Most Popular Albums of 2023

Country music and rap had big years in 2023, dominating the Billboard 200 top album charts.

To determine the most popular albums of 2023, 24/7 Tempo reviewed data on chart performance from Billboard magazine. Albums released in 2023 were ranked based on an inverse scoring system wherein a week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 is worth 200 points, a week at No. 2 worth 199 points, and so on, up to a week at No. 200 worth one point. Billboard 200 data is through December 2, 2023. (For a similar list, but focusing on singles, click here for the songs with the longest stays on the Hot 100 this year.)

Country music extended its crossover success in 2023 as reflected in the number of albums that were among the year’s top 10 on Billboard 200. Six different country artists — Morgan Wallen, Luke Combs, HARDY, Bailey Zimmerman, Jordan Davis, and Jelly Roll — held positions in the top 10.

Rap was well-represented up and down the list with performers such as Lil Durk, Gunna, Ice Spice, Travis Scott, Lil Uzi Vert, and Lil Wayne.

Spanish stars populated the list as well. Colombian singer Karol G had the second-biggest album of the year, “Manana Sera Bonito” (one of 12 LPs to reach No. 1 on this list), and was the only artist to have a second LP on the list with “Manana Sera Bonito (Bichota Season).” Peso Pluma, Eslabon Armado, Melanie Martinez, and Rylo Rodriguez were other Spanish artists with hit albums.

Taylor Swift made the list with the release of “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version),” her 12th No. 1 album. For the week ending July 22, she had four albums in the top 10, equalling a feat by Prince and Herb Alpert.

Other noteworthy LPs on this list are the soundtrack for the blockbuster film “Barbie,” and the remastered “Creedence Clearwater Revival, Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits.” (Here is a list of old songs that actually came back in 2023.)

Here are the most popular albums of 2023.

50. Sam Smith, “Gloria”

• Entered charts: February 11, 2023
• Peak position: No. 7 (for 1 week)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 12 weeks

49. YoungBoy Never Broke Again, “Richest Opp”

• Entered charts: May 27, 2023
• Peak position: No. 4 (for 1 week)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 11 weeks

48. Tyler Hubbard, “Tyler Hubbard”

• Entered charts: February 11, 2023
• Peak position: No. 40 (for 1 week)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 26 weeks

47. Drake, “For All The Dogs”

• Entered charts: October 21, 2023
• Peak position: No. 1 (for 2 weeks)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 7 weeks

46. Mitski, “The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We”

• Entered charts: September 30, 2023
• Peak position: No. 12 (for 1 week)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 10 weeks

45. Hozier, “Unreal Unearth”

• Entered charts: September 2, 2023
• Peak position: No. 3 (for 1 week)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 14 weeks

44. Don Toliver, “Love Sick”

• Entered charts: March 11, 2023
• Peak position: No. 8 (for 1 week)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 14 weeks

43. Toosii, “Naujour”

• Entered charts: June 17, 2023
• Peak position: No. 19 (for 1 week)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 15 weeks

42. Ed Sheeran, “-“

• Entered charts: May 20, 2023
• Peak position: No. 2 (for 1 week)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 15 weeks

41. Natanael Cano, “Nata Montana”

• Entered charts: July 15, 2023
• Peak position: No. 35 (for 1 week)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 19 weeks

40. Doja Cat, “Scarlet”

• Entered charts: October 7, 2023
• Peak position: No. 4 (for 1 week)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 9 weeks

39. Sexyy Red, “Hood Hottest Princess”

• Entered charts: July 15, 2023
• Peak position: No. 62 (for 1 week)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 21 weeks

38. NF, “Hope”

• Entered charts: April 22, 2023
• Peak position: No. 2 (for 1 week)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 19 weeks

37. Zach Bryan, “Elisabeth”

• Entered charts: January 28, 2023
• Peak position: No. 83 (for 1 week)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 28 weeks

36. Rod Wave, “Nostalgia”

• Entered charts: September 30, 2023
• Peak position: No. 1 (for 2 weeks)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 10 weeks

35. TOMORROW X TOGETHER, “The Name Chapter: Temptation (EP)”

• Entered charts: February 11, 2023
• Peak position: No. 1 (for 1 week)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 19 weeks

34. Stray Kids, “5-Star: The 3rd Album”

• Entered charts: June 17, 2023
• Peak position: No. 1 (for 1 week)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 16 weeks

33. Olivia Rodrigo, “Guts”

• Entered charts: September 23, 2023
• Peak position: No. 1 (for 1 week)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 11 weeks

32. Lana Del Rey, “Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd”

• Entered charts: April 8, 2023
• Peak position: No. 3 (for 1 week)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 27 weeks

31. Grupo Frontera, “El Comienzo”

• Entered charts: August 19, 2023
• Peak position: No. 34 (for 1 week)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 16 weeks

30. Post Malone, “Austin”

• Entered charts: August 12, 2023
• Peak position: No. 2 (for 1 week)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 16 weeks

29. Kali Uchis, “Red Moon In Venus”

• Entered charts: March 18, 2023
• Peak position: No. 4 (for 1 week)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 28 weeks

28. Rema, “Rave & Roses”

• Entered charts: January 21, 2023
• Peak position: No. 81 (for 1 week)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 37 weeks

27. Karol G, “Manana Sera Bonito (Bichota Season)”

• Entered charts: August 26, 2023
• Peak position: No. 3 (for 1 week)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 15 weeks

26. Moneybagg Yo, “Hard To Love”

• Entered charts: June 17, 2023
• Peak position: No. 10 (for 1 week)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 22 weeks

25. Zach Bryan, “Zach Bryan”

• Entered charts: September 9, 2023
• Peak position: No. 1 (for 2 weeks)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 13 weeks

24. NewJeans, “2nd EP ‘Get Up’”

• Entered charts: August 5, 2023
• Peak position: No. 1 (for 1 week)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 18 weeks

23. Metro Boomin, “Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse: Metro Boomin Presents (Soundtrack)”

• Entered charts: June 17, 2023
• Peak position: No. 5 (for 1 week)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 20 weeks

22. Rylo Rodriguez, “Been One”

• Entered charts: July 15, 2023
• Peak position: No. 10 (for 1 week)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 19 weeks

21. Melanie Martinez, “Portals”

• Entered charts: April 15, 2023
• Peak position: No. 2 (for 1 week)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 21 weeks

20. Lil Wayne, “I Am Music”

• Entered charts: April 15, 2023
• Peak position: No. 25 (for 1 week)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 25 weeks

19. Fuerza Regida, “Pa Que Hablen.: I.”

• Entered charts: January 14, 2023
• Peak position: No. 60 (for 1 week)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 38 weeks

18. Lil Uzi Vert, “Pink Tape”

• Entered charts: July 15, 2023
• Peak position: No. 1 (for 1 week)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 21 weeks

17. Eslabón Armado, “Desvelado”

• Entered charts: May 13, 2023
• Peak position: No. 6 (for 1 week)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 27 weeks

16. Travis Scott, “Utopia”

• Entered charts: August 12, 2023
• Peak position: No. 1 (for 4 weeks)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 17 weeks

15. Soundtrack, “Barbie: The Album”

• Entered charts: August 5, 2023
• Peak position: No. 2 (for 1 week)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 18 weeks

14. Creedence Clearwater Revival, “Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits”

• Entered charts: June 17, 2023
• Peak position: No. 33 (for 1 week)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 25 weeks

13. Ice Spice, “Like..? (EP)”

• Entered charts: February 4, 2023
• Peak position: No. 15 (for 1 week)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 40 weeks

12. Taylor Swift, “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)”

• Entered charts: July 22, 2023
• Peak position: No. 1 (for 2 weeks)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 20 weeks

11. Gunna, “A Gift & A Curse”

• Entered charts: July 1, 2023
• Peak position: No. 3 (for 1 week)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 23 weeks

10. Lil Durk, “Almost Healed”

• Entered charts: June 10, 2023
• Peak position: No. 3 (for 1 week)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 26 weeks

9. Jelly Roll, “Whitsitt Chapel”

• Entered charts: June 17, 2023
• Peak position: No. 3 (for 1 week)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 25 weeks

8. Peso Pluma, “Genesis”

• Entered charts: July 8, 2023
• Peak position: No. 3 (for 3 weeks)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 22 weeks

7. Jordan Davis, “Bluebird Days”

• Entered charts: March 4, 2023
• Peak position: No. 19 (for 1 week)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 40 weeks

6. Bailey Zimmerman, “Religiously. The Album.”

• Entered charts: May 27, 2023
• Peak position: No. 7 (for 1 week)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 28 weeks

5. Miley Cyrus, “Endless Summer Vacation”

• Entered charts: March 25, 2023
• Peak position: No. 3 (for 1 week)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 37 weeks

4. HARDY, “The Mockingbird & The Crow”

• Entered charts: February 4, 2023
• Peak position: No. 4 (for 1 week)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 44 weeks

3. Luke Combs, “Gettin’ Old”

• Entered charts: April 8, 2023
• Peak position: No. 4 (for 1 week)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 35 weeks

2. Karol G, “Manana Sera Bonito”

• Entered charts: March 11, 2023
• Peak position: No. 1 (for 1 week)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 39 weeks

1. Morgan Wallen, “One Thing At A Time”

• Entered charts: March 18, 2023
• Peak position: No. 1 (for 16 weeks)
• Total time on Billboard 200: 38 weeks

Methodology

To determine the most popular albums of 2023, 24/7 Tempo reviewed data on chart performance from Billboard magazine. Albums released in 2023 were ranked based on an inverse scoring system wherein a week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 is worth 200 points, a week at No. 2 worth 199 points, and so on, up to a week at No. 200 worth one point. Billboard 200 data is through December 2, 2023.