List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2015

One of which, American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift's 1989 started its peak issue dated November 15, 2014.

[3] Other albums with extended chart runs at number one include To Pimp a Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar, Dreams Worth More Than Money by Meek Mill, Kill the Lights by Luke Bryan, Beauty Behind the Madness by The Weeknd, Traveller by Chris Stapleton and 25 by Adele; four of these albums spent two weeks at the top while the other two spent three weeks at the top position.

Albums that reached number one on the Top Album Sales chart (which takes into account purely sales and not streaming) but did not reach number one on the Billboard 200 include That's the Spirit by Bring Me the Horizon, Got Your Six by Five Finger Death Punch and Cass County by Don Henley.

[2][5][6][7][8] The album reached sales of 2.433 million early on its fourth day, surpassing the single-week record for an album since Nielsen Soundscan began tracking sales in 1991, set by NSYNC's No Strings Attached in March 2000 when it debuted with 2.416 million copies.

[11] Since July 2015, the chart's tracking week began on Friday (to coincide with the Global Release Date of the music industry) and ends on Thursday.

English singer Adele 's ( pictured ) third studio album, 25 , was the quickest best-seller of 2015 by the year's end and stayed at the top slot on the Billboard 200 for the final three weeks of that year.
Taylor Swift 's 2014 studio album, 1989 , was 2015's best performing album on the Billboard 200. It returned to the number one spot on the chart for six weeks in early 2015, accumulating 11 total weeks at number one.
Rapper Kendrick Lamar ( pictured ) earned his first number-one album on the chart with To Pimp a Butterfly .
Country singer Chris Stapleton 's Traveller topped the chart for two consecutive weeks.
Luke Bryan 's third studio album, Kill the Lights , spent two weeks atop the chart.
Pop singer Selena Gomez scored her second chart-topper with her second studio album, Revival .
Canadian singer The Weeknd gained his first number-one album in the country with his second studio album, Beauty Behind the Madness .