List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2009

These are the US number one albums of 2009, per the Billboard 200.

Note that Billboard publishes charts with an issue date approximately 7–10 days in advance.

Chart history

Key

Indicates best performing album of 2009

Issue date	Album	Artist(s)	Reference(s)
January 3	Fearless	Taylor Swift	[1]
January 10			[2]
January 17			[3][4]
January 24			[5][6]
January 31			[7][8]
February 7			[9][10]
February 14	Working on a Dream	Bruce Springsteen	[11][12]
February 21	The Fray	The Fray	[13][14]
February 28	Fearless	Taylor Swift	[15][16]
March 7			[17][18]
March 14			[19][20]
March 21	No Line on the Horizon	U2	[21][22]
March 28	All I Ever Wanted	Kelly Clarkson	[23]
April 4			[24]
April 11	Now 30	Various Artists	[25]
April 18	Defying Gravity	Keith Urban	[26]
April 25	Unstoppable	Rascal Flatts	[27][28]
May 2	Hannah Montana: The Movie	Soundtrack	[29][30]
May 9	Deeper Than Rap	Rick Ross	[31][32]
May 16	Together Through Life	Bob Dylan	[33][34]
May 23	Epiphany	Chrisette Michele	[35][36]
May 30	21st Century Breakdown	Green Day	[37][38]
June 6	Relapse	Eminem	[39][40]
June 13			[41]
June 20	Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King	Dave Matthews Band	[42][43]
June 27	The E.N.D.	The Black Eyed Peas	[44][45]
July 4	Lines, Vines and Trying Times	Jonas Brothers	[46][47]
July 11	The E.N.D.	Black Eyed Peas	[48]
July 18	Now 31	Various Artists	[49][50]
July 25	BLACKsummers'night	Maxwell	[51][52]
August 1	Leave This Town	Daughtry	[53][54]
August 8	Here We Go Again	Demi Lovato	[55][56]
August 15	Loso's Way	Fabolous	[57][58]
August 22	Live on the Inside	Sugarland	[59][60]
August 29	Twang	George Strait	[61][62]
September 5	Keep on Loving You	Reba McEntire	[63][64]
September 12	Breakthrough	Colbie Caillat	[65][66]
September 19	I Look to You	Whitney Houston	[67][68]
September 26	The Blueprint 3	Jay-Z	[69][70]
October 3			[71]
October 10	Backspacer	Pearl Jam	[72][73]
October 17	Love Is the Answer	Barbra Streisand	[74][75]
October 24	Crazy Love	Michael Bublé	[76][77]
October 31			[78][79]
November 7	New Moon	Soundtrack	[80]
November 14	This Is It	Michael Jackson	[81]
November 21	Play On	Carrie Underwood	[82]
November 28	The Circle	Bon Jovi	[83]
December 5	Battle Studies	John Mayer	[84]
December 12	I Dreamed a Dream	Susan Boyle	[85]
December 19			[86]
December 26			[87]

References