Top Dance Albums


Top Dance Albums is a music chart published weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks the top-selling dance music 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 Dance Albums features full-length albums by artists who are associated with electronic dance music genres as well as pop-oriented dance music and electronic-leaning hip hop. Also eligible for this chart are remix albums by otherwise non-electronic-based artists and DJ-mixed compilation albums and film soundtracks 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. Starting with the first full chart week of 2025, the chart was renamed to Top Dance Albums "to better represent the cross-reference of dance titles that appear on the ranking".
The current number-one album on the chart as of issue January 31 is The Fame by Lady Gaga.

Artist milestones

Most number-one albums

Most cumulative weeks at number one

Most entries on the chart

Album milestones

Most weeks at number one

WeeksAlbumArtistYearSource
194The FameLady Gaga2008–26
57RenaissanceBeyoncé2022–24
46Memories...Do Not OpenThe Chainsmokers2017–18
39St. ElsewhereGnarls Barkley2006–07
39BratCharli XCX2024–25
39MayhemLady Gaga2025
36ChromaticaLady Gaga2020–21
34Demon DaysGorillaz2005–06
22Random Access MemoriesDaft Punk2013–23
20Marshmello Fortnite Extended SetMarshmello2019
20Honestly, NevermindDrake2022

Most weeks on the chart

WeeksAlbumArtistSource
619The FameLady Gaga
575Nothing but the BeatDavid Guetta
572Demon DaysGorillaz
533Random Access MemoriesDaft Punk
484Born This WayLady Gaga
481CollageThe Chainsmokers
450Memories...Do Not OpenThe Chainsmokers
431TrueAvicii
432MotionCalvin Harris
416DiscoveryDaft Punk

Year-end number-one albums

List of albums that ranked number-one on the Billboard Top Dance/Electronic Albums Year-End chart.
  • 2001: PulseVarious Artists
  • 2002: 18Moby
  • 2003: N.Y.C. Underground Party 5Louie DeVito
  • 2004: Fired Up! – Various Artists
  • 2005: Demon Days – Gorillaz
  • 2006: Confessions on a Dance FloorMadonna
  • 2007: St. Elsewhere – Gnarls Barkley
  • 2008: Kala – M.I.A.
  • 2009: The Fame – Lady Gaga
  • 2010: The Fame – Lady Gaga
  • 2011: Born This Way – Lady Gaga
  • 2012: Sorry for Party RockingLMFAO
  • 2013: Random Access Memories – Daft Punk
  • 2014: Artpop – Lady Gaga
  • 2015: Listen – David Guetta
  • 2016: Now That's What I Call a Workout 2016 – Various Artists
  • 2017: Memories...Do Not Open – The Chainsmokers
  • 2018: Memories...Do Not Open – The Chainsmokers
  • 2019: Marshmello Fortnite Extended Set – Marshmello
  • 2020: Chromatica – Lady Gaga
  • 2021: The Fame – Lady Gaga
  • 2022: Honestly, Nevermind – Drake
  • 2023: Renaissance – Beyoncé
  • 2024: Brat – Charli XCX
  • 2025: Brat - Charli XCX