69 weeks:

1. South Pacific (cast album, 1949)

   54 weeks:

2. West Side Story (soundtrack, 1961)

   42 weeks:

3. Mario Lanza…The Student Prince (soundtrack, 1954)

   39 weeks:

4. Bing Crosby…Merry Christmas (aka “White Christmas”, 1945)

   37 weeks:

5. Michael Jackson…Thriller (1982)

   31 weeks:

6. Fleetwood Mac…Rumours (1977)
7. South Pacific (soundtrack, 1958)
8. Harry Belafonte…Calypso (1956)

   25 weeks:

9. Jane Froman…With a Song in My Heart (1952)
10. Al Jolson…Songs He Made Famous (1947)

    24 weeks:

11. Prince & the Revolution…Purple Rain (soundtrack, 1984)
12. Saturday Night Fever (soundtrack, 1977)

    23 weeks:

13. Jackie Gleason…Music for Lovers Only (1952)

    21 weeks:

14. Adele…21 (2010)
15. M.C. Hammer…Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ‘Em (1990)

    20 weeks:

16. The Bodyguard (soundtrack, 1992)
17. Elvis Presley…Blue Hawaii (soundtrack, 1961)

    19 weeks:

18. Frank Sinatra…A Swingin’ Affair (1957)
19. Show Boat (soundtrack, 1951)
20. Mario Lanza…The Great Caruso (soundtrack, 1951)

    18 weeks:

21. Dirty Dancing (soundtrack, 1987)
22. Garth Brooks…Ropin’ the Wind (1991)
23. The Monkees…More of the Monkees (1967)

    17 weeks:

24. The Police…Synchronicity (1983)
25. Billy Ray Cyrus…Some Gave All (1992)
26. Doris Day…Love Me or Leave Me (1955)
27. Danny Kaye…Hans Christian Andersen (1953)

    16 weeks:

28. Titanic (soundtrack, 1997)
29. The Sound of Music (cast album, 1959)
30. Vanilla Ice…To the Extreme (1990)
31. An American in Paris (soundtrack, 1951)
32. Andy Williams…Days of Wine and Roses (1963)
33. Glenn Miller…Glenn Miller and His Orchestra (1945)

    15 weeks:

34. The Beatles…Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
35. Pink Floyd…The Wall (1979)
36. Carole King…Tapestry (1971)
37. My Fair Lady (cast album, 1956)
38. REO Speedwagon…Hi Infidelity (1980)
39. Men at Work…Business As Usual (1982)
40. The Kingston Trio…At Large (1959)

    14 weeks:

41. Stevie Wonder…Songs in the Key of Life (1976)
42. The Beatles…A Hard Day’s Night (soundtrack, 1964)
43. Whitney Houston…Whitney Houston (1985)
44. Ray Charles…Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music (1962)
45. Mary Poppins (soundtrack, 1964)
46. Bob Newhart…The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart (1960)
47. Exodus (soundtrack, 1961)
48. Al Jolson…Volume Three (1948)
49. Eddie Fisher…I’m in the Mood for Love (1952)

    13 weeks:

50. Hair (cast album, 1967)
51. Judy Garland…Judy at Carnegie Hall (1961)
52. The Monkees…The Monkees (1966)
53. Enoch Light with Terry Snyder & the All Stars…Persuasive Percussion (1960)

    12 weeks:

54. Alanis Morissette…Jagged Little Pill (1995)
55. Grease (soundtrack, 1978)
56. George Michael…Faith (1987)
57. Santana…Supernatural (1999)
58. The Music Man (cast album, 1957)
59. Vaughn Meader…The First Family (1962)
60. Henry Mancini…Breakfast at Tiffany’s (soundtrack, 1961)
61. The Kingston Trio…Sold Out (1960)
62. High Society (cast album, 1956)
63. The King Cole Trio…The King Cole Trio (1945)

    11 weeks:

64. The Beatles…Abbey Road (1969)
65. Whitney Houston…Whitney (1987)
66. Mariah Carey…Mariah Carey (1990)
67. Taylor Swift…Fearless (2008)
68. The Beatles…Meet the Beatles! (1964)
69. Miami Vice (TV soundtrack, 1985)
70. Lawrence Welk…Calcutta! (1961)
71. Doris Day with Harry James & His Orchestra…Young Man with a Horn (soundtrack, 1950)
72. Glenn Milller…Plays Selections from the Film The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
73. Three Little Words (soundtrack, 1950)

    10 weeks:

74. Simon & Garfunkel…Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)
75. Elton John…Greatest Hits (1974)
76. Peter Frampton…Frampton Comes Alive! (1975)
77. Elvis Presley…Elvis Presley (1956)
78. Backstreet Boys…Millenium (1999)
79. The Lion King (soundtrack, 1994)
80. Footloose (soundtrack, 1984)
81. Foreigner…4 (1981)
82. Paula Abdul…Forever Your Girl (1988)
83. Kiss Me, Kate (cast album, 1948)
84. Gigi (soundtrack, 1958)
85. Henry Mancini…Music from Peter Gunn (soundtrack, 1959)
86. Elvis Presley…G.I. Blues (soundtrack, 1960)
87. Elvis Presley…Loving You (soundtrack, 1957)
88. The Singing Nun…The Singing Nun (1963)
89. Around the World in 80 Days (soundtrack, 1957)
90. Glenn Miller…The Glenn Miller Story (soundtrack, 1954)
91. The Kingston Trio…String Along (1960)
92. Al Jolson…Souvenir Album (1947)

    9 weeks: *

93. The Beatles…The Beatles (aka “The White Album”, 1968)
94. U2…The Joshua Tree (1987)
95. Dire Straits…Brothers in Arms (1985)
96. Janis Joplin…Pearl (1971)
97. Usher…Confessions (2004)
98. Creedence Clearwater Revival…Cosmo’s Factory (1970)
99. No Doubt…Tragic Kingdom (1995)
100. The Beatles…Help! (soundtrack, 1965)

* The following albums also peaked at #1 for 9 weeks, but didn’t make the top 100 because they ranked lower overall on the DMDB: Eagles…The Beatles ’65 (1965), The Long Run (1979), The Rolling Stones…Tattoo You (1981), Asia…Asia (1982), John (Cougar) Mellencamp…American Fool (1982), Simon & Garfunkel…The Graduate (soundtrack, 1968), Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass…What Now My Love (1966), Frank Sinatra…Nice ‘N Easy (1960), Chicago…Chicago V (1972), various artists…Stars for a Summer Night (1961).