Dance/Electronic Albums
Dance/Electronic Albums (formerly Top Electronic Albums) is a music chart published weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks the top-selling electronic music albums in the United States.[1] The chart debuted on the issue dated June 30, 2001. It originally began as a fifteen-position chart and has since expanded to twenty-five positions. Rankings are compiled by point-of-purchase sales obtained by Nielsen SoundScan data and from legal digital downloads from a variety of internet music stores.
Top Electronic Albums features full-length albums by artists who are associated with electronic music genres (house, techno, IDM, trance, etc.) 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. The first number-one title on the Top Electronic Albums was the original soundtrack to the film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. The Fame by Lady Gaga has the most weeks at number one with 107 weeks and the most weeks on chart (with 221 weeks). She and the Daft Punk duo spent so far (as December 2014) 368 weeks on the charts with their works.
Chart milestones
Artist with the most number-ones
- 1. Louie DeVito (7)
- 2. Daft Punk (5) (tie)
- 2. Lady Gaga (5) (tie)
- 3. Aphex Twin (4) (One as "AFX")[2] (tie)
- 3. M.I.A. (4) (tie)
- 4. Björk (3) (tie)
- 4. The Chemical Brothers (3) (tie)
- 4. deadmau5 (3) (tie)
- 4. Depeche Mode (3) (tie)
- 4. DJ Skribble (3) (tie)
- 4. Nine Inch Nails (3) (tie)
- 4. Scissor Sisters (3) (tie)
- 4. Tiësto (3) (tie)
Source:[3]
Artist with the most entries
- Armin van Buuren (21)
- Louie DeVito (19) (tie)
- Tiësto (19) (tie)
- the Happy Boys (18)
- Bad Boy Joe (13)
- Moby (12) (tie)
- Pet Shop Boys (12) (tie)
- Johnny Vicious (12) (tie)
- David Waxman (12) (tie)
- DJ Skribble (11) (tie)
- DJ Riddler (11) (tie)
Most weeks at number one
- (107 weeks) The Fame – Lady Gaga (2008–2017)
- (39 weeks) St. Elsewhere – Gnarls Barkley (2006–2007)
- (34 weeks) Demon Days – Gorillaz (2005–2006)
- (21 weeks) Random Access Memories – Daft Punk (2013–2014)
- (21 weeks) Memories...Do Not Open - The Chainsmokers (2017-2018)
- (19 weeks) Shatter Me – Lindsey Stirling (2014–2015)
- (19 weeks) Sorry for Party Rocking – LMFAO (2011–2012)
- (19 weeks) Born This Way – Lady Gaga (2011)
- (19 weeks) Kala – M.I.A. (2007–2008)
- (19 weeks) Give Up – The Postal Service (2004–2005)
- (16 weeks) Dirty Vegas – Dirty Vegas (2002)
- (13 weeks) Confessions on a Dance Floor – Madonna (2005–2006)
Most weeks on the chart
- (221 weeks) The Fame – Lady Gaga
- (137 weeks) Demon Days – Gorillaz
- (137 weeks) Born This Way – Lady Gaga
- (106 weeks) Nothing but the Beat – David Guetta
- (104 weeks) Give Up – The Postal Service
- (104 weeks) Speak For Yourself – Imogen Heap
- (102 weeks) Confessions on a Dance Floor – Madonna
- (87 weeks) St. Elsewhere – Gnarls Barkley
- (80 weeks) Lindsey Stirling – Lindsey Stirling
- (80 weeks) Clarity – Zedd
- (79 weeks) Random Access Memories - Daft Punk
- (79 weeks) Kala – M.I.A.
- (79 weeks) Want – 3OH!3
- (79 weeks) The Fame Monster – Lady Gaga
- (78 weeks) The Remix – Lady Gaga
- (78 weeks) Settle – Disclosure
- (78 weeks) Tron: Legacy - Daft Punk
- (41 weeks) Memories...Do Not Open - The Chainsmokers
See also
References
- ↑ "Billboard Bows New Electronic Chart". Billboard. 2001-06-19. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
- ↑ Murray, Gordon. "Calvin Harris & Rihanna Rule Hot Dance/Electronic Songs With 'This Is What You Came For'". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ↑ "Lady Gaga's 'ARTPOP' Debuts Atop Dance/Electronic Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
- ↑ "Armin van Buuren Sets Record On Dance/Electronic Albums Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
- ↑ "DJ Snake and Lil Jon Slither Up to No. 1 with 'Turn Down' on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs". Billboard. 2013-01-26. Retrieved 2014-06-30.