [36]
August 6 [37]
August 13 [38]
August 20 Major Key DJ Khaled [39]
August 27 Suicide Squad: The Album Soundtrack [40]
September 3 [41]
September 10 Blonde Frank Ocean [42]
September 17 Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway Barbra Streisand [43]
September 24 Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight Travis Scott [44]
October 1 They Don't Know Jason Aldean [45]
October 8 Views Drake [46]
October 15 Illuminate Shawn Mendes [47]
October 22 A Seat at the Table Solange [48]
October 29 Revolution Radio Green Day [49]
November 5 Walls Kings of Leon [50]
November 12 Joanne Lady Gaga [51]
November 19 Trap or Die 3 Jeezy [52]
November 26 This House Is Not for Sale Bon Jovi [53]
December 3 We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service A Tribe Called Quest [54]
December 10 Hardwired... to Self-Destruct Metallica [55]
December 17 Starboy The Weeknd [56]
December 24 The Hamilton Mixtape Various Artists [57]
December 31 4 Your Eyez Only J. Cole [58]

See also

References
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