Most debuts at No.1 on the US albums chart (male)

Jay-Z (USA, b. Shawn Carter), between Vol.2... Hard Knock Life in 1998 and 4:44 in 2017, and Drake (Canada, b. Aubrey Drake Graham), between Thank Me Later in 2010 and $ome $exy $ongs 4 U (with PARTYNEXTDOOR) in 2025, have both debuted at No.1 on the US Billboard 200 with 14 different albums.

US No.1 albums for Jay-Z (from 23 US chart entries in total, as of 18 October 2025): Vol.2... Hard Knock Life (1998); Vol.3... Life and Times of S Carter (1999); The Dynasty: Roc La Familia (2000); The Blueprint (2001); The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse (2002); The Black Album (2003); Unfinished Business (2004, with R Kelly); Collision Course (2004, with Linkin Park); Kingdom Come (2006); American Gangster (2007); The Blueprint 3 (2009); Watch the Throne (2011, with Kanye West); Magna Carta Holy Grail (2013); 4:44 (2017).

US No.1 albums for Drake (from 17 US chart entries in total, as of 18 October 2025): Thank Me Later (2010); Take Care (2011); Nothing Was the Same (2013); If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late (2015); What a Time to Be Alive (2015, with Future); Views (2016); More Life – A Playlist by October Firm (2017); Scorpion (2018); Care Package (2019); Certified Lover Boy (2021); Honestly, Nevermind (2022); Her Loss (2022, with 21 Savage); For All the Dogs (2023); $ome $exy $ongs 4 U (2025, with PARTYNEXTDOOR).

The Beatles (19 No.1s, between 1964 and 2000) and Taylor Swift (15 No.1s, between 2008 and 2025) are the only acts with more US No.1 albums. Swift broke a tie with Jay-Z and Drake for the most US No.1s by a solo artist when The Life of a Showgirl moved 4.002 million equivalent album units to debut at No.1 on the Billboard 200 on 18 October 2025.