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Having topped the chart for thirteen non-consecutive weeks,
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s ranked number one in the United States during 2022. The top-performing albums and EPs 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.
Having topped the chart for thirteen non-consecutive weeks, Bad Bunny
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's ''Un Verano Sin Ti
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'' is the longest-reigning number-one album of 2022, and tied the ''Frozen'' soundtrack (2013) and Drake
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's ''Views
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'' (2016) for the most weeks at number one in the last 10 years. The soundtrack
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of Disney
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's 2021 animated
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film, ''Encanto
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'', marked the sixth time in history an animated film's soundtrack reached number one on the ''Billboard'' 200, following ''The Lion King
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'' (1994), ''Pocahontas
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'' (1995), ''Curious George
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'' (2006), ''Frozen'' and ''Frozen II
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'' (2019).
Taylor Swift
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's tenth studio album, ''Midnights
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'', opened with 1.578 million units, marking the largest opening week for an album in the last seven years. It instantly became the fastest and best-selling album of 2022, and the biggest selling since Swift's own ''Reputation
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'' (2017); Swift also became the first artist in history to score 11 consecutive number-one debuts on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart. ''Born Pink
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'', the second studio album by South Korean girl group Blackpink
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, marked the first number-one album on the ''Billboard'' 200 by a female group since Danity Kane
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's second album, ''Welcome to the Dollhouse
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'' (2008). South Korean boy group Stray Kids
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garnered two number ones on the chart this year, with their EPs ''Oddinary
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'' and ''Maxident
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''; they became the first act to do so in 2022.
Chart history
See also
* List of ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number ones of 2022 * List of ''Billboard'' Global 200 number ones of 2022 * 2022 in American musicReferences
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