Top Dance/Electronic Albums, Dance/Electronic Albums (formerly Top Electronic Albums) is a music chart published weekly by ''

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'' magazine which ranks the top-selling

electronic music Electronic music is a genre of music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or circuitry-based music technology in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means ( electro ...

albums in the United States based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The chart debuted on the issue dated June 30, 2001 under the title Top Electronic Albums, with the first number-one title being the original soundtrack to the film ''Lara Croft: Tomb Raider''. It originally began as a fifteen-position chart and has since expanded to twenty-five positions. Top Electronic Albums features full-length albums by artists who are associated with electronic music genres (

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techno Techno is a Music genre, genre of electronic dance music (EDM) which is generally music production, produced for use in a continuous DJ set, with tempo often varying between 120 and 150 beats per minute (bpm). The central Drum beat, rhythm is typ ...

, IDM,

trance Trance is a state of semi-consciousness in which a person is not self-aware and is either altogether unresponsive to external stimuli (but nevertheless capable of pursuing and realizing an aim) or is selectively responsive in following the dir ...

, etc.) as well as

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-oriented

dance music Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement. In terms of performance, the major categories are live dance music and recorded da ...

and electronic-leaning hip hop. Also eligible for this chart are remix albums by otherwise non-electronic-based artists and DJ-mixed

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s and film

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s which feature a majority of electronic or dance music. In 2019, ''Billboard'' added a companion chart, Dance/Electronic Album Sales, which tracks the top 15 albums based solely on physical sales, but with an emphasis on core dance/electronic artists. '' The Fame'' by

Lady Gaga Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta ( ; born March 28, 1986), known professionally as Lady Gaga, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known for her image reinventions and musical versatility. Gaga began performing as a teenag ...

holds the record for the most weeks at number one (175 weeks) as well as the most weeks on the chart (458 weeks). As of the issue dated December 31, 2022, ''

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'' by

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is the current number one.

Artist milestones

Most number-one albums

Most cumulative weeks at number one

Most entries on the chart

Album milestones

Most weeks at number one

Most weeks on the chart

Year-end number-one albums

List of albums that ranked number-one on the ''Billboard'' Top Dance/Electronic Albums Year-End chart. *2001: ''Pulse'' – Various Artists *2002: '' 18'' –

Moby Richard Melville Hall (born September 11, 1965), known professionally as Moby, is an American musician, songwriter, singer, producer, and animal rights activist. He has sold 20 million records worldwide. AllMusic considers him to be "among the ...

*2003: ''N.Y.C. Underground Party 5'' –

Louie DeVito Louie DeVito is an Italian American dance DJ and producer based in New York City. He is best known for his mix series, ''NYC Underground Party'' (Volumes 1–8). Biography DeVito first gained popularity DJing in New York City, Long Island and ...

*2004: ''Fired Up!'' – Various Artists *2005: '' Demon Days'' –

Gorillaz Gorillaz are an English virtual band formed in 1998 by musician Damon Albarn and artist Jamie Hewlett, from London. The band primarily consists of four fictional members: 2-D (vocals, keyboards), Murdoc Niccals (bass guitar), Noodle (guit ...

*2006: '' Confessions on a Dance Floor'' –

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*2007: ''

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'' – Gnarls Barkley *2008: '' Kala'' – M.I.A. *2009: '' The Fame'' –

*2010: ''The Fame'' – Lady Gaga *2011: '' Born This Way'' – Lady Gaga *2012: '' Sorry for Party Rocking'' – LMFAO *2013: '' Random Access Memories'' –

Daft Punk Daft Punk were a French electronic music duo formed in 1993 in Paris by Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo. Widely regarded as one of the most influential acts in dance music history, they achieved popularity in the late 1990s as p ...

*2014: '' Artpop'' – Lady Gaga *2015: '' Listen'' –

David Guetta Pierre David Guetta ( , ; born 7 November 1967) is a French DJ and music producer. He has over 10 million album and 65 million single sales globally, with more than 10 billion streams. In 2011, 2020 and 2021, Guetta was voted the number one D ...

*2016: ''Now That's What I Call a Workout 2016'' – Various Artists *2017: '' Memories...Do Not Open'' –

The Chainsmokers The Chainsmokers are an American electronic DJ and production duo consisting of Alexander "Alex" Pall and Andrew "Drew" Taggart. They started out by releasing remixes of songs by indie artists. The EDM-pop duo achieved a breakthrough with the ...

*2018: ''Memories...Do Not Open'' – The Chainsmokers *2019: '' Marshmello Fortnite Extended Set'' – Marshmello *2020: '' Chromatica'' – Lady Gaga *2021: ''The Fame'' – Lady Gaga *2022: ''

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'' –

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References

External links

Current Dance/Electronic Albums
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