Comedy Albums is a ''Billboard'' chart that lists the "top-selling spoken word and musical

comedy album Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term o ...

s" each week, as ranked by sales data compiled by

Nielsen SoundScan Luminate (formerly Nielsen SoundScan, Nielsen Music Products, and MRC Data) is a provider of music sales data. Established by Mike Fine and Mike Shalett in 1991, data is collected weekly and made available every Sunday (for albums sales) and eve ...

. The chart debuted as Top Comedy Albums in October 2004 (simultaneously with

Top Rap Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a music chart published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales in the United States and is compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The chart debuted as Hot R&B LPs in the issue dated Jan ...

chart) when it was published for the first time exclusively in ''Billboard'''s websites. The first number-one album on the Top Comedy Albums chart was '' Lord, I Apologize'' by

Larry the Cable Guy Daniel Lawrence Whitney (born February 17, 1963), known professionally by his persona Larry the Cable Guy, is an American stand-up comedian, actor, producer, country music artist, and former radio personality. He was one of the members of the ...

. The most recent number-one is ''Inside: The Songs'', by Bo Burnham. As of issue dated December 24, 2022, it has topped the chart for 77 weeks, debuting at #1 on June 19, 2021. Its ''Billboard'' Year-End chart has been active since 2006. On May 16, 2014, ''Billboard'' published "Top 20 Best Selling Comedy Albums".

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*Current ''Billboard'
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