# List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2022

The Billboard 200 is a record chart published weekly by Billboard that ranks the best-performing albums in the U.S. The data is compiled by Luminate based on multi-metric consumption as measured in album-equivalent units, which comprise album sales, digital song sales, and streams on music platforms. Each unit equals one album, or 10 individual digital tracks, or 3,750 ad-supported streams, or 1,250 paid/subscription streams generated by songs from an album.
There were 26 albums that topped the Billboard 200 during the chart's 52 issue weeks. The top-performing album of the year was Un Verano Sin Ti by Puerto Rican rapper-singer Bad Bunny. It topped the chart for 13 non-consecutive weeks and registered the most weeks at number one since Drake's Views (2016). Un Verano Sin Ti became the first album in chart history to spend its first 24 weeks (6 months) in the top two and the first Latin album to top the Billboard Year-End chart. The soundtrack of Disney's 2021 animated musical film, Encanto, marked the sixth time in history an animated film's soundtrack reached number one on the Billboard 200, following The Lion King (1994), Pocahontas (1995), Curious George (2006), Frozen and Frozen II (2019).
American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift's album Midnights marked the year's biggest opening week with 1.578 million first-week units, the largest in the last seven years. It instantly became the fastest and best-selling album of 2022, and the biggest selling since Swift's own Reputation (2017); Swift also became the first artist in history to score 11 consecutive number-one debuts on the Billboard 200 chart. Born Pink, the second studio album by South Korean girl group Blackpink, marked the first number-one album on the Billboard 200 by a female group since Danity Kane's second album, Welcome to the Dollhouse (2008). South Korean boy group Stray Kids garnered two number ones on the chart this year, with their EPs Oddinary and Maxident; they became the first act to do so in 2022.

## Chart history

Key :
| † | Indicates the best-performing album of 2022 |
| Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Album- equivalent units |
| January 1 | 30 | Adele | 212,000 |
| January 8 | 30 | Adele | 99,000 |
| January 15 | Encanto (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Soundtrack | 72,000 |
| January 22 | DS4Ever | Gunna | 150,300 |
| January 29 | Encanto (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Soundtrack | 104,000 |
| February 5 | Encanto (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Soundtrack | 115,000 |
| February 12 | Encanto (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Soundtrack | 113,000 |
| February 19 | Encanto (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Soundtrack | 110,000 |
| February 26 | Encanto (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Soundtrack | 98,000 |
| March 5 | Encanto (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Soundtrack | 90,000 |
| March 12 | Encanto (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Soundtrack | 80,000 |
| March 19 | Encanto (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Soundtrack | 72,500 |
| March 26 | 7220 | Lil Durk | 120,500 |
| April 2 | Oddinary | Stray Kids | 110,000 |
| April 9 | Mainstream Sellout | Machine Gun Kelly | 93,000 |
| April 16 | Unlimited Love | Red Hot Chili Peppers | 97,500 |
| April 23 | 7220 | Lil Durk | 47,000 |
| April 30 | Call Me If You Get Lost | Tyler, the Creator | 59,000 |
| May 7 | It's Almost Dry | Pusha T | 55,000 |
| May 14 | I Never Liked You | Future | 222,000 |
| May 21 | Un Verano Sin Ti † | Bad Bunny | 274,000 |
| May 28 | Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers | Kendrick Lamar | 295,500 |
| June 4 | Harry's House | Harry Styles | 521,500 |
| June 11 | Harry's House | Harry Styles | 160,500 |
| June 18 | Un Verano Sin Ti † | Bad Bunny | 137,000 |
| June 25 | Proof | BTS | 314,000 |
| July 2 | Honestly, Nevermind | Drake | 204,000 |
| July 9 | Un Verano Sin Ti † | Bad Bunny | 115,000 |
| July 16 | Un Verano Sin Ti † | Bad Bunny | 111,000 |
| July 23 | Un Verano Sin Ti † | Bad Bunny | 105,500 |
| July 30 | Un Verano Sin Ti † | Bad Bunny | 103,000 |
| August 6 | Un Verano Sin Ti † | Bad Bunny | 98,000 |
| August 13 | Renaissance | Beyoncé | 332,000 |
| August 20 | Un Verano Sin Ti † | Bad Bunny | 108,800 |
| August 27 | Beautiful Mind | Rod Wave | 115,000 |
| September 3 | Un Verano Sin Ti † | Bad Bunny | 105,000 |
| September 10 | God Did | DJ Khaled | 107,500 |
| September 17 | Un Verano Sin Ti † | Bad Bunny | 99,500 |
| September 24 | Un Verano Sin Ti † | Bad Bunny | 97,000 |
| October 1 | Born Pink | Blackpink | 102,000 |
| October 8 | Un Verano Sin Ti † | Bad Bunny | 87,000 |
| October 15 | Un Verano Sin Ti † | Bad Bunny | 84,000 |
| October 22 | Maxident | Stray Kids | 117,000 |
| October 29 | It's Only Me | Lil Baby | 216,000 |
| November 5 | Midnights | Taylor Swift | 1,578,000 |
| November 12 | Midnights | Taylor Swift | 342,000 |
| November 19 | Her Loss | Drake and 21 Savage | 404,000 |
| November 26 | Midnights | Taylor Swift | 204,000 |
| December 3 | Midnights | Taylor Swift | 177,000 |
| December 10 | Midnights | Taylor Swift | 151,000 |
| December 17 | Heroes & Villains | Metro Boomin | 185,000 |
| December 24 | SOS | SZA | 318,000 |
| December 31 | SOS | SZA | 180,000 |

## Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one :
| Position | Country | Artist | Weeks at No. 1 |
| 1 | US ( PRI) | Bad Bunny | 13 |
| 2 | COL/ US | Various artists (Encanto) | 9 |
| 3 | US | Taylor Swift | 5 |
| 4 | UK | Adele | 2 |
| 4 | US | Lil Durk | 2 |
| 4 | UK | Harry Styles | 2 |
| 4 | KOR | Stray Kids | 2 |
| 4 | CAN | Drake | 2 |
| 4 | US | SZA | 2 |
| 10 | US | Gunna | 1 |
| 10 | US | Machine Gun Kelly | 1 |
| 10 | US | Red Hot Chili Peppers | 1 |
| 10 | US | Tyler, the Creator | 1 |
| 10 | US | Pusha T | 1 |
| 10 | US | Future | 1 |
| 10 | US | Kendrick Lamar | 1 |
| 10 | KOR | BTS | 1 |
| 10 | US | Beyoncé | 1 |
| 10 | US | Rod Wave | 1 |
| 10 | US | DJ Khaled | 1 |
| 10 | KOR | Blackpink | 1 |
| 10 | US | Lil Baby | 1 |
| 10 | UK | 21 Savage | 1 |
| 10 | US | Metro Boomin | 1 |