Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a listing of the 200 highest selling music albums in the United States, published weekly in Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists. Often, a musical group will be remembered by its "number ones", those of their albums that outsold all others during at least one week. The chart was first known as Pop Albums from the mid-1950s until 1983 when it changed its name to the Billboard 200.

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Music album - United States - Billboard magazine - Artist - Number ones - Pop Albums - 1950s - 1983

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Billboard began publishing album charts on March 24, 1945. The chart expanded to 200 positions for the chart of May 13th, 1967 and adopted its current name on March 14, 1992. Since May 26, 1991, the Billboard 200's positions have been derived from Nielsen SoundScan sales data, currently contributed by approximately 14,000 music sellers. Because these numbers are supplied by a subset of sellers rather than record labels, it is common for these numbers to be substantially lower than those reported by the Recording Industry Association of America when Gold album awards are announced (RIAA awards reflect wholesale shipments, not retail sales).

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March 24 - 1945 - May 13th - 1967 - March 14 - 1992 - May 26 - 1991 - Nielsen SoundScan - Record labels - Recording Industry Association of America - Gold album

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The current number one (as of week ending October 15 2005) on the Billboard 200 is All Jacked Up by Gretchen Wilson.

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October 15 - 2005 - Gretchen Wilson

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