Top Dance Albums (formerly Top Electronic Albums and Top Dance/Electronic Albums) is a music chart published weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks the top-selling dance music albums in the United States based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The chart debuted on the issue dated June 30, 2001 under the title Top Electronic Albums, with the first number-one title being the original soundtrack to the film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. It originally began as a fifteen-position chart and has since expanded to twenty-five positions.
Top Dance Albums features full-length albums by artists who are associated with electronic dance music genres (house, techno, IDM, trance, etc.) as well as pop-oriented dance music and electronic-leaning hip hop. Also eligible for this chart are remix albums by otherwise non-electronic-based artists and DJ-mixed compilation albums and film soundtracks which feature a majority of electronic or dance music. In 2019, Billboard added a companion chart, Dance/Electronic Album Sales, which tracks the top 15 albums based solely on physical sales, but with an emphasis on core dance/electronic artists. Starting with the first full chart week of 2025, the chart was renamed to Top Dance Albums "to better represent the cross-reference of dance titles that appear on the ranking".
The current number-one album on the chart as of issue October 3 is Bass Persuades by Miley Cyrus.
Artist milestones Most number-one albums Albums Artist Source 8 Lady Gaga 7 Louie DeVito 6 Daft Punk The Chainsmokers 4 Aphex Twin (One as "AFX") Lindsey Stirling M.I.A. Pet Shop Boys Marshmello FKA Twigs Nine Inch Nails Illenium Madonna
Most cumulative weeks at number one Weeks Artist Source Lady Gaga The Chainsmokers Beyoncé Gnarls Barkley Charli XCX Daft Punk Gorillaz Louie DeVito Lindsey Stirling Calvin Harris Marshmello
Most entries on the chart Entries Artist Source Armin van Buuren Tiësto Louie DeVito The Happy Boys Pet Shop Boys Moby Bassnectar Bad Boy Joe David Waxman Johnny Vicious Madonna
Album milestones Most weeks at number one
Weeks Album Artist Year(s) Source The Fame Lady Gaga 2008–26 Renaissance Beyoncé 2022–24 Memories...Do Not Open The Chainsmokers 2017–18 St. Elsewhere Gnarls Barkley 2006–07 BratCharli XCX 2024–25 Mayhem Lady Gaga 2025 Chromatica Lady Gaga 2020–21 Demon Days Gorillaz 2005–06 Random Access Memories Daft Punk 2013–23 Marshmello Fortnite Extended Set Marshmello 2019 Honestly, Nevermind Drake 2022
Most weeks on the chart
Weeks Album Artist Source The Fame Lady Gaga Demon Days Gorillaz Nothing but the Beat David Guetta Random Access Memories Daft Punk Collage The Chainsmokers Born This Way Lady Gaga Motion Calvin Harris Memories...Do Not Open The Chainsmokers Discovery Daft Punk 18 Months Calvin Harris
Year-end number-one albums List of albums that ranked number-one on the Billboard Top Dance/Electronic Albums Year-End chart. 2001: Pulse – Various Artists 2002: 18 – Moby 2003: N.Y.C. Underground Party 5 – Louie DeVito 2004: Fired Up! – Various Artists 2005: Demon Days – Gorillaz 2006: Confessions on a Dance Floor – Madonna 2007: St. Elsewhere – Gnarls Barkley 2008: Kala – M.I.A. 2009 and 2010: The Fame – Lady Gaga 2011: Born This Way – Lady Gaga 2012: Sorry for Party Rocking – LMFAO 2013: Random Access Memories – Daft Punk 2014: Artpop – Lady Gaga 2015: Listen – David Guetta 2016: Now That's What I Call a Workout 2016 – Various Artists 2017 and 2018: Memories...Do Not Open – The Chainsmokers 2019: Marshmello Fortnite Extended Set – Marshmello 2020: Chromatica – Lady Gaga 2021: The Fame – Lady Gaga 2022: Honestly, Nevermind – Drake 2023: Renaissance – Beyoncé 2024 and 2025: Brat – Charli XCX
References
External links Current Dance/Electronic Albums