List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of the 2020s

This is a list of the albums ranked number one in the United States during the 2020s decade. The top-performing albums and EPs in the U.S. are ranked on the Billboard 200 chart, which is published by Billboard magazine. The data is compiled by Luminate Data based on multi-metric consumption as measured in album-equivalent units, which comprise album sales, track sales, and streams on digital music platforms. For issues dated January 4, 2020, to January 10, 2026, each unit equals one album sold, or 10 individual digital tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. Starting on the issue dated January 17, 2026, each unit equals one album sold, or 10 individual digital tracks sold from an album, or 2,500 ad-supported or 1,000 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album.^[1]

One Thing at a Time, the third studio album by American country singer Morgan Wallen, is the longest-running number-one album of the decade, topping the chart for 19 non-consecutive weeks. It also became the most consumed album of 2023. The eleventh studio album of Taylor Swift, The Tortured Poets Department (2024), is the 2020s decade's longest-reigning number-one on the Billboard 200 by a female artist, topping the chart for 17 weeks.^[2]