Number One Albums

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  Taylor Swift Sets Women's Record For Most Number One Albums

  Taylor Swift now has more number one albums than any other female artist in history following the recent release of "Speak Now (Taylor's Version)," Billboard said Monday.

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  BTS Becomes The First K-Pop Band To Top Billboard Charts, Courtesy Dynamite

  Three of BTS' albums have hit number one on Billboard's album charts, but this is their first Hot 100 top single

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  Kanye West Announces Major North America Tour

  Kanye made history earlier this year when The Life of Pablo became the first album to debut at the top of the Billboard 200 album chart based exclusively on streaming -- the seventh number one album for the enigmatic music star

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  David Bowie Finally Tops Chart in US After Death

  David Bowie not only scored his first US number one album but became among the rare artists to have two in the top five, with his greatest hits collection Best of Bowie, released in 2002, hitting number four. Blackstar wrested number one from Adele's blockbuster 25, which had topped the chart for seven weeks

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  Adele's Hello Breaks Record With 1.1 Million Downloads

  Hello, a piano ballad that is the debut single from the British pop star's first album in nearly five years, opened at number one for the week through on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. For digital sales only, Hello was downloaded 1.1 million times, far outpacing the previous record holder

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  Spotify Foe Swift at Number 1 on US Streaming-Backed Chart

  Swift benefited from another change as part of the Billboard 200's revamp - digital downloads of songs, with 10 purchases equivalent to one album sale.

• Katy Perry equals Michael Jackson's record

  Pop singer Katy Perry has become the first woman to have five number one singles from the same album on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.

• Gaga Continues To Top British Charts

  Lady Gaga's top position on Britain's music charts continues after the pop star held onto the number one album slot for a second consecutive week.

• Lady Gaga's 'born' number one

  Lady Gaga sold more than 1.1 million copies of her new album "Born This Way" and set a digital sales record last week - with an assist from Amazon.com.Billboard announced Tuesday that "Born This Way" debuted at No. 1 on its Billboard 200 album chart, becoming just the 17th album to sell a million copies in its first week since SoundScan started tra...