By debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 (dated May 30) with Iceman, Drake ups his career total of weeks at No. 1 on that chart to 38. That extends his lead as the hip-hop artist with the most weeks at No. 1 and the Canadian artist with the most weeks at No. 1.
Drake is now tied with Fleetwood Mac and The Rolling Stones, who also have each also logged 38 weeks at No. 1. Fleetwood Mac and The Stones are both in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Will Drake one day join them?
Drake’s No. 1 albums span nearly 16 years, from July 2010 to May 2026. How does that compare to The Stones and Fleetwood Mac? The hip-hop star’s span of No. 1 albums is already nearly as long as The Stones’. The rock band’s No. 1 albums span a few months more than 16 years, from August 1965 to November 1981. Fleetwood Mac’s No. 1 albums span 21 years, from September 1976 to September 1997.
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A few quick notes: While Elvis Presley’s feats on the Billboard Hot 100 are shortchanged by the fact that his breakthrough in 1956 pre-dated the launch of Billboard’s flagship songs chart by more than two years, the Billboard 200 captures Presley’s entire career. His debut album, Elvis Presley, entered the chart at No. 11 in the issue dated March 31, 1956 — which was the chart’s second week.
If you count the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack (which logged 24 weeks at No. 1 in 1978) as a Bee Gees album, the trio had 31 weeks on top. Bee Gees had six tracks on the album — five of which were No. 1 hits on the Hot 100. But Billboard counts it as a multi-artist soundtrack album.
Here’s a look at all acts with 30 or more weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 since March 24, 1956, when the chart began publishing on a consistent weekly basis. Ties are shown in alphabetical order.
