BILLBOARD MAGAZINE'S (BARRY KOWAL) TOP ALBUMS FOR 2023

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 No.-Album-Artist-Peak Month
  1 ONE THING AT A TIME-MORGAN WALLEN-MARCH                                                                  5050
  2 SOS-SZA-January                                                                                4406
  3 LOVER-TAYLOR SWIFT-May  (2019)                                                                 2624
  4 ZACH BRYAN-ZACH BRYAN-September                                                                2212
  5 FOR ALL THE DOGS-DRAKE-October                                                                 1372
  6 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION)-TAYLOR SWIFT-November                                                  1312
  7 FOLKLORE-TAYLOR SWIFT-April    (2020)                                                          1238
  8 UTOPIA-Travis Scott-August                                                                     1110
  9 GUTS-Olivia Rodrigo-September                                                                  1016
 10 GENESIS-Peso Pluma-July                                                                         774
 11 Gettin' Old-Luke Combs-April                                                                    662
 12 Speak Now (Taylor's Version)-Taylor Swift-July                                                  598
 13 Nostalgia-Rod Wave-September                                                                    556
 14 Barbie The Album-Soundtrack-August                                                              524
 15 Pink Friday 2-Nicki Minaj-December                                                              426
 16 Manana Sera Bonito-Karol G-March                                                                414
 17 Starboy-The Weeknd-January (2015)                                                               348
 18 A Gift & A Curse-Gunna-July                                                                     318
 19 Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va A Pasar Manana-Bad Bunny-October                                           312
 20 Christmas-Michael Buble-December  (2011)                                                        260
 21 Almost Healed-Lil Durk-June                                                                     240
 22 The Name Chapter:Temptation-Tomorrow X Together-February                                        206
 23 5-Star-Stray Kids-June                                                                          194
 24 1989-Taylor Swift-June (2014)                                                                   192
 25 Portals-Melanie Martinez-April                                                                  188
 26 Spider-Man:Across the Spider-Verse-Metro Boomin'-June                                           186
 27 Endless Summer Vacation-Miley Cyrus-March                                                       184
 28 Pink Tape-Lil Uzi Vert-July                                                                     174
 29 Merry Christmas-Mariah Carey-December (1994)                                                    162
 30 Rock-Star-Stray Kids-November                                                                   158
 31 Get Up-New Jeans-August                                                                         158
 32 Austin-Post Malone-August                                                                       140
 33 Scarlet-Doja Cat-October                                                                        134
 34 Religiously.The Album-Bailey Zimmerman-May                                                      130
 35 Think Later-Tate McRae-December                                                                 122
 36 Golden-Jung Kook-November                                                                       108
 37 -- Ed Sheeran-May                                                                               102
 38 The World EP.2:Outlaw-Ateez-July                                                                100
 39 Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd.-Lana Del Rey-April                          98
 40 Ready to Be-Twice-March                                                                          98
 41 Hope-NF-April                                                                                    96
 42 D-Day-Suga-May                                                                                   94
 43 The Mockingbird & The Crow-Hardy-February                                                        94
 44 Hackney Diamonds-The Rolling Stones-November                                                     92
 45 Manana Sera Bonito (Bichota Season)-Karol G-August                                               92
 46 10th Mini Album FML-Seventeen-May                                                                92
 47 72 Seasons-Metallica-April                                                                       92
 48 Desvelado-Eslabon Armado-May                                                                     90
 49 Don't Try This at Home-YoungBoy Never Broke Again-May                                            90
 50 Anti-Rihanna-February   (2016)                                                                   90
 51 Red Moon In Venus-Kali Uchis-March                                                               88
 52 Gloria-Sam Smith-February                                                                        82
 53 Love Sick-Don Toliver-March                                                                      80
 54 Yo's Hard to Love-Moneybagg-June                                                                 78
 55 Been One-Rylo Rodriguez-July                                                                     76
 56 Christmas Classics-Bing Crosby-January   (1962)                                                  72
 57 Ultimate Christmas-Frank Sinatra-January                                                         70
 58 The World EP.FIN:WILL-ATEEZ-December                                                             70
 59 One More Time-Blink-182-November                                                                 70
 60 Seventeenth Heaven: 11th Mini Album-Seventeen-November                                           58
 61 Layover-V-September                                                                              58
 62 Business Is Business-Young Thug-July                                                             58
 63 The Show-Niall Horan-June                                                                        58
 64 Face-Jimin-April                                                                                 58
 65 Trustfall-P!nk-March                                                                             58
 66 This Is Why-Paramore-February                                                                    58
 67 Rockstar-Dolly Parton-December                                                                   56
 68 Higher-Chris Stapleton-November                                                                  56
 69 The Name Chapter:Freefall-Tomorrow X Together'-October                                           56
 70 Unreal Unearth-Hozier-August                                                                     56
 71 Whitsitt Chapel-Jelly Roll-June                                                                  56
 72 The Album-Jonas Brothers-May                                                                     56
 73 Folklore:The Long Pond Studio Sessions-Taylor Swift-May                                          56
 74 Cracker Island-Gorillaz-March                                                                    56
 75 Mansion Musik-Trippie Redd-February                                                              56
 76 Orange Blood-Enhypen-December                                                                    54
 77 Autumn Variations-Ed Sheeran-October                                                             54
 78 Songs You Know by Heart:Jimmy Buffett;s Greatest Hits-September  (1985)                          54  
 79 Dark Blood-Enhypen-June                                                                          54
 80 Richest Opp-YoungBoy Never Broke Again-May                                                       54
 81 The Record-Boygenius-April                                                                       54
 82 AfterLyfe-Yeat-March                                                                             54
 83 Set It Off-Offset-October                                                                        52
 84 Walk Around The Moon-Dave Matthews Band-May                                                      52
 85 Songs of Surrender-U2-April                                                                      52
 86 Equal Strain On All Parts-Jimmy Buffett-November                                                 50
 87 Jack In The Box-J-Hope-August                                                                    50
 88 Chemistry-Kelly Clarkson-July                                                                    50
 89 Unforgiven-Le Sserafim-May                                                                       50
 90 So Much (For) Stardust-Fall Out Boy-April                                                        50
 91 Phantomime-Ghost-May                                                                             48 
 92 Spin Off:From the Witness-Ateez-January                                                          48
 93 Boys of Faith-Zach Bryan-October                                                                 46
 94 Starcatcher-Greta Van Fleet-August                                                               46
 95 But Here We Are-Foo Fighters-June                                                                46
 96 Random Access Memories-Daft Punk-May   (2013)                                                    46
 97 Jackman-Jack Harlow-May                                                                          46
 98 Meteora-Linkin Park-April  (2003)                                                                46
 99 11:11-Chris Brown-November                                                                       44
100 My World-Aespa-July                                                                              44
101 In Times New Roman...-Queens of the Stone Age-July                                               44
102 Let's Start Here-Lil Yachty-February                                                             44
103 I Rest My Case-YoungBoy Never Broke Again-January                                                44
104 Rustin' In The Wind-Tyler Childers-September                                                     42
105 Queen Of Me-Shania Twain-February                                                                42
106 Larger Than Life-Brent Faiyaz-November                                                           40
107 A Great Chaos-Ken Carson-October                                                                 40
108 TEC-Lil Tecca-October                                                                            40
109 Data-Tainy-July                                                                                  40
110 Coke Boys 6:Gangsta Grillz-French Montana & DJ Drama-January                                     40
111 The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We-Mitski-September                                          38
112 Santiago-Russ-September                                                                          38
113 Weathervanes-Jason Isbel & The 400 Unit-June                                                     38
114 The Greatest Christmas Hits-Pentatonix-December                                                  36
115 A Love Letter to You 5-Trippie Redd-August                                                       36
116 Life Is But A Dream...-Avenged Sevenfold-June                                                    36
117 Ay-Yo:The 4th Album Repackage-NCT 127-March                                                      36
118 Glockoma 2-Key Glock-March                                                                       36
119 Love Yourself:Her-BTS-January                                                                    36
120 Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent-Lewis Capaldi-June                                          36
121 Grandson-King Von-July                                                                           36
122 Pa Las Baby's Y Belikeada-Fuerza Regida-November                                                 34
123 $ad Boyz 4 Life II-Junior H-October                                                              34
124 Zone-JIHYO (of Twice)-September                                                                  34
125 First Two Pages Of Frankenstein-The National-May                                                 34
126 Never Enough-Daniel Caesar-April                                                                 34
127 Memento Mori-Depeche Mode-April                                                                  34
128 The Jaws Of Life-Pierce The Veil-February                                                        34
129 Rumours-Fleetwood Mac-January (1977)                                                             34