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Most number ones Best-selling albums |
The Albums Chart is a weekly record chart based on album sales from Sunday to Saturday; during the 1990s, a total of 63 albums reached number one. The most successful artist of the 1990s was American entertainer Cher, who topped the Albums Chart for 60 weeks with six different albums. Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture, the soundtrack of the movie Titanic, was the biggest-selling album of 1998; it was also the biggest-selling album of the decade. The first number-one album of the 1990s was ...But Seriously by English musician Phil Collins – released in 1989, it first reached number one in December, and remained at the top for eight consecutive weeks. The final number one of the 1990s was the compilation album The Greatest Hits (1999) by Cher.
Number-one albums
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| † | Best-selling album of the year |
| ‡ | Runner-up album of the year |
| Best-selling album of the decade | |
| Runner-up album of the decade |
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Artists with the most number ones
editThree artists all had at least five number-one albums during the 1990s.
| Artist | Number ones | Albums |
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| Cher | 6 | List
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| Céline Dion | 5 | List
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| Elton John | List
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Albums with the most weeks at number one
editThe following albums spent at least fifteen weeks at number one during the 1990s.
| Artist | Album | Weeks at number one |
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| James Horner | Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture | 21 |
| Cher | Love Hurts | 18 |
| Believe | 15 | |
| Madonna | The Immaculate Collection | |
| Spice Girls | Spice |
Artists with the most weeks at number one
editTwo artists have spent fifty weeks or more at number one on the album chart during the 1990s.
| Artist | Weeks at number one |
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| Cher | 60 | List
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| Céline Dion | 50 | List
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Best-selling albums of the 1990s
edit| No. | Album | Artist | Year | Weeks at number one |
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| 1 | Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture | James Horner | 1997 | 21 |
| 2 | The Immaculate Collection | Madonna | 1990 | 15 |
| 3 | Gold: Greatest Hits | ABBA | 1992 | 12 |
| 4 | Spice | Spice Girls | 1996 | 15 |
| 5 | Let's Talk About Love | Céline Dion | 1997 | 14 |
| 6 | Love Hurts | Cher | 1991 | 18 |
| 7 | Greatest Hits II | Queen | 12 | |
| 8 | HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I | Michael Jackson | 1995 | 13 |
| 9 | Believe | Cher | 1998 | 15 |
| 10 | Dangerous | Michael Jackson | 1991 | 11 |
| 11 | Nevermind | Nirvana | 10 | |
| 12 | Happy Nation | Ace of Base | 1992 | 13 |
| 13 | Falling into You | Céline Dion | 1996 | 14 |
| 14 | Ray of Light | Madonna | 1998 | 10 |
| 15 | The Lion King: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Elton John / Hans Zimmer / various artists | 1994 | 11 |
| 16 | The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album | Whitney Houston / various artists | 1992 | 11 |
| 17 | Music Box | Mariah Carey | 1993 | 12 |
| 18 | Jagged Little Pill | Alanis Morissette | 1995 | 10 |
| 19 | Heart of Stone | Cher | 1989 | 10 |
| 20 | Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 | Janet Jackson | 10 |