List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2013

Justin Timberlake (pictured) earned his second and third US number-one albums with The 20/20 Experience and The 20/20 Experience – 2 of 2, respectively. The 20/20 Experience was the year's best selling album in the US.

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. In 2013, a total of 44 albums claimed the top position of the chart. One of which, country singer Taylor Swift's album Red started its peak in late 2012.[1]

Justin Timberlake's album The 20/20 Experience was the longest-running album of the year, staying atop the chart for three consecutive weeks.[2] Other albums with extended chart runs include Red by Taylor Swift, Babel by Mumford & Sons, Random Access Memories by Daft Punk, Magna Carta Holy Grail by Jay-Z, Crash My Party by Luke Bryan and The Marshall Mathers LP 2 by Eminem; each spent two weeks on the top position. Throughout 2013, only two acts achieved multiple number-one albums on the chart: Justin Timberlake with The 20/20 Experience and The 20/20 Experience – 2 of 2, and Luke Bryan with Spring Break...Here to Party and Crash My Party.

The 20/20 Experience sold 968,000 copies in its first week following its release, becoming the highest-selling album during the debut week.[3] Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP 2 sold 792,000 copies in its first week, making it the second album with the highest sales during the opening week.[4] Meanwhile, Beyoncé Knowles notched her fifth number-one album with the album of her name; it was also the largest debut sales week for a female artist in 2013, and outselling Knowles' previous albums' debut figures. Knowles is the only female artist in Billboard 200 history to have her first five albums reach number one.[4]

The 20/20 Experience was the biggest-selling album of 2013, with 2,373,000 copies sold in the US.[3][5]

Chart history

Eminem (pictured) scored his sixth number-one album on the chart with The Marshall Mathers LP 2, claiming the top spot for two nonconsecutive weeks.
Jay-Z (photo) gained his thirteenth US number-one album with Magna Carta Holy Grail.
Beyoncé (pictured)'s self-titled studio album debuted atop the chart, becoming the largest debut sales week for a female artist in 2013.
Key
Best performing album of 2013 Indicates best performing album of 2013
Issue date Album Artist(s) Reference(s)
January 5 Red Taylor Swift [6]
January 12 [7]
January 19 Les Misérables: Highlights from the Motion Picture Soundtrack Soundtrack [8]
January 26 Burning Lights Chris Tomlin [9]
February 2 Long. Live. ASAP ASAP Rocky [10]
February 9 Set You Free Gary Allan [11]
February 16 Believe Acoustic Justin Bieber [12]
February 23 All That Echoes Josh Groban [13]
March 2 Babel Mumford & Sons [14]
March 9 [15]
March 16 Unorthodox Jukebox Bruno Mars [16]
March 23 Spring Break...Here to Party Luke Bryan [17]
March 30 What About Now Bon Jovi [18][19]
April 6 The 20/20 Experience dagger Justin Timberlake [20][21]
April 13 [22]
April 20 [2]
April 27 Paramore Paramore [23]
May 4 Save Rock and Roll Fall Out Boy [24]
May 11 To Be Loved Michael Bublé [25]
May 18 Life on a Rock Kenny Chesney [26]
May 25 Golden Lady Antebellum [27]
June 1 Modern Vampires of the City Vampire Weekend [28]
June 8 Random Access Memories Daft Punk [29]
June 15 [30]
June 22 ...Like Clockwork Queens of the Stone Age [31]
June 29 13 Black Sabbath [32]
July 6 Yeezus Kanye West [33]
July 13 The Gifted Wale [34]
July 20 Born Sinner J. Cole [35]
July 27 Magna Carta Holy Grail Jay-Z [36]
August 3 [37]
August 10 Stars Dance Selena Gomez [38]
August 17 Blurred Lines Robin Thicke [39]
August 24 The Civil Wars The Civil Wars [40]
August 31 Crash My Party Luke Bryan [41]
September 7 [42]
September 14 Hail to the King Avenged Sevenfold [43]
September 21 Yours Truly Ariana Grande [44]
September 28 Fuse Keith Urban [45]
October 5 From Here to Now to You Jack Johnson [46]
October 12 Nothing Was the Same Drake [47]
October 19 The 20/20 Experience – 2 of 2 Justin Timberlake [48]
October 26 Bangerz Miley Cyrus [49]
November 2 Lightning Bolt Pearl Jam [50]
November 9 Prism Katy Perry [51]
November 16 Reflektor Arcade Fire [52]
November 23 The Marshall Mathers LP 2 Eminem [53]
November 30 Artpop Lady Gaga [54]
December 7 The Marshall Mathers LP 2 Eminem [55]
December 14 Midnight Memories One Direction [56]
December 21 Blame It All on My Roots: Five Decades of Influences Garth Brooks [57]
December 28 Beyoncé Beyoncé [4]

See also

References

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