[Ascension]

*42 weeks:
Adele:
21: 42 weeks

*11 weeks:
Taylor Swift:
Fearless: 1 week
Speak Now: 1 week
Red: 3 weeks
1989: 6 weeks

*10 weeks:
Beyoncé:
B´Day: 1 week
I Am... Sasha Fierce: 3 weeks
4: 1 week
BEYONCÉ: 5 weeks

Go in ladies!

[alestevens]

Update: Week 03, 2015:

Taylor Swift scores a 7th week at #1 with 1989, putting her at a total of 12 weeks at #1

[alestevens]

Update:

Madonna hits #1 with her newest effort "Rebel Heart". She now joins Susan Boyle in the 9 weeks region!

[Kworb]

Revival bump

[alestevens]

Finished updating this one too. It's now up-to-date (week 46/2015)

[-Lewymocha-]

Avril

Under My Skin its impact!

The chart only started in 2004?! Really? Pity we don't have Let Go's numbers, as Avril would obviously jump into second place easily with Let Go's numbers as it was best selling album for months WW.

[family.guy123]

surprised fearless only had one. no shade, i just remember her being so dominant in the USA so i thought that would've been enough to get it WW

[alestevens]

Originally posted by family.guy123

surprised fearless only had one. no shade, i just remember her being so dominant in the USA so i thought that would've been enough to get it WW

That's because global sales back then weren't as tragic as they are now, she had a lot of competition. Here are Fearless' first 10 weeks WW along with some stats of each week:

#1 Fearless (619K) - 4 albums sold 200K+ that week
#6 Fearless (230K) - 9 albums sold 200K+ that week
#6 Fearless (280K) - 12 albums sold 200K+ that week
#11 Fearless (208K) - 14 albums sold 200K+ that week
#6 Fearless (265K) - 14 albums sold 200K+ that week
#5 Fearless (356K) - 21 albums sold 200K+ that week
#7 Fearless (288K) - 18 albums sold 200K+ that week
#11 Fearless (97K) - 66K behind #1
#6 Fearless (76K) - 30K behind #1
#7 Fearless (68K) - 30K behind #1

[family.guy123]

Originally posted by alestevens

That's because global sales back then weren't as tragic as they are now, she had a lot of competition. Here are Fearless' first 10 weeks WW along with some stats of each week:

#1 Fearless (619K) - 4 albums sold 200K+ that week
#6 Fearless (230K) - 9 albums sold 200K+ that week
#6 Fearless (280K) - 12 albums sold 200K+ that week
#11 Fearless (208K) - 14 albums sold 200K+ that week
#6 Fearless (265K) - 14 albums sold 200K+ that week
#5 Fearless (356K) - 21 albums sold 200K+ that week
#7 Fearless (288K) - 18 albums sold 200K+ that week
#11 Fearless (97K) - 66K behind #1
#6 Fearless (76K) - 30K behind #1
#7 Fearless (68K) - 30K behind #1

[Crescendolls.]

Adele

Lol at local urban act Beyoncé getting more weeks at #1 than some other "global" artists

[Jimmy.]

Adele.

[Cockney Cupcake]

Imagine the gap after 25 ends its run

[XStaticProcess]

Madonna

Adele

[Britney Spears]

In The Zone spent two weeks at #1

[Body Talk]

While you can't see any of the 2003 charts, you can see in week 1 of 2004 that Diary of Alicia Keys is in its 3rd week and that it debuted on the chart at #1:

http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-week01-2004.htm

[alestevens]

Originally posted by Britney Spears

In The Zone spent two weeks at #1

Originally posted by Body Talk

While you can't see any of the 2003 charts, you can see in week 1 of 2004 that Diary of Alicia Keys is in its 3rd week and that it debuted on the chart at #1:

http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-week01-2004.htm

I know about both of these, and also Dido's Life For Rent, but i didn't want to include incomplete info because it would be unfair for people whose stats we don't know!

[alestevens]

Updated with week 49/2015: http://mediatraffic.de/albums-week49-2015.htm

Adele spends her 43rd week at #1 with her 3rd effort '25' spending it's first week at #1

[alestevens]

Updated with:

Week 50, 2015: http://mediatraffic.de/albums-week50-2015.htm
Adele - 25 (2nd week at #1)

Week 51, 2015: http://mediatraffic.de/albums-week51-2015.htm
Adele - 25 (3rd week at #1)

[liberalmusiclover]

Rihanna

[blackbeatxx]

Adele 45 weeks at #1


...AND COUNTING!