BLACK SABBATH - Could 13 Be Billboard's 1000th #1 Album?
June 25, 2013, 11 years ago
Billboard.com is reporting:
Depending on how and what you count, BLACK SABBATH's No. 1 Billboard 200 album 13, which debuted atop the tally last week, could be considered the 1,000th leader in album chart history.
Or not.
Let us explain.
Billboard has been charting the week's top-selling albums each week since March 24, 1956 (beginning with HARRY BELAFONTE's Belafonte). However, the first overall album chart actually appeared 11 years earlier, on March 24, 1945. The chart was published on an irregular basis until it became a weekly fixture.
For our historical purposes, all feats and records for the Billboard 200 (e.g., THE BEATLES' record 19 No. 1s) date to March 24, 1956, when the tally became a weekly feature.
From March 24, 1956 forward (through Black Sabbath's 13), 927 albums have hit No. 1. However, if one were to add up all the No. 1 albums from March 24, 1945 (beginning with the KING COLE TRIO's self-titled release), through 13, the total becomes a landmark 1,000 No. 1s.
Almost.
Read more at Billboard.com.
