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The British singer racked up the most weeks - 24 - for an
album by a woman atop the Billboard 200 album charts and saw 78
weeks in the top 10, Billboard said in a ranking released this
week based on chart positions dating to 1963.
Adele's follow-up album, "25," is due to be released on Nov. 20.
The first single "Hello" has already broken records for digital
sales and music video views.
The Billboard rankings used a descending point system that
awarded the highest value for weeks that an album spent at No. 1
with consideration for changes in chart-ranking methodology over
the years.
Despite having a record 19 No. 1 hits, The Beatles placed only
54th on the all-time great album rankings with "Sgt. Pepper's
Lonely Hearts Club Band," which spent 15 straight weeks at the
top in 1967.
But the Fab Four from Liverpool were named the top all-time act,
followed by The Rolling Stones.
Country-turned-pop singer Taylor Swift, who has had four albums
hit No. 1 since 2006, gave her a No.8 ranking in the greatest
acts. Billboard noted she was the only act among the all-time
top 30 to have started a chart career since 2000.
The Oscar-winning "Sound of Music" soundtrack spent a record 109
weeks in the Billboard 200 top 10 and was a regular presence
there from 1965 to early 1968.
(Reporting By Jill Serjeant; Editing by Bill Trott)
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