Morgan Wallen’s blockbuster country collection Dangerous: The Double Album rules as the No. 1 album of the first 25 years of the 21st century, as it crowns Billboard’s Top Billboard 200 Albums of the 21st Century chart. The 200-position ranking recaps performance on the weekly Billboard 200 albums chart from the start of 2000 through the end of 2024.
After debuting at No. 1 on the weekly list dated Jan. 23, 2021, Dangerous: The Double Album remained on top through the chart dated March 27, 2021, becoming the first album to spend its first 10 weeks at No. 1 since 1987, when Whitney Houston’s Whitney logged all 11 of its weeks in the lead from its debut.
Dangerous: The Double Album, Wallen’s second-full length, has continued to rack up chart feats since its buzzy arrival. When it reached its 86th week in the Billboard 200’s top 10 in September 2022, it surpassed Peter, Paul and Mary’s self-titled set (85 weeks in 1962-64) for the most time spent in the tier among albums by individual acts since the chart began publishing on a regular weekly basis in March 1956.
Through the Dec. 28, 2024-dated Billboard 200 (the final week tabulated for the 21st century charts), Dangerous: The Double Album compiled 158 weeks in the top 10. Only one album has logged more weeks in the region: the original cast recording of My Fair Lady, with 173 in 1956-60.
Meanwhile, Wallen claims two of the top 10 titles on the Top Billboard 200 Albums of the 21st Century chart, as his third studio set, and most recent release, One Thing at a Time, ranks at No. 6. Plus, his debut full-length, If I Know Me, places on the Top Billboard 200 Albums of the 21st Century chart at No. 159.
Below, run down the leading titles on Billboard’s Top Billboard 200 Albums of the 21st Century chart. Also browse highlights of Billboard’s Top Artists of the 21st Century chart and the entire 100-position ranking in Billboard’s charts menu and check back tomorrow (Jan. 10) for the premiere of Billboard’s Top Hot 100 Songs of the 21st Century chart. Billboard’s Top Artists, Top Billboard 200 Albums and Top Hot 100 Songs of the 21st Century recaps reflect performance on weekly charts dated Jan. 1, 2000, through Dec. 28, 2024. The Top Artists category ranks the best-performing acts in that span based on activity on the Billboard 200 and Billboard Hot 100. (Titles released prior to mid-1999 are excluded, although such entries that appeared on the Billboard 200 or Hot 100 in that span contribute to the calculation of the Top Artists chart.)