List of Billboard number-one electronic albums

This is a list of number-one electronic albums in the United States by year from the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart.

Lady Gaga currently holds the record for the most weeks at number one with 148 weeks.[1] This includes her debut album, The Fame, reaching the top spot for 106 non-consecutive weeks, her third EP, The Fame Monster, her remix album, The Remix, peaking at number one as well.[2] On June 11, 2011, Gaga's second studio album, Born This Way jumped from number ten to one making it the biggest leap in the chart's history.[3] On 2013, her third studio album, Artpop, debuted also at number-one and topped the charts for 10 consecutive weeks, making it Gaga's fifth album to reach the top.[2][4] Her remix album, Born This Way: The Remix also peaked at number three on 2011.

The Fame is the longest running album to date with 149 weeks on the chart, before plummeting down, tying The Fame Monster's record for the biggest drop in Billboard history.[2] In 2003, Louie DeVito became the first male and only artist in chart history to have five number-one albums in a calendar year.[5] And in 2010, Lady Gaga became the first female artist to have three number-one albums in a calendar year.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Dance/Electronic Albums : Jun 04, 2011 | Billboard Chart Archive". Billboard. 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Lady Gaga - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
  3. ↑ "Dance/Electronic Albums : Jun 11, 2011 | Billboard Chart Archive". Billboard. 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
  4. ↑ "Dance/Electronic Albums : Feb 01, 2014 | Billboard Chart Archive". Billboard. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
  5. ↑ Artist Biography by David Jeffries. "Louie DeVito | Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-02-01.

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