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s ranked number one in the United States during 2021. The top-performing albums and EPs
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in the U.S. are ranked on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, which is published by ''Billboard
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'' magazine. The data is compiled by Nielsen SoundScan
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based on multi-metric consumption as measured in album-equivalent unit
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s, which comprise album sales, track sales, and streams on digital music
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platforms. 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.
'' 30'', the fourth studio album by English singer-songwriter Adele
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, was the best-selling album of 2021, with 1.464 million copies sold. It garnered the biggest opening week of 2021 with 839,000 album-equivalent unit
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s, and topped the chart for the final four weeks of the year. '' Dangerous: The Double Album'' by American country
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singer Morgan Wallen
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was the best-performing album of 2021 and the longest running number-one album of the year, having topped the ''Billboard'' 200 for 10 consecutive weeks. It became the first country album since '' The Chase'' (1992) by American singer Garth Brooks
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to reign the ''Billboard'' 200 for six or more weeks, and the first album since ''Whitney Whitney may refer to:
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, to spend its first 10 weeks at the top spot.
American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift
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charted three number one albums this year—the most for any artist: her 2020 studio album '' Evermore'' and 2021 re-recordings ''Fearless (Taylor's Version)
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'' and ''Red (Taylor's Version)
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''; they collectively spent six weeks atop the ''Billboard'' 200. ''Fearless (Taylor's Version)'' became the first re-recorded album A re-recording is a recording produced following a new performance of a work of music. This is most commonly, but not exclusively, by a popular artist or group. It differs from a reissue, which involves a second or subsequent release of a previousl ...
in history to top the chart. American singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo
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's debut studio album, ''Sour
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'', is the year's second longest reigning number-one album of the ''Billboard'' 200 and the longest-reigning by a female artist, with five non-consecutive weeks spent atop the chart.
Chart history
See also
* List of ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number ones of 2021 * List of ''Billboard'' Global 200 number ones of 2021 *2021 in American music
The following is a list of events and releases that happened in 2021 in music in the United States.
Notable events January
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