This week Jay Z's latest album "4:44" hits the top of the US Hot 200 giving him his 14th chart topper. He is one of only four artists to have achieved 10 or more Number One albums.
Here are the four artists who have had at least 10 US Number One Albums since the mono & stereo album charts were combined in August 1963. (Elvis Presley has also had 10 Number 1 albums in the US, but 7 were pre-1963)
The Beatles - 19
Meet The Beatles 15th February - 25th April 1964 (11 weeks)
The Beatles' Second Album 2nd May - 30th May 1964 (5 weeks)
Hard Day's Night (Soundtrack) 25th July - 24th October 1964 (14 weeks)
Beatles '65 9th January - 6th March 1965 (9 weeks)
Beatles VI 10th July - 14th August 1965 (6 weeks)
Help! (Soundtrack) 11 September - 6th November 1965 (9 weeks)
Rubber Soul 8th January - 12th February 1966 (6 weeks)
Yesterday And Today 30th July - 27th August 1966 (5 weeks)
Revolver 10th September - 15th October 1966 (6 weeks)
Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 1st July - 7th October 1967 (15 weeks)
Magical Mystery Tour 6th January - 24th February 1968 (8 weeks)
The Beatles (White Album) 28th December 1968 - 1st February 1969 (6 weeks)
The Beatles (White Album) 15th February - 1st March 1969 (3 weeks - 9 in total)
Abbey Road 1st November - 20th December 1969 (8 weeks)
Abbey Road 3rd January - 10th January 1970 (2 weeks - 10 in total)
Abbey Road 24th January 1970 (1 week - 11 in total)
Let It Be 13th June - 4th July 1970 (4 weeks)
1967-1970 26th May 1973 (1 week)
Anthology 1 9th December - 23rd December 1995 (3 weeks)
Anthology 2 6th April 1996 (1 week)
Anthology 3 16th November 1996 (1 week)
1 2nd December 2000 (1 week)
1 23rd December 2000 - 3rd February 2001 (7 weeks - 8 in total)
Jay-Z - 14
Vol. 2...Hard Knock Life 17th October - 14th November 1998 (5 weeks)
Vol. 3: Life And Times of S Carter 15th January 2000 (1 week)
The Dynasty: Roc La Famila 18th November 2000 (1 week)
The Blueprint 29th September - 13th October 2001 (3 weeks)
The Blueprint 2: The Gift & the Curse 30th November 2002 (1 week)
The Black Album 29th November 2003 (1 week)
The Black Album 13th December 2003 (1 week - 2 in total)
Unfinished Business (R Kelly & Jay-Z) 13th November 2004 (1 week)
Collision Course (Jay-Z/Linkin Park) 18th December 2004 (1 week)
Kingdom Come 9th December 2006 (1 week)
American Gangster 24th November 2007 (1 week)
The Blueprint 3 26th September - 3rd October 2009 (2 weeks)
Watch The Throne (Jay-Z & Kanye West) 27th August - 3rd September 2011 (2 weeks)
Magna Carta Holy Grail 27th July - 3rd August 2013 (2 weeks)
4:44 29th July 2017 - current (1 week*)
Barbra Streisand - 11
People 31st October - 28th November 1964 (5 weeks)
The Way We Were (Soundtrack) 16th March - 23rd March 1974 (2 weeks)
A Star Is Born (Soundtrack) 12th February - 19th March 1977 (6 weeks)
Greatest Hits Vol. 2 6th January - 20th January 1979 (3 weeks)
Guilty 25th October 1980 - 1st November 1980 (2 weeks)
Guilty 6th December 1980 (1 week - 3 in total)
The Broadway Album 25th January - 8th February 1986 (3 weeks)
Back To Broadway 17th July 1993 (1 week)
Higher Ground 29th November 1997 (1 week)
Love Is The Answer 17th October 2009 (1 week)
Partners 4th October 2014 (1 week)
Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway 17th September 2016 (1 week)
Bruce Springsteen - 11
The River 8th November - 29th November 1980 (4 weeks)
Born In The USA 7th July - 28th July 1984 (4 weeks)
Born In The USA 19th January - 2nd February 1985 (3 weeks - 7 in total)
Live/1975-1985 (Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band) 29th November 1986 - 10th January 1987 (7 weeks)
Tunnel Of Love 7th November 1987 (1 week)
Greatest Hits 18 March - 25th March 1995 (2 weeks)
The Rising 17th August - 24th August 2002 (2 weeks)
Devils & Dust 14th May 2005 (1 week)
Magic 20th October 2007 (1 week)
Magic 3rd November 2007 (1 week - 2 in total)
Working On A Dream 14th February 2009 (1 week)
Wrecking Ball 24th March 2012 (1 week)
High Hopes 1st February 2014 (1 week)
So the Beatles remain 5 ahead...but for how long?
From the Fab Four's first Number 1 album, "Meet The Beatles", this is Side One, Track Two - "I Saw Her Standing There".
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